Wonderful Awards ...

for
ME!!

I have been very slow in

doing the first one,

SORRY

Cathy - Just an Aussie Girl.

How surprised I was to receive this award

but it made me very HAPPY!

Cathy's blog is about life as an

Australian expat living in Lazio Italy, with

her family. She has beautiful photos and lots

to read , so do call over.

There is another blog too..

Chocolate Brick ..name came about from a dessert she once had!

My other award ... another surprise!

is from my great friend

Lucia ...
On my way 2 work & Other Stuff

shares her wonderful sunrises,

sunsets, places she visits, and her family

in Canada. . .. another great read!

Two wonderful surprise awards..

Big thank you Cathy and Lucia ♥

An Award for you ....Thank you to you all ……

for all my wonderful comments and my new readers.

I have tried to reply to you all and call into

your blogs. If I have missed you,

Sorry, I will be over to you soon.

This is for you all.

I do hope that you put your award on your blog!

When was the last time you .........

Went out of your comfort zone?

When was the last time

you had to over come your

fear of doing something

you dread?

I would normally just say no,

so that I didn't have to face

the fear.

I remember how I felt

when I went to Paris to

look after a friend's cats

and apartment on my own.

I was very nervous, but I knew

that I had lots of friends around me

to contact.

This time I am going WAY

out of my comfort zone...

Tomorrow

I am flying on my own!!

First time ever

To Canada...

Yep flying to Montreal

for a week,

staying with my cousin and family.

My husband is going too, but

he is going with the Formula 1 team

at a different time.

I hope all my readers

have a brilliant week

lets hope we all have some

wonderful sunshine too!

So while I am away , I would like all of my readers

Old and New to take this award for their blogs.

I have had quite a few new readers

in the past few months.. which is so great.

Welcome and I hope you stick around.

BTW forgot to add...

Only booked the trip last monday!!!

New Year - New Friends .......................

This year brought NEW READERS and commenters... Brilliant! It is always great when you see different names appear! But what I didn't expect was this ....................AN AWARD.

Jenny from Pleasant Places kindly awarded me with this... What a surprise!!

Jenny has a wonderful blog, with tales of her travels ...and guess where she has been...PARIS. Another Paris lover :-) ... Jenny and her family also had adventures in London, with lots of photos. Why not call in and enjoy her adventures too. Thank you so much Jenny.

Now the only thing I have to do now is pass on the award to 10 or 15 other blogs which I have discovered and who I think are great....that is a problem.!! I have so many that I love, so many that I have been reading for the last few years..and now new ones! So how do I choose?

So sorry I am going to change the rules... I award this to you all.....

Please copy and paste this Friends Award for your blog!

Two wonderful Awards.....

were given to me a while ago, so I feel a bit bad that is has taken me this long to put them on my blog....I really do appreciate them and so happy that you love my blog!!

The first award was given to me by a great lady Scintilla..whose blog is Bell'Avventura....she lives in Luxembourg and goes down to Positano for all of the summer . Her blog is a mixture of stories, and they are all wonderful..and if you want to know about Positano, then this is one for you!! On second thoughts, never mind if you want to know or not, go on visit her blog , its fab!!

My other lovely award was given to me by the wonderful Laura from Ciao Amalfi...as the blog title suggests ..yes it is all about the Amalfi Coast, which is beautiful and certainly a place on my list to visit.!! Laura has fabulous photos and such great stories..it is a brilliant read!

I have just found a post on Laura's blog that links Scintilla and Laura...Taking the boat to Positano, I think it is so great that they have met....!!

A huge Thank you to my Wonderful Friends
Scintilla and Laura

Now for this I have to name 15 blogs to award, I think this is a bit hard, as I have such a wonderful array of blogs that I read, and on a regular basis..so I am going to take a little bit more time over this, I really don't like this bit, I think I am upsetting my other bloggers!!! Can I not give it to all of them!!

Friends Award

Funny, inspirational, and all around WONDERFUL guy, Ron, from VENT received a friends award from his friend, Akelamalu @ Everything and Nothing and then spread the love to his friends. Congrats RON!!! My friend Leesa from News From France, awarded me. I was amazed and it really made my day. I would really love to give this award to everyone, who reads my blog or who is linked to me.
I had a hard time choosing, sorry!

This is the thinking behind this particular award:

These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in 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 text into the body of their award.

So... DRUMROLL PLEASE.... in no particular order.... here are the 8 I pick!!

Sally in Norfolk
Chez Loulou
Bleeding Espresso
Creative Structures
Lucillian Delights
Bell'Avventura
The Inspired Room
My Melange

Rockin Monday Award

Barbara from Home in France so kindly awarded me with the You Rock Award. Thank you Barbara. :-)

I really don't know who to give this award to... I enjoy reading so many of your blogs.

I would like to award this to:-

Robin of My Melange
Chezloulou in France
Leesa of News from France
Nicolette of Devliegendekoe
Rowena of Rubber Slippers in Italy


Hope you all have a Rockin Monday...and a brilliant week!!!