A Beautiful Award...

   The other day I was checking my blog comments and I got one from Deidria Eden-Coppel of A Storybook World. She was letting me know she really likes my blog and that she had something for me over on her blog. So off I went to check it out.

Look what I found....

                                           Wow...Isn't it gorgeous.


   I am so thrilled not only by the award but by her blog. You really have to check this one out.
 
   Go now here now. I'll wait.

   Okay welcome back. Isn't she the cutest thing? I learned Deidria is  a full time writer and she also does animation for ebooks. Talk about talented...and busy. She also has a website.

    So once again I would like to thank Deidria very much for the award. It is now proudly posted on my new awards page as well. As a matter of fact it is the award that got my butt in gear to make an awards page.

He Thinks I'm Sweet...

    I would like to thank Al at Publish or Parish for awarding me the Sweet Blog award. Al is an author in Australia who happens to be an outstanding photographer as well. If you haven't dropped by and checked him out you are missing out. His blog is very entertaining, informative and down right good.

The photos he takes of landscapes and birds are breathtaking in their detail. Oh and they make great wallpapers...How do I know this. Check him out here.

    Now the really fun part passing along this award. There are so many really good sweet blogs out there it is really hard to chose, but there are a few outstanding crafty ones I follow. I would like to pass this along to these crafty wonderful people.

Minna at Karuski... she is a wonderful crafter from Finland

Parsley at Seasons of My Mind... another wonderful crafter. I loved her aprons.

Lori at Lorikeet Designs... a fellow classmate now living and scrap booking in Australia.

Danielle at Notes from the Rookery... a great artist in a number of medias.

Stephanie at 50 Toes Photography... The mother of 5 really cute kids...need I say more.

    Please take a moment or two and check out these exceptional people. You will be glad that you did.

    I would like to thank everyone for following, reading and sharing your comments on my blog. I really enjoy having all of you drop by and visiting you as well. As I have said before the passing on of the award is always the most fun and the hardest part of getting an award. I hate choosing between all the really great people out here in blog land. And of course ....

   Okay why are still here reading all this dribble.... Click on the links above and discover some new outstanding people. You can come back later and listen to me.

"I'm A Literacy Builder"

   Are you ready for the next award?   What your not on the edge of your seat yet.  Well get really here it is.

   Today I would like to thank Laura Eno for giving me the "I'm A Literacy Builder" Award.  Laura is a really great writer with a very entertaining blog.  Her #Fridayflashes keep a lot of us wanting more.  I can't wait to see what she comes up with week after week.  See what she is up to this week here.

The rules for this one are as follows:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.

2. Display the award logo on your blog site.

3. Tell us five of your favorite words and why you like them, (add as many as you like).

4. Pass the award on to three bloggers you feel are excellent literacy builders, and link to their sites.

5. Contact the bloggers you’ve chosen and let them know about the award.


Wow my five favorite words.  Let me fire up the old gray matter and see what I can come up with...
Nada... Okay, this is going to take me awhile so just talk amongst yourselves while I think on it.

Here are 5 of my favorite words, or at least 5 that I can remember right now.

Artifacts  - I just love how that word sounds.  Plus it I have always liked
                  history, not the dates the people and places.

Bifocal-  I don't think of the glasses when I hear this.  I think of two points of
              view of the same of the image.

Friends -  Because everyone needs them.  No one is truly complete on their
                 own.

Classic -  Because I hate fads,  they cost too much.  Classic is just a classy
               word.

Laughter -  There is just not enough these days.  And laughter is the only
                   way you can make it through this world and stay sane.


The three people I would like to give this too.  

Denise at L'Aussie Writing
Clarissa at Listen to The Voices
Sharon at Channeling Ricky

 This is the hardest part because a lot of you really deserve this award.

Lovely Blog...Ahh! Thanks!!!

   Wow.  You people really know how to make a girl blush.  In the last week I have received 4 count them 4 awards.   But know I got to go back and remember who gave me what and what are the rules.  We I guess I have some work to do.  So let's get started. 
   Canadian Blogger Girl gave me the One lovely blog award.  Blogger Girl is a military man's wife and the mother of a toddler living on a base in Canada.  She had her ups and downs with base housing, neighbors and family.  She also has a wicked since of humor that she lets loose with every once in awhile.  Drop by and say hi.  It will make her day.

   On this award she didn't say what the rules where except you needed to pass it along to others.  So here are the ones I am passing it to:

1.Brooke at Roots and Wings
2.Dogmom Diva
3.Kristen at Hiccup
4.Jonie at Tales of a Nightcrafter
5.Tracy at The Crazy Suburban Mom
6.Bossy Betty
7.Kittie at The Block
8.Donna B at Mystical Jouneys

I don't know how many I can pass it along to,  and I have probably exceeded the limit.  But as far as I'm concerned you all have Lovely Blogs so feel free to post the award on your site from me.  Leave your blog site in the comments and I will check it out.

I'm a star!!!

   I would like to thank Denise at L'Aussie Writing for giving me a Star award.

   To claim this award you need to answer one question.  What are your writing habits?  Then pass along the star to those you think could use a little star dust themselves.  So here goes.
   My writing habits are not set in stone, their not even set in jello.  I keep a journey, okay a spiral notebook, with me by the bed and when I leave the house so I can jot down ideas.  You never know where the next blog will come from.  This is about as organized as I get.  The rest... well, you'll see.
   I get up in the morning get a cup of coffee and head to the office.  I know my brain does not function until the coffee kicks in so I check my email while I wait.  Nope still not working, but I open a word document so I will be ready when my mind is.  Ohh, maybe a game of solitaire will get the juices flowing.  Come on Aunt Mary wake me up.  I am very competitive, I will not let the computer win, so I keep going till I win. Yes, okay back to the blog.
   It's what time?  Okay let me get some lunch.  One more cup of coffee and lets get to it.  Okay, coffee kicked in but not in the way I wanted.  I be back in a minute.  Now what was I doing.  Oh yeah the blog.  Document open, check.  Notebook of ideas, check --- uh not check it is still by the bed.  I will just go get that, and get down to business.

   What --- I'm just reading.  I said I was going to  what?  Oh crap, I got sidetracked.  Now I am ready.  I know what I am going to write today.  I set down and get typing.  Done.
   Now to preview and edit.  This takes as long as the writing.  I go back and forth reading, proofing, correcting grammar, spelling, sentence structure.  Over and over again until it is right or until I can no longer see straight.
   The whole process takes me about 8 to 10 hours.  Of course the actual writing part would probably only take a couple of hours or less, if my brain would cooperate.
   As you can see I need help getting my routine down.  It would be easier if Jack would just let me eat once a day.  But the man insists that the body needs to be feed more often than that to keep going.
   Okay now for the people I think are stares in their own right.

Canadian Blogger Girl, mussing of a military wife.
Rayna at Coffee rings Everywhere.  The best drabbler around.
Al at Publish or Parish.  You are always a star.
Grandpa at Life on the Farm.  Tales from the rain forest.

Laura, at A Shift in Dimensions I don't know if you have time for awards are not, but you are my biggest star.  You always take the time to help me out.  Thank you.

   Let me know about your writing habits, as you can see I need help with mine.  Maybe I can use your tips to get myself more organized.




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