Reinventing Giveaways (For My Birthday And Anniversary)

With earnest anticipation, I've waited for this day to celebrate two historical events in my life. I was born on July 2, 1946. In July 2009, my first blog, Senior Debutante, was born in the blog sphere. So, I'm celebrating my 64th birthday today and my 1st year anniversary in the internet this month of  July. Did I hear "Happy Birthday"? "Happy Anniversary'? Well, guys, thank you, thank you!

I want to throw a  birthday party, or an anniversary party, for all my online friends,   but distance deters any kind of personal gathering.  You are  very  special to me.  So I thought of sending you souvenirs instead. I'm reinventing my blog giveaways. "Reinvent?" Hmmmm, that's too superficial. "Return?" No no no no no! These giveaways are my most treasured possession. I just can't "give" them away. I  collected only 3 from two of my most trusted blogger friends, but I'm so proud I was their recipient. I hope both won't mind, because I want to "share" the giveaways with you. That's it - share!

Over the past 12 months, to date, I was very fortunate to win 317 friends at Blog Catalog, with 45 folowers and 6 favorites; 76 family, friends, and contacts from MyBlogLog having joined 26 communities; 18 followers from Networkblogs and mounting. I was able to write 60 quality posts.  I have few  friends from my Facebook and Twitter accounts, too. My yahoo mail burns with messages from regular viewers, commenters and  requests for add and contact by interested readers and unique visitors. My ads click? Well, it's still hanging, not much revenue yet haha. I have registered an average profile views of 916. Add to this my mounting regular visitors, unique viewers, and  readers from SITS and HubPages who blog hopped into Senior Debutante. Not bad. This statistics may be way below your expectations of me, but these are my benchmark. I'm proud I was not lagging way behind my personal target. I recall that at the start, I was so uncertain if I could make it. I was then very sick and blogging was introduced to me by my daughter Pot, to draw  my attention away from my pains from shingles that infected me so badly that  I refused to move about. It's with great pleasure and gratitude that I thank all of you, my most valued blogger friends  for my seemingly amazing performance and achievement level as of today. Not bad at all.

Today, I humbly reciprocate the friendship I enjoy so much with you. However, in principle, receiving must be followed by sharing as well. I therefore remind every lucky recipient to please read the accompanying rules and instructions specified for each of the three birthday and anniversary gifts. The beautiful tradition must be perpetrated. You please see to it that you, too, will send the same to your valued friends. But please don't forget to link back to my blog. This way, our community will expand. So here we go, folks!

I thought I can go home in time to post this. I've been away from home on vacation at my daughters' place. I'm using just this wireless prepaid broadband which is miserably slow. Oh my,  I miss my internet connection at home. But I must, no matter what! I promise to check the new links you will suggest soon.

For all my 916 (and possibly more) registered blogger friends, commenters, viewers,  and visitors at Blog Catalog, who had made me enjoy this blogging journey with you at  a time when I was just groping around, I'm sharing the Happy Hearts 101 (Please click for the rules. It's fun!) award given to me by my good friend Angelia Sims of Living, Laughing, Loving.

My 76 friends (and surely mounting), commenters, visitors, and viewers  at MyBlogLog, who likewise provide me strength to  go on blogging, are invited to help themselves with the Seal of Approval award likewise presented to me as my gift by Angelia Sims. You may now post it in your blogs for our seal of friendship.

My loyal readers who are always with me despite my long absence due to pressing health problems, whom I call beautiful people, those wonderful friends who visit me at my Facebook and Twitter accounts, my yahoo mail friends, I'm presenting to you the Beautiful Blogger award given to me by my good friend, Rose of Etcetera, Etcetera. As a requirement, I have the following list of 7 things about me.

1. I love life- including all its ups and downs.
2. My friends are my strength next to God and my family.
3. I'm forced to be vegetarian, being a diabetic.
4. I like to sing.
5. I value every single day I wake up.
6. Material possessions are only temporary to me.
7. I like people who turn out to please me whenever I feel alone and lonely.

And to cap my giveaways, I'm offering everyone my fervent  prayer for a more progressive relationship with all of you in this journey. God bless us all!

I Have a Unique Gift for You on Valentine's Day !

It's Valentine's Day fellow lovers! It's time for us once again to celebrate the reality that love still exists -the universal love between couples, parent and child, sister and brother, two friends, one person and a total stranger, a person and a pet, etc., etc. From the biggest malls in the advanced cities the world over to the smallest booths in the poorest towns, we see innumerable gift ideas. They come in shapes as unusual gift, unique gift, personalized gift, gift for him, gift for her. Indeed Valentine's Day is a holiday of gifts!

 

I have unique gift for 10 of my blogger friends  although without their knowing it,  they have made my short stay in the internet a happy experience.  So I'm giving them their blogging award, The Happy 101 Award. Grab it, my friends. 

This was entrusted in my care by my sweet friend, Ms. Angelia Sims, Living, Loving, Laughing. Although she told me I don't have to do anything, I want to keep this tradition rolling so I 'm giving it away this Valentine's Day.

Here are the rules. If you are the lucky recipient, please perpetuate the award tradition as follows:

1. List 10 things that make you happy.
2. Try to do at list one thing on the list a day.
3. List 10 bloggers who brighten you day.
4. Those of you to whom I give this award are to link back to my blog, Senior Debutante, and perpetuate the Happy with your own list and recipients and whatnot.

 10 Things that Make Me Happy

1. The Father Almighty
2. My 2 daughters Pot and Kit
3. My brothers, sisters, and their families
4. The Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Church Choir  where I actively belong to
5. My doctors
6. The Basic Ecclessial Community I actively coordinate
7. My garden
8. My relatives, extended families, and friends
9. My glucometer,  my sphygmomanometer, my Diet Meal Plan
10. My new Asus Notebook PC

 10 Bloggers Who Make My Day

1. Ms. Angelia Sims, Living, Loving, Laughing- my multi-awarded blogger friend,  for entrusting me this prestigious award, my first ever award in my 5 months of blogging. She makes me feel proud of myself. Her colorful life she shares with Jason, Sydney, Molly, and Bridget- full of life, love, and laughter, sends the ripples that cross ocean barriers out to her friends, to which I'm included.

2. Ms. Ella Shaefer, Ellen in Amerika - this wonderful Dutch lady who emigrated with her family in the United States, describes vividly what life is in an adopted country, and shares it to her relatives and friends.

3. Meagan, PonchoMeg: The Modern Bohemian - she faces her uncertainties with courage and daring and enjoys life's uncertainties one at a time, and shares her thoughts about them.

4. Vania Moreira, Be my Guest in Rio - her nationalistic streak in the blood encourages her to showcase her place, the City of Rio de Janeiro, the "Wonderful City".

5. Rose Cotrill - Etcetera, Etcetera - she is a resilient and hardworking Filipina Mom and blogger who is friendly, bubbly, and is never a quitter.

6. Marichu Pagaru - Pink and Pot - she lightens my day with her personal blog about anything under the sun, exquisitely detailed.

7. Shy, A Journey For Life - she believes in living by learning from every mistake one makes and become a better person from it.

8. Emily Aulicino, Writing Your Memories - she writes a journal or diary of untold stories worth preserving in life.

9. Janera Healy, Just Me - she is a young Mom always up for rational debate and discussion.

10. L Avery Brown- When a Southern Woman Rambles - she loves blogging because of the freedom it gives her to write scores of things in a myriad of genres and loves every word of it.

I have another giveaway award, The beautiful  Seal of Approval Award,  to all bloggers in my blogroll, blogs I follow, to all my friends and communities. Don't be shy. Feel free to award it to yourself  for keeps. It's my way of saying "Thank You" for your visits and comments.

Congratulations my friends. Please keep the Happy 101 Award tradition rolling. This is a great

way to say, Happy Valentine's Everyone!