E is for ME! (Excellent Blog Award)

Just in time for Valentine's Day, I'm tickled pink to be the recipient of my very first blog award. A hearty shout out and humble thanks to Lulu at Redefining Sanity for bestowing an E for Excellent upon this blog.

Lulu found my blog because she generously participated in the latest Bloggy Giveaways carnival and I'm a whore hound for quality free stuff and entered her contest for a Juice Beauty Organics To-Go kit. I didn't win, but I'm okay with that. Not because I'm a good loser, but because I won something else from another blog (Hot Diggity!). And more importantly: because Lulu made my day with this award!

All sarcasm and joshing aside, I'm honored to be one of the 10 blogs that Lulu awarded. Go check them all out here and here. And while you're there take a stroll around Redefining Sanity. Lulu has some good stories about her amazingly wise kids and why she needs to return to the Year of Glamour.

Thank you for sharing the good juju, Lulu!

Free Stuff! Free Stuff!

Do you like contests? Easy contests?

Then get ye over to BloggyGiveaways.com today and everyday. There's a new giveaway each weekday. And entering is easy: just follow the simple directions in each post, which usually entail checking out that day's prize and then leaving a comment. Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy! (as my British friend Claire used to say; whatever that lemon-squeezy part means.)

Recent prizes have included jewelry, custom stationery, and a calendar/planner designed specifically for busy moms. Oh, and you have until Wednesday to enter to win a Kodak Easyshare printer, so hurry up!

Every so often, the site hosts this GIANT bloggy giveaway carnival where you can enter to win stuff from hundreds of participating sites. Check out the last one to see how giant it really is. Then get ready for the next one, which is tentatively scheduled for January or February.