Best Blog Award

I'm so much flattered by the Best Blog Award that Giveaway Addict Bobbi has graciously handed over to me. Isn't it every blogger's dream to be one of the best? Thank you so much for the great encouragement, Bobbi! Like all good giveaway addicts, Bobbi helps us spot and win awesome giveaways. She runs 9 open giveaways right now and you can list yours on her MckLinky every Monday. Be sure to check her out!

To be fully eligible for the award, I need to follow these rules:

1) To accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 10 other blogs that you have recently discovered and think are great! Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Here's my list of 10 Best Blogs (in alphabetical order)

• Deal Seeking Mom

• Fabulous Fun Finds

• Flying Giggles and Lollipops

• Frugal Freebies

• Go Graham Go

• J. Leigh Designz

• Jolly Mom

• Mission Mommy

• Prissy Green

• Reviews and Giveaways

If you haven't visited any of these fabulous blogs, please do and tell them I send you :)

Please spare a minute and vote for me! Thank you so much!

Vote For Me and You Could Win Too

My blog has just been nominated for the Divine Caroline Love This Site Award in the "Play" channel. Now I need your vote to help me win the award along with a $250 Visa gift card. Limit one vote per site per person.

The beauty of the voting scheme is that you can vote for as many sites as you like, so voting for me will by no means prevent you from voting for any other site you love, including your own. In fact, we may help each other out by voting for each other as long as we are not competing in the same channel.

Now here's the deal. Anyone who votes for me will receive 5 extra entries into each of my current and future giveaways now through December 4, 2009 (last day of the contest). You only need to vote once. If you're also in the contest and would like to exchange votes with me, just leave your link in the comment and I'll go vote for you. If I do end up winning, I'll share the wealth by raffling off $50 PayPal cash among all those who vote for me!

In order to vote, you'll need to create an account on Divine Caroline. Being a member has its exclusive benefits, including access to all those members-only giveaways! There are quite a few great giveaways going on in the community. Here are two examples:

Win $5,000 by commenting here by 11/17/09. You may enter every day to better your chances and be eligible for weekly prizes!

Be one of the first 150 to comment here and win a 2-ml sample of Ormonde Jayne’s Champaca Eau de Parfum! Only 57 entries so far.

Sounds good? Go register, vote for me and I'll help you win too! Thanks in advance for your support! Please leave a comment here telling me my vote count after you vote for me if you want to be entered into the $50 drawing in the event that I won.

Don't forget to do one or all of the following things for permanent extra entries into all my giveaways!

• Follow my blog publicly
  
• Become my fan on Facebook
  
• Subscribe to my feed via email
• Add me to your Technorati favorites
• Grab my button
• Add me to your blogroll
• Follow me on Twitter & tweet the designated message
• Blog about the giveaway and link back.
  

New Blog Award

While I was struggling with my drowsy eyes, Lynn at Midday Escapades brightened up my night with the most coveted One Lovely Blog Award. Thank you so much, Lynn, for this great honor! In case you don't know, Lynn hosts fun giveaways as well as an ongoing MckLinky, where you can list your own giveaways.

To carry on the spirit of the One Lovely Blog award, I need to follow these rules:

1. Accept the award
2. Post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
3. 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.

Here are my 15 lovely nominees (in no particular order):

1. The Mom Reviews
2. Mama of 3 Munchkins
   
3. My Four Monkeys
4. A Mom's Balancing Act
5. The Shopping Mama
   
6. Raising Itty-Bitty Bookworms
7. Frugal & Fabulous
8. Delightful Chaos
9. I Could Use A Deal
10. An Island Life
11. Mama Buzz
12. Minnesota Mama's Must Haves
13. Pretty Pink Momma
14. The Mommy Files
15. Health, Beauty & Family
    

My list is a mix of new bloggy friends and old friends with a new look. Each of them has great things to share and give. Time for more blog hopping~~

Another Blog Award

I'm so happy to receive my second blog award from Nichol@Kiddies Corner Deals. There are tons of awesome giveaways on Nichol's blog, including a $75 Jumeau Bags shopping spree! She's going to have her birthday bash tomorrow, with party favors of course. Happy Birthday, Nichol! And thank you for the wonderful award and the opportunity to award more of my favorite blogs!

The "Love Ya" Award states:
These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

• Amy @ Resourceful Mommy
• Juanita @ The Frugalicious Mommy
• Valerie @ Sweeps 4 Bloggers
• Deb @ Just a Moms' Take on Things
• Candice @ Mom Most Traveled
• Melissa @ Saving Cents with Sense
• Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy
• Treasia @ Confessions of a Mid-Life Trucker's Wife

My First Blog Award!

I'm thrilled to receive my first blog award from Melissa at Outnumbered 3 to 1! I recently won a cute Invisible Stripes t-shirt from her blog launch party. And now a nice award. Thank you so much, Melissa! You rock! In case you don't know already, Outnumbered 3 to 1 will roll out another great blog party to celebrate Father's Day tomorrow. Be sure to check it out.

To accept this wonderful award, I need to list 7 things I love and pass the award on to 7 bloggers I love.

Things I Love
1. Motherhood
2. Friendship
3. Ice cream
4. Chocolate
5. Pop music
6. Roller coaster
7. Blogging (of course!)

Bloggers I Love (so hard to limit to 7)
Emily at Emily's Latest
Jamie at Saving In Style
Lynette at My Moms View
Kirsten at Gobs of Giveaways
Susanna at The Funky Monkey
Stefanie & Claire at Mom's Most Wanted
Dee at Two of Kind, Working on a Full House