One Very Exciting E-Mail

Today, like any day, I got up and got ready dressed, took the kids to school, went to the Y to do my workout (this part isn’t always on the list, but today it was), got ready (shower and make-up applied) and then checked my e-mail to find I had 17 new messages. WOW!  17! I think that was a record, except for the time our internet provider “accidentally” resent 250 old e-mails to us when they were upgrading a server. Anyway, I was thrilled that I would have a nice full mailbox to read through before I started my chores.  

Internet bill is ready for viewing - boring/delete

Don’t forget to invite people to the summer camp - duplicate/delete (conveniently with no unsubscribe button)

Three updates from elementary school - already knew the info/delete

Two updates from middle school - already knew the info/delete

Blog Award - WHAT?   ME?   AN AWARD? - read 10 times/keep

Ok, so I didn’t believe it at first, but after clicking on all the links and the links within the links, sure enough, I got selected to receive the “Honest Scrap” Award for my blog from my Blog Frog Friend, http://frugaltractormom.blogspot.com/.  (You’ll have to do some reading on her great site and follow the fantastic coupon deals she finds. And if you scroll down a bit, you'll see my blog listed in her list of award recipients.)  I can’t believe it.  I'm pleasantly surprised.

So………drumroll please…………I’d like to take a moment to bask in the limelight of my Blog Award!  

(Dramatic pause while I look at the award logo and prepare for my thank you speech.)

I’d like to thank my fellow blogger, Frugal Tractor Mom, for this opportunity to be recognized in the gargantuan world of blogging.  I can’t tell you how thrilled I truly am.  I just started my blog a few months ago and am loving every minute of it.  It has given me a written voice and a slice of internet to call my own.   Thank you to all my family and friends for reading the tidbits of my life daily and your positive support.  I’d also like to say a special thank you to all my new blogging followers on Blog Frog (19 total) for signing in every once in a while and leaving me a wonderful comment and encouragement. Thank you again for this wonderful honor.

(Dramatic pause while I look at the award logo once again and lift my fingers from the keyboard as a professional pianist would at the end of a 10 minute solo.)


As part of receiving this wonderful Blog Award you are required to list 10 random things about yourself and then pass along this award to your 10 favorite bloggers, so here goes:


10 Random Things About Me
1.   I love rainy days.
2.  I would invite every stray kitten/cat into my home if I could.
3.  I don't like cold food - it makes my teeth hurt.
4.  I slow down for yellow lights unless we're late for school.
5.  I always wave back at people holding marketing signs for stores. ("Liquidation Sale Ahead")
6.  I don't like wind AT ALL.
7.  I love getting awards!
8.  I love to look into people's homes at night to see how they're decorated.
9.  I can't grow anything except mold on turkey left in the fridge too long.
10. I think living on a farm would be wonderful.


Now for the blogs I'm passing this award on to. Please visit their blogs when you have a minute and enjoy their writing.  Congratulations to all of you!  Please enjoy and pass along the award.


10 Wonderful Bloggers I'd Like To Give This Award To:
1. Daytons Day To Day
2. Peeling An Orange with a Screwdriver
3. The Pleated Poppy
4. 504 Main
5. Minivans Are Hot
6. A Window Into Whimsy
7. Mom-Tionary
8. Todays Creative Blog
9 Motherhood Yall
10. The Busy Pepper Mill

Linked Upon

There should be a word for it, but I haven’t been able to come up with it yet.  We’ve all done it and probably do it more than we’ll admit.   A link on your favorite web-site is glowing in all its glory, waiting for you to just click on it to take you away to a brand new world.  You click and off you go into galactic cyberspace transition world when the new link suddenly appears.  The site is interesting.  You read about its purpose and when and how it got started and you admire their graphics and then click on another link that offers even more creative juice for your glass and it doesn’t disappoint either.  Beautiful music is playing on the site so you have to scroll down to look at their music widget to see what the name of the song is.  Hmmmm, a new artist you haven’t heard of.  You make a note on your running songs to buy list and that’s when you realize you’ve been clicking deeper and deeper into the world of links and you’ve managed to forget what you were searching for in the first place and 45 minutes has been lost forever.  

I AM GUILTY AS CHARGED.  I have found myself doing this more and more lately (while searching for ways to lure more people to read my blog).  I’m beginning to wonder if I have some sort of internet disorder that I need to seek professional help for.  This can’t be a good way to pass time, but it’s addicting.  Just today I found three new sites that I’ve added to my never ending list of favorites and I’m sure will be following them soon on Facebook too (this is another dimension of the addition.  The need to be “in the know”  and forever “up to date”  about the goings on of everyone 24/7).

I know you’ve done this too, admit it.  You’re just as guilty.  One thing leads to another and before you know it, your search for a new grilled chicken recipe has you on a site of how to organically grow blueberries indoors in your New York City apartment and you live in Arizona.  You know you’ve done it, so might as well own up to it!

So in my search to be read by the masses, I thought I’d share with you the three wonderful sites I linked upon today in my search for information. I hope you will link upon them in your spare time.

http://theblogfrog.com/

http://wherewomencreate.typepad.com/

http://www.lisaleonardonline.com/