It's Warm Here. Time for a Gift Away

The days are lighter longer & the birds are singing.

Spring is near. I'll be posting s Gift Away to celebrate

Spring, Easter & my 500th post coming up soon.

I made these cute candy cups, filled them with rafia & a cute

prim rabbit I made.

Just comment below, add my banner to your blog

and follow me..Each gives you another chance for the Spring

& Easter Gift Away, be sure to let me know .

Let me know how I can reach you if you are the winner.

Just a teeny gift to you

I'll draw the winner on Monday, March 22nd..Last day to sign

up is Saturday March 2oth.

(Oh celebrating my almost 500 th post!!!)

Celebration Gift Away

In celebration of my chemotherapy & radiation treatments being completed, I'm having a blog banner Gift Away. This awesome banner created by Mary of Isabella's Closet will be personalized & sent to the winner. I'll let random number selector draw the winner next Tuesday the 26th..so get signed up & tell your friends. Make sure I can reach you through your blog or email to notify the winner.

Fondly

Pieces of Autumn*Gift Away Coming

I just put out a few Autumn things today & wanted to share. You can click on the pics to see the detail.

This coming week I'll be doing a Gift Away to celebrate the end of chemo & radiation so check back to sign up to win!

About Me

Each day is a gift, but I feel so tired, my original reconstruction surgery still hurts, is swollen & it hurts to wear clothes. I get discouraged and then feel guilty. I have done so well, I should just be grateful for that. I miss the old Deena . On a positive note, my hair is growing, I'll post a pic soon. I guess one truth I need to embrace is that one can't have stage 4 cancer & not have some effects for life. It changes your life, but I have my life.

JOYS

cool nights

zinnias & butterflies

locust singing

blog friends

my camera

Ipods

God answers prayers

my best friends

a new friend Dee

Garden Tour Event** BlogLand

I've been tossing this idea around all week
I want to host an online Garden Walk
hoping lots of bloggers will join.

I'd like each participants site to have the option
of clicking
to fund mammograms

(at the left on my blog)

Any donations to the Komen Foundation would have to be made by clicking HERE

I'd also like votes for the favorite garden
& the winning Garden gets a hand made journal from
my hands, with a lovely garden theme.

My dream is to SOMEDAY make this a local
event here in the Peoria Area with nearby gardens participating

with the fee for

admissions going to the Komen Foundation.

I'm tossing this out for you to get ready for now.
I'm hoping a virtual garden tour date 6/15/2008
so start taking pictures now..so we'll have a variety of
blooms and greens to share.

Birds, butterflies, toads, bugs, wildlife and garden art
are desired too!

Add your blogspot to the Mr Linky below NOW
and add the banner to the side bar
Tell your BBFF too.



***You will add yourself to MR LINkie TOUR again after you post your tour
pictures on June 15th.
It will need the address to that POST.
I'll be first on and show you how on June 15th***

I'd love to see
as many as we can join in.




As I work on getting it all ready.

Leave a comment on this blog , if you'll join me!! PLEASE!!
you can even post pics of a neighbors garden if they
don't blog.



JOYS

the sun is out
God gave me a focus
feeling a bit better each day
chemo is over for GOOD I pray
the idea of a "Nestle in the Garden ,Tour for the Cure"
the promise each new day brings
roses in bloom

Share your joys with us

&
Please pray for all who suffer & are lost

CELEBRATE my 201 Post

I just love to have Gift Aways

so , since I passed my 200th post

& it's March, let's do it!!

I will be choosing a winner on Friday

March 7th.

Just leave a comment on my blog about what

signs of Spring you've seen at your home sweet home.

Tell your friends too.

These sweet fuzzy ducks are just waiting to

fly to your home.

If anyone can tell me a difference they see in my blog today, I have another lil gift

for the first correct answer.

I saw THREE American Robins in the front yard today

& one lil tulip sticking it's greenery out of the ground!!

I have the windows open & the attic fan on, ahhh fresh

Singing Woods air.  A JOY for today

Praise God for signs of new life.

Share your joys with us.

Please sign my Guest Book to the right also.

Tis a joy for me to read.

lovingly, Deena

Gift Away for Valentine's!! Tell your friends

JUST A REMINDER

I've decided to choose  Thursday

Jan 24th

before I start chemo..just in case I don't 

feel like getting out of bed.

Feel free to take the top banner to post my Gift Away on YOUR blog..

but please honor Mary's work, and only use it to send your friends here.

My sweet friend Mary, from Isabells Closet

made these two banners for

the Gift Away. The second one has my

blog on it..but Mary will change it to yours.

Please pray for her also, she's been ill

& had a bad reaction to meds.

I'll pick the winners (two)

on Jan 24th, Mary will

customize the text on the banner

and then I'll send the banner for you to use

on your BloG.

All you have to do is post

a LOVE story on my blog comment

& make sure I can reach you if you are

a winner..

Ok, let's think good loving thoughts.

Rich and I were married on 2/13

I'll post our love story when I announce the winners

Deena