THE ENVELOPE PLEASE.....

OK: This is the Coveted: BLOGGER REFLECTION AWARD and INSTRUCTIONS:

Here are the rules for this one:

1. Copy this post (meaning the rules).

2. Reflect on five bloggers and write a least a paragraph about each one.

3. Make sure you link this post so others can read it and the rules.

4. Go leave your chosen bloggers a comment and let them know they’ve been given the award.

5. Put the award icon on your site.

Description/Definition:

"This award should make you reflect on five bloggers who have been an encouragement, a source of love, impacted you in some way, and have been a Godly example to you. Five Bloggers who when you reflect on them you get a sense of pride and joy… of knowing them and being blessed by them."


This could go to almost every Blog & Blogger I've read since most of them have been linked to or from the ones I've chosen. That's one great thing about our Community and the people represented here: ALL are SPECIAL!
I was truly blown away when MonkeyGirl passed this award on to me. A lot of you know at one time I wondered if I should even keep Blogging. Every One of the recipients had a hand to play early on with my sticktoitness and continuation of my blog.

I'm including the paragraph about each one collectively because they are that similar and special in what they did for me. (Cop-out- NOT!!) All gave me encouragement and honesty when I needed it. All gave me Godly wisdom and insight when I needed it. All were more than ready to share and went out of their way using both time and energy- two very precious resources to share/give to someone. Each one not only met-but exceeded in the requirements of the definition of this award. None of them would care if they received it and I mean that they are not looking for the recognition-Not that they don't appreciate it!

So here they are:

1. HAMMER: Need I say more? Thank you sir for your consistency and availability. Every Tool Box must contain a HAMMER!!! Thanks! Just the Name brings a Smile and a LOL! I hope it's genetic- because if your sense of humor is contagious- the World will die Laughing!

2. BabsRN: If you know this Georgia Peach at all you know why she is here! She sent me an entire Template (in html) of course, to help me out as soon as I started. Selfless time and energy and it was volunteered, not asked for. That's just the kind of person she is. Her patients are fortunate indeed, but woe be to anyone on the other end of this Southern Belle's softer side!!! ;-).

And an Excellent "Writer" to boot!

3. I EAT SNOWMAN POOP: Heck- the Name just about sums it up. This irreverent and highly relevant friend will keep you laughing and will help in any way possible. She will also come to the defense of a friend as witnessed in a recent post. I could not ask for; nor could anyone be more fortunate than to have this lady as a friend!!

4. ELLE BEE: Instantly drawn to this site and person. A Christian and Sister in Christ that has encouraged me like none other! Thanks "elle" for the unknown times you have inspired me to keep on keeping on! Keep doing what you do best and just "bee"- pun intended! Read her last post about another person in need and you will get a glimpse into the Spirit of this wonderful person.

5. AMBULANCE DRIVER: I could stop right here. Someone who's irreverent sense of humor will illicit Class 3 beverage alerts at any given moment. This same person took time to post a very personal plea for help on "HIS" Blog. I can never thank you enough for that effort and outreach Bro!! From the Heart. As a Paramedic (from ancient days) and a Newbie Blogger, I

can only hope to be close to his expertise in both one day.

To those of you not mentioned and you don't know who you are- (Ha ha ha- evil laugh)- These Five were First and Foremost in my Blogging Life- I have since met numerous others that I would have no trouble naming that meet these requirements. That's the neat thing about our Community- we ALL in certain special ways fill an area of need and collectively we are stronger and better for it!

Thank you MonkeyGirl- and may God continue to Bless our Blogging Community!!!

Love to you all,

John

I'm going to let this post sit for a couple o' days. Gonna work tomorrow- get Harry Potter Friday and curl up with my wife and some movies for 3 days of R & R!!!!

Here are some silly things to make you smile:

Very clever. I wonder who thinks them up? PLEASE READ THE LAST TWO- IF ANYONE HAS ANYMORE CANNIBAL JOKES PLEASE SEND THEM



HUMOR FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS):
I Live in Lexington and I thought Lexophiles were perverts like me!!! LOL

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.

Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.

We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.

The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.

The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.

The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.

A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

A will is a dead giveaway.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

A backward poet writes inverse.

In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.

A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.

A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.

You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.

He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

A calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

A plateau is a high form of flattery.

Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine

When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture: a jab well done.

AND FINALLY!!!!!

Two cannibals are eating a clown.
One stops and says to the other:
''Does this taste funny to you?''

Two Cannibal are eating...
One says to the other--
"I HATE your Mother-in-LAW...
The other....

"Then just eat the potatoes!"

John