Blog of the Year 2013 – Twice more

Hi everyone

I know I said I would most likely not be making any more award nominations until February next year, but since this is a 2013 award, I feel I must do this post.

I have been nominated twice by Al from http://kattermonran.com for Blog of the Year 2013. Taking my total up to 3 stars. Thanks Al.

The blogs that I have nominated for the first Blog of the Year Award are:

The blogs I have nominated for the second Blog of the Year Award are:

The instructions for this award are simple:

1-Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award.

2-Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen- there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required- and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.

3-Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them- (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)

4-Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award via this link: http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/

5-You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page.Click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear

Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.

6-And as a winner of the award- please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award-and then proudly display the award on your blog- and start collecting stars!

Yes-That’s right-There are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once-this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ’1 star’ award- and every time you are given the award by another blog- you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

Which means that you can check out your favorite blogs- and even if they have already been given the award by someone else- you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum of 6 stars! You can either ‘swop’ your badge for the next one each time you are given the award- or even proudly display all six badges if you are lucky enough to be presented with the award 6 times!

You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of The Year 2013′ Award Badges.

Congratulations to all the nominees. Enjoy your award.

Please note, that any other type of awards I may gratefully receive, I will not be able to make my nominations for, until February next year, due to having to finish my book.

Write as soon as I am able to.

Sandra

The Versatile Blogger Award – Final nominations for this year

Hi everyone

I am pleased to announce that on the 3rd of December 2013, I received The Versatile Blogger award from http://playfulkitty.wordpress.com. Check out her blog, especially if you love cats.

After this award, I am up-to-date with my blog nominations.

Unfortunately, although I can accept awards, any new awards I may get nominated for after today, I will most likely not be able to make my nominations for, until February next year. I realise that this may seem a bit strange but my illustrator needs me to finish work on my “Break through the Barriers of Redundancy” book by no later than 20th of January. This is to get the correct sizing for the printed version of the book to put on Amazon. If I don’t meet this deadline, I will have to look for another illustrator and I don’t want to do that as she has done a great job of the e-Book cover and I need consistency.

I still haven’t finished typing the book up and I need to re-work it and re-edit it. Therefore, this is going to take a lot of my time up from now until then.

In the meantime, I may be posting less posts and not commenting as much as I would like to. I am not at this point, going to take a complete break from blogging because I love it too much. I will apologise in advance, if I do not visit your blog as much or make as many comments, if my posts are very short and not necessarily about writing. I hope you understand.

The Rules

This award actually has its own site with the official rules listed (The Versatile Blogger Award). The rules are:

Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their site.
I did this above the award. Just in case you missed it, thank you to Simplyilka.
Nominate 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award.
List 7 things about yourself.

My 15 Nominees

7 Facts About Me

I have multiple food allergies, my worst is sugar. I can only have natural sugar in juice and fruit.
My guilty pleasure in terms of a song, used to be The Chicken Song from Spitting Image. Now, it is probably the Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I used to have a budgie called Bertie.
I like sparkly things.
I have a big bag made of silver sequins.
I enjoy eating at Nandos but have to ask for plain chicken.
I prefer to receive a birthday greeting in a card, rather than a text or Facebook message. Although any greeting is welcomed.

Enjoy your award and thanks to everyone who follows my blog. You are all superstars.

Write as soon as I am able to

Sandra

Blog of the Year 2013

Hi everyone

A huge thank you to Stephanie Thomas for my first

Blog of the Year 2013 Award

Awarded to me on the 1st of December. Her blog can be found at http://authorstephaniethomas.wordpress.com. Check it out.

The blogs which I have nominated are :

The instructions for this award are simple:

1-Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award.

2-Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen- there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required- and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.

3-Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them- (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)

4-Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award via this link: http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/

5-You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page.Click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear

Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.

6-And as a winner of the award- please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award-and then proudly display the award on your blog- and start collecting stars!

(This is a two Star Award now I am updating it, because my One Star Disappeared and I have got 3 in total.)

Yes-That’s right-There are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once-this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ’1 star’ award- and every time you are given the award by another blog- you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of The Year 2013′ Award Badges.

Congratulations to all the nominees. Enjoy your award.

Write soon

Sandra

Shauny Award – For Blogging Excellence

Hi everyone

Another award I am so thankful for.

I have been nominated by http://transcendingbordersblog.wordpress.com for this new award! Thank you so much.

I am thrilled to be nominated for this award! This is s newly created award. There are no rules yet. Shaun is ‘paying it forward’ and creating.

THE RULES:

1-Show humanity, show love, be yourself, don’t be others, don’t gossip and share the award with 10 others.

My award nominations are:

Congratulations to all of my nominees for excelling in the blogosphere.

Write soon

Sandra

Today is a lovely day

Hi everyone

I was honoured to be given another One Lovely Blog award on November 13th 2013. This time my award was from Sherri Matthews at http://sherrimatthewsblog.com.

When Sherri made her nominations for this award, this is what she had to say:

“My nominees for this award are lovely blogging friends that I’ve met fairly recently whose blogs have greatly inspired and blessed me very much. Please do visit them. I’m so happy that we met and for the wonderful conversations which I hope will continue for a long time to come”.

What beautiful words from Sherri. I have to say, that since talking with Sherri via this blog, I have found her to be an extremely supportive, kind and welcoming person. She seems to have a lot of love in her heart and time for other people. She is a joy to know. Please visit her blog, I am sure you will be given a warm welcome.

ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD RULES:

1. I need to thank the person who nominated me.

2. Share 7 things about myself that you still may not know

3. Nominate 15 bloggers.

4. Notify the nominees that I have done so.

5. Put the logo of the award on my blog site.

7 Things about me:

I like wearing Disney PJs.
I feel warmer wearing PJs than ordinary clothes – quirky I know.
I love being called quirky.
I recently bought the domain names quirky-books.com and quirky-books.co.uk. It will be several months before I build websites for these, due to other project that I am working on.
I love eating salted popcorn whenever I go to the cinema.
I have an Odeon Premiere Club card to get discount off cinema tickets on a certain day of the week.
I can get discount cinema tickets to Vue cinemas through work. They can’t be used on 3D movies or in certain cinema venues.

My nominations:

Congratulation and have a lovely day.

Write soon

Sandra

Grab a little Sunshine and Shine On!

Hi everyone

I am still wading through the wonderful amount of awards I have been fortunate enough to receive.

These next two awards were given to me by Sharla Shults on 5th July 2013, from http://catnipoflife.wordpress.com. Check out her amazing blog.

The RULES that apply here are the usual question/answer typical questions.

I have answered some of these questions before.

Favourite colour? In clothes, Black and white or blue.

Favourite animal? My 4 guineapigs and Peaches who I sadly lost this year.

Favourite number? 6 but lucky number is 8.

Favourite non-alcoholic drink? In terms of tea, peppermint is my favourite.

My passion? Writing, writing and more writing.

Prefer getting or giving presents? I like both equally.

Favourite days of the week? Any days that I have off from my day job so I can spend more time writing.

Favourite flower? A rose – Red is my favourite colour.

The Shine On Award.

THE RULES ARE:

1. Display the award logo on your blog.

2. Link back to the person who nominated you.

3. State 7 things about yourself

4. Nominate 15 (more or less) other bloggers for this award and link to them.

5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award requirements.

7 Things About Me

When I look back at photos of when I was a little girl, my hair appeared to be almost white in colour.
My mum would not let me grow my hair long when I was young.
I love having long hair now.
I enjoy writing poems in greetings cards for my family and friends.
I have two identical glittery santa decorations that hand on my Christmas Tree.
I love hanging tinsel around each room in my flat at Christmas time.
I have a Winnie the Pooh and Piglet bedside table lamp.

Blogs I Am Nominating for both awards are as follows:

I hope you embrace your awards with open arms because you deserve them both. I look forward to reading more about you.

Write soon

Sandra

Double awards – Dragon’s Loyalty Award and The WordPress Family Award

Hi everyone

I am catching up with my blog award nominations.

On the 2nd of June 2013, I was awarded The WordPress Family Award for a second time and a new award to add to my collection, the Dragon’s Loyalty Award, both from Sheri at sheridegrom.com. Please check out her awesome blog.

The rules for the Word Press Family Award are:

1. Display the logo on your blog.

2. Link back to the person who nominated you.

3. Nominate 10 others who have had an impact on your Word Press experience and family.

4. Let the 10 family members know you have awarded them.

My nominations are:

1. http://bluefishway.com

2. http://hutchagoodlife.wordpress.com

3. http://sherrimatthewsblog.com

4. http://blessedwithastarontheforehead.wordpress.com

5. http://mikesfilmtalk.com

6. http://babyjill7.wordpress.com

7. http://bookmust.wordpress.com

8. http://utesmile.wordpress.com

9. http://mischez2001.wordpress.com

10. http://friendlyfairytales.com

Thanks to all I’ve nominated for the Word Press Family Award for making my time on WordPress.com amazing. Thanks to every one who follows and comments on my blog, I appreciate all of you.

The rules for the Dragon Loyalty Award are:

Display the award certificate on your website.
Announce your win with a post and link to whoever presented you with the award.
Present the award to 15 deserving bloggers.
Drop them a comment to tip them off after you have linked them in the post.
Post 7 interesting things about yourself.

My 15 nominations are the 10 bloggers I listed above and the 5 new ones I list below.

Seven facts about myself:

I played the recorder whilst in primary school but stopped because I couldn’t keep up with the group.
I like listening to Floorfillers albums, morning and night.
Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue were my favourite singers when I was a little girl.
When I was a little girl, my favourite actor used was Fred Savage from The Wonder Years.
I have kept a dressing gown that I used to wear when I was about 15 years old – Why? Because I like the fact I can still fit into it.
Yeas ago, I was given a dog called Pepi by a man my dad did work for. His wife was not too happy.
My favourite flower is a rose.

Congratulations to all of my nominees, enjoy your awards and I look forward to reading more about you.

Write soon

Sandra

Sunshine and Versatile Blog Awards

Hi everyone

Well, it isn’t Snuggles this time, but me, that has been a naughty little girl.

Fortunately I have received a number of blog awards in the last week but unfortunately I haven’t made my nominations for other blog awards I received a long time ago.

Please don’t laugh. When I say a long time ago, I mean a long time ago. Okay – June 2013. ( Well, at least I said 2013.)

I am going to start with the Sunshine and Versatile Blog awards that I received from Gabriel Lucatero on 2nd of June 2013. His blog is inspirational so check it out.

The Rules:

Post the logo above
Accept the nomination and link back to the blog that nominated you
Answer the questions
Nominate blogs and inform them of the nomination

I accept these nominations and would also like to pass both of them on to the list of bloggers below:

Congratulations to all of you and don’t forget to put both awards on your blog, you deserve them.

Favorite color: Orange, although not in clothes.

Favorite animal: Guineapig – I have four.

Favorite number(s): 6 – Lucky number is 8.

Favorite (non-alcoholic drink): Pineapple Juice.

Favorite (alcoholic drink): I don’t drink any alcohol. If I am in a pub I have orange or pineapple juice or Appletiser.

Facebook or Twitter: I use both but have more followers on Twitter.

My passions: Writing, helping people, guineapigs, family, friends and films. I love visiting aquariums and zoos.

Giving or receiving gifts: I enjoy both equally.

Favorite city: London and Exeter.

Favorite TV show: I don’t watch much TV but like watching soaps. Neighbours, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. I watch Eastenders sometimes too. I like the X-Factor.

For the second award, apart from making my nominations, I need to share seven things about myself.

Seven facts about me:

1. I believe people can achieve their dreams, if they take action.

2. I teach Blogging as an aid to recovery – How to start a WordPress.com blog for the Recovery Learning Community on a self-employed basis.

3. I work full-time as the Fitted Bedroom Specialist in John Lewis.

4. I have visited London 4 times this year.

5. I met HM the Queen at St James’s Palace In July this year.

6. I am a night owl and prefer to write at night as I can focus more.

7. I love going on courses to improve myself.

Enjoy your awards and I look forward to reading more about you.

Write soon

Sandra

Officially Part Of – The WordPress Family – Award

Hi Everyone

I got back from The Business Show in London, in the early hours of Saturday the 8th of June.

Whilst I was there, I attended lots of seminars and workshops and learned a lot about marketing and business trends. I saw Levi Roots, Doug Richards, James Caan and many other successful business people and authors. I also won a copy of Brad Burton’s book – Get Off Your Ass Too.

Before I went away, I posted this post. Unfortunately it did not appear on the home page of my blog, so for those of you who noticed it and Liked it, thanks so much. For the rest of my fellow bloggers, here it is again.

I was recently awarded an award I haven’t seen before:

Thanks to Supriya from hopeoflight.wordpress.com for this beautiful award. I felt part of the WordPress community before and now I feel even more a part of it. I am honoured and blessed to be in such great company. Thanks to each and every one of you who follows, comments, likes or stops by my blog. I appreciate your support.

As with any award, there are rules and these are displayed below:

1. Display the award logo on your blog.

2. Link back to the person who nominated you.

3. Nominate 10 others you see as having an impact on your Word Press experience and family

4. Let your 10 Family members know you have awarded them

5. That is it. Just pick 10 people who have taken you as a friend, and spread the love

Here are my nominations:

I often feel my followers (blogger family) know me better than a lot of people I see everyday in my day job. Thanks to everyone who follows me for making me feel so special.

I have just been given another one of these awards, what a surprise! How lovely – Watch this space for more nominations in the future.

Write soon

Sandra

Best Moments of quirkybooks – Two Best Moment Awards

Hi Everyone

At the moment I am in the process of typing up the content for my new e-Book – “Breakthrough The Barriers Of Redundancy To Get Back Into Work (A-Z How to guide)” and then editing it again. I am also writing the content for a course I have been asked to teach in September. It is Blogging As An Aid To Recovery. The content has to be written this early because the course content outline has to go in the new prospectus that is out in June. Whilst I am teaching the course I will refer to some of your blogs so you may see an increase in followers at that time. I am also working on editing a first draft of a second e-Book that will be a guide for writers. My quirkybooks.net site is still under construction too.

With all of the above going on and a tight deadline for the blog content I am not able to post quite as often at the moment. If you leave a comment I will answer it as soon as possible as I love to hear from you. I am also not able to let you know individually of your award so please keep an eye out for my posts.

The main reason for this post is to say that I am absolutely thrilled to receive two more Best Moment Awards, taking me up to a total of 3 Best Moment Awards.

One of these awards was given to me by James from detectingblackpool.wordpress.com and the other was from Mick at followmyfreedom.wordpress.com A huge thanks to both of them for nominating me, it is wonderful of you to think of me. If you haven’t read James’ or Mick’s blog, I would urge you to stop by and take a look at them.

I will post my acceptance speech below and pass on this beautiful award to some others. I will post the rules below and make my nominations.

Best Moment Award, web awards, blogging awards, winners, nominations

Awarding the people who live in the moment,
The noble who write and capture the best in life,
The bold who reminded us what really mattered –
Savoring the experience of quality time.

RULES:

Winners re-post this completely with their acceptance speech. This could be written or video recorded.

Winners have the privilege of awarding the next awardees! The re-post should include a NEW set of people/blogs worthy of the award; and winners notify them the great news.

RESOURCES:

What makes a good acceptance speech?
- Gratitude. Thank the people who helped you along the way
- Humor. Keep us entertained and smiling
- Inspiration. Make your story touch our lives
Get an idea from the great acceptance speeches, compiled in MomentMatters.com/Speech
Display the award’s badge on your blog/website, downloadable in MomentMatters.com/Award

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

I accept this award with an abundance of happiness and love in my heart.

Thank you to the two incredible bloggers who have nominated me for this award.

For any person who takes the time browse my blog, I am truly grateful.

For every person that likes a blog post, I smile with contentment.

When a person leaves a comment on my blog, I am blessed to have such support and interaction.

For each person who follows me, I am delighted and honoured.

For every blogger who shares their knowledge, wisdom and thoughtfulness, I am happy to learn from you.

Every moment in life is precious, so ensure you do everything you can to make every moment count.

My first 15 winners are the same as my nominees for the first Best Moment Award that I won. I know that may seem like cheating but those blogs are truly awesome and if you haven’t checked them out recently, then you really should.

As I been given this award for a third time, as above, then I will be nominating another lot of bloggers for it. Whether I have nominated you for the first or second time, I think all of you are amazing, to take time out of your everyday life to welcome each other into the blogging community is wonderful. You should all be very proud of yourselves.

THE WINNERS OF THE BEST MOMENT AWARD ARE:

As with my first 15 nominations of this award, the second 15 nominees I have linked to the page of the moment I have awarded them for.

Don’t forget to celebrate with your followers! Tweet your success with hashtag #MomentMatters. Congratulations to all of the winners! Please remember everyone is a winner in life because you are alive.

Write soon

Sandra