Birthday Presents and Giveaways.....

I am so blessed to have the most wonderful family and friends. Today I received a Birthday package, I noticed it was from my friend Ellen in CT. She doesn't have a blog....yet, although she should, she has a beautiful garden and her decorating style is wonderful. We met on another online forum for working out, it's called Thunder Crush. There I have a thread called "Xena Beena's porch", the theme has sort of spilled over to my blog.

I decided that I couldn't wait until tomorrow to open my present so I dove it. As I opened the gift and realized what it was, I began to cry. It was the most beautiful thoughtful gift and probably one of the best presents I've ever received. Inside was a picture of the front of my house; my porch, during the summer with flowers in bloom, the same picture I used on my Sept 25Th post. With it is a beautiful poem, I'll share it with you:

Welcome To My Porch...

A reflection of my home, a invitation to a passerby and an open window to the world around me. A nook to cuddle up with a good book or a place to share coffee and conversation with friends. On the porch we'll share our memories, we'll watch our garden grow, we'll enjoy our tall glass of tea and we'll find our private moments to take in life.

In celebration of my Birthday tomorrow and how blessed I am to have made such great friends and acquaintances here in blogland, I am going to have a little Birthday giveaway. So stop back by tomorrow if you would like to play.

*muah*