The Competitive Nature of Blog Awards

I am laughing so hard at the moment and it bloody well hurts! Have just followed E.  @ whining at the world around the blogosphere handing out notifications about the last blog award post. Felt like the dag following the cool kid and copying her moves.

Just remember my friend - imitiation is the sincerest form of flattery!

Luckily, for me, it was not the same award...

And now, my turn to bestow the same one she was shopping around.

Once again, here are the rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award. Already done in last post, but will again. Thanks Jen!
 2. Share 7 things about yourself. See below.

3. Pass the award along to 7-9-15- however many  bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic! I had said only six on my last post but as I have to share seven things I'll make it seven.



4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award. Give me a chance to list 'em would ya!

Seven things from my deep dark history. Oh crap, how do I find seven things I haven't already shared?

• I wanted to be a singer. Desperately wanted to be out the front of a band rocking my arse off. Had all the moves, just missing one thing. A voice. My singing sucks.
• I was bullied at school. Probably why I am so protective of my two boys and any hint of this recurring.
• I crank the music up when alone and dance, dance, dance. God was being very nasty when he gave me a child who cannot stand any loud noise.
• From sixteen to around twenty-nine I took an hour and a half to do my makeup and hair. Every day. Sometimes twice. Even to do the grocery shopping, did not set foot outside door without full face on.
• I have an incredible memory. If I read something once I can nearly recite it word for word.
• Up until my early thirties I could out drink ANYONE. Nowadays I am a cheap drunk.
• I love browsing through antique shops, second-hand bookstores, and op-shops.

My list of seven new discoveries from blog heaven:

1. Thea @ Do I really Wanna Blog? Really enjoy reading Thea's take on her life. Find myself sitting nodding in agreement. Shame no-one can see.
2. Leanne @ Deep Fried Fruit. Outspoken, honest, says what we all are thinking a lot of the time.
3. Lulu @ Unperfect Life. How can you not like someone who has "When life gives you lemons, reach for the Tequila" written in the title of their blog?
4. Lori @ Random Ramblings of a SAHM. She is really funny. And creative and makes new words up like I do. 
5. Kitty Moore @ Kitty Tells It As It Is.  A truly gifted writer. Her story in a captivating series of blog posts (start at the oldest and work your way through). Oi Kitty - write faster, I'm waiting...
6. Fiona @ Fe... a life. Because she is raw, truthful and blunt. Just the way I like it.
7. Tara @ Waffling Along. For lots of reasons. Firstly because she is one hell of a tlented lady, secondly, even though she is busy she needs to bloody well start blogging again. Screw Twitter - we need you more! Thirdly, because I know her. Yep, really face to face. She is THAT one.

And that bloggers is it. Off to inform the lucky recipients. Then to pop more painkillers.

December 7: Blog Find of the Year #best09

That gem of a blog you can't believe you didn't know about until this year.

Gwen Bell Best of 2009 Challenge

This will certainly not be everyone's cup of tea. In fact I only discovered this blog yesterday after a thread on Essential Baby sent me looking for some old links I had saved in favourites. Literary porn, or erotica as I prefer to call it. I had bookmarked a site named Clean Sheets, self-described as a weekly magazine devoted to encouraging and publishing quality erotic fiction, poetry, and art, providing honest information and thoughtful commentary on sexuality, and fostering an ongoing discussion of sexuality in the lives of individuals and in a global society. I only read it for the articles, of course.

This, however, is not the site I refer to. A short story led me to the author's site where her tantalising words entrapped me. A gifted storyteller, I fell into her world of erotic beauty. If palpable lust, hot tales and sexual fantasy are not things which tempt you personally, I would not recommend you follow this link. She is a skilled, sensual wordsmith, and yes, I am enthralled by the amoral realm she creates. Purely for the secret libertine, I surrender Alice - black and white. Alice Gray is a freelance graphic and web designer with a passion for writing erotic fiction. And in Madmother's opinion: a truly gifted talent for erotic fiction!

My advice... find a quiet time during the day, curl up on the bed with your laptop and indulge your more licentious senses.

Apologies to any I have unintentially offended, I guess my literary whorishness broke free once more.

But, hey, you wanted my favourite find and this, for 2009, is it!
 
 

Holy *!#@** Hell!

MY BLOG LIST HAS JUST BEEN WIPED! ALL OF THE BLOGS I WAS FOLLOWING HAVE GONE! WHAT THE???

#%*$#@

And I have to go to work so have no hope of trying to find them all until the weekend. *sob*

Logged out, shut down laptop, come back and they are there again??? What the?