I never knew that I ROCKED!

I was so surprised and delighted to find out that two of my favorite bloggers bestowed the Rockin Girl Blogger Award upon ME! Lil' ol' ME! I'm sufficiently ecstatic I must tell you!

Stacy_nominated_me_here and my fellow homeschooling friend Melissa_awarded_me_here! I would most definitely award them right back! I love their blogs and I know that you will too. So check them out!

So I am supposed to award five other bloggers who I think are Rockin' Girl Bloggers.

1. I award Sandy who is such a wonderful Christian wife, mother, and homeschooler. She is such an inspiration. She also has a terrific sense of humor and the cutest kids ever :D

2. I award Stacy who only lives about 10 minutes from me, yet we met through blogs! I've really enjoyed reading about her life with her husband, moving into a new house, working with children, and about her pets! I love animals too, and I'm totally in love with Frankie!

3. Next I award a true-life friend of mine, Gem. She's truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous. Ohhhhhhhhhh Gem! (I'm sorry, I've wanted to do that for so long!) She is also a homeschooler of 2 beautiful little girls (friends of Em) and a son who is such a cutie pie! And most exciting of all, she is expecting a baby! I am so happy for her and can't wait to cuddle on that baby!

4. A new-to-me blog, Brin_at_"My_Messy_Thrilling_Life" is my next Rockin' Girl Blogger. She is restoring a gorgeous house and I am living vicariously through her! Her blog is inspiring and just beautiful to look at. I know you'll love Freeman House as much as I do!

5. I award Sandra_at_Diary_of_a_Stay_at_Home_Mom! She is in the middle of a huge move right now, but is still finding time to host her weekly crockpot recipe exchange, Slow_Cooking_THursday. I have found so many great recipes by participating! Not to mention, she is also hilarious, down-to-earth, and a lot of fun.

6. I know, I know, it is supposed to be only five bloggers, but there is a sixth blog that I absolutely cannot and will not leave out, because she totally rocks as well! And I adore her blog.

Blessings_From_Abiga. She is a homeschooling Grandma (Abiga), a lovely Christian lady, an avid reader, a teacher, and she posts wonderful bread recipes! She lives about one state away from me and I think of her as a real-world friend, not just a "blog friend".

I love so many blogs, I truly do, but these 8 (which include the 2 who awarded me) are my tip-top favorites!

And now, on with the show:



I just finished watching the second disc of the 1975 version of "Anne of Avonlea". It covers both that book and "Anne of the Island". I actually wept at the end! The acting and filming were SO BAD -- yet I just love each and every one of those characters so much! If the series went on for 50 discs I would rent each and every one of them!

*sigh*

I had a super busy day, not relaxing at all like I had hoped. Tons of laundry, dishes, planting, schoolwork, and cooking! Maybe tomorrow.

I wanted to share this blog series called "A Lady's Education" -- it has three parts to it and it is very encouraging, I think. Part_One Part_Two Part_Three I do some of these things already, but hope to do even more.

And in other news -- I plan to hang up a clothesline! Right here in suburbia. I will only put it up when in use, however. Nothing permanent. My goal is to hang 2-3 loads per week throughout summer and fall. I have been hanging about one per week and would like to bump it up. I am still cutting my dryer sheets in half for when I use the dryer. I am also using about 2/3 the amount of laundry detergent suggested (full strength for hubbies clothes though) and hope to do the same with dishwashing detergent.


Here is a free e-book that I read periodically (in all my 'free' time, lol) Thrift_In_the_Household It gives me lots of good ideas!




I've started posting some home/thrift links on my sidebar, if you are interested! I'll be posting more home links as well. If you are a homeschooler, I have a bevy of homeschool links HERE

Blessings!

Sherry