Daily Archives: January 17, 2009

I love that word. Taryn recently gave me a “Fabulous Award.” (By the way, her blog is protected for privacy, so you may or may not get there through that link.) I’ve known Taryn since third grade. Is that twenty-five years? Oh, my. To avoid further dating myself, I’ll simply say that I am very honored and humbled to receive this from such a wonderful person. I may have to step it up a bit to prove myself and this blog worthy.

As with most of these awards, this one comes with requirements. I don’t like requirements. This one says I must “award 5 others and also list 5 addictions” I have. I’ll comply with the addictions.

1. God. (I can’t get enough of Him! I’m not talking about reading the Bible incessantly, though reading Scripture is a manifestation of this addiction, but simply discovering God in creation, in life situations, in my children … all around me. I am addicted to finding Him in unexpected places.)
2. Relationships. (This includes God, Rick, my kids, my extended families and my friends. I shrivel without interaction with each and every one of these every single day.)
3. Reading.
4. Starbucks.
5. My computer. (I need it! For writing, email, research, games, social interaction, an adult vocabulary and more.)

Just for good keeping, I’ll throw in an extra.

6. Williams-Sonoma. (I LOVE kitchen gadgets and am totally obsessed with cakelet pans lately. They’re so cool!)

I know I’m supposed to tag others, but I’m not going to. My rebellious nature surfaces here.

In line with #5 (my addiction to the computer), I’ve recently joined twitter. (If you want to “follow” me, click here.) Probably not the best idea since I already spend too much time online. The good news: I’ve found a ton of super cool blogs! Well, that’s kind of good news except that now I spend even more time online following all these people and reading all their great posts.

So, instead of passing on this award, I’m going to list some of my new favorite blogs. All of these I’ve visited before on different occassions, but lately I’ve realized how consistently they excel and how much I look forward to what they’ll write next.

• Callapidder Days
• Red Letter Believers
• Seedlings in Stone

Enjoy!