HELP THE ELF: I Found Santa’s Missing Nice List!

Hi everyone! As you may remember, a few weeks ago PETE the Elf had a touch too much Eggnog at the Holiday Christmas Party and as he stumbled home, he lost Santa's NICE LIST.

The North Wind scattered the papers to all four corners of the world, and The Bookshelf Muse put out a call to help find them in order to SAVE CHRISTMAS.

Ever since I read about it, I've been on the lookout. And then today, EUREKA!

Yes that's right...I found part of Santa's missing NICE LIST. There it was, fluttering in the wind, half caught under the corner of my welcome mat. And shock of all shocks, I recognized the name, and I bet you will too.

Here it is below:

NAME: SFF Minnows - my critique group buddies

LOCATION: US and Canada

NICE LEVEL: 90%

NAUGHTY LEVEL: 10% (well, the levels really depends on the individual member...heh)

OBSERVATIONS: If it weren't for you wonderful gals and guys, I'd not be where I am write now. *groan*

RECOMMENDATION:     a) Coal                   b) Gift

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I'm not so much helping out Pete - who, I feel, deserves to be panicky due to his eggnog indiscretion - but showing my appreciation for a group of very special folks in my life.

Wishing all of you a (check off the one that suits you):
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, Joyful Winter Solstice, Felicitous Saturnalia, Happy Hanukah, Rockin' Kwaanza!

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams

Happy June, and happy to be back

Can't believe it's June already! I had wanted to be back before now, but blogging is like exercising: the longer you abstain from doing it, the harder it is to get back to it.

So what went on in my month of May?

Well, I...

1) turned 45
2) finished my sweater3) created a Twitter account for my dog4) worked on (and finished a couple) of the Pay-It-Forward giveaway gifts
5) processed 9 chickens
6) weeded, and weeded, and weededand last but definitely not least,
6) received gifts from Sherrie and Elizabeth (and Elizabeth is having a sale this month!).
First a heady Mocha soap from Sherrie...mmm...we're almost done using it in the kitchen (and it makes me want to have hot chocolate every time I use it)Then, a lovely trio from Elizabeth, who remembered that her Dreamsicle Lip Balm is my all-time favorite! I can't wait to use the Whipped Soap; it smells so cheerfully divine. And the doll is simply adorable: reminds me of those wooden, nesting Russian dolls.And what about the rest of you? How was your May? :) I sure missed visiting your blogs (I did try to sneak in a few reads here and there).

"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home." ~ Johann von Goethe