Awards and Why I Can't Keep Up With Them Anymore

My newest bloggy friend, Kate over at Busted Plumbing, bestowed the Sweet Friends award upon me. So did Noelle over at Elastic Waistbands and Comfortable shoes (only I was a total dolt and kinda missed the boat). And so did Cathy over at Antsy Pants! Thank you lovely ladies, and it goes without saying you all need to head over to visit these gals immediately.

Accordingly, here are Happy 101/Sweet Friends Blog Award Rules:


List 10 things that make you happy, try to do at least one of them today, and tag 10 bloggers that brighten your day. For those 10 bloggers who get the award, you then link back to my blog and create your makes you happy list. I did this part in a previous post. Go here to see it. Yes, people, I am stupid. No surprise there. On to the next one.

Andrea over at Good Girl Gone Redneck gave me this:
Go visit Andrea NOW and FOLLOW FOLLOW FOLLOW! She is twelve kinds of  funny, and understands the daily grind of motherhood, so we share lots of stories.


Mama-Face over at Blog Ignoramus gave me the Circle of Friends Award! Thank you!! Mama-Face is out of town right now and I know we are all keeping her in our thoughts and prayers. We'll miss you, Mama-Face!

Deb over at Menopausal New Mom gave me this award. Thanks, honey! Deb's been with me for a while and we are good friends. She also has a little one, so we have lots in common there!

Stephanie over at The Blue Zoo gave me the Kreativ Blogger Award. You rock, Stephanie! I'm so honored, even though I don't consider myself "Kreativ" at all!

I want to thank each and every one of you. And don't hate me, but I'm going to join the ranks of other bloggers you may know & love....the awards are so thoughtful and I do appreciate them more than you know. But I lose track and although I try to keep a draft and update it when I get them, sometimes I forget or fall behind. And then there's all the linking up when I pass them on to you fabulous people....

So from now on, I'm making it easy on myself, and FUN for you! If you read & follow my blog, I am giving you each and every one of these awards! I love all my readers so much, it's just too time consuming sometimes to list you all out (there are too many of you, which is a really wonderful thing!). So I encourage you to grab what you want, post it on your blog, and pass it on. I have really been feeling the bloggy love from everyone, but I confess I'm struggling to keep up lately. I can't seem to stay on top of anything (let alone bloggy awards). Please know I do the best I can, but if I don't visit you as often as I should, it's not for lack of trying. There are so many incredible blogs out there and I frankly don't have time to read them all every day. So I read what I can when I can. Thank you for understanding and sticking with me! LOVE YOU ALL and THANKS FOR MY AWARDS!

It's Awards Day and I'm Feeling the Bloggy Love! Plus, FREE STUFF/ GIVEAWAYS!!

The lovely Leigh over at Leigh vs. Laundry and the entertaining Kelly at Speaking From The Crib bestowed this new award upon me.Thank you, Leigh and Kelly! After I finished sniveling and tossing tissues about and shuddering over the sheer joy that a brand new award brings, I started thinking about whom to share it with. I'm supposed to pass it along to my Top 10 Most Loyal Readers. I'm not sure I can limit it to just 10, and it's gonna be extra hard because Leigh & Kelly passed it along to a lot of the same people I was thinking of....so maybe I'll make an effort to pass it along to some newer peeps and those who just got it from Leigh can just nod & smile!

The award goes to:

Life Laugh Latte
Lee at Headaches, Hormones & Hotflashes
Kys at Stir-Fry Awesomeness
Daffy at Batcrap Crazy
Big Sis at Speaking of Witch
Blue Violet at A Nut in a Nutshell
MJ at Life, Interrupted
Deb at Menopausal New Mom
Mindy at The Inquisitive Mom
Holly at 504 Main
Pink Flip Flops and Wine
Think Tank Momma


The fabulous and snarky Holly over at 504 Main gave me this bling for my blog. Thanks, Holly! Holly's been one of my bloggy friends for a long time and you have to go check her out! This award is so shiny & sparkly and I'm really excited. I'm supposed to pass it along to 10 worthy bloggers (again, I can't stop at 10), so here goes:

The Blue Zoo

The 5th Sister

Jenny Mac at Let's Have a Cocktail

One Cluttered Brain

Martinis or Diaper Genies

The Ramblings of a Disgruntled Secretary

Who Has the Thyme?

Tatoos and Teething Rings

Good Girl Gone Redneck

I Like To Fish

Blog-Ignoramus

The Eco-Cheap Mom

Now for some cool FREE STUFF---listen up!(don't we all love free stuff?)

Please check out my GO GREEN GIVEAWAY. Set of 6 reusable produce bags and a cute coffee coozie. Giveaway ends on 12/10/09.

Please also go visit & follow my friend Chanda, the Eco-Cheap Mom, and enter her giveaway for some sweet EnviroVogue bags---very hip & stylish reusable totes for all of your shopping needs. Even if you already have some of your own, these would make wonderful gifts for your Greenie for the holidays! And Chanda and I will love you all the more for entering and making another effort to be green.

Last but not least, go see Jenna over at Bloggy Blog Designz. She just redesigned my blog and is hosting another giveaway plus a discount! Tell her I sent you.

Sunday Awards Ceremony

It's a quiet Sunday morning, and I woke up today greeted by 100 amazing and beautiful followers for the first time. I am so proud and ecstatic to reach 100!!! It seems appropriate to host an awards ceremony today to pass on the bloggy love. It goes without saying that the wonderful people who gave me awards deserve your undying love & devotion, so please go and FOLLOW them NOW, as well as the recipients. I always love finding new blogs to follow and hope you do, too. Thank you all for reading me, following me, and leaving me lots of comment love. I do so appreciate it, probably more than you know....so without further adieu...DRUM ROLL....



Lee over at Headaches, Hormones, and Hot Flashes gave me the "I Shoulda Been a Stripper" Award. I bow down to Queen Lee and worship her daily. Go see her now!

I'm going to pass this one along to:

I Like To Fish

Batcrap Crazy

Tattoos and Teething Rings gave me the Superior Scribbler Award. She is awesome, has 2 adorable kiddos (check out the pics of her son w/ his hand in his pants!), and a shoe problem. She's wonderful. Go forth & follow her NOW!

I'll share this one with:


Steph in the City

Crazy Baby Mama

Stir-Fry Awesomeness

Running With Letters

Crazy Baby Mama recently gave me this Badass Blogger Award.
She is not afraid to say what she thinks, and she is very pregnant. We all need to send her HEAD DOWN vibes pronto. Oh, and go follow her!


Other Badasses in my book are:


Headaches, Hormones & Hotflashes

Dirty Little Confessions

Glama Ray


Pink Flip Flops & Wine

Bacon is my Lover

Tattoos and Teething Rings



and Leigh vs. Laundry gave me this Heartfelt Award. Leigh posts hilarious pics every week and we have to come up with captions to go with them. I suck at my submissions, but I still try to play anyway. Go check her out and FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW!!


Other bloggers I heart are:

504 Main

2 Kids.....3 Martinis

Hiding From the Kids

Life of a Tater Tot Mom

I'm Living Proof That God Has a Sense of Humor




And finally, Holly, the sweetest gal there ever was, over at 504 Main gave me the Friendly Blogger award. Holly has the most adorable kiddos and she often shares great recipes which make my mouth water. I can always count on her for some wonderful & insightful comments, too. Stop by and tell her I said hello!!


I'll pass this along to some other friendly peeps:

Blog-Ignoramus

Menopausal New Mom

A Nut in a Nutshell


Airing My Dirty Laundry, One Sock At a Time

Low Expectations

Manic Monday Awards Ceremony

Hello, everyone!

It's just another Manic Monday here, so I thought I'd liven up the morning by handing out a few awards!

The entertaining and always interesting Steph in the City gave me this Heartfelt Award and I couldn't be more excited! Thanks, Stephanie! I really enjoy reading her blog. She really makes me think, which is a rarity when I'm so often in mommy-coma-land. You should check her out here right now and become her newest follower! I would like to pass this award on to these lovely ladies:

Bacon is my Lover

Blog-Ignoramus

Life Laugh Latte

Martinis or Diaper Genies

Speaking of Witch

A Day in the Life: Chronicles of an Only Parent

Princess of Sarcasm



Next, Kys over at Stir-Fry Awesomeness gave me this Friends Award, which made me feel all warm & fuzzy inside. Thanks, girl! Kys is a kick in the pants and her sense of humor is outta dis world. FOLLOW HER NOW! I'm going to be a big dork and give it back to her, as well as to these wonderful peeps:

Batcrap Crazy


Adventures of the Reluctant Housewife


Leigh vs. Laundry


The Miss Elaine-ous Life


2 Kids.....3 Martinis


Headaches, Hormones & Hot Flashes

Daffy over at Batcrap Crazy gave me the Silver Shoe of Sincerity Award, which is a new one and I'm sooooo flattered! Thank you, Daffy, from the bottom of my heart. And in case you didn't know, Daffy and I are going to meet in person soon. I'm sure she'll stop following me once that happens, though. We live not terribly far from one another and she's going to risk everything by coming to meet me & my little hooligans!

I'm going to pass this gem along to:

MJ over at Dirty Little Confessions. Mary Jane isn't afraid to tell it like it is or to let her true, vulnerable self shine through. So she is very deserving of this and you should go check her out now!

awards

Leigh vs. Laundry has bestowed this award upon me and I'm just glowing! Thank you so very much, Leigh. Leigh is a kick and you must check her out immediately by clicking here. Her newest post, Lil Friday, was so cute and it made me want to call all my friends and leave them messages today. Maybe I still will!

The rules of this award require me to list 10 things you may not know about me. So here goes nuthin':

1. When I was in 2nd grade in Houma, LA, I won a spelling bee at Southland Mall. I won a set of giant dictionaries. I still have them.

2. I detest bell peppers. I can't even eat anything else that shared a plate with/touched them.

3. My maiden name is Best. When I was in grade school, some of the kids called me Erin Worst. How original.

4. I am afraid of flying. I am often the lone 30-something woman who cries when there's turbulence.

5. I have unfortunately inherited my dad's ugly toes.

6. I used to get a $2.50 weekly allowance when I was young. I spent most of it on books.

7. I sleep on my stomach. And often drool while doing so.

8. One day I would like to work at Whole Foods.

9. I hate pantyhose. And tights are not the same as pantyhose.

10. I think someone needs to make Spanx for men. Why don't men want to look svelte/desirable?

I want to pass this award along to:

Melanie over at Adventures of the Reluctant Housewife

Lee over at Headaches, Hormones, & Hot Flashes

Adventures of a Wanna-Be Supah Mommy

Matty Thoughts

Jennifer at Hope Studios

Holly at 504 Main

2 Kids....3 Martinis

more bloggy love

Lee over at Hormones, Headaches & Hot Flashes is totally buttering me up with this award. Lee, thank you so much. You are such an inspiration to me and I really appreciate all of your help, support, and love. We bloggy gals need to stick together!

I'm not sure what Lee's ulterior motives are, but suffice it to say I'm mightily suspicious. Lee, be forewarned; I'm watching you! Lee is plumping my ego with all the praise she's given me. She told me that I "shine!" It's like I said---she's working on something, I just don't know what!

I don't think there are any particular "rules" for this award, so I'm going to pass it on to some bloggy friends I've recently discovered & am following with great joy. So, without further adieu, I hereby bestow this award upon the following lovely ladies:

Speaking From the Crib

Chanda over at Rambles, Rants, and Raves

Daffy over at Batcrap Crazy

Leigh vs. Laundry

The Crazy Baby Mama

Diary of a Mad Bathroom

Warm Chocolate Milk

These chicks are super smart and I'm so excited to have found them either through SITS or other bloggy friends. Please check them out immediately and FOLLOW THEM! I promise they will brighten your day and make you smile.

Feeling humbled & excited (again)

Kyslp over at Stir-Fry Awesomeness has bestowed this award upon me! Thank you!! She recently blogged about "The One Who Drove Away," which you can read here. She's incredibly witty and I frequently laugh out loud when I read her posts. I discovered her not that long ago through Twitter, and boy am I glad I did! Anyway, I don't think there are any hard & fast rules to this award, so I'm just going to pass it along to:

Lee over at Hormones, Headaches, and Hot Flashes

Kate at Sweet Poconuts

Steph in the City

Charisse & Holly over at Life, Laugh & Latte

I am so UNworthy

I was just visiting Lee's blog (check her out, she ROCKS & I can totally relate to her posts about kids, life, hormones, husbands etc., plus she is Jewish like me!) and was so flattered, surprised, and honored to learn that she's bestowed this prestigious "Superior Scribbler" Award upon me. Go follow her NOW & tell all your bloggy friends about her!! Like Lee says in her post, you just never know who's reading your blog, what they think about it, if they even care, or if they're laughing about you behind your back. So it's nice to know there are people out there who really do like me!!! (Brings to mind that Sally Field speech from back in the 80s, was it when she got an Oscar for Steel Magnolias or something?) At any rate, here are the rules:


1. Each Superior Scribbler must turn and pass on this award to 5 of the most deserving blogs.

2. Each Superior Scribbler must link to the blog and name the author from which he/she received the award on his/her blog. Click on Lee's blog to see her original post.

3. Each Superior Scribbler must display the award on his or her blog, and link to this post.

4. Each blogger who was awarded Superior Scribbler must visit this post and add their name to the Mr. Linky list. That way we'll be able to keep up-to-date on everyone who receives this prestigious honor.

5. Each Superior Scribbler must post the rules to their blog.

Now...I pass this little gem on to:


Beck

Sissi

Stir-Fry Awesomeness

The Redhead Riter

Heide

These ladies are amazing and I really love reading their blogs daily. Sissi is brand new to me, but I'm already enjoying what she has to say. Please read, FOLLOW, and pass it on!!

This just made my day!

Lee from http://yourcouturekid.blogspot.com/ gave me this award (by the way, I LOVE her blog, you must check it out & follow her immediately!) and it has totally made my day! It is so cool to meet another Jewish mommy blogger! Thank you, Lee---I so do not deserve this, but I appreciate the gesture. Anyway, here are the rules for the award:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting. (see below)
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

Now on to the good stuff...awarding the award! But you have to bear with me because I'm so ridiculously terrible at inserting the links and doing the fancy stuff! The links are here, but they don't look pretty. Melanie (The Reluctant Housewife on the list below) is helping me, but I'm a slow learner)

http://adventuresofthereluctanthousewife.blogspot.com/

http://writingherlife.blogspot.com/

http://misselaineouslife.com/

http://nicolebradshaw.blogspot.com/

http://rubychickadee.blogspot.com/

http://leandmatt.blogspot.com/

http://sweetpoconuts.blogspot.com/

Now for the 7 things about me. Hmmm.

1. I need my sleep. Lots of it. I am lame and my butt is in bed by about 10 p.m.
2. I have a terrible sweet tooth--cookies, cupcakes, chocolate, ice cream...food is my friend!
3. I wish I had a talent. Juggling does NOT count.
4. I have a slight case of OCD when it comes to my house & keeping it neat.
5. But I'm working on this and I have gotten better about purposely leaving dishes in the kitchen sink on occasion. But it bugs me.
6. I do not like bell peppers, cilantro, or tomatoes. I will eat things with tomatoes in them, I just don't like to eat actual tomatoes.
7. I was having a crappy weekend until I got this award from Lee. Thank you, LEE!!!!