Poem~Awards~Favorites

I promised a vase of daisies to someone!

My Poem

This poem is for Marcy, she's our blogger police.
If it weren't for dear Bernie, in jail I would be.
Failed to acknowledge some awards I received,
Guilty as charged...but been too busy you see.

Just too many to get...it was four in one week,
I'm shy by nature...found it hard to just speak,
My fate should be pardoned by this single feat,
but choosing 28 others...I can't take the heat.

The daisies are for Stillness, they're her special treat,
As for our friend Teresa...I think she's really neat,
And oh yes, all of us know...Eileen's very sweet,
and comments from Diana are as funny as can be.

Barb's in her mountain...which just turned snow free,
Jackie's on vacation probably up sitting in a tree,
Delwyn broke her ankle, say a prayer for her please,
Annette is my daughter...and a special one to me.

Can't fit all your names in, it's impossible you see,
There's Brenda, Linda, Lisa, Claudia, Robyn, Sue, Anne, T, and Lizzie,
Rebecca, Rowan, Joan, Janet, Jientje, Jacquelyn, Jain and Cindy.
Yes, one and all... have become... very good friends to me!

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In receiving the awards from

Delwyn, Jackie, Stillness,and Eileen...

I have to state 7 things about Me!

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1.
I still live in the same town I grew up in.
Met my husband, who was 2 years older,

in high school study hall, even though we

lived on the same street. Married in November

of the year I graduated...1963

2.
I was an honor student, Treasurer of our

National Honor Society, and Homecoming

Queen my Senior year. My best subjects

were math and biology.

3.
I get together once a month with about 12

friends from grade school and have breakfast

at a local diner...it's just 2 minutes up the

road...we stay for hours...and bring gifts for

anyone having yet another birthday. My very

best friend Barb teaches Alivia's dance class.

4.
I have always been a stay at home mom,

have watched most of my grandchildren,

while their parents worked...They range in

age now from 21 to 6 years old. This is the
first year of not babysitting, but they all live

within walking distance...all 9 of them,

so I see them often.

5.
Trying to be as healthy as I can became

important to me about 14 years ago, when

hospitalized on Christmas Eve with

pneumonia...I was there over 30 days...the

only time I've ever been sick in my life...

that and a broken ankle 2 years ago...which

happened 4 days before Christmas.
I've learned to take it easy at Christmas.

6.
I love books, not only to read but to own...

when young I would read encyclopedias when

bored...I still like learning, researching things

on the internet.

7.

My favorite words are

silent and listen...they share the same letters.

I am more a listener than a talker. I'm not a

loner, but don't mind being alone...I like quiet

alone time...am always up by 6.

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~Now for Friday Favorites~

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This is just a simple little stool...but inside

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are these little dolls I made...they have buttons

for arms...the buttons were from my

Mother in law's old sewing tin.

I love this cookie tin that once belong to my mother.



This is my favorite get away room...it
contains all the clutter of my sentimentality...
things I can't part with...note the phone...
it had once been a gift from me to my mother...

as was the clock.



Alivia loved to play with the phone...
a month after mother passed Alivia picked it up and said "Gramma...Grannie wants to talk."

Even though I have a computer in this room...
I usually end up in Herhusband's computer
room on his...He has a better chair.


Now I don't feel so guilty!
Three things in one post...
a poem, the awards, and favorite things.