Neighbors in the Blogahood stopped by and left a couple of Awards

If you were a neighbor, I might drop by with this

or this

or even this

I have long since decided that instead of bringing by pies, cupcakes and cookies, friends in the blogahood give awards.  What a sweet, southern kind of thing! What deliciously wonderful gifts! And, just like my mama taught me, the neighborly gifts are returned. Yes, they take a little time to prepare. Good things usually do. But it is part of what keeps the community cohesive, friendly and feeling like home.

Julie at Mommie Cooks (click here) graciously award me The Versatile Blogger Award.

 The Rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!

4. Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award.

Seven Things to Share About Myself:

1. I have green eyes.  I inherited them from my grandmother. She always said she wished them on me, but I thought wishful just a sweet way of phrasing she hoped really hard.

2.  Each of my sons has as personally crafted Blue Cotton Lullaby. I held off my 4th son’s lullaby until he was a year old, hoping, just like my grandmother that his eyes would turn green.  They were corn-silk blue. When I finally gave up hoping, and let his lullaby that had been swirling in the back of my mind finally come out after he turned a year, his eyes turned green.  The song was ”Blue Eyes I love you Blue.” The title or words have not been changed.

3.  My first 4 sons are really a science experiment. They prove that 1 out of 4 has the recessive eye gene. The first three have brown eyes (dominant), the fourth green (recessive).

4.  I learned with my sons that the one trait you do not want from your mother-in-law, you will get in abundance.  My first son has hazel eyes (brown most often), the second, Tiger’s Eyes Brown, and the third, Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate brown. My MIL has brown eyes.

5. I always read the book endings first.  I cannot stand suspense. Sometimes that makes real life a little stressful. LOL

6. My husband and I spent a month in Holland a year before our first son was born.  I didn’t travel outside the country again until he took me to Italy for our 25 anniversary!

7.  I love William Powell/Myrna Loy movies!

 

15 Blogs Worthy of Sharing this Award With

These are blogs that are multi-dimensional in their postings – and always a joy to visit.

 

1. Twinspirational Runner
2. Ma What’s for Dinner
3. More of Mich
4. Mama’s Little Chick
5. Farm Girl Paints
6. Work, Wife, Mom. . . Life: SuperMom in Training
7. Life with 4 Boys
8. Life with Kaishon
9. Sugar Tails
10. He & Me + 3
11. A Duck in Her Pond
12. Country-Fried Mama
13. Faith Imagined
14. When Pigs Fly
15. Clever Mamas
16. Raising My 4 Sons

Kathleen over at Life with 4 Boys brought me by The Sunshine Award .  In turn, I would like to extend her hospitality and send the Award to 12 blogs that strive to see the good in their lives, shining a little sun via their posts.

1. Chrysalis
2. Seizing My Day
3. Completely Chaotic and Loving It
4. Muffin Tin Mom
5. Life as we know it
6. The 160 Acre Woods
7. The Green Grass Grows All Around
8. Boondock Ramblings
9. Work of Heart and Soul
10. Mommie Cooks!
11. Blessed Adventures
12. Good, True & Beautiful

I would also like to thank Cupcake Mommie for including me in her Blog Swap at The Everyday Life of a Cupcake Mommie a few Sundays ago .