And I would like to thank....

A special day in deed! My dear and longtime friend, Rachelle, whose blog is

has given me this lovely blog award! How sweet!

Thank you Rachelle! Thanks to my wonderful family, they make it SO easy to blog! Thanks to my mother, who has always inspired me to be creative! Thanks to my sisters... my silent but loud cheerleaders! Thanks to all my family and friends who read the blog... and because they do I continue to blog! And to the Academy of Blogging... if there were no blogging I would not be receiving this lovely blog award! Thank you!! Thank you!!

Here are the rules of the "One Lovely Blog Award":
Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Serious time now. I have to be serious now? The rules of the award states that I have to award 15 new blogs that I have discovered lately. 15! Wow! I don't know if I can count that high, but here goes! These are all new blogs that I have recently discovered and I am sharing them with you. They are all divine and amazing women who write with a purpose!

1. Pedaling

(because she is right on, woman!)

2. Give Away Today

There is a give-away-a-day!

3. Earnest Parenting

(because she has 2 sets of twin boys and lives to blog it,

she likes the love and logic parental method too,

and we all need some advice, encouragement and help sometimes

www.loveandlogic.com)

4. Amanda's DEBT FREE blog

(she is that smart and encourages others to be too!)

5. U Create

(because one day I too will create)

6. Trying to stay Calm

(she gives freebies away)

7. MMB

(Mormon Mommy Blogs is a site for everything and it is WONDERFUL)

8. Beehive Messages

(her creativity ASTOUNDS me and I am grateful she shares)

9. Crafty Chicks

(because it is just plain crafty-licious)

10. Tip Junkie

(aren't we all tip junkies inside??)

11. Thou shalt not whine

(you have to read her~ she is that good!)

12. An American Princess

(She writes along the lines of what I am thinking.

Oh, and she is a Princess!

Aren't we all?

13. Hyperactive Lu

(Maybe it is the ADD in me but She sounds divine! Just read her!)

14. Here in the Bonny Glen

(she home schools and secretly I want to but not sure if my kids and

I will survive the experience together

**Also she writes books about Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandmother**)

15. See Mommy RUN

(Because I will run again... but right now I am walking up to it)

NOW~ Check out these sites and see for yourself why they are so divine!! You may find a few new favorites!