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I had a bad weekend. I had my heart broken a little. I can't go into details. But to cheer myself up I decided to finish a post I'd been working on for too long. It's answers to the wonderful tags and awards I've received over the past few months from some beautiful bloggers.

I am passing the Beautiful Blogger Award and the Sunshine Award to: Angel, Blair, Dana, Khim, RML, sssdawna, teJan, and Thanh Thao for helping me out of a funk.

I'm passing the Ten Honest Things About Me tag (an invitation to share more) to: ana, applepie, Becks, Christy, kimmy, Megan, Nitia, Olive, Sonia and Wenny.

The You're a Doll Award goes to: acutelife, anne, bananas, Elaine, eQ, Mel, Krissy, Kym, Leah, Manju, Nashe, russ, Shirley and Stiletto Girl.

The I Love Your Blog Award goes to all of you listed above. If I didn't love your blogs I wouldn't bother reading and commenting.

The title of this post has the "L" word in it. I have trouble getting that word out sometimes (unless you live with me). But fortunately the "F" word (fond) rolls right off my tongue. I'm very fond of the people I've met blogging! Thank you all for being so wonderful--especially you! Yeah, that's right, you! You know I'm talking to you!


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Dana gave me the "I Love Your Blog Award". Since my blog is me, well, for someone to love my blog is very exciting!!! When I saw it I almost made a really high pitched “Eeeeee” sound. Almost! Since I’m a baritone it didn’t quite come out right. Dana understood. She has a great, natural enthusiasm for life that occasionally causes her to, um, not use her "inside voice" when she's inside!





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ambiguous_angel thought of me for a tag called “The not so 25…”. You are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about yourself and then choose people to be tagged. Twenty-five requires a lot of thought. Fortunately angel and my new “goofy” friend RML gave me an easier target with the “10 Honest Things About Me” tag. Ten I can do!!! Although, I guess I ended up doing about 25 in this post since I waited and combined different awards and tags. I let the big number intimidate me, when really all I needed to do was break it up into smaller bites.

1. My eyes are blue and my hair is light brown
2. I don’t drink hot coffee, hot tea, or eat soup unless I feel sick.
3. Growing up, I didn’t want to have a wife or kids
4. I changed my mind about #4—I have a wife and 2 kids
5. I like watching old movies and old TV shows
6. A car is just transportation to me. It doesn’t have to impress anyone.
7. Aside from my mortgage, I don’t like being in debt—at the moment I hate it!
8. I played little league baseball, soccer, tennis, basketball and played on the school soccer, wrestling, and baseball teams. My parents wouldn’t let me play organized football, so I played that at the local park.
9. I’m the youngest of six children—my parents kept trying until they finally got a good one!
10. Like any good German, I’m really, really excited about having followers!!! Hahaha~

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Thanh Thao tagged me with "Mr. Brightside Award" {formerly the “Ms. Brightside Award”}. You need to list 10 things that make you happy and 5 trivia items about yourself.

Things that make me happy:
1. My kids (daughter and son);
2. Time with friends/meeting new people;
3. Bloggers;
4. Spicy food/home cooking/dining out/EATING!!!;
5. Visiting new places;
6. Learning something new, exchanging ideas;
7. Quiet time at the end of the day/looking up at the stars;
8. Doing random acts of kindness daily (I do it early so I can be a grouch the rest of the day).
9. Keeping traditions alive, creating new ones for my kids
10. I'll never tell!!!! =)

Trivia about me:
1. I used to be able to climb trees like a monkey {not sure now};
2. When I was little I wanted to be Governor of my state;
3. I like peanut butter on toast {sometimes w/honey), but rarely think to make it;
4. I use a western grip to hold my tennis racket;
5. My hat size is 7 5/8—which is VERY attractive to zombies (that's for you, Manju).

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Along with teJan, Dana also gave me the "Lucky Chinese Tag" {aka, Crazy Eights, Eminent Eights}. **in no order particular order**
*8 TV SHOWS I LIKE TO WATCH
1) How I Met Your Mother
2) Top Chef
3) The Office
4) Big Bang Theory
5) Smallville
6) That 70’s Show
7) TLC; HGC; The Food Network
8) Angel/Buffy/Moonlight
*8 FAVORITE PLACES TO EAT/DRINK
1) Olive Grove ...for crab cakes
2) Rita’s ...slushies and soft ice cream
3) Grace’s Fortune ...for Chinese food
4) The Original Steakhouse ...for steak, LOL
5) Jerry’s Seafood ...for all seafood (except oysters)
6) Thai Restaurant ...for um, oh yeah, Thai
7) Papa Johns ...for when I want to stay home
8) Almost anyplace for Italian food or barbeque
*8 THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY (02/25/10)
1) Considered taking the day off from work
2) Went to work
3) Had lunch with a great friend
4) Bought Girl Scout cookies
5) Ate Girl Scout cookies
6) Had to ditch dinner with friends
7) Got home too late for dinner
8) Watched “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”
*8 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT WINTER
1) Clear night skies
2) Holidays and cozy fires
3) Great food—and fruitcake (I mean including fruitcake!)
4) Spending extra time with family
5) College bowl games
6) Snow, but not so many feet
7) NFL playoffs
8) Snow days!!!

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Blair graced me with “I love your blog award” and the “You’re a Doll” tag. I was very touched by both and excited by the conditions. She did not include any rules with these. Being the responsible goof that I am, I ASKED her about the rules! She laughed and replied that she usually ignores them. I found that very appealing. No rules! I think she has corrupted me. Yay Blair!!!




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sssdawna gave me the “Once upon a Time" tag. The rules are to post a picture from your childhood (less than 13 yrs old) and write about it.

Have you seen my profile picture??? LOL! That is a school picture, but it was taken before I started school. Our local elementary allowed younger brothers and sister of students to have pictures taken—they probably made money on it.

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teJan shared a “Valentine” tag with me, but I guess I’ve missed the boat on responding to that one since it is now March!!!

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Khim passed to me the “Beautiful Blogger Award”—in my case it’s an honorary thing, I did not earn it the way she did! I’m supposed to share 7 hidden facts about me:

1. I like Dr. Pepper and Diet Lime Coke
2. I have had cats and dogs as pets
3. I love walking in the snow at night—especially if the sky is clear. 4. I enjoy college and pro sports. I’m a fan, but not a fanatic.
5. I like flowers, but don’t have a favorite. Although, there is a very cool blue weed I am partial to—it grows in my yard during the summer.
6. I don’t remember ever being lonely or bored
7. Most people can’t tell I’m angry unless I want them to, then it’s unmistakable. LOL!

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ambiguous_angel named me for the "Sunshine Award". She said she was giving it to people who brighten her day. Like so many people she got that backwards!