Archive for the ‘Blogalicious Stuff’ Category

Queen Kat Bequeaths to Me a Blog Award

My friend, fellow blogger, and actual owner of Queen Kat Designs has given me a blog award and in between stomach flu pain right now, I shall post my thanks to Vicki and the rules:
Pass this award on to five people, post on their blogs to let them know the award is there, and then [...]

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Holy cow, do yourself a favor and check this out!

I visit lots of blogs, as often as I can, starting alphabetically on the right-hand side of my blog, in the blogroll. I made it to Becca Feeken’s blog and saw that a Magnolia-licious blog hop is happening today. I made it to Jacque’s blog, scrolled down, and realized that she’s giving away some of [...]

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Blog Award

My sweet virtual friend Jenny – a fellow Coloradoan who, oh yes, I will meet one day – bestowed this blog award upon me and because her blog and others honestly do make me happy, I thought I should play along and show some appreciation!!! Thanks ♥Jenny♥!! Wishing all the luck in the world with [...]

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A very special Easter – Updated with Pictures!!

Here’s the deal: I had received this email from the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs the Monday prior to Easter, with an offer that I couldn’t refuse. I’d stayed at the Broadmoor on several different occasions when I was in high school, and it made such an impression on me that I STILL remember how elegant [...]

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The Best Veterans’ Day Ever

Jenna, a scrapping friend of mine in the New Hampshire area, told me about Soldiers’ Angels last year. So TeamShively adopted a soldier who’s stationed in Iraq/Afghanistan, and I send him cards and care packages (through the angelsstore.org). I also get email updates from Patti Patton-Bader, the founder of Soldiers’ Angels.  A couple days before [...]

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