tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post7901287751392200806..comments2024-01-08T14:52:51.471-08:00Comments on The Rowdy Stroudy's: My Most Favorite Things Christmas GiveawayCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13896293949728093187noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-57820381213544895012010-12-06T17:24:06.192-08:002010-12-06T17:24:06.192-08:00Favorite act of giving?
Anytime I see my children...Favorite act of giving?<br /><br />Anytime I see my children decide on someone or some family to give Christmas surprises. They relish the thinking, and planning, and making, and shopping, and anonymous delivering.Montserrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13056974831892116493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-22475109251303809742010-12-06T17:20:43.645-08:002010-12-06T17:20:43.645-08:00My favorite post?
Well, duh, the Chocolate Party ...My favorite post?<br /><br />Well, duh, the Chocolate Party of course!Montserrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13056974831892116493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-5078043751501355312010-12-06T17:18:59.663-08:002010-12-06T17:18:59.663-08:00You are a true converted Southern Gal!You are a true converted Southern Gal!Montserrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13056974831892116493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-2681687801680178762010-12-06T14:54:36.439-08:002010-12-06T14:54:36.439-08:00I gave a Book of Mormon to a friend in high school...I gave a Book of Mormon to a friend in high school. Nothing happened for years until I got an invitation to her baptism. I guess that year I gave a "seed" for Christmas.Jen Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14547871720535698564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-52705515969050601832010-12-06T14:53:33.100-08:002010-12-06T14:53:33.100-08:00Do I have to pick just ONE favorite thing about yo...Do I have to pick just ONE favorite thing about you? I love that you've been both a SAHM and a working mom, like me, so you understand the blessings and challenges of each.Jen Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14547871720535698564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-71276093132208368402010-12-06T14:51:41.420-08:002010-12-06T14:51:41.420-08:00I can't help but love your laundromat post a l...I can't help but love your laundromat post a long time ago. I've read it a couple of times when my day was not so good, and it gave me a much-needed laugh.Jen Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14547871720535698564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-61907463750813156612010-12-06T10:01:15.877-08:002010-12-06T10:01:15.877-08:00My favorite memory of giving was the Christmas my ...My favorite memory of giving was the Christmas my brother came home after being away from our family for a time. He was working and trying to pay off bills. He had had an emergency appendectomy with no health insurance and was doing his best to pay it off. My parents gave him some traditional presents and then a check to cover the rest of his costs for the surgery. He saw the check and cried. My brother is not a crier. It was a moment of peace and love that I will never forget. I didn't do the giving but saw the giving and receiving. It was a great example.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190522981503224243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-2120792158882052762010-12-06T09:57:05.448-08:002010-12-06T09:57:05.448-08:00You are fun...you like to have a party and are bol...You are fun...you like to have a party and are bold to take the reins and go with it. I like your photography as well.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190522981503224243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-50263408365140140452010-12-06T09:52:11.065-08:002010-12-06T09:52:11.065-08:00My favorite post was about Kai.
http://rowdystrou...My favorite post was about Kai.<br /><br />http://rowdystroudy.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-is-wrong-with-you-son_25.html<br /><br />It really touched my heart.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190522981503224243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-17319205592197582732010-12-06T05:55:13.795-08:002010-12-06T05:55:13.795-08:00Oh, I don't know my favorite post EVER!!! But ...Oh, I don't know my favorite post EVER!!! But I loved the anniversary posts -- I love your party idea posts (especially the baby shower ones cuz I was GREEN with envy right before Brianna was born and WISH WISH WISHING I had you closer to me). And I love the ones I've read in the past where you really bare your soul -- and heart -- cuz I can relate, and it makes me feel like we're kindred spirits! (I just realized that my word choice was off before! Haahahahahahaha! Forgive me - I've had sick kids for the last two nights -- and a jumbled head for the last -- forever! Hahahaha!) ;-DMelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14268362421170169550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-80390670185631859292010-12-05T23:23:06.655-08:002010-12-05T23:23:06.655-08:00My most favorite memory of giving to someone else....My most favorite memory of giving to someone else. My husband's 31 birthday. The twins were born a week before his 30th birthday, and we didn't get to celebrate at all because we were literally six feet under that day. And that day was hard for him. So I e-mailed all of his family and friends and asked them to write me memories that really captured my husband for them. Then I got his mom to send me all of his pictures from growing up. And I made him a book - birth to 30 - the things he loved, embarrassing moments he had forgotten, tender moments with people he didn't realize he had touched, etc. And I stole your idea of having the blog hop birthday card - which was also really fun to see who responded to participate and how they decorated their blog posts for their Dave day. The best part was that my husband, who rarely shows emotions, teared up -- they ALMOST spilled out, but not quite! ;-)Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14268362421170169550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-33519884208906113862010-12-05T23:12:59.319-08:002010-12-05T23:12:59.319-08:00What is my favorite thing about you? I don't ...What is my favorite thing about you? I don't know -- I really like that even if you are hurting or struggling inside you are always looking outside and doing things for other people, even if it makes you hurt/struggle even more because you don't ever get back to yourself. You make lemon meringue pie out of sour lemons that no one else knows what to do with. That's what I like about you!Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14268362421170169550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-41777458817850042432010-12-05T23:10:33.131-08:002010-12-05T23:10:33.131-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14268362421170169550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-65377113892329361332010-12-05T16:04:40.707-08:002010-12-05T16:04:40.707-08:00My favorite post(s) you did were the that that des...My favorite post(s) you did were the that that described how you and your husband hooked up.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064616370181183885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-1174548838886636742010-12-04T10:57:53.228-08:002010-12-04T10:57:53.228-08:00So...can't think of one of me giving that I wa...So...can't think of one of me giving that I want to share, but one year one of my roommates collected letters from dozens of people written personally for me and gave them to me in a pile tied in a ribbon. I had been really down on myself...it was one of the BEST gifts I have ever received! Very emotional and touching.Evelyn @ Hanging by a Silver Lininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331576808981094591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-21924654252837943862010-12-04T10:49:40.642-08:002010-12-04T10:49:40.642-08:00I love how you lay your heart on the screen with y...I love how you lay your heart on the screen with your words and pictures. I liked you the first time I read your blog. You had me at...hello? haha<br /><br />Seriously, you have such an artistic and pensive soul and it shines through your blog.Evelyn @ Hanging by a Silver Lininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331576808981094591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-54714929655513065752010-12-04T10:47:23.517-08:002010-12-04T10:47:23.517-08:00You can't make me choose just ONE post! AGH! I...You can't make me choose just ONE post! AGH! I just count on you being reliably artistic and interesting and funny.<br /><br />I loved the whole series you did on how you and Rowdy met and married.<br /><br />I always like seeing your party pictures and ideas. Especially the lemon one.<br /><br />The cake plate one was pretty impressionable. Or the one you did about how you talked too much at the pharmacy.Evelyn @ Hanging by a Silver Lininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331576808981094591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-90193311012856367112010-12-04T09:33:10.537-08:002010-12-04T09:33:10.537-08:00All your post are fun, I really like your homemade...All your post are fun, I really like your homemade ornaments that you are making this year. <br /><br />Oh and I forgot to leave my email on the other post :)<br /><br />thethingsilovemost@gmail.comKendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885458128342257523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-36188849563857569482010-12-04T09:31:49.839-08:002010-12-04T09:31:49.839-08:00One year we didn't have a lot of money for Chr...One year we didn't have a lot of money for Christmas, but we had made a Christmas jar {from the Book} and gave it to our friends that were struggling more than us. I think there was only abot $25 in it, but it was really fun to sneak it to their door and watch their faces as they saw it on their porch!Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885458128342257523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-66548305988231095972010-12-04T09:30:08.910-08:002010-12-04T09:30:08.910-08:00I think you are a great writer and can make any po...I think you are a great writer and can make any post fun to read!Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885458128342257523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-1138256609680789342010-12-04T08:27:32.402-08:002010-12-04T08:27:32.402-08:00My most memorable giving was the year my best frie...My most memorable giving was the year my best friend Suze told me they were not getting anything. I was a junior in high school and she told me this on Dec 23rd, I rushed home to tell my mom what was happening, she called all of her brothers and sister and the next day we dropped off Christmas on their doorstep, stuff for all eleven family members, including dinner. When I saw Suze a couple of days after the holiday, she was in tears telling me the miracle that had happened, wondering who could have done it. It is a memory I hold deep in my heart!<br /><br />I would love to win! my email is rlwood1st @gmail.comRebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884224963371545245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-50385157619119936212010-12-04T08:23:31.933-08:002010-12-04T08:23:31.933-08:00The thing I like about you most is that you gave a...The thing I like about you most is that you gave away your time from a little girl name Kami who has cancer! I just wish I would have won, my family needs pictures in a bad way. And you were coming to Salt Lake!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884224963371545245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-68691718733508890752010-12-04T08:21:01.226-08:002010-12-04T08:21:01.226-08:00I just started reading your blog, I love the recei...I just started reading your blog, I love the receipe page package post, I am so going to use that!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884224963371545245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-41132691024306979842010-12-03T22:41:03.075-08:002010-12-03T22:41:03.075-08:00I don't know if I could ever choose a MOST fav...I don't know if I could ever choose a MOST favorite thing about you... but I would have to say that I am so envious of your amazing ability to throw the coolest parties in the world! One day... I will be like you (in my dreams)!Darren and Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659881626773991500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982495311070974364.post-51944958537555994982010-12-03T20:27:01.099-08:002010-12-03T20:27:01.099-08:00I don't want to win, because I just received a...I don't want to win, because I just received a ginormous amazingly wonderful box from you in the mail today... and it made my little girl happier than I have seen her in a while. I have photographic evidence that I'll send your way soon. That box was amazing so someone else needs to get THIS box of amazing. Just wanted you to know that being on the receiving end of your generosity is oh, so very awesome. <br /><br />I will tell you though, even though I don't want it to enter me in the drawing, that I LOVED your courtship/ten days to ten years posts that told your love story. I fell in love with you both just by reading them.Jenny P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16632739365854048008noreply@blogger.com