SWS: Four Awards? For Moi?? Merci Beaucoup!!

Four Awards? For Moi?? Merci Beaucoup!!

Ok, so I luuurve awards! I've heard that there are some bloggers out there who are kinda "over" the whole award thing. I don't really get why. I mean, someone thinks you and/or your blog is cool. Maybe it's just because my primary love language is Words of Affirmation, but I think awards are stellar.

Of course some people may just hate having to post 19 things no one else knows about them and forward the award to 50 of their closest friends, blah blah blah. Well, no one ever said the blogging police would get you if you don't. It's kinda like a chain letter, you know? Someone somewhere will break it. So what? The other 3,090 people are blithely sending them along.

So this is how I'm going to do it. I have recently received a total of FOUR awards, from four fantastic ladies who think I'm somethin' special. (gee, thanks ladies!!). Seriously, here's a shout-out to Katherine at One Girl's Journey to the Atlar, Lauren at Her Silent Musings, Elle at A for Effort (B for Blog) and Lottie at Kaffeine Addict. What I'm going to do is show you the awards and list what you're "supposed" to do, nominate some random number of blogs, and give you some amount of information about myself. I don't even know as I type how I'll do this--I guess we'll find out together. :)

The Happy Award!

1.) Acknowledge the person who gave it to me (Thanks Katherine!)

2.) List 10 items that make me happy

3.) Award it to 10 other bloggers

The Circle of Friends Award!

1.) Acknowledge the person who gave it to me (Thanks Katherine!)

2.) List 5 things I love to do

3.) Award this to 5 other bloggers

The Beautiful Blogger Award!

1.) Acknowledge the person who gave it to me (Thanks Lauren and Elle!)

2.) Share 7 things about myself

3.) Award it to up to 7 other bloggers

The Sunshine Award!

1.) Acknowledge the person who gave it to me (Thanks Lottie!)

2.) Award it to 12 other bloggers

Ok, so I'm generally very legalistic, but I just cannot nominate 34 of you--or technically 41 of you since I got the Beautiful Blogger award twice (how cool is that?). So because of that, I'm going to give you brief (very brief) "things about myself" and then nominate like 5 of you.

10 Things That Make Me Happy:

1. Chocolate
2. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter
3. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter and butter
4. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter and butter and poured over Crispex cereal
5. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter and butter and poured over Crispex cereal and dumped into a plastic bag with powdered sugar
6. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter and butter and poured over Crispex cereal and dumped into a plastic bag with powdered sugar and shaken until everything is coated with the sugar
7. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter and butter and poured over Crispex cereal and dumped into a plastic bag with powdered sugar and shaken until everything is coated with the sugar and then left to dry overnight
8. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter and butter and poured over Crispex cereal and dumped into a plastic bag with powdered sugar and shaken until everything is coated with the sugar and then left to dry overnight and then shaken with more powdered sugar
9. Chocolate mixed with peanut butter and butter and poured over Crispex cereal and dumped into a plastic bag with powdered sugar and shaken until everything is coated with the sugar and then left to dry overnight and then shaken with more powdered sugar and then eaten.
10. Giving you guys a recipe for Puppy Chow without actually giving you a recipe.

Five Things I Love to Do:

1. Eat
2. Blog
3. Sleep
4. Polish my Pulitzer
5. Pretend I won a Pulitzer

Seven Things About Myself:

1. I cry at really good commercials. The Visa commercials during the Olympics get me every time.
2. I read Christy by Catherine Marshall 1-2 times a year.
3. I really only know how to cook about 3 real "meals."
4. Sometimes I actually have to ask myself how I've managed to successfully feed myself with zero cooking skills.
5. I'm actually fairly intuitive when it comes to cooking and if I were to apply myself I'd probably be pretty good.
6. I'm really rather intelligent, although my social skills probably leave something to be desired.
7. I firmly believe that the reason I haven't met my future husband yet is because he's still at home doing sit-ups. And by "home," I mean the condo he owns because he (unlike myself) has actually managed to amass enough money/credit to own property.

And now, to pass these awards along. Here's the deal. I'm going to list some people/blogs below, for whom all of these awards apply (Yay!) Please go visit all of these bloggers, they're quite phenominal and I'm happy I found them!

LovelyBeautifulHappySunshiney Blogs:

• Living Out Loud
• Singing in the Rain
• The Domestic Fringe
• A Nerd and a Free Spirit
• Oh, What the Crap

Hooray to all you award winners!!! And let me share a secret with you, everyone... if you would like one of these awards and I follow you, you can have it. If you want it to look all official and stuff just let me know and I'll add your name to the list. 'Cause really, we're all winners, right? :)

Have an Extraordinary Day, everyone!