Look, I got an award!

Barbara of "All About the Buttons" was kind enough to give me a blogging award. Cool! Here's the link to her site:

http://allaboutthebuttons.blogspot.com/2011/07/versatile-blogger.html

Check it out, it's really sweet! 

The rules of the Versatile Blogger Award are:

1 – Make a post and link it back to the person who gave you the award (and include their website address)
2 – Share 7 random things about yourself
3 – Award 7 bloggers with this award and contact them to let them know they have won

Seven random things about me:

1. I am working on a mystery novel, which will be my 16th published work if I ever actually finish it.

2. I can trace one line of my family tree back to the 1600s in Germany.

3. I love a good horror movie or novel but hate gratuitous bloody stuff. It better have a purpose in the story line or not be there. Eerie is much better than gory, IMHO.

4. I am a magazine addict and have a sloo of them on my NOOK. Everything from "Country Living" to "Discover."


5. I am about 30 pounds overweight and just joined WW online two days ago. So far, so good.


6. I'm married 30 years but this November Mike and  I will have been together for 40 years. Yes, we were high school sweethearts.

7. I love almost all animals, even the furry, pesty ones others don't like. I have squirrels who will actually come running when I call to them.

And that's all about boring ol' me.

Now, on to the awards:

1. Terri, of "Hearts in Service" http://heartsinservice.blogspot.com/
2. Rhonda of "If you do stuff, stuff gets done" http://ifyoudostuff.blogspot.com/
3. 'Crownring' (sorry, I don't know your  name) of "Mercies and Musings" http://merciesandmusings.blogspot.com/
4. Granny J of "Granny's Place" http://grannyjsplace.blogspot.com/
5. Kelly Howard of Chick N Charge http://chickncharge.blogspot.com/
6. Olga of Olga's Home and Garden Blog http://olgapoltava.blogspot.com/
7. Cris of "Real Farmwives" and others http://www.realfarmwivesofamerica.com/

Okay, that's 7! I hope you visit these nice blogs soon!

And thanks again, Barbara!

Gloomy, rainy day

It's been raining all day. That's fine with me if it washes away most of the snow. Trouble is flooding that makes big puddles that will freeze. Right now, it's all yucky slush out there besides big piles of snow.

My squirrel babies came to visit and looked terribly pathetic with their wet coats. I gave them lots of peanuts. Of course, the birds got their seeds, too.

This was a good day to blog hop and crochet. In between blogs I'm working on the socks I started a million years ago. So far today I think I've done 10 rounds, which makes about 600 stitches. I am jealous of these people who can turn out one pair after another. This is my first and I'm only working on it a little at a time.

I took a break from hopping and crocheting to write in my own blog, before the laptop battery runs out. I'm sitting on my bed with it.

Don't you think if someone is meant to be portable and on your lap it would have a battery that lasts longer than an hour?