Wow!

Okay, so I have some serious catching up to do.... and believe me when I say that I'm buried under mountains of laundry and cats and a dog who are trying to cram a week's worth of lovin' into one night.

But first, imagine my delight and surprise when I found this on my blog comments:
"Miss Thystle said...

CONGRATS! You have been awarded the Arte Y Pico Blog award by me Thystle, at www.missthystle.com .This award was created to be given to bloggers who inspire others with their creativity, and for contributing to the blogging world in whatever medium. Please check out my blog for the rules for award acceptance."

I'm new at this, so this is my very. first. award. evah. :::beaming:::

So, this is what it says in the rules:

1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award through creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogger community, no matter of language.
2. Each award should have the name of the author with a link to their blog.
3. Award winners have to post the award with the name and link to the blog of the person who gave them the award.
4. Please include a link to the “Arte Y Pico” blog so that everyone will know where the award came from.

Okay, so here goes:

1. Miss Thystle, of course. Because one good turn deserves another, right? And because I do love snark and aspire to it myself. And yes, of course, a boat's no fun unless you entertain, so come on over.

2. Evil Twin's Wife because she was the first person to put me on a blogroll! Ever. Wow. And because I like reading her perspectives on daily life.

3. Karen because she's my neighbor and the first blog I think I ever read. She's very funny and snarky and has the inside scoop on all things GH.

4. 3carnations - okay, I don't know if she knows *me, but I enjoy reading her and I found her through some of the other blogs I read - I can relate to her because she's started running recently and i'm suffering through every step the same way. :-)

5. The Blonde Goddess - she is seriously amusing. all. the. time.