I'm Back, Blog Friendships & Awards!

 (The Sky over Phoenix on my vacation.)

Hello friends!  Well, I am back from a week long vacation to Phoenix.  Me and a girlfriend braved the extreme heat to visit one of our best friends who moved there over three years ago.  It was very hot.  Close to 112 most days. It's the kind of heat that causes you to gasp when you walk out in it.  But we survived. We had a great time hanging out, watching movies, eating chocolate, drinking coffee, shopping and had some fabulous pampering!

 (My two BEST friends - Laura & Kristin.
Kristin lives in Phoenix.)

On Monday, I had the privilege of meeting Debbie of Heart Choices. Debbie's blog was one of the first ones that I began to follow when I started blogging about a year ago.  She has always been such an encouragement to me.  From the moment we said hello, and gave one another a big hug, I was instantly connected!  We shared about our lives, our families, blogging and some of the trials we've walked through. I love how God brings to us those who can take our hand and walk with us along the way.  Debbie is that to me. She's been in places where I'm going and I know she will be with me every step of the way. Thank you Debbie!  If you haven't visited her over at Heart Choices yet, hop on over and say hello.  You will love her as much as I do!

(Debbie and Me!)

I also wanted to take a moment to thank a couple of wonderful ladies for some recent bloggie love!  Jinnia over at Jinnia Low.com awarded me the "Sugar Doll" blog award back on July 5th. (Sorry I didn't acknowledge this sooner, but I forgot to star it in my Google Reader and forgot about it until the next award.)

And, Jen over at Finding Heaven has awarded me the "Blog With Substance Award".  

Thank you ladies! I am humbled and honored that you read my blog.  I truly appreciate you both!

My Blog Has A Song!

I am so excited!  A couple of weeks ago my friend Lynnette at Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground gave away a personalized blog theme song, to be created by her fabulously gifted son, Jared.  I won it!  If you haven't had a chance to visit Jared over at Symphonizeme, you have got to check out what this is all about.  I love music and I loved the fact that Jared would take a few bits of information and put together a personalized theme song that fits the personality of my blog.  So, what do you think?  Do you love it?  I totally do!  And if for some reason you don't , you won't hurt my feelings if you press pause on the player up in the top right corner of my blog so you can read in silence.

In other news, the lovely Tree of Mother Of Pearl It Is has awarded me the "Sweet Blog" award.  I am very honored to accept this award.  I hope my blog will always give out the sweetness of the Lord whenever someone visits me!  Thank you Tree!

Have a lovely day friends!