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Sweet!

Phyllis @ All things Beautiful gave me a sweet surprise!

Thank you so much Phyllis! Sweet from the sweet! If you all haven’t visited her, please do. Besides her All things Beautiful, she also posts regularly on her Household Ways and Beautiful Ideas blog. May I also ask that you, dear readers, pray for her husband, Steven? He’s recovering and needs much prayer. (Details at the end of this post). Lift up the whole family. Thank you in advance.

1. Thank and link to the person who nominated you.
2. Share 7 random facts about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 deserving blog buddies.
4. Contact those buddies to congratulate them.

7 Random Facts

1. I used to feed alligators marshmallows from the dock. When I was a child we would go to the beach for weeks at a time. This was back when the Florida panhandle was not so developed. A state park adjoined my great-grandfather’s property. The coastal lakes and swamps…

2. My co-workers out west were concerned for me when I brought cucumber sandwiches for lunch. While it was purely preference for me, they were worried that they needed to take up a collection so that I wouldn’t need to live so frugally.

3. I was on the yearbook staff as photographer in both high school and college. Then, after that, briefly a wedding photographer.

4. I love watching the sunrise at the beach with a cup of coffee in my hand.

5. When I was in first grade my lips used to get really chapped. I thought that by licking them or soaking them in the stream of water at the water fountain, they would feel better. That’s when chapstick became my life-long friend.

6. I have been to the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park three times, the Tetons and Yellowstone five times, Glacier National Park once, Oregon twice and California once – all in the span of about three years. Can’t wait to take the children out there and show them!

7. One of my favorite verses is “So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10

15 Wonderfully Sweet Blogs That I Pass This Award To (and sending you this virtual chocolate cake. The easy recipe is here):

1. Premeditated Leftovers

2. Passionate Purposeful Parenting

3. Brandy Sexton

4. Petra School

5. The One Thing

6. Savvy Nest

7. See Jamie Blog

8. Sunbutter blog

9. The Daisy Muse

10. The Nut-Free Mom Blog

11. Doorposts of Your House

12. The Bluestocking Belle

13. Heidi’s Miscellany

14. Jimmie’s Collage

15. Beautiful Ideas

Plus I do want to thank my fellow Habits for a Happy Home buddies for all the sweetness they add to my life.

Thank you all for adding sweetness to my life, friends!

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

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  1. Jamie says

    August 5, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    YOU are sweet! Thanks for the award — and I can’t believe you used to feed marshmallows to alligators!!

    Reply
  2. All Things Beautiful says

    August 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Oh, I love your facts about yourself. What fun! Thank you for everything, especially being you. Thank you, too, for the prayer requests.

    Reply
  3. Jimmie says

    August 5, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    Tricia, Thank you so much! That virtual chocolate cake is delicious! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Ellen says

    August 5, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    First off, thanks so much for the award! And the cake — all the richness and none of the calories. I was fascinated by your facts about you. Mine will be more mundane, I fear! Blessings, my friend.

    Reply
  5. Hodgepodgemom says

    August 5, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    You are most welcome ladies! Thanks for all you do in so many areas. Such encouraging blogs and sites, you all.

    Reply
  6. Alea Milham says

    August 5, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Thank you Tricia, I am honored! This is like the frosting on an already pefectly wonderful day.

    I love that you used to feed marshmallows to alligators when you were a child – I use to feed marshmallows to bear cubs when we went camping. 🙂

    I will keep Steven in my prayers!

    Reply
    • Hodgepodgemom says

      August 5, 2011 at 4:45 PM

      Alea – I knew we were kindred spirits! not only with food but with feeding wild animals marshmallows. Can you believe we did that? So excited to see you at Savvy Blogging 2012!

      Reply
  7. Kim A. says

    August 6, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    Thank you for the sweet award! I can’t believe you fed alligators anything! What a brave girl you were. When my sister and I would go to the petting zoo, we’d get some feed from the machine for a quarter. My sister would hold our her hand, feeding the animals and petting them with her other hand. I would hold out my hand with the feed in it, bravely suck in my breath, and as soon as the animal’s tongue got near, scream and drop all the feed on the ground. I think alligators would have given me a heart attack.
    =)

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  8. Heidi says

    August 23, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Thank you for the sweet award! Yummy, love chocolate cake, too! I am a little late seeing this, but it is appreciated! Love your random facts!

    Reply

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