A "Merry Christmas" in July Party & Award

E-Mom over at Chrysalis is having a Christmas Party! Since coming back from some cold temps out west this just feels right. She has several things to check out so head on over and have some fun! One thing that blew me away is she gave me an award!! Now I haven't been blogging regularly in quite a while, and E-mom is one of my faithful commenters. Not only that but I have been so blessed by her teachings over at Chrysalis, so me getting an award from her is ~ well a big deal! Thanks E-mom! Here is my award:

Here are the rules attached to this award:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!

4. Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award.

So I am supposed to share 7 things about myself. WoW do they have to be interesting? I don't know if I have 7 things to share that would peak someones interests, hummm....... let's try:

1. I can read while traveling. I know many people, my daughter and mother included who get car sick if they read. I so appreciate the fact I can read while riding. It helps the time pass.
2. I have been told I have Indian as part of my ancestry. You can see it in my mom and a few sisters, but it appears if that is true, the only thing I received from it is my bone straight hair. Some day I would like to research this to see if it indeed is true or legend. On our recent trip though I asked the kids who this old Indian woman looked like in a picture and they both said "grandma".
3. When in a museum I cannot stand and read all the information near exhibits. I'm more a visual person. My husband on the other hand can spend hours doing it. So I wait alot at the the end of exhibits for him. Good thing I have a book to read!
4. When I was younger my hair was so blonde someone asked if I bleached it. I was in 6th grade. Do mothers let their 6th graders bleach their hair? I know mine wouldn't!!!
5. I used to collect tea cups. I have them all boxed up downstairs in storage, because we have not place for them to display. My favorite cup came from my sister Kam and her husband Jeff. It belonged to his grandparents. It has 22 carat gold trim on it. It's dainty and beautiful! The largest part of the collection came from my Grandma Olsen through my mother.
   
6. I was once in a television commercial. It was very short lived and was for the insurance company I worked for. I didn't think anyone would see it, but my sister told me she was watching T.V. and there I was. It didn't air very long.
7. Speaking of insurance. That is what I did before I became a mom. I was an underwriter at Lake States Insurance Company, based out of Traverse City Michigan. I had been in insurance for quite a few years. My favorite job though was being a Commercial Lines Rater (they are the ones who calculate the premiums on policies). I am a numbers person, and this job dealt in that. I miss it actually. Don't know if I could do it again or not, very rusty!

Well there you have it. 7 things you may not have known.

I am also supposed to give this to 15 new blogs I have gone to, but I haven't been stepping out lately to new blogs. Just my tried and true! There is one I have gone to that I love, but she has received the award from E-mom too. It's Stones of Remembrance! Can you see why went to her blog in the first place? Her posts have blessed my heart!

A Double Blessing.......

WOW you go to bed and you never know what's going to happen.....

1st of all I'm a winner!!!!!! I know, I know you're all thinking "we're all winners Kim, we know Christ"! Well yeah that's very true, but I'm mean I won something!!!!! Well not me but Bekah. Linda over at Mocha with Linda had a give away for a Tween Pocket Bible (pictured below) and I won it!!!! Linda is such a great bloggy friend! Here book reviews are awesome! They make me wish I had more time to read! I have quite a list growing of good books! Thank you Linda!

The next cool thing is I got the "your blog is fabulous award" from E-Mom over at Chrysalis

I can just hear it screaming "Your fabulous Darling!!!" can't you! Look it's even got the Champmister on it too!!! I need to list 5 things I'm "addicted" too and give the award away to 5 other "fabulous bloggers". (Now let's not be thinking what isn't she addicted too O.K.!) Thanks E-Mom! You most definitely are a Fabulous blogger!!!

Here goes with the addictions:

1. Fountain pop - you know the kind you get from the machines at the gas stations. No canned or bottled pop for me! Must be Fountain pop!


2. Coffee - Especially my new favorite - Country comfort! The only bummer is the coffee shop that sells it, is going out of business. But never fear I asked them where it was from and they said a place that is really close by! YEAH road trip to Spring Lake anyone!!!


3. Blogging - of course you are all so much fun to get to know!


4. Our Family Adventures - I love going on little adventures with our family. Just like the one we took here to Ludington on a snowy Sunday afternoon!


5. Lighthouses - love them! The one at Silver Lake is my favorite. The kids call it mine! I hope to someday get to the one in Minnesota, at the far end of Lake Superior!


6. Oh hold it I have 6 - STONES - how could I forget!!!! Lake Superior reminded me! I am addicting to stones from the Lake Superior shore line!!! But I will except stones as gifts from other areas! I love that people think of me when they see stones! Well not to be stoned by stones (as in stoning for my bad deeds!) but my love for stones!

Deborah over at Comfort Joy Designs - We met at the Praise and Coffee down in Plainwell. She was here visiting family all the way from Australia! I'm glad I got to know her that night!

Linda from Mocha with Linda - and no it's not because of the cool prize I won! She's fabulous any ole' time!

Diane over at My Journey's Path - Diane is my Forever Friend, which is literal because we will be spending eternity together! She is also my sista!!!!!

Cheryl over at Your Friend Cheryl - My awesome friend from the south!

Kathy at Blessed Builder - I love her style! Her home and shop are just beautifully decorated all the time!

Last but not least, this one is for you E-Mom! See that lady wasn't so strange!