This award was a complete surprise and one which I  am very grateful to have received. The comments from those who voted for my site  mean so much to me as they  show that I have been successful in what I have attempted to accomplish with this site. The following excerpt from the email I received  informing me that I had won this award  made my day ! 

"As the members of this committee visited  RAOK members' sites, there were comments given from our team regarding yours. I thought perhaps you'd be interested in what's been said.

"Betty has made Slim's Place warm and comfortable.  It's like being home!  You'll be captured by the beautifully sculpted,but simplicity of the layout.  I heartily vote for Slim's Place to receive our  Site of Kindness award."

"I think her site is lovely - open and informative.  I love the flowers she shares and her graphics are very lovely - not to forget her opening page which is beautiful and very unique."

"I don't know where to begin to describe her web home except that that's exactly what it is, her home.  She makes you feel so welcome and it's like you're sitting there chatting with her on every page.  There are just so many wonderful pages to visit.  I spent hours there and enjoyed every minute of it.  I laughed in Petey's Nook and got teary eyed reading My Treasure and Golden Moments.  Betty has poured her heart and soul into her pages and like she says when you're taking a Coffee Break,*"My pages are me. Nothing held back, no games, no artifice, just me."*  And I liked that me."

"Oh my, what a totally delightful afternoon I spent wandering through this exqusite site.  It is so beautifully done that time passed without me even aware.  It is a very easy site to navigate & there is beauty for the senses on every page.   I feel like her pet canaries, Petey and the girls, are now part of my family.   Reading through Betty's pages is like running into a friend.  This site is indeed worthy of the award!"

"She makes you feel like you are there with her having tea with her. Betty has done an outstanding job on all of her pages."

 As a part of my commitment to RAOK I am a member of the following committees. I have historically avoided webrings or groups which required active participation in group activities due to my time constraints but with these RAOK Committees it is such fun in addition to being very rewarding to know that I am perhaps adding in some small way  to someone's pleasure in their special day.