What an honor!

I was surprised and honored to get this lovely blog award from Val of Flippinpests Crafty Roll today! I'm so lucky to have so many wonderful blog buddies all over the world (Val is in Scottland) and even luckier that they think enough of me to send me such happy sweet thoughts. Thank you, Val!

As a recipient of this award, I am supposed to . . .

1. Place the logo on my blog.

2. Link to the person who sent the award to me.

3. Nominates 10 blogs.

4. Post links to the ten blogs I nominate.

5. Leaves a message on the blog of each nominees.

So, without further ado, here are the folks I think are deserving of an award. It is very hard, I mean very, very, very hard to limit myself to just 10 blogs. You all deserve a gold star, a blue ribbon, and a trophy as far as I'm concerned. But here are some folks who I've just recently met or I haven't told enough or haven't told lately how much I appreciate their blogs and support and encouragement and creative thinking . . . (in no particular order) (Oh! Almost forgot . . . I know some, maybe many of you don't do awards and I understand and respect that so if you don't post it or send it on, no worries. I'm awarding you anyway! If you have time to pass it on, good for you!)

Cathy Parmelee's Art + Life
What's Up Roc
(yes, you first two ladies, 2, count 'em, 2 awards from me in a week or so - you've meant a lot to me lately and you know why)
Thrifty Collage Artist
Ginny's Small Studio
Pringle Hill Studio
Bockel24
Hayley Judith Egan
Friends in Art
Linda Crispell
All Kinds of Stuff
Noodleroux

Okay, I sent 11. I'm a rule breaker, well, bender. I could have sent 50 or so and meant it with all of my heart. Some of you I just don't know well enough and fear you'll think I'm weird and creepy and stalkerish (which I am, but in a good way). I'll get you all sooner or later, like it or not.

Today's news . . . besides getting before mentioned most awesome award, I spent much of the day mailing out Etsy orders, which kept coming today! Today's orders were mostly small non-art stuff but I still had some from yesterday to finish up. When I wasn't doing that, I was finally cleaning my house and starting laundry and picking up dog pooh and changing sheets and went to the grocery store - you know, all of the exciting things in life. I pouted all day cuz I didn't get to make one artsy thing. Ah, sigh, . . . maybe tomorrow.

Dad update . . . we find out next Wednesday when the next surgery and my next trip will be.