Stylish Blogger Award

Stephanie at Daisies and Dominoes awarded me with the Stylish Blogger Award. Thank you so much Stephanie...you have made my day!

The Rules for accepting the award are:

Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award
Share 7 things about yourself.
Pass this on to 15 other great bloggers you recently discovered.
Contact the selected bloggers and tell them about their awards.

Seven things about myself:
1. I am an only child
2. I love to write poetry
3. My best friend is my mom
4. Someday I plan to live in the country in a log cabin and raise chickens
5. Thirteen is my favorite number and Tuesday is my favorite day
6. The Cosby Show, Wife Swap and World's Strictest Parents are my favorite shows
7. I think that being chivalrous is a man's best attribute

Here is where I am going to break the rules. I don't think I have 15 homeschooling blogs that I read regularly since many people have stopped blogging. I have a few though and will name those.

Learning Adventures SWMNBN has been my homeschooling compadre since we started homeschooling. She hasn't been an active blogger lately but what she has is worth checking out.
Raising Future Leaders I love, love love this blog. Chip joined The Civil Air Patrol because of reading of this family.
HSKubes Haven at Home I have been reading this blog for years. I look forward to reading updates of their lives. They make me smile.
Shady Bayou Academy This family does a lot of science stuff. Plus they always look like they are having FUN!
Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers There are a lot of great resources and fun things to do on this blog!
Sunflower Schoolhouse Honey has tons of resources available. She goes to a lot of work and shares freely. :-)
Learners at Home Tracey has a lot of information on different ways of learning, some organizational information and nice resources.

I Got's an Award!

Alicia at Magic and Mayhem gave me an award!I am honored Alicia, thank you!

So, as with everything in life, there are rules...

• *List 6 things that make you happy.
• *Pass the award on to 5 other bloggers
• *Link back to the person who gave you the award.
• *Link to the people you are passing it on to and leave them a comment to let them know.

Here it goes...6 things that make me happy:

1. Getting up at 5:00 and having coffee while watching the news and Married with Children with Cool. It is becoming a daily ritual and something I really look forward to.
2. Day trips with the Picklets. I love impromptu trips that turn out to be both educational and, more importantly, fun!
3. Getting to spend time with my Grandma and Grandpa. I had to to take my Grandpa to the hospital on Sunday. He is now home and in hospice care. I value the time I have gotten to know them as an adult. I value even more that my children have gotten to know them.
4. Spring! I love spring weather. Not much in the world makes me as happy as 60º temperatures, birds singing, trees budding, snow melting and of course, the smell that only comes with Spring.
5. Milk in a bag. Yes, it sounds weird, but milk in a bag makes me extremely happy. It brings back wonderful childhood memories. Each time I get to purchase it for the picklets I get giddy.
6. The sky. I love the sky. Grey, blue, dark, rainy, cloudy, sunny...I love it! I take many, many pictures trying to capture what I see in the sky. I have passed the love of the sky onto the picklets and that makes me extremely happy too.

Now to pass it onto 5 bloggers. I guess I can't award it to Alicia but Magic and Mayhem is definitely on my list.

1. Waysley Academy. I love the little projects such as "messy art". There are always lots of pictures too. At this moment they are requesting postcards from each state f or a geography study which sounds like so much fun!
2. HSKubes Haven at Home. I am not sure when I started reading Christina's blog but I have followed it through her husband being deployed, his homecoming and their daily activities. I look forward to each post. I even have Cool hooked on this one!
3. Think! We have had a ton of fun participating in Thinks! weekly challenges. Getting more active in these challenges is on my short list of things to do. Dill even won a t-shirt for participating. It is one of his prized processions.
4. School For Us. I love the projects and pictures. There is always something new to learn from this blog!
5. Freakmom's Space. Here I follow the Incredibles. I really like this blog. I get a bit of school, family life and currently I have been loving the recipes. :-)
6. Here I am going to break the rules. I am going to name one more blog but it is in code. She Who Must Not Be Named. Even though I know what is going on daily I still like to peruse your blog.

I need to apologize to each of these nominees. I am terrible at commenting and you probably don't even know I read your blogs much less know I am hooked on them! Please accept my apologies and know your blogs are part of my daily routine.

Gerkin, Gerky, SWMNBN