Blog Award: Oh, Thank You, Thank You

Thank you Miss Leo for nominating me for a recent Blog Award. It's really very kind of you. I'm so glad people are finally looking at my writing (rather than just me all the time:)) Please take a minute (or two or three) and visit her blog here: http://booksarelikepeople.blogspot.com/

And if you really have time, check out her profile becasue she has at least one more blog that i know of too (that is equally as great!)

Okay 7 things about myself! And can I say, I’m so glad it doesn’t have to be 7 embarrassing things about myself? 

I am in school to get my Masters in Counseling.

One of my lifelong dreams has been (and continues to be) to become a published writer.

I am (more than) easily distracted by the Internet.

My fiancé and I plan to marry in the next year

We recently adopted a calico kitty into our home that we rescued from the wild (poor lil girl was so sick!).

I love to play tennis, walk, practice yoga and do anything else active.

My favorite genre to read (and write) is Chick Lit.

And now to pass the Blog Award around…..

Emma and Emily at http://em-and-emm.blogspot.com/

Louise at http://2grow-on-books.blogspot.com/ (

Dessa at http://booky-wookybash.livejournal.com/

Julie and her gang at http://5-squared.blogspot.com/

Adriana at http://www.nostalgiclibrarian.blogspot.com/

Elyssa at http://literarydaydreams.blogspot.com/

Chasidy at http://chasidyjeanstories.blogspot.com

Evelyn at http://www.paromantasy.com/

Tiffany at http://acozyreaderscorner.blogspot.com/

Jencey at http://www.jgortney.blogspot.com

For the Love of Reading Group at http://ikissbooks.blogspot.com/

Jen at http://intheclosetbibliophile.blogspot.com/

The Siren behind http://www.thestorysiren.com/

Tena at http://www.crazybookslut.com/

Melly Mel of http://litchick.typepad.com/mellymel/


Congratulations to everyone!! Look for my next few book reviews coming soon for The Big Love by Sarah Dunn and The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch. Happy Writing!

Oh My Blog!! A Delayed Gratification for the OMB Award

I apologize to my dear friend and fellow blogger Zakiya of http://walkingbutterflyfeet.blogspot.com/ because she so sweetly nominated me for the Oh My Blog! Award. And, like the bad little busy bee I’ve been, I have yet to properly thank her. Do first, BIG shout out to Zakiya for nominating me the OMB Award! (Can you do shout outs on Blogs? Oh, well. I just did.)

Here are the Rules of the OMB Award:

1.) Get Really Excited that you Got the COOLEST award EVER!!!! (Already done…a while ago (sorry!)

2. Choose ONE of the Following Options pf Accepting the OMB Award:

 Get really drunk and blog for 15 minutes straight, or for as long as you can focus. (Ha…I don’t think ANYONE wants to listen to me rant when I drink…next, please….)

 Write About Your Most Embarrassing Moment

 Write a “Soundtrack of Your Childhood” Post

 Make your next Blog a “Vlog” (Video blog). Basically, you’re talking to the camera about whatever.

 Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (hair, make-up, etc.) and post it.

3. Pass the award on to at least three, but preferably more, awesome bloggers. Don’t forget to tell them!

The Next Oh My Blog Award goes to…Drum Roll, Please!: (in no particular order…Where You Wish Upon A Star does in no way play favorites like that)

 *Carla of

http://carlassecretlifeofbooks.blogspot.com/

*Cathleen of www.fictionbycmholst.webs.com 

*Pavan of http://bookroom101.blogspot.com/

*Lindsay of http://lindsaybmoore.wordpress.com/ 

*The “Bookalicious” woman behind http://www.bookalicious-ramblings.net/

 *And the Park Avenue Princess  at http://aparkavenueprincess.blogspot.com/

And now for my OMB Statement I chose to write about the "Soundtrack to my Childhood".  This basically entails all those songs you might sing to pass the time on a long road trip, a few of the classics and a few made up ones courtesy of my sister and me. As a kid, we spent a lot of time in the car, traveling to see my grandparents in Michigan and then in Connecticut when they moved. As we got older the car rides were a little shorter (only marginally so) as my sister and I travelled New England to go to tennis tournaments every weekend. Here is our music:

"On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson

"Mommy Made Me New Clothes" - Me & My Sister

"Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round" - Sing Along Songs

"99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" - Sing Along Songs

"Down by the Bay"- Sing Along Songs

"Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat..."- Sing Along Songs

"Oh My Darling Clementine"- Sing Along Songs

"Miss Mary Mack"- Sing Along Songs

"She'll Be Comin Round the Mountain"- Sing Along Songs

"Puff the Magic Dragon"- Sing Along Songs

"Rockin' Robin"- Sing Along Songs

"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" - Sing Along Songs

"Runnin' Down a Dream" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

As we got older, our parents introduced us to classic rock and the ladies of the eighties and early nineties. We would listen to everything from Tom Petty, The Eagle, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, The Bangles, Belinda Carlisle and so many more. To this day, I have such a strong love of music that is so varied, one might think it a little bizarre, but I love it. I think there is a song for every season, event, mood, feeling, day and of course, car ride.

Thank you so much again, Zakiya, for nominating me for the Oh My Blog! Award. Thank you to my blog readers for taking a short break form my posts about reading and writing Chick Lit. I can't wait to hear from all those I nominated and what OMB category they will choose to write about.

Coming Very Soon. Look out for my next post on Outlining your Chick Lit Fiction Novel.