Stylish Blogger Award

Miss Allison George Moore gave us a stylish blogger award! Allison is a customer at the shop and grew up/graduated with Ashley. We love Allison and we enjoy keeping up with her on her blog Moore Georges. Thanks Alli!

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To participate in the Stylish Blogger Award you must do the following:

• Thank and link back to the person who awarded you.
• Share seven things about yourself.
• Award other bloggers.
• Contact those bloggers and tell them about the award.

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Here are seven things about Ashley's Attic and our family:

1. We opened in 1987 when Ashley was almost two years old.
2. The shop started as a consignment shop with clothes Ashley had outgrown.
3. We started out in an upstairs room in Downtown McMinnville, opening just a few days a week.
4. Ashley doesn't work full time at the shop (she is Community Relations Coordinator at River Park Hospital) but still comes in lots of afternoons, weekends and does the marketing for the shop.
5. Ashley married Seth Wright in 2009 and they're about the celebrate their two year anniversary.
6. We don't just sell Crocs at the shop, we all wear them too! Everyone in the family is a fan of the comfy shoes (including Helen, Garry, Ashley, Seth, Seth's parents and various other family members).
7. We love supporting causes that mean a lot to our customers! While we can't say yes to every request, feel free to send us an email or stop by!

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We would like to pass on the Stylish Blogger Award to...

Personalized Paintings by Ashley Newport

and Tanya Jones's blog Our Little Miracle

Even though...

I saw this poem on Danielle Sliger's blog and really enjoyed it. So many times we forget how blessed we really are. I know this is a nice reminder for me so I thought I'd share it with all of you too.

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Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings,
thank you, Lord that I can hear...for there are many who are deaf.
Even though I keep, as long as possible, my eyes closed against the morning light,
thank you, Lord that I can see... for there are many who are blind.
Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising,
thank you, Lord that I have the strength to rise...for there are many who are bedridden.
Even though the first hour of my day is hectic when socks are lost,
toast is burned, tempers are short and children are so loud,
thank you, Lord for my family...for there are many who are lonely.
Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures in magazines,
and the menu is, at times, unbalanced,
thank you, Lord for the food we have...because there are so many who are hungry.
Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous,
thank you, Lord for the opportunity to work...for there are many who have no job.
Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day
and wish my circumstances were not so modest,
thank you, Lord..for life.
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"Spread the Love" Award

Danielle Sliger gave me this "Spread the Love" Award. She's such a sweet lady, wonderful mommy, dedicated educator and passionate volunteer... and said such nice things about me to go along with this award! Thanks Danielle!

I have been so blessed recently, so this is the perfect time to be able to "spread the love" as the award says!

• In June my wonderful boyfriend proposed and became my wonderful fiance
• Then, a few weeks ago I got hired at River Park Hospital to work in the Marketing Department there doing stuff that I would probably do for free (don't tell my bosses that, though!) and started getting paid for the internship that I'm already doing there
• I am set to graduate on December 13th and to begin working full time at the hospital the following week
• Sometime in January or February I hope to have a house to move into (c'mon honey...January or February!)
• And then in March I will become Mrs. Wright...a very nice series of events!

On top of all of that, everything at the shop is really great! We've had the opportunity to bring in several new lines recently that we're super-excited to share with all of you. We also have the best customers that any business could ask for...lots of loyal customers who visit us often and who we consider part of the family but also lots of new customers who we hope will come back often and will become part of the family! We've been told time and time again that we offer some of the best customer service around and have even been honored with the "Best of the Best" award for many years now! We're so grateful to our wonderful customers for keeping us around for all these years...we'll gladly give y'all 21 more years if you keep coming in!

Once again, I feel so blessed. God really is SO GOOD!

So, you see, I can't keep all of the happy to myself. That being said, if you read this post and feel like you have reason to "spread the love" consider yourself tagged!

I don't have a long list of local links (nice alliteration!) and some of my links have already been nominated for this...so I don't want to keep nominating the same people over and over (even though it's for a good reason!). I'd love to read your "spread the love" stories...please comment if you accept this award!

Happy Blogoversary to Renee!

Everyone go check out Renee Garcia's blog Life With My Special Ks!

October 6th was her 1 year blogoversary and she's celebrating with a GIVEAWAY and don't we all LOVE giveaways!

The deadline is October 16th to go and enter so you have a few days to go on over, check out her awesome blog, read about her wonderful family and leave a comment to enter the contest!

Excuses and reasons

I'm so sorry that I haven't been posting as much lately! First of all, school has been crazy and it doesn't leave a lot of extra time for fun stuff or for work. I'm making that work and I'll get into a rhythm soon enough.

Second, my camera is DEAD! It's so sad. On the Friday night of the fair; one minute it was taking pictures...the next it was dead...I didn't do anything to kill it...it just suddenly lost the will to continue living apparently. So, I'm dealing with that and trying to get it fixed somehow. But until I have a repaired or new camera...my posts might not all have pictures. I'll try though...I'll be borrowing Joe's camera when I can, so that should help. Besides that, I'll just have to ask you all to use your imaginations if my posts lack photos! I'll use really great descriptions...with lots of adjectives!

Thanks for understanding!

An award!

Renee from Life With My Special K's sent me this award!

I think it's so appropriate that Renee would give me a "smile" award because her blog and the stories about her hilarious and sweet kids makes me smile whenever I visit!

Thanks so much...it means a lot!

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These are the rules:

1. The recipient must link back the the award's creator

2. You must post these rules if you receive the award.

3. You must choose 5 people to receive the award after receiving it yourself.

4. You must fit the characteristics of the recipient of the award.

5. You must post the characteristics of a recipient.

6. You must create a post sharing your win with others.

7. You must thank your giver.

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Characteristics for the Smile Award:

• Must display a cheerful attitude. (not necessarily at all times--we are all human)
• Must love one another
• Must make mistakes
• Must learn from others
• Must be a positive contributor to blog world
• Must love life
• Must love kids
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I nominate:

Paula at Krumz by Paula

Sheila at Gim'me Memories

Brandie at Dream Custom Artwork

Leanne at Lot's of Loops

Susan at Susan B. Designs

Kennedy's Groovies...

Check out this pic I found on my blogger buddy, Renee Garcia's site! Her four-year-old, Kennedy, is apparently the grooviest of all the groovy girls and, as you can see here, has plenty of Groovy Girls to show it! On Renee's blog, there are constantly posts about Kennedy and her Groovies...so, of course, we immediately had something to bond over when we found eachother!

If you haven't checked out my links over to the right of my site, definitely go now and check out Renee's blog. She is an inspiration...one of those 'supermoms' that I admire like crazy. Seriously, Seth makes fun of me for getting more excited and impressed about the everyday lives of these women than I do about the latest movies and celebrity gossip...and it's always been that way for me! Renee's blog REALLY gives me my 'supermom' fix everyday...go check her out and read about her story.

You like me, you really really like me!

My first two blog awards...and I got them only a couple of hours apart.

First off, Miss Sheila Boyd is one of my Junior Auxiliary sisters and she is just one of the sweetest people I know. She gave me this excellent blog award and considering I've only had this website for a few months...I really appreciate that! Thanks Sheila!
It comes with these instructions: By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, you agree to award it to 10 more people whose blogs you find Excellent Award worthy. Please award at least 10. Feel free to recognize blogs that have already received this award.

I choose ten ladies whose blogs I check most every day...Paula, Brandie, Renee, Tabetha, SHEILA, Kirby, Tonya, Danielle, Leanne and Julie. There are many many more but I'll stop with those!

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The next award came from Paula at Cookies by Paula...even though it is she that makes my day when I get to spend time with her! She's so much fun to be around and I love that she's always willing to partake in a little gossip (it isn't mean gossip as long as you say "bless his/her heart" before or after said gossip) but seriously...she's great! Thanks Paula!