2014 Top Blogger Award

My goodness! I was pleasantly surprised to open my email a couple of days ago to find notification from AllFreeCopyCatRecipes.com that my blog had reached their Top 100 Recipes for 2014.  This has been a very challenging year for me that has resulted in significantly decreased blogging so I certainly was not expecting such acknowledgement.  Thank-you AllFreeCopyCatRecipes.com for this honour!

My recipe that made it onto the Top 100 Recipes for 2014 was White Castle Burgers Copycat Recipe.  This recipe is a sure winner for curbing those craving the delicious White Castle Slyders^TM.  I hope you enjoy this great recipe.  I had a lot of fun cloning it!

Three Blog Awards!!!!!!!!

What an honour! Thank-you so very much Polly of Angels in My Garden for awarding me not one but three awards! I gladly accept all three awards. Polly has a great homemaking blog that I'm sure you will enjoy as much as I do. Please take a moment to stop by Polly's blog to say hi.

The first award is You're going places, baby. Recipients of this award have to tell where you see yourself in 10 years.
- In 10 years time I see myself still enjoying my wonderful family and cooking up a storm.

To accept the Beautiful Blogger Award, the recipient must tell 7 things about myself. Here's 7 things about me:

1. I'm continuously looking for ways to reach our goal of an eco-friendly lifestyle.
2. I'm very much a private person who enjoys being a homebody rather than a social butterfly.
3. I love cooking with good ingredients!
4. I grow herbs, vegetables and fruit in raised beds using the square food gardening method combined with companion planting.
5. One of my favourite fair weather activities is fishing.
6. I am a shoe-aholic! I'm not kidding here having several pairs still with price tags an my collection numbers about 55 pairs.
7. Photoshop® is my favourite photo editing software.

The Sunshine Award is to be passed on to 12 bloggers. I will follow Polly's lead and pass on all three awards to these well deserving bloggers:

1. Margie and Edna's Basement
2. Dances of Dreams
3. The Story of Parenting a Child With Autism
4. Carterville
5. Mimi's Kitchen
6. Everyday Living
7. Grandma's Pattern Book
8. Heart to Heart
9. Lanita's Life on the Farm
10. Mommy's Kitchen
11. Smoky Mountain Café
12. The Ramblings of a Working Mom

Happy 101 Blog Award

I would like to thank Chey from Chey Can Cook for awarding me with the Happy 101 Blog Award. Chey is a wonderful blogger and valuable contributor to this blog. Not only does she follow this blog she is a regular commentator for which I am very thankful. Please take a moment to stop by and say hi to Chey. I'm sure you will enjoy her blog as much as I do. Thanks so much Chey for passing this award on to me. It is greatly appreciated!

The rule for accepting this award is to list 10 things that make you happy, then pass it onto 10 other bloggers.

Oh gosh, listing only 10 things that makes me happy is really difficult because there are so many things to choose from. Here is my list of 10 things that make me happy.

1. being with my husband who is my best friend
   
2. being with my family and friends
   
3. grandbaby hugs with butterfly kisses
   
4. cooking with good ingredients
5. quiet, reflective time
6. watching wildlife
7. sunsets or sunrises
8. a full moon
9. kodak colour dreams
10. blogging

I would like to pass on the Happy 101 Blog Award to the following deserving recipients:

1. Top Ten Blog Tips
2. 3 Sides of Crazy
3. Cannine Jars Etc.
4. Crazy Lady's Cookbook
5. Everyday Living
6. A Year on the Grill
7. Everything Plus the Kitchen Sink
8. Lola's Victory Garden
9. Smoky Mountain Café
10. Whistlestop Cafe Cooking

Kreativ Blogger Award

It is always a surprise and please to receive a blog award! I am very honoured to be presented with the Kreativ Blogger award. The award is very much appreciated! Thank-you so much Charlotte of Canning Jars Etc. for nominating me for this award.

Charlotte lives in Iowa, USA. Her blog focuses on canning information and recipes presented in a lovely, down home style. Her love of canning shines throughout her blog. Please take a moment to stop by and say hi. I'm sure you will enjoy her blog as much as I do. I will mention that she already took a couple of things I would have used on point 4 (follows). Hmm, I think we may just be kindred spirits!

Seven things about myself that people might find interesting:

1. My family is my priority.
   
2. I've been a nature lover since day one so being eco-friendly is extremely important to me.
   
3. I am a chronic multi-tasker. Sitting idle is not an option for me.
4. Even though I cook most days, I cook more when I'm stressed! This seems to suit my family quite nicely :)
   
5. I'm a techo geek who loves to experiment with anything to do with technology.
6. I do a lot of genealogy research in my spare time and can now trace my family back into the early 1500's. I'm a stickler for detail in my research so primary documentation is critical.
   
7. Academically my area of expertise is medical genetics. I hold four degrees and firmly believe in life long learning .
   

I nominate the following bloggers to receive the Kreative Blogger Award:

1. Maggie author of A Taste of Both Worlds
2. Daily Cute
3. Leanne author of Tired Mama
4. Emm (Mandy) author of Emm in London
5. Cyn author of Creative Canning
6. Wanda author of 1 Blogs and 2 Sides
7. Cooked From the Heart
   

To accept this award do the following

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

Lemonade Award (2)

I'm pleased to announce that Stephanie of From Huskies to Husbands and Wanda of 1 Blog 2 Sides have nominated this blog for the Lemonade Award (2). This prestigious award is given to blogs that show great attitude and/or gratitude. I am truly honoured to be the recipient of this award. Thank-you so very, very much for the nomination!

Please take a moment to stop by the blogs of those who nominated me. Both are very good blogs, well designed with interesting information.

Here are the instructions for the Lemonade Award:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs that show attitude and/or gratitude.
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know they have received this award by commenting on a post.
5. Nominate your favorites and link to this blog.

I visit a lot of blogs daily. Some I stop and read and some I make sure to visit daily because they are that good. I have nominated the following blogs to receive the Lemonade Award:

1. Family History for Beginners
2. One Earth, One Life, One Chance
3. KookyCulinary
4. Lola's Diner
5. Mom Two Ways
6. CrAzy Working Mom
7. Hairstyles for Girls
8. Colloquium
9. Doin' The Working Mom Thing
10. Grandmother's Pattern Book
    

Please take a moment to visit these blogs. I'm sure you will enjoy them as well.

Lemonade Award

Many thanks to Tahtimbo of Everyday Living and Ambrosia of Brosia's Blog for awarding this blog with the Lemonade Award. This award is given for inspirational qualities, great attitude and decor of the blog. I am very, very honoured that my blog would be considered for such a prestigious award! Thank-you so very much.

I come across so many wonderful blogs every day, each of them unique in their own way. There are some blogs I make a point to visit on a regular basis that I think are well deserving of the Lemonade Award. These are the blogs with a good layout and visual appeal. They have above average content presented in a personable manner.

To accept your award, please place the award on your blog. Acknowledge the blog that nominated and link to it. Choose the blogs you would like to nominate. Leave a comment on their blog to say you have awarded them the Lemonade Award and link to them on your blog.

I have nominated the following blogs for the Lemonade Award. Their combination of design and content make them stand out above the crowd! Please take a moment and visit their wonderful blogs. Nominees, please accept this award for a job well done. Thanks for adding such quality to the blogosphere!

• The Homesteading Housewife
• Mrs. G
• Life's Perfect Pictures
• Montrealaise en Californieli
• Crock Pot Meals
• Vintage Cookery
  

A Brilliant Award!

I was quite shocked and surprised to surf onto Tahtimbo's blog Everyday Living to find he had awarded me the Brilliant Award!


This is quite an honour! I can't believe someone thinks my blog is brilliant! Thank-you so very much for bestowing this award on my blog. It gives me great pleasure to hear that others enjoy my blog. My family and friends deserve this award as well for being my willing taste testers and putting up with my many, many food photo shoots. My readers also deserve this award for making this blog more by reading, commenting, offering suggestions and just being there. Thank-you everyone!

Please take a moment to stop by Tahtimbo's blog and say hi. Tahtimbo is a stay-at-home dad in Idaho, USA who has a wonderful sense of humour. His blog is well worth the read so settle back with a nice hot cup of cocoa and few homemade cookies. I'm sure you will enjoy his entries as much as I do.


The rules for this award are:

• Create a post and choose 7 or more blogs that you find brilliant in either their content, design, or both.
• Link to the person who presents the award to you
• Show the names and links to those you pass the award to.
• Leave a comment on their site to let them know that they have won an award

I would like to award the following bloggers for the Brilliant Award. I hope they accept they accept the award and proudly display it on their blogs:

History and Travel
Survival Kitchen
Freaky Frugalite
The Clan McLeod
Margie and Edna's Basement
My Virtual Diary
Can of Thoughts

This Blog Has Received an Award!

I would like to thank Laurie, author of Crocodile Soup for the Soul for honoring this blog with the I Love Your Blog Award. Oh my gosh! I am so very flattered [blushing profusely]. Thank you so very, very much!

Thank-you, hugs and much love to my family and friends who without them this blog would not exist. As my [willing] taste testers [aka guinea pigs] they are my most loyal supporters and loving critics. I can't tell you how much it means to me each time someone says they enjoy this blog. For me it's all about sharing something that brings me great pleasure. Cooking is a necessity of life but you can have ever so much fun with it at all levels.

Thanks again Laurie! Please stop by Laurie's blog and see her cutest new additions to her family. They are just adorable. I can't wait to read about their progress.

The instructions for the passing on of this accolade are:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog
2. Link the person from whom you received your award
3. Nominate up to 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours, and
5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated

I would like to nominate the following blogs for the "I Love Your Blog" award. I enjoy reading these blogs and I'm sure you will too. I hope you accept this award. It is my way of expressing how much I enjoy reading your blog.

New York Renovator
Native Ormocana Cooking
East Coast Life
This Side of Eternity
A Moment to Exhale