Friday, December 25, 2015

Follow Friday - "241" Is Reel Big Fish Song That Has the Words 241 as Its Only Lyric


It's Friday again, and this means it's time for Follow Friday. There has been a slight change to the format, as now there are two Follow Friday hosts blogs and two Follow Friday Features Bloggers each week. To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:
  1. Follow both of the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts (Parajunkee and Alison Can Read) and any one else you want to follow on the list.
  2. Follow the two Featured Bloggers of the week - Inked Brownies and A Night's Dream of Books.
  3. Put your Blog name and URL in the Linky thing.
  4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments.
  5. Follow, follow, follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "Hi".
  6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the love . . . and the followers.
  7. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!
  8. If you're new to the Follow Friday Hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!
And now for the Follow Friday Question: What was the best Christmas (or other holiday) gift you ever received?

When I was six, there wasn't anything in the world I wanted more than a bicycle. My parents were struggling financially, as my father was still in graduate school, but when I came downstairs Christmas morning there was a red bicycle waiting for me beside the tree. It was just a basic little single speed bicycle with solid wheels and pedal brakes, but it was the most glorious thing I had ever seen. Years later I learned that my father had salvaged the bicycle a couple of months earlier, and spent many hours over the next several weeks restoring and repainting it for me, which only made the the memories of the gift even better.


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10 comments:

  1. That's the best kind of Christmas story. It's so special. :-) Thank you for sharing and I hope you've had a wonderful Christmas. Bloglovin' follower.

    My FF!

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    1. @Baggins: Thank you. It is my favorite Christmas memory, at least thus far. I am pleased to report that I had a fine Christmas this year, and I hope you did too.

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  2. Ah I love riding bicycles too! That's a really nice and beautiful story!
    Happy holidays!
    New follower via GFC :)

    -Kimi at Geeky Chiquitas

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    1. @Kimi Barra: It took me more than a year to learn how to ride that bicycle, but once I did learn, it was almost impossible to get me to stop riding.

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  3. What an incredibly sweet memory! Those are the kind that make us cherish the gifts even more. I have a similar Christmas gift story. I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas.

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    1. @Charlie Anderson: The red bicycle was always my favorite gift, even when I didn't know the work that had gone in to making it usable again. When I found out the full story years later it only made the memory that much better.

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  4. That is the best story! It just melts your heart! What a great memory for you to have.

    My FF: http://onceuntold.blogspot.com/2015/12/feature-follow-friday-best-christmas.html

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    1. @stinamadsreads: It is one of my very favorite memories.

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  5. My favorite bike i probably received for my birthday it was a purple high handle bar bike with a long pink banana seat and lots of tassles. I tricked it out with cut plastic straws on the spokes and it made the best clacking sound. I was so cool when i rode it! My best present ever :-) http://susanfaw.com/2015/12/feature-and-follow-friday-285/

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    1. @Susan Faw: That sounds like an excellent birthday gift. I'm sure you were the coolest girl in town when you were riding that tricked out beauty of a bicycle.

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