The Sunshine Award
This honor has been bestowed upon me by Evie Alexis, author and owner of the obessive writer blog. It’s a pretty image and makes me think of warmer weather.
To honor the spirit of the award, I will follow its guidelines which are as follows:
Put the logo on your blog in your post.
Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.
Link the nominees within your post.
Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blogs.
Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.
Here are my twelve nominees (wow - 12 is a lot) 
:
1.Marianne Arkins
2.Shawna Williams
3.Jennifer Shirk
4. Anne Whitfield
5. Allie Boniface
6. Dru, a voracious book reader
7. Sarita Leone
8. Stephanie Burkhardt
9. Maria Zannini
10. Cate Masters
11. Dina’s Thoughts
12.Denise Patrick
Congrats to the nominees who I know shine like that bright star in the heavens to bring smiles to their fellow writers’ and readers’ face.
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Today is our daughter April’s twenty-ninth birthday! We celebrated last night because she has plans for this evening with her fiancé. It was fun for our family to get together! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, APRIL!
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Thank you, Diane. That’s so kind.
Happy birthday to your daughter!
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Thanks, Maria! Have a great evening.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Thanks Maria!
I hope April enjoys her 29th birthday.
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Wow, Diane - thanks so much!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:35 pm
The award looks perfect here. =D It really captures the essence of your blog.
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Thanks so much Diane! Hope your daughter had a wonderful birthday too.
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Dru, Allie, Evie and Cate,
It is a very pretty award! Thanks for b-day wishes for April!
March 4th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Oh, thank you, Diane!!! Love this award. So pretty!
And hope your daughter had a wonderful b-day!!
March 4th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Diane, Thanks so much for thinking of me and my blog and awarding the Sunshine Award. I really appreciate that. You have a great blog. I love active it is.
Smiles
Steph
March 4th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Hi Jennifer and Steph,
Glad you both are happy with the award. You both have awesome blogs!
March 6th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Happy belated bday April.
Diane, thank you for the award, I’ll have to find 12 bloggers too, lol.
Also, thank you for the compliment, I try to stay positive thru the tough times.
March 7th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Hi Dina,
Good luck!
April had a great b-day.