Thursday, March 1, 2012

L-O-V-E Continues...and Giveaway Winner

I really enjoyed reading everyone's replies to my last L-O-V-E post!  Thanks for everyone's visits and Blog Hop giveaway entries.

 I had my winner chosen the old-fashioned way (I have never used the online random number chooser things that everyone else knows how to use):  I wrote everyone's names on little slips of paper, and I asked my 10-year old daughter to draw out the winning name.  The person who won 5 of my hand-stamped cards is...Mhairi!  I was excited when I found out which person she was, because she had left such a nice comment on my Happily Ever Stamping blog:

"I love your dinosaur cards. I have a little boy who would adore these. Have you done any Lego cards - that is the other thing he loves?
My little girl loves spiders, so I will keep an eye out for some of them.
Love your blog. Thanks for taking part in the bloghop."


Thanks, Mhairi, and I hope you enjoy the cards!  They'll be in the mail within the week after I hear back from you.


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Now that everyone's replies are in, I feel compelled to add an addendum to my post.  I feel so silly for some of the major things in my life that I forgot to mention in my original LOVE list... I was in a such hurry to get the post composed and published that I forgot some of the most important things!  So I'm adding to my own list some of my favorite things that were mentioned by all of my new blogging friends:

*God's perfect love!  I love Him so much and forever, and His love for me means everything to me.  I strive to love others the way He does! 

*Hobbies love.  The things we love to do, or make, or witness, or experience.  My hobbies include performing music (especially singing), attending concerts, taking walks, exercising, reading, rubber stamping/making cards, scrapbooking/making photobooks online...

And some of your favorites that you listed that I thought were great ideas are:  gardening, taking walks, QUILTING (of course!), traveling, sewing, drawing, living on a farm, watching critters out the window, and winning giveaways (ha ha!).

Most of the other things everyone listed I think would fit under my previous categories (Family love, Things love, etc.) but I thought a few more of your ideas merit repeating here.  I wish I could give prizes to all the answers that made me smile and laugh : ), including:

*Star Trek!
*The smell of my husband's neck
*The stranger who might need help
*Laughter
*Being able to homeschool
*America!
*"My grandmother's quilt.  If there was a fire, that's the thing I'd grab first even before the family albums."
*The color of fall where I live.
*Peace & Quiet
*Church
*Smell of vanilla
*Putting puzzles together
*Long, hot bubble baths (yes!)
*Smell of rain, sound of rain

I hope you're all feeling the LOVE like I am!  I hope to "see" you all again soon!

3 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Congratulations, Mhairi, you lucky girl! Jenna makes beautiful cards!

Jenna, I really enjoyed both of your love posts. I'm going to put a pin in that idea for my blog . . . maybe next February (ha, ha) ;).

I read through most of your comments and loved everyone's responses, too. Some of them, I was like "yeah! Me to! How could I forget that!"

I want to add a couple more to my list. How about Dr. Who, rain, the gospel and everything that encompasses from the Reason we attend to taking your turn doing the cleaning in the building, making a yummy dinner (especially if no one complains), reading a good book, tulips.

Thanks for the challenge to stop and think about the things I love (i.e. blessings). These were really great posts!

xo -E

Cynthia Lovell said...

Jenna, I'm really Proud of you!!! This is a Great Idea!!!
Good Luck with everything and Happy Cooking!

Cynthia Lovell said...

Jenna, I'm really Proud of you!!! This is a Great Idea!!!
Good Luck with everything and Happy Cooking!