Postcard Exchange Update

 Send a postcard to the postcard exchange. Because I have been sick with Vertigo for the past two weeks if you have not yet received a postcard from me please e mail me so I can resend your card! I am very sorry and I am excited to do this postcard exchange so contact me so we can complete all the US states. I am going to blog about the countries which I have received postcards from. Anyone outside the USA please join us.
Share a bit of history or a cool fact about where you live. Let's all join together and get those postcards sent!

This is a list of the United States and its Territories in alphabetical order:

• Alabama 1
• Alaska 2
• American Samoa
• Arizona 2
• Arkansas
• California  4
• Colorado 3
• Connecticut 1
• Delaware
• District of Columbia 1
• Florida 4
• Georgia 2
• Guam
• Hawaii 1
• Idaho
• Illinois  1
• Indiana 1
• Iowa   1
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana 1
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts 2
• Michigan 2
• Minnesota  1
• Mississippi 1
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada 1
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey 1
• New Mexico 1
• New York 2
• North Carolina 2
• North Dakota
• Northern Marianas Islands
• Ohio 2
• Oklahoma 3
• Oregon 2
• Pennsylvania 1
• Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee  1
• Texas 7
• Utah 2
• Vermont 1
• Virginia 3
• Virgin Islands
• Washington 1
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin 1
• Wyoming 1

Countries

France 2
Chile 1
Norway 3
Mexico 1
England  1
Japan  1

SCAMS

 Someone I know as well as myself have been victimized here by a  scam. All I can say is if people are dumb enough to fall for some ridiculous scam where some idiot claiming to be someone you know asks you for money and you give them money you deserve to be scammed! The bad thing is AOL, AIM , BLOG SPOT, FACE BOOK no one is avail to help you just a bunch of baloney questions where they want you to change your password but should call in the FBI because the stuff they ask you is ridiculous. Because I am friends with someone does not necessairly mean I know their life story with extremely intimate details like dates of birth of parents, siblings, picture identification of someone from their childhood fifty years ago!  There is no customer service in this world anymore. Only idiot machines you talk to!

I hate Face Book and I am going to find a way to close the account down. So please if you follow me here don't talk  Face Book or be offended when I  dump all the e mail that comes from Face Book into spam! I changed my password as they asked me. Then four times they say someone was trying to hack my account. You need to change your password. You need to change your password. You need to change your password! It is utterly  stupid and they have screwed up my whole evening. How can I change my password when I already changed the password and you tell me change it again and again and again!?

I ran a virus scan on the computer and did everything else that I should. I just had to vent and I am very sorry that you received an e mail from idiots who ought to be beaten with a stick my their own mothers! They         e mailed me about myself, that is how ignorant they are!

FLAG DAY: LET'S THANK OUR MILITARY

Let us all join together today, amid all the turmoil in our country from political corruption, Chicago style politics and major oil spills and thank all of our military who serve us so well here and abroad. May Old Glory wave proudly, we are after all living in one of the free countries in the world! Display her, respect she, talk about her proudly! Pray for our Military, they need our prayers now more then ever.

Happy Flag Day!

Winner of the Second Teapot: The Hand Blown Is....

My hubby just drew the name of the teapot tonight on our daughter's 22nd birthday! It is....PARSLEY!

Woo Hoo! We had a lot of wonderful comments and we ran the giveaway a bit longer so we got 108 original comments plus extra entries for sending new followers. Both the person sending the new follower and the original follower received extra entries.

Parsley this must be your day honey! You deserve it. I wish I could give every single person that comes by a tea pot of your choice.

I love to think big and who knows. Lot's of dreams do come true.

I don't want to take away from the celebration for Parsley's win. She is over at Seasons of My Mind. She is a great lady and deserves a win! But the past two weeks have been awful for myself and my phamily. I just have to say knowing all of you has made my life better. There are so many wonderful caring people over here. You all make me smile! :)

I better get this published and get over to make sure I have an address to mail this teapot to! But I want to say everyone who left comments for the tea pots I will enter you in my next giveaway for the same two teapots but it will be a July celebration! You can continue to add comments and get more entries and you know anyone you recommend to come over that joins I will give both of you an extra entry!

Keep smiling, keeping praying and everyone congratulate Parsley!

Running for the Prize

Good morning and welcome to Spiritual Sundays. Please thank our gracious hostesses Charlotte and Ginger.

My youngest son Nick is a runner. He is very good at running. He also has what they like to label "ADHD. I always ask for prayers and encouragement for my son. He will be 17 this summer and he often has a hard time concentrating. Unless, of course, he is running. He has a passion for the sport and this week alone he logged 28 miles as his unofficial Cross Country Summer Training program began. The official program kicks off tomorrow.

This is a verse I often share with Nick. "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 1 Corinthians 9:24

Nick is a competitor. He likes to win, no, he LOVES to win! So in order to remind him that winning in this life really isn't everything I give him that verse. He was raised up to know that only One shed His innocent blood for us. While we seem to be declining in this world, people caught up with "religion" fever and all sorts of cures and causes for acquiring that ultimate gift of eternity with Christ in Heaven, we teach our children that Christ is the ultimate prize. There is no other way into heaven other then through Him who saved us.

So today I ask prayer for my son. In fact I ask prayer for the phamily during many struggles. I also keep my prayer list nearby and ask prayer today for Steve and Kat and family, Lisa, Diane, Sharon, Cindy and countless others who need our prayer. Please join me and lift up these souls in prayer. I appreciate your kindness here and your thoughtful ways and prayers make me smile.

Welcome to Pink Saturday With Roses and Butterflies

Hello and welcome to pink Saturday. I would like to remind you to stop by Beverly's place and thank her for being a gracious hostess giving us the opportunity to mingle and mix talents,friendship and great fun each Saturday pink post day! I always keep the Pink Saturday button on my right side bar. Stop by and say hello to our First Pink Lady!

I love butterflies. Anyone that knows me longing then a minute will know that little fact about me. I love butterflies in jewelry and on clothing and in photographs. So I am sharing some fun butterfly google images with you today.

Then I am sharing a cute pink rose picture I found at the Salvation Army today for $1.50! It is framed up in a cute light colored frame approximately 8 x 10. I also am sharing one of my favorite Pink Rose Master Print I purchased many years ago from the now defunct Home Interior company. When we moved about 10 years ago the glass shattered as it was lying flat in the trunk of my car! But it is still a lovely  framed picture.

When you are finished here check out some new blogger's. I never can get through all the pinks who post but my heart is with you all week long. One day I am going to get through them all! So go visithttp://www.bluecreekhome.com/ . Rhonda my sweet friend way before Pink Saturday days! She has an awesome blog, is an awesome crafty genius and such a fun gal!

Next visit Jacqueline at  Cabin and Cottage http://getcottage.blogspot.com/ and look at this beautiful blog. She has some real pink treasures over there. Jacqueline appears to be one of the creative talents in blog land also.

Have a super Pink Saturday and please remember to enter my teapot giveaway before Sunday 9:00 P.M. MDT June 13th. Don't forget to join my postcard exchange and  check a few posts before this one for some other fabulous bloggers and more chances to win more teapots!

Prairie Dreams and Heather's Blog-O-Rama

Ok gang! Time to help a fellow blogger! Go join this delightful lady http://carolspapernook.blogspot.com/
She has a super cool blog and wants to have a giveaway! Aw.come on now, go help a friend in need!

When you are done there go see Heather at http://heathersblog-o-rama.blogspot.com/. She is another delightful gal and you will enjoy both of these wonderful gals and their blogs!

Don't forget to enter my teapot giveaway! The givewaway ends June 13th at 9:00 P.M. MDT my daughters 22nd birthday! It is the clear hand blown teapot that works like a dream on the stovetop. It has an infuser and matching lid with the hand cut Princess Heritage design etched on it! Very pretty. Works with coffee as well as tea!

If I get one hundred entries I just might have to do it all over again! Meaning one more giveaway for a teapot that is hand blown and the other Vintage Garden! The hubby wants to clear our storage shed and buy a new car! I need to empty that shed! So call a friend and fellow blogger. The more followers I get, the more prizes you will get!

I am always in the market for selling some excess of Princess House very cheaply too! One day soon I will list my excessive habit of collecting this wonderful stuff!

 I will giveaway another Vintage Garden teapot just like this when I reach 200 followers! So send bloggers to My two new friends and to my blog so we can have a giveaway. The clear teapot is going on the giveaway table at 9 P.M. MDT Sunday June 13, 2010!

 Here is the teapot I will giveaway Sunday June 13th. Remember, if you join my two blogging buddies and tell everyone you know to join me as well you can get lots of great entries for the next double teapot giveaway!

Happy weekend!