I Just Love Awards!

Yeah, I admit it..I just love getting awards!  But, I love passing them along just as much.  Recently, I've been honored to receive two awards, yay!

The first one came from the very lovely EllaBellaMozzarella.  I'd like to thank her mucho grande for bestowing the Beautiful Blogger Award on me.  See, isn't it beautiful...

 

The rules that came along with this lovely award are as follows:

• thank & link to the person that gave you the award.
• pass this award onto 15 bloggers you’ve recently discovered and think are fantastic.
• contact said blogs and let them know they’ve won.
• state 7 things about yourself.

I'm sure the bloggy police will come after me for this, but I'm breaking the one about passing it on to 15 bloggers.  My kids would like to eat and for some reason "Shhhh, Mommy's blogging" isn't quieting them.  So, I am passing the award on to these 4 fantastic blogs I've discovered recently (and that is a relative term):

• Betsy @ JavaCupcake (ok, so she's not a "recent" find of mine, but I think she's fantastic!)
• Jayme @ The TaterTwins 
• Shell @ Things I Can't Say 
• Tracie @ Stir-Fry Awesomeness

And here are 7 things about me:

1. I watch Wife Swap on Lifetime pretty much everyday because it makes me feel normal.
2. When my kiddos get really crazy out-of-control, I threaten to call Supernanny.  It works.
3. I am an English major and have always said I plan to be a teacher, but lately I've come across a lot of job postings for jobs that work with military families and veterans that interest me.  I think I might have even more passion for those jobs than for teaching (if that's possible).  None of them pay well, but I find myself not even caring (well, as long as they pay me enough to pay off my student loans and daycare expenses...)
4. My parents used to bribe me to stop talking, but my teachers always swore I was the quietest student in class.
5. I've been meaning to dye my hair for about 3 months now.  Gotta love mommyhood.
6. I really can't stand yippy little dogs, but have 2 of them.
7. I'm a cat person but we have dogs...somethings I will just never understand.

The second award was given to me by Tesa at 2 Wired 2 Tired.  It is the Happy 101 award and looking at it just makes me happy...

See!!  It has cupcakes on it!  Who doesn't get a little giddy at the sight of cupcakes?!  I'd like to pass the Happy 101 award on to these bloggers:

• Vicki @ Frugal Mom Knows Best
• Ashley @ Love Grows Best in Little Houses 
• Cheryl @ Blue & White Life 

These chickadees always make me happy so go visit them and put a little happy in your day.

Who's Awesome?!

ME!  Well, at least according to Tesa at 2 Wired 2 Tired.  She gave me this fabulous award...

...and ya'll know how much I love awards!!  Especially ones that say I'm awesome!  So, thank you so much Tesa!

This award comes with instructions to tell you 5 things I like to do and then pass it along to 5 deserving bloggers.

I like to...

1. Read...I can get totally lost in books...the state of my house proves this...
2. Cook...If I was going to be trapped on a desert island with only two things, I'd take my crock pot and a book...
3. Travel...When the hubby retires, I have big travel plans...Europe, Asia, any states I've not been to yet...
4. Watch mind-numbing television shows...Seriously, I have an addiction to Wife Swap re-runs on Lifetime that is probably not healthy...but it's like a train wreck, you just have to look...
5. Shop...groceries, shoes, new clothes...it doesn't really matter, I just love to shop...

I am passing this awesome award on to the following totally awesome bloggers...

1. Shell at Things I Can't Say...I just love her candidness, she even has her own word...go check it out!
2. Ashley at Love Grows Best in Little Houses...We're related, but better than that we're friends!  And she has a fabulous blog.
3. April at A Labor of Love...She and her hubby are waiting on the love of their life to come along, follow along on their journey.
4. Vicki at Frugal Mom Knows Best...She has such a lovely blog with humorous moments and touching ones too.
5. Cheryl at Blue&White Life...She's a Colts fan and her awesome blog always amuses me.

Go check out these lovely ladies!  And, again, thank you , Tesa, for this awesome award!!

Feeling the Love

I'm so feeling the love today!! Cheryl, a very lovely new bloggy friend, declared me a GLOB! A GLOB, not a blob. Let's save the fat jokes for later, ok. Which reminds me, somehow my hubby missed out on "Yo Mama" jokes when he was growing up. Poor deprived man. But I digress.

This is my GLOB:


Isn't it lovely?! It was so sweet of Cheryl to give it to me and I'm gonna pass on the love to some of my favorite GLOBs...

Ashley at Love Grows Best in Little Houses
Tesa at 2 Wired 2 Tired
Vicki at Frugal Mom Knows Best
Annette at Life on Ft Bragg

These ladies are awesome! They make me laugh when I need it the most. They warm my heart with their support. They remind me that I am not alone on this wild ride we call life. I love the blog world! Thanks for stopping by and make sure you go visit these GLOBs and leave them some love :)

I'd Like to Thank the Academy

The lovely Vicki over at Frugal Mom knows Best has seen fit to bestow not one but TWO fabulous bloggy awards on me. I'm so very excited! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm feeling a bit like Sally Field right now...you like me, you really like me...Ok, sorry...Here are the awards...

One Lovely Blog

The rules of the "One Lovely Blog Award" are:

Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Love ya! Award

This award is bestowed on to blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose six more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

See, aren't they pretty?! So, these awards come with instructions to pass them along. I don't know that I can get up to 15, but I definitely have some lovely ladies that I'd like to recognize. I'm just going to pass them both along to the following fabulous bloggers:

1. My favorite cousin, Ashley of Love Grows Best in Little Houses: She's just starting out, so go visit her!
2. My lovely friend and fellow military wife over at Losing 90. I've reconnected with her recently and am oh-so-glad that I did. She's a wonderful person!
3. The mouth-watering, oh-so-yummy Java Cupcake. Seriously, I think I gain 10 pounds every time I check it out :)
4. 2 Toddlers and Me: She is so charming and always seems to have the greatest ideas for her little ones.
5. My fabulous friend, April, at A Labor of Love. She is making her way through the adoption process and sharing it with us all.
6. Jen, at Random Blitherings of a (Not So) Domestic Goddess: She never fails to crack me up, on her blog or in real life :)

I know it says 15, but I just can't pick that many. Sorry :( But again, a big THANK YOU to Vicki for these lovely awards!!

OMG Ya'll!!

Please excuse my Britney Spears-esqe title, but I'm super excited! One of my favorite bloggers over at Two Toddlers and Me gave me my very first bloggy award!! She has bestowed me with the Love Ya! Award.

Isn't it pretty?!

I'm so excited and am now in search of a super awesome dress in which to accept the award. In the mean time, I'll share with you the 411 on the award and pass it along to some of my other favorite bloggers.

First, let me share with you the notes that came along with the fabulous award:

• This award is bestowed on to blogs that are exceedingly charming.
• These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.
• They are not interested in self-aggrandizement.
• Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated.
  
• Please give more attention to these writers.
• Deliver this award to six bloggers who must choose six more and include this text into the body of their award.

Second, I would like to pass the Love Ya! Award on to the following fabulous bloggers:

1. My dear friend, April over at A Labor of Love: She and her hubby are beginning the adoption process. I love her and wish her the very very best on their journey.
2. Odelia, my beautiful (in body and soul) friend, at American Housewife Daily: She blogs about her daily devotionals and always leaves me with something to think about. I love her!
3. Kel at A Hesitant Housewife: She is a witty domestic engineer that never fails to amuse me.
4. Jen, who very likely might be my doppelganger, at Random Blitherings of a (Not So) Domestic Goddess: I've known her since our days in Hawaii and she is hilarious. She's got a fab family to brag about.
5. The lovely high-heel-lovin' Mom over at Mom in High Heels: I stumbled onto her blog one day and have been charmed ever since. She is a fellow military wife blogging her way through Germany, home schooling and, of course, Random Thoughts Tuesday. She is funny and has amazing shoes!

Well, I couldn't come up with six to pass it along to, but these gals are all fabulous! Go check them out while I pick the best dress for the occasion.

And, again, a big THANK YOU for this honor!