I AM AN AWARD WINNING AUTHOR!!!!

Blog Awards totally count, right? Well, they do to me...and I got two!!!!! Yipeee! These awards were unexpected and incredibly delightful. And super fun! So, on to the first...

Sophie Li (click to visit her blog) is just plain awesomesauce!! (That is her word and I LOVE it!) She is so sweet and so generous with her time, and seems to go out of her way to make everyone she comes into contact with feel special. I wish I could give her an award back, but of course, she already has them all, and deservedly so. Thank you Sophie for my first award!!

"The Versatile Blogger Award" Rules:

1. Thank and link to the person who nominated you.
2. Share seven random facts about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 5 new-found blogging buddies.
4. Contact those buddies to congratulate them.

I am awarding the following:

• Sarvenaz Tash 
• Susan Oloier
• Karen DeLabar
• Sara Furlong Burr
• Bri Clark

 These blogs are awesome, so go check them out!!

And now for my 7 random facts ...

1. I really do love to sing in the shower - and I do not say that for effect. I lock my bedroom door so my family cannot stand at the bathroom door and listen to me singing. And then I lock the bathroom door in case they think they’re funny and they pick the bedroom lock. I have a bottle of face soap that makes the perfect microphone and I race to wash up so I can use the rest of the hot water for my performance. Last night I sang Linda Ronstadt’s Greatest Hits and tonight I’ll probably sing Pink. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it!

2. One Halloween when I was 8 years old, my mom was late coming home from work. She was going to throw together a costume when she got there and take me out to trick-or-treat, but it was getting dark out and all my friends were ready to go. Not to be left behind, I decided to find my own costume and not wait for her. I went into my mother’s drawer and found a silk leopard print nightgown with slits up the sides. I tied it so that it wasn’t too long and then found her knee high black high-heeled boots. I could barely walk as I made my way to each neighbor’s house. When they asked me what I was dressed up as, I promptly told each and every one of them, “A hooker.” I don’t think I knew what they were but I wasn’t allowed to trick-or-treat for three years in a row after that.

3. I have: 4 half-brothers, 1 half-sister, 2 step-brothers, 1 step-sister, 5 brother-in-laws and 2 sister-in-laws…but I was raised as an only child.

4. I was a volunteer firefighter for San Diego County was I was 20. I got to drive a fire truck, got thrown into the air from the pressure from a hose, had my own uniform and when we went to train in “rattlesnake country”, I fell with my hose pack on, couldn’t get up to save my life and quit. Fire I was okay with. I don’t like snakes.

5. I do not fly. Ever. If you offered me an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii where James McAvoy was going to personally hand me a check for $1 million, I would not go. That’s not true. That is the only time I would fly.

6. I love pumpkins and fall!! I am obsessed with pumpkin spice and mulled cider candles, I love when the leaves change colors, the crisp air rustling my hair and the holidays that begin with that season.

7. I won $5000 on the radio once. I thought I was only going to win $100 but when I called in, the DJ said every once in a while someone wins $5k and today it was me. I stayed perfectly calm while on the radio and the moment I hung up I began screaming. No one could understand me when I tried to tell them.



Thank you so much again Sophie and to my fellow award winners - enjoy!!


NOW...on to my second award. Many of you don't know this, but I am HOT!!! Seriously, I am so hot that I'm practically ON FIRE!!! (Sorry, but when will I ever get to say that again???)

Thank you to Anita Grace Howard (click to visit her blog) for my next award. Anita is super funny and all about paying if forward. And her entire blog is Alice in Wonderland themed, so seriously, it does NOT get any cooler than that!! (And not lame Alice, it's kick ass goth Alice) Thank you Anita - this was so fun!!!!!

 Like I said, only time I get to say I'm "hot"!! So, since the only requirement is to pay it forward, here is my list of winners!!

• Ryan Lawler 
• Jeff King 
• Everett Powers
• Carol Riggs
• Jamie McHenry
• Tymothy Longoria
• Syd Gill
• Anne Mhairi Simpson
• Beth Silverman Landau
• Indigo Ravenwood

Enjoy your awards everyone - I know I did!!! 


Award winners: On the off chance you're techno-challenged like me, you can post your award on your blog, just right click on the picture here and "save picture as." If you're on blogger, from your dashboard go into 'design' and 'add a gadget' and download the picture.