Who Woulda Thunk It?

Who woulda thunk it- that today I would receive my very first blog award?  Now, I'm not entirely sure as to the purpose of these blog awards making their way around the blogging world, but I found receiving one rather encouraging.  It just kind of puts a spring in your step when you realize that someone else thought of you when choosing the person on whom they would bestow their award.  My long-lost friend Tracie passed this award onto me, and I liked how she determined the purpose of the "cute little button" was to explain to the world that "someone likes this blog, besides the person who writes it".

The rules of the "One Lovely Blog Award" are: accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to fifteen other blogs that you’ve newly discovered [not so sure about the 'newly discovered' part, but I will pass it along to blogs I thoroughly enjoy]. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

And now, I will try to put a spring into the step of some other individuals- er, ladies (the award is a little girly looking, and I'm not too sure how my male blogging friends would feel displaying pink roses and teacups on their oh-so-manly blogs)- today by passing on this fun little award to them.  But I have a slight problem since I don't have too many friends who blog, and I'm not about to give out this award to those blogs who have a gazillon readers already and have probably been awarded this exact blog award numerous times before.  So, I'm just going to keep it simple and choose five bloggers who I feel are most deserving of this little bit of recognition. The winners are (in random order):

Erin at Losin' It

Jessica at Mountains of Books

Abby at Living the Christian Life

Glenna at please don't call me for advice
Laura Lee at Life as a Rough Draft

Ladies, thank you for your wonderful blogs which challenge me, encourage me, and make me laugh out loud.  I hope you have a wonderful day (evening to Laura Lee, that is) and pass on the blog award to other deserving bloggers.  Thanks again Tracie!