Oh Me, Oh My!! GiveAway Haven!

There are so many beautiful, ...hmmm, excuse me....ABSOLUTELY beautiful giveaways going on right now!

I can't keep this good stuff to myself!!  I just can't!  Sooooo.....

Anita is a very sweet and talented lady....

and she is having an incredible giveaway over at "Far Above Rubies"!

Mikasa Italian Countryside Flatware!

Click on the above pic for details!

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One of my favorite people in the whole blogland is having a beautiful giveaway!

Rebecca's beautiful handmade items are exquisite as she adds so many intricate details to every thing she makes with such precision!

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Lynn is also a favorite lady I like to visit and she too makes beautiful, exquiste pink treats!  She is also having an awesome giveaway!
Just in time for Christmas...a gorgeous Christmas stocking!

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And then we also have a gal, Gloria at Happy to Be whom I just met today!
She has been blogging for 2 years and she is celebrating by giving away this:

click HERE to learn more!
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Oh MY!  I feel like a child in a candy shop at Christmas time!  :D
So many pretty treats!
Click on each of the pics to attempt to become owner of any of these pretty treats! 

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I have also met a new gal by the name of Rosemary!  Her blog is so romantic and dreamy!
She is having a beautiful giveaway too that you will not want to miss out on!  This bag is filled with beautiful treats!  Click on the pic to learn more!
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Oh and don't forget about your Willard!
Click:  HERE
to get your FREE Willard from Susan Branch!
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Hope you have a wonderful day as you daydream of the possibilities!  :D

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Willard has arrived!

Did you receive your Willard yesterday?

Oh, what is that you say?

You don't know what Willard is?? 

**gasp**

For those of you who don't know what Willard is....

*blushing for you*

Come sit down...

                       let me explain....

Now, you know who Susan Branch is, of course...right?? Huuuhhhh...you DO know, right??

Oh, lol, of course you do!!  LOL!

For a minute there, I though you had hesitated...

Well, now that we have that clear..

Susan writes a letter to her favorite people....and I am one of them!  :D

Yes, yes, you can be one too!

Check this out:  HERE

At the bottom of the page, you can sign up to receive each month

 a wonderful, fun, cheery, pretty, informative, seasonal, witty, clever, little letter

from a happy, vintage, artsy, talented, Martha's Vineyard kind of gal!  :)

You will thank me for telling you about Willard...you will!

It is fun to get something pretty in your mailbox!

Now go on... check it out!  :D

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An Autumn Quietness...

Good Afternoon to you!

  Here is a quiet little thought to bring quiet joy for you as our lives tend to be a little hectic sometimes...



                                                              ~Thomas Kinkade



There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude,
 a quiet joy.

                                  - Ralph H. Blum

May you be able to slow down today and live in a calmness filled with gratitude...such a quiet joy!

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This Puts Life into Perspective....

The wedding.

Her name is Katie Kirkpatrick, 21 yrs old. Next to her is her fiancé, Nick, 23. This picture was taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005. Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy. Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions...

Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine, Katie took care of every single part of the wedding planning. Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to Katie 's constant weight loss.

An expected guest was her oxygen tank. Katie had to use it during the ceremony and reception. The other couple in this picture is Nick's parents, very emotional with the wedding and to see their son marrying the girl he fell in love when he was an adolescent.

Katie, in a wheel chair listening to her husband and friends singing to her.

In the middle of the party, Katie had to rest for a bit and catch her breath. The pain does not allow her to stand for long period of time.

Katie died 5 days after her wedding. To see a fragile woman dress as bride with a beautiful smile makes you think... Happiness is always there within reach, no matter how long it lasts. Lets enjoy life and don't live a complicated life. Life is too short.



Work as if it was your first day. Forgive as soon as possible.

Love without boundaries. Laugh without control and never stop smiling. Please pray for those suffering from cancer.
 
I hope this story touched you as it did for me....I received this via a forward email from a dear friend.  I didn't know this little gal and her husband....but their courage to go on with the wedding and laugh and love...helps me to realize any of my little griefs are not worth the sorrow!  "Smile and be HAPPY!"...that is what I always had told my girls as they were growing up and even now!
 
May you smile and be HAPPY today!! 

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Fall Planting...

I have been visiting with my daughter and her family out of state for a few days.

They bought a newly-constructed home last Christmas on 2 acres which was farmland before the construction.  There are virtually no trees except the wooded lot line.

This weekend, we planted 20 trees and shrubs...including 3 weeping willows.

Oh, my favorite tree!!

I can imagine after just a couple of years as we sit on their pretty front porch, what the trees will look like with the farms and lake in the backdrop!

They have such a lovely home!

Of course, we planted bulbs and perennials, as well!

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Now that I am home, I need to plant a little of this and that for my own home!

Are you doing any fall plantings?

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