more awards and an apology

Well well – get me, I have another award. Hopefully this will be the last for a while because I’m starting to sound somewhat big headed and I’m not sure I’m comfortable with it.


Have you ever been over to ‘Where’s my glow’? I’ve only recently discovered Glowless after she introduced herself here. I can tell you this… she is good! I was more than impressed enough to add her to my reading list and that makes it all the more exciting to get the award.

Mind you, personally I can’t help thinking that this award was just an excuse to test me out. Just checking to see if I’m too scared to add a little pink to my site eh? Well I’m not, so I now proudly display my “cherry on the top” award thank you very much.

So as usual there are rules about name checking and what not (done) also naming three things you like doing and then passing the award on. I shall do what I can…

Things I like doing…

1. Writing. No really – I do.

2. Eating – It is a curse, but I just love doing it too much.

3. Laughing with my family – they really are a daft bunch of wonderful people.


And so – to pass on the award – EASY.

As you may already know, I am a bit of a rebel so you can poke the “nominate 5 blogs” right where the sun doesn’t shine (no not Scotland – further South).

Here are my two well deserving winners of ‘The Cherry on the Top’ award for just doing that extra little something.

1. Any regular reader will guess this one already. Without a shadow of doubt it has to be Katie at No Missed Opportunities. I know you all know who she is, get over there and read more, follow more and laugh more. Katie is a proper lady and a proper funny one at that. Go read her now – I’ll wait.


2. My final nomination is for something a little different. I first encountered this blog a while back due to her membership of Real Bloggers United. I had a quick look at her blog and liked it, but then completely misplaced my mental note of what it was, so I forgot all about it. This week I found it again and spent some time there reading and reading and reading. I made sure I added it to my reading list before I forgot it again and so I’m more than happy to pass this award to JB at ‘It’s going to take more than a hamburger to make me happy’ (www.blackthoughts-jb.blogspot.com). Her charming and amusing tales of life working in a family run Italian restaurant will do me nicely thank you very much.


Well done guys, and thank you for your quality entertainment. Thank you Glowless for awarding me this medal, even if it was just to make my blog look a bit girly.

Oh DAMMIT!

I’ve just remembered that a little while back Avery from ‘When a Southern woman rambles’ and the ‘Magnolia blossom review’ as well as being my boss over at RBU, gave me an award too….

I was in the middle of quite a lot at the time and completely forgot about it – damn, damn. How to impress the boss in one easy move? Thanks for the award (oh and the review) Avery – you are the tops.

To make things worse, I later was given an almost identical award by Marla and rubbed the insult further into Avery’s face by making a big old deal about it here.

So firstly, I need to apologise to Avery and say that I originally got awarded a 'Versatile Blogger' award from an utterly charming author, for whom I do have the utmost respect. You do need to get comfy, because her weekly stories are somewhat longer than the average blog post (and that’s coming from me!), but they  are well worth the effort so please do pop over. Because of this faux pas I am going to add another blog to the list of winners. Consider any rules I was supposed to follow well and truly meshed into the answers above apart from the blog that I’m going to pass it onto.

The winner of this Versatile Blogger award, which is absolutely different from the other one is…

Somebody who I really want you all to go and check out because she truly does epitimise 'versatile'. I really don't think that Katie (a different one) over at Stress and Stars is getting anything like the following that she deserves so please go and give her a look and a follow. Katie provides a pretty mixed bag from writing to photo blogging to original artwork ( via her other blog The Giant's Eye). She even does recipies from time to time if that's your bag. When she opens up and writes from the heart she shows a skill at writing that is sometimes hidden, and I like that. when she gets her camera out she really shows who she is. Go and have a look and a follow, you know it makes sense.

Well done Katie and thank you for the glimpse into your mind.
Please – no more. I’ve already had to buy a bigger hat, and I also struggle to cover my head in hair – don’t make it any harder.