I am long overdue on a few thank yous for recent acknowledgements from blog friends. With the holiday hoopla and family obligations requiring me to be on the road for much of January, I let my gratefulness for such kind awards be placed on the back burner.
With each award there are always rules-- a list of recipients, or facts about one's self. The recent Reintroduce Yourself blogfest allowed me to show you a bit of me, so I think I'll let that suffice for other random facts I could tell you about me. And although some awards require a list of recipients to pass along the award to, since I'm woefully behind in my thank yous, I will limit my nominations for each category this time around.
Yes, I'm a sloth.
Thank you to all the kind and generous nominations and recognitions. It warms my heart very much.
Thank You!
Thank you to M.L. Swift who honored me with the fun Very Inspiring Blogger Award. It's a cool badge and I appreciate the sentiment-- I don't always feel very inspiring!
Thank you to Wendi Nitschmann, author of the great blog, What The Focus, and El Adams, at From The Writer's Nest for the cool Liebster badge and award.
Thank you to Misha Gericke at My First Book, and the person who sweetly nominated me for the Most Encouraging Blogger award -- this is a humbling category and one I'm so glad to be a part of.
A big thanks to Al Diaz, the warm-fuzzy dragon from Father Dragon Writes for the very sweet Cutie Pie Award (how cute is that badge?).
Thank you Amy Miller from ADDled, a very funny and inspiring blog, for the Versatile Blogger award given for this blog and my other blog, In Fine Company. You are appreciated Amy!
And finally (but not least!) a big hug and thank you to Chris Dean over at Life Your Way for the cool, new Liebster badge and nod.
I feel so hugged.
Time for me to do a little squeezin' back. Please note, this is my way of acknowledging blogs I like to read, people who are especially supportive-- it in no way obligates the recipient to accept or place the badge on their blog or participate.
And The Awards Go to...
I nominate both Chris Dean from Life Your Way and Alexandra Casselle from Rhet Effects for the Very Inspiring Blog award. Both are such fantastic blogs, and I encourage you to drop by and visit each. The heart of both of these women shines through in everything they write-- you'll quickly learn why they fit this category.
I have three nominations for the Cutie Pie Award-- each for their support and friendship and being my go-to "peeps" (as my daughter would say) when I need to talk things out. TJ Loveless at Writing From the Padded Room, Julia Munroe Martin from Wordsxo, and Laura Eno who can be found at Laura Eno.
For the other Liebster Badge (share the joy!) I nominate my friends and fantastic authors Kym and Mark Todd at Write In The Thick of Things. The are a powerful writing duo, authors of the book All Plucked Up, sharing their journey of writing. Please check out their blog.
Finally, I'd like to nominate M.L. Swift at M.L. Swift, Writer and Rob Akers at robakers for the Versatile Blogger Award for their interesting and varied blog topics. I'd also like to nominate Susie Klein at Recovering Church Lady for her open dialogue on faith written with honesty, warmth and humor.
Phew! SO many hugs. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now.
Keep writing-- because you all are so fantastic and appreciated,
Julie
Congratulations! Wow, you've been hoarding awards.
ReplyDeleteI'm honestly embarrassed to be 1) so behind and 2) clumping them like this. But I do appreciate the thoughts and people behind each one.
DeleteThanks, Julie. All the ones you received are so well-deserved. And the blogs that you've passed them to are, as well. I appreciate the nod of versatility. I think my scrambling for something to write comes across as versatility instead of veering off the map and hopping back on. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteYour blog posts are so reflective of your thoughts, values, writing-- I like that.
DeleteCongratulations, Julie. You are always striving for the best things to post in your blog. You deserve all the recognition. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Al. Appreciate your nod.
DeleteI agree, all are very deserved, your blog is informative and fun and you faithfully comment. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks Yolanda. It's fun to be a part of the conversation with blogs like yours.
DeleteYay! :) I always cherish someone who gets my sense of humor LOL Never discount yourself, you're a great writer. Plus you just gave me a subject LOL
ReplyDeleteOh that's funny-- I totally get being able to have a topic to write about in the blog. I hated doing it this way but my slothfulness forced the issue. Thanks for your positive reinforcement scolding PRS. ;)
DeleteYou ARE loved. You have more awards on this post than I've gotten my entire year of blogging. Kudos! :D
ReplyDeleteI blush that I clumped them together like this. I appreciate, so much, all the hugs they represent and am doing a little self-shin-kicking that I let it get to this point. Thanks Melissa.
DeleteA big congrats,Julie! Well deserved in all categories.
ReplyDeleteAnd a humble thanks to you for nominating our own blog for the Liebster. You've been a great mentor (is there an award for that -- you deserve one) in this Blog New World.
Keep writing and sharing!
Nah-- just friendship will do. I like that best of all. I appreciate learning from you. As we've talked about before, I'm doing this writing/platform thing in an odd order. I hope folks stop by and read your great blog.
DeleteCongrats on all your awards! You've earned them. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I've been pig-piling and am so happy to pass them along.
DeleteCongratulations on all your awards, and big, fuzzy hugs!!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the hugs. Thanks :)
DeleteThanks for the recognition! :) Your blog and She Writes posts are always very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI love your poetry and perspective. I hope others check out your blog.
DeleteCongratulations on all of your awards! Such accomplishment! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt really means I hobnob with super nice people! :)
DeleteJulie,
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate the honor and the recognition. Like most everyone, I hope to be interesting and always try to find the positive aspects of all topics to highlight. There is so much negative in the world, but I believe that the positive spirits surround us. We just have to look with open eyes.
I would love to be able to write about just one topic like writing, but there are so many wonderful sites like yours. Your ability to craft words so little effort, intimidate me. That is why I chose topics that are mostly opinion based to write about. I have found that in life, once you find your niche. Then you can exploit it. Julie, you have a wonderful niche and I love how you exploit it.
Thank you again for the positive thoughts and I really appreciate everything you are doing in your part of the world. Now it is time for me to get to work.
Rob, I love the varied topics you approach with humor, gentleness, conviction and passion. And I agree, there are a lot of blogs that talk about writing-- I've actually been backing off that a bit on here and have developed another blog to explore different areas. Kudos to you for finding your path.
DeleteYou deserve every one Julie. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about that, but I do know an awful lot of great people. It helps to pig pile them then pull them out at once ;). Have a great weekend too.
DeleteIt's good to just clean out the to-do list in one sweep. Great way to do it!
ReplyDeleteYou get me very well. Yes, well they are so appreciated and I hate talking about myself. So yes, much easier like this. Thanks.
DeleteCongrats on the awards, Julie! You deserve them! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks but as I commented above-- is an indication I hang out with some really nice folks.
DeleteCongrats! That's the best way to handle so many awards.
ReplyDeleteAgreed Diane-- and a good way to offer some kudos to others. Thanks.
DeleteCongratulations on the multiple awards! Combining them all into one post is an excellent idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carrie-Anne-- I'm sorry it took so long for some, but yes, much better to get er done.
DeleteCongratulations on all of these well-deserved awards! I love this post title LOL.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend, Julie. :)
Thanks Julie-- Happy Happy Book Day to you! (Everyone go check out her book, out TODAY on Amazon http://amzn.to/YKI9eA!!!!
DeleteCongrats on the awards! Don't worry about modifying the award guidelines, life happens and we only have so many minutes in a day. You totally deserve every one of these awards!(:
ReplyDeleteElise-- you're so kind. Yeah and well how many mundane facts can I pass on anyway? Nice to hand out the kudos.
DeleteThank you! You're so sweet,Julie. All of these awards show how much everyone appreciates you.
ReplyDeleteYou have a sheep up there! Agh! I hope it's not Irish...
I thought of you when I put that sheep up there actually. And wool shrinkage.
DeleteCongrats on all your awards. I'm not surprised ... you have a GREAT blog!
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend :)
Thanks Carol. I think mostly what this means is that I know a slew of fantastic people.
DeleteJulie thank you so much for the Versatile Blogger Award! It means a lot to me and I appreciate this very affirming gift!
ReplyDeleteSusie, Recovering Church Lady
Thanks for writing a blog I enjoy reading and for being a great support person.
DeleteLots of giving and receiving - a great happy post to read on a Saturday morning :-)
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun way to clean house. :)
DeleteI am honored to be included in the company of so many amazing writers! Thank you so much for your beautiful words and kindness.
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how ecstatic I am that I found you...you found me...we found each other! *hugs*
Chris-- I love your blog and look forward to reading each post. You are poignant and yet almost always make me laugh. It is a good blogmance. ;)
DeleteCongratulations, Julie, on the massive recognition and awards. Looks like you're loved. Rightly so.
ReplyDeleteThanks, but I think it more accurately means I know a bunch of kind and generous folks. I'm so appreciative for people like you.
DeleteWell, that's a lot of award love going on. I thought the award thing was dying out a bit - it seems not! Nice to see all the positive vibes. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteLOL Nick-- it's alive and well if you neglect acknowledging them for 3-4 months and then do one cheater post and don't play by any of the rules. ;) Thanks for stopping by.
Deletecongrats on all your awards. i have a feeling that they are richly deserved. i'm looking forward to reading more from your blog.
ReplyDeleteSorry to add to the award list, but I've tagged you in the Next Big Thing Blog Hop! Details are on my blog: http://throughthegateway.blogspot.co.uk/
ReplyDeleteHmm, maybe I should use this method in future. Been nominated four times in two months! :P
I'll hop over and take a look. I really don't have a "next big thing" but maybe I can find something to write about anyway.
DeleteAnd yes, this is the cheater format and helped me say thank you to very nice people (like you!) and pass on the love in one fell swoop.
And now I'M long overdue in thanking you for the Cutie Pie award! It is indeed a cutie pie in the pic! Thank you so much, Julie. I love your blog and I love even more that we're in the same online circle of writing friends! Thank you for the award!
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