Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend.
My weekend was a blur. My paternal grandma’s health is on a steady decline. I paid her a few visits this weekend. I held her hand, sang to her, I told her I love her, and said goodbye just in case each visit was my last. Emotional moments but vital all the same.
Then there was the beautiful sewing machine/cabinet which my other grandma gave to me. Spare moments in the weekend were used to make a home for the “new” machine and the cabinet. There’s still a lot more sorting and organizing to do but we’ll get there.
The weekend also included some volunteer work. A friend and I worked the coat check at a charity benefit gala. We had that baby running like a well oiled machine! It was fun and so wonderful to give my time to such a good cause and to let my light shine!
Segue (funny, I always thought it was spelled “segway”)… to my next bit of news.
A few months ago, I conducted a reader survey and the vast majority of you said you would participate in a blog hop if I were to host one. It’s taken me a while because I wanted to think of a good name, design a badge, and I had to select a day of the week to feature this hop.
Well, it’s here, starting this Thursday, I will be hosting the SHINE Blog Hop. If you could help me spread the word about it, I would be so grateful. It’s not mandatory, but definitely appreciated. The more participants here, the more possibilities for your posts to be seen.
This is the blog hop to let your best posts SHINE! Whether you dig through your archives or you link up a current post, please come back to share and shine!
What I will do for you
I will tweet, pin, and share the top 3 posts from the previous week’s hop.
A couple things to keep in mind
Every topic welcome! Family friendly posts only. No reviews/giveaway posts please. There will be a limit of 2 posts/blogger.
So, I invite you to come back this Thursday to link up, meet some new friends, and let your best posts SHINE!
I would love to hear from you. How was your weekend?
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Author of My Kitchen, My Classroom: An Introduction to Homeschool and creator of The Deliberate Mom. Jennifer writes about parenting, homeschooling, her faith, and life with her husband and two girls. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Applied Human Service Administration Degree with a specialization in Early Learning in Child Care.
I’m so sorry about your grandmother. It is wonderful that you are getting to spend some quiet moments with her. I absolutely love your sewing table. It is beautiful. I would love to participate in your blog hop and help spread the word! Have a great day!
Thanks so much for your kind words Sanz. I would be so grateful if you spread the word and I would be delighted to have you link up.
Wishing you a lovely day as well.
That is such a great idea. I really like it. I pray for your grandma. I will definitely be back and let my other friends know about this blog hop. I love the name and the design of the badge. Good luck,
Thanks for your prayers Danielle. I would love for you to join us and would be delighted if you helped spread the word.
Wishing you a lovely day!
Hehe I thought it was spelled the same way! Oops!! Looking forward to Shining with you on Thursday!!! xx
I would be delighted to have you SHINE with us on Thursday. You definitely have many treasures to share.
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
I’m sorry to hear about your grandmother, Jennifer. I love how you’re spending time with her and loving on her! Your weekend sounds great! The coat check sounds like fun! I also am excited about your blog hop!! Love the name! Have a wonderful week!!
Thank you for your kind words Kelli. She has been ailing for a while now. Times like these are hard but I’m trying to treasure the moments we get all the same.
I’m delighted that you’re excited about the blog hop. We all have treasures to share, we just have to let them SHINE. I would be delighted to have you join in on the party!
Wishing you a wonderful week as well!
Oh what a great bloghop! I love that it gives posts a second chance to..well..shine!
My weekend was spent away in Vermont – the weather was crummy but we had a great time.
A change of scenery is always nice… even if the weather doesn’t cooperate.
I hope you’ll come back this Thursday and let your best post(s) SHINE!
Wishing you a lovely day Tamara.
How exciting! I’ll be sure to stop back on Thursday :)
I’m very excited about this! I look forward to seeing how you SHINE Stephanie!
I’ll have to remember this blog hop! I also had no idea segue was spelled like that either! haha.
I would love for you to select a post or two to SHINE Chelsea! It should be fun. I love when I have new spelling “revelations”. Segue was a big one! Wishing you a lovely day.
I’ll be back on Thursday!!
I would love to have you back here to share and SHINE! See you soon my friend!
It was a slow one for me. I enjoyed spending time with the husband on Saturday, as we celebrated our anniversary a few days late. Did some meal-planning on Sunday, went grocery shopping…all things necessary to prepare for the week. Just a normal weekend here. :-)
I would be happy to participate in your link-up! Count me in. I tweeted it too!
Sounds like a nice way to spend the weekend anyway!
I’m so glad you’ll be joining the party! Thanks for tweeting too.
The old Sewing machine, bringing back memories :)
I have many childhood memories of this sewing machine. My grandma took such good care of it too.
Wishing you a lovely day.
I can’t wait to see what you create on your new machine! And the blog hop sounds lovely, I’m writing it down so I remember ;)
I have to figure the machine out! It’s one complicated piece of equipment. Fortunately my grandma saved the instruction manual.
I would love it if you came back and participated. You have some lovely posts that deserve to SHINE!
Wishing you a lovely day.
So sorry about your grandmother Jennifer. I’m glad you’re able to visit her in these important times. You’re a good granddaughter.
And that sewing machine is fantastic! So much workspace. I have a very old machine that my mom gave me, but I just use it for decoration. :)
Excited for the blog hop. I’ve actually thought about starting one as well (and that’s as far as I’ve gotten). Glad you did. Super excited for it!
Thanks for your kind words my friend.
I love the sewing machine. I’m still trying to figure out how it works. Thankfully my grandma kept everything that goes with it (including the instruction manual). I may not use this machine on a daily basis but it would be nice to have a working backup.
I’m thrilled you’re excited about the blog hop. If it gains momentum, maybe you would like to co-host sometime and see what you think of “running” one before you take the plunge and start one of your own? I can’t wait to see what post(s) you choose to let SHINE.
Wishing you a lovely day my friend.
So fun! Can’t wait to come back and post. I recently joined twitter (eek, I was nervous and have no idea what I’m doing over there) but I tweeted this! I think, haha (Leilani)
I saw you joined Twitter! Yay! Thanks so much for tweeting. I can’t wait to see which treasured posts you choose to SHINE!
So excited!!! Love link ups :) Thanks for hosting!
I’m excited that you’re excited! I can’t wait to see which posts you choose to let SHINE!
Sounds you had a pretty emotional weekend, that would be hard to not know if each time would be your last goodbye or not. The sewing machine is beautiful! That would make me do a happy dance!
I am SO excited for your blog hop! I will definitely help spread the word. I’ve been wanting a regular blog hop to link up with every week that isn’t catered to just recipes or just crafts, etc. I love the idea of this blog hop, I’ll be here! :D
It was such an emotional weekend. I’m treasuring all the moments I get.
I love the sewing machine… just trying to figure out how it works. There’s an instruction manual but it’s written in 1960’s jargon LOL.
I’m so glad you’re excited about the blog hop. I really wanted something that would allow people to showcase their favourite posts, (regardless of content and when they wrote them). I hope it does well and gets everyone increased traffic and visibility. I’m so glad you plan on participating. I can’t wait to see what you link up!
Wishing you a lovely day!
So sorry about your Grand ma Jennifer. I trust she knows Christ and in the end, both of you and all of us will meet at Our Lord’s feet.
She is a Christian Ugochi. Years ago, when she lost the ability to talk, she was still able to sing praises to the Lord. Hymns would tumble out of her mouth freely. It was a beautiful gift that allowed us to still connect and communicate with one another. Instead of talking we would sing together.
I find comfort in knowing that soon she will be pain free, she will have a new body, and she will be able to talk and sing and dance freely in the presence of our Lord.
Thank you for your kind words and for visiting.
Life is tough, it’s so hard to lose family. I hope you get the time you want and need with your grandma, you’re in my thoughts. I didn’t know segway was spelt segue! Eek I bet I’ve made that mistake quite a few times, lol. I’m excited for your SHINE blog hop- I’m going to have to look through my posts to determine if I have anything worthy. :]
Thanks so much for your support my friend.
I’m so excited that you’re excited about the blog hop! I would love for you to participate… you have plenty of treasures to share! Let those treasures SHINE my dear.
Wishing you a lovely day.
I hope you will cherish tha sewing machine always! I’m always glad to hear when grandchildren are dear to their grandparents-yay to you! Visiting from SITS!
Get all the time in with your grandma that you can! So much history and knowledge to share!
A new bloggy hop! YaY!!! Tweeted! :)