Some Bloggy Bling and a cute little mug

My lovely friend CrackerJack over at Izzy N' Emmy has given me the BrainyBlog Award. Now if that isn't cool, I don't know what is! Thanks so much Alisha for thinking of me at Tuesday Update!

I proudly accept this award, so I must . . .

1) Think of at least 5 bloggers that you believe to be “Brainy Bloggers”

2) Post it on your blog for all to see! Let them know you’ve awarded them by email, twitter, etc or via a comment on their blog!

3) Share some linky love and link back to both the person who awarded you. Izzy N' Emmy

4) Come back to the Brainy Blog Headquarters to sign our Mr. Linky and then pass it on!

I would like to pass this award onto the following brainy blogs:

• Corey at Living and Loving Every Minute of It : Her photog skills are awesome, she also does some tutorials every once in awhile. I never fail to learn something!




• Claudia at On-A-Limb - bring peace to the world one tomato at a time




• Libby at From Robinson Road for bringing the other side of the world so much closer




• Mary Alice from From the Front Lines - Another fellow military wife going through this thing called life.




• Laski Gal from From the Cheap Seats -Her writing inspires me to the put more thought into my random posts!
  
  

So go on and visit some new brainy bloggers.

Guess what came today??

My dining room furniture! Will wanted his big mug in it...and it had to be the crazy face. What you can't see is the long bench on the side Will is on. It can slide in between the table legs completely if we need. I am not sure I am happy with the placement of the dishes in there, but for now it works! The new light looks great. I am very happy with the way it all came together. Thanks Husband, for all your hard work, it looks wonderful!

Going green, bloggy love, and a meme

Lotus of Sarcastic Mom challenged any and everyone to participate in Project Support Beauty in Nature!



My little attempt at making the world greener......a couple of weeks ago I picked up some of the reusable green bags at the commissary for a mere $0.70 a piece. I bought ten thinking it would be enough. (A little commissary FYI: the baggers work for tips. I usually tip based on how many bags I have.) Even though these bags are about the size of a brown paper bag, I still ended up with about ten plastic bags.

So this weekend when I went grocery shopping, I ended up with only TWO plastic bags! We usually have no less than twenty bags. Since I go shopping every other week, this is a huge dent in how many bags are coming into our home! They did wrap the meat in plastic before they put them in the bags. I am thankful for that though.

I need to look into some reusable fruit and veggies bags now.

Alright, anyone who bothers to visit my little blog....feel free to grab this bloggy love I received from Jen. Spread some love, y'all!

I am also doing a meme catch up....

Tagged by Heather at Chasing Butterflies




1) pick up the nearest book ( one of at least 123 pages)

2)Open the page to 123

3) Find the 5th sentence

4)Post the next three sentences

5) Tag 5 people!

"Still, there was no one. So when my friend Ian called and said that he wanted to fix me up with Evan, I was more than keyed up to go. Evan was an investment banker. "

This is a great easy read if you are into fluff. I laughed so much while reading this. While reading this book, I could easily imagine myself going through the same stages of life. The author must be close to my age (late 30's....at least for a few more months!) I will definitely pick up her next book!

***Just a little PS....spell check still isn't working, so I can't be held responsible for any spelling errors!***

How 'bout them apples!

how 'bout them apples, originally uploaded by tommiea1.

Cheeky gave this to me! And you know the little post she wrote when she received it - I could have written the exact same thing so what am I gonna do - well I am gonna "post lift*" it (yes, that is a new word made up by Cheeky herself...feel free to lift it as well. So here we go:

"I have to admit, I am a nerd, and I always get so excited when I get awards or when people just comment on my posts. I actually will call my hubby at work and say "I have 20 comments" or "someone likes me and gave me an award."

All while, I am sure, his eyes are glazing over and he's thinking "why in the world did I marry this woman?" And then he remembers I have a nice.... sense of humor.

Anyway- for some reason Cheeky believes I am Excellent!! :) Thanks, for thinking I am excellent and thanks to anyone who actually reads this blog! I appreciate it.

See.....she said it perfectly - I couldn't have said it any better. Now....I get to pass this along to other EXCELLENT blogs.....Oh there are so many....so many indeed.

Janet of fond of snape

Lisa of Fleur-de-Lisa

Nel of Chiffon Rose by Nel

I've been shown some bloggy love by LaskiGal at From the Cheap Seats I just recently started reading her blog and I love it! Wanna smile, laugh, and have a good read. Check her out.

OK, so the rules for this awesome bloggy badge are just for me to spread the love to 10 more bloggeronies. This was tough to pick just 10 since I've met so many awesome people, so here's to hoping for more love to pass around. Here goes . . .

The Kept Woman
I am Derby
Libby of Schoolbooks and Shoes
mbkimmy
Mary Alice of From the Front Lines
Desert Diva
Jenni of Four Feet More
Lisagh of Grosgrain Garage
Tulip Mom
Wendy of Snips and Snails
Monica of Over My Head

I adore these blog authors . . . they are talented, funny, witty, and very lovable. Check 'em out!

Paying it forward

I have been meaning to get these out: better late than never I say!

Mama Geek granted me these.

I am paying it forward to: Tulipmom and Wendy......for such a winning attitudes. It never ceases to amaze me how each of these women can find something positive in the everyday things!

I am honored MamaGeek claimed me as a blog buddie. Thanks so much! Go check her out she takes amazing photos and is quite funny as well!

I'm forwarding it to these blog buddies:

• Libby,
• The Kept Woman,
• Lisagh

You may have gotten it already but I don't care - I puffy-pink-heart y'all. I read each of these blogs every day.....hope you find some new reads, these will definitely make you laugh.

reflection award

After thinking about this award for almost a month from Natalie of Tulip Mom....I finally got around to it.

I don't remember when I started reading her blog. I think it was back in the summer. She has a son with Asperger's. She is also pregnant again after many tries. I love her little letters she writes to Sweet Boy. So thanks, I do appreciate this award (even if it took me almost a month to bestow it on a few more bloggers.)

Anyway, according to the rules,

This award should make you reflect on five bloggers who have been an encouragement, a source of love, impacted you in some way...

I am grateful for the following 5 bloggers who encourage and inspire me:




Libby -- from A Study of Schoolbooks and Shoes....Libby's is another one of my favorite blogs. I am way impressed with her cooking skills amongst other things. We tried her banana bread and it was to die for! Sometimes banana bread can be dense, but hers was fluffy almost!

Lisa-- from Fleur de Lisa -- She has an amazing eye for photography. The pictures she captures on a daily basis inspire me to play around more with my new camera.



Works for Mom from What Works for Us-- I think I found her blog during a Thursday 13 post. She has a great attitude...Go help her decide what to do with her mom jeans...I was seriously cracking up about that one.

Carrieb -- from Blah, blah, blog....She throws amazing parties, does amazing scrapbook projects, and is all around fun.

Lisagh - from Grosgrain Garage- Lisagh first started reading my blog some time back. I quickly became a fan and friend. She shows many sides to herself. The fun zanny side you can imagine going out and having a fun time with...to the serious side during a break up. Her honesty is amazing.

When I started this blog, it was to keep in touch with Mike and family far away. But what I have found is so many great bloggers. I do enjoy my time in the evenings once the house is picked up and the kids are in bed....I can sit down with a few friends and get a few laughs. Some days those laughs go far when I am feeling all sappy.

I have another award....The Egel Nest Blog Award to give out as well. So start pimping....just kidding, I'll get to that one some time this week.