Beautiful Blogging

I have been rewarded with the Beautiful Bloggy award by one of my newest
followers Two Monkeys & a Washtub.
Thank You Beth!!

This award comes along with some RULES
1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 10 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

10 Things About Me
1. I never leave the house without putting on makeup. Even if I'm going
to the gym, the beach, out on the boat or going to work in
the yard.
2. I have this crazy obsession with buying groceries when they're
on sale or a good bargain. I have food in two pantries, probably enough
to eat two weeks on.
3. I wear a size 11 shoe and I'm only 5' 8" tall. I hate my big feet.
4. I was born with a head full of curly hair and then my hair went
board straight from ages 3- 12. Then I got a perm and it was if it recharged my
curls again and I had wavy, curly hair until a year and half ago when I chopped it off.
I needed to get a mom haircut since I wasn't a twenty something anymore.
5. I am now a minivan mom.
6. I love to hand wash my dishes versus using the dishwasher. I find
leaving dishes in the dishwasher is so gross with all those germs clinging to
your plates, cups, knives. Ewww.
7. My husband likes to go hunting and camping and this year will be our
first time taking the kids camping because Little E is finally old enough to
stay in the mini tent with Miss K.
8. My husband was first my friend before becoming my boyfriend.
I told my mother that I had no interest in him and it was true then.
He was so sweet and I discovered that I loved him.
9. I used to write poetry and short stories all the time when I was in my
teens and I stopped writing after I met my husband. My blogging
has become my outlet for my love of writing.
10. Since I have been home and not working full time anymore
I have been trying to make something different for dinner every night.
I'm getting pretty creative and my husband is loving it!

I pass this Beautiful Blog award onto beautiful blogs

Shelby at First Comes Love then Comes Baby?
Casey at If The Crown Fits
Brie at Etceteralife
Jessica at Mommy's Sippy Cup
Debra at Housewife Eclectic

Better Than a Blue Ribbon

Can you believe my surprise when I was not only awarded
one, not two but four awards this past week!?
I was was pleasantly surprised when I
discovered I have received the Blog With Substance Award
from both Amy at the Marvelous Mommy
and
from HRH Mommy at the M for Mommy.
Thank you ladies so very much!
You have no idea how honored I am to be awarded this one from two
bloggy friends.

A Blog With Substance Award comes with a couple rules.
First, I must sum up my blogging philosophy in five words:
honest, love, heartfelt, true, elaborate
I must also pass this award on to other blogs

I pass the Blog with Substance Award onto

The Purse Blogger,
Momma's Pixie Dreams,
Mannland 5
Things I Can't Say
The Daily Dribbles
Mama's Losin It!
Mommy's Sippy Cup


I received the Sugar Doll award from my sweet, ever so kind
inspiring buddy Mama Hen at Mama's Little Chick.
Thank you!!!!!
The Fabulous Sugar Doll Award comes with some rules. Write five things about your self and pass the award on to five fantastic bloggers.
1. I love to buy groceries. I have this crazy obsession with having enough food.
2. I have never eaten a S'mores and hope to try one this year when we go
camping with the kids in November.
3. I used to want to work at Sea World with Shamu.
4. I love watching reality tv shows like Big Brother and
The Amazing Race.
5. I have owned some unique, exotic pets like a Tokay Gecko, hedgehog,
ferret, turtle, chinchilla, frogs, lizards, iguanas, snakes,
quaker parrot, parakeets, love birds, a scorpion and
rats.


Yea, I'm a regular zoo keeper. Well I felt like I was.

I pass the Sugar Doll award onto these 5
The Savvy Little Women,
My Loves... My Life,
Running Away? I'll Help you Pack
Boobies, Babies, & a Blog
Just Me


And the fourth award I received was also from HRH Mommy
the Beautiful Blogger Award
Thank you!!!!!

This blog also comes with rules that I must share seven things
about myself but since I shared five above I will give you two more.
1. My lucky number is 13 because I was born on Friday the 13th, I have this
connection with that number.
My wedding day was on the 13th, Little E was due on the 13th and my baby
shower for Miss K was on the 13th.
2. I love watching my kids in the backseat of the van with their
headphones on watching the DVD player and they have
these big smiles on their faces. It is the cutest thing to watch in the
rear view mirror.

I pass this award onto
The Purse Blogger,
All These Things

Josiah's Nest
Things I Can't Say

Marvelous Mommy

Awards

Passing the LOVE

My blogging experience has grown in leaps in bounds this last year.
It's amazing the people you meet along the way. Followers who enjoy what you
have to write. I am honored that other bloggers find my blog
worth awarding these awards.
I too shall pass the torch and honor those of you
that have inspired, encouraged, lifted and pushed me along the way.

Last Friday I was honored with an The Versatile Blogger
award by a new blog friend. I passed the award (in this post)
onto 10 of the blogs I recently found or have been reading daily.
I was pleasantly surprised on Saturday to receive two more awards from
A Mom After God's Own Heart.
She also rewarded me with the Versatile Blogger award and the Lovely Blog award!
Thank you very much!

The rules of the "One Lovely Blog Award" are as follows:

Accept your award and post it on your blog along
with a link to the person who has sent it to you. Pass the award to 15 other blogs
that you have newly discovered. You must contact the person to let them
know that you have chosen them to receive the award.

I will be passing along the One Lovely Blog award onto:

Julia @ Work, Wife, Mom...Life
Lisa @ This Mommy Works
Shell @ Things I Can't Say
Mary @ The Mommyologist
Mama Hen @ Mama's Little Chick
Shari @ tales from the sippy cup
Brandi @ Stepping on Cheerios
Kate @ Savvy Little Women
Alexis @ Running away? I'll help you pack
Queen Bee @ We 2 Bee's + Three
Nicole @ My Real Review
Mama M @ My Little Life
Keely @ Mannland5
Elizabeth @ Confessions from A Working Mom
Casey @ If the Crown Fits

You ladies deserve this award! I enjoy reading your blogs and have found some great friends in some of you. Enjoy!!

My bloggy friend Mama Hen at Mama's Little Chick who I gave my first
Versatile Blogger award to
paid me the love back and gave me two more
awards.
First I received the Sunshine Award

Thank you Mama Hen!

I pass the Sunshine award onto

Casey at If the Crown Fits Keely at Mannland5 Angie at In My Own Little Corner
and Shell at Thing's I Can't Say
Thank you ladies for passing a little sunshine on!

I also received the Super Comments Award from
Mama Hen! Thank you so much!!

With this award comes 10 questions for me:

1.)Why do you blog?
To share my life experiences with other moms
2.) What are your three best memories?
my wedding day, the birth of Miss K and the birth of Little E
3.) If you had to change your real name, what would you change it to?
Meaghan
4.) What are 5 things you can't live without?
my family, my dog, my computer, my camera, food
5.) What are the the 4 best books you have ever read?
Heaven, Maximum Ride, Kiss the Girls, The Shack
6.) Tell me something unique & interesting about yourself?
I would love to experience living on a fully operating farm with living off the land. Milking my own cows, getting fresh chicken eggs, growing my own crops and sewing my kids clothes.
We could definitely appreciate what we have today.
7.) What do you love about yourself?
My eagerness to try harder and do it better
8.) What is the best movie ever made?
It's a Wonderful Life
9.) If you have a Freaky Friday experience who would you want to trade places with and why?
Jesus, I would want to know what thoughts were going through his mind
when he was on the cross
10.) What's the best part about being a woman?
Being a mother and experiencing the miracle of making a child

I pass on the Super Comments Award to
Tylaine at Just Me, Queen Bee at We 2 Bees + Three
and Adrienne at All These Things

I'm Honored

I have been given an award!
Receiving an award for your blog is very
honorable.
I was given this award by Marissa over at the hardest job on earth
Thank you for awarding me my very first one! You are too kind.

Here are The Rules of this Award:


1. Thank the person who gave you this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 10 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!I picked a mix of blogs that I really love. (I picked a mix of ladies that I've followed for awhile and others I've recently discovered.)

4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

♥ I will be making the seven hour trip to see my brother in North Florida next week with my mom and the kids. We're driving up to celebrate my nephew's 1st Birthday.

♥ I am becoming a somewhat "crunchy" mom, more every day. I have begun recycling, using green products for laundry and cleaning, buying organics and planting a garden.

♥ I allow my kids to watch Nick Jr. or Disney Channel only in the family room of my house. I will not allow them to have televisions in their rooms.

♥ Shopping alone is therapy.

♥ I have lost 5lbs since I joined my new gym. ( 3 weeks ago) I threw out my scale at home this morning. Honestly, it was broken, thanks to Little E. I wasn't sure if I lost or gained and finally weighed myself...in public *gasp* at the gym.

♥ I am having my blog revamped through The Frilly Coconut. Have you seen her work? You should check her out. She opened her design list last week. I am still undecided on what my banner will be. Can I get some feedback on that? Alot of you, my readers, like the one with Little E and Miss K, should I stick with something similar or get an Adobe image?

♥ I love blog memes. You can really get to know people through questions.


Ten blogs that I am awarding this award to are:

Lisa @ This Mommy Works
Lori @ The Foremans
Shari @ Tales From the Sippy Cup
Amy @ Marvelous Mommy
Mama Hen @ Mama's Little Chick
Gucci Mama @ Mama Still Wears Gucci
Stef @ Layton Family Joy
Moriah @ Josiah's Nest
Hattie @ God Love Him
Ashley @ Just Another Mom of 2