{"id":386,"date":"2009-01-20T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T04:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2009-01-20T00:25:07","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T04:25:07","slug":"how-cool-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/386","title":{"rendered":"How cool is this?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3390\/3211033421_8f275a3c8a_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our blog has won a Blog award!\u00c2\u00a0 And, we weren&#8217;t given this by just one reader, but by TWO!\u00c2\u00a0 Teresa at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.continuingthejourney.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/www.continuingthejourney.blogspot.com\/<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and Kristin at <a href=\"http:\/\/busytimesfour.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/busytimesfour.blogspot.com\/<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0decided that our blog was worthy of the &#8220;One Lovely Blog&#8221; award!\u00c2\u00a0 According to Teresa&#8217;s blog, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;T<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;\">his award is given to those whose blog is entertaining and fun to read&#8230;one you get excited about when you notice a new entry!&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Teresa has two children&#8230;an adorable bio teenager and a totally cute little guy from China.\u00c2\u00a0 AND, they&#8217;re waiting to travel to China again for little Molly!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Kristin also has bio and adopted children; two\u00c2\u00a0of each in fact!\u00c2\u00a0 I love reading both of their blogs!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, I get to give this award to 3 of my favorite blogs&#8230;which, will be hard since I&#8217;m addicted to so many :)\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m sticking to the rules&#8230;these are blogs that I go to a lot, and love it when I see a new entry!<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00c2\u00a0 Rebecca at &#8220;La Dolce Vita &#8211; The Sweet Life&#8221; 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