Some awards, grateful thanks, and spreading of good vibes all around

Just before I took my relatively abrupt, unannounced, unexplained, roughly 2 week hiatus from blogging a bit ago, two very spicy bloggers chose to bestow awards upon me at almost the same time. They are both spicy in that they love to talk about life as it is, the good, the bad, and the truly ridiculous. I like that so much! I don't think I even come close to achieving the same level of tongue in cheek. I wish I could.

First, it's the "Friends" award from Margo at Life in the Short Lane.


This award is given to the writers of 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 eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award." Wow. That's really nice. Thank you, Margo! I'm really glad that Margo and I found each other through blogging and hope that we can meet each other face to face someday! The award she gives me gives me a tall order to fill, though! Here's who I'm passing the award on to:

Amy, at Welcome to Amy's World
Angela, at angelawd
Little Miss Sunshine State
Heather at Cool Zebras
Crys at Modifying Motherhood
dragonfly mama at Stepmama Metamorphoses
Bubblewench at The Blogs of Life
Mielikki at what its like to be mie

The second award comes from a blogger who is very private in that she doesn't make her blogs public, but very open in that she bears her soul on those blogs. In the few short months that I've been reading her two blogs, I have fallen in love with the honest way in which she faces the ups and downs of life. Some of you may have seen the award before that she gave to me: The Lemonade Award.


It's given to bloggers that you feel show great attitude or gratitude. Again, I am grateful and honored to receive the award, and now must pass it on. I give it to one blogger in particular, who I have loved getting to know over the web: Natalie at I married a Polak. She shines through her blog, and that's not easy to do. When I see that she's adding a new post, I read it right away. Check out her blog to see what I'm talking about. For Natalie, here are the rules of the Lemonade Award:

1. Put the Lemonade Award logo on your blog or post
2. Nominate blogs that show great attitude or gratitude
3. Link to your nominees within your post
4. Let the nominees know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received your award

And to the one who gave me this award, let me know if you want me to link to you. I will be happy to if you would like that :-)