How Sweet The Sound: January 2011

January 11, 2011

A Tune For Tuesday

Nine To Five

Work Retirement Age Countdown

1 year 6 months 20 days

(But who is counting?)

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Please be certain to come back tomorrow for

What's My Question Wednesday

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January 10, 2011

A Blue Ribbon For Blue Monday

Thank you to Sally at Smiling Sally for hosting Blue Monday.

Thank you to Sally

for your friendship and loyalty.

And, thank you to my friends and visitors.

You're all the best.

This blue ribbon is for all of you.

You're first place in my world.

Posted by Beverly on January 10, 2011 at 01:00 AM in Blue Monday | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack (0)

January 09, 2011

January 07, 2011

Pink Saturday - January 8, 2011

fyi

Apparently inlinkz.com (the linking tool) is now sending a confirmation e-mail to you when you link. The e-mail is a confirmation, and it also gives you a link to delete your link if you choose for whatever reason. The e-mail doesn't mean you have done anything wrong. You can just ignore it unless you want to remove your link from my Pink Saturday post.

Happy Pink Saturday

Welcome to Pink Saturday. Please join us by linking your Pink Saturday post permalink using the linking tool provided at the bottom of this post. I will have my Pink Saturday post available at 5 p.m. EST every Friday. So, be sure to link and show us your Pink. Be certain to link using your pink post permalink. And please remember to include a link back to my blog within your post so that your visitors will be able to visit here.

Please take the time to visit other participants, and leave a comment to let them know you stopped by to enjoy their pink. Pink Saturday is about having fun, and giving us a chance to meet others in the blogging community. I promise you it is worth the effort because you will not only see lots of pink, you will meet incredibly nice and talented people. Please refer to my post dated January 8 for more information about Pink Saturday.

I want to thank those of you that take the time to leave me a comment. I love reading what you all have to say.

Reminder - We have a weekly challenge for you to visit the blog of at least one participant that you have never visited before. Then next Saturday include that blog and a link in your post. Quite a few of you have been done this challenge, and have met some of the great Pink Saturday participants. Thank you for sharing with us.

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This week I am featuring Sharon at Faith Hope & Cherrytea. Sharon first participated in Pink Saturday October 9, 2010, and she is one of the many of you that make Pink Saturday special. Sharon has plans for an upcoming event, and she has written the following personal message to you.

I have featured everyone that had requested to be featured. I am now contacting other participants each week by e-mail to see if they are interested in being featured.

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Pink Saturday Featured Blog

Sharon at Faith Hope & Cherrytea

Having read several new year blogs

desiring spring and lamenting winter's longevity,

i wondered what i could offer to lighten the dark days?

one favourite idea percolated to the surface...

TeaCup Trade!

offering creative hospitality and goodwill ~

a spot of cheer in the drear!

care to join us ?

we're matching up now for a Valentine exchange~

check out the TeaCup Trade ! post

for all the details...

Tea Cheers !

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My pink contribution for this Pink Saturday is a very, very short story.

Once upon a time there was a lady who really liked the color pink, even though her very favorite color was yellow. This lady's name was Beverly, and Beverly was lucky enough to host the most spectacular weekly event known as Pink Saturday.

There was another lady. A truly beautiful, kind, loving and very fun lady. This lady was named Claudie, and she lived at Bubblin' Over. We will refer to this lady as Pink Princess Claudie because she was a real lover of pink and she was like a very kind princess.

One day a box came in the mail for Beverly, and it was filled overflowing with beautiful things. This gift was sent to Beverly by the oh so beautiful and sweet Pink Princess Claudie.

Beverly's heart went pitter-pat as she unpacked and removed each of the pretties. And, there were very many pretties. Then Beverly came upon a box. A pretty pink box. The box was labeled Pink Champagne Truffles. Beverly was intrigued. You see Beverly was not a candy-holic, but Pink Champagne Truffles were very tempting.

Then Beverly opened the pretty pink box and put one of those Pink Champagne Truffles in her mouth. Do you have any ideas what happened next?

Beverly thought she had died and gone to Heaven. Oh my goodness. Those Pink Champagne Truffles were so good. Good? No, good just isn't the word to describe those divine morsels. There just might not be an adjective worthy of being associated with those Pink Champagne Truffles.

Guess what happened next?

Beverly instantly realized those divine morsels were to be savored. She put them in her desk drawer with the plan of savoring one every day until they were gone. She had plans to daily place one in her mouth and let the divinity slowly melt and trickle down her throat in bliss. Surely she was entitled to these few moments of daily bliss.

But, then Beverly remembered that a real candy-holic lived in her house. And, this candy-holic was her very same mother that had instilled in her guilt. You all know what I mean. That very same guilt that mothers instill in their children. Beverly shuddered at the thought of the guilt she would feel if she did not share these divine morsels with her mother. We will refer to Beverly's mother as Candy-holic.

The next time Candy-holic came in her office, Beverly held out the box and offered one to her. And, before Beverly could blink her eye, Candy-holic stuck one in her mouth, swallowed it and grabbed another. Beverly could tell by the look in Candy-holic's eyes that she thought these were divine, too.

What was Beverly to do? She knew that Candy-holic would be going into her office and eating the divine morsels until they were all gone.

There is a lesson and moral to this story. The lesson and moral are to quickly overcome the maternal inflicted guilt, discreetly hide the box of Pink Champagne Truffles and tell Candy-holic they are all gone. Even leave the empty box on your desk as proof. And, buy Candy-holic some other kind of candy. She won't really know the difference. Also, know there really are Pink Princesses in this world.

And, Beverly lived happily ever after. Even though she did finally savor the last of her Pink Champagne Truffles, the memory of those divine morsels is a sweet forever memory.

Oh, and there is one more thing you should know and action you should take.

Stop what you are doing, and track down a box of Pink Champagne Truffles for yourself. When they are delivered, open the box and savor the divinity. Then you will understand Beverly's lies and secrets. You will no longer judge her as evil, greedy and selfish. You will understand - especially if you have a guilt-inflicting candy-holic living in your house.