Truly Blessed and finally posted

Well, I am now finally getting this post onto my blog. My great friend Teresa presented me with two separate awards and a challenge (you can find the result of that challenge in a post below) back on January 30th and I have just recently figured out how to get the awards posted (I'm so blogger challenged still) and apologize to Teresa for taking this long to get them here. Now on to the first award - it is the Kreativ Blogger

and I am to tell you about seven of my favorite things as well as nominate seven other great bloggers. Here is a list of a few of my favorite things ... please note, that they are not in any order.

1. my family
2. making others laugh
3. taking trips with Jim on our motorcycle
(we are taking a long trip this summer - more to come in a later post)
4. reading a good book while it's raining
5. vanilla ice cream
6. knowing my friends can count on me to be there for them at anytime
7. making cards, scrapbooking & stamping, stamping & more stamping.

Here are my nominees to receive this great award (I just couldn't stop at seven) and they are as follows:

Chrissy - Creating With Chrissy
Allison - Stampin When I Can
Keri Lee - Pink Lemonade
Denise - The Paper Landscaper
Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
Jo - Stampin 'n Stuff
Debbie - Thinking Inking
Lisa - Stampin' for Sanity
Robin - Robin's Rubber Room

The second award is called the Proximity Award and here's how it works:
This award is given to a blog that invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!” The rule of the award is to now pass it on to another 8 people who demonstrate this spirit. I have nominated all the ladies in my SCS blogger group #7. Please visit them all when you get a chance because they all inspire me with their beautiful work and I am truly honored to have them as a part of this group.

Thank you so much Teresa for these great awards - it means so much to me to have received these from you. I hope you and everyone else has a great weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day.

Janet