I’d blush if I could.

Thanks to Denise and Gene for this award. You girls rock.

Here are the rules:

1. Thank & link the person that gave you the award.

2. Pass this award onto 15 bloggers you’ve recently discovered and think are fantastic.

3. Contact said blogs and let them know they’ve won.

4. State 7 things about yourself.

So here are 15 blogs that I have recently discovered and I think are fantastic:

The Vixen’s Lair | Leah | Kaleidoscopic Refrains | My Thrifting Adventures | Carrie Lewis | Hi Fashion | Waiting for The Light to Change | If You Did, You Should | Sweet Bee Buzzings | My Closet Life | The Embellished Life | Mama’s A Rolling Stone | Badly Drawn Doll | Bridges on the Body | Violet LeBeaux

Some of these bloggers have already received the award but I don’t think there is a rule against receiving this award more than once.

So let’s move on to the 4th bit. Because I’m silly, I have decided to post seven B stuff about me. B for beautiful blogger, right?

1. Books Love them. Can’t live without them. Love to smell them.

2. Boat Pose I have been working hard on getting my flat(ter) tummy back. This pose kicks my ass seven ways from Sunday but I will not give up.

3. Bent The Natalie Imbruglia song. I sang this for an English class back in college. It was embarrassing to say the least. I don’t think I’d live that down ever again. I don’t like singing in public unless it’s karaoke night and everyone I’m with is drunk.

4. Black Ink Pen I never like using blue ink pens. Black just looks better.

5. Boot-ay I’m very proud of my butt. When I lost a lot of weight, I was sad that my behind vanished. Thankfully, I got heavier again.

6. Beer Have not had a sip in more than 2 years. WOW. This is why I seldom go out to watering holes these days. I get bored easily without alcohol in my body and I refuse to drink for health reasons. There is wine but the taste makes me go blech.

7.  Bends, The Favorite Radiohead album next to OK Computer. You can tell that I have just about run out of B Meream stuff to write about. But seriously, The Bends is all kinds of awesome.

A belated Valentine’s Day gift from the boyfriend. This called for a bit of reorganization in our study areas.

Chose my current favorites. Since I have a gazillion photos, I'll do a rotation display system until I figure out how to post them all. I'm thinking bedroom wall...

My cutesy wall in contrast to the boyfriend's morbid-bloody art collection.

Speaking of Valentine’s Day gifts, here is a lovely reader’s version of the framed heart skeleton key thingy that I made for the boyfriend a few weeks back:

This was sent by CarolAnn. She and her husband have been married for 21 years so she used 21 keys. The key sets on the top portion represent their kids while the charms below the heart are for their cats  and dogs. So so sweet.

Thanks CarolAnn!

A Sunday is a good day to receive awards. So I say.

Here are two given to me by two lovely bloggers, Miss Neira and Krissy.  THANK YOU!

From Miss Neira – Princess

Name an author you love : Alice Hoffman

If applicable, name an author who highlights: (calling the person who started this award, please clarify what this means. some words may have been lost in the virtual awarding process.) Or is this a trivia question? An author who is also a hairstylist? I’ll get back to you on that.

Books you love: All kinds. I’m a bookwh*re. From detective stories to horror stories to sappy chick lit to children’s books to the classics (some) to science fiction to graphic novels.

Something that always excites you: Thrift shopping. Sewing. Making jewelry. Drawing stuff I want to sew. Smelling the pages of a book.

And this: perfectly balanced application of liquid eyeliner (am I the only one who finds this difficult?).

Something you hate: Salespeople who think I’m a high school girl and therefore cannot afford their merchandise.

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From Krissy - YOU’RE A DOLL

The rules are:
1. Remember to link back to the person who awarded you!

2. Select 5 more bloggers that you think are dolls and link them at the bottom.

3. Tell about a character from a book/ movie/ drama that you like most.

4. Post the picture and title on your blog  permanently if you like.

This is tricky. Apart from the favorite author question, naming ONLY ONE character I like is difficult. If given the chance, I’d probably come up with an endless list. It will include Dagny Taggart (Atlas Shrugged), Peter Decker (Faye Kellerman novels), Jo March (Little Women), Rabbit (The Velveteen Rabbit), Odd Thomas (The Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz), the Gilmore Girls, Jon Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire), Christopher Snow (Moonlight Bay Series by Dean Koontz), Satsuki Kusakabe (My Neighbor Totoro), Sophie (Howl’s Moving Castle), Buffy, Chandler Bing, Lucy Honeychurch (A Room with A View), and so many others.

But since I have to choose one, I’ll have to go with the strongest girl in the world, Pippi Longstocking. Protector of the oppressed, thing-finder, non-conformist, wonderful gifter, and all-around fun girl. And fashion-forward, too!

Illustration by the super talented Sarah Mensinga

And who do I think are dolls and princesses?

These three ladies: Chin, Vet, Line.

And Cel (absent).

And Ley (Yes, Ley, you’re a princess and a doll. Do not protest.)