Thursday, February 17, 2011

INSANE TWO DAYS ... 2 AWARDS ANDS 17 NEW FRIENDS.... WOW!





                  






I am overwhelmed. Talk about blog love. In two days, two incredible bloggers awarded me with two different awards.

First, a new follower and fellow Crusader E.C. from E. C.'s Ramblings awarded me the Stylish Blogger Award. Do stop over an visit E. C. you will be glad you did.

Second. The vivacious Elizabeth Mueller has awarded me the Sunshine Award. Let me tell you we can all use a little more sunshine this winter. Elizabeth is an award winning author, so make sure you stop by an visit her blog.

Thank you, ladies. I am truly touched by your kindness.

Now for my second bit of news. This is a new record for me 17 new friends joined my blogging family. As it is customary at my blog, I enjoy welcoming each new friend personally. I am happy to say my new friends are ...

Raquel, E. C., Susanna, Paul J., Witless Exposition, Elle, Elizabeth, YaYa, Katie, Tanya, Shelly B., Shari, Saribelle, Diana, Kristal, Laurie, and Alexis.

I hope to visit all of you within the next day or two to join your network of friends as well.

Don't forget to check out the blogfest entries below it's a great way to get to know you new friends!  Nicole did an excellent job of hosting this event!

24 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Congratulations!

Anonymous said...

Hi Michael and congrats on those lovely awards!

I'm recovering from a couple of bugs so I potter on the computer and then crash out on the sofa for a bit.

We've had 3/4 flowing fonts entries in so far. I'm so looking forward to yours, too.

Sarah Ketley said...

Hi Michael,

isn't the atmosphere around the Crusaders just fantastic!!

I'm just loving the people that i have met as well.

I believe we are in the same Crusader groups as well. Have written a welcome up on my blog and have listed all the group 7 crusaders in the blog roll. (easier to keep tabs of everyone)

have a great day and happy writing,

Constance or pixie or sarah i answer to all

Margo Benson said...

Many congrtulations on the awards, Michael...well deserved! Have a lovely day.

Anonymous said...

Hi Michael,
I'm a new friend too (*waving*) because I'm following your feed in Google Reader. We need to figure out how to see how many people do that with our blogs. It is so much easier to keep track of everyone we follow that way.
Anyway, congrats on the awards!
Vicki

Summer Ross said...

Congratulations on the new followers and the awards!

Patricia A. Timms-McGehee said...

Congratulations on your awards and your new followers!

N. R. Williams said...

Congratulations on the awards and new friends.
Nancy
N. R. Williams, fantasy author

Michelle Merrill said...

Congratulations on your awards! You definitely deserve them. That's awesome that you have 17 new friends too!

Unknown said...

Congrats on the awards! I see we're in the same crusader group :) Go group #7! Woo hoo!

Roland D. Yeomans said...

Wow. 17 new followers. As Darth Vadar says, "Impressive. Most impressive." Aren't E.C. and Elizabeth special people? Congrats on the awards. Roland

Shari said...

Wow! Thanks for the welcome. I don't think I've actually been mentioned in someone's blog before, except for the award Elizabeth gave me! Cool!

Golden Eagle said...

Congratulations on the awards, and on all the new Followers! That's awesome!

Megan K. Bickel said...

Well deserved, Michael! Congratulations on the awards and followers!

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

congrats on your awards and multitude of followers :)

Unknown said...

Congrats! You deserve it.

CherylAnne Ham said...
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CherylAnne Ham said...

Hi Michael. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I can see why you won the stylish blog award. Great design and layout. I Love it. :)

Glad we're in a crusade group together. Can't wait to get to know you better.

Denise Covey said...

Hi Michael, great awards to a great guy. This crusade is going to be awesome. I forgot to check which group you're in.

I tricked a few people with my Bernard Pivot answers. If you have time you might like to check them out:

Bernard Pivot Blogfest

Susanna Leonard Hill said...

Congratulations on the awards and the new followers Michael - well deserved both!

Anonymous said...

Congrats crusader! Nice to meet you. Now following!

Nikki

PK HREZO said...

Congrats on the awards, and better yet, the new friends! I just caught up on your answers from yesterday and always great getting to know you better.

Have a great day! :)

Anonymous said...

Hello Michael. It's nice to meet you and get to you know you. I understand about the increase in followers. I increased mine by 43. It's a bit overwhelming but I'm not complaining. Congrats on the awards.

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