A blog award and anyone up for a giveaway?!

A BIG thank you! to Janey over at A Few of my Favorite Things for giving me this blog award! Please check out her blog, she's awesome! I can't state that enough, seriously. So here's the dealio:

The Liebster Blog Award is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. Liebster is a German word meaning dear, sweet, kind, nice, good, beloved, lovely, kindly, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.

To keep this award going, pass the award along to 5 other new deserving bloggers who have less than 200 followers.

The rules for the Liebster Blog Award are:

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog

Jane, you're wonderful! Thank you for being my most faithful follower and caring enough to catch up with me once in a while when I haven't been very active on my blog. I love your posts and enjoy reading about your life and seeing your cute puppies! Keep up the good work. :)

So without further ado, the Liebster Blog Award is passed on to:

Ashley at The Mommyhood Adventure: I think I found her through a blog hop, but I stuck around because I liked her style and after I found out she sung karaoke in contests, I was smitten! Check her out, she's not your average mommy ;)

Charla at Heart Like Mine: I stumbled across her blog somehow, and since then I've been hooked. She's inspired me a lot, even though I've never told her so. The inspiration for her blog title turned over a new leaf in my life and I also really enjoy reading her posts :) Sorry for being a lurker instead of a dedicated commenter though, lol.

Jenn at Pickles and Cupcakes: Yet another lovely bloggie that I found from a link-up. She's been a pretty supportive reader of mine, and I try to reciprocate as best as I can. I always enjoy reading her posts and I think she has pretty good taste in music too, from what I can remember! :)

Erinn at It's the Journey: She's recently changed her blog from "As it were or even if it weren't.." I like it either way, personally :) I met Erinn through a blog link-up (notice a pattern yet?) She is so nice, so supportive, and has a great taste in music. Also she's a pretty great dancer and posts things that I like to read.

And finally,
Jillian at Iron and Sunshine: Jillian is the kind of person who can inspire you to put your mind to whatever you like and believe that you will accomplish your goals. At least that's what I got from reading her blog. :) Besides, she's just plain awesome and the pictures she posts in her blog are top noch!

Please be sure to check these ladies out and give them some praise for their neatness! :)


So here's the part where I tell you about the giveaway that I'm hosting soon:

I'm teaming up with "My Memories" and am giving away a copy of their program for free to one lucky reader! But I cannot stress this enough, this is just a warning to be on the look-out for the post that should be up within the next week. Any comments made on this post will not go towards being entered into the contest, ya digg? This is my first giveaway and I hope it goes well. Any tips to offer up? :) Thanks in advance!

...and thank you so much for reading ♥