Cheryl sent me the "Your Blogging is Over the Top" award – thanks Cheryl! I was surprised and pleased!  Here are the rules for accepting this award:

Answer the following questions using single word answers; then, pass the award to 5 other people.

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Your cell phone? Rumor
Your hair? Blondish
Your mother? Fabulous
Your father? Stressed
Favorite food? Pasta
Your dream last night? Nope
Your favorite drink? DP
Your dream/goal? Security
What room are you in? Craft
Your hobby? Creative
Your fear? Loss
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Debtless
Where were you last night? Home
Something you aren’t? Coordinated
Muffins? Banana
Wish list item? Baby
Where did you grow up? Lovington
Last thing you did? Slept
What are you wearing? Jammies
Your TV? Off
Your pets? Hairy
Friends? Amazing
Your mood? Content
Missing someone? Papa
Vehicle? Cobra
Something you’re not wearing? Shoes
Your favorite store? Target
Your favorite color? All
When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday
Last time you cried? Dunno
Your best friend? Nicole
One place that you go to over and over? Walmart
Facebook? Indeed
Favorite Place to Eat? Italian

Let’s see – 5 more people – I think I’ll tag Lisa, Bunny, Kristine, Jodiann, and Melissa, of course – playing along isn’t required and everyone is welcome to join in! If you do, post a comment so I can read your answers too!

Can I just say I HATE WIND!  It’s been really windy here lately, but today is by far the worst!  There’s so much dust and stuff in the air I can’t see across my yard!  Yasha’s weather station (yup we have a little one here) says the peak gust so far has been 41.7 mph with sustained winds of 26 mph.  Remember that birthday party we’re supposed to go to this afternoon – they’re having it OUTSIDE!  I foresee a VERY short stay in our future.  It’s miserable out there!

Ok, enough ranting about the weather – as promised, I’m finally taking care of the tags that Bunny and Lynn so graciously sent my way! Here are the general rules:

•Go to your photo folder in your computer
•Go to the 6th folder of photos
•Go to the sixth picture
•Put the picture on your blog and a description of it
•Invite six friends to join the challenge
•Link them in your blog.

So, since I was tagged twice and I have 2 picture folders – 1 dedicated Nadya’s pictures and the other to everything else, I’ll select one from each. 

From my DD folder:

We had just returned from tumbling (Dec 2008) and Nadya was actively trying to lift and carry one of her fabric toy cubes – a favorite activity of hers.

From my Other folder:

This one is Surveyor – one of the Lunar exploration vehicles for the Apollo program.  I took this photo at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum during a business trip to DC in October 2006.  Incidentally, it was my last business trip as I had Nadya the following May and didn’t return to work.

Since most everyone I know has been tagged – I’ll spare you that part and just say if you want to play along, you know the rules, and leave me a comment so I can come check out your pics.

Hmmm – let’s see, oh yes – Livia and Lynn have given me a few awards – thanks ladies!!!

It’s an award for the neighborhood spirit and friendship our blogs let us all share!

Awww – thanks Lynn!  I’m glad you find my lil blog creative!

Wow – so now I’m supposed to pass these on.  Since all of the DSO Designers have been tagged, I won’t relist those talented ladies.  I do, however, know some other talented people and so I gladly give all of these awards to:

The Dancing Girls (links are in my sidebar), Shaz, Renee, and Clarissa.  There are many more people I could think of, but this post is getting kind of long and I’m running out of pre-party time.  Here’s hoping we don’t get blown away – literally!

Shannon