{"id":719,"date":"2007-09-08T11:26:03","date_gmt":"2007-09-08T18:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=719"},"modified":"2007-09-08T20:34:19","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T03:34:19","slug":"nice-matters-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"Nice Matters Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/nice252525252baward.jpg\" alt=\"nice252525252baward.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/tjknits.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Theresa<\/a>, gave me this award!  What a NICE surprise! (tee hee) Not only is it nice to be recognized, but I&#8217;m enjoying visiting her other friends!<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been awarded please pass it on to 7 others who you feel are deserving of this award.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I want to give this award to these online friends:<\/p>\n<p>Perri at <a href=\"http:\/\/lottakids1961.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Life in Bits &amp; Pieces <\/a>&#8211; a homeschool mom of 6 and 1 great son-in-law and 1.5 grandbabies.  She knows how to enjoy life!<\/p>\n<p>Lorri at <a href=\"http:\/\/themacandcheesechronicles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mac &amp; Cheese Chronicles<\/a> &#8211; a mom who lost one, like me.  I love getting a glimpse into their family life!<\/p>\n<p>Michelle at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Happy_Mom_777\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Mom 777<\/a> &#8211; someone I met in real life but only recently found her blog.  She&#8217;s graduated one of her homeschool kids.  The other one comes over sometimes to play LOTRs with my hubby.  Neat family!<\/p>\n<p>Barb at <a href=\"http:\/\/sothethingisblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">So the Thing Is&#8230;<\/a> &#8211;  She loves, she knits and she makes me laugh!  I&#8217;ve really enjoyed reading her blog!<\/p>\n<p>Ruth at <a href=\"http:\/\/scrabblequeen.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ScrabbleQueen Knits, Too<\/a> &#8211; a real life friend who I&#8217;ve nagged into making a knit blog.  Now, I&#8217;m nagging her to start a tea blog! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Ashley at <a href=\"http:\/\/alogins.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrap Happens<\/a> &#8211; Ash is part of my weekly knit night and a real blessing!  She&#8217;s always smiling and I love getting to know her!<\/p>\n<p>Melanie at <a href=\"http:\/\/melanie-journey.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melanie&#8217;s Journey<\/a> &#8211; my friend from way back when&#8230;well, not really that long ago &#8211; it just seems like so long ago since we&#8217;ve both changed so much recently!  Check out here <a href=\"http:\/\/thecreatorspalette.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">artwork <\/a>too!<\/p>\n<p>I hope you visit all my friends and let them know how NICE their blogs are!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=719\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D719&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Nice%20Matters%20Award\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=719\" data-text=\"Nice Matters Award\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Nice Matters Award\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=719\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=719\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Nice%20Matters%20Award&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D719&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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