My FIRST ever blog award!

Wow! I can't believe I got a blog award! The Versatile blogger! I'm stoked! I don't really know what to say actually, which is really weird for me!

Thanks to everyone who drops by to say hello and a massive thanks to k at The Lady Critic's Library for passing this award onto me!

 Lady Critic made a note at the end of her post about the award that these are kind of like Chain letters, and I tend to agree with one difference. Actually probably more than one, but we’ll start there. Blogger awards widen our blogging community. I have found the writing blogging community to be an absolute FOUNTAIN of help, support and knowledge along this writing journey, and I couldn’t imagine not being a part of this world- I love it and it is the OTHER BLOGGERS who provide amazing content and all those BLOGGER FRIENDS who comment and make me feel like they really are on the same path and TOTALLY GET ME that makes this world so utterly lovable!


Okay so there were a couple of rules:


1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award: check!

2. Share seven things about yourself: see below and check!

3. Pass this award along to fifteen bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (In no particular order…) I totally agree with –K @ Lady Critic - there are too many, I know I would forget some so I’m going with six fantastic blogs! (I have no idea why six.... maybe I like that it's an even number)
4. Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award: that’s going to be done as soon as I post this- check!



Seven things about me:


1. I make a mean ham hock and split pea soup. No seriously- it’s awesome.


2. Like the lady critic, my blogging is like something that’s just for me, not many friends know about it, it’s like a private world. I know you guys can see it, but that’s different, you, my darling blogger friends are what make that world special and awesome!


3. I have four tattoos: a southern cross on my lower back (which will one day be covered up by a gorgeous lotus flower, as the cross is faded and small and every second aussie has one), a lion from my family crest on my hip, angelic symbols down the back of my left calf meaning: balance, creativity, joy, truth & serenity, and husband’s name in Hebrew script on the back of my neck. and i plan to add more :)


4. There is a mouse in my house that I can’t catch and every time friends come round and pray to the high heavens that damn mouse stays put. So far so good... (I also pray that it is just one mouse)


5. I will drool over a GOOD soy caramel latte. Mmmmm soy caramel latte... garble garble garble...


6. My little Jack Russell puppy dog Diesel runs like a rabbit. It’s more like hopping than running, like a little deer with floppy ears and a bright pink tongue hanging from his mouth. It’s true. I may have to upload video evidence.


7. I love red wine. Oh yes. In very, very big balloon shaped glasses.



Okay! I spent AGES picking these blogs. There are so many blogs that I check every day or every time I am on (whether I comment or just lurk and chuckle), I opened up about 30 favourites before realising if I didn’t majorly cut down I would definitely forget someone! At least this way I KNOW there are heaps of blogs I love that I didn’t list below. A lot of my blogger friends are all friends too so I hoping that it will get passed around to the other blogs I love that way. My 6 fantastic bloggers are:

 Amber @ The Writing Ant
Kelly @ Kelly’s Korner
Tara @ The Bodacious Pen
Talli @ Talli Roland
Karen @ The English Writer
Creepy @ Creepy Query Girl




Thanks to everyone who drops by, thanks again to Lady Critic for giving me my FIRST EVER AWARD (hehe! *smiles*) and thanks to the 6 bloggers who brighten my day every time I drop by!