An Award! On a Friday!!!!

This is crazy goodness, and I really love the look of this award. This one comes to me by way of my very good buddy, Rick, and to receive such a thing on a FRIDAY!!! Well, I decided to let the work & the chaos just wait a dang minute so I could acknowledge it! Thanks, Rico, I love you!!!


The rules for this "Fabulous Blog" award are:
You must pass it on to 5 other Fabulous Bloggers in a post receiving the award.
You must include the person that gave you the award, and link it back to them.
You must list 5 of your Fabulous addictions in the post.
You must copy and paste these rules in the post.

My 5 Fabulous Addictions are:
1) Reading non-fiction, biographies, autobiographies, and [especially] travel journals.
2) Music, music, music, and did I say music? and music.
3) Journaling (duh). And photography.
4) Mexican food, as authentic as possible, with LOTS OF TOPPINGS!
5) My family, immediate and extended, including all four-legged members.

I am seriously going to present this award to five other blogs, because it's just so cool! They are (can you hear the drum roll?):
1) Samantha, at The Everyday Witch, for sharing a wealth of research, knowledge, and thought-provoking prose regarding influential women, mythical and otherwise.
2) Alison, at The French experience, for fun chronicles of her experience of living/teaching in France for a year.
3) Patty, at A Diary Left Open, which is a blog I've just discovered in the last two days via comments she has left on mine.
4) Patty, at River Bend Ranch, even though I know she doesn't do awards and tags, but I LOVE HER BLOG -- NEENER.
5) Carolina, at Carolina's Creative Pad, who probably thinks I've forgotten all about her. NOT!!! I've just been a lurker for many moons now, cuz I ran out of alternate ways to express the one thing that usually comes out of my mouth every time I see what she's posted: HOLY CRAP!!!