awards :)

I am long overdue to thank the gracious people who have given me stuff, and to pass these pretty prizes on. Thank you all soooooo much!!




Premios Dardo Award from Jessi at Casual Dread , Lynda(AKA Holistic Knitter!!) at Lynda's Book Blog, and Save Ophelia, three sweet, and of course great bloggers who were well deserved of these awards themselves!!! Thank you so much!!

This is what Save Ophelia had to say, ain't she a gem?! : bethany of B&b Ex Libris - bethany blogs about books, challenges and posts gorgeous pictures on her blog. Hers is one of the most engaging blogs I’ve encountered. Almost every post has something to help readers de-lurk!

This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his or her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values every day.



My sweetest Veens, who got this award for the being the kindest and friendliest blog buddy is no question mine as well. Every single day she lavishes kindness on me and tons of bloggers is still honeymooning, well actually she doesn't have internet at her new home. I can't wait for you to get back girl!!
She passed it on to me saying:
Bethany - The Most Human Blogger - She reminds me of my social responsibilties, and is such a warm and encouraging soul. I remember, Bethany and J Kaye used to be my first readers.. and they inspired me a LOT! I heart You, Bethany :)

She also gave me this award on the same day!! Seriously is she too generous with me!?! ;)

I have been willing this award to be mine for, well since I saw it first. It is so pretty. Last week the amazing blogger Karen of Book Bath unknowingly made me jump up and down when she granted me this stunning award!! THANK YOU!!

Along with the award comes a meme;

7 things I did before

1. Was a hardcore into Kayaking. I was a kayaker!

2. Ate bull testicles (yes, they eat those in Spain...and it is a treat!) YUK!

3. Played the Alto Sax

4. Wanted to join the ARMY

5. Watched McGuiver, The A Team, and The Fresh Prince daily.

6. Journal, I figured I'd want to read it someday...

7. Read

7 things I do now

1. Read

2. Blog

3. Write

4. Clean house

5. Eat Chocolate

6. Love Indian Food

7. Review books

7 things I want to do

1. Travel everywhere.

2. Own a small farm

3. write a novel

4. Have my novel published

5. Read books

6. Enjoy my life daily. (contentedness)

7. give out many Happy Chicken Awards!!

7 things that attract me to the opposite sex

1. Intensity

2. Passionate about something

3. Loyalty

4. Intelligence

5. Nice Hair

6. Strength (mostly inner)

7. Someone who can forgive and allow themselves to be forgiven.

7 Favorite Foods

1. Indian Food: somosas, dal, nan....yum!

2. Thai Food: Yellow Curry, Pad Thai (thai iced tea!!!!!!!)

3. Berries: blueberries, blackberries, marion berries, strawberries.....

4. Chocolate

5. Asian treats: Japanese candy, mochi, sweet cakes....jellies.....yummmm!

6. Comfort food: sticky rice, spanish rice, potatoes, soups, buternut squash...

7. ANYTHING WITH SUGAR!!!!

7 things I Say Most Often

1. Awesome

2. really

3. NO (I have two little kids)

4. So cool!

5. Love you

6. What?

7. Play gently

I am going to pass all these awards on in one lump, so if you are listed below you get all of the awards above:

Veens- I love both of your blogs, you are creative and a very fun and attentive fellow blogger. A joy to have in this community. :) You are sooooo sweet to comment even when I am not so good at getting back to you. You are kind, generous and always thinking of others.

Trish- You post great reviews and then do tons of amazing follow up. I wish I were as good as you at keeping track of my peeps. I enjoy your comments, and as I always mention, you were the one who introduced me to this waky-bloggie world!! It is always fun to see what you are up to next!!

bermudaonion- she is just amazing, she is a super commenter, a super friendly blogger, sweet and all. Her reviews are great and she was even published!!! :)

Claire- I just found out about this blogger....well actually she found me and then we hit it off!! I belive this one is around to stay :) She does great reviews, and has a personal blog with amazing pictures and fun stuff as well. Yay!! I love finding new buddies!!

S. Krishna- I always wish out paths crossed more often because I love visiting her blog and seeing what she has to say about things. A while (long while now) back she posted wedding pictures that are gorgeous, as is she.

I heart your blog!

I feel so honoured, I received this award from Ramya, Tricia, literate housewife, Amanda, and Avis
Thank you so much!!! I love awards :)

So the low down is: You can nominate or not, post it or not, this gift comes with no strings attached :) just enjoy.It seems this is going around, so I am not going to worry if those who I nominate have it already, here it goes:

Ramya's Bookshelf.
I enjoy the honesty, and the time she puts into each of her reviews. I love that she is interested in people around the world, and that she has been one of the greatest supporters of my orbis terrarum challenge. She recently even updated her blog, it is beautiful in its simplicity and design :) We recently bonded over blog design as well.

Caravana de recuerdos
This is not only a book blog, but there are tons of amazing books reviewed there. It is something of a celebration of sorts. I love that Caravana reviews books in Spanish and English and watches movies and gives reviews and insight. R-LO found me a while back, and I am so happy he did! He makes me feel a little piece of "at home" whenever I read a Spanish tid-bit on his blog. Se habla español, I heart bilingual :)

The Book Lady's Blog
Since book blogs are all about reviews, this lady writes some of my favourite reviews, and therefore I have to include her. I don't know her as well as I know the rest of the peeps mentioned here, but I am over and over again stunned by her high-quality, reviews and choices for books. I always check to see what new stuff she has going on, and there is always something worth checking!!!!

Just A (Reading) Fool
I know Just a reading fool does not actually accept awards...but I want to put him on my list of praise anyway :) (I do not want you to accept this award...but your blog is too great for me to not include it!!!!) There are so many women book bloggers, and amongst a sea of us there is Just a (Reading) Fool. I love the perspective he brings, the reviews he writes and even his selection of books. We have read several books together for our online book club and he brings loads of insight. I do heart your blog :)

The Literate Housewife Review
I heart her blog, her comments, and her supa- positive outlook :) She recently posted pics of herself at the National Book Festival, her smiles will tell you she is an authentic book lover! I am in her book club, and love seeing the amazing things that she does for this book community. She reads, she blogs and she does it with elegance and supa-style. Thanks Housewife, for being so truly literate!!!

Maw Books Blog
I heart her blog for several reasons, but the most important one is that she doesn't just read, she doesn't just blog. She goes all out and crates a movement, an amazing place where you can learn, donate, and share about the atrocities of Darfur. There are many people who can talk the talk, but Maw books goes beyond, much, much beyond that to walk the walk. We can all read about all the horrors of the world and say : "oh, now, isn't that sad...things really need to change", or we could change them. Yes Maw is changing things. I wish I could have helped out this time, but her event for Darfur caught me by surprise...I dream of putting something on like this, and she did it. I heart Maw Books.



I know...there should be seven but I can't pick a last one!!!! There are many other blogs I would love to nominate....so I will just leave the last spot open. :)