Friendly Surprises!

I woke up this past Saturday thinking it was going to be "a no good, horrible day" because I had a morning appointment to go to an endodontist for the second step in a root canal on a molar, but then I heard my doorbell ring! Who could be calling so early in the morning? It was the USPS man with a package for me! A BIG package!

I had won Donna's "Halloween Give Away" on her wonderful and beautiful blog, An Enchanted Cottage!

Inside the package was the most wonderful Halloween door mat, which I absolutely love, as it has a beautiful vintage looking graphic of a black cat in the middle -- a black cat that reminded me of our beloved Pepper, who passed away last October after being a member of our family for 17 years.

Donna also included a package of decorative mini autumn corn cobs, a pretty dish towel with an autumn leaf design, a fabulous pink fine point pen which I love, and a Pillsbury recipe booklet for delicious fall and Halloween party theme recipes, which was chock full of great ideas!

Thank you so much Donna! Your package turned around a day that I was dreading into a happy and exciting one for me! I actually was able to keep a smile on my face going to the dentist!

As I placed all the goodies from the box onto my kitchen floor to take a photo there was a family member who thought they were pretty cool too! In fact he made himself right at home on the mat as if to say "Why thank you for this new cozy spot to sit on!"

Yes, my cat Bo thought it was a great give away, too, Donna! He was full of purrs for you!

My dear friend Sherry at Edie Marie's Attic has presented me with the BFF GOLD CARD Award!

Thank you so VERY much Sherry! I really appreciate being chosen by you as a "BFF"!


If you have not visited Sherry's beautiful blog full of wonderful decorating ideas and crafts please don't hesitate to do so, as I'm sure you'll add her to your "favorites" list! please tell her I sent you!

The rules of this award are:

1. You may only chose 5 people/blogs to give the award to...

2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog...

3. One has to be a new follower of your blog or live in another part of the world...

I thank each and every person who leaves a comment on my blog, and I consider so many of you friends, so it is so hard to choose! I met both Sherry and Donna very early when I began blogging a year ago, and I think I was one of the first to ever comment on their blogs. So I went back in my archives and found the following four bloggers who have followed me for almost a whole year too!

Cori at Gingerbread Crumbs and Company

LisaB at Lisa Reto Style

Mrs B at Mrs B

Vee at A Haven For Vee

A new follower of my blog whom I love among the many? I can't choose amongst all of the beautiful new blogs I've discovered, and all the wonderful new people I've met, but I can choose a foreign blogger who recovering from a serious injury now, and who I hope will be able to get back to blogging very soon ....M Kate of La Vie Est Belle! Feel better soon, M Kate!

It's always wonderful to get surprises, and the very best are from blog friends!