Mommy Said A Swear Word bestowed a fab blogger award on me! Check it out:
Since we all know swearing is secretly cool as long as your toddlers are not repeating what you say, take a leisurely scroll to Mommy’s blog and meet Vi.
Now, there is a catch to this award (like so many others)… I actually have to earn it. The only way to be pinning the badge on my sidebar lapel is to reveal seven (7) things about myself my readers do not already know.
Considering some of the close friends who follow this blog (and the many I have met along the way), this is quite a tall order… for someone my height.
Image by kuddlyteddybear2004 via Flickr
Secret Number One:
I was first proposed to when I was four. On the playground one windy September afternoon, Stan asked me to stop playing freeze tag and please sit on a stump near the teeter-totter. In on-one-knee fashion, he presented me with a ring and a “Will you marry me?”
Secret Number Two:
I call my children by a name no one else is allowed to use, although one of my sisters does call #8 by my nickname. No, the nicknames are not confectionery nonsense, like sugar plum or sweet cakes. (Reaches for air sickness bag.) They are based upon the names the hospital demanded I write on the applications for birth certificates. (Note to self: Blog about how ridiculous applying for a birth certificate really is.)
Secret Number Three:
I would rather chew ground glass than mop the floor.For some reason I cannot obsess about mopping the way I do about the daily (sometimes twice daily) vacuuming. I love the smell of the clean floor, but would rather be flogged than do it.
Secret Number Four:
Stephen King needs an editor with cojones. By far, he is my least favorite writer of all time, Dante included. Did we really need 700+ pages for It? Really? I was asleep before the middle of the preface. ZZZZZZZZZZZ And what is with the cameos? Get that idea from William Shatner or Stan Lee?
Secret Number Five:
I am a sucker for a goatee and gray hair. Most of my teenage heart throbs were considered “creepy old men” when I was still a teenager. Now, most of them are dead, with the typical-American-crush exception of Sean Connery… in a kilt.
Secret Number Six:
The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I’m the only one. I have never met anyone with my particular qualifications in aggregate. Some days, it is lonely business. Others, I am so grateful no one else has the magnificent level of drama I manage to attract. And yes, there are four more books in production to cover just the thirties.
Secret Number Seven:
I would not change a thing. When I look back at my blunders, great and small, I can only sport a cryptic, crooked grin. Behind that stoic smile lies the knowledge had I missed one single, solitary step, my life would not be where it is today with my hands firmly around its horns. It has been a wondrous ride, indeed.
The Other Shoe
To accept this award, I must name 15 of my favorite blogs. Feel free to join me for the ride! Stop along the way and introduce yourself to some of my favorite drivers through the blogosphere. I have included a rookie award. Read. Rate. Follow. Comment. Enjoy.
(2) I Have Tried It
(3) The Aware Writer
(7) Valentine Logar
(8) Spittoon Saloon
(9) Boy Mom Blog
(10) The Waiting
(11) Worry Wart’s Guide to Weight, Sex & Marriage
(12) Odds and Ends
(14) Mandy’s Pages
(15) Incoming Bytes
And everyone please give a warm round of applause to Mommy Said A Swear Word for bringing you a few secrets about me!
Until next time,
grantahelms
/ November 23, 2011Thanks Red. One thing I didn’t see… WHO GOT THE ROOKIE AWARD?
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011I did not specify because when you go see who is who you will see who has the newest blog! 🙂 Red.
grantahelms
/ November 23, 2011The strain is to much for my brain. I need to save some cells for ” Breaking Dawn”. That’s what Sue wanted for the anniversary.Tehe. Later.
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011Have a great time! And try not to fall asleep in the movie 🙂 Happy Anniversary, Grant.
Androgoth
/ November 23, 2011Congratulations on your fine Award Red and I have just been reading through your little secrets, I won’t say ALL of your secrets because I am sure that there are hundreds, if not thousands… Okay enough said, I will visit all of the said blogs and see what they are writing about, or posting about as some might be Artists, Photographers or just Wicked 😉
Anyway I will be taking a tour sometime soon so I hope that they won’t mind me bringing along a hoard of Zombies with me? Of course I always leave one or two chomping on something but I do collect them and take them back into my Space once they have eaten their fill…
Do have a wonderful rest of evening now Red and remember do try to be good, I know that will be difficult for you but try anyway 🙂 lol
Androgoth XXx
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011Andro, you are more than welcome to leave a few on my post from last evening. I think there are still bodies a plenty in the comments!
And right you are about the secrets department. Chockoblock full, as it were. Keep tagging along in the blog and I promise to reveal more…perhaps more than the tidbits I leave in your space as well.
Rest well, and do grab those loose limbs over there. Surely a nymph can sew those back on! Red. 😉
Androgoth
/ November 25, 2011Hey Red you are most certainly on a mission with these postings I can hardly keep up on the one posting never mind all of these, but I will try and catch up after my Formula One, it is the last race of the season on Sunday so I will have lots of time to catch up, well in theory I will anyway? 🙂 lol
I will be looking out for all of those little secrets of yours and yes I am tagging along, well at a bit of a crawling pace but I am still following nonetheless 🙂 I do hope that you have a wonderful weekend planned, and that you will be enjoying it to the maximum 🙂
Right I will return to my Space and see what is going on there, probably not a lot actually but hey it’s the weekend next and I am sure that everyone will be tripping the light fangtastic as it were 🙂
Be good now Red,
but never too good okay? 🙂
Androgoth XXx
annmariedwyer
/ November 25, 2011Andro, I am set to settle in and enjoy the decorating with the family. Momma and Poppa will be leaving tomorrow 🙁 And I suspect, you will have something monstrous to occupy you over the weekend as well? I shall be along shortly, as I must rectify the technical difficulties which plagued my 2000 post. *sigh* I do despise being late.
Always good at it!
Red xxx
Laurie
/ November 23, 2011I’m a favorite? neat. Thanks.
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011Why, yes, you are. You have so many things to say which are uber-relevant. And I love your bluntness. <3 Red.
Laurie
/ November 23, 2011Finally, my big mouth and saying whatever pops into my head are appreciated…….
Thanks.
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011You are so welcome. I hope more people stop by and show you some love 😉
James Parsons
/ November 23, 2011I have read some of these blogs, and the ones I read are great. Congrats on your award Red.
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011Thanks, Jim. Be sure to check them all out. There are a lot of different things here, so I think most all of my readers will be able to find something to their liking, especially on those days when my inbox is full 😉 Yes, I am a snob. Tehe.
Happy Thanksgiving, Red.
Miss Demure Restraint
/ November 23, 2011Sean Connery . . . One word for you . . . HOT! I don’t care if the man lives to be 100, he will always be hot in my book.
I’m sorry I haven’t been commenting as much as usual. It’s been a busy blog week for me. I’m hoping my blog friend understand. I have been reading. I hope you’ve seen the likes.
Thank you for the honor of the award, Red. Watch for a post soon.
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011He has been hot for 35 years. And you are right, Dee, he will be until they put him in a box. Mmm. A kilt.
I know you have been busy. Sheesh, you have about 800 comments in my log book! And I have been noticing. Just to return the favor, I have been tweeting your posts 😉 Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and I am certain I will catch back up to you! You deserve it! Red.
Alexandra Heep
/ November 23, 2011Congrats on your blogging award! Thanks for including me on the fab 15 list!
I actually had done a “seven things no one knows about me” post as part of the NaBloWriMo challenge in October. I like those posts.
Happy Thanksgiving!
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, Alex! I guess one of these days I will do the Nano challenge. Not like I don’t write that much everyday anyway 😉 I love these posts. They are always so much fun! Red.
James Parsons
/ November 23, 2011I have read every one that you have told me about, and I am sure I will read them all at some point. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
annmariedwyer
/ November 23, 2011Thank you for giving my friend’s a read. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! Red.
valentinelogar
/ November 24, 2011We will need to share Sean. We already do share secrets, where they belong.
I will add others now and again as I go, but as always thank you for encouragement. I believe I am beginning to get back in the groove after a bit of a dry season.
annmariedwyer
/ November 24, 2011I think we should as well. I will find a place for him. Meanwhile, why not slide into the Green Room and post the link to your blog and his, Val. “get back into the groove”…More like exploding out of the gate! Happy Thanksgiving! Red.
ihavetriedit
/ November 24, 2011Thanks for adding me to your favorites! I feel so honored. Congrats on the award. I enjoyed the seven secrets you revealed in this post! Happy Thanksgiving!
annmariedwyer
/ November 24, 2011And a very Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! You deserve it!