One of the most positive and sweetest people I've met via blogging, melody-mae, bestowed upon me some very generous words of the majorly kindness sort and an award! Melody is always, ALWAYS, positive and uplifting on her blog. I have to wonder if the woman ever has a bad or down day. If she does, she never lets on! Thank you, Melody, for thinking of me!
The deal is this: I have to list 7 things I like about blogging and then pass it on!
The Seven TOP things I like about BLOGGING are:
The incredible bloggers I've met!
It gives me a place to VENT.
The incredible bloggers I've met!
It gives me a place to practice writing.
The incredible bloggers I've met!
It keeps my mind busy.
The incredible bloggers I've met!
I am so serious about THE INCREDIBLE BLOGGERS I'VE MET! I never realized that meeting new, incredibly wonderful people would result from starting a blog! But that's exactly what has happened and I am so very, very happy that it did!
I love receiving awards, but I hate handing them off because there are so many worthy of this award in particular! I'm handing this award off to the following bloggers...if your name is on the list and you do not accept awards, no worries! Just let me know and I'll hand it off the to next blogger in line!
Shawn, at The Becker's (Shawn and Bill), bestowed upon my humble blog the Good Bloggers Pay It Forward award. If you are not familiar with Shawn, then get yourself over there for a visit! You'll always leave feeling encouraged or uplifted. Shawn always provides positivity and a bright outlook on life!
Ok, so here are the rules:
1. Mention the blogger who gave you the award (see paragraph above)
2. Link to their blog (see paragraph above).
3. Pay It Forward to 5 bloggers.
Numbers 1 and 2 were taken care of in the first paragraph. Number 3 is the one that always gives me such a fit because I just want to give things to everyone. However, when I put them up, y'all won't take them. So, I have decided on a new way for this one- I simply took the first 5 blogs that popped up in my sidebar that have less than 200 followers. So please take a few minutes and go visit these blogs! There's something delightful at each of them be it humor, encouragement, understanding, travel, creativity, family, etc so, if you feel a follow coming on, go ahead and follow them!
I'd like to thank the academy...oh, um...no...I'd like to thank Carol at Facing 50 with Humour for these two awards. Not only is she HILARIOUS all the time (except when she brings tears to your eyes...no, wait, she was funny then as well), she is quite generous with her comments and is just one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. Please go visit her blog if you haven't already. If you don't leave laughing, then your laughing box is broken! You will love her instantly! Thank you so much Carol for thinking of me! And a shout out to my family for being a crazy bunch--without you and your shenanigans, no humor!
Ok, award number one, Awesome Blog Award, is going to everyone who stops by here today! I mean it. If you stop, I'll know it. If you don't take the award, I'm going to hunt you down! Seriously, I want you to have it and I'm too lazy to go through every single one of you and hand it out that way! Remember, I'm like Santa (fat and sees all)-- I WILL know!
REMEMBER TO NOTIFY THE RECIPIENT WHEN YOU PASS THESE ON!
Now, The LOL Award is going to the following blogs (which you would truly be missing out if you didn't visit each of them). As usual, I couldn't narrow it down to one and, also as usual, if you already have this award or do not wish to accept it, please consider taking it and passing it on to a blogger who makes you LOL:
And, seven things about me that I haven't already mentioned? I don't think that's possible, some of these may be repeats--sorry!
1. I volunteer as a tutor at the elementary school our daughters attended.
2. I don't wear jewelry with the exception of my wedding rings and the ring Hubs gave me for our 25th anniversary. The girls say I have to have one more so each of them will have one when I'm gone. Nice of them to think of me, don't you think? LOL
3. I don't like to wear bright colors, as a matter of fact, I wear mostly black...partially because it has a somewhat slimming effect (although, as over weight as I am what difference could it possibly make?) and because I feel like I blend in better and don't 'stick out' so much. (I'm not that fond of pastels either)
4. I am a closet Stephen King reader. And by closet I mean that when you let people around here know you love the way Stephen King writes they judge you harshly---they are focused on his content not his writing style. Yes, I admit his content is... interesting... but there's no need to raise eyebrows at those of us who do enjoy a book or two of his from time to time. My all time favorites of his are: Firestarter (I've read it 4 times) and The Stand (which I've read 6 times). I also enjoy the movies based on his books. However, the movies are not near as exciting as his books! (But then, I feel this way about all movies based on books...they lose something in translation).
5. I love taking pictures of anything and everything but have really come to enjoy photographing birds. Only thing is, I am terrible at identifying the birds---it's quite difficult for me.
6. I love movies but cannot stand to sit through a play. Even when Birdie (DD3) was taking drama in high school, it was hard to just sit there and watch--she was great though!
7. Given the choice, I would take going to hear the orchestra over a rock concert...and I've always been like that. I love all genres of music but classical is my favorite--I love the way, when I close my eyes, the music sends me places and the way I can feel the music. And, my favorite sound in the world? The cello. It's so beautiful that it will bring me to tears almost every time.
And there you go. Now, DO NOT LEAVE HERE WITHOUT YOUR AWARD!
Being a transplant to the low-country of SC for 31 years is still not long enough to be called a ‘benyeh.’ If I stay until I’m dead I’ll probably go a ‘comeyeh’ since I am, originally, ‘from off’ (which is the upstate but, rules you know). By day I take care of my sweet little granddaughter, Baby M and do all those things I did when I was a SAHM raising four daughters which has translated to, ‘by day, I am exhausted.’ By night I blog, blog, blog, and blog some more or I sleep, depending on my level of exhaustion (do they still make Geritol?). I have a very unhealthy addiction to sweets (nearly any kind will do) and all comfort foods not covered under the ‘sweets’ category. I’m known for speaking my mind so, if you don’t want to know, don’t ask me. I love to find the humor in my empty nest life. I live life hard and smack into that brick wall almost daily because I’ve always had to learn the hard way. Why change now? I’m so glad you’ve come to laugh with me as I do this middle age, empty nest thing like a BOSS!
