I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
Do you have any idea how blessed I feel to have so many wonderful new friends? SUPER DUPER BLESSED! (Oh, good grief, I sound like such a nerd. I must confess, I am one.)
From the bottom of my heart, these lovely awards mean so very much to me. That you guys would take the time to include me just gives me the warm fuzzies. I appreciate you all so very, very much!!!
One thing you guys probably know about me is that I’m terrible at following the rules. So, this post might not meet all of the requirements, but here they are for those that I’m sending the awards to:
- Thank the person who nominated you and include a link to their site.
- Nominate other people (you choose how many–whatever makes you happy.)
- Write some bad ass things about yourself.
I think those are all the rules and I probably screwed them up, but here goes!
Just so ya know, I nominate all kinds of people. Sometimes, I even disagree with what they have to say. But that is the great thing about blogging is that everyone has a voice. I simply love that!! 🙂
Here are the amazing blessings given to me in the last couple of days by some seriously incredible people who you should immediately follow and love like I do:
The Sunshine Blogger Award, by Drawing Room Days and Getting Naked Behind the Wall and SwittersB & Fly Fishing and TimZauto (HOLY SHIT! You guys are making me blush!)
I would like to nominate these kick ass peeps:
- Vitamin De
- Vinny Grette
- Good Book Discussion (This is a brand new blog! Give them some love!)
The Versatile Blogger Award, by Photography + Science = Chanel
Yep, you guys are getting nominated too:
The Kreative Blogger Award, by shreyandpixlar
THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM NOMINATIONS!!!
- dpbowman
- A Dog with Fleas
- ReadNCook (yes, you are doomed to be constantly bombarded by me!)
The Reader Appreciation Award, by kyllingsara
Nope, you can’t escape me either:
All of these awards mean so very much to me. I really cannot express my gratitude to all of you for being so kind. I hope that all of you stop by and follow their blogs as you will find some incredible people there with great stories and much to share.
Since I always let it all hang out anyway, none of this stuff will likely surprise you, but I stole 10 questions from Getting Naked Behind the Wall‘s award blog and thought I’d spill my guts with these. Here goes!
- What is a favorite childhood memory? Well, if you read my recent post about drinking out of and bathing with my mom’s old douche bag, you already know my favorite (horrible!) childhood memory!
- What is a real fear you have? Falling and either breaking all of my teeth or landing on something with my eye. EWWWWW!!!!
- How would you describe yourself? Happy. In love. Content. Kind. Occasionally funny. A doofus.
- What Countries have you lived in? USA
- What is your style? Jammie pants and tank tops.
- What is your favorite breakfast food? How much time to you have? Chocolate chip pancakes. BACON! A good omelet. HASHBROWNS!! BACON! Oh, already said that one.
- What are some of your hobbies? Reading, writing books, photography, playing with teddy bears and furries (I know…I know…) hanging out with the hubby.
- If you could tell people anything, what would be the most important thing to say? I have a few here, so get comfortable!
- Don’t worry about 5 or 10 extra pounds. When you die will people say, “Wow, their death would be so sad if only they’d been 8 pounds thinner.” ??? No. Then don’t let those couple of pounds ruin enjoying your life.
- Being judgmental sucks. So quit it if you are. Allowing people to be who they are is freeing to both them AND you.
- Learn how to say, “No.” Best 2 letter word on earth.
- What is one of your passions? Helping people find greater love in their relationships.
- What is the one truth you have learned? I will always play with teddy bears. No matter my age. 😉
Thank you again, so very, very much for the amazing awards. My heart is officially warmed!!! Love you guys!!!
Awesome job…btw Happy belated B-Day…Tim
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Thank you, dear!!!! My birthday totally ruled! 🙂
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Fantastic!!! 😀 Well done!!
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Why thank you, my across the pond friend! Isn’t it dang late there? Night owls rule. 🙂 HUGS!!! Have a great weekend.
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Yeah, Been a while since I’ve gamed with some of these people 🙂
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Oh, what kind of gaming? I’m watching my hubby play Skyrim right now. 🙂
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I’m playing Mass Effect 3 at the moment. Taking a break from Skyrim for a bit
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The hubbster plays that one too!!! 🙂 He says he’s about half way through 3 right now. Kick some gaming ass, my friend!
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What does he play on? XBOX, PS3 or PC?
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He plays on a PC. We have a PS3, but since it hooks up to the flat screen and that is MINE!!! when he plays video games, he’s taken to the PC. 😉 Ahhh…the compromises of marriage. 😉
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You have a great compromise with that. I have an XBOX that I play on. Can’t afford a PS3 along with that, and I have been thinking about getting a gamer grade PC as I have a laptop at the moment and that won’t run it much.
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Yeah, our little arrangement works out beautifully. We get to cuddle while I watch TV on the big screen and he plays video games with his big monitor on the coffee table.
If you are thinking about getting a gamer grade PC, the ASUS G7, 12 gigs of RAM is great. That’s what I have and this friggin’ computer is amazing. 🙂 I don’t game on it. I use it for video production, but it’s a Gamer’s PC, no doubt. It’s got a crazy high yummy video card and all that other stuff that gamers need. The only 2 things that drive me crazy on this machine is that the tap pad for the mouse is so big that I had to turn off its “click” capability because I was constantly accidentally touching it an my mouse would jump all over the screen. Also, your really have to press the keys hard–this is no soft touch keyboard. One of these days I’ll get used to it, but it drives me insane sometimes. Other than those two things, it completely rules!!!
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You did a great job,because you were yourself and sincere! Its your awards and your decision to nominate the way that suits you! So do not fret go on!
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Hey there, Wendell! You are always so sweet!!! Thank you so much. These awards just thrill me to my furry little toes!!! 🙂 Hugs!!!
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I’m having the best time checking out the blogs of the awesome people that nominated you for these wonderful awards – and the blogs you nominated are equally terrific.
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Hi Sheri!!! I’m so happy you like their blogs too! They are all such great people. I am truly blessed to have met everyone, including you!, on WordPress. It’s like having a wonderful extended family. 🙂
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scared the hell outta me. Open my e-mail box and first things I see is …
” AM I GOING TO HAVE TO CHASE YOU WITH A HAMMER???? ”
Thought my ex-wife was back in town
Congrats BtW .. worth the near coronary to read such good news 🙂
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You just cracked me up!!!! 🙂 That is awesome. Sorry for almost killing you, though. 😉 I’ll try to be less violent next time…maybe. 😉
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That’s what she said
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Wow! You nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award?!?! I was SHOCKED to see my blog listed, and TOTALLY excited…even though I’m so new at this that I don’t even really know what it means or how it works (haha). At any rate, I’m so honored for the shout out. Thank you SO much. I enjoy your blog a great deal, you remind me a lot of my sassy self. 😉
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Hi there, Hilary!!! It was absolutely my pleasure nominating you!! 🙂 I’m glad you saw the nomination as I totally forgot to let people know. I’m such a doofus!! I love making new friends on WP and it’s great when I can pass along a great blog to others–hence the nod to you!
Thanks for the kind word about my blog! You are too sweet. As for the nomination—the wording is weird and confused the hell outta me when I got my first award. To be nominated is to win! So just do what I did in my post–nominate others, write a few things about yourself–and you are good to go. 🙂
Have a great weekend, award winner!! 🙂
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Look at you go! Congratulations on your awards. 🙂
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Thank you, bigsmile!!!! 🙂 I’m just so tickled!!! It’s lovely when people let you know that they appreciate you. I’m all silly with happiness. 🙂
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Enjoy the happiness! You deserve it. 🙂
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I don’t mind you throwing them my way! I love it, and it gves me the warm fuzzies, too (as well as “If I Had A Hammer” stuck in my head). I am honored that you think of me! I always enjoy reading your posts, and have now adopted “no mixey-mixey” into my regular language. : )
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You so rule!!! “No Mixey Mixey” is one of my favorite things to joke about with the hubby. He always looks at me like I have the brain of a 3 year old. 😉 He’s not too far off.
I love your blog and so you are VERY deserving of the award, my dear. 🙂 As always, big hug to you!! 🙂 XOXO
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You deserve every single award! Awards are cool – and so are fezes (is that the plural form of “fez”?). Awards make me feel warm and tingly inside. Makes me feel appreciated. I have decided to take a break from heavy thinking this weekend and go and see Promethius. 🙂 Hope you have a lovely weekend as well. ♥
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Thank you, sweetie!! What is a fez? Would the plural be fezi? 🙂 I too will be seeing Promethius this weekend! I’m taking the hubby to see it at the IMAX. Woo hoo!!! Hugs!
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I wish you many more awards here – because your reaction to them is brilliant and makes me laugh every time. I guess I’ll just have to find one you don’t yet have and throw it at you.
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Sid…thank you!!!! You are so adorable. I’m glad my doofiness gives you a chuckle!! 🙂 I’m wearing my catcher’s mitt, just in case. 😉 KIDDING! 😉
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I love your answer to number 8! Congrats on all of your awards, and teddy bears are the bomb.
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Hey there, coffeepoweredmom! 🙂 I’m so glad you liked #8. I tell ya, those 3 things alone can change one’s life! 🙂 And hell yes–teddy bears ARE the bomb! I just love them. 🙂
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I like your answers/comments to #8. Very thoughtful. Oh, and you should try my almond butter bacon cookies. They are AMAZING! http://thejourneyoftwo.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/almond-butter-bacon-cookies/ And, have you ever added bacon to your coleslaw? Pretty damn good… http://thejourneyoftwo.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/bacon-broccoli-coleslaw/ Maybe I should make a new recipe category for bacon on my recipe page… 🙂
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Thank you, Jessica! Glad you liked my #8. Took MANY years to get there! 😉 Oooohhhh…almond butter bacon cookies? Good Lord…I’m salivating just thinking about it! I will head right over and check out the recipe. Yummy!!! Bacon in coleslaw? Really, how can one ever go wrong with bacon?? 🙂 I think a bacon category would RULE!!!! 🙂
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Congrats. BTW, last year, Kristen and I went on a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway. While in Asheville, NC, we found a really nice chocolate shop. They had different gourmet chocolate bars and one of them had bacon. We were so tempted to try it, but went with the sea salt and burnt sugar bar instead.
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Sea salt and burned sugar! YUMMY!!! I love sea salt chocolate. LOVE IT! One of my favorite things. How was it? As good as it sounds? How was your short vacation with the wifey? Have a good time? 🙂
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It was actually a long vacation we took back in October. We drove the entire Blue Ridge Parkway. It took about four days and we missed alot because of time and weather. We still had a great time though and plan on exploring the BRP more in the future.
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That sounds just lovely!! Perfect time of year, too. The chocolate??? (Yes, I have a one track chocolate mind!)
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It was amazing. We stuffed ourselves on all the fresh made goodies there too. Every time I mention that vacation, the chocolate shop is the only thing she wants to talk about. I don’t let on, but I did think that place was freaking awesome.
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If you remember the name let me know. I may have to order some. Drool…. 🙂
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Thank you Jodi! And bacon and pajamas rule!!!
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You are SO welcome!! I can’t believe I forgot to notify people. I’m such a dork!!! 🙂 Mmmm…bacon… 😉
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Congratulations!
I adore you now for the teddy bear part. 😉
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Teddy bears rule!!! 🙂 Thanks for the congrats. It’s always so dang lovely when people reach out in such a great way. 🙂
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Congratulations!
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Thank you!!! I was so tickled to get the awards. 🙂
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Congratulations!
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Thank you!!! I was soooo happy when I got my little Google alert and there it was!
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