Fabulous Award!

Yay!  I recieved an award from fellow blogger Heather at Theta Mom.  Thanks so much!  What a nice treat! Theta Mom is a great new blog you should check out!  The rules of this fabulous award are:

List five current obsessions and pass the award on to five more fabulous blogs. On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them. When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well. To add the award to your post, simply right-click, save image, then “add image” in your post as a picture so your winners can save it as well. To add it to your sidebar, add the “picture” widget. Also, don’t forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by leaving a comment on their blog.  If you are using a self-hosted Wordpress site like me you will need to upload the image to your media library and then add the URL to the image.  To put it in your sidebar simply use a text widget and insert the HTML for the image.

My Obsessions:

1. Current and ongoing for almost a decade – I am obsessed with genealogy.  I absolutely love it!  I have to watch the budget on this one because it can get expensive but like blogging, I have met people all over the world.  I am a research nut anyway so this is perfect for me.  Combining family, research and the Internet is a perfect HUGE TIME SUCKING hobby!
2. I am right now obsessed with figuring out how to design this blog.  Every week I have a new task for myself.  This week is the header.  It will be a tough one to meet.  Using Wordpress one must design their own using Illustrator or Photoshop and I am literally learning these programs at a snail’s pace.  Wish me luck!
3. I am obsessed with building things.  You will see more of this as I launch my How-To’s section.  I built my daughter a platform storage bed, a 3 piece solid wood play kitchen, a cedar shed for outdoors, built in storage bench / locker for by the door and many other things.  I love it!  After this baby I am hoping to go to furniture making school in New England to get really good and maybe even make a career out of it.  Tools are my friends.  Another budget buster!
4. Since having kids, despite being 5′2″, I am obsessed with finding cute flats.  I LOVE ballet slippers in rainbows of colors.  However, let me clear, as a former hippie chickie I will always be in love with and obsessed with my Birkenstocks.   Even if they are ugly.
5. I have always been, and always will be, obsessed with books.  I average 1 per week and try to alternate between history, philosophy, fiction and flat out romance.  I will always love me some romance novel baby.  Books are my escape.  I have books all over my house.  They are my favorite thing to look at, to peruse and they are wonderful conversation starters.

Without further ado, here are my five Fabulous blogs!

♥  A Soft Place to Land:  Kimba’s blog has wonderful, I mean awesome DIY projects and rehab finds from all over the Internet and from tons of bloggers like us.  She also has a heart of gold that she writes with whether she is raving about spray paint or encouraging you to find the right feel for your home and family.  Check it out!

♥  If Evolution Really Works…how come mothers only have two hands:  Nancy is a new Blogger and is very funny and insightful.  I like her style and her site and she is a web designer so maybe I can get some tips from her

♥  Fat Mum Slim:  Chantelle has great photos, great giveaways and a wonderful writing style.  She just celebrated her 1 year blogoversary!

♥  Six Feet Under:  Haha she has 3 kids!  Tess is funny and has 3 kids in 3 different age ranges.  Since mine will all be within 3 years of each other it is a whole new perspective for me.  And she has a teenage girl, which I am terrified of.  Maybe reading her blog posts about this experience will be like watching Discovery Health while you are pregnant…crazy and totally addictive!  Check her out!

♥  Land of Mama Grits: Kim is funny and reflective and truly grateful for each day of life.  She blogs about her family and her experiences and is hysterical to read.  She also writes about her beautiful daughter Emma, who she lost to Cockayne Syndrome before her 4th birthday.

If you are reading this please help increase Cockayne Syndrome awareness by checking out http://www.cockaynesyndrome.org.  Thanks!

So that’s it!  Thanks for the award Heather!