GOOP? No, not Grand Ol' Party!

This morning on the treadmill after I finished up my USAToday (Thank you Hampton!) I started in on my new Glamour (thank you USPS for delivering the day before I leave for ATL!). While reading, I came across a snippet about Gwyneth Paltrow's new site, GOOP. I thought I'd check it out this morning - she puts together weekly newsletters about her thoughts, ideas, clothes & food. Worth a glance, definitely.

Speaking of working out - how is everyone doing on their New Year's resolutions or life changes or healthy commitments? I'm really working harder to value the body God blessed me with & take good care of it.

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Specials thanks go to Littlesack of Navigating the Quarterlife and SassyEngineer of A Pretty Peony. They both made my day recently by gifting me with awards!

Littlesack sent me the "Beautiful" Award. This award is given to bloggers who display beauty more than skin deep. I really appreciate this - it cheers me to think that people may get a small lift from reading my thoughts & ideas.

I want to pass this lovely award along to a few of my faves:

• Mrs. Newlywed of Misadventures of a Newlywed. Please go check out her current post. It made me laugh out loud this morning!
• Good Gal from Good Gals Inc. She is so positive & supportive of people.
  
• Belle from Une Belle Vie - a beautiful blog - I totally want to go with them on their post honeymoon trip!
  

SassyEngineer sent me the "Your Blog is Fabulous" Award! This is a new one for me & I love the fact that she chose me. I like to think that I'm fabulous, but I have my days of self-doubt. Don't we all?
The instructions are simple: list five obsessions/addictions you have, tag back to the person who gave you the award, post the rules, and then tag five people to pass the award onto.

So, five obsessions...

1. Mr. Potts - I absolutely adore him! He is kind to everyone he meets, he loves my niece & nephew (I mean, who wouldn't??) and he loves my mom. He also tolerates my chattiness, he rubs my feet after a long day, and when I'm done reading at night, he puts my book away & gets up to turn off the light. How wonderful is he?

2. Sephora - I can't help it. I'm like a kid in a candy store when I'm there. I swear, I could spend hours walking the aisles, smelling the scents & patting on lotion. At least they don't have a credit card. :)

3. Good food. I can't say much more than that - I love food, all aspects of it. I love to buy it (specialty food shops...another place I could spend an hour or two wondering the aisles), I love to prepare it, I love to cook it, I love to eat it.

4. Big handbags. I'm currently carrying a large Cole Haan bag & it is my favorite of all time. It is a great reddish color & I can fit a large bottle of water, several snacks, 2 magazines & a paperback into it. Perfect for all the travel I do!

5. Water. I constantly drink water. I may go through 8 liters a day. I just like it - plus, it makes me feel like I'm hydrating really well.
Consequently, it does have me in & out of the bathroom constantly!!

Ok, so here is where I tag 5 new people for having fabulous blogs. This is hard, because there are so many that I follow & love reading.

1. Meghan from The Randomness of Meghan. She cracks me up & reminds me frequently that we all have those days.
2. Mrs. Stilettos from Newlywed Stilettos. She just posted about going to see Marley & Me & how it brought back memories of her dog Sandy - I'm totally avoiding that movie for a long time since I just lost my Maddy. Plus, she loves to introduce new bloggers!
3. Bama Belle from Bama Belle in the Big City. She has a wonderful blog, & I LOVED her post about her conversation with the cupcake lady. You must check her out!
4. Southern Accent from A Southern Accent. She has a beautiful blog - her most recent was about closet chandeliers. Who wouldn't love those??
5. Emily from Life as I know it from Memphis. She posted pictures lately of dresses - gorgeous! Plus, she is working on 130's by end of 30 - go give her some love & support!

Phew! Happy, Happy Wednesday!!

Catch up time!

Now that I've had my caffeine, I can function. Side thought - people who "give up" caffeine as a New Year resolution are absolutely out of their mind! I only wish I could. Actually, I don't wish I could because I truly savor coffee - a nice hot cup, steaming with a little cream and Splenda/sugar mix....heaven!

I digress...

I must thank Mojito Maven of Make Mine a Mojito for walking me through how to add my awards to my page! I will blame it all on a lack of caffeine! If you haven't visited Maven, you should, simply to look at the yummy header of her blog. I LOVE mojitos, so it always makes me happy to go to her page!

To begin, Tina over at Life's a journey sent me the "You Are Truly Beautiful" Award! "You are beautiful and full of grace. Beautiful, inside and out."
Thank you, Tina! If you haven't checked out Tina, now is a great time to. She has a list of 100 things about her up. Number 60 is right up my alley - I've also been told I'm way too honest!
**I know that none of you have ever seen me walk down a hallway at work. You'd laugh, I'm definitely lacking in the grace department. :) **

I'm sharing this award with everyone!


A second award! Kimmie over at Living in Dallas and Loving It! has given me a fabulous award!
The award states "This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

If you haven't been to see Kimmie, you should check out this post - she shares some exciting news about a couple that she blogged about.

Now, I follow several blogs religiously, as you can tell by my reading list and I don't think I can narrow this down. You all have been so kind in commenting and sharing your feedback with me - so each of these awards is sent out to you!