From Me to You Award!

(This is way over due. Sorry!)

We received the "From me to you" award from Mia at http://literaryjamandtoast.blogspot.com! Thanks, Mia! The rules say that we must list seven truths about ourselves and pass the award to seven other blogs.

Seven Truths About Me: Lacey

1. I love the smell of horses

2. My second toe on my left foot is longer than my big toe

3. I once ate cat food on a dare

4. I think sushi tastes better when eaten with chopsticks

5. I shared ice cream with my dog when I was a kid

6. I won 1st place in a beauty pageant when I was 6 years old (I know, what happened?)

7. The fuzz on peaches makes my teeth itch

Seven Truths About Me: Valerie
1. I don't like chocolate.
2. I can say the alphabet backwards.
3. I drink too much coffee.
4. Lilacs are one of my favorite scents.
5. When I was little I wanted to be a magician.
6. My favorite color is green.
7. I was allergic to cats until I got a kitten.
Seven Truths About Me: Kristi1. I could subsist entirely on chocolate and Diet Coke.2. Growing up, I wanted to be either an NFL quarterback or a priest.3. I love Colorado but really miss living a block from the ocean.4. I'd rather nap than exercise. 5. I can't watch a movie in the theater without popcorn.6.I'm allergic to dogs but still let them sleep in bed with me.7. I think my kids are the most hilarious people I know.

We're giving this award to the following:Lisa and Laura Roecker http://lisa-laura.blogspot.com/Samantha Bennet http://samanthajbennett.blogspot.com/Lisa Green http://paranormalpointofview.blogspot.com/

Awards!

This past week, we've received a few blog awards and rather than make a post for each, we've decided to put them all together.

First, we've received the Happiness Award from:

Alexa at http://hookedonyabooks.blogspot.com/2010/01/awards-yay.html, and awesome YA blog

Darina at http://darina1996.blogspot.com/2010/01/happiness-award.html, a totally cool girl from Bulgaria

Rules: List ten things that make you happy and pass the award along!

Ten things that make Lacey Happy:

Reading

Writing

Accomplishing a writing goal

Acceptance letters :)

Animals

Coffee on cold mornings

Watching movies with Husband

Hanging with friends

Visiting family

Surprises (good ones)

Ten things that make Valerie happy:

Good books.
Writing.
Filming a project.
Thunderstorms
My pets.
Going out for breakfast.
When someone likes something I wrote.
Sunshine.
Music.
Achieving a goal.

Ten things that make Kristi happy:

playing with the kidlets and pups
date nights with hubby
new slow-cooker recipes - I'm wild like that
girls' night out at the movies
Disneyworld - seriously, it's my favorite place
reading on the couch with cheese, crackers, and a glass of vino
writing
a good cup of coffee
rain
hiking in the mountains

We would like to give the happiness award award to:

Author Carrie Harris at http://carrieharrisbooks.blogspot.com/
Author Kiersten White at http://kierstenwrites.blogspot.com

We also collected the Honest Scrap Award from:

Pamela at http://teeny104.blogspot.com/ She's a fellow YA writer

Rules: List ten honest things about yourself and pass it along!

Ten honest things about Lacey:

I am a big Elvis Presley fan

I grew up on a ranch with 13 horses

I ride a Harley

Sometimes it scares me

I like old things

I love vampires

I would rather stay at home by myself and read, than go out

I have a girl crush on Lorelei Gilmore

My husband tricked me in to eating sea urchin sushi once, and I nearly vomited but I pretended to like it so not to give him satisfaction

I check my email at least 50 times a day

Ten honest things about Valerie:

I'm a dork.
I was a cheerleader and a flag corps/colorguard member.
I would rather read than do most things.
I drink WAY too much coffee.
I can say the alphabet backwards.
I don't like chocolate.
When I was little I wanted to be a magician.
I really really want to go to Amsterdam.
I still can't believe I actually finished writing a book.
I love anything to do with time travel.

Ten honest things about Kristi:

I might have a slight chocolate addiction.
My idea of a perfect date night involves Netflix and wine.
My 5-yo son beats me on every Wii game we play -- I can't ski jump to save my life.
My hubby even beats me in Wii figure skating.
My 5-yo watching daddy sing the National Anthem on the JumboTron at a Colorado. Rockies game was one of my favorite nights ever.
I'm NOT a morning person -- some might even call me 'cranky'.
My kids get up between 5:30-6am every day -- clearly, they didn't get the memo.
One of the many reasons I love hubby is he often leaves me a cup of coffee on the bathroom counter before he leaves each day, knowing I'll need it upon waking.
I'm a major introvert who can present like an extrovert when necessary.
I'd rather be home with my family than anywhere else in the world.

We would like to give the happiness award award to:

Author Shannon Delany at http://13-to-life-a-werewolf-tale.blogspot.com/
Author Stephanie Perkins at http://naturalartificial.blogspot.com/

THANKS EVERYONE!

My First Awards

I was totally intending to post about my experience last week at the 1st Pages Event with Uber-Agents Kristin Nelson and Kate Schafer-Testerman. I promise to do that -- next week. I'm slammed with judging manuscripts for a writing conference and MUST finish by Friday! However, I do have some positive news to share.

1) We've hit over 100 followers!!!! I'd like to thank all the wonderful
readers, writers, etc. out there who are brave enough to admit
following our little blog. You're all made of awesome!

2) My very first award, The Silver Lining Award, has been bestowed upon
me by the lovely Shelli from Market
My Words. If you haven't checked out her blog yet, it's a must read
for great marketing info/interviews.

I love this award as it was created to acknowledge those who create positive and optimistic posts. Plus, it's pretty (see side bar.) I need to award this to 5 fellow bloggers out there and will put up an extra post this weekend.

3) Two more awards were given to me over the weekend by Valerie Kemp:
The Happy Award and The Honest Scrap award. 3 awards in
one weekend! How lucky is that? I should go buy a lotto ticket. These
rewards require answering actual questions and giving it away to 10
deserving bloggers. As I don't have time to do laundry this week, let
alone answer questions, I'll get to this on my other blog over the weekend.

There you have my happy writing news of the week! Also, I made progress concerning the eternal revision process of my YA ms, which doesn't feel like happy news in the moment, but feels great after. So what happy writing news have you had this week?