Shiny New Award!

Thanks to the wonderful Amparo Ortiz at No Rest for the Lazy for this lovely award that she passed my way!

1) Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.


2) Share 7 things about yourself.

3) Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (In no particular order...)

4) Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

Seven things about myself:

1 - I have a goal to read 100 books this year.
2 - My favorite flower (scent wise) is the gardenia.
3 - I'm convinced bacon and donuts are foods of the gods.
4 - Despite being a Colorado native, I don't ski.
5 - I once lost a spelling bee on the word anchovy.
6 - I hate anchovies.  Just kidding, I've never tried them.
7 - I hope to travel one day.  I've never been out of the US.
 
Those of you I've chosen to pass this award on to are an inspiration to me.  You've given great advice or made me laugh, or just been there when I needed a word of encouragement; or all of the above.   There's even some dudes on here, because they like awards too and they need a little love sent their way sometimes.  And now here's the list of those of you I chose to pass this award on to:
 
TK Richardson at My Writing Masquerade
Brent & Emily at Naughty Book Kitties
Nicole at WORD for Teens
Steph Su at Steph Su Reads
Cate Woods at Words from the Woods
Shannon ODonnell at Book Dreaming
Shannon Whitney Messenger
Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books
Sara McClung at The Babbling Flow of a Fledgling Scribbler
Karsten Knight
Matt Sinclair at The Elephant's Bookshelf
OfficeGirl at Tired But Writing
Kelly McDermott-Bay at Bookend Diaries
Lydia Kang at The Word Is My Oyster
Matthew at The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment
 
Okay, so that's everyone.  Pass this little beauty on as you see fit.  :)