Don't Forget...

Don't forget that the last day for nominations for the Homeschool Blog Awards is today!

Blessings! ~ Nikki

I won an award !

Sonia over at Homeschool Treasure Trove gave me this gorgeous Blogger award. Thanks Sonia!

Now I have to tell you six things you might not know about me.

1. I randomly speak in movies quotes with my family.

2. I grew up a certified countrified farm girl and I miss it too.

3. I know what it is like to carry your drinking water from the spring. My maternal Grandparents and Great Grandmother did not have running water (unless you count the current in the spring LOL)

4. I have met Mrs. Dolly Parton several times. (And yes she is a veeeery distant cousin lol). I even got to watch her film a Christmas movie at a local covered bridge that was 300 feet from my house.

5. White Christmas is one of my all time fave Christmas movies and has been since my teen years when my cousin Noo and I would get together and watch it each year.

6. I love walking in the rain. Always have and hopefully always will.

Now I must give this award to six of my blogger buddies.

BabyGirl at Sparrow's Pearl

Roosie at Nobody Move! I Dropped Me Brain!

Debbie at Living For Him

Shirley at My Four Miracles

Pat at Pat's Place

And finally...you! Yes You! You know who you are! That dear sweet person reading my blog...that makes you gorgeous to me! Blessings! Nikki

Finally An Entry And HSB Awards

It has been a while... a lot of things have been going on here. We have been going and going and going, kinda like the energizer bunny ...minus the energy LOL Anyway, we had our Fall festival at church yesterday and had a great time.We raised some money for our youth and ate some great food.Our county sheriff volunteered to be arrested to help us raise money. He was great so thanks Hoss. Last week I went to a Third Day concert with DD,DS and a friend. It was an amazing worship service.. Look forward to seeing them again. Our drama team has been busy practicing. We have two performances coming up and we are very excited. Our local paper came by the festival yesterday and talked to our youth group and took some pictures. They liked that :) We had an amazing service this morning at church. I would love to be there tonight to see all the baptisms (6) but both DDs are down with the sniffles. So at least I have found the chance to sit and blog. School has been going great. This past week we gathered some leaves. The color has been amazing here again this year. I have found that I prefer laminating the leaves instead of ironing them with the wax paper. When you laminate them you can hang them up on windows and get a stained glass effect. It is very pretty. It is also time for the Homeschool Blog Awards again. I have to do my nominations tonight. There are so many great ones out there that it is hard to decide. On the other hand if anyone would like to nominate me (shameless begging I know!) that would be nice. Not sure what I could be nominated for ..but I have to at least be good for a laugh every now and then . Right? Anyway, looking forward to getting settled back into the quiet side of life for a bit and hopefully doing some blogging and getting some free stuff uploaded to HSlaunch. Blessings! ~ Nikki

Congrats To Pat our Autumn Poetry Party Winner

Thanks so much Pat for your great poem. Hey readers, you can read Pat's poem here
 Autumn Leaves
Here is what Pat won:
Autumn leaf tea towel
Autumn leaf plastic container
Candy corn playing cards
Autumn leaf stationery
Pumpkin girl shelf sitter
Autumn scent candle
Blessings! ~ Nikki

My Poem For The 2009 Autumn Poetry Party

Here is my poem for the 2009 Autumn Poetry Party. You are invited too! Check out the rules at the top of my blog. Blessings! ~ Nikki
Autumn
Azure sky and golden leaves
Woodsmoke wafting on the breeze
The crunch of leaves on the forest floor
As squirrels add to their winter stores
Shades of orange in the pumpkin patch
The scarecrow smiles and waves
He loves dancing in the wind
On lovely Autumn days
Fall is here
Its all around
Sings nature as dances
In her gold and crimson gown
copyright 2009 LNS (simcoxhomeschool)

Prayer Please

After being laid off for 9 months and putting in tons of applications . . . DH Toodles got a call back yesterday! We have been trying so hard to not get discouraged as the weeks turned into months without a job and it has been hard. Only God's Grace has seen us through. We are praying that if this is the job God wants him to have then he will get it. Will you join us in praying? Thanks so much ! Blessings ! ~ Nikki