Facelifts & Awards

My blog has a new look. What do you think? 

Oh, and it's received another award. Anne Holly was kind enough to pass on the One Lovely Blog Award to me. Thank you so much, Anne! 

I know there are requirements to accepting this award and I promise to get to them. I will. Just not quite yet... 

You know what's really shameful? The lovely Rachel Rossano gave me this award back in January for my reviews blog, Romance, Old School, and I neglected to accept it. I'm such an ingrate! Rachel, I thank you as well and apologize for my tardiness in accepting. Again, I'll get to the formalities at a later time.

Happy reading, writing, and blogging!

Another Lovely Award

I received the lovely Sunshine Award a few weeks ago. (My deepest apologies for taking so long to accept this.) This award is passed to bloggers who inspire others and show positivity and creativity. Many thanks to fantasy romance author Nicole Zoltack for including me. I am honored and pleased. :o)

The rules for accepting are simple.

• Put the logo in a post or elsewhere on your blog.
• Pass the award to 12 fellow bloggers.
• Link to the nominees within your post.
• Post on each of the nominees' blogs, letting them know you've given them the award. 
• Link to the person who gave you the award. 

See? Simple. ;o)

My nominees are (please remember, you don't have to accept): 

1. Rachel Rager 
2. Gina Collia-Suzuki 
3. Linda Boulanger 
4. Paige Ray 
5. Donna Hatch 
6. Joyce DiPastena 
7. Jewel Adams 
8. Thersa Matsuura 
9. Laura Fabiani 
10. Linda Banche 
11. Amanda Devine 
12. Rita Webb

I think that's it. Congrats, nominees! 

Two Internet Birds With One Blogger Stone

The last award I received was quite a shock for me. I think I wander this internet world with the belief that no one else sees me or hears me. Every time I get a comment or email, I have to tamp down my surprise before I can reply to the wonderful person. LOL :o)

All that aside, Joyce DiPastena at JDP News has given me two wonderful awards. (I am extremely late in acknowledging these. For that, I apologize.)

The first one is the Kreativ Blogger Award. (What a kreativ way to spell creative, I must say.) Thank you, Joyce! *curtsy* I will endeavor to live up to such faith in my kreativness.

Ok. This award has a few requirements with it.

First, I am supposed to share seven things you may not know about me. I will attempt to choose interesting or, at the very least, odd things. Here goes:

1. I was blue when I was born. I mean, literally blue. I turned in the birth canal and the cord wrapped around my neck. Mom called me her little smurf.
2. As a child, my dad's nickname for me was Maynard. I'm still not sure why...
3. When my sister and I were very young, we weren't allowed to have Ken dolls. So we took one of our Barbies and shaved her head. Then--brace yourselves, ladies and gentlemen--we shaved off her breasts, too. She was supposed to be a boy, after all.
4. I have an irrational fear of frogs. Dead ones are scarier than live ones.
5. I didn't always want to write. When I was really young, I wanted to be a veterinarian, a doctor, a teacher--there were probably more but I'm at a loss to remember. Mostly, I wanted to sing opera. I didn't have the pipes for opera but choir was my dearest love in junior high and high school.
6. I'm addicted to crime dramas and British television shows. Oh, and science-fiction shows, and Jane Austen movies, and...ok, I'm addicted to TV. Period.
7. My second child was born by emergency c-section. I was the calmest person in the room.

Did I succeed in providing at least somewhat interesting facts about myself? I hope you were mildly entertained.

Now, I am to nominate 7 more kreativ bloggers to pass the award to. Let me think...

1. Gina Collia-Suzuki at All Things Considered
2. Thersa Matsuura at kappa no he
3. Thomma Lyn at Tennessee Text Wrestling
   
4. Veronica Lee at OF MICE AND raMEN
5. Bernadette Simpson at Escapade Through Egypt
6. Lori at When We Listen
7. All of the lovely authors/posters at The Sweetest Romance Authors

Congratulations, all! If you have already received this award, congratulations again. You deserve it!

Here are the rules for this blog award:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award. (Thanx a bunch, Joyce!!)
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link the logo to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might not know.
5. Nominate 7 bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave comments on each of the blogs letting them know that they've been nominated.

As for the second award...

This one is so special. Joyce has awarded me with the "Let's Be Friends" Award even though she is a little perturbed that I don't comment as often on her blog as I should. I have been trying to remedy that. :o)

"Blogs that receive the Let’s Be Friends Award are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers."

I am passing this very charming award on to the following bloggers:

1. Thomma at Tennessee Text Wrestling
2. Gina at All Things Considered
3. Thersa at kappa no he
4. Bernadette at Escapade Through Egypt
5. Rachel at Rachel Rager
6. Veronica at OF MICE AND raMEN
7. Anyone who reads this and wants to spread the love.

In dawns on me that I have selected nearly the same list of bloggers for these two awards. Perhaps kreativity and friendship go hand-in-hand.

Superior Scribbler Award

I have been awarded my very first blog award! Woo-hoo!

The award is the Superior Scribbler Award. I am honored to receive this acknowledgment for all the time I spend tapping away on my blogs. I enjoy it and I'm so glad others do, too. I will endeavor to improve in my blogging, striving to always provide interesting and entertaining reading for my followers. :o)

I received this prestigious award from my good friend and fellow blogger, Joyce DiPastena at JDP News. Thank you, Joyce!

For details of this award and its beginnings, visit the original post and blog that started it all: The Scholastic Scribe

As with all Bloggy Awards, there are rules that go with the award:

1. Each Superior Scribbler must in turn pass The Award on to five most deserving bloggy friends.
2. Each Superior Scribbler must link to the author and the name of the blog from whom he/she has received The Award.
3. Each Superior Scribbler must display The Award on his/her blog and link to the original post at The Scholastic Scribe which explains The Award.
4. Each blogger who wins The Superior Scribbler Award must visit the original post at The Scholastic Scribe and add his/her name to the Mr Linky List. That way, we'll be able to keep up-to-date on everyone who wins This Prestigious Honor!
5. Each Superior Scribbler must post these rules to his/her blog.

Now that the rules are out of the way, here are my selections for this most excellent award:

1. Gina Collia-Suzuki for always providing quality entertainment and a learning experience.
2. Bernadette Simpson for her alphabetical photo adventure through Egypt.
3. Thersa Matsuura for her quirky posts on her life in Japan.
4. Thomma Lyn Grindstaff for such beautiful pics and interesting tidbits.
5. Rachel Rager for her nonstop enthusiasm for life and wonderful dedication to her family.

Congratulations winners! Display your award proudly! :o)

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In other news:

There are still more great prizes to win in our Summer Fun contest. Click here for the contest post.

My "reviews" poll is still up and running. I am very interested in how much importance readers place on reviews. Please visit my post on Reviews and the Reader to add your opinion or read the opinions of others. :o)

As always, happy reading, writing, and blogging!