Beautiful Blogger Award

I found this in my drafts when I was looking at what I have yet to do. It is a couple months old but I wanted to get this posted. I was given this lovely award by my friend Laura at Day by Day in Our World. I met Laura through the Internet and then met her in person when she was moved to Maryland. She was a fellow homeschooler and TOS Crew member too. She has 4 boys from 8th grade to rug rat. We were in the same homeschool support group for a while. She is now living in the Faaaaar north, Alaska. She has had moose in her back yard and it is light most of the time there now. I don't know how they get any sleep... I guess they will catch up in the winter when it is dark most of the time and there are only a few hours of daylight.

As a recipient of the Beautiful Blogger award, one must:
1) Add a link and note of thanks to the person giving the award
2) Pass the award on to the bloggers whose blogs you love (15 tops)
3) Share 7 things about yourself

1) I love the old version of Battlestar Galactica. When I was in college it was on t.v. My roommate and I would reserve the television in order to watch it. We had one t.v. per floor in our dorm, that was 48 girls. We could reserve the t.v for favorite programs on a first come first served basis. We looked forward to every week. My hubby bought me the whole series on DVD when it came out and I watch it at least once a year. My boys like it too and I only have to skip a couple of scenes when watching it with them. I hate, and did not follow, the new version. Don't like the Starbuck character being a girls and it has a lot more romancy stuff in it, too. Don't even know how long it was on or if it still is.

2) I also love Star Wars. The original 4, 5, and 6 more than 1, 2, and 3. Yoda is my favorite character. I have original bubble gum cards that I collected in High School and some other collectibles that I previously showed on my blog. I do not have the complete set but I love what I do have. I have them in a cool Star Wars Binder with a zipper and card holder pages inside.

3) I don't like shellfish. I don't eat shrimp, lobster, crab, etc. Yuck! I do eat fish on occasion but that is not a favorite either.

4) I love to play computer games. I have a lot of favorites and play a bunch of games from Most Fun because you can download them for free and play for free with only occasional ad's coming up. (some of the ads recently have disturbed me and you have to turn off the volume for them. Some of them you can actually pause the ad and not watch it and that is nice for the more nasty commercials. The ad's time passes and the game comes back on. I mostly play the ones in the action, puzzle and strategy sections. I usually play a little each day. Probably too much time wasted doing it. It is one of my stress releases and pleasures.

5)I am cooped up in this house to much. I have been inside this house since last Sunday and have not stepped foot outside until this morning. I went out to take a picture of the rose that is blooming in my front yard and then came back in. Probably the reason for the playing of to many computer games.

6) I love making spreadsheets to organize our homeschool and make it work for us rather than use pages from a planner that fit other people. I like adding in the names of the books we use on a regular basis and then I only have to write the pages in as we do them each day. Makes keeping track of school so much easier than writing stuff in each day. I do use some of the TOS planner pages, too. I especially like the Curriculum Key Chart because that allows me to use abbreviations as well and keep track of them easily.

7) I trained my girls to cook and now they are helping their brothers learn to cook. I took all of last year off from cooking completely. My daughter Rachel took over my cooking jobs. Now I am back to cooking, but only one day a week. This is what training your children can bring you.

We reworked the schedule this year and now we each cook one day (except Rachel and my hubby - Rachel wanted more than one day and hubby does not get a day. We each are a cooks helper one day, also.

Here is our schedule: Main Cook (also chooses the menu)/Helper
Sunday - Rachel/Mom (usually something pre-made or in the crockpot so we can relax when we get home from church and not have to wait a long time for dinner)
Monday - Rachel/Jessica
Tuesday - Christopher (14yrs old)/ Rachel  (he is in training)
Wednesday - Jessica/Nate
Thursday - Mom/Christopher
Friday - Nathan/Dad
Saturday - Rachel

Anyone who reads my blog and does not have this award yet is welcome to take it and share 7 things about yourself. Leave me a comment so I can come and comment on your post.


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Award

I just found this in my drafts. It is from a while ago. My TOS Mate and bloggie pal, Sheri from http://ideas4theworkbox.blogspot.com gave me an award - only thing is I have to answer the questions with only one word. Some of them I could not do one word so I "sorta" cheated... see #4 He is in Heaven #7 - should be McD's Sweet Tea, #35 5 Guys Burgers and Fries, and #15  dd Rachel's Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins... mmm mmm good!

#1. Where is your cell phone? none
#2. Your hair? grey
#3. Your mother? Godly
#4. Your father? Miss him
#5. Your favorite food? pizza
#6. Your dream last night? none
#7. Your favorite drink? Tea
#8. Your dream/goal? business
#9. What room are you in? living
#10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
#11. Your fear? homelessness
#12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Grandmother
#13. Where were you last night? home
#14. Something you aren’t? skinny
#15. Muffins? pumpkin
#16. Wish list item? lots
#17. Where did you grow up? Wayne
#18. Last thing you did? Blogging
#19. What are you wearing? Jeans
#20. Your TV? On
#21. Your pets? none
#22. Your friends? few
#23. Your life? stressful
#24. Your mood? good
#25. Missing someone? yes
#26. Vehicle? running
#27. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
#28. Your favorite store? Dollar
#29. Your favorite color? Purple
#30. When was the last time you laughed? earlier
#31. Last time you cried? today
#32. Your best friend? Jesus
#33. One place that I go over and over? library
#34. One person who emails me regularly? Chris
#35. Favorite place to eat? 5Guys

Pals I am awarding -
dd Rachel at Young Homemakers
dd Jessica at  Young Homemakers  or  Literary Pursuits
Michele at The Silver Lining
Heidi at Review and Reflections

Love you guys,
Debbie

An award

My friend, Sheri @ 1 of 100 TOS Crew Reviews gave me this cool Sisterhood Award! Love you Sister! Thanks for the award.


The rules:
1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate up to 10 blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude!
3. Be sure to link your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Remember to link the person from whom you received your award.

My nominees are:
My lovely daughters and Sisters in the Lord Rachel and Jessica
My Sister in Christ and best friend Michele

I would give one to Sheri but she already got one from her friend. Thanks again for the award Sheri.

that's about it,
Debbie

Excellence in Blogcasting Award

My dd's Rachel and Jessica have given me an award is for "Excellence in Blogcasting"! Thank you so much girls! I Love you!


Here are the rules...
1) Post the award on my blog
2) Pass it on to some friends, up to 15
3) I have to let them know they've received the award. So, here's some of the people who's blogs I enjoy and this award is now theirs to pass on. =:)

I am awarding this to some bloggin' friends with Excellent blogs (in no particular order) ...
1. A new blog I read and love - Kristen at We Are That Family - Kristen we are one of those families too and I have on my list of things to do to get to be an honorary member of the That Family Tree.
2. Kristen's neighbor and the newest blog I follow... wow it is great Bake at 350
3. Molly at Counter Cultural School, I have especially enjoyed her Home Library Builders Series, but all her posts are Excellent! and Molly is an Excellent Lady
4. My good friend Laura at Day by Day in Our World - one of the few bloggin' buddies I have that I have met in person, her blog is Grrrrrreat!!
5. and lastly I am awarding Jessica at A Path With Promise - her blog is Stupendous and her unplugged challenge posts and activities are Wonderful. She is a great homeschool mom.

Have a good day ladies and if I didn't send you the Award don't feel bad... I read lots of blogs but you only want to do so much work handing out these awards. I have other things to do and these awards are great BUT you have to choose who to award and then post about it and then comment on each blog to let them know... It is a lot of work!!! I picked two new ones and then some of my fav's so... if you are reading this check out my friends EXCELLENT blogs if they are not ones your regularly read and tell them I sent you.

Way to Go Bloggin' Buddies!!!
Debbie

The Lovely Award

Many thanks to Laura O at Day By Day In Our World for this award! She was in the process of giving me an award on Tuesday when I was in the process of giving her one... too funny. Thanks Laura for thinking my blog is Lovely and for being a blogging, homeschooling, Cindy Rushton lovin' friend.

This is what the award is for and about.

“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in 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. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

Thanks Laura,
I want to make friends through my blog because I want this blog to be a friendly place where folk can laugh, even if they are laughing at me LOL, and get advice, and see lapbooks, and get information, and see what we do for homeschool.

As requested, I'm passing this along to some bloggers I read and appreciate.

1. Since my dd's do not have this award yet they are #1 Rachel and Jessica at Young Homemakers
2. My dd Jessica has her own writing site and it is just lovely so she gets one for that site too
Literary Pursuits
3. My good friend Michele at Seek the Silver Lining Michele is a brand new blogger and yes, Michele, I will help you put this on your blog on Friday and help you do what you need to do about it.
4. My new friend Chasity at Seasons of a Godly Woman
5. Dawn at For I am Confident in This
6. Sheri at Scrapbooks and Lapbooks

Well, that is all for passing along this time.
thanks again Laura,
Debbie

I got a Blog Award

My Dear Daughters gave me my very first Blogger Award. Thanks Girls I love you very much, and not just because of the award LOL!!! Go check out there site at Young Homemakers.

This is what you need to do...Thank the person who gave the award to you, post the award on you blog or on a post, nominate 10 blogs which show great attitude/gratitude, link to the people you chose on your post, and comment on their blogs to tell them about the award! =:)

Since my dd's gave me the award I will not give it right back to them though if I had gotten it from someone else they would be #1 on my list of awardee's. But since they already have this award I will pass it on to:
1. Laura at Day by Day In Our World
2. Chasity at Seasons of a Godly Woman
3. Erna at Simply Lapbooks
4. Jessica at A Path with Promise
5. Molly at Counter Cultural School
6. Dawn at For I am Confident in This
7. Sheri at Scrapbooks and Lapbooks
8. Christine at the real life home
9. Mrs. Cuddles at Cuddles on the Couch
10. Tiany at Less of Me - More of Him

Congratulations to the Award Winning Ladies... come get your award
Everyone else check out some of my favorite blogging friends

Have a Wonder Filled Week
Debbie

P.S. I had to save the jpg of the award to my computer and put it in as a picture, that was the only way I could get it on my sidebar and in my post.