A Blog Award.... thanks Stace and Jenn!!!!

Wow... not only is this a really sweet award.... it really makes me laugh because if you all only knew how much coffee I consume in one day.... try 2 pots a day! I simply cannot function without my coffee fix.... Steffie even knows how to make a pot of coffee.... and when I get up every morning she'll say "drink your coffee Mommy". This award was given to me by two of my favorite bloggers this week Stace at All Stace, All the Time.... and Jenn at My Kids Are My World. They both have wonderful blogs and are really special ladies... so please give them a visit... I'm sure you'll love them as much as I do :) I really am honored that you both think so warmly of my blog.... thank you... thank you... thank you. I feel the same way about you both!

Here are the rules with this sweet and fun award: This award is for having a blog good enough to wake you up in the morning and keeping you going all day! I need to give this award to 7 different blogs that I think are blogs that keep you going:

1 - PJ at PJ's Prose
2 - Grampy at Grampy and You
3 - Wendy at Athena Academy
4 - Vicki at Frugal Mom Knows Best
5 - Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue
6 - Storm at Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife
7 - Texan Mama at Who Put Me In Charge of These People

These are just a few of the blogs that I love to read. Thanks again girls.... you are both be on my list of best reads as well :)

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Best Blog and Lovely Blog Awards - Thank You Grampy!!

I received this award recently from a very dear blog friend..... Grampy from Grampy and You . Most of you have probably visited his blog.... but if you haven't you should. He is one of the nicest people in the blogoshere. Thank you so much Grampy for the award... and for just being you :)

Now here are the people I am passing it on to.

Kat at Candles, Crafts and Whatnot
Wendy at Athena Academy
From Vicki at Frugal Moms Know Best

Dorothy at Womensselfesteem.com's Blog

Maria at Conversations With Moms

Chatty at Chatty Crone

Sherri at Luv a Bargain!

Melissa at Melissas Homeschool Blog

And you know what.... I could just go down my blog roll and list every single one for this award... because I love them all and they deserve it.... so I'll just stop listing and say I'm giving this award to everyone on my blog roll :)

Love You All!! Thanks for having such awesome blogs!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Over The Top Award.... Thanks Vicki!!!

Vicki from Frugal Mom Knows Best passed the OVER THE TOP BLOG AWARD to me. I recently found her blog and I love it!.... and she's really fun and sweet :) ...... So I am touched that she thought enough of me to pass this great award to me. Thank you so much Vicki!!!

So here is what you gotta do:

- thank the blogger who gave it to you.
- pass it on to 6 of your favorite bloggers
-and answer the following questions with only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? there
2.Your hair? crappy
3. Your mother? home
4. Your father? gone
5. Your favorite food? pizza
6. Your dream last night? forgotten
7. Your favorite drink? coffee
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. What room are you in? den
10. Your hobby? missed
11. Your fear? poverty
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something you aren't? rich
15. Muffins? please!
16. Wish list item? house
17. Where did you grow up? Georgia
18. Last thing you did? drove
19. What are you wearing? clothes
20. Your TV? works
21. Your pets? precious
22. Your friends? loved
23. Your life? okay
24. Your mood? tired
25. Missing someone? Always
26. Vehicle? van
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? thrift
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? forgot
32. Your best friend? Cyn
33. One place that I go over and over? store
34. One person who emails me regularly? Steffie
35. Favorite place to eat? Outback

and I am passing this to the following 6 bloggers

1. Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue
2. Kat at Candles, Crafts and Whatnot
3. Wendy at Athena Academy
4. Chatty at Chatty Crone
5. Patsy at Patsy's Word's of Wisdom
6. Becki at Harmony In Motion

Thanks again Vicki... this was fun... but more difficult than it sounds.... especially for a chatterbox like myself.

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Circle of Friends and Friendship Awards plus Open Source Blog Post Blog Award.... Thanks Stacie!!!

Well I've had a very busy two days so hopefully I'll get a chance to post an update tomorrow. I wanted to take the time to pass on a few awards today though. It's so nice to be recognized... but even nicer to have an opportunity recognize friends and let them know how important they are :).... and I've made some great ones here in the bloggy world. It said I could pick 6... but there are way more than that that I wanted to pass these to.... maybe I should have been a rebel and passed it to more... but I stuck with the rules.

My friend Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue gave me these two awards. Stacie thank you so very much. If you haven’t visited her site please do.... it's awesome!

The rules for this award are:

For those receiving this award it is bestowed on to blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to six bloggers who must choose six more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

I am passing this on to:

1 - Kat at Candles, Crafts and Whatnot
2 -PJ at PJ's Prose
3 -Wendy at Athena Academy
4 -Chatty at Chatty Crone
5 -Grampy at Grampy and You
6 -Stacey at All Stace, All The Time

I want to thank you for your friendships! They have meant the world to me!

I received the Open Source Blog Post Blog Award from Stacie over at Super Mommy To The Rescue as well. Thanks Stacie for this award too. I greatly appreciate the awards! This one is surely different.

Before you put the links below when you pass this award, you must remove the participant number 1 from the list. So that all participants up 1 level. Who was number 2 become number 1, number 3 was 2, and so on. Then insert you own links at the bottom (10).

1. Mr. D
2. Sweet_shelo
3. Chris
4. Kaye
5. Yami
6. Mizhelle
7. Hootn’ Anni

8. Thom

9. Stacie

10. LaShan

Now I am passing this on to the same six:

1 - Kat at Candles, Crafts and Whatnot
2 -PJ at PJ's Prose
3 -Wendy at Athena Academy
4 -Chatty at Chatty Crone
5 -Grampy at Grampy and You
6 -Stacey at All Stace, All The Time

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Most Inspirational Blog and Friends Awards - Thanks Kat!!!

I got this wonderful award from Kat over at Candles, Crafts and Whatnot. I am so thrilled to get this award.... and it makes me smile to know that my blog inspires you and that you keep coming back. Thank you!! Kat's blog is very inspiring as well and she would be on my list if she hadn't been the one who sent it to me.

Kat also gave me this "Friends" award.... it really means a lot to me. Kat is one of my faithful followers and I can always count on her comments to cheer me up!! I love friends like that! Thanks again Kat.... you are one of my dearest bloggy friends :)

So I'm passing these awards on to some friends that I find inspiring....

1 - Chatty at Chatty Crone
2 - Vicki at Frugal Mom Knows Best
3- Wendy at Athena Academy
4 - Stacey at All Stace, All The Time
5 - Jenn at My Kids Are My World
6 - PJ at PJ's Prose
7 - Annie at A Nice Place In The Sun
8 - Dorothy at Women's Self Esteem Blog
9- Grampy at Grampy and You
10 - Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue
11 - Russ at Senior Explorations
12 - Patsy at Patsy's Word's of Wisdom

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

One Lovely Blog Award.... Thank You Vicki!!!

This past week I was very honored to get an awesome award from a wonderful blogger.... Vicki over at Frugal Mom Knows Best. Vicki has a great blog... she has tips for Moms... tips to help you save time and money.... and even great giveaways. Plus.... she's doing a 31 days of Tricks and Treats for our Little Sweets.... every day she will have a new craft or activity to do with your family. There will be giveaways, guest posts, fun times, and even a contest that YOU get to choose the winner of!! Sounds awesome, right?!.... so go check her out!

The rules of the "One Lovely Blog Award" are:
Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Well I'm not sure exactly how recent these new discoveries should be... they' are all kinda new to me since I've only been blogging for about 6 months.... so I'll take it to mean in the last several weeks or so...

Here are my choices......

1 - Chatty at Chatty Crone
2- Kat at Candles, Crafts and Whatnot
3- Wendy at Athena Academy
4 - Annie at A Nice Place In The Sun
5 - Russ at Senior Explorations
6 - Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue
7 - Dawn at Domestic Witch
8 - Jingle at Just Jingle
9 - Sharkbytes at My Quality Day
10 - Patsy at Patsy's Word's of Wisdom
11 - Lizzie at Ramblings of a Psychic
12 - Ma Fat Woman at Reflections On A Middle Aged Fat Woman
13 - Shaunalynn at Who Needs School?
14 - Texan Momma at Who Put Me In Charge of These People?
15 - Granny Annie at Writers & Witches & Words, Oh My!

Thanks Vicki for sharing this lovely award with me!!!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Loyal Friend and Visitor Award - Thank You Patsy!!

I am honored to receive the Loyal Friend and Visitor award from Patsy over at Patsy's Words of Wisdom. If you've never visited her blog you are in for a real treat! She does have words of wisdom and she shares them in such unique and special way... she will have you laughing and remembering some good ole days... and pondering the craziness of our world.... and feeling all mushy and gooshy inside. She is one wonderful and fun lady.

Thank you Patsy... for this award and for just being you!

I would like to share this award with:

1. Kat at Candles, Crafts and WhatNot
2. Jennifer at J. Leigh Designz
3. Melissa at Melissa's Homeschool Blog
4. Annie at A Nice Place In The Sun
5. Bingkee at I Love/Hate America
6. Dorothy at Grammology
7. Chatty at Chatty Crone

Thank you all so much for your visits and wonderful comments :)

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

You Cheer Me Up Award - Thank You Annie!!

I was so surprised when I saw my name on Annie's list to receive this award. It's very special to her... and it has a wonderful story behind it. You can read all about it on her blog A Nice Place In The Sun. She is very sweet and has a wonderful blog and great sense of humor... and she loves Lucy! So do go over and read all about it in her own words.

Here is a lil more about the award....

"The bloggers nominated for the You Cheer Me Up Award are among the best in the blogosphere. Maybe, it's due to the fact that there are so many people communicating in one place, but I'm impressed by the character of so many of the people I've met since I've been blogging.

Therefore, I want to nominate blogger's who are brave enough to open their heart, strong enough to be kind, right enough to care about others, and funny enough to make us laugh.

A person with a combination of those characteristics, would be brave, strong, caring, and kind, with an open heart, and a great sense of humor.

In addition to good character, You Cheer Me Up Award winners are also among the things I hold in the highest regard, such as Charlotte, from Charlotte's Web, a box of Peanut Butter Panic Ice Cream, the image above of Lucy and Ethel, and of course, children, animals, and books. (Recipients feel free to fill in this paragraph to your liking.)
To this I will add Stevie Nicks, Cheesecake, Lil Black Cats and The People I Love...

I wish I was in the position to give an award to Lucy and Ethel for the whole idea of them on the job at the Candy Company - trying to eat candy as fast as the conveyor belt delivered it...but that dream is simply out of the question...

For that matter, so is the opportunity to award E.B.White, the author of Charlotte's Web, and many other writers, directors, poets, painters, and photographers, who contributed so much to my life, my character, and my choices...

However, I can pass this Award to the blogger’s who make me laugh until my face hurts, and the blogger’s whose writing voice comforts me when I'm feeling lost, teaches me about others, and inspires me to move forward... That I can do...and I can promise that the following video is so funny it will make you laugh out loud..." (You can use any example scene from the show, or take out the last line.) "



And...the nominees are....

PJ's Prose
Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife
Candles, Crafts and WhatNot
All Stace, All The Time
Grampy and You
Harmony In Motion
Super Mom To The Rescue
Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom
J. Leigh Designz
Melissa's Homeschool Blog
Momspective
Patsy's Words of Wisdom
Really?
Who Put Me In Charge of These People???
Not Always Charming

You all rock my bloggy lil world!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

J'Adore Tien Blog Award - Thanks Kat!!!

Ooohh La La.... I received this lovely blog award called, J'Adore Tien Blog Award from Kat over at Candles, Crafts and WhatNot. This is one of my favorite blogs so go check it out!! Now Kat said that J'Adore Tien Blog means "I Love Your Blog" in French (correct me if I am wrong). And who am I to doubt?? I have no clue.... and dispite all of the Fancy Nancy books I've been reading lately with Steffie... I don't speak French, so I will agree, this award means that my blog is loved!! YAY! Merci Kat (that means thank you in french)! I feel very honored to have received this wonderful award!

Without further ado, here are the rules:

* Copy the award image above.
* Pass it to the bloggers whom you think are deserving for this award.
* Leave a message to them.
* Pass as many as you want.
* Leave a comment to the person who give this award.
KAT passed this on to myself and these other bloggers: Stigma No More, The Painted Veil, Sheepish Thoughts, Comedy Plus, Lovely Purses, Meow Diaries, Grammology.com, My Beautiful Creations, Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife, My Art and the Mom in Me, A Simple Life, PJ's Prose, Your Daily Cute, Womens Self Esteem, My Heart Voice,
Just Bloggled, The Modern Mom, Cat/Dog Log, Hugz Before You Go, Proud Mommy, Take a Coffee Break, Bambi's Thoughts, Coming Back to Life, All About Cakes, RAMBLING STUFF AKA GOLCH CENTRAL

Anyway, I would love to pass this award on to:
PJ's Prose
Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife
A Nice Place In The Sun
All Stace, All The Time
Grampy and You
Harmony In Motion
Super Mom To The Rescue
Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom
J. Leigh Designz
Melissa's Homeschool Blog
Momspective
Patsy's Words of Wisdom
Really?
Who Put Me In Charge of These People???
Not Always Charming

I could go on and on... but I'm sure you don't want me list the 100 or so blogs that I love and follow... so I'll stop now...

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Thank You Kat!.... For Another Award!

I received this beautiful award from Kat over at Candles, Crafts and WhatNot. Her blog is one of my favorites to visit daily.... she has great taste in music (Stevie Nicks)... and great taste in fashion (Stevie Nicks)...lol... and she is just a very nice and fun person. I love candles.... and I love crafts (even though I haven't done any in a loooong time).... and I love her whatnot postings too. Hop on over and give her a visit.... you'll see what I mean.

Thank You Kat!!!!

Ok, the rules of this award are:
1. Copy the loyal picture above
2. Pass it to you think who is/are deserving.
3. Leave a message to them
4. Pass as many as you want.
5. Message back or leave a comment to the owner.

So here are is my Loyal Friends and Visitors list.... thank you all for your friendship, loyalty, and visits.... you rock my bloggy world :)

1. PJ at PJ's Prose
2. Storm at The Psychotic Housewife
3. Grampy at Grampy and You
4. Jodi at Bargain Central
5. Maria at Conversations with Moms
6. Sherri at Luv a Bargain
7. Stacey at All Stace, All The Time
8. Becki at Harmony In Motion
9. Dorothy at Women's Self Esteem
10. Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Want Free Advertising For Your Blog???

At the end of June I decided to try Adgitize to see if I could earn some free ads for my blog... It only costs $14 a month if you pay to have your ads on there... and then you can earn your money back and usually a lil extra in addition just by clicking on their ads (kinda like dropping an Entrecard... and I do this while I drop my EC's) but me... being the bargain hunter and freebie lover that I am didn't want to scrape the bottom of my purse for the $14... I want to earn my ads by participating in the program. Turns out that paid advertisers are able to earn more points and thus accumulate earnings quicker than just non-paying members and are therefore able to earn back their $14 and usually a lil more in addition to that by the end of the month. So after a few days at the end of June and all of July I've accumulated almost $5. If I stick with it another couple of months I will have enough for my ad and from there I'll be able to earn enough each month to continue getting my ad for free!

So if you are like me and you want free advertising... and you have the patience to earn it... you might wanna give Adgitize a try. I've actually gotten more traffic to my blog even though I don't have a paid ad on there yet.... and I've found some great blogs that are not listed on EC as well (most of the blogs do both EC and Adgitize).

You earn money based on points.... and you earn points by doing exactly what you do everyday anyway like....

Posting To Your Blog
Any Visits To Your Blog (or Web Site)
Reading Other Blogs
Placing Their Ads On Your Site

So it's really easy... just click your Adgitize ads at the same time you drop your EC's.... and 'kill two birds with one stone'

Oh you can also earn by referring others to join Adgitize ;).... so click on over and help me out... and help yourself out as well... if you decide it's not for you... you can always just leave.

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

My First Blog Awards!!! Thanks Stace!!!

Wow!!! I'm so excited... my first blog awards have been given to me from Stacey over at All Stace, All The Time !

If you're a newby like me and you don't know how this works here's what you gotta do:

The rules for these awards are:

1) To accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve discovered and think are great! Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

These are the blogs that I have chosen to give the awards to:

1) Jodi at Bargain Central

2) Storm at Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife

3) Fleetwood Mac News and Reviews

4) Sherri at Luv A Bargain!

5) Cher at Mama's Money Savers

6) Manic Mother.... Go Ezra!!!!

7) PJ at PJ's Prose

8) Really? (my so called life)

9) Not Always Charming

10) Russ at Grampy and You

11) Julie at Momspective

12) Cairelle at Magickal Musings

13) Stacie at The Divine Miss Mommy

14) Witchy Momma

15) Giggles and Dimples

These are all blogs that I've found interesting... entertaining... and/or informative. I found most of them through Entrecard and I hope you all enjoy them as well.

Thanks again Stace for my first awards!!!

~A Lil Enchanted~