Beautiful Blogger Award...Woo Hoo!!

Blogger World:  I am pleased to ANNOUNCE my very first Blogger recognition...the Beautiful Blogger Award.  I am shocked, amazed and truly stunned. 

A HUGE Thank You to Spirit Phoenix at http://thefiredeepwithin.blogspot.com/ for reading and recognizing my blog. Check her out as I love her blog as well.

A big "Squeal" of girly excitement escaped by lips this morning when I read this. 

Rules:
1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

Seven things about myself (This was hard for me, I have spent the last 3 hours trying to decide what to share so here goes.....):

1. I love jewelry and prefer silver.  I had very little jewelry 4 years ago (at the time of my divorce) and now I have enough to fill 3 jewelry cases.  I sold Lia Sophia jewelry for about a year and accumulated lots of sample pieces and still buy on a regular basis.

2. I have a creative soul.... so I paint, scrapbook, make hand-made cards, play piano.  Before I had children, I made stuffed toys and various crafts.  I also took classes in cake decorating and did some basic flower arranging.

3. I am afraid of the dark so have night lights all over my house.

4. I sleep in socks because my feet are always cold.

5. I LOVE to read: romance, mystery, self-help, decorating/organizing, blogs, parenting, technology. I am like a sponge for new information.

6. I have a serious weakness for chocolate:  Oreos, Snickers, Chocolate Cake, Brownies meet a quick death at my house.  Mmmmm......the guilty pleasure.

7.  I am hypoglycemic which makes my weakness with chocolate (or any sweets) off-limits except for very small and limited amounts.

To my 15 favorite bloggers below, I am sure many of you have already received this award so don't worry about reposting (unless you want to).

1.  Katy @ http://mommymishmash.com/

2.  Susan @ http://suenglennnkids.blogspot.com/

3.  Danon @ http://insatiablehost.blogspot.com/

4.  Jennifer @ http://madebygirl.blogspot.com/

5.  Scissor Girl @ http://www.irunwithscissors.ca/index.html

6.  WannabeVirginia W. @http://bacardiandbotox.blogspot.com/

7.  Tracy @ http://sugarcrafter.net/

8.  Kit @ http://www.thatunreliablegirl.com/

9.  Wendy @ http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/

10.  Christie @ http://stiesthoughts.blogspot.com/

11.  Sara @ http://strandupdate.blogspot.com/

12.  Marilee @ http://missmarilee.blogspot.com/

13.  Danielle @ http://itsnoteasybeingperfect.blogspot.com/

14.  Carrie @ http://thevintagewren.blogspot.com/

15.  Stephanie @ http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/
You brighten my days and inspire me to write about my life. 

Hugs, E