Pay It Forward Award...and New Giveaway!

      My bloggie Pal, Blossy, over at Blooming Lovely, was kind and generous enough to name me as worthy of a 'Good Bloggers Pay It Forward'  award!! WOW! I am so flattered!...Now, I know....some people 'poo poo' (speak of as nonsense) any kind of blogger award, and say things like "I don't believe in all that kind of folderol!"...But I don't feel that way at all!!
        I figure that if someone goes to the trouble of saying nice things about me, doing all of the blog 'linking up', and then further....goes to all of the trouble to tell other people  about it, the least I can do is say a proper thank you, and let them know that their nice words were not unappreciated!  So, Blossy, THANK YOU!! Your words were very appreciated...sincerely. :-)
                 Now to the rules for accepting this award:
1. Mention the blogger who gave you the award.....DONE!!
2. Link to the blog......DONE!
3. Pay it forward to 5 bloggers.....Gotta do! ^_^ Actually....Wanna do!
      These are 5 bloggers that I think are really good bloggers!! They're funny sometimes, share all kinds of things, and are supportive of others. That's my own definition of a 'good blogger'. They may have their own definition! :-)) But here goes.....

1.) Elisa Writes
2.) evenandy
3.) Hither and Thither
4.) Holyoke Home
5.) in morse code
       I think that any one of these bloggers is worthy of you following them. Check these good bloggers out for yourself! :-)
       In other news, I spent yesterday in kind of a sad mood. :-( For two reasons. One of them had to do with my dad. He's having a bad time with pain. So much so that he now is having problems even standing up to walk. Once again he's going to have to go back to the doctor to have a consultation about what can be done.
      The pain medication he's on is very strong, and my dad is starting to worry about what it's side affects will do to his liver or his kidneys...It's not as though he can just NOT take it at this point. The pain is too intense. He's had 3 minor surgeries in the past, on his kidney area. He says the doctors were looking for cancer, which they never found...I don't know if that's 'completely' true, but just having my dad admit that much to me means that WHATEVER it is...it's pretty serious...*sigh*
     And as if that was not bad enough, one of my oldest and dearest friends, {my old Pioneer Partner, for those who know anything about Jehovah's Witnesses} who I hadn't spoken to since February (she lives 'out of state'), called yesterday just to say hi. Or at least that's what she said initially. As the conversation went on I became more and more concerned that this conversation was not heading in a good direction....and I was right!
     When I last had talked to her, she was trying to sell her home and was looking for a new home in Florida, near her daughter. In fact, she was on her way down to Florida to spend a month with her daughter! 
      Her house sold while she was out of town. So, when she got back to her home state she had only about a month to move! Since she hadn't found anything that suited her in Florida yet, she ended up having to move into a rental. Then, a short time after she was all moved into her new rental, she woke up and could hardly see!
     She had surgery on her eyes a while back. Her 'good' eye was not good enough for her to see well enough to drive at night anymore. Now, after 3 surgeries, one eye and then the other, she was not able to drive anymore at all!....AND now the last cornea transplant is apparently starting to reject! :-( Her doctors are consulting on what to do, because every surgery has left her worse off than before. It's a degenerative situation.
      If she has surgery again she could end up blind! :-( She already has to take someone's hand to go anywhere now. She can't read or see things clearly...even when they're enlarged....now!...It is so hard to hear that 'My Running Buddy' is having such a rough time. And me, with my limited mobility, can't even go and help her through it. :-( Neither one of us can drive right now.  
      Just like we always do though, we laughed about how she can't see to get here, and I can't walk to get there! LOL And how getting old is really not for 'sissies'!! It's just a good thing we both still have our minds!....We can't remember what to do with them! But we're thankful we still have them!! ^_^ UGH!
     Okay, I have to talk about something positive!! The Giveaway! I've been racking my brain about what to Giveaway next. I'm not sure whether anybody is as 'loving' on my crochet jewelry as I am, and I've got to photograph the blankets yet, so what's left...and is already 'kinda' photographed...is the other hat I crocheted, the red one. 

       I said 'kinda' photographed because this, above, red one is actually the larger sized one I made that went to a customer in Australia. The actual hat is the same size as the last one I gave away. The one Cindy won, below. But it's just red!

       And it'll come with a crocheted flower also...So, that's what it will be!! :-) You can follow the link HERE for the details.
      So, a lot of happy, and a little sad in today's post. Like my life most of the time these days. This getting 'OLD' thing is nothing to 'shake a stick at', as my grandmother would probably have said. LOL Thankfully I'm not the only thing getting older around here! :-)
       I hope your day is more happy than sad, and that getting another day older will be kind to you today! It's sticking it's tongue out at me!! LOL


Everything Is Getting Older

Everything is getting older,
past it's time, and rusting fast!
No matter how many times you oil it,
Somehow, still, it doesn't last.

Everything is getting older.
Even veggies just  from the store,
have now browned and withered up.
They're not all shiny like before.

Everything is getting older.
Old dogs included, people too.
Even babies, from the womb,
start getting older, just past brand new!

Everything is getting older,
like real good books, with tales all told.
But, Wait a minute! Some books are good!
That's why "To read" will not get old.

Everything that's getting older
doesn't harm us and displease.
Just think of wisdom in the aging-
that's with people and with cheese!

All the things, those getting older,
showing marks and scars of time,
just need a tad bit more attention,
or just a small aged glass of wine!