Zachary: Mommy, why do you work after you put us in bed?
Me: Because I have a lot of work to do honey, but I want to be with you when you are awake.
Zachary: You should go to bed if you are really tired.
Julie, who ever so eloquently uses her words, awarded me this:
Now, technically, I have gotten this before, but, dude, I’ll take anything Julie wants to give me. The award originates here, and recipients are to go over and register themselves.
I worry sometimes about these awards. Clearly, I think quite a few people are a daily dose, or I wouldn’t be reading their blogs. Yet, if I listed 58 names here, no one would click, which would defeat the purpose. You see, what I like about getting these awards is they give me a chance to pass them along to other people, so that maybe someone who has not discovered a great blog will head on over.
What I do not like about these awards is that it may give the impression that, because I have not named your blog, I am excluding you or I have some people I like better than others. This is not the case, I promise. I love to hear from new people, so everyone should always feel free to leave comments. And, there are many, many blogs I like that I do not have a chance to recognize. Please do not feel I am trying to be cliquey or exclusionary; I have found the people here in the blogosphere to be anything but.
I am passing this award on to a few of the blogs I read, and I chose these particular ones because of specific things they have recently done:
Sober Briquette – Because her comments always hit the mark
One Plus Two – Because her posts make me want to be better
Woman on the Verge – Because any woman who mentions Habermas in a post on Valentine’s Day…
Milk Breath and Margaritas – because I jump for excitement when I see she has a new post up in her series on work/family balance
I have three postcards from the British Museum and one from Hampton Court Palace to the first commenters who ask for them.
18 responses so far ↓
Chani // February 17, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Would love to see a post card.
You already know how I feel about the awards and such. I feel like you have acknowledged me in the exact ways I told you.
Jennifer // February 17, 2008 at 5:54 pm
You are one of my daily doses, for sure.
And I wish Zach were in charge of my bedtime.
Jennifer // February 17, 2008 at 5:55 pm
You are one of my daily doses, for sure.
And I wish Zach was in charge of my bedtime.
slouching mom // February 17, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I’ll take a postcard, thanks! Congrats. on the award.
I’ve never once felt you to be exlusionary.
Also, great picks! All three!
slouching mom // February 17, 2008 at 8:36 pm
that’s exClusionary to you.
litlove // February 17, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I do like awards (and agree that choosing is difficult) because they so often provide me with wonderful new blogs to read. I’m very glad I found yours, Emily.
The Rambling Housewife // February 17, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I love when you get awards, because you always lead me to more great blogs!
And the sheer amount of blogs that you read amazes me!
jen // February 17, 2008 at 10:36 pm
thank you for making me feel special.
Burgh Baby's Mom // February 17, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Kids really are smarter than us.
Congrats on the award!
Aunt Becky // February 18, 2008 at 12:29 am
You are my daily dose as well, darlin’. You deserve it.
LawyerMama // February 18, 2008 at 3:27 am
I breathe a sigh of relief whenever I don’t get one of those. It’s nice and I’m always touched but mine is the blog where memes and awards go to die. And I never get off my butt and change my html to add those suckers in.
Kat // February 18, 2008 at 6:42 am
Love the advice from the little one. So wise.
Lauren // February 18, 2008 at 8:28 am
Can I take it from the fact that you have some postcards that you have had the chance to do some last-minute sightseeing? I hope so!
Gwen // February 18, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Aw, thanks! I’m blushing.
Laura // February 18, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Very good advice!!!
thanks for sharing!
De // February 18, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Oh, thank you! There are many (manymanymany) days when I couldn’t write a post if my life depended upon it, but I feel right on target with my comments.
Julie Pippert // February 18, 2008 at 10:31 pm
What excellent choices! I know what you mean about awards, though, and I’ve handled them in varying forms.
Kathryn // February 19, 2008 at 4:31 am
Congrats on the award! Very well deserved!
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