Mai lite bulbz! (also... Award Day!)

Okay, first of all, I didn't know those light bulbs were going to be mandatory in 2012! YUCK! I am a total lighting snob, and I can't stand the light from those CFE bulbs. Pleh!

Two of my blogbuddies have been kind enough to give me little awards this week, and I want to pass the love along...

From Maggie I received the "You Make My Day" award:



And Jemima Bean gave me the Excellent Blog award:



I have, in the past, singled out other bloggers I really enjoy, here and here, so be sure to check those out. Meanwhile, here are some other blogs I enjoy, five for each award (even though of course I could list dozens, but we'll save that for another post!):

Under the category of "You make my day"...

Amber is an old friend (by internet standards, at least!) who shares my interest in writing and has been head beta reader on some of my stuff, as well as providing valuable notes and insights. I love seeing that she's updated her blog, especially if there's a hilarious Peyton story.

Alex is an old friend by pretty much any standard! We went to high school and college together (oh, pardon me, he's Canadian now... "university"!). He is one of the funniest writers out there.

Not Martha is a blog that has all of these wonderful lists of links that are so appealing to me on some very primitive level. Seeing those lists makes me happy (okay, maybe I'm nuts, that's fine).

Jozet at Halushki is hilarious and always a good read.

Sarah Dessen is an author of young-adult books who is also a new mom and a very engaging blogger. A couple of months ago, I read one of her books and it turned me into a teenager again, in that I took it to work one day and literally would sneak reads of it while holding it below my desk over the course of the day. If any of my co-workers are reading this (you sneaks!), don't tell on me.


Under "E" for Excellent...

Bent Objects is simply amazing, and you must check it out, and I guarantee you will want to comb through the archives until you have seen every single image.

Sister Helena Burns is a nun (technically a "sister") who promotes media literacy, which means not censorship but informed discussion--not blinders but awareness and preparedness. Her reviews always make me want to go see whatever she's reviewing.

Nathan Bransford is an agent who gives lots of good, useful advice to aspiring authors. He responds to comments (if necessary) and manages to get his point across without being rude or uppity or any of those unpleasant adjectives. Until Agent M starts blogging, this is the only agent blog in my RSS feeds.

Tiny Choices is a household/green blog that I've been really enjoying lately, and besides, we use the same font in our blog titles so our blogs are clearly littermates or something.

Food Think With Wansink is the blog of the author of Mindless Eating, which I listened to on audiobook and was really fascinated by. The blog contains a lot of info from the book, which is wonderful. Although I'm failing on my mindless not-eating journey. But that's all on me, not the book.

Any of the recipients may feel free to pass the award along, if you are inclined. If not, fine! Let it die here! Kill the kindness! No, just kidding.

Thanks again to Jemima Bean and Maggie. I'm glad to know you've enjoyed the blog!