Category: AWARDS

Super Commenter Award

My great blogging friend at Mercedes World has bestowed upon me another award. She has a wonderful site with 2 great Meme’s, Scrumptious Sunday and Hump Day Humor!

Dandelion Wishes had this award created so she could pass on the love!

I chose the Top 10 Commenters-by going through 16ish pages of comments back through 6-1-08. Feel free to pass this on however you wish-just link back to the person that honored you with this award, me ;)

TOP 5+ COMMENTERS:
Barbara
Joy
Lorie
Meredith
Penelope
Sandy

Sooooooooooooo much better than an Oscar – she's beautiful!

I would like to thank Tismee2 at Squared Off for this award. Like she said, it’s always a nice cozy feeling to know that you aren’t just rambling on to yourself and that maybe you are making someone’s day a little happier!

Thank you to all who have stumbled across my blog inadvertently or because they thought that 3 sides of crazy was the local asylum when they googled it. I too would like to thank my family who are the biggest source of almost all the content of my blog in one way or another.

THE RULES of this award are:
1. Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and a link to his/her blog.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name of and link to the blog that presented her/him with the award.
4. The award winner and one who has given the prize has to show the link of Arte Y Pico blog so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. Show these rules

She said about me, “3 sides of crazy – This is such an inviting blog, full of interesting things, a bit like a sweet/craft/stationery shop where you go in and need to be dragged out hours later.”

This just makes me giddy all over to know that I made someone’s day a little brighter. My blog is my home away from home, the one thing I can control amidst the chaos of this remodel and household. It makes me feel happy to know you feel that way. Thank you again and I will pass it along to 5 more deserving blogs that make me feel giddy too, make me smile, make me dream with them and their pictures, I can’t wait to see what they’re up to, etc… I’ll try and do this so that we spread the wealth without a bunch of double tags.

Here are my award winners:
Penelope at Cafe at the End of the Universe for her reality check and kind words
Misty Dawn at Misty’s Words for her beautiful pictures and strong sense of nature and the ability to go with the flow
Meredith at Mercedes World for her organization and adaptability to real life
Lorie at Honey I Shrank Myself for her courage to be her best self and share it with us along the way
Ladybug at Living in the Light I Find for her ability to find the beauty in life as we know it

TreeS of Happiness Award – I feel so honored

This is such a beautiful award and the sentiment is so touching too. Each day when I pray, I ask God to grant me happiness. I figure that if I am happy, then all else is falling into place in my life. If I am happy, I am likely to be healthy, have enough food on the table at least for today, have at least my basic needs met. If I am happy, then all is well. Now it’s my turn to pay it forward!

This award, given to me not once, but twice (I am so honored) in the same week by both Joy at Joy of Desserts and Shannon at Shannon’s Moments of Introspection and is a wish for my happiness.

The rules of this award are to share 6 things which bring us happiness and to share this award with 6 other bloggers. As usual, link to the person who gave you the award and link to the people you are giving the award to.

When I think of trees, I think of my dad. He had a green thumb and loved all things outdoors. We would take countless trips to Mt. Pinos or Sequoia National Park just to see the trees.

  • One of the things that brings me happiness is the memories of my dad and the special times we spent together.
  • Another thing is my FAMILY and all our time spent together. The yearly camp outs, phone calls in between and notes, letters and pictures that keep us all tied together as the family spreads all over the country.
  • Hubby makes me happy every day.
  • God and my faith bring me happiness every day.
  • My friends make me smile and happy.
  • My dogs bring lots of happiness and sticks and ….
I pass this along to:
Barbara
Jenn
Kathryn
Penelope
Sandy
Stephanie

May this little Tree of Happiness Award bring you some well deserved happiness. You have just received the tree of happiness. It will grow into a great tree and depends on you to grow firmly and strongly. Plant it on your heart and attitude, water it with smiles and kindness, smell the aroma of its flowers, feel and savor the sweetness of its fruits and protection under its shade with you love.

Kind Blogger Award

I’m honored that Meredith at Mercedes Rules has bestowed
this wonderful award upon me this morning.
Thank you so much Mere.

I’ve met so many wonderful people blogging,
it’s hard to not pass this along to absolutely everyone.
So I’ll start with a few of my kind bloggy friends.

  • Barbara whose kindness and friendship has helped me develop my blog, MY way and who has become a dear friend whom I’ve known all my life, or so it seems.
  • Joy whose kindness and friendship keeps me smiling.
  • Penelope whose kindness always finds a positive aspect at all times.
  • Kathryn whose kindness makes her such a great mom.
  • Sandy, Stephanie and Sharon whose kind words always arrive to put a smile on my face at just the right time.
  • I’d like to tag back Meredith who has been so supportive and kind as I maneuver through my first year blogging with themes and keeps me on my toes to stay organized.

Sharing the love ~ A pay it forward style Award to raise organ donation awareness

My dear blogging friend Meredith at Mercedes Rules has bestowed upon me another award. And I like the way she has decided to award it so I too will pay it forward to everyone on my list over there on the right. Have I forgotten you? Let me know and I’ll add you.

This award was created by Memoirs of a Mommy. It’s a very special award that she created in Honor Of The Donor That Saved (her son) Noah’s Life. Noah received a heart transplant, and she hopes that by passing this award around the blogosphere everyone can help raise awareness of the need for Organ Donation.

The rules of this award are: SHARE THE LOVE!!! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog.

**All I ask, is that you include a link to this post with the award and ask your recipients to do the same**

This is such a special award and I want to share it with everyone on my Blog List! See it there over on the right? Don’t forget to pick up your award and share the love with your blogosphere~just remember to link back to the originator: Memoirs of a Mommy. ;)

Joy, thank you for the award!

I signed on to another wonderful award from Joy at Joy of Desserts this morning.
Thank you so much!

It then consumed much of my morning as I visited the wonderful paces it has already been and had to do mucho translating to read them all… In fact I’m still reading… This award is truly making its way around the world.

It is always hard for me to make choices on passing these awards on, but the truth is that we must choose, life is always a choice. So I have chosen the following blogs for all of their positive contributions, delicious recipes, beautiful designs, wonderful photos, and most of all the gift of their friendship and laughter as well as their magical blog world where they let me come and dream!

Barbara at Candy Hearts and Paper flowers and Kitchen Comforts
Kathryn at Overwhelmed with Joy
Michelle at Scribbit Motherhood in Alaska
Penelope at Cafe at the End of the Universe
Sandy at Writing in Faith

Ladies it is your turn to pass
the joy of winning an award on.

The rules for awarding this prize to other blogs are as follows:

You must choose 5 blogs you think are deserving of this award for their creativity, design, materials and interesting contribution to the blog community regardless of their language. Each winner should display the prize and put the name of the blog link and the person who has rewarded her in the post.

I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH!

Joy @ JOY of DESSERTS gave me this great award with the task of passing it on to 10 other bloggers. That makes it quite difficult to choose since there are so many great ladies out there that I try to keep up with.

So, with no further ADO and in no particular order, here’s the other 1/2 my list finally now that I’m back from vacation:
  1. Alice at Alice’s Restaurant for her Jack and Jill series alone earns this award. She finds new and inventive ways to keep us laughing.
  2. Susan at Farmgirl Fare has flair for farm life and captures it in her pictures to keep us informed, amused and smiling from ear to ear.
  3. Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for wonderful outlook on life, kids and food. She hosts Slow Cooking Thursday which is full of wonderful recipes and other wonderful ladies to visit.
  4. Stephanie over Mississippi Songbird because she has a fun outlook on everything.
  5. Sharon over at Hustle Hag because she makes me laugh. She has a wonderful sense of humor and great perspective on life.
Stop by and congratulate them on a job well done!
Your job ladies is to pass this award on to 10 more people and keep spreading the love!

I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH…

Joy @ JOY of DESSERTS gave me this great award with the task of passing it on to 10 other bloggers. That makes it quite difficult to choose since there are so many great ladies out there that I try to keep up with.

So, with no further ADO and in no particular order, here’s 1/2 my list to start with:
  1. Barbara over at Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers has become a close friend via our blogs and has helped through many a ‘techinical’ issue of late. We have many similar likes, beliefs and values and I love chatting with her ~ sometimes into the wee hours of the morning. She also maintains the blog Kitchen Comforts with lots of great recipes! She also hosts a new meme, Monday’s Musings that is full of fun quotes.
  2. Kathryn over at Overwhelmed with Joy hosts one of my favorite memes, Favorite Ingredient Friday where we share a multitude of recipes. She has an awesome look on life and is a great caring foster mom with a full plate, but always time for everyone. She also host Pay It Forward, a book exchange.
  3. Misty Dawn at Misty’s Words is becoming an awesome photographer and is also hosting a new Meme, Camera Critters. It has taken off with a bang and we have many, many players. Check out some of their awesome animal pictures!
  4. Meredith over at Mercedes Rocks is hosting 2 memes that I love. The first is Scrumtious Sunday, a themed recipe exchange and the other is Hump Day Humor, also themed. She is a lot of fun and some great ideas for teachers.
  5. Penelope Anne, better known as Sassy Mama Bear over at the Cafe at the End of the Universe just because she makes me laugh. She has a wonderful sense of humor and does some in depth looks at local events.
Stop by and congratulate them on a job well done!
Your job ladies is to pass this award on to 10 more people and keep spreading the love!
Look for the next 1/2 of my list to come soon, but for now, I’m going back on vacation!

Sweet Sweet Surprise!

I signed on for a quick email check while we are preparing for our family reunion and look what I found. Joy @ Joy of Desserts left me a super sweet surprise. This is her quote that made me smile big and feel some serious heartstring tugs:

“3 Sides Of Crazy. Tamy and I seem to have a lot of little things and interests in common. She blogs about all sorts of things like cooking, her home and barn, faith and more. You won’t get bored. If you enjoyed my post about the first American cookbook and antique recipes, you’ll like her series on an old 1917 cookbook she found. She calls the series Tuesday’s Romance of Cookery and Housekeeping. “

These are the other 9 recipients. Stop by and congratualate them. You can read what Joy had to say about them on her post.

Canela’s Kitchen...Mil Postres...Culinarty...4urpets…yay pie!…

Texas Tanya...Grace Today...Erin Craig...Tad Cronn...

Now it’s my turn be thoughtful & present 10 more awards.

SO, know that while I am on R&R I will have my thinking cap on!