I've Been Honored

Last week two J-landers honored me on the same day with the Nice Matters Award.  This award has been floating around J-Land for a week or two now.  I am very honored to have it passed my way.  Pam at Almost 40 and Lisa at Adventures From Florida To Kentuckiana (private) and The Periwinkle Post (public) had some very nice things to say about me, and I really do appreciate it.  They are both such nice people themselves, and I so enjoy reading their journals. 

The idea behind the award apparently is that it be "...given to those that are just nice people, good blog friends and those that inspire good feelings.  Those that care about others, that are there to lend support or those that are just a positive influence on our blogging world."  I think this describes so many here in J-Land.

I believe that I am supposed to pass this along to a group of J-Landers myself, but I hesitate to do so, because I can't think of a journal that I read whose author doesn't display the traits in the description above.  So I'm going to just hold onto my allotment of honorees for now, and then I think I'll parcel them out for specific journal entries that strike me as particularly "nice" at the time.  I hope this is okay.

And thank you again, Pam and Lisa, for thinking of me.

Please Call 'Round

Please drop by Alphawoman's Journal, as her father passed away during the night.  I'm sure she would appreciate it.

My Mother Would Be Proud

I just gave Eler Beth a tube of chap stick to use to make a book marker. 

I thought I was giving her a glue stick.

In case you're wondering, no, chap stick doesn't work like a glue stick.

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It occurred to me again yesterday (and I may have mentioned this before) that when my mother was the age I am now, she was pregnant with me and had six kids at home from 17 years down to 5 years.  I cannot imagine!

In a couple of months I will be half my mother's age.

I hope I make it to her age, and if I do, I hope I'm as mentally and physically sound as she is!

Nice Weather For A Change

Wow, what a beautiful day we're having here!

It got close to 60° this afternoon, and made me want to get out and play in the dirt.  Unfortunately there is no dirt to play in; it's still mostly mud!  Oh well, this is just a little hint of Spring, anyway.

Thomas had said something about burning some old boxes and some scrap wood this afternoon, so Eler Beth decided that when he did she wanted to roast some marshmallows!  We have a little fire pit (or ring, actually) where we burn things like that on appropriate days, so Thomas started the fire and added some hickory chips to it, and then Eler Beth and her friend B sat out there and watched it.  Now they are roasting hot dogs and marshmallows.  I made up some hamburger patties for them, and Thomas laid a camping grill over the ring.  The fire is dying down enough now for them to grill burgers.  Thomas had thought about firing up the actual grill today, but, heck! -- if the girls want to grill burgers and hot dogs over the open fire, then I'll fix a little pasta salad to go with it, and we'll have dinner, without my having had to do much at all!

The girls are having a blast.  Isn't it great that a simple thing like watching a fire and roasting hotdogs and marshmallows can keep two little girls busy and happy all afternoon?

Andrew went to Bloomington with friends Friday night and got in late last night.  Now he is off to a Super Bowl party with friends this afternoon.   Thomas and I don't usually get into the Super Bowl, although we did watch the whole game last year -- we didn't just tune in for the commercials.

I need to do a lot of catching up on journal reading today, and journal writing as well.  I hope everyone is enjoying this Sunday.  Have a great week!

Weekly Sentence With Val

 

This week's letters are DSPWAS.

And here is my submission:

Dinner Should Probably Wait A Second!

To play along click the graphic at the top.

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February 1, 1947

If my father were still living, he and my mother would have been married for 61 years today.  Happily they were able to celebrate 55 years before his death.

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad

 

They eloped, and these were the only pictures taken of them on their wedding day as far as we know.

First of the Month Reminders

Don't forget to schedule your annual mammogram, and please be sure to conduct self-exams monthly!

My mother was in her early sixties when she found a small lump in one breast.  Her doctor immediately sent her for a mammogram, a biopsy was done, and it was found to be cancerous.  It was found in the early stages, and was a slow-growing type as well.  She opted to have a mastectomy, recovered wonderfully quickly and has now been cancer-free for almost 18 years. 

She still does monthly self-exams and gets her mammogram and pap smear once a year.  So don't put it off, please!  Early detection can make a world of difference!

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