Stylish Blogger Award

The most awesome Kelly Hashway has given me yet another award, and a gorgeous one at that. Thank you, Kelly!!

So, now, I have to share seven things about myself...hmmm.

1. I love changing seasons, so much that I can't really pick a favorite. The current season is always my favorite, and by the time the next one rolls around, I'm ready for it. Like now--I'm SO ready for spring, but it seems to be avoiding Chicago right now. :(

2. I've never been to Canada. Or Mexico. But I've been to ten other countries around the world, some of them third world (I know, it makes no sense).

3. I've never been to Vegas, but I've been to a zillion other places around the country.

4. I can't stand running. Seriously. I hate it. And yet I love playing soccer with my kids, which is all running. Go figure. :)

5. I love pedicures.

6. I'm anxiously awaiting the day that my kids can throw and catch a baseball so that we can go outside and play catch. I'm hoping Oldest will be willing to try it out this summer...

7. I have wanted to learn a martial art since I was a teenager, and I finally joined a karate dojo last month. Took me long enough... But, hey, better late than never. :)

Now's the best part! I get to pass this award on to other stylish bloggers. :)

Sherrie Petersen at Write About Now

YA Highway

The First Novels Club

Janice Hardy at The Other Side of the Story

C.Lee McKenzie at The Write Game

If you haven't visited any of these blogs, you should. They are made of awesome! Thanks again, Kelly!!

One Lovely Blog Award

Look! It's another gorgeous award! This one came from the lovely Kelly Hashway. She's got great stuff on her blog, so if you haven't checked it out, you should.

Here are the rules for this award:

• Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and their blog link.
• Pass the award on 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.

15 blogs!!??!?! Well, I don't get out much in the cyberworld since I have limited computer time, but I'll do my best. Disclaimer: some of these blogs I have rediscovered after not having the time to visit regularly over the past several months. And it was just as enjoyable as the first time I found them. :)

The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment (Matthew, I realize this blog award is rather girly, but I figure that if you can post a picture of yourself with pink hair, you've got enough confidence to accept this award) :)
Simply Put
Chocolate for Inspiration
Texas Sweethearts
Logan E. Turner
Eternal Moonshine of a Daydreaming Mind

If you haven't visited these blogs, you shoud. They are fabulous. :)

Beautiful Blogger Award

Isn't this award gorgeous! Sheri from Writer's Alley gave this to me last week, and it's my first award for this blog. Thank you, Sheri!!

When she passed on this award, Sheri included seven random pet peeves, which were fabulous, so I think I'll do the same.

1. Drivers who cannot stop at a stop sign, or can't wait their turn. Maybe it's my mom-gene kicking in here, but come on! Wait your turn already. It's really not that hard.
2. Drivers who use right-hand-turn lanes/parking lanes/teeny tiny spaces between lanes to try to cut in front of a line of traffic, and then get mad at me for not letting them in. Seriously???
3. Blonde jokes, especially when the teller of the joke can see the color of my hair. And that person is saying blondes are dumb???
4. The word irregardless. What master-of-overstating-the-obvious came up with that?
5. People who talk on the phone or text while driving. (can you tell I practically live in my car?) :)
6. The FDA's claim that the rBGH growth hormone is safe and has no side effects. Ummm...based on personal experience, I beg to differ. Thanks to these morons, I can't eat anything unless I pay a small fortune for organic everything. And eating out is a nightmare, because hardly anything is organic. I miss my cheeseburgers... :(
7. Oldest and DH leave their socks all over the house. I'm thinking of recording myself saying "can you PLEASE pick up your socks?" because I swear they don't hear me. Maybe if I play it back on constant repeat, it'll eventually sink in.

Now here's the fun part. I get to pass this award on to some beautiful bloggers. In no particular order, here they are:

Janet from Tuttle Tattle
Danielle from Myth Takes
Marcia from Marcia Hoehne
Sherrie from Write About Now

Big thanks to all of these bloggers for the great stuff they post each week!