Hello December and The Weekly Smile #48

After a hard days work,

and a cold day,

this made me smile:

 

 

a surprise parcel from my sister.

It is full of wonderful goodies for the Advent time!

Thank you to my wonderful sister.

 

 

Brighten up the day with a smile for someone.

Show someone,  you care.

give a hug,

a kind word,

a compliment.

 

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And as December comes

so does the snow in Cyber blogging world.

Don’t forget your cyber scarf

and wrap the blog community

in warmth and love!

 

Sending all  cyber friends

my love and 

cyber hugs!

 

Add your smile please !

This post was brought to you via Trent’s world’s weekly smile

 

 

 

100,000 WOW

My blog reached an amazing 100,000 views today!

I can’t believe it.

186 different countries have visited my humble site.

I’ve posted 359 posts since I started in June 2012 (including this one)

Blogging has taught me lots, I have made amazing friends,

it takes me round the world, following your blogs

and I simply love it!

Find the wonder, hiding in everyday moments.

 ♥☼♫☼♥

If your life does not give joy to others, 

then how can you expect your heart to give any joy to you.

~ Buddha ~

 

 

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, 

but for the wide world’s joy. 

~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

I hope I can bring you more sunshine, more laughter, more fun and more love to your world,

and I hope I can lift you up when you are down.

Walk with me ,

sit with me,

let me brighten your day,

enjoy some tranquility,

and let me give you a smile!

Blogiversary- 2 years of happiness

This is me as a 2 year old….

Ready to move out… already????

Well I am not ready to move out from WordPress.

My blog is 2 years old,

2 years with my wonderful blogging friends,

it has been a great journey with you ,

I have learnt with you ,

I have enjoyed every minute with you,

and I thank you from my heart for being with me,

visiting, reading and commenting!

I love you all,

you are very precious to me!

 I am ready for more,

more learning from you,

more fun and laughter with you ,

more enjoyment, more spending time with you!

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So nothing but the best for my wonderful friends:

Let the Champagne flow

Fireworks

Cake

and a massive THANK YOU and plenty of hugs for all!

To another wonderful year with all my wonderful friends!

Cheers!

and here it is official , it came late so I update now:

You are amazing

….. inside and out!

♥☼♥☼♥

 

No? then let me tell you this:

You are most wonderful and amazing people out there.

 

I thank you so much for always being there ,

bringing sunshine and smiles to my blog,

bringing kindness, laughter and your heart to me.

 

Make me feel great!

♥♥♥

 I treasure all my blogging friends so much,

you mean the world to me.

A heart felt Thank you for being you!

 

 

Have a most wonderful day, my friends!

Much love from Ute (smile)

 

Count your blessings

Sometimes I sit back and realise how blessed I am.

I have amazing people in my life,

I am loved,

my friends care about me.

I can’t complain, but count my blessings and

I feel rich –  I am rich.

I bought  myself some flowers yesterday morning and want to share them with you all,

They are for you!

Thank you for being you ,

for caring,

for being here in my life!

I do need to tell you this from time to time

as it is important for me to let you know that

I appreciate you and love you!

♥♥♥

Beauty along the road

As I was too early to meet my friends in the next village,

 so I went to a very old church yard, and found these little snowbells.

Can you see the violet coming too?

Sending you all a big group hug and much love!

Happy New Year 2014

To all my wonderful blogging friends

I wish you a wonderful,

peaceful,

successful,

content,

challenging,

healthy,

joyful,

love filled,

fun filled new year !

…and may dreams come true in this new year!

I thank you for all the love and friendship you show me in your visiting, reading and commenting on my blog!

I am enjoying blogging so much and it is YOU who make it so!

May we have more fun and inspiration next year together and enjoy the friendships we have made!

Much love from Ute – sending love smiles and hugs your way!

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Merry Christmas

To all my wonderful friends all over this world!

I wish you all

a wonderful and peaceful Christmas

and a happy, healthy, love and joy filled new year 2014!

May every day be filled with love, laughter, fun, joy, little pleasures, peace and happiness!

Thank you and Sorry

A big thank you to all my followers, readers and friends here in blogworld, for visiting, reading and commenting on my posts.

You don’t know how much you are appreciated and how much I cherish your all. You are part of my life!

I have been neglecting the blogging sphere a bit as I have been overwhelmed with work – at work and at home with lots of essential DIY and sick children. Falling asleep at the computer did tell me to slow down.

There are not enough hours in a day at the moment.

Keeping the good spirits up and the coffee flowing…. (tea actually)

So here is my tip for today!

My wonderful friends, I am thinking of you and wish you a good remainder of the week.

Keep the love going, keep smiling as I do, and all can be done!

Know that I truly love you all!

Thank you Penny for this beautiful image!

Awards

I am blessed to be in such a lovely blogging community.

Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a kindness.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~

Again I have been nominated for some awards.

One from my wonderful friend Terry: Doesn’t it look beautiful!

28th August 2013

and from my friend ajaytao a choice of awards, I shall choose 2 I haven’t got. – because I love them!

24th August 2013

24th August 2013

I thank you so much my friends for honouring me in this way and I am very grateful to have you and accept the awards with much happiness.

“The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.”
Jean de la Bruyere

More Awards

More awards have come up and I like to thank lovely Heila for this sweet award.

The Super Sweet Blogging Award.

20th November 2012, 22nd December 2012, 3rd August 2013

More awards were coming in, so I am a bit naughty and list them here and will not quite follow the correct rules.

From the bunch of awards from wonderful Tazein again, and also a bunch from inspiring Ajaytao

I love to accept the ABC Award , a new one for me!

4th and 13th August 2013

From always wonderful Tazein and my beautiful friend Terry also the Best Moment Award:

1st,10th, 28th March and 12th May 2013, 6th and 18th August 2013

And another award from sweet Nora, from her blog Just nora, the Very Iinspiring Blog Award!

25th November,15th, 31st December 2012,18th, 21st January, 14th February, 21st March, 4th August 2013

Thank you so much Heila, Tazein, Ajaytao, Nora and Terry for giving me these awards. I am very grateful really appreciate it and accept them very happily.

I shall nominate some fairly new to me bloggers and hope to make them happy. You can choose any of the above awards or more, if you do awards, and accept them. Enjoy, you all deserve them! 

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The beauty along the road

Oh the things we shall see

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You are wonderful friends and I send a big thank you to you! … and a hug!