Lazy Katie and the Nice People She Loves

I make no excuses for the extreme streak of laziness that courses through my blood. I'm sure I could come up with plenty, but frankly, I'm just too lazy to. So, I won't make any excuses for why I am just now getting around to creating this post...other than the fact that I'm lazy. For which I apologize.


Let's move on. Here we go. Some great blogger buddies have taken the time to give my blog some shout-outs, and what have I done in response? Absolutely nothing. I suck. The point of the blog award is to accept it, play the little game, and pass the award along to some more great blogger buddies. Have I done any of that? Absolutely not. I suck. And now things have piled up, and I'm ashamed of myself. But I'm going to rectify my mistake/laziness today in one gigantic THANK YOU/SHARE THE LOVE post, which I present to you now in beautiful, fabulous Technicolor:


Stylish Blogger Award

From Belle of The Desert, fellow Georgia girl who's now soaking up some desert rays, cheering on the 'Yotes, and avoiding cilantro like the freaking plague. She's lovely, she's funny, and she's one of my faves. Check her out! 


Versatile Blogger Award 

From My 3 Little Birds, a talented Mom who writes beautifully and makes me think and laugh. Join her on Mondays for great recipes at the What's For Dinner Linkup and everyday for sometimes thought-provoking and sometimes hilarious posts.


From One Mixed Bag, an absolute riot with beautiful cats and awesome skills for making crafty cards. Blogs about the little things in life and never fails to make me smile (or crack up laughing); her tales featuring Mr. Bernie are my favorite and keep me giggling for days!


From Belle of the Desert (cue laziness on writer's part and see above) ;)


I Love This Blog Award

From The Colie Chronicles, a newly discovered favorite. I swear I can't get enough of these women who make me laugh. Even her freakin' side bars crack me up with her clever humor. Check this chick out for laughs and general lovableness. Her PMS post is my favorite so far; you'll die laughing!




So there you have it. Someone thinks I'm versatile, stylish, and lovable...although I can't imagine why. These honors are SO awesome coming from these fabulous ladies, but the real award is having had the chance to read each of their blogs and being able to call them blogger buddies...I'm a sap, I know. Seriously, do yourself a favor and check them each out. They all rule the school and rock my socks. 


The awards each have their own set of rules, but I'm going to  ignore bend those rules and come up with my own set for all three.  Remember, I'm super-dee-duper-ty lazy.


Here are the real rules:


The Stylish Award (share seven things about yourself that we don't know and pass to 15 bloggers)


The Versatile Award (share seven facts and pass along to 15 bloggers)


The I Love This Blog Award (share ten things you love and pass along to 10 bloggers)


And here are my made up rules. 


Ten Things You May or May Not Already Know About Me:


1) I'm lazy. Duh, y'all. By the way, this is the fact that you may already know ;)


2) I'm thisclose to being a crazy cat lady. We have three cats, but if my husband would let me, we'd probably have more. I don't think I would hoard cats, but I wouldn't put it past me. Keep an eye on me, and if I get another cat, call Animal Planet.


3) I was an English major in college, a fact that haunts me to this day. I'm the go-to gal for help with papers, writing emails, etc. And I love it. What I don't love? When I make a grammatical error, I never live it down. 


4) I adore anything hot and spicy. To the detriment of my digestive system. I'm pretty sure I long ago burned off all of my taste buds.

5) I'm obsessed with Johnny Depp. I've seen MOST (never got to see The Brave) of his movies multiple times. I even helped run a Johnny Depp community online years ago with my buddie Andie. Truth is I miss that site. It was called Modern Day Pirate.


6) As a teenager, I wrote fan fiction. Not just any fan fiction. Fan fiction for Days of Our Lives. There, I've admitted it. I'd rather leave this in the past and move along now. Move along, there's nothing to see here.


7) I'm a total Gleek. Rachel Berry is my (anti-)hero. I want her and Finn to be together so bad it hurts. I have all of the Glee soundtracks. I sing the songs at the top of my lungs in the car.


8) I have an itty bitty owl obsession. I haven't allowed it to take over yet, but if I did, I'd probably buy anything and everything with owls on it in sight. 


9) My favorite author is Edgar Allan Poe. Jeez, my friends are right: I'm totally gothic. Our youngest cat is even named Poe. The other two? Kisa Jane and Sushi.


10) I'm a tom boy, incredibly unconcerned with primping and pampering myself. I'd probably die if someone made me go to a spa. I only get my hair cut every 6 months or so. It's bad.




I'm passing along all three of my awards to the same fifteen bloggers, because picking and choosing who gets what would be way too hard. Each and every one of these blogs is wonderfully unique and worth a visit. I highly recommend them all!


By the way, if you've already gotten one of these awards, I apologize. And if you haven't, no worries if you don't pass them along. I've probably really messed up the rules here, and I wouldn't blame you for not wanting to follow in my footsteps :) The point is that I like you and your blog, and I want you to know it. And just so we're clear, I'm awarding you each ALL THREE awards. That's right, you've just been awarded. Feel free to take one or two or all three or none. Feel free to just post it on your blog sidebar and ignore posting about it. Feel free to do whatever you want, because I obviously did. And I feel like I'm breaking some sacred blogging rules here. I may get totally shunned from the blogging community for this...but I hope not. 


15 Blogs That I Think are Versatile, Stylish, and Lovable (in no particular order)


1) Narragansett No. 7
2) The Colie Chronicles 
3) Belle of the Desert
4) McCormick Madness
5) Shrink to Fit
6) Melody-Mae
7) Carrigan's Joy
8) The Fancy Flea
9) Modern Southerner
10) My 3 Little Birds
11) One Mixed Bag
12) Of Woods and Words
13) Another Cookie, Please!
14) Not About Cake
15) TexaGermaNadian