The Versatile Solution for Modern Blogging

I'm already wondering if Ikea can sue me for that headline...

I've won an Award, I have! Which is pretty cool since I win NOTHING. Except that CD player. And that Christmas Hamper. And that Mothers' Day Hamper. And that Magnum of champagne. And that night in a hotel. And that Scholarship. And that other Scholarship. Oh, and that other one too.  And that award for my photography.

But apart from that: total LOSER.

Some crazy wench at a blog called Just Me has tagged me and handed me an award for being a Versatile Blogger.  I suppose it's a compliment and not some thinly-veiled hint that maybe just once I might stick to the same topic two posts in a row.

There are Rules that come attached to this award so its not so much an award, I feel, as a heavy burden placed upon my already care-worn shoulders. 

Am ready for my close-up now, Mr De Mille.

The Rules for The Versatile Blogger Award are:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
I'd like to thank the Academy God my parents my co-stars Sarah.

2.  Share 7 things about yourself.
Surely I've done that by now, what with my Award-Winning Versatility 'n' all?

• I have three tattoos, and only one of them I regret.
• I left school when I was 14 and went back when I was 21. I now have a Degree.
• I am terrified of heights.
• I have no contact with my family.
• Before I broke my spine I was the Queen of Hackysack.
• I knew my husband for 7 days before we were engaged.
• I am a Leo, my husband is a Leo and my daughter is a Leo. God help us.

3.  Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
15? There were 325 posts in my Google Reader yesterday and you want me to choose 15?  I'll be in my trailer.

Meet Me At Mikes
Mummy Diaries
Rosie's Growing Sweet Peas
Epheriell
Fox's Lane
Muffin Monster Bubbalug Blog
An Ordinary Life

err...That'll do. Really.

4.  Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award.
My agent will get right on it. What? Oh, havent hired one yet. Is there NO END to the responsibilities???

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Reader's Blog Roll: Put Your Blog Self Here

Do you read SparklePanda Design? Do you have a blog? Would you like other people to read your blog?

I'm betting that the answer to all three questions is: YES

So here's what you can do: you can put your very own blog on this here list of lovely blogs people should read.  Yes! You can!  That way you don't have to ask me to do a link exchange with you, and I dont have to remember to put your link up.  Win/win.

I know, it's totes awesome!

Link away, peeps.

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The Envelope Project

I love Art Projects.  I especially love Completely Random Art Projects.

Meet Me At Mike's is running an art project at the moment called The Envelope Project.  It goes a little like this:

You mail (by actual snail-mail) an envelope to Meet Me At Mike's with something little in it.  Anything.  Possibly not poo. Anything cute or pretty or lovely in some way. They put all the envelopes up in their store window for 6 weeks.  At the end of the 6 weeks, a name from all participants is drawn at random from the universe and that person receives every.single.envelope AND all.their.contents.

Having been a big fan of posting people random stuff for many years now, even almost-strangers that read my old blog (I posted some awesome stuff to those folks) I am Bang Up for posting a little somethin somethin to lordy knows who.

I aint sayin what I posted, but one was made by me some time ago and just sitting in my scrapbooking basket feeling unloved, one was made by Monkey Boy today, and one was made by an animal.  It is not poo.

If you want to find out how to participate, best look here. Check out the rest of Mike's too.  Miss Pip is the Mayor of Awesome-Town!

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