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It's Time We Just Admit It

 It's the last day to enter our CSN GIVEAWAY!!!

I'm a horrible, horrible person.

No no, it's true.

Really. 

Wait, what do you mean you're agreeing with me?

No, this isn't about setting the sheep on fire or dressing the cats in people clothes.

This is about:

Blog Awards.

I got so nuts beginning last Fall creating new decorations to replace our charred and melted ones that I didn't accept a single award I was given.

How many are we talking? 3? 7?

How about 14?

This is way beyond torching sheep.

This is blogging

HERESY!!!

Not to mention that to properly accept all of these, I'll need 98 things no one knows about me and I'll be nominating 210 other blogs for the awards!
Who was kind enough to do this and not beat me over the head for the lack of courtesy?

TRU at TRU TALES FEATS gave me the Stylish Blogger Award yesterday. So did CAROL at The Antique Texan. That's not bad. I could still accept those and save face. Right?

Back on the 15th, VAGABOND CARNIVAL gave me both
Stylish Blogger Award and The Versatile Blogger Award. At this point, we're on shaky ground in the etiquette department.

Allison at
 IT'S TOILE GOOD and Ginger from SUPPORT BLOG FOR MOMS OF BOYS
graced me with The Stylish Blogger Award somewhere around the 5th.
Now I'm just plain rude at this point.

Beth from WICCAN MAKE SOME TOO graced me with The Stylish Blogger Award on November 30th. For someone seemingly so stylish, I have the manners of a wildebeest. Which is an insult to wildebeests.

No, that isn't all. It gets worse.

Andrea at KEEPIN IT THRIFTY also gave me The Stylish Blogger Award.
On November 25th.
Break out the floggers.

Tana at LITTLE BIRDSEEDS mixed it up by bestowing the Happy 101 Award on my unworthy head, which I now hang in shame. This was on October 12th.

WHERE BEAUTY MEETS FUNCTION is written by Erin, and for some reason she thought I'd be gracious and accept The Life is Good Award in a timely manner. That was on October 11th.
Timely isn't the word to use here.

The Happy 101 Award was also given to me by Amy at CRAZY CRAFT BUGS.
October 6th is the date of that transgression.
10 of you just unfollowed me in disgust, didn't you?

Allison at IT'S TOILE GOOD also gave me the Versatile Blogger Award back on September 27th.
The second award she gave me shows blind faith that I can still be saved, doesn't it?
I'm afraid I'm hopeless.

Aubrey, the author of TRANSFORMED, gave me
A Blog with Substance Award! on September 26th.

Aubrey, feel free to give me the Shallow Ungrateful Blogger Award next.

And last (I hope. Did I miss anyone that I have wronged grievously?) but not least, way back on September 24th, 3 GIGGLY MONSTERS gave me the One Lovely Blog Award.
There must not be an Insidiously Thoughtless Blog Award, huh?

Hello, my name is Sunny, and I'm a bad blogger.

I also owe Michelle a shipment of bad 80's jewelry. She sent me her random unused craft supplies months ago for a mutual blog challenge.
The challenge is getting me to the post office.

And in the back of my Alien Green Kia Soul is a box filled with cupcake patterned fleece for Marijke because Joann's wouldn't ship to Great Britain and she thought she could trust me to play middle man with the supplies for her new warm winter robe.
You, my friend, are a fool.

Does it help that I'm sorry and ashamed?

So with all that being said, I am now taking suggestions for atonement.
Any and all input is welcome.

The two shipping issues are a no brainer, I know, and I pledge that the first thing I post Monday morning will be, "Michelle and Marijke's packages are in the mail!"
As for the blog awards issue, help me out here people.
Do I do a mega post? 14 individual posts?
Or would you prefer an pound of flesh? (I have some to spare.)
G'head, debase me.

Hey! I Got an Award!

 As I mentioned a few days ago, Carol, the creative force behind The Antique Texan,

was gracious enough to give me the

That was August 18th. Not that I procrastinate.

I hemmed and hawed (yes, I haw upon occasion) because I couldn't think of anything to share that might be interesting. At all.

So I asked you guys.

And oh, did I get responses!

Now, on to the rules of accepting this award!

Rules: 1. Thank and link back to the person that gave you this award.      Thank you Carol for the incredible compliment you paid me. And if any of you have yet to check out her blog, I definitely recommend it. It's a daily stalk for me.     2. Share 7 things about yourself.   As asked by my wonderful readers...

Brandy@Life of Perks said... 1. I think I read somewhere that you mentioned you have 20 cats? Are these all permanent? Animal rescue? Foster care, etc? We used to be foster parents for an animal rescue in AR, that's why I ask. We're huge animal lovers, always love to meet others.    We do indeed have 20 cats, all of whom are permanent as far as I'm concerned. I also wear a hat made of used foil and keep my prized possessions in a Walmart shopping cart out back. We have adopted a few out using Kijiji with the promise to take them back if the relationship doesn't work out, but for the most part, they become family pretty quickly. We go through two 16 pound bags of dry food weekly and 8 to 10 cans on the weekends for an event I call Caturday; Saturday and Sunday mornings pre-dawn, I open 4 tuna tins and dive out of the way as a sea of plumed tails converges. Saturday evenings are Nip Night; we just sprinkle loose catnip near the French doors and watch the wallow fest. That's a lot of stoned fur babies. Good times...         Oh, laser pointers and brand new laminate floors? Best. Thing. EVER.    Sara @ Russet Street Reno said... 2. How is it being older than your hubs? I'm just 3 years older than my fiance and he is constantly teasing me about being an old fart. Oh, and that I have 'old eggs'...I'm only 31! haha   I found that a younger man is easier to train. Sam is my junior by 7 years, and I've only needed a whip and chair here and there. We figure women outlive men by seven years, so we're practicing our synchronized dropping dead. In thirty years.     And old eggs make mellow children. I was 34 when I had Savannah.       Michelle L.@ Mic L. in L.A. said... 3. Were you always this hilarious?        I get in trouble at home because I can find something humorous in anything. We were laughing on the front lawn while the house was on fire. I walked up to a fireman in my hooker-chic leopard print robe and asked, "Did you have to chop the entire kitchen into kindling?" "We didn't go near the kitchen, Ma'am." "Do you still have time?" He grinned and offered me an ax.   4. Do your kids find you as funny as we do? Believe it or not, I have three teenagers who think I'm cool, funny, and and a good source of advice. Their friends even like me.  My kids are into theater and film, and they all have warped little minds as well. Life at our house comes off like improv sometimes.   5. What have you written in your non-blog life?  Grocery lists.  Actually, I had the stereotypical start of an aspiring writer, with a few short stories and poems published early on; I also was editor of the high school paper and had a column on the local rag. Somewhere in there making a living got in the way, but now I get to pound the keys every day and hit "Publish" with no rejection letters ever landing in my inbox. All hail the interwebs!   6. Can I see a picture of the world's ugliest sweetheart of a dog?

Warning: Side Effects may include vomiting, diarrhea, earwigs, nasal incontinence, hammer toes, dust bunnies, socks that will not stay up, beached whales, Paulie Shore films, night sweats, gluten aversions, the inability to accessorize, a drop in blood pressure, Ebola, eye bleaching, under performing stock portfolios, one ply toilet paper, excessive unwanted body hair, engine build up, and the heartbreak of psoriasis.   

Amanda@HipHouseGirl said...

7. You may have mentioned this somewhere already, but I'm curious about your career (past, present, future). Day trader? Human Society Volunteer Coordinator? Full-time mom? CEO of Ebay? Spill it!      I've never been a SAHM; however, I've always been a full time Mom. I've been a free lance artist, a maître d’ at a yacht club, a restaurant manager, and now I'm in advertising. But my number one job is wife.      3. Pass the award to at least 4 fellow bloggers who inspire you.       Ladies, for giving me the inspiration to write this post, I am passing this award to the 4 of you. Thank you for the help and the awesome ideas!  *My apologies for how jumbled this post is; Blogger will not save my chages for some reason.

An Award? Seriously?

I was reading my comments on Sunday, and what do I find awaiting me in my email but an award from cute-as-a-bug Brandy over at Life of Perks! Well, that just made my day!

I need to start hanging these somewhere...

Anyway, Brandy is brand spanking new to the blogosphere, but obviously not to crafting. She's got some great ideas to steal inspire you, so definitely take a few minutes and check her out.

Now, as always, there are rules involved in accepting an award, and they are:

1. Thank and link back to the person that gave you the award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award to at least 4 fellow bloggers who inspire you.

4. Let them know about the award.

Brandy, thank you for wandering into my insanity and looking past all the weirdness. I'm not sure what's left after you strain that out, but I'm flattered that you appreciate it, and it gave me an opportunity to discover you as well.

Seven things, eh? I'm not sure what I haven't told you that won't freak you out...

1. I lived on an island off the coast of North Carolina through high school, and I could actually surf. Past tense. So past tense.

2. I have the world's ugliest toes. I'm not even kidding.

3. My favorite animal is the wombat. I have not been allowed to have one up to this point, however.

4. My husband says I treat men like garbage. In my defense, he seems to like it.

5. We were married in a Buddhist ceremony performed by my female yoga instructor and favorite psych professor, who was a notary public.

6. I did my own wedding for 150 people with full buffet, bar, dress, and flowers for under $2000.

7. My husband and all of our groomsmen wore Chuck Taylor Converse high top sneakers in different colors with bow ties to match their sneaks. It's kind of Sam's trademark.

 (My Child Groom is the hottie in the center sporting a princely mullet in a tail. Hey, it was 1990. Bonus tidbit: he owned that tux, and our oldest just wore the jacket to prom.)

But enough about me.

My 4 choices to pass this onto are:

Audra, at Simpsonized Crafts and Then Some

Yanet, at 3 Sun Kissed Boys

Marty, at A Stroll Through Life

Robyn, at Create Something Pretty

If you aren't already familiar with these blogs, pop on over and see what they're up to!

Hey, I Got an Award!

Well dip me in OJ and call me a popsicle, but Jami over at The Blackberry Vine just gave me the VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD.

Seriously.

I'm just floored and stuff. And quite flattered.
She actually gave it to me over a week ago, and I've taken the conditions of accepting it pretty seriously. Well seriously for ME. And there are conditions.

The guidelines for accepting the award are....

Thank the person/people who gave it to you
Jami, cutie, nice to meet you this month, stalk you extensively, and totally steal your ideas. Oh, and I DIED LAUGHING when you added to my blog title "it's not what you think."

(Is that the best? I need a disclaimer!!! I needed that, no one else, which I found wicked cool.)
I feel very honored that you enjoy my blog and thought I was deserving of this. Thank you.

Share 7 things about yourself.
(This is difficult for me as most of these could be gotten from a police report.)

1. I minored in religion. That's right, I STUDIED my faith as a choice. How's that for bizarre?
2. We take in cats that others abandon due to the economy. We now have enough cats for me to officially make a hat out of foil and receive instructions from the mother ship.
3. My spouse does the cooking, dishes, and laundry. What do I do? The other stuff.
4. Jennifer (my sister), for the last time, I'm NOT a telemarketer. I'm in collegiate advertising sales. Stop telling Mom I sell timeshare.

5. My best friends are men. The guy who tops the list and whom I'd prefer to share my time with is my husband. I'm no idiot.

6. I'm a "Bright Side" sort of person. "If we hadn't torn this entire storage unit apart, we would have never accidentally found great-grandma's lemon juicer." This drives my family crazy.

7.I haven't painted my nails since 1977, unless you count Rustoleum.

Pass the award on to 15 bloggers,

whom you have recently discovered, and think are fantastic.

Fine. I'm gonna get all Captain Obvious on you. The people whose lives I need to peer into daily are:

Our Life in a Click

Junk Blossoms 

Junkin'Junky
This Fresh Fossil
Popcorn Served Daily
White House, Black Shutters
A Load of Craft
Fowl Single File
Six Inches of Ribbon
Jacki the Junk Junky
Something Wonderful
Brown Paper Packages
Dragonfly Designs
Everyday Crafty Endeavor
Keep Home Simple

Hopefully you'll like them as much as I do.

Now, those of you on the list, get crackin'. To accept this award and display it proudly on your sidebar, you must:

1. Thank the person who gave it to you
2. Share 7 little secrets about you
3. Introduce us to 15 blogs that you have discovered and think are fantastic.

Let me know when you're ready to post, and I'll let everyone here know so we can all do a little extra blog hopping!