Bloggy Business and Randoms

It's Monday...time for some bloggy business. I have been tagged for a few memes and I also have a few awards to pass out. I know. I can feel your excitement....oooooh awards and memes Mamarazzi ROCKS! (yes, yes i do)

Andrea from L I F E S O N G "high fived me" for the Self Portrait Meme. The rules are simple: Post a picture of yourself (if you're one of those bloggers who prefers to keep pictures off of their site, maybe just post a picture of a part of yourself -- your eyes or something...or even a picture that represents something about you).Then create a post of things that tell us who you are. It can be in the form of a poem -- rhyming or otherwise -- or just a list, or whatever. The format isn't important. Just be creative.So now I need to 'high-five' (or 'tag') people to play along to get this thing going. The more the merrier, so here it goes:

Cute, Fun, Girl...who loves her family, the color PINK, dreaming big, and laughing out loud.

i tag (high five) 4 Kennedys and a Dog, AVT COACH, John Deere Mom, Forgetfulone and Just Talk.

THEN Stephanie @ spunkyteddygraham Tagged me for the book meme.

Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your blog along with these instructions. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST. Tag three other people to do the same.

This excerpt comes from the book "Home Swell Home" designing your dream pad By Cynthia Rowley and Ilene Resenzweig.

"4 New Uses For...Your Coffee Table *add a plexiglass top and it's a frame. the photo gallery changes every time there are new guests to flatter. *tie on a padded slip cover and it's an extra seat. *if it's a mosaic mount it over the fireplace and call it art. *move it to the foot of the bed, like at a hotel suite, to store valises."

i tag: Smile! Its Becky!, SuperMom.........NOT ! ! !, and And then there were 6



AND Kori @ My Life as a CFers Wife tagged me too. I am supposed to list 6 things that make me happy. So here goes...



#1 My daughter's super clean and organized bedroom and game room. I have said this before but she has just enough OCD to make this mama VERY happy.



#2 The smell of rain. My family knows to bundle up when it's raining outside because all the doors and windows will be open.



#3 Clean laundry. I do a load almost everyday. I love the smell and it makes me feel like I accomplished something.



#4 Blogging. I know it may sound silly. But then again, some of you may know exactly what I mean. i am so thankful for the friendships i have made through blogging. so good.



#5 Playing games with my family. We play games every night after dinner. It is the best time for us to bond and connect. A good meal and a good game...good times!



#6 Comments. Yep, I said it. Comments.



I tag CrazyMamaof6, Kristin, Seven Super Summers, Tiaras & Tantrums, Random Thoughts and SuperCoolMom



OK now...time for some awards. I have made so many new bloggy friends thanks in part to the SITS blog-a-thon.

First I have got to thank my super commenters...oh how i love comments. this one goes out to: Just Talk, L I F E S O N G, My Chaos My Bliss, Tiaras and Tantrums,and AVT COACH. The Dandelion Wishes Bloggy Goodness Award goes out to: Common Mom, Chronicles of a Mommy, My Life as a CFers Wife and Three Peas in a Pod.
The Dandelion Wishes I BIG Red Puffy Heart Your Blog Award goes out to: Life Just Keeps Getting Weirder., Smile! Its Becky!, Blah, Blah, Blah, blog, Spunkyteddygraham ,Pennies In My Pocket Blog and A Thorn Among Roses.


OK if you made it all the way through let me know so I can give you a gold star. If I tagged you PLAY. If I gave you an award pass it on to the blogs you love and your super commenters.