Stylish Blogger Award

I came home from work today (Saturday) to find a message  from the Coupon Queen  that she was passing on the Stylish Blogger Award to me!  I'm thrilled to get this!  Check out Coupon Queen's blog!  This gal doesn't pay full price for anything!  We could probably all learn to save money from her!  Thanks Coupon Queen!!


Wow!  When it rains, it pours! Marie at  XMas Dolly also gave me this award today!  Marie (along with 3 other folks) hosts a really fun meme on Mondays called Monday's Music Moves Me.  They give us a theme and we post music videos that relate.  It's quite often a real blast from the past!!  Check it out!!!And thanks a bunch, Marie!!!


Now what I have to do are these 4 things:


1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award 
2. Share 7 things about yourself 
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!



Seven things you may or may not know about me:


1. I joined Nutrisystem some months ago, did well for about a month, got lazy, stopped Nutrisystem and gained all my weight back, plus 5 pounds.  sigh.


2. My car, a 2003 Pontiac Vibe, was 8 years old on December 31.  I have 129,000+ miles on it.  I love my Vibe!  I hope we have many more happy years together.  Guess I should get that oil changed!


3. I used to own a restaurant with my then-husband.  It was alleged to be haunted by the daughter of the original owner, who built the place in 1740.  I may or may not have seen her from time to time.


4. I used to be a hair stylist, back in the 1970s and 1980s.  My license lapsed at some point.  


5. I finally agreed to meet my ex's trophy wife (after 6 years) when our son graduated from college this past May.  I actually hugged her and did not  do anything nasty to her (although fantasizing about it was fun!).  I even shocked myself!! ( to explain, my ex left me for her and she's considerably  younger than me)


6.  I would move to a warm climate in a heartbeat!   I am so over cold weather and , oil bills and snow!   I envy my childhood friend who lives in the British Virgin Islands!


7.  I didn't learn how to drive until just before my 28th birthday!  Now I'll drive anywhere but Manhattan!


I would like to pass this award onto the following:


FibromyWHAT?  Ann Again... and again  From "The Acres of Misfits"   Socrates Book Review  The Beckers   The Shewbridges of Central Florida  Yaya's Home   Beatrice Banks   Jillsy Girl   It's A Dog's Life   Keenly Kristin   Never Growing Old   Jingle  The Book Vixen
Mrs. Claus 

Life Is Good Award!

Carol at Facing 50 With Humor honored me with the Life Is Good Award!!  And life IS good for me these days!  Granted, I don't have a lot of money, but I have a roof over my head, enough money to buy food, pay my bills and few extras.  I have 3 great kids who have managed to grow to adulthood with no real problems.  I have man who I am crazy about and is crazy about me in return.  Winning the lottery would be cool, but I'm doing OK without it.  


I have fun blogging and it's a real thrill  to know people actually read my blog!  I'm not trying to become a writer like so many people do with their blog.  I think, for me, it was more of a journal, a diary to help me get through my divorce and learn to get on with my life.  It was a place for me to vent when, not long after meeting a terrific guy, he gets diagnosed with cancer!  This blog helped me to deal with that. Today John is cancer-free and I get to celebrate that wonderful news here!  It also allows me to brag about my kids!


 I'm passing the award on to bloggers who I feel are genuinely worth visiting. Go and see them. They always make me smile and are often very humorous so definitely worthy of the 'Life is Good' Award.

Here are the things you have to do when you get this award:
1. First, thank and link back to the person that gave the award.
2. Answer the 10 survey questions
3. Pass the award along to other bloggers whom you think are fantastic.
4. Contact the bloggers you have chosen to let them know about the award.




1.  If you blog anonymously, are you happy doing this?  If you aren't anonymous, do you wish you started out anonymously, so that you could be anonymous now?
I don't blog anonymously, nor do I comment on other blogs anonymously.  I've learned to watch what I write about my family.  If I want someone to remain anonymous, I don't use his or her name.

2.  Describe an incident that shows your inner stubborn side.
I don't think I'm all that stubborn.  If my daughter reads this and can think of something, please feel free to share it!

3.  What do you see when you really look at yourself in the mirror?
I see my older sister and my mother!  I am the image of them.  If I didn't color my hair, my sister and I would almost look like twins!
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4.  What is your favourite summer cold drink?
My favorite alcoholic drink would be frozen margaritas.  Non-alcoholic is iced tea with lots of lemon and 1 packet of sweet and low..

5.  When you take time for yourself, what do you do?
Read, read, read.  Oh! and Facebook and my blog

6.  Is there something that you still want to accomplish in your life?
I want to get back to a healthy weight, but frankly, I'm too lazy to do it.

7.  When you attended school, were you the class clown, the class overachiever, the shy person, or always ditching?
I was pretty anonymous in school.  I was one of nearly 1000 students in my class (Catholic baby boomer!!)  Teachers may or may not remember me.

8.  If you close your eyes and want to visualize a very poignant moment in your life, what would you see?
My kids going off to college.  My husband walking out the door to be with someone else.  Finding out that John's transplant worked and he was cancer-free.  My parents' deaths.  Oh damn!  I just might cry!

9.  Is it easy for you to share your true self in your blog, or are you more comfortable writing posts about other people and events?
I'm okay with writing about myself.  I do write about other people in my life and events too.
  
10.  If you had the choice to sit down and read a book or talk on the phone, which would you do and why?Read a book. I love to read and have 3 books going at once, all the time.   It's funny, with texting, sometimes it's easier to do that than talk.  I guess it depends on who I am talking to!  

I would like to pass this award on to:


Martha at The Daily Grind 
http://thedailygrindbymak.blogspot.com/


Sue Ann at 
http://wwwsueann.blogspot.com/

Amy at The 4th Frog Blog
http://4thfrog.blogspot.com/


Ina at Ina in Alaska
http://ina-offret.blogspot.com/


Liz at Eternal Lizdom
http://eternallizdom.blogspot.com/

She likes me! Heather really likes me!

Heather, over at Welch Happenings, gave me this really cool award over the weekend!  Thank you Heather!!!  I love getting these because it makes me feel like people are really reading me and like what I say.

I'm supposed to pass this on to 15 people., but it's so hard to choose just 15 when I enjoy so many blogs!  So if you want this award, please feel free to take one for yourself.  You deserve it 

psst!  I have a friend who blogs here... her name is Vodka mom. It's also the name of her blog.  Her blog is one of the funniest I've ever read! Anyway, she was nominated for the Top 50 Mommy Bloggers.  It would be really cool if you could check her out, read some of her stuff and go over to Babble and vote for her!  Last time I checked she was ranked #7!  Simply click here to go to the site.  Check out her blog!  You won't be sorry!!

I'm Fabulous! How about that!

I got a blog award! It came from Gina over at My Inner Monoblog! I'm tickled as pink as her homepage! Now for the rules:

1. Send this award on to 5 fabulous blogs. So I am sending it to 6 because I couldn't decide on just 5:

Jim and Garret @ RV'ing

Liz @ Eternal Lizdom

Vodka Mom @ I Need A Martini Mom

Ann @ Ann's Rants

Temple @ Cookies Mean God Loves You

Amy @ Bitchin' Wives Club

You all make me laugh every day! Thank you!

2.You have to list 5 of your Fabulous addictions

The Internet. I could stay on here all day and all night and to hell with meals and cleaning and TV.

Diet Coke with Lime.

Cheddar Cheese with Horseradish. my newest addiction, with Wheat Thins, of course.

Reading. I used to be a big reading addict (reading 2 or 3 books a week)and as I had kids, got away from it (lucky to read 3 books a year) Now I'm back to reading all the time and am on my 23rd and 24th books for this year.

http://www.pogo.com/ my favorite game website. I can earn badges for playing the games online.

3. Include the person who gave you the award and make sure you link it back to them.

Gina @ My Inner Monoblog

Thank you, Gina! My very first award! I think Gina is fabulous but she is my daughter.