My Thoughts Exactly by Annette Kniola

Annette Kniola named Civic Recognition Award winner.  Naples awardee recognized for acts of compassion and kindness. Imagine that!  I actually have been recognized.  I feel like a movie star!  Lol! But really, it was nice to receive this recognition and I want to thank whoever the heck nominated me.  I can't thank you enough! It reads; Annette Kniola was named a recipient of the Civic Recognition Award on Monday. Kniola joins the ranks of others from Florida who have received this honor. The purpose of the Civic Recognition Award is to inspire people to help others and improve their communities. Recipients come from all walks of life and all 50 states. Under certain circumstances, the award can be issued posthumously. It is hoped the Civic Recognition Award will encourage people in Naples and across Florida to live their lives around ten values than enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Those ten values are compassion, courage,

Geez, my writing skills are flying out the door!  I feel I never get time to write anymore.  Seems between work and kids, I don’t have enough me time to actually sit my butt down and write. Thankfully, I have today.  Peace and quiet here at the house, doing loads of laundry in between.  Tons to do, yet never enough time to do it all!  But as I always say to myself, “One day at a time, slow and steady.  Stay focused.”  I guess it must be working because life is going quite smoothly and that’s always a good thing for anyone really. Today I wanted to give an update on our Big Corkscrew Island Regional Park.  I attended the April 7th meeting at the Commission chambers for a roundtable and found it a bit uplifting.  I also stayed after for the soccer complex update as well.  I feel better about that already too. I did see that Brent Batten did go ahead and wrote something up the other day since the meeting.  It was a good discussion on baseball here in our area and how i