Premio Dardos Award

My blog has received yet another award!This one is called Premio Dardos. Why do all Latin based words sound sexual to me [did I say that!!??] ... anyway, the gracious giver is from my new bloggy pal, Tea Time With Melody. Thanks Melody!! You are a kind and generous person, as always.

This award is given for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing...that's the general idea.

The rules of this award are as follows: show the image of the award on your blog, link back to the blog that gave the award, and nominate 15 other blogs that you consider deserving the same.

So here are my 15 of my personal favorite blogs:

1. a little birdie told me so

2. All About Whatever

3. Bygone Beauty

4. Carey's Corner

5. Chachaneen

6. Chicken Soup

7. From A Southern Writer

8. From The House of Edward

9. Georgia Mysteries

10. I Need a Martini Mom

11. Life at Willow Manor

12. Muse Swings

13. Nana's Living The Dream

14. Pappy's Balderdash

15. Voila! Vintage Postcards

They all make me think, sometimes cry and always bring a sparkle to my day.

If any of y'all already have this award or you're just not interested, then feel free to ignore this offer. Just wanted to let you know you're welcome to it and that I consider you all my BFF's (Bloggy Friends Forever). :o)

God blessings to you all and have fun!! Thanks again Melody. I am really touched. ♥ ∞

Tagged! 7 Weird Random Things About Sparky ♥ ∞

SoulBrush tagged me to write seven weird random facts about myself.

1. I have faith in Jesus Christ first, foremost and always. Faith in Him has helped keep me sane in an insane and often unfair world. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

2. I love my husband with all my heart. He is truly my split-apart and kindred spirit. We've had a wonderful life together and I pray that God will allow us many more. I am his first wife (tee hee - he always jokingly says that) and he is my second husband. Our 30th Anniversary is next August 11th. I think he has something in the works already ... ??

3. I'm pretty easy going, smile easily, try to be generous to those less fortunate and don't like meanness or bullies. But I don't suffer fools lightly and don't tolerate laziness. But I do try to be kind to others no matter their attitude towards me. "A gentle word turnth away wrath ...."

4. I *!*LOVE*!* motorcycling (I'm a motorcyclist, not a 'biker' - I'll explain the difference for anyone interested). I'm really good with mechanical things and am a good rider. One feels so free on two wheels. It's just like flying on the ground! Wahoo! "Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul." Amen!

5. My adopted mother died when I was 10. I was physically and mentally abused by my adopted father. The pain of his angry words still haunt me sometimes. The scars of his evil never leave and sometimes I revert to my old morbid self in self-defense (real or perceived) like a 10 year old child. I apologize for that. All I can add in my defense is that I am one of God's Projects Under Construction.

6. I enjoy my 1970's rock and classical music. It soothes me. "Music calms the savage beast." Although I can sing, I'm not truly musically inclined.

7. I'm really, really good at research and following a paper trail, whether it's following a person or an accounting trail. For me, genealogy and accounting go hand-in-hand. Following out something like that is similiar to a good Agatha Christie mystery. I've been granted special recognitions at some of the places I've worked for my talents. It's a gift.

Guess I'm kinda boring but I try to always be a nice person with a good sense of humor.

I am suppose to tag others but I think this madness will stop with me . [lol - just teasing SoulBrush] Just too tired this week. I'm just not 'in the zone' right now. I think I have Election Day Hangover from all the stress and turmoil, plus Maxie had me worried. It'll pass. I watched this video by Assemblies of God. This 10 minute speech cheered me up but I'm still tired.

Next time I'll tag others with glee. ♥ ∞

Redneck Picnic

Since I am freaking out that Maxie is under the knife this morning to have that lump removed from her chest, we decided to go garbage collecting on our dirt road. Sometimes I tire of picking up after the Pig People that live here but I hate looking at a trashy road.

Whilst being Good Bee's, we chanced upon the remains of a redneck picnic ...

... which consists of a case of Bud Light beer ...

... and yet another 'case' of empty Moon Pies!

We have such classy Pig People as neighbors.

For those of you uneducated in the ways of The South, a Moon Pie is really just a s'more wrapped and packaged for a quick buck. Moon pie's have been around forever and a day. Eating Moon Pie is a tradition here, like putting peanuts in our coke (the drink not the ... well, you know!). Anyway, not sure what a s'more is either? Doggone it y'all ... do I have to teach you everything!? [lol] A s'more is short for "Give me some more!". It's two graham crackers with a Hershey chocolate bar and marshmallow melted on a stick over an open fire, then squished into the middle. They are so yummy! We used to make s'more's while sitting around the campfire in Brownies and Girl Scouts. I also learned how to fry an egg on a used tin can over an open flame. Something I have never found useful in real life, but, there you are.

I was going to drill this little guy as to who the trashy perp's where but he wasn't making much sense. I guess I'll have to wait until he's sober for more questions.

So, we came home after all that hard work and had our dinner (lunch to you 'yankees') of fried baloney with melted cheese, macaroni and cheese, and speckled butter beans.

The only hard part was figuring out what wine goes with baloney. ♥ ∞

Duuuude, I've Got A Dell

Ta da! I took delivery of a 'new' 17" Dell laptop the other day. It's new to me but it's a reconditioned Dell (got it half price, check it out if interested y'all!). My old laptop has a 15" screen, also a Dell, and it has been donated to my husband so he may play his computer card games and not kibitz me while 'working'.

For some unexplainable reason, even though I'm still using the same type Windows XP, I am having a dilly of a time getting all my programs to be compatible. Somehow I've lost my favorite graphics program (Print Shop Pro) and had to buy a new one. Now I have to wait patiently (????) for it to arrive in the mail before I can be creative again ... BUMMER! The Lotus 1-2-3 word processing program won't load and my favorite solitaire card games won't play. Hmmm .... where's a friendly geek when you need one.

Well, in spite of my 'problems', the new laptop sure is nice. The picture quality and boot up speed is so much better. Can't wait to use it for the Grape Escape.

I guess Bigger really is Better! [LOL] ♥ ∞

Maxie VS The Vet

Maxie, our 10 year old miniature schnauzer, has developed a fatty lump on her breast that is sticking through her rib cage. I just wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow she visits her doggy doctor and may also be 'under the knife'. Whisper a prayer for her bloggy friends, pretty please? Thanks. I knew I could count on y'all.

Maybe that's all that is really wrong? I'm petting her too much? Nahhhhh .... :o)

This is how we view cats, 'ey Maxie?

Oh, heck, I know she'll probably do just fine. I'm the one that will probably have to be sedated!! [lol]

Have a great Sunday everyone! ♥ ∞

Fallen For You Award

This lovely autumn award created by Lavinia Ladyslipper was graciously bestowed upon your's truly from my bloggy pal, Muse-Swings. Thank you my dear! I feel greatly honored and touched (but not in the head, I hope). [lol]

Again, thank you so much! :o) ♥ ∞

The Beauty That Surrounds Us

We took a stroll down our one lane dirt country road this morning. The fall colors are finally reaching our little corner of the world.

I hope you also enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. :o)

Bay Tree (green)

Red Maple and Slash Pine

Eastern Baccharis (Groundseltree)
Good morning bumbly bee!

Tallow Tree

Close up of Tallow leaves.

"Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Luke 12:27 ♥ ∞