More Bloggy Love: Yay! You Love Me!

Like I've said before, receiving awards just doesn’t get old! Receiving awards means receiving bloggy love and support. And guess how much bloggy love I received this time?!

Six! Yes – six of the loveliest blog awards! Two more Versatile Blogger Awards, one more Liebster Award, One Lovely Blog Award, an Irresistibly Sweet Blogger Award and a Roaring Lion Award!

Yay! You Love Me! And now I'm going to love you back! Because I've got lots of awards to pass on to a group of people who deserve it so much!

I received the Versatile Blogger Award from Aaron at The Blogger Girlz. Check out her blog that she shares with some other awesome blogger girlz. I received another Versatile Blogger Award, a Liebster and a One Lovely Blog Award from Michele over at A Wanderer in Paris. AND, my blogging buddy Crystal over at Little Bundle of Contradictions is handing out the Worlds’s Sweetest Blogger and Roaring Lion awards to those who follow faithfully and leave comment love. Yep, that’s me!

I am lovin’ this SO MUCH! And I also love passing them on. So bear with me while I make up stuff think up new and interesting things to tell you about myself.

In the meantime, here are the rules for the Versatile Blogger Award and One Lovely Blog Award:

• Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post. Done.
• Share 7 things about yourself. Done.
• Pass this Award along to 15 recently discovered blogs and let them know about it. Done. 

 Here are my 15 Picks, once again working my way back from the end of my Follower List:

1. Miranda Hardy
2. Zan Marie at In the Shade of the Cherry Tree
3. Sheri Swift at Finding Joy in the Journey 
4. L.M. over at The Nations of Thread
5. Joshua at Vive le Nerd 
6. Sabrina at Little Red Writing Hood 
7. Angeline Trevena 
8. Michael over at SLC Kismet
9. Michael Di Gesu at In Time
10. The Capillary 
11. Michelle at A Writer (un) Published 
12. Shallee McArthur
13. Caitlin Lane 
14. Writing Nut at Writing in a Nutshell
15. KT at The Scribble Muse 

The Liebster Award is intended to show bloggy love to blogs with fewer than 200 followers. Here are the rules for the Liebster:

• Show your appreciation to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them. Done.
• Reveal your five picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog. Done.
• Post the award on your blog. Done.

 Here are my five picks for the Liebster:

1. Joshua at Vive le Nerd
2. Sabrina at Little Red Writing Hood
3. Sheri Swift at Finding Joy in the Journey
4. Michelle at A Writer (un) Published
5. KT at The Scribble Muse

Here are the rules for the Roaring Lion Award and the World's Sweetest Blogger Award:

• Thank the person who gave it to you. Done.
• Post the award with the link to the person who gave it to you. Done.
• Know that you are awesome! Done.
• Pass the award on to as many people as you want. Done.

Here are my picks for the Roaring Lion and World's Sweetest Blogger Awards:

1. Clarissa Draper
2. Joyce at Catch My Words
3. Anita at A Still and Quiet Madness
4. Elizabeth at Mystery Writing is Murder
5. Running Girl at Running-girls Reflections

Here are the 7 things about me. Since I recently received other blog awards, I had to think really hard about 7 NEW things, but here they are:

1. I’ve had the same 6 best friends for 38 years. One of us is gone now (see #5), but I still count her in. When we get together? Fun, chaos and shenanigans.

2. Speaking of 38 years, that’s how old I was the last time I went Trick or Treating. I love Halloween and have such fond memories of Trick or Treating that I wanted to experience it again. Plus, I love candy. Just wear a mask and hide your hands! They'll never know *shhh*

3. My only house plant is a barrel cactus. He was an inch tall when I got him in 1995, and now he’s about 6 inches tall. Cacti live for a very long time, so I’m pretty sure I’ll have to assign a guardian for him in my will. We call him little Joe, AKA Cactus Joe. He can be a bit prickly. But when he gets blossoms in the Spring? He's gorgeous and he knows it!

4. I have a very flat and monotone type of humor/personality. (Read: I am not bubbly, never have been). Sometimes people don’t know how to take me. But I swear, I'm really nice!

5. I am faithful, trustworthy and loyal. If I am your friend, I am a friend for life. See #1 above.

6. We absolutely adore our dogs. Their names are Koko and Tuffy - Pit/Australian Shepard/Mutt mix. They are brother and sister, 6 years old. When they were pups I was teaching them to fetch and poop at the same time (no, not simultaneously). But Tuffy was a bit confused one day. When I told him to go poop, he fetched me a piece.  

7. My dirty secret? I watch Jersey Shore. I know, I know - don't hate.