MONDAY MEANDERINGS & AWARD'S

Good Monday Mornin' Yall,

I do hope that everyone had a Blessed Sunday and ready to start a new day. It is currently 26 degrees with a windchill of 15 degrees. The winds are out of the East Northeast at 12 mph. I am having trouble sleeping, so I thought I would go ahead and do my post for today. I can always sleep after I take the girls to School later on this morning. We had another beautiful Sunshinny day here yesterday, but it only made it up to 44 degrees. The wind was blowing and that made it feel even colder. Rain is back in the forecast for tonight and in the morning. The high today is only suppose to be around 45 degrees also.

Since Thursday is VALENTINE'S DAY, I thought I would put up a Valentine Picture each day this week. I would like to say a BIG "THANK YOU" to Pea@ http://peascorner.blogspot.com/, Anni@ http://hootin--anni.blogspot.com/, and Shelley@ http://shelleysvintagevariety.blogspot.com/ for giving me some Valentine's Cards.

The above Card is from Pea. "THANK YOU" so much Pea. It is a beautiful card.

The above card is from Anni. "THANK YOU" so much Anni. It is a beautiful card.

This above card is from Shelley. "THANK YOU" Shelley for this beautiful card as well. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone that has given me a card. I know I'm so behind on acknowledging some things, but I 'm trying to get caught up. If I have forgotten someone, please know that I didn't do it on purpose and also let me know so I can acknowledge you and the card. I just Love Valentine's Day, don't you? It is such a Romantic Time of the year.

I would like to let everyone know that Mary@ http://maryswritingnook.blogspot.com/, is having an Easter Giveaway. Here is what Mary is saying about her Easter Giveaway. I'm having an Easter giveaway. I'm hoping that you will all enjoy participating in this one. I've been making Easter cards and want to giveaway three of my cards.The are three designs below and you will be able to have these personalized.This one is nice for a mother, sister, daughter, niece or any other little or grown up girl.

This little basket of ducks could be for a child or a grown up. Ducks and flowers are a definite sign of Easter and springtime.

This one is so cute. A little bunny with a rose. It could be given to almost anyone.

If you don't like any of these, be sure to check out my ebay store, The Old and New Shop or these from my post of February 7th. Any of these cards are also available to be personalized. The winner of the giveaway will have a choice of the cards they receive. You can choose three the same or three different ones.
In order to win this giveaway, I ask you to comment on this post and tell me about your most memorable Easter as a child. This will be a lot of fun and I look forward to your stories. Be sure to enter your comment before midnight Eastern Standard Time on February 14th. Comments after that time will not be considered. The winner will be chosen at random on February 15th. This will give me lots of time to print your cards and get them out to you in time for you to send them for Easter.
Also, please pass the word about my giveaway on your blog. Thanks and good luck! Yall be sure to go and visit Mary and enter her Easter Giveaway. She does some very beauiful work and also is very good at writing. You are always Blessed when you leave her place.

I have been blessed in the last few weeks with some Awards and I haven't posted about them. I have also been blessed in the last couple of days with some Awards as well. Please forgive me ladies for not posting about them sooner. My first Award is from Mary@ http://maryswritingnook.blogspot.com/. It is the "YOUR BLOG OF THE MONTH AWARD".

"THANK YOU" so much Mary for this lovely Award. I do appreciate it very much and for you thinking of me. You are a great friend and I'm so proud that you are my friend. My second Award is from Grams@ http://talktograms.blogspot.com/. She presented me with "THE SPREADER OF LOVE AWARD".

"THANK YOU" so much Grams for this lovely Award as well. I do appreciate it very much and I appreciate your Friendship so much. You are a great and wonderful friend also. I have also received some Awards from these 2 ladies and also from Anni@ http://hootin--anni.blogspot.com/. "THE ROYAL BANANA AWARD" is from Anni and Grams.

"THANK YOU" Anni and Grams for this adorable Award. I do appreciate you both thinking of me. I'm going to do like most of my blogging friends do. If you are on my Blogroll, please take the ROYAL BANANA AWARD home with you and feel free to pass it on to your friends. My next Award is from Grams@ http://talktograms.blogspot.com/ and Mary@ http://maryswritingnook.blogspot.com/. It's the "COOL CAT AWARD".

"THANK YOU" Grams and Mary for this cute Award. I do appreciate it very much and for you thinking of me. You ladies are both very special to me. I'm going to do like I did on the Award above, if you are on my Blogroll, please take this COOL CAT AWARD home with you and pass it on as well. My last Award is from Grams@ http://talktograms.blogspot.com/ and Mary@ http://maryswritingnook.blogspot.com/. It's called "YOU ARE TOADALLY AWESOME AWARD".

"THANK YOU" so much Grams and Mary for this adorable Award. Again, I do appreciate it very much and appreciate you thinking of me. Again ladies, if you are on my Blogroll, please take this Award home with you as well and feel free to pass it on also. WHEWWWW!!!! I sure hope I haven't fogotten any Awards that I am suppose to acknowledge. If I have, please know that I didn't do it on purpose, and be sure to let me know about the Award. Sometimes life just takes over and as I'm getting older, I find it hard to remember things. I have to write things down just to remember what to blog about. LOL. Am I the only one that does that kind of thing? I sure hope not. LOL. I've had so many things to share with you today, I feel as if I've put in a 40-hour week. LOL. Just a little humor there yall.

My DH left out going to Salt Lake City yesterday morning. The last time I talked to him last night was around 11:30p.m. and he was just getting into Wyoming. He was going to drive down to Wamsutter, WY, and then let his Uncle take it on into Salt Lake City. Everything is going good so far for them and the weather seems to be co-operating with them. So, hopefully, they will get to come in on early Wednesday morning and stay till noon on Wednesday. Hopefully they will get home sooner than last Wednesday morning. After my DH left around 5:00a.m. yesterday morning, I finished the pot of coffee I had made for me and him. With both of us drinking coffee, we usally get about 2 cups a piece from the pot. Now we don't drink out of your normal coffee mugs or cups. He has a 30 ounce cup that he got at a truck stop and I have a 16 ounce cup that I got from a truck stop when I was out with him one time. Well, needless to say, 2 of my cups isn't going to do it for me, so I made another pot of coffee. I had 2 of my cups from it and when the girls left for Church, I ate my bowl of Corn Flakes and layed back down. I fell asleep and woke back up around 12:30p.m. I still had 2 cups left, so I finished drinking the rest of the coffee. I guess that's why I'm still awake now. LOL. Too much coffee for me yesterday. I haven't made any just yet, but I will before too long tho. I've got to have my coffee fix or else I get grouchy. LOL. The girls ate lunch at Church because their Wednesday night group, Kid's for Christ, was going to a Nursing Home in Lake City, AR, to deliver some Valentine Card's to the elderly there. They had been working on the cards in class on Wednesday nights. They got home around 3:00p.m. and said they had a good time. After they got home, I told them it was time to clean their bedrooms really good. I didn't have any trouble out of them doing it this time. LOL. Sometimes I do and have to stay on them till their rooms are clean. They both did a great job and I am very proud of them. I had told my DH about it once last night when I was talking to him, and he told me to tell the girls he was proud of them also. I told them when they were done to keep it clean because their Daddy was going to look at it when he gets home early Wednesday morning. So, hopefully they will. They also took out the trash and put the big garbage can by the road. Today is garbage pick-up here in our town. I had heated up those Cheeseburgers and Hot Dogs that my DH had cooked for us on Saturday afternoon. That is what we had for our supper last night. There is still enough for me and the girls to eat the rest of them tonight for our supper. I am "THANKFUL" for not having to do alot of cooking. LOL. But I do love it when my DH cooks out on the grill for us. After they had their supper, they got their baths and put their pajama's on.

I was watching t.v. last night and I was watching the Extreme Home Makeover. Did any of you watch it? I tell ya, it was so heart warming and touching. There was a guy who lives in Kansas and had served in the Marines over in Iraq. He lost one of his legs and he is divorced and is raising 4 kids himself. The Makeover Team came and built them a new home that was Handicapped Accessible. It was beautiful. Anyway, I could actually tell that this Marine, was very "THANKFUL" for his new home. You hardly ever see a man cry and if you do see a man cry, it's not really crying like us ladies do. This guy was crying yall. Oh my goodness, it touched my heart so and I had big old tears in my eyes for him and his happiness. I don't know why I watch shows like that because I know it's going to make me all teary-eyed, but I can't help myself from watching shows like that. Maybe it's a hormonal thing I'm going thru. LOL. My DH tells me from time to time that he thinks I'm going thru the change of life. I am like LOL, yeah right, how would you know? LOL. You are not doctor. But then he says he knows because his Mother went thru it and he say's I have the same symptoms. Oh well, leave it to Dr. DH, and he will make me all better. LOL. If only men could experience some of the pains and aches and go thru the things we have to go thru. Wouldn' t that be sight to see? LOL. I'm not downing my DH yall, we joke around with each other all the time.

Well, I guess I've about posted enough for this Monday. I think I will go lay back down and see if I can get me a nap before my alarm goes off at 4:30a.m. I will get back up and fix me a pot of coffee then. Take care my friends and have a great day. May God Bless You and Yours.

LOVE & HUGS,