Three months late: My blog award appreciation fail.

Way back on June 25 (!!!), Ree the Hotfessional gave me an award! I remember I commented saying thanks but I never did anything with it! Yeah, I totally fail.

Am I a sucky blogger or what?

Don't answer that.

Without further ado, here's my first-ever bloggy award:

"This award is given to the writers of blogs that “are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

In keeping with the spirit of this award and in no particular order, I pass the bloggy love on to:

1. Eurolush - Adventures In Germany
   
2. Eleanor - eleanor from the commentbox
   
3. Heather - Confessions of a Coal Miner's Granddaughter
   
4. Shannon - Welcome to The Nut House!
5. Red Hamster - In The Wheel
6. Wendy - Martha MacGyver
7. Penny - Miss Night Owl
8. Mrs. Coffee - The Coffee Lady

These are a few of my favorite blogs. They are all, in turn, funny, sweet, sensible, bubbly, charming, crafty, generous, a touch sarcastic, and very, very readable.

Thank you, Ree, for giving me my first bloggy award! If anyone chooses to bestow another upon me, I'll try not to let three months pass before I pass the bloggy love along.

The tale of the Generous Blogger

Once upon a time there was a blogger named Spuddy Buddy.

Spuddy Buddy has a pet cause: ovarian cancer. She lost a childhood friend who was only 25 to this disease and she wants to raise awareness amongst the general womanly population. (And, I'm sure, to the manly population, too, if they'll spread the word to their womanly friends.)

Anyway.

This box was at my front door when I arrived home today from a long day of work and school.

One day (September 1, 2008) Spuddy Buddy provided us with a PSA and a contest! She kept it open for fifteen days. To enter, all you had to do was leave a comment mentioning that you get regular gynecological exams or, if you don't, then you had to promise to make one this month. Well, I am a firm believer in getting my girly bits checked every year but hadn't made my appointment to do so yet. So I entered the contest with the determination to make that appointment.

Oooh! PACKING PEANUTS! What could my Major Award be? A bowling alley?

Never dreamed in a million years I'd win.

But I did!

Spuddy Buddy, sly little devil, didn't say WHAT the prize was. Just that it would be teal and that it would be awesome. Honestly, I was expecting a fantastic teal benefit scarf that I could wear to help keep me warm this winter. Or an Ovarian Cancer awareness lapel pin. Or an awareness t-shirt that I could wear to inspire others to make their yearly appointment.

What I got was a teal iPod Shuffle and a $15 iTunes Gift Card!

My Major Award!

I am thrilled to bits with my prize! I will, for sure, tell everyone how I got it and that they need to spread the word about ovarian cancer because it's a scary thing and they need to educate themselves about it and MAKE AN APPOINTMENT!

So, Spuddy Buddy, for sharing your knowledge about a dreaded disease and for your very generous contest prize, I shall forever think of you as a Generous Blogger.

Thank you!

You can bet my new iPod will be going with me to my gynecological exam on October 10.