It's About Time

And for my second post today . . .

I've been so bad about this I'm almost ashamed to mention it here, but you have my permission to leave a snippy comment if you feel like chastising me. I deserve it.

I've had so many kind people handing out awards lately and I've saved all of them to post about at a later time but you know how things go, the box piles up until suddenly it's more than you care to tackle. Well I'm tackling it now and here are some friends that deserve my thanks along with the awards they gave me:

* McEwen at Whitterer on Autism with the Hugs from the Heart Award

* In the Life of a Child, Mamanista, Mama's Moon, Compost Happens and The Not Quite Crunchy Parent with the Nice Matters Award

* Midwestern Mommy with You Make Me Smile Award

* The Chronicles of a SAHM with the Out of this World Award

* The Thinking Blogger Award from Sonoma Diet

* A Life Uncommon and Mother's Home! with Blogging Star Award

* Melissa's Idea Garden and "Life Isn't about Finding Yourself. Life Is about Creating Yourself," G. Bernard Shaw with the Community Blogger Award

* My 4 Kids with The Egel Nest Blog Award

Now here comes the hard part. There are so many wonderful blogs I love that deserve these awards too and I'm not very good and keeping track of who has received what. So here's what I'm going to do. Here are a dozen blogs--give or take--that I have been reading lately that can take home any of these awards that they haven't already received, but if you're looking for other good blogs I've recently revised my Blogs I Love list when I redesigned my template and it's now hidden at the very bottom of this page, along with an Awards page where I keep these buttons.

PunditMom. Shhh! Don't tell her I'm a Republican (most of the time) because I love reading her stuff anyway. I sneak in and listen to what's going on over there and keep a low profile. . .

The Great Walls of Baltimore. A new blog I've just noticed from The Winter Bazaar, and so far I'm enjoying it.

Toneybabies. Megan's very nice and is fun to read.

Our 7 Qtpies. Maybe it's my roots in a large family but I like this blog.

Oh Amanda! Another relatively new blog for me that has been fun to discover.

Not Before 7. Mary's fun and her Tiny Talk Tuesday is a clever idea.

My Fairbanks Life. Not only is Theresa nice, but she's Alaskan. That's even better!

My Ice Cream Diary. One of my recent favorites--good for a chuckle too.

Loralee's Looney Tunes. She's bold and talented--and entertaining.

Like Merchant Ships. Love, love, love this one.

Homesick Texan. Great recipes and photos for those who, like me, can't get enough of the southwestern food.

Laura Williams' Musings. All the contests and giveaways find their way to her one way or another.

I'm a Drama Mama. Thea's so kind and has been fun to get to know.

It's All for the Best. I've loved Heather for quite some time now. Nearly an eternity in Blogging Years.

Crissybug's Crazy Clan. Maybe today she'll open the letter and tell us whether it's a boy or a girl.

Crazy Bloggin' Canuck. I've saved the funniest for last. Don't miss Amber, she's hysterical.

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