With a Smile in My Heart!

Thank you so much, my good friends, for all your welcome home wishes here!  It warms my heart more than I can say to be so missed and thought of while we were away.  And I missed all of you too...So it's great to be able to visit you all as usual, share and chat. 

I had the great delight while we were on vacation to discover that I was given the You Make Me Smile award by three lovely friends, Marie, Marit and Nicolette.  Thank you very much for this sweet honor!  I love to laugh, have fun and smile.  And I'm glad that so many of you find a smile when you visit here.  To keep the blog love and smiles going, I am to nominate some blog friends for this award in turn. :o)  But this is the hard part, for everyone and their blogs makes me smile!  Here goes though, hoping to nominate some who, I think, have not already received this award, and who always make me smile:  Nature Girl, Valerie, Laney, Alice, Tami, Natalie and Kate. 

A foggy, wet and windy day here in southern Norway.  Not much excitement here this weekend as Dear Husband has had to work both days, and I've been tackling mountains of laundry and trying to catch up on other household chores before the new week starts.  We changed the clocks, turning back, here this weekend.  And since coming home again, we've noticed how dark it becomes earlier in the evenings.  Winter solstice draws nearer.  A warm and comforting mushroom stroganoff sounds just the thing for dinner in a little while.  This evening I hope to make a start on a new project or two.  The one drawback of being on vacation is the lack of crafting opportunities, so I have been experiencing severe craft withdrawal these last two weeks--LOL!   But that will be remedied very soon.  So all in all, slowly we are returning to life here.  Hope this find you all having a cozy Sunday and happy day.  See you during the week!  :o)

Comments

[Isobel]

Hi there dear Tracy,

It's nice to see that you had a great vacation as we did. I am facing the same things as you right now. I also hope I will be back crafting as soon as possible. I am dying to start some christmas little decorations to our house.
Hope you are having a great sunday.
Lots of love nad hugs.
x

[Carol]

Congrats on your latest award....you have always, your whole life, made me smile. Since our shopping trip while you were here, you've got me hooked on beads. I made a bracelet last night. I just now finished another one. But, lo and behold, this one apparently wasn't knotted tight enough at the end. So, when I put it on it popped open, beads flying everywhere! Now I'll have to start all over again. I'm loving the beading, but it would surely help if I had younger eyes to see the holes better! Love you, Momma

[Marie]

My Dear Tracy, if anyone deserves a You make Me Smile award, it is you! You always make me smile. We had to change our clocks back last night too. I always have a hard time adjusting to the time change. I guess I am an old dog who hates new tricks! Sorry I misssed you on MSN today. Hoping to catch you soon. Luv ya!

[nicolette]

Hello Tracy, I loved reading your post and visiting all the links to lovely other bloggers! Mushroom Stroganoff sounds Wonderful.
We are having Boeuf Bourguignon tonight, because my sweet man was in desperate need of some meat! We changed the clocks too! It really feels like Christmastime is coming....

[Natalie]

Oh Tracy... thank you. I bet it was hard to choose just a few bloggers to nominate for this award... there are a lot of happy and funny blogs--blogs that bring up smiles. You put me in good company.
Winter is coming in fast where you live, but we don't change our clocks until November. I am actaully looking forward to those long nights... maybe because it's one of the few changes that distinguishes the change in seasons. I am aching for a real winter...! Maybe I should be careful what I wish for ...lol.

[naturegirl]

To my dearest Tracy...I smile as I read this post and I thank you for awarding me with the smile award..I am honoured. I think that we all try to share and give a little smile to one another with our posts...there is always a friendly face at the other end when I read blogs...you certainly add a sparkle to the blog community dear Tracy..so you deserve this award and I congratulate the others that you
awarded! hugs and smiles Anna xo

[Mary Ellen]

Your award is well deserved. The comments you leave are always thoughtful and cheering. Just seeing your name in the address line in my email makes me smile in anticipation of a pleasant comment. Fondly, ME

[Wild Rose]

Hi Tracy,

How wonderful to receive this award from three bloggers! It is so richly deserved. Your blog is such a pleasure to read and I truly value your friendship.

Meeting Naturegirl on Saturday was a treat ~ she is a sweet soul. We greeted each other like old friends and we are going to get together again soon (when I'm not working!) Lynda dropped by with her husband Bobby and I enjoyed seeing them again too ~ both visits made my day.

Hope to speak to you soon.

Hugs,

Marie x

[clara]

Yay welcome back and yay for another deserving award! Thank you for all the smiles you bring. :-)

Happy crafting!

[Toni]

I wouldn't be surprised if you won all the sweet, smile-y, and kind rewards that are out there! You deserve each one, xo.

[kim]

Congrats on the award Tracy, very well deserved. A cold damp Sunday here too and it's dark now because of the clocks!!! Roll on Spring - it's so hard to feel that the day isn't over at 5pm! Mushroom stroganoff sounds delicious
Kim x

[jessica daisy]

Congratulations on your award Tracy, you certainly deserve it, glad to see that your safely home from your holiday, and so glad that you had a lovely time.
Jessx

[Britt-Arnhild]

You deserve to smile :-)

[carolyn]

Congrats on a well desreved award and welcome home.