With the word ‘Tennis’ in the title, you have your first hint at the lateness of this post, meaning I started it a good couple of weeks ago during Wimbledon. Which also means that it is now redundant. Thank goodness for cut and paste is all I can say, best invention EVER.
Still, I’m left struck with the idea that tennis is a bit like writing: some matches end quickly and efficiently in straight sets thanks to a few forehand smashes, but others are slogging matches, filled with crushing lows, victorious highs and endless umpire calls.
In such matches, players grow weary, frustrated, angry even; they can’t believe what’s happening. They worked so hard, hit the ball just right, gave it their all but are left wondering where all the chalk-dust has gone. Surely the ball was in, you cannot be serious!
Face it, the ball was out.
Some go on to victory. Either way, they don’t give up; they keep practicing, listen to their coaches and ask, “How can I improve?” They dream of their comeback and don’t give up. After all, there is always next year, right?
Ultimately, they aim for the prize no matter what.
As do we writers and in turning to our writing friends and mentors to encourage, guide, and coach us, we thank them from the bottom of our hearts.
So what better time than now to thank some lovely writer/blogging friends who help keep me on the ‘write’ track? Not to mention, for spoiling me rotten with goody-bags stuffed to overflowing with awards.
Starting with two wonderfully talented and inspiring writers. I’m proud to call these strong, dynamic, and amazing women my friends.:
First lovely Jo, amazing published author, supporter of indie writers everywhere. Just look at this incredible bundle of goodies:
Wow!
Then lovely Irene, whose memoir writing is at once fascinating and poignant, popped a few more into the bag, making it so heavy that I could hardly carry it:
Three more amazing and lovely bloggers added to the treasure trove: Marlene nominated me for the The Versatile Blogger Award, Brenda for the Most Influential Blogger and Maria for The Liebster Award.
Marlene is a new blogging friend with a zest for life, new challenges and writing. Brenda, my ‘Cotswold’ friend who found my blog in the early days, writes delightful poetry and prose and Maria, my lovely Aspie friend, has recently changed her blog to reflect the wonderful, positive changes in her life. So happy for her!
Thank you so much all you lovely ladies for these wonderful awards!
Finally, I have three great guys to thank:
My good pal and partner-in-crime Steven for The Leibster Award (see above). I say this about him because he and I have great plans for turning my summerhouse into the TARDIS and who knows what could happen then? No doubt plenty of shenanigans and high jinks…bring it on!
Don Charisma and Bespoke Traveller both of whom so graciously nominated me for the Most Influential Blogger Award.
Don is known by most of you I think, he is one popular guy with a huge following due to his kind, charming ways.
Bespoke Traveler is a fantastic travel blog written by Jesse and Atreyee whose mission is to bring ‘curated tales for the curious traveler’.
Thank you so much, you guys are wonderful!
As always with awards, I find the hardest part is knowing who to nominate (and I know that not all of you accept awards), but please know how much I love and appreciate you all. Your visits here to this little corner of blogland mean the world to me, my summerhouse would be very dull indeed without your company.
Since I’ve already participated in many of these awards, the awards I’ve chosen to send on this time (with their corresponding rules) are:
The Award for Love and Kindness (from Jo)
The Rules:
1. Share an act of kindness another blogger has done for you.
2. Thank the person who nominated you for the award, and link back to their blog
3. Nominate those bloggers whom you feel practice Kindness and Love — you choose how many! (I would give you all the Award for Love & Kindness, for all that you show me….)
Wonderful Team Member Readership Award (Jo and Irene)
The creator of this award said: “As bloggers, we are also readers.
That is a part of blogging as listening is a part of speaking.”
The Rules:
1. Show appreciation of the blogger who nominated you, and link back to them in your post.
2. Add the award logo to your blog.
3. Share 7 things about yourself (I’m breaking this rule, I share enough here about moi as it is!).
The Angel Award (from Irene)
The Rules:
Guess what? There are none! Just a beautiful award to show great appreciation to all you beautiful Angels out there. This one is for you all too, so please take it!
Most Influential Blogger
The Rules:
1. Display the Award on your Blog.
2. Announce your win with a blog post and thank the Blogger who awarded you.
3. Present 10 deserving Bloggers with the Award.
4. Link your nominees in the post and let them know of their being awarded with a comment (or a pingback).
5. Include an embedded video of your current favourite song. If a video is not possible you can embed a SoundCloud track.
It is my honour and privilege to nominate these wonderful bloggers for all the above awards and many congratulations to you all:
Irene (Right back at you for the Award for Love and Kindness)
The Write Might
wanton word flirt
Lisa Reiter – Sharing the Story
brickhousechick
Patsy’s Creative Corner
this man’s journey
Kev’s Blog
moggiepurrs
moodsaplenty
Jennifer K Marsh
Breaking the Cycle
Carrot Ranch Communications
emmasouthlondon
Longandluxe
TanGental
Tally’s Magic Tales
Another award post will follow this one later today but I have one more rule to fulfill: for rule number 5 above, my choice is the amazing classic ‘Summer Breeze’ by Seals and Crofts (although I do also love the Isley Brothers’ cover version). This three-minute clip is worth watching for the beautiful images alone. If this doesn’t get you in a summer mood this Monday morning, then I don’t know what will.
Enjoy and Happy Monday to you all. Love Sherri x
A View From My Summerhouse 
Awesome, awesome – congratulations Sherri on all the love! Can I visit your Tardis when it’s ready? Sounds like it’s going to be gorgeous – just like your lovely self. XXXX 🙂
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Nothing like spreading all the love is there Jo? And you bet, as soon as the Tardis is up and raring to go you’re so there…who knows where we’ll end up! Thank you again so much for all your kind nominations, I love being able to send them all on…hugs to you lovely one… 🙂 xxxxxxxxxxx
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What a wonderfully creative analogy between tennis and writing! It’s so wonderful that you’ve connected with so many talented and inspiring bloggers Sherri, thank you for sharing!
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Ahh…thanks so much Heather! You know I count you in all these awards! I love when you stop by for a visit over here and I would say that you are one very talented and inspiring blogger yourself… 🙂
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Well, gulp, this is really an honour. To be included in such a prestigious list. I’d like to thank my mum and my dad and my nan and my parental grandpa and the milkman (who I resemble, oddly, or oddly resemble) and the baker (I have his nose) and the man who emptied the cesspit (we don’t look the same but have the same curious scent)…. I couldn’t have done it without them. Thank you everso, Sherri. I really am touched.
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You are most welcome Geoff…and deserving! Haha…love your ‘Oscar’ speech…even the milkman and baker eh? Amazing for the shared family likeness…. 😉 As for the cesspit emptying man…we won’t mention him…but glad they gave you all the support you needed to reach these dizzy heights! Enjoy, you deserve every one…award that is 🙂
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*he bows, takes the prize and returns to his seat for a selfie with Angelina*…
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Haha…you crack me up Geoff…but make sure you include William Hague in that 😉
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Cracks me up also
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Haha 😉
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Congratulations on all of the awards Sherri, just shows your positive influence in blogland 🙂 And thanks for all these introductions to new bloggers, I’ll look forward to checking them out.
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Thank you so much Andrea, and you know I mean you as an amazingly talented and inspiring writer, blogger and a wonderful blogging friend. I would give you each and every one of these awards! Enjoy your tour of these other amazing bloggers, you will be glad you took it 🙂
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Ah thanks Sherri 🙂
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Well here I was, enjoying the tennis analogies and thinking fondly of Wimbledon, when I am caught off guard, I gasp and my jaw drops as I rise from my chair and stumble toward the stage 😉 You are the greatest, Sherri P! Of course these are all very much deserved and thank you for yet more awards. Long live the Summerhouse of Secrets!
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Haha!! Got ya!! LOVE it when that happens…and you didn’t even have your speech prepared did you JG? But it’s okay, you did great 😉 Ahh…and I’m sooooo happy to send these amazing awards your way, how could I not? You deserve every single one. I know it’s more award’s work but we need to do all we can to get the Summerhouse of Secrets prepared for it’s transformation…great adventures await!!! 🙂
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Sherri – you know I’m not one for awards, but you are so deserving of these. You spend so much time reading and commenting on all our blogs as well as posting on your own AND writing your memoir – how on earth do you find the time? We are all so appreciative of your friendship – long may it last. Have a lovely week writing in your summerhouse. Do you really write in there all the time – I’d be happy for my lot to clear out a bit of our shed for me 🙂
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I know Jenny, and if you were I would be giving every one of these to you!!! But you know my sentiments…no more need be said. As for making time, well, how do I do it indeed, ha!! I do actually have a system (and funnily enough I just read Jill’s comment) which somehow works….just. Of course, I don’t do awards very often, so they build up and then it goes mad but I have been trying to get this post out for a good few weeks now!!! I am determined though to get my memoir written and that is my priority. Remember too, I don’t have a ‘day job’ so I can make more time in the day for writing…
Ahh…the secrets of the summerhouse! Haha…well, believe me, it really isn’t much bigger than a shed but yes, I do write in there a fair bit but I can’t get a good internet signal out there so often enough I’m inside too. But shhhh….don’t tell everyone that! Thank you as always for your lovely message…and you have good writing week too 🙂
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Hi Sherri! Congratulations on the plethora of awards! They are so well deserved. You are indeed the Queen of WordPress! Like Jenny, I don’t know how you find the time to juggle all that you do, but you obviously have a system.
Thanks for the video…I love that song! xo
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Hi Jill and thank you so much! Haha, you crack me up, that ‘s so funny, the Queen of WordPress!!! I better get my tiara back on, LOL!! You are right though, I do have a system which works if I really keep on top of it so long as I keep disciplined (not always easy!) as I was just replying to Jenny, but remember I also have the luxury of being able to write in the day as I don’t work outside the home. Although,, the distractions do seem to be endless and trying to get to my writing is like pulling teeth sometimes…and these award’s posts take a long time so I start them well ahead of time!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video, I wondered if anyone would actually listen to it. It’s a great song isn’t it? Have a great week Jill 🙂 xo
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You do deserve the awards… well done…
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Thanks so much Bulldog…your visits always make me smile 🙂
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All this love couldn’t happen to a nicer or more deserving blogger. Congratulations, Sherri. Smile. I want to photograph this moment. 😀
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What a lovely thing to say Tess, thank you so much…here, I’m smiling… 😀 Got it? Good…now you smile too and I’ll take your pic so that I can put it right next to mine…
😛 🙂 😀
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Haha 😀
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This is my first comment on your wonderful blog! I can see why you received all these awards! Nice. I liked the video too!
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Hi Hollis, and how lovely to see you here, thank you so much for your lovely comment and so glad you liked the video too! I didn’t want to find one that went on too long…and hoped this one would hit the mark! 🙂
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It did. It was perfect.
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Sherri, what a beautiful collection of awards! I didn’t even know there were so many out there but completely understand why you got them all. It’s so fitting and I can’t think of a better recipient.
Your words are not only beautiful and potent, they also ooze with love and kindness! I mean that with all my heart! 🙂 🙂
Thank you so much for including me in this selective list of talented and kind bloggers. I am humbled. Cheers of bubbly to you! 🙂
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Nor did I Maria, and thank you so much for your lovely words but what I love so much is being able to send these awards along to wonderful, caring and beautiful people like you. That’s the best part by far 🙂 I’m so glad that you know I mean the love and the kindness, what’s been shown to me here has humbled and moved me so much and I just want to spread that same love and kindness with the deep gratitude held in my heart. You are so very welcome, enjoy, you deserve every single one, and yes, crack open that bubbly and cheers to you too Maria 😉 😉 😀
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Summer breeze makes me feel fine… Love this song! Love you too hun and thanks a bunch for this particular bunch of wonderful awards. Congratulations on the well deserved bouquet of them you have yourself – I think you need a tardis to house them 😀
Lisa xx
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Ahh yes…makes me feel fine too! Isn’t it a great song? So glad you love it too! Think we have the same music tastes, haha 😉 You are so very welcome dear Lisa, you deserve every one and thank you so much for your kind wishes. I love being able to send them all your way…and yes, I think that the Tardis is going to have more than one purpose 😉 xx
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What a wonderful post. Now to check out those blog links! 🙂
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Thank you so much Kev…and congratulations to you, you deserve every one! You’ll love all these blogs 🙂
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You’re right about the blogs. 🙂
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Congrats on the lovely awards, Sherri. I love this song and had it on my iPod today at the gym. Even though it isn’t summer here, I still enjoyed the words. 🙂
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Thank you so much Sylvia, and you know that I would send every single one of these awards your way…you know my sentiments 🙂 It’s a great song isn’t it? I love it! Oh yes, I keep forgetting that, so hard to imagine that it is autumn the other side of the world, just can’t get my head around that. But you soon will be heading out to the sunshine 😎 😀
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Ah, thank you for the “Summer Breeze” video. It hit the perfect note (pun intended)!
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So glad you like it BT..and thank you again so much for the super award. Look out for my next post coming up…and haha, love the pun 😉 😀
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Sherri, congratulations on the awards. You and your blog are so deserving! And the nominations you made sound great–many I haven’t heard about until now! Have a lovely week!
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Hi Luanne, thank you so much! I’ll be doing a follow-up post to this one so look out for that…and you have a great week too! 😀
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lovely video – I had a great Monday, visiting Sissinghurst so lots of lovely flowers and summer breezes. You deserve your awards, you have a lovely blog and are such a warm, friendly and honest lady. Enjoy your week 🙂
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Ahh… that’s so lovely Jude, thanks so much. You know they are all for you too…you know my sentiments…and you’re pretty great yourself 🙂 So glad you enjoyed the video, I listened to it a few times today while blogging/writing away! Your Monday sounds wonderful, look forward to your summer flower pics…and what can be better than that summer breeze? Perfect! You have a great week too 😀 xx
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Congratulations, Sherri, on all of your awards. What a jam-packed goodie bag you received! Thanks for the nom, too. You are one of the earliest people I signed up to follow and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. I will get to announcing all of this within the week, but I didn’t want to let the opportunity go by to thank you. THANK YOU!
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Hi Bev, thanks so much, and congratulations to you my friend, you deserve every one! I’m so glad you found my blog so early on in both our blogging journeys…I’ll never forget your message…’keep writing about the cats!’. Whenever I do, I think of you…it’s been quite the journey hasn’t it? Look forward to your post…have a great week 😀
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Hi Sherri,
WOW!!! You have put so much of your light and spirit into this post! Love it. You deserve every accolade, every hug and kiss, every smile and every joy the world can offer you.
CONGRATULATIONS on your many awards!! Enjoy it all and let the good times roll baby!!
And thank you as always for thinking of me and being an angel in my life. Our cyber neighborhood ROCKS!!
Peace and big love,
Allison xxxxx
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Ahh…dear Allison, you are a absolute sweetheart! You are so kind and lovely and I am feeling all the love..and what energy, wow! Our neighbourhood rocks for sure, woo hoo!!! How can it not with this kind of amazing vibe going on, haha! LOVE IT!! So glad you got the sentiment here, and all the beautiful light shining down on you and everyone. That’s what makes blogging so amazing. Peace and big love right back at ya dear one…and yeah baby, let the goods roll, bring it on. Feeling fine… 😀 ❤ 😉 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I just feel as though your Summerhouse landed on the banks of Elmira Pond bearing summer breeze and goodie bags! Congratulations and your two spectacular bags that I hope conveys what this lovely place means to those who visit! And thank you so much for including me in your wonderful list of bloggers to receive the goodies you are passing on. Gotto go real quick–while Geoff’s distracting Angelina I’m going to get a selfie with Brad! This makes me feel fine! ❤
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Oh I love it Charli, I would love to land on the banks of Elmira Pond in my summerhouse for real but the way you describe it I feel as if I am really there now, enjoying that summer breeze with you and watching you delve into your goody bag 😀 It’s my pleasure, I love your blog and your fabulous writing (and I do really mean that!) and you deserve every single one of these awards, so many congratulations to you…enjoy!
Haha….hope you managed to get in there quickly with Brad while Angelina was busy with Geoff…you won’t mind I’m sure though if you see me popping up just behind you at the last minute… 😉 😀 ❤
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And there was me getting all excited about on award, which I passed on to you coincidentally, http://wp.me/p2A2EH-5TW the Very Inspiring Blogger award 🙂
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Well you should get excited Marie, and very well deserved too! Thank you so much for your nomination, I really appreciate you thinking of me. I’ve left a message on your award’s post 😉
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Wow!!! Sherri, I don’t know quite what to say; I’ve never been nominated for anything so lovely before. I’ve taken part in a few ballet competitions, but that was so long ago that I can’t remember the etiquette for collecting the awards, so I hope you’ll excuse me for blundering my way through this “thank you” message as if I have no idea of how to behave. I’m very new to blogging and really didn’t know that there was such a wonderful community spirit amongst bloggers. I’m humbled by the positive attention my own blog is receiving, and very happy to accept any awards that should come my way for either its contents or its appearance – I have to admit it feels like I’ve been caught with my pants down around my ankles as it needs a lot of posts finishing off and a few licks of paint over some of the cracks, but I’ll step quickly out of them, pick the offending evidence up and stuff them in my handbag on the way to the stage … did I brush my teeth before I left the house? Thank goodness those bloomers were clean 🙂
Loads of heartfelt thanks, the brightest of blessings, and sunshine for your summerhouse,
Tally 🙂
ps: how exactly do I accept? Is it as simple as reading the above rules and carrying them out?
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Oh Tally, I love your message, I’m laughing now 😀 You should read Geoff and Charli’s replies above…seems a few of us even managed to grab a selfie with ‘Brangelina’ whilst on the way to the stage, haha!! So get in there quick! Phew, thank goodness your bloomers are clean LOL 😀
Seriously though, you are so very welcome and deserving and I’m absolutely thrilled to be able to send these beautiful awards your way. This is why I love awards, to be able to send them on, especially to new bloggers because I remember when I received my first one or two and how amazing it was. Still is of course, but back then, when my blog was hardly noticed, I couldn’t believe that anyone found me, much less wanted to give me an award!! I almost dropped my laptop 😉 So I understand completely but please don’t worry about having to rush this, there is no time frame. Your blog looks amazing, I have to say 🙂
To answer your question,yes, just prepare a post, however you want to do it, and follow the rules here (and feel free to copy and paste). You can upload the awards (right click on the images and save them to your own files) then using the image ‘widget’ under settings to post them on your blog. Please don’t hesitate to contact me by email if you need any more help, although much of what I’ve done is by trial and error, mostly by error I might add, ha! sherrimatthews@btinternet.com
Thank you so much Tally for your lovey kind wishes, my summerhouse is shining brightly now. Loads of blessings and sunshine to you too… 😎 🙂 😀
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Hi Sherrie,
It seems like only yesterday I was opening this lovely post and feeling sooooo thankful to have met such wonderful new friends, yet looking at the date I replied, it was already ten days ago! I would say “my, where does the time go” with suitable dramatic gestures attached, but I know all too well where it goes: a funny, heady mixture of my inability to organise efficiently and constantly living in the enjoyment of the moment, both of which cause time to play strange games around me. I’m soooooo glad there’s no time limit, and just wanted to let you know I’ll get around to it eventually, in what I call Tally time!
Lots of wonderfully bright summer blessings,
Tally 🙂
PS: how can I find out what keys produce each of the different smiley faces?
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No worries Tally, it took me ages to get to mine, I understand fully. I will be signing off here for a couple of weeks shortly and yes, time does fly far too fast!
Here is a link to help you with the smiley faces: http://jannekevandorpe.com/2014/03/19/secret-new-wordpress-smileys/
Have fun and have a beautiful summer yourself, thanks Tally 🙂
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Hi Sherri- I never thought to compare writing and tennis- but there are many similarities indeed. Finals weekend I was up early and poised at the television. I believed in Roger (yeah he made it to the final) but he sure couldn’t hold his serve in the end. I had to say congrats to Novak- he surly earned it. Let’s see what happens at The Open- wish we could fly out to NYC to catch some matches in person!
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Hi Tieshka, always lovely to read your comments, and yes, great to share tennis updates with you! I have to admit, with all my faves out I was rooting for Roger but in the end all kudos to Novak. It was a wonderful final wasn’t it, going to 5 sets like that? Really thrilling, unlike the women’s which was so boring. Ahh…yes, I would LOVE to go there with you. Think of the fun we would have 🙂
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Awards that brightens any bloggers world. Congratulations! We’ll deserved. Your blog shares a journey that I could easily relate. It shares both the high and lows of life, of love and loss, of family and friendship that goes beyond time, of many Summers that continue to inspire and bring sunshine, of moving on and never giving up. Thanks for being a great blogger friend. All the best to you & your family always.
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As you brighten so many blogger’s worlds here my friend! Thank you so much, and congratulations to you too 🙂
Ahh..your beautiful message blesses me so much, and yes, we do certainly share one heck of a journey don’t we? The highs and lows…and all that comes with it. And then I come over to you and get to share another glorious summer packed full of sunshine, laughter, love and joy. And hope, in the never giving up. I’m so grateful for your friendship too…God bless you and your beautiful family IT, in an extra special way this summer, as you all look forward to your happy reunion 🙂 😀
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I do love a Summer breeze, Sherri, and I’m feeling just a bit blue right now, so thank you for the warm melody 🙂 It looks like you’ve had an even busier time than usual! Many congrats 🙂
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Ahh…I’m so sorry to hear this Jo 😦 But I’m so glad that this Summer Breeze is blowing softly through the Jasmine of your mind and helping you feel fine my friend 🙂
It has been very busy, and trying to get back into my normal blogging routine, whatever that means these days, ha! Thanks so much for the congrats…and big hugs to you ❤
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And more to come. Congratulations on all these Sherri. You know I think you are well deserving of them. I had a quick look for your grandma post to make sure what I write is correct but I couldn’t find it however did you know that your “the prisoners daughter” post is missing. All the comments are there but the narrative is gone. After Geoff’s acceptance speech I feel at a loss to write any more. Thanks for the nomination. Cheers my friend. 🙂 ❤
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You are so kind to bestow all these wonderful awards on me Irene, thank you so much and more to come to you too (as you know by now!!). My grandma post is the cycling one: https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2014/07/01/true-calling-flash-fiction-at-carrot-ranch/comment-page-1/#comment-11156 I just checked and it seems to be there. Also the prisoner’s daughter one is there for me to see. Hmmm…that’s strange, I wonder why you can’t see it anymore? Thanks for letting me know though, I hope there isn’t a problem….
Yes, what more can be said after Geoff’s speech. I hope you made sure to get in there for the selfie too…after all, who can resist with Brangelina making a guest appearance 😉
Thanks so much my dear friend, and cheers to you too… ❤
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Woah, that’s a lot of comments ! … congrats Sherri … warm regards Don
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Haha…yes, quite a few from so many wonderful friends! Thanks so much Don for the award and for your congrats… 😀
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Wow look at all those awards Sherri! Congratulations!! I found your blog via Elizabeth’s Breaking the Cycle blog. Keep up the great work, I”ve followed and will be reading along 🙂
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Hi Zachary! Thank you so much for coming by with your very kind words and congrats…I’m thrilled to know that you came over from Elizabeth’s wonderful blog, how lovely to know that. Thanks so much for the follow, I will pop over to your blog too! Lovely to meet you – Sherri 🙂
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Many congratulations, Sherri, and so well deserved! It’s so good to see all the showers of love coming your way, my friend. Life is certainly good. 🙂
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Thank you so much my friend, not only for your congrats but also for your lovely, kind words. And many congratulations to you too for all these amazing awards which you so deserve 🙂
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You’re welcome, Sherri. I’m grateful to connect and exchange stories with you and happy to share you with my readers. 🙂
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Sherri,
Thank you – both for your blog, and your friendship. And also, of course, for your awards – so much appreciated!
I’m sorry to have taken so long to get back to you – the summer has been work solid.
Time to re-appraise, I think!
I will spend some time in the coming days catching up with my blogging friends – starting with you.
Have a wonderful rest of the summer, and speak soon!
Emma x.
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Ahh…you are so very welcome Emma, and thank you too for your lovely friendship! No worries, it’s just so nice to hear from you again and I’m glad you are okay, I was hoping all was well…
We’ll catch up soon my friend…hugs… ❤ xx
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Thank you, Sherri–a bit belated and unconventional (maybe even rambling) but full of gratitude for you and others in the blogging community: http://goo.gl/KPJ0As.
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…and you know how much I love unconventional Charli…heading over now 🙂
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