I was excited and honored to receive a very cool award from Natasa at Leptir – the Your Blog is Fabulous Award! I’m going to love passing the award on to some fabulous blogs!
Thank you so much to Natasa at Leptir! What a great award – unique and fashionably fabulous!
This award has only one rule: I must specify three destinations to which I want to travel and say why.
I’ve been so lucky to travel to many places when I lived in England for a year and a half and because of my children’s figure skating competitions. Here are my three top destinations:
1. Italy. My husband and I fell in love with authentic Italian food when we were in Turin, Italy, last March to cheer our daughter and her ice-dance partner on at the World Figure Skating Championships. We’d love to return to Italy to visit Rome and Venice.
2. Scandinavia. My son and I did an amazing whirlwind tour of Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark after he competed in the 2004 Junior Grand Prix Final in Helsinki. I’d love to take my whole family for a longer Scandinavian tour – this time in the summer.
3. San Diego, California, USA. My kids and kids-in-law all live in San Diego now. What better destination for my husband and me to visit?!!!
Now, to pass on the award – always my favorite part and the most difficult part for me. I love visiting blogs and discovering new ones. Because there aren’t any rules about who I must pass this award on to, I’m passing it on to 25 blogs. Some of them will be blogs I’ve followed for awhile and others are new discoveries for me.
To make my decisions a bit easier, I’m choosing blogs that are managed by one person and offer lots of educational activities and resources. I’m awarding the Your Blog is Fabulous Award to blogs I haven’t given an award to in the past (often they weren’t given an award because I somehow missed giving them an award before!).
To find links to fabulous blogs I have given awards to previously, please see the links on my Awards page.
Here are the blogs to which I’m happily passing on the Your Blog is Fabulous Award (as alphabetized by my computer):
Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog
Inspiration Surrounds … Creativity Abounds
Let the Children Play: Progressive Preschool Education
Mrs. Jackson’s Class Website Blog
Stay & Play
And always, I am SO thankful to have you as a reader. To you, I happily pass on the Sweet Reader Award!
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Aww, thanks for the mention Deb!
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Thanks so much!
You’re welcome – and thanks for the great activities you share! I always enjoy reading your blog!
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Thank you so much Deb! You made my night!
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You’re welcome, Kara! That’s great to hear! And thank you for all the wonderful activities you share at Little Learners Lounge!
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Thanks so much for the award! I really appreciate the shout out as well:) I am now following your blog so I will be back to read some more posts when I get the chance
thanks again
Jada Roo Can Do
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You’re welcome, Andrea! Thanks for all the activities you share at Jada Roo Can Do – and thanks for following me!
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Thank you so much Deb! What a sweet surprise to find in my inbox tonight:-)!
You too, share so much and give such insight to me, so thank you as well.
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Thank you so much. It makes me so happy you enjoy my blog. I am looking forward to exploring your blog. Thank you, again! Have a wonderful weekend.
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Your blog is fabulous-You deserve the honor
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Hi Deb!
Thank you so much, I’ve VERY excited to be on your list of fabulous bloggers! Thank you!
I love your site, you are such an inspiration to me.
I just joined your network blogs as well, so I will see you there as well as twitter and facebook.
Thanks again for everything!
Marcia
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You’re welcome, Marcia! I really appreciate all the great activities you offer elementary-age kids at Learning Ideas – Grades K-8. Thanks so much for your kind words about my blog – and thanks for following me!
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Thanks for the fun award Deb! That was so thoughtful of you!
You’re welcome, Holly! And thanks for the wonderful activities and downloads you share at Stay and Play!
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Thanks for the award! You certainly deserved yours! Funny that you awarded it to . I to two “Maureen”s. Maybe it is a West Coast thing, but I never meet other “Maureen”s, yet in blogging, it seems like there are a ton of us.
Okay, that sentence was messed up! I meant “Funny that you awarded it to two “Maureen”s. My keyboard seems to be wigging out and inserting letters and cutting and pasting randomly! Hope I don’t have a virus.
I hate when that happens! I hope you don’t have a virus, too. Here’s hoping your computer is healthy – and you have a wonderful weekend!
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You’re welcome, Maureen! That’s an interesting observation – I’ve only met Maureens in the blogosphere, too!
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Thank you so much for including my blog in your list
The best part of this is that I have now discovered your blog (and the others on your list) and am off happily to have a read!
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You’re welcome, Jenny! I love all the creative ideas for play spaces you have at your blog. And thanks for checking out my blog and the others on my list!
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Thanks so much for including my blog on your award list.
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Thanks so much. You really made my day!
You’re welcome, Jenn! I love all the links, activities, and downloads you share through My Delicious Ambiguity!
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