My friend Suzanne Vince, awarded me with the Sunshine Award, for no apparent reason. While I am honored to receive this prestigious award, Suzanne is the one who deserves the award most. You see, Suzanne is able to find the silver lining even under the toughest circumstances. You can read about Suzanne’s brave decision regarding breast cancer and the choices a woman must make when faced with the possibility of already having or probably contracting this horrible disease here: http://suzannevince.com/2013/06/russian-roulette-or-mastectomy-my-personal-journey/
The Sunshine Award comes with a set of written rules and is best enjoyed when sharing with others. If you choose to play along, and I encourage you to do so, the rules of the Sunshine Award are:
Include the award’s logo (and rules) in a post on your blog. Simply cut and paste the photo to the right into your own blog post.
Link to the person who nominated you.
Answer the 10 questions below with your answers instead of mine.
Pass the award on to a bunch of “Sunshine Inspiring” bloggers. The rules say 10 people, but choose however many you’d like.
Here are the questions:
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Animal: I guess I’d have to ask domestic or wild. Domestic would be dog, in particular puppies. Wild would be, probably monkeys.
Favorite Number: Four.
Favorite Non Alcoholic Drink: Unsweetened iced tea.
Favorite Alcoholic Drink: Champagne.
Facebook or Twitter: Neither. I hate social media. It is a necessary evil.
Passions: Reading and traveling.
Prefer Getting or Giving Gifts: Both. Hey, I want it all.
Favorite City: None. I hate cities.
Favorite TV Show: There’s too many to pick just one. I like Dancing With the Stars, Blue Bloods, Justified, Hawaii 5-0, the list goes on.
And now, here are nominations for the Sunshine Award:
Because her blogs always make me smile, Tameri Etherton: http://www.tamerietherton.com
Because I love her outlook on life: Pat O’Dea : http://www.rwrambling.blogspot.com/
Because she’s always smiling and spreading sunshine whenever I see her, Suzanne Lilly: http://www.teacherwriter.net/
Because her blogs are always on point and useful: Emma Burcart : http://www.emmaburcart.com/blog/
Because she is Little Miss Sunshine, my Pollyanna friend, Cindy Sample: http://cindysamplebooks.com/my-blog/
Because she has a wicked sense of humor, Mertianna Georgia: http://www.mertianna.com/
Because she rides a Harley and she’s really cool, Jennette Marie Powell: http://www.jenpowell.com/content/blog/
Because she always looks up my word of the day, and that makes me smile, Colleen Patrick: http://coleenpatrick.com/
I leave you with this little bit of sunshine courtesy of YouTube. Yes, I’ve finally figured out how to post videos to my blog. Old dog, new trick. It takes a while. (P.S. I now have a YouTube channel. Check me out if you’re so inclined. But, I’m still learning how to create videos, so don’t expect much right away. http://www.youtube.com/user/JansenSchmidt)
Word of the Day: Appui (yes we’re back to the A’s)
Fun fact about me: I can wink both eyes at the same time. This trick just sort of came naturally to me. (Tee hee)
Original post by Jansen Schmidt (June 2013) – Video courtesy of YouTube (Polished Life). Photos courtesy of Google Images.
What a fun award! Suzanne is so sweet, as are the nominees. Thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely be playing!
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Oh good, Cyndi. I wanted to honor more folks but didn’t want to post to get too cumbersome.
Thanks for your continue support.
Patricia
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Congrats on your nomination! I look forward to checking out those blogs you shared that i’m not yet following. 🙂
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Excellent, Kitt. I’m sure you’ll find some lovely ladies who would appreciate the support.
BTW – did you check back on my last post? You should.
Patricia
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Awww, I’m honored! Thanks for the nomination – and thinking I’m cool! I’m totally with you on that favorite color AND social media… and that winking both eyes thing LOL.
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You mean you can wink both eyes at the same time, too? Wow.
I hope you’ll spread the sunshine when you’re ready.
As always, thanks for your support. It’s always nice to see your smiling face.
Patricia
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Thanks for the shout out!! Of course you got the sunshine award–in my book, you are like a virtual dose of vitamin D. 🙂 🙂 So necessary these days.
And I’m not a big fan of social media either, but I like bits of it. What I think is great though about online socializing is the support you can find. Get a bunch of friends together and you can have a pretty good rallying point, aka appui.
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You see – appui – big smile! I’m so oozing vitamin D right now.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you’ll continue the warmth when you’re ready.
Patricia
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Thank you bunches, Patricia! I’m going to whorl around the room now. 🙂
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You are so funny! That’s why you get the sunshine award. You brighten my day with your wonderful sense of humor.
Thanks for your support.
Patricia
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“Neither. I hate social media.” Love it! Yes! Thank you for saying it out loud Patricia! Doesn’t Suzanne Vince rock! She gave me the award too earlier this week, but I’ve been unable to respond in kind since I was without internet. Shoot me now! See how reliant we are on this stuff? Drives me nuts Patricia. You should see my email. Never mind. You deserved this award girl. You are always filled with Sunshine! 🙂
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Aw, thanks, Karen. Seeing your beautiful smiling face over here at the Edge of Eternity always brightens my day.
Yes, Suzanne is an amazing woman. So strong and beautiful. You are also deserving of the award. I look forward to seeing you spread the sunshine.
Thanks for your support.
Patricia
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Love the inspirational video – and some more blog links to check out!
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Hi CJ. Yes, I loved the video. it’s the first time I’ve been able to post a video to my blog. I’m having fun learning how to do all of this cool new stuff. Hopefully some day soon, I’ll be posting my own videos. (Yikes)
Thanks for stopping by and i hope you’ll find some new people to follow in cyberworld.
Patricia.
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I’m honored to be mentioned and you’re not the first person to refer to me as Pollyanna:-) I was unfortunately traveling in the wilds of Wisconsin where there was no ATT cell service or internet. I felt like I was in another century. On the bright side, I discovered batter fried cheese curds which disappeared before I could take a photo!
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I hope you’re enjoying your time with your family. And you are the self-proclaimed Pollyanna, I did not coin you that.
Thanks for stopping by Little Miss Sunshine. I appreciate your support and friendship.
Patricia
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Thanks for sending Sunshine my way, Patricia! I like your outlook on life, too.
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Gosh, sorry to be late to the party, but I was living my own Pollyanna bliss on a private beach on Kauai (see next Tuesday’s blog). Thanks for your kind words (you too, Cyndi and Karen). We do what we gots to do in life. And I didn’t give you the Sunshine award for no reason! Not only did you introduce me to WANA but you are the best critique partner a girl could ask for. And a darn good friend!
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