Versatile Blogger Award

Thanks Chris for passing this to me..now what do i do?..oh yeah...

A. Thank and link back to the person that gave the award...see above

B.  Tell 7 things about yourself...
1- i still love to make mud pies and crave the smell of wet earth
2- i find slicing/chopping vegetables to be relaxing
3- i was a gymnast...and competed until i was 4 months pregnant with my oldest daughter
4-i grill and use my smoker year round...even with over a foot of snow outside...Thanksgiving turkey & Christmas ham have to be smoked ya know...all charcoal no propane
5- i was a vegetarian for 4 years
6- now i'm an omnivore
7- i crunch ice compulsively

C. Pass this award on....i'll do 10 okay?
1- Becky - A Diamond in the Rough
2- Kay - Stamping for Sanity
3- Tessa - Kraf*T*y Mama
4 - Rhonda - rhondastamps
5- Meg - Corgi Creations
6- Dixie - EmbelliButtons
7- Trish - Mouse Print Creations
8- Paige - She Who Must Stamp
9- Ruth - Stamp off, Eh!
10- Joanne - Creative Pursuits

be safe/be well...and i will be posting again soon...off to Hobby Lobby tonight...yay!

Stylish Blogger Award

i received this awesome award from Pam, who's blog Wacky Whippet Stamper is always a pleasure to browse and get inspiration from...Thanks Pam!

so the way this works is after receiving this award i thank and link back to the person wonderful enough to send it to me...then i list 8 facts/statements about myself...finally i pass it on to blogs i've discovered recently...so without further ado...

1- i collect pigs

2- i don't recall my natural hair color

3- my all time favorite stamp set is Stampin' Up's "lovely as a tree"

4- i grew up in a haunted house

5- i am vertically challenged...(and afraid of heights)

6- my dog and cat are both rescue animals

7- i read pretty much anything and everything

8- my first job was delivering newspapers at the age of 5...i'm deadly in a rubber-band war

now to pass it on...a couple of these are baby blogs...i love watching blogs develop...

Kay - Stamping for Sanity

DJ - Designs by DJ

Alexis - Scrappin' Sistah

Trish - Mouse Print Creations
Courtney - Brighten Your Day

Cherry on Top Award

Wow...Donna...whose awesome blog Donna's Designs i follow...(follow...NOT stalk)...passed this award to me...and i am tickled pink as the month of October about it...Thanks sooo much Donna!

Once you receive this award you do the following:

thank the person who passed it to you

post it on your blog

share 3 things you like about yourself or that you enjoy doing

pass it on to 5 others

the 3 things i enjoy doing...(other than stamping and blogging):

blurfing...you know surfing all the lovely and inspiring blogs out there 

i love looking...even if i don't always comment

reading...everything...especially crime/mystery...paranormal (fiction and "non-fiction")...cookbooks...cartoon books like "the far side" and "calvin and hobbes"

spending time with my family...my husband is my BFF...well one of them anyway...i say one because i'm also very close to both my daughters...and we are friends now that they are both adults and i don't have to be mom so much...

so now to pass this on to:

Patty - LaLatty's Stamp 'N Stuff

Rhonda - rhondastamps

Colleen - Dragonflyink Creations

Ruth - Stamp Off, Eh!

Rebekka - A Diamond in the Rough

difficult to choose just 5...so many blogs i love

keep on inspiring

keep on bloggin'