All Good Things...

Spring is in the air and I've been feeling the love lately so I wanted to share some of my good news with you...

Midwest to Midlands and Carmen at Carmen's Chronicles awarded me the Happy 101 Award. Thank you! I've received this award before but I'm always thrilled to be recognized by my fellow bloggers, especially these two cool women. Please check them out. And as per the Award, here's my original ten happy things and my new condensed version of things that make me happy, in no particular order--

1) Spring 2) Family 3) Chocolate 4) Daffodils 5)Friends 6) Handwritten letters 7) Vacations 8) Fresh sheets on the bed 9) Strawberry Cheesecake 10) All of YOU!

Here are the rules: 1. When you have received this award you must thank the person that awarded you in a new post. 2. Name the 10 things that make you happy. 3. Pass this award onto 10 other bloggers and inform the winners. I pass this on to the first ten commenters, if desired, and anyone else that needs a reminder of what makes them happy.

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A big Woo-hoo to Hilary at The Smitten Image for mentioning She What? in her recent Post of the Week feature. Thank you Hilary! POTW is a great way to meet new bloggers with terrific posts. Check her out!

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A long overdue thank you to Lenore Locken of Eat, Write, Create. She participated in the amazing One World One Heart blogging giveaway event. I won a fabulous set of greeting cards she created with her photos. Trust me on this, my photo of her photo cards don’t come close to doing them justice. Click on over to see her amazing work. And FYI-- Love, Peace and Chicken Grease is a real restaurant!

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The pool and deck repair project is moving along at a fast and swift pace. This construction crew is so well managed and work so well together that I’m almost going to miss them. I say almost because we’re in the jack-hammer-for-8-hours-a-day stage. Oy. But at the end of every day, things are stored neatly, hosed down, and the yellow caution tape securely in place. Two weeks down, three to go!

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My sweet niece from Ohio is visiting me this week. She’s an awesome college student who’s hanging out with her old auntie on Spring Break. I’m thrilled to have family from “back home” staying with us. We’re going to take in all the sights and tastes of Los Angeles that we can cram into a few days. It’s her first time here so there’s lots to see. I’ll be missing in action for the week but will catch up with you all soon.

Happy Spring!

Welcome to The Fifty Factor - Joanna Jenkins

PS It's not too late to participate in Snuggies For Seniors. There's a Giveaway too!

Photo Credit:

Holiday Sign © pixelking - Fotolia.com

Pool: Joanna Jenkins

Miss Polly's Soul Cafe: Lenore Locken

Balloons: © Hallgerd - Fotolia.com