SOMETHING SPECIAL

There is something very special going to happen next weekend. Spiritual Sundays, Pink Saturdays, and many bloggers are helping to promote it. You may have already heard about it. You can read about it in the September issue of Guideposts Magazine.

Colette was given a 5 - 15% chance of surviving cancer. That is when Kelee Katillac and her crew stepped in and transformed her dismal abode and helped facilitate a miracle. Read more about it and find out details of the big event that will be taking place August 27th, 28th and 29th. If you have a blog and would like to link up to join this party, you can do that through the Pink Saturday or Spiritual Sundays memes.

Kelee is doing a big GIVEAWAY in honor of this event as well. Everyone who comments at the Katillac Shack will be eligible for the wonderful gifts. They include a new Janome sewing machine, a beautiful floral painting, and subscriptions to Guideposts Magazine. I suggest you go right now to Kelee's blog to find out more information and to qualify to win one of these giveaways. Here is the link: http://www.katillacshack.com/

Be looking forward, as I am, to a video that will be posted next weekend about Colette's miracle. In the meantime, check back at the Katillac Shack during the week for any updates.

A TEA AND A TAG

As many of you know who follow my blogs, Saturday was a special day for Arizona bloggers as we gathered at the Front Porch Tea Room in Mesa to meet and enjoy each other's company. I did a post on my Charlotte's Weblog blog this morning about it with photos. If you haven't seen that post, you can click HERE to go there and check it out.

I was tagged by Cheryl at Cherdecor to do this meme.
I am to open my first file of pictures and select the tenth one and post it.

My first photo file is labeled Allen. It contains pictures of our son, Allen. I gathered a bunch of our pictures of him and put them in this file when I was preparing to make a DVD for him for his birthday a couple of years ago. So, when I go to the tenth picture in the file, this is it.

This picture of Allen was taken at a place in Buena Park, CA that is no longer there. I think it was called a Japanese Deer Park or something like that. It has been gone for many years. This was taken in the 1960s.

This photo reminds me of how much Allen loved animals and birds when he was a little kid. I guess he still does, but I remember as a child he always included all the animals and mammals in the world in every prayer he said.

Now I'm supposed to pass this meme on to five other bloggers. I decided instead of choosing five, I would choose all the Arizona bloggers who were at the tea on Saturday to do this meme. Come on, girls, it's fun. I hope you will want to participate.  

EIGHT THINGS

I was tagged a few days ago by Debbie at Heart Choices to tell 8 Things about myself in different categories. I always enjoy visiting Debbie's blog. If you aren't familiar with it, I hope you will go pay her a visit. She is a lovely lady.

Here are the instructions for 8 Things:

• Mention the person that tagged you
  
• Complete the list of 8 things
  
• Tag 8 of your wonderful bloggy friends
  
• Go tell them you tagged them
  

8 Things I look forward to:

1. Seeing Jesus and thanking Him.
2. Seeing my Mother and other loved ones in heaven.
3. Going to church.
4. Reading your comments on my blogs.
5. Visiting your blogs.
6. Going shopping.
7. Holidays when the kids come over for pool parties.
8. Christmas.

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

1. Went to the Container Store
2. Went to Whole Foods
3. Went to Fry's grocery store
4. Did a load of laundry
5. Read
6. Watched TV
7. Did a blog post on Charlotte's Weblog and visited and commented on other people's blogs.
8. Made some homemade applesauce in my new slow cooker.

8 Things I wish I Could Do:

1. Go back to Hawaii
2. Go back to London
3. Walk without my knee hurting
4. Skate and ride a bicycle like I did when I was young.
5. Do a lot of things I could do when I was young.
6. Eat all the foods that I love without gaining any weight.
7. Spend a lot of time at the beach.
8. Go to New England in the fall.

8 Shows I Watch:

1. The O'Reilly Factor
2. Sean Hannity
3. Dancing With the Stars
4. American Idol (I just started watching it because Scott MacIntyre was a contestant. He's off now, but I'm interested in seeing how the others do and who gets eliminated each week.
5. Everybody Loves Raymond (I've seen every episode more than once, but always enjoy watching again)
6. Desperate Housewives
7. Brothers & Sisters
8. Fox & Friends

8 Bloggers Tagged:

1. I'm going to skip this part because I have recently tagged a lot of people for different things. If you would enjoy doing this, then TAG. You're it. I'd love for you to let me know so I can go read your 8 Things post.

A CHALLENGE FROM MS. DAISY

Jean (Ms. Daisy of The Daisy Chain) tagged me to go to my 6th picture folder on my computer, choose the 6th picture there and do a blog about it. The 6th folder holds pictures from Sedona. I did this challenge some time ago and I have posted this picture before in a post about Sedona, but I think it is an interesting picture and I'm sure not everybody has seen it, so here it is again. I love this work of art. There are many bronze statues in and around Sedona, AZ. We found this one on the outskirts of town as we were driving there. 

This challenge is a fun thing to do, so if you haven't done it before or if you haven't done it lately, I am passing the challenge on to you.