Birthday Greetings For A Special Friend

It has been a while since my last post. Sickness has been going through my family, but that is a whole other story. For now, I am so glad that I have a little bit more time and strength again to publish birthday greetings for a special friend. I know that I might not be around as often as I wish to be these days, but all of my blogging friends are always in my heart. I miss you all so much! Hope you take good care.

My dear friend Thom at http://tp4ww.com is celebrating his birthday today, so I'm sending him many good thoughts and wish a lot of joy and blessings as he steps into another year. His warm and fun personality is something I really adore. It is something that has helped me go through my wildest days. Just check out his blog and you can see for yourself.

I hope you have a wonderful day, dear Thom.
 This is my birthday greetings for a special friend.

Birthday Blessings

Instead of counting candles,
Or tallying the years,
Contemplate your blessings now,
As your birthday nears.

Consider special people
Who love you, and who care,
And others who’ve enriched your life
Just by being there.

Think about the memories
Passing years can never mar,
Experiences great and small
That have made you who you are.

Another year is a happy gift,
So cut your cake, and say,
"Instead of counting birthdays,
I count blessings every day!"

By Joanna Fuchs
http://www.poemsource.com

The Story Behind The Humane Award

I am so thankful and delighted that my dear friends
Carleen at Life, Liberty and Good Coffee & Thom at Thom's Place 4 Well Whatever thought of me for the

The Humane Award!

I was real lucky to find Eleni, the award creator at La Femme Readers in short time. This is what she says about the award:

I made the Humane Award in order to honor certain bloggers that I feel are kindhearted individuals. They regularly take part in my blog and always leave the sweetest comments. If it wasn't for them, my site would just be an ordinary book review blog. Their blogs are also amazing and are tastefully done on a daily basis. I thank them and look forward to our growing friendships through the blog world.

Thank you, Eleni!

Now, for passing on this award. According to the rules, whoever has been nominated must now nominate 10 bloggers they feel deserves the Humane Award. I think some of you know by now, that I'm always having a hard time to choose. There are so many kindhearted Bloggers in this Blogosphere!

If you regularly take part on my blog and I am a visitor of your blog, then this award is dedicated to you from the bottom of my heart. I would love you to accept my deeply appreciation by grabbing this button and place it on your blog. Still there are no strings attached, I know that some of you might not be too fancy about buttons. The most important part is that you know I am very thankful to you and look forward to our growing friendships through the blog world.

The Story Behind The Best Follower Award

On June 30, 2009 I got a lovely surprise from my friend
Kim at Stuff Could Always Be Worse.
I'm so thankful & delighted that she thought of me for

The Best Follower Award

This lovely award is also called the Pinkflower Award according to its design creator in the My Award post at the Pink Flower Blog. Thank you for the wonderful design!

The rules for giving and receiving
the Best Follower Award are as follows:

* Put the logo on your blog or post.
* Nominate 10 friends for this award
* Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
* Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
* Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

I want to dedicate this award to
ALL MUSIC OF MY LIFE FOLLOWERS

from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you so much for following my notes and tunes. Please accept my deeply appreciation by grabbing this button and place it on your blog. Still there are no strings attached, I know that some of you might not be too fancy about buttons. The most important part is that you know how grateful and thankful I am to all of you.

Short Notice: Recovery and A Big Thank You

...for all the thoughtful comments and visits, my dear friends. They really mean a lot to me! My connection is back again, but I have been going through allergic rhinitis. I'm in recovery now and hope to meet you again soon. Wishing good health and pleasant days to all of you.