...And the Award goes to...

...ME!
My new BBF who resides over at Havenwood has awarded me with, not one, but two! blog awards. Now, I've seen these two awards around on my many 'blog strolls' and have stopped in to visit and even follow the recipients of these gracious awards- Havenwood being one of them. I am humbled and grateful for being chosen as an awardee.

{Profile picture from Havenwood}

The first award is the Sister Hood Award, created by Diane Rambles that recognizes blogs with an attitude of gratitude. Yep! That would be me!

and this second award is an award for bloggers who reach out to other bloggers in friendship and support. This has definitely been one of my blogging missions.
Like so many of these awards, it comes with a few rules...like the nomination of ten people, a link to the nominating blog spot , along with links to the nominated blog spots. Last, but not least, one must visit the new nominees, to inform them that they have been nominated. Whew! I think that these awards are a great way to discover & befriend new blogs and I have always been excited about visiting the sites of other awardees. My problem is that, there are far more than ten blogs that I find S{imply} T{remendous} U{nderstately} F{abulous} F{inds}. So, to make certain that I do not leave anyone out, I direct you to my list of :: '{S.T.U.F.F.} that Inspires Me' and to my list of Followers. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and start anywhere your heart desires. They are all WINNERS!!

Unworthy?

Who are you Dane Carlson, to say that my blog has no monetary value!!
Here I am on my merry way blog strolling , when I tripped {and almost fell...I'm too old to fall gracefully} up on your link . It promised to automatically calculate the value of my blog and assign it a monetary number. I thought, 'wouldn't it be fun to find out how much my musings are worth in the blogosphere?' My modest estimation was somewhere in the neighborhood of all of about $5.00 or $6.00...right? That's pretty modest?
So with great enthusiasm and beited breath, I entered my blog address into your 'calculator wizard' - because this was all the only requirement that you had asked for... and within a blink of an eye, there before me - your estimated dollar value of MY {S.T.U.F.F.} !
A BIG FAT ZERO!! My blog, according to you, Dane Carlson, had a monetary value of $0.0!
Well, I am certain that I have been offended for greater than this, but, right now I just can't say when. You mean to tell me, that all of the heart, sweat and joy that I pour into this site is valueless! I think not Mr Dane Carlson! Surely you must be mistaken. Let me try this again. Your numbers have to be..........

**{I now am experiencing a gentle tug on my shoulder as an arrow straight finger points to a very important word that I have obviously overlooked}... **

Me: " ... are you sure"
Arrow Finger: "Read it for yourself"
Me: "...how did I overlook that...?"
Arrow Finger: "I don't know...but are you sure that you want to continue on this tirade?"
Me: "... well, not if this is the case..."

You see, what I obviously overlooked was the very import word that described the type of blogs that Mr Dane Carlson's monetary blog assigner calculated values for...."BUSINESS" Blogs!

Me: "...that certainly does not apply to me" - *wiping my brow and letting out a sigh of relief*
Arrow Finger: "Yeah" - *with a look a apologetic anticipation*
Me: * in my best Erkle imitation* - ".....never mind!"

My blog is worth $0.00.
How much is your blog worth?