Yay! Blog Love!

Thank you to Marla from Pak Adventures for giving me some Blog Love. I'd like to pass on the lovin' so read on... (and I'm going to try and not list people I've already given awards to - I'm fair like that.)

Now.. the rules are.... (rules, schmules. Do what you want - even if it's just grabbing the nifty little heart box and putting it on your web site. Or do nothing. Or give it to just one special blogger. Or pass it around to 20! What do I care? Be empowered!)

1.The winner puts logo on her/his blog.
2.Link the person you received your award from.
3.Nominate 7 other blogs.
4.Put links of those blogs on yours.
5.Leave a message on the blogs of those you’ve chosen.

So, here are my winners! (In no particular order - sorry, no favoritism)

1. Lorrie from Our Name Is Blog - well, she's funny and she has GREAT stuff!
2. Linda from Stalked by God because she seriously amazes and inspires me, and she's grown into such a beautiful woman (I know I sound old, but when I met her, she was a teen). This is inspirational writing, and I hope she does write a book someday.
3. Heather from Nobody-but-yourself because she seems funny and real and she's almost a neighbor so maybe we can meet for coffee (or wine) or to feed the ducks or something.
4. Laura and Jenny Fabulous (they count as one because they're cousins) from Livin'Laura and Livin' Life (see, even their blogs are almost the same name)
5. Barb from Blackbelt Scrappin because she takes awesome pictures and she has great recipes on Tuesdays - check it out.
6. The girls from Smartini - they're always serving up something to quench your thirst and they're funny, too.
7. Carrie from Pearls of Something because her observations on homeschooling and kids has me laughing and thankful at the same time.
And because I'm a rule-breaker, I'll add Tori from Baby Bloomr. She's a blend of inspirational and sometimes snark. Plus her commenters can be pretty funny, too.

Update: A few of you have commented to me that you don't think you know 7 other blogs (the same thing happened to me when I started out -it's amazing how quickly it snowballs though) . Anyway, since I obviously bent the rules and listed 9, don't worry about it - link as many as you like, even of it's only 1 or 2 or 3. Have fun and spread the love! :-)