♥ ~ More than Monday ~ ♥

Today is my dear friend and business associate's Birthday!!! Anna I think you're wonderful and you are such a blessing to me with your humor, honesty, enthusiasm & heartfelt kindness! You have inspired me in so many ways!!! Happy Birthday Mia Cara Amica!!!

Inspiration comes in different ways on different days for all of us...
...What inspires you?

The Envelope Please !

i've been honored with my first blogging award. "The Best Blog Daily Thinker" was given to me by Elizabeth better known as mommybear. she & daddybear host The Bear Bunch Blog - it's definitely a blog worth frequenting. THANK YOU MOMMYBEAR!

it's my responsibility to pass this award on to 10 other daily thinkers - below are the recipients - it's so hard to choose and many that have already received the award from other. if the recipients choose to accept this award they to are required to pass it on to 10 others.

so without further ado... the envelope please *brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* (that's a drum roll in blog language)

and the winners are in no particular order -

1. Nun of a Kind

2. kischen pink

3. the 6 o'clock stitch

4. Handmade by Angie

5. Autumn Olive

6. Simply Sentimental

7. Beaded Tail

8. Mackin-Art

9. Candy Stick Lane

10. Panda With Cookie

44

well today is president's day. while this fact entered my mind last evening when i thought to myself "bummer...the post office won't be opened tomorrow" this same thought must have leaked out of my brain sometime during the night. feeling great about getting an early start to the day i arose and rushed off only to find locked doors on a building that i have come to depend on. presidents day hmmm..... let's see our current president is number 44 and hey i'm 44 years YOUNG!

what other wonderful things does this number 44 belong too?

Bill Clinton (the 42nd President) and George W. Bush (the 43rd President) were born 44 days apart in the summer of 1946. (which in this case was lightyears apart)

Vicks Formula 44 is a cough suppressant that has come in quite handy this year (you should try the vapo-rub too)

44 is a poker game (yes i'm a gambler at heart but never with real money)

The code for international direct dial phone calls to the United Kingdom (home of some of my favorite musical groups & singers)

Forty-four is a tribonacci number, a happy number and an octahedral number. (if you can understand how any of this works you're too smart to be reading this blog)

The retired numbers for former baseball players Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey and Reggie Jackson; the number is sometimes considered to be a "hitter's number". (there is nothing as wonderful as the sound of a solid hit that makes it into the stands and the roar of the crowd as a player rounds the bases....oh come on baseball season i can hardly wait)

so while we've had lots of great presidents in our country's history worth celebrating i think today i'll celebrate the number 44 - 'cause in a 10 days i'll be 45 and those days of celebrating 44 will be gone.