We are at the end of  January of the new year and my blog is studdned and appreciateve upon receiving the Reader Appreciation Award from ranniyork .   While I try to visit blogs as often as I can, lately I’ve been lagging and I apologize.  But Raani’s blog is WONDERFUL, insightful and has a lot of variety and I visit it quite often.  Even once in a while when I’m not too busy (for which I apologize for) I even leave comments:).  I urge you all to visist this blog and choose to follow it, I guarantee you won’t be sorry.  She is an insightful individual with whom I have the utmost respect for.

Click the link above and click “follow” with your “WordPress” account and enter your email with any other account!

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As with any award, there are rules. The “rules” for this award state that

1) I apparently cannot award someone who has already been awarded. Now, that is a tough one! Some bloggers receive awards and do not display the badges plus it would take an immense amount of time to go to all my followers blogs to see who and who has not received the award. As for this blog: it was a recipient in 2012 but this is my first in 2013. I suppose it is okay to accept since it is a new year.

2) And I cannot give the award back to the person who bestowed it upon her.

With those thoughts in mind, I would like to thank all of the people who comment on my blog, but especially ranniyork who honored me with this award. She’s a regular visitor and comments quite often on my blog!

To my recipients, here are all the rules for this award: 1.Award your top 6 bloggers who have commented the most. 2.Be thankful. 3.You cannot award someone who has already been awarded. And you cannot give the award back to me. 4.Don’t forget to tell the bloggers you’ve awarded. 5.If you don’t want to pass on this award, that’s okay to. Just admire it.

I herewith do bestow the Reader Appreciation Award to. . .

http://www.deirdretolhurst.blogspot.com/  Deirdre Tolhurst

http://delindamccann.blogspot.com/  Delinda McCann

http://www.mallie1025.blogspot.com/  Micki Peluso

http://iousex.blogspot.com/  Sandra’ Nachlinger & Allen

http://extraordinaryireland.blogspot.com/  Rosemary Adkins

http://www.lisafender.com/  Lisa Fender

Please, ALL visitors and followers: The one drawback I see to the blogger awards is the limitation toward paying each award forward. While I may have listed only a few, the names missing does NOT mean your visits go unappreciated. Should anyone want to grab the badge and pass it on to your own readers please do so! After all, it is all about paying it forward: joy is in the giving!

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