Thank You

I have so much to be thankful for. But on this Thanksgiving Day, I want to devote this post to the eight individuals who have signed up to be followers of this blog.

Thank you Kim, JeannetteLS, Jacqueline Hough, Peppermint Twist, shard, Amy Rae, Tirsden Frozenrayn, Tonya0504.

And thank you to all other readers and commenters (or commentators, for all of you fans of English).

Blessings and Joy to you!

One Lovely Blog Award

Sherlock who "pens" Sherlock's Stuff, has awarded my blog for the "One Lovely Blog Award." Thank you for your kindness!

Here are the award rules:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you have newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I'm going to share this award with the following bloggers, some of whom are not new to me, but they may be new to you:

1. Tirsden's LiveJournal site.
2. Rummuser's Ramana’s Musings.
3. Jenny Ryan who writes Using My Powers For Good.
4. Dr. Peter D' Adamo and the The Weekly Transfusion, which would be a good name for a rock band.
5. The self-titled blog by Melissa Jones.
6. The Urban Panther's Lair.
7. The Bumbles Blog, by Molly & Andy.
8. Clark Kent's Lunchbox.
9. Danielle LaPorte's white hot truth.
10. Karen Caterson's Square-Peg Reflections.
11. Cardiogirl's 19% body fat 100% fun.
12. Slywy's Dreams and musings from the dark side of the moon.
13. Petra The Wise (*Young*) Mommy who actually maintains a separate blog that consists solely of blog awards that's how cool she is.
14. Cheerful Monk's Transforming Stress Into Personal Power.
15. BloggerDad.

I'll be contacting each of you winners directly so that you know how to arrange payment. Ha ha -- just kidding, of course. Thanks, again, Sherlock!

Kreativ Blogger Award

On October 31, Kerry awarded this blog with the Kreativ Blogger Award. Thank you so much!

Kerry writes a blog called LEMON-AIDE and received the award from Maureen at Being Chronically Ill is a Pill. This award comes with the condition that recipients share six things that make them happy and pass the award onto six of their favorite blogs.

I tried looking for the originator of this award to link back to that person's blog. Unfortunately, that turned into a huge time sink and proved fruitless. So I'm posting this now (before I waste more time), and if I find out more, I'll update the post.

As I try to think about what makes me happy, I end up thinking about what I'm grateful for. I suppose I'm grateful for the things that make me happy:

1. I'm happy when I'm with my family and friends, and they're healthy and happy.
2. I'm happy to get a steady paycheck each week that meets our needs.
3. I'm happy when I'm hiking and working out.
4. I'm happy that I exchanged "I love you" with my parents before they died.
5. I'm happy when I write or draw something that seems nice.
6. I'm happy when I help people and they appreciate it.
   

I'm awarding this to these 6 blogs:

1. Karen Caterson's Square-Peg Reflections
2. Jenny Ryan's Using My Powers For Good
3. Cardiogirl: 19% body fat 100% fun
4. The Dark Side of the Moon
5. Lynne Morrell's Musings for the Soul
6. Transforming Stress Into Personal Power

One more thing... Horay!