As I mentioned yesterday, the fabulous blogs Something Wagging This Way Comes and Kol’s Notes recently gave this blog the Versatile Blogger Award. So, I’m doing my duty and passing it along…
First and foremost, thanks again to Something Wagging and Kol’s Notes for sharing this award with me. I highly recommend you pay them a visit – both blogs are great! Bella and I are humbled to be in such company…
The rules: I have to tell you seven things about myself and then choose fifteen other blogs that deserve the award. (One set of rules said newly-discovered, and the other set just said versatile, so I’m making up my own rule and just choosing fifteen blogs I always enjoy… though it’s hard to narrow it down to just fifteen. As you can see from the blogroll at right, I enjoy a lot of blogs!)
The last time I did something like this, I shared some puppy-related items about myself and some things about Bella. So, this time I decided to use my seven things to tell you a little more about me (the non-dog related stuff). Here we go:
- My favorite food is grilled cheese.
- I’m a voracious reader… I go through books at a pretty fast pace. In fact, I just started a new book last night (the fifth book in the Southern Vampire Mysteries), and finished it this evening. Hours need to be subtracted for sleep, work, commuting, and dinner, during which reading was not an option. Another recent example? I finished all three Hunger Games books in 3 days. When I get into a book, it’ll be gone in no time. Tina Fey’s Bossypants is next in my sights.
- I never thought I’d want an e-reader, but I love my Kindle.
- I love writing song parodies (as you may have guessed from my recent post about the Pupperazzi). Although I can’t really sing, I can’t help myself!
- I love outdoor concerts. And wine. Especially outdoor concerts that allow you to bring wine.
- I enjoy movies… and musicals. Thus, I was in geek heaven yesterday when I went with a friend to see Stephen Sondheim’s Company at the movie theater. So far this summer, I’ve already seen a production of Follies (apparently I’m in a Sondheim kind of mood lately), and will be seeing Wicked and Mamma Mia again soon. I’m sure there will be other performances in my future as well…
- I can relate pretty much anything back to Saved by the Bell and Beverly Hills, 90210. It’s one of my… talents?
Whew… hope you made it through my rambling. Now, to the fun part! I’m passing this award onto the following blogs:
- This One Wild Life
- BZ Training
- Doggie Stylish
- The Chronicles of Cardigan
- Grouchy Puppy
- CindyLu’s Muse
- under the blanket
- Rescued Insanity
- Peggy’s Pet Place
- Kenzo the Hovawart
- My Brown Newfies
- No Dog About It Blog
- Doggylove
- Brian’s Home
- Will My Dog Hate Me?
- 24 Paws of Love
- The Thundering Herd
Don’t count… I may have cheated a little. Honestly, this was way too hard and there were so many others I wanted to mention, so if I didn’t list you above, please don’t be offended! Perhaps I need some sort of regular feature where I heap all sorts of compliments upon all you wonderful pet bloggers out there, so that I’m not leaving anyone out. Stay tuned, my lovely readers – the wheels are turning on this one!
You've got some awesome blogs on that list that I just love! Good picks! 🙂
Oops – We're late but you also got an award waiting for you on our Monday morning blog!
Congratulations on your award! You certainly deserve it!
That is a great list of some awesome blogs and we are truly honored to be among them!
We must be around the same age because I can relate almost everything back to 90210 and Saved by the Bell too! My husband still watches the re-runs of Saved by the Bell all the time!
You really deserve this award-we're glad we found your blog and will check out all those you listed!
Congratulations on the award! Loved reading some things about you!! Lots of love, Debbie & Holly
Congrats on the award and thank you for passing it along to me! Awwww!
BTW, I was at Sondheim's Company Thurs night also and guess what happened? The movie theater lost it's satellite feed right in the middle of "Ladies who Lunch" and the movie stopped! What a mess! They got it going again, but it never made it all the way to the end. Good thing I've seen it before so I knew how it ended, lol.
LOL! Thanks for the nomination! I never knew we had so much in common! I LOVE grilled cheese too and before I started my own company, I read ALL of the time. I have been known to miss the bus to work because I was so engrossed in my book that I forgot to check to see if it was coming. 🙂
I've been considering a Kindle, but like you, I really don't know if I would like it. Everyone I know who loves to read also loves their Kindle, so I may have to give it a try.
I wanted to add many other blogs, including yours and CindyLusMuse, but when you are falling asleep at the keyboard, it's time to go to bed.
Thank you for the honor. 🙂
BTW – Do you think HoundsTooth knows I nominated her blog too?
Hey that is so brilliant!! First of all you won the award – congratulations and it's so deserved, it's always one of the best places to visit on a daily basis and HUGE thanks for including me in your list with so many favorites :))) Love hearing about the person behind the blog too – how do you ever find the time to blog!
Thanks again ~ Cate
Thanks so much for dubbing me Versatile; I'm honored to be in the company of some of my favorite bloggers! And of course congrats on your well-deserved award that started the chain of karmic blog honors in the first place…
I'm not generally keen on musical comedies, but after hearing Terry Gross interview Stephen Colbert on NPR about being asked by Steven Sondheim to be in Company, I got very interested.
Wow! I'm deeply humbled to be in the company of such great blogs! Thank you – truly, Thank You! And congratulations on, did I get this right? – TWO awards? Double Congrats!
I love grilled cheese, too – do you like yours with a slice of tomato on it? Oh, I so want one now… I don't have one, but I know without a doubt I would probably treasure my Kindle more than my kids if I had one! (okay, j/k…kinda…lol)
Thanks, again, for the awesome award!
Can't wait to check out all your great nominees! i love discovering great new blogs! (PS – I think the fac that you can bring it all back around to SBTB or 90210 is clearly some sort of evil genius.)
awesome picks! i visited all the sites and they look adorable… hope you win in the next versatile blogger award!
Thanks for sharing about yourself and thank you so much for the award.
Congrats on such a nice award and thanks for sharing it with us! Hey, Wicked is so cool and is worth seeing again. Lion King is coming our way next year…nice to have family in town!!!!
Thank you so much for the award!! It was so nice of you to think of us. And congratulations to you. With all your awesome posts, I would definitely consider you one of the most versatile bloggers I know!
I have yet to find an outdoor event that allows wine. Stupid laws.
Thanks, everyone!
ForPetsSake – Thanks so much for the award! I appreciate it. 🙂
Jen – I love it! I'm glad I'm not the only one who was so influenced by that time period! Would it be wrong to say that I'm so excited… I'm so excited…
Peggy – How annoying! At our showing, they stopped in the middle of a scene rather than actual intermission, but we made it through the whole thing. At least you made it most of the way through. Wasn't NPH great?
Mel – I'd definitely recommend giving the Kindle (or another e-reader) a try. I thought I'd never want to read anything other than an actual book, but it's so handy to keep in my purse AND I like that I can download the next book in a series right away when I finish one. Instant gratification!
Edie – I think you'd like it. It was a fun show… and every time Stephen Colbert was onscreen I giggled. Even when he wasn't being funny on purpose.
Kim – Yum… grilled cheese with tomato. Sometimes I like it with pickles as well. 🙂
Kolchak Puggle – The ability to relate things back to SBTB/90210 would be one of the odder superpowers out there… but fun!
Brian – I loved The Lion King! That show was amazing… I couldn't get over the costumes and staging – I especially liked the antelope bike.
Kristine – That is a travesty!
First off, congratulations! Your award is truly deserved!
And second, you MUST be a voracious reader! I have no idea where you find the time… and I am soooo jealous that you have.
I've been reading a little bit on my iPhone with the iBooks app and it makes having a good read around a lot easier, but I'm in the middle of 3 or 4 books. Something tells me I won't finish any of them for months. 🙂
Thank you so much for passing the award on to me. As you can see, I didn't even have time to read the note you sent telling me so until now. But I'm SO looking forward to stealing a few minutes away to visit others on your list!
Oh, oh, oh… and before I forget – it's grilled cheese with tomato for this chickie. And any sandwich I have that has tomato on it has to have it touching the mayo. 😉
Congrats on your award! And a great list of blogs you've put together there. I love my grilled cheese with a little bit of mustard.
Thanks for the lovely award 😀 and for me, it's grilled cheese with bacon!
Congratulations! And I totally agree with #5… especially the wine part… 🙂
Congrats on the award! I'm a mac and cheese girl, but love a good grilled cheese too, or, anything with cheese 😉 I look forward to following your blog and the great blogs that you listed!!
Thank you so much for the mention! 🙂
I want a Kindle sooo badly too, they are awesome!
Congrats on receiving two awards! Thats a first as far as I know. And thank you so much for passing it on and putting our blog in the spotlight. I knew you must be a ferocious reader judging all the comments you leave on at least all the blogs I read 🙂 That you even have time left to also read as much books as you do AND blog yourself … is just impressive.
Hugs from Kenzo & Viva!
You are right, there are too many awesome blogs and not enough time! Congratulations to you (well-deserved) and shoot, thanks for passing it on to us. 🙂 I really, really am gobsmacked. Wow.
I admire and envy those who can read like I eat cookies. 🙂 I have the hardest time sitting still long enough to get through much. I've been wanting to read Tina Fey's book, though. I think I'll order it tomorrow, but don't you worry about me spoiling the ending for you! 🙂
We certainly go visit these blogs. We love to meet new blogging doggies or kitties. Thanks for telling us about them. Take care.
Kim – I manage to squeeze in the reading, but I do go through phases where I'm slow at finishing books. I think it depends on what I'm into at the time!
Stacy – You'd love the Kindle. I'm a convert!
Elizabeth – Don't get the wrong idea… I eat cookies like I eat cookies too. LOL.
Congratulation to all the winners! Keep it up!