You know it’s six shades of back-to-school-after-summer-vacation whacky when I fail to thank-by-posting some awesome bloggers who’ve shared a little Blog Love with me. And to add major insult to injury? I CAN’T FIND TWO OF THE NOTICES IN EMAIL to go back and add them to this post! I’ve searched my emails but to no avail 🙁 (if you were one of the sweetpeeps who blog-blinged me and aren’t mentioned here, would you a) PLEASE forgive me and b) let me know so I can add you to this post?).
First, thanks to Jeanie in Paradise for telling me she thinks I’m smokingly brilliant (or something close to that ;). Please check out her link for full details and I’d like to pass it along to: Velveteen Mind (my "boss" and publisher for Blog Nosh Magazine) and Mrs. Fussypants Guide to Life (my soon-to-be boss after the re-launch of Blissfully Domestic). Both of these ladies have created wonderful ezines, have promoted them well, take care of their editors, and write entertaining blogs of their own. Another "Brilliant" in my estimation is Anna, Anna Carson Photography (NOT my boss but my photography mentor). I learn by her example.
Next, I got a fun surprise yesterday from Alyssa (Life from my Laptop), the "I love your blog" award; that one, I hadn’t even yet seen. Trista (The Pumkin Patch) also snuck one to me :).
I could give this to the 300+ blogs in my reader, but narrowing it down to the seven I’m supposed to (check out full details at Alyssa’s link), I’d like to award to a few new bloggers (Shelly W., Life on the Wild Side and Peculiar, How Do We Get There From Here) a few OLD bloggers (Pamela, The Dust Will Wait and Swampwitch, Anecdotes, Antidotes & Anodes), and a few of my faithful Poetic License and/or Friday’s 40 Players (Karisma, Karisma & Kids, Amber, Imperishable Beauty and Brandon, Words of Redemption).
Last but not least, remember when I told y’all I was for sale to the highest bidder? Looks like the winning price was $1,275.00, give or take a decimal point. The artist, Kay Crain, found a picture of me in a bikini on the world wide web and asked permission to paint the portrait. If you have vintage photos from the 50s & 60s, she’d be interested in talking to you. If you’re as fortunate as me, she might just paint an extra canvas for you as thanks for granting permission!
Thanks again, and be sure to click the original presenter links so you can find out the long and short of passing along the blog-bling to others in your sphere!
Aw Shucks! Thank you Darlin’!
MWAH!
My Word! Seriously?! Thank you, thank you so much! God has been so blessing me lately with people who actually think that my little humble attempt at a blog is worth reading. Woohoo!! And thank you for introducing me to this world anyway. I don’t know if anyone knows, but you were the one who suggested blogging to me and answered all of my questions. You’re still my “go-to” person when I don’t have a clue as to how to work something out on this “blog thing.” I humbly accept, and when I say humbly, I do mean HUMBLY!
***Swampy falls up the steps to the stage***
“I would like to thank the Academy for this very prestigious award. But most of all I would like to thank my Trashy Friend, Robin, for her friendship the past TWO years. She is one of my VERY FIRST/BEST glob-buds and has offered advice, re-cycled with me, and always has a kind word when she comes to visit. She provides all of us with the opportunity to be creative with our sonnets and limericks BUT most of all she weaves her words like a tapestry in such a way that we all benefit from reading them.
Thank You Robin !
***Swampy falls back down the stairs as she takes her seat at the Awards Ceremony***
I actually gave you the same award just forgot to get around to emailing the winners to let them know, LOL
Karisma, pauses to scrape Swampy off the floor (she is OLD you know!) props her up and takes a combined bow!
Thanks Robin, for thinking of me! You are such a sweety! I just love joining in on the poetry (when I can find the time these days (sigh!))
And for the record, I would have bid billions for you! You are more than worth it! As we say around our place “Cheer, BIG EAR!”
O.K., where do I get one of those “I love your blog” buttons because I seriously LOVE YOU right now. Thank you, Robin–I don’t deserve your accolades, but I sure do appreciate them. It’s just the kick-in-the-butt I needed this morning.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Well now, I’m flattered. Thanks Robin. I’m a permanent PPLer now… 🙂
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO!!!! WOW!!!! That is soooooooooooooo cool! I love the painting!!!!!! =)
Cheese, girl. I think this post should get some world record for most links. Do they have an Olympic event for this?