Catching Up.....

Mondays are such beautiful beginnings to our week! I had my hubby open my curtains this morning to brilliant blue skies with just a touch of silky clouds being pulled thin to cover the expanse of sky that reaches out across the horizon, quite like there isn't enough to cover it from one end to the other, but it is trying to.

Hubby is trying to work from home this week to help me out as much as he can. Oh I am so thankful he has been home, instead of being up in Washington where they wanted to send him. I was told he would have flown home anyway to help out. What a guy!

My youngest had a sleepover last night, they were great, I didn't hear them at all, must be the pain meds for now. I don't remember too much about the final moments of last night.

My oldest is headed for one of three places today, the beach, Lake Gregory again for the waterslides or a new regional park that also has one down the hill as we like to call it. Any place that involves driving literally down the hill, which is the Cajon Summit, a steep freeway incline that separates sea level from the high desert by about 3500 feet.

It's funny because the people who live "down the hill" don't refer to it as that way nor do they refer to it as going up the hill when they are headed our way, which for most people is on the way to Las Vegas. Very few people come up the hill just to visit. Not much here.

I am counting down the days hopefully when I can get up and get to walking around again, which for now remains an impossibility, and keeps me sitting partially upright in my bed with my lap top reading and replying to blogs. So for those of you that wanted to know if I am remaining in bed, the answer is yes! It is a great tool blogging, I got two phone calls from people that hadn't talked to me, but read my blog and had to call. Isn't that nice? See what blogging can do!

I do have great news that I have received from over the weekend and that is from a dear sweet woman known as Silver in the blogging world. Her blog Reflections is one of the most peaceful places I have happened across in the blog community. I was instantly drawn in by her name, Silver, and then by all the little icons on found on her page. It was like a place to just stop, slow down and find my breath again in the midst of the rushing around most of do everyday. It was like being in a meditation room, just that tranquil.



Wow, already feel myself relaxing just talking about it. On Saturday she was wonderful enough to bestow upon my blog the Neno award, which is pictured above. Isn't it beautiful? The Neno Award is given to those who love blogging, love to encourage friendships through blogging, and who help others seek the reasons why we all love blogging. Well this is about everyone's blog I follow or receive comments from. As you receive these it gets hard to just pick up the few required ones to pass the award along to.

You really want to give it to everyone. I mean how do you chose just a few. But I realize the thoughts that go into the passing along of this award and why people give it away. When you receive it, you feel accomplished, recognized and renewed like something within your blog is making a difference to others out there. It doesn't mean if I don't pass it along to someone that I don't feel those things when I come to your blogs. I am simply passing it along to keep it moving, so it will make its way around to everyone. It will touch people and give them a much needed boost in their day.

For some it will be there very first award and for that I am so happy if this award does that for you. I remember when Andrea at Arise 2 Write gave me my very first award. I thought, I am not just writing for me, but it's doing its purpose, my writing is changing people's lives and give them inspiration and motivation to just get through at least this day. Tomorrow can wait and take care of itself. Let's just work on today.

I am suppose to pass this along to those bloggers that love blogging, love to encourage friendships through blogging and who help others seek the reasons why we all love blogging. So here they are:

1. Loren at The Magoo's News. If you haven't stopped by Loren's blog, you are missing out. This beautiful woman is so living out the life of a Proverbs 31 woman by taking care of her dad Doug, while she is apart from her hubby and kids. Please stop by and give Loren a great word of encouragement, follow her blog and let's keep each other going everyday.

2. Rosel at Off The Beaten Trek. She has been one of my first followers and she is as dedicated to helping believers as much today as when I first met her. Her love of God is contagious the moment you stop by her blog as when you connect with her in her comments to you. You feel like you have a great friend, a BFF, and part of a family. Please stop by and congratulate Rosel today and keep her in your prayers so that this warrior will continue to make a difference in every life she touches.

3. Charlotte at Simply Divine Love. Every day I stop here, it's like a mini devotional all wrapped up on one post. I love how she puts together something that tugs at your heart strings and your soul and really gets you thinking about certain topics. Sometimes you are changed when you stop by here, sometimes you are challenged, but with Charlotte I find you are always learning something. Please hop on over, check out her blog and see if you are drawn in by her words and postings. Leave her a comment and encourage her and tell her how what she has written has changed you.

4. Kat at Art's Chili. Yeah I know you must be thinking unless you are following Kat's blog, hmm just what lies beneath that title? A great mixture of all kinds of things, much like chili. You add a little of this and a little of that, and before you know it, you've got something amazing that you can't get enough of. I love Kat's site and not just because she has an incredible name, but because she is someone I can see that we all need to have in our lives. Someone who keeps us upbeat and alive. Someone who won't let you down, no matter how far you think you have fallen. If you need that, go to Kat's site and sit a spell. Read some of what she has written and please comment and tell her what you think. Encourage her today and let her know she is an amazing and brilliant writer.

5. Annette at Lemonade Skies. In the short time, I have emailed and chatted with Annette, I knew I found a great friend. Sometimes you can just tell by what someone has commented to you, or how it is written that you have found a caring heart. Annette's is just that kind and gentle spirit you need. She is the friend that I believe that would drop everything and just come sit with you in the midst of whatever you were going through and be there for you. To sit, to cry or just to hug you and wait til the storm passes. This is what I believe and we all need more people like that today. If you stopped by here today, please visit her and let her know she is an amazing person!

6. Steve at Gotta Have Faith. No I don't just pass along blog awards to Steve because he is my hubby. If you have stopped by and read his blog or been the recipient of his comments, you know that men who blog are a rare treasure indeed. You gain a different insight into their soul when they put words to paper. Steve is no exception. It's exciting to share blogging tips with him and watch his blog grown daily with new friends he comes across. Please stop by today and add him to your list of followers. His comments and posts will just give you the lift you need in your day and just enough to keep moving forward.

If you are looking for that perfect blend of people in your life and out of the 6 I have listed here, you find yourself needing more, click on the right hand side of my blog and check out the people I am following. Each one of them is needed in my life, be it there stories that inspire or their kinds words that encourage, each on of them is necessary and vital part of my life. Please stop by and let them know, follow if you like what you read, and most of all, comment, so you can tell them just what they mean to you. Life is short and we need to let people know we care about them and they mean something to us. Their life will not go un-noticed. We will be a witness to them.