Friday, 9 November 2012

A little ray of sunshine

I have to say I am feeling all warm and fuzzy after one of my absolute favourite bloggers sent a little ray of sunshine my way with the Sunshine Blogger Award.


My love came from Latte Mum whose blog I just adore. The blog itself is beautiful, it really is, sometimes I visit just to admire the design! But it doesn't stop there, Latte Mum has a beautiful way of expressing what it means to be a Mum, I love following her journey. So do yourself a favour, grab a cuppa and go visit the lovely Latte Mum's site you wont be sorry :)

I am feeling a little extra warm and fuzzy just because of the name of this award - I just love the song A little ray of sunshine by Aussie band Axiom - actually I have it playing in the background as we speak - here why don't you enjoy as well... :) Anyway, I often use it in cards when baby girls are welcomed into this world and it was one of the first things I said to Matilda's Dad after she was born. So this recognition is just that little bit more special :)

With the award comes some responsibility, I must now pass on the award to my favourite blogs (pity I cant pass it back to Latte Mum!). There are a few Mummy bloggers in here, but I have included some of my other favourites as well. I hope you find something here you like :)
  • The Imagination Tree creative play and learning for kids - A great blog for those of us that are a little less than creative but want to get hands on with our munchkins.
  • Play at home Mom - more play based learning ideas from a group of clever Mums.
  • Little Grazers delicious food for little hands - great recipe ideas for us BLW mums!
  • Finding that place called home - Another beautiful blog, this one about a little bit of everything - being a mum, food and a lovely natural life in a beautiful part of the world. 
  • Healthy Happy Life - amazing recipes! The Sweet potato burgers are to die for...
  • Wordwood - a place where I go to escape into a beautiful world and watch my friends create their dream.
  • Neilwrites - this guy is funny, intelligent and downright interesting!
And finally there is no way I could go past Pinky McKay's blog Mummy Matters. Pinky is my parenting 'rockstar'.

Ok, so that's only eight, not the 10 I am supposed to do but I find it hard enough keeping up with these ones! If I think of others I will add them, promise.

As with any award there is always a catch - with this one I am required to let you know 10 things you might not know about me, so here goes:
  1. As mentioned above I love the song  A little ray of sunshine, it and Hallelujah when sung by KD Lang are the only two songs that can bring me to tears.
  2. My husband and I have known each other since we were 15 - but we were not 'high school sweethearts'.
  3. Once we were 'together' we spent a total of three years living in different states!
  4. My sister is my best friend. Followed closely by some other amazing chicks!
  5. I have the most extended family known to man.
  6. I have a 'thing' about getting in and out of the same side if the bed, something that my husband only realised last night!
  7. Every year my Mum buys me a bottle of perfume and the latest in Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series. Its not Christmas if that doesn't happen.
  8. I had a miscarriage in 2010 - it sucked.
  9. I feel complete when I am near the ocean.
  10. While I am happy not to drink while feeding my gorgeous little girl the first drink I will have once she is weaned (whenever that might be) will be either a Kahlua straight up with loads of ice or a Frangelico, freshly squeezed lime and ice, followed by whichever one I didn't have first. I will then probably pass out as it has been so long!
For all of the fabulous blogs mention above, the rules for accepting this award are:
  • Include award logo in blog post and thank the blogger who gave it to you & include link back
  • Answer 10 questions about yourself or list 10 facts about you
  • Nominate approximately 10 bloggers for the award and contact them to inform them

Thanks again to Latte Mum for the ray of sunshine I hope everyone has enjoyed dabbling in my favourite reads :)

4 comments:

  1. Thank you thank you! So flattered. I will link back over the next few days!

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  2. No rush! And don't feel obliged, it's just nice to share what's out there and keeping me sane :)

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  3. Congrats on the award! And thanks Latte Mum for bringing me here :)

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