Awards and the like

Having been on holiday and spending my time skipping around in a carefree fashion I have been a bit remiss in keeping up with the various bloggy bits and pieces, links and the like. So, a post here, dedicated to getting my blog back on track.

First up: Those very lovely people at Totsy's Place have put together a list of the top 100 British parenting blogs, using some quite technical type parameters that I don't understand. But, it is a great resource if you are looking for some new parenting blogs to read. And while you are there have a look at Number 71... (cue contained squeaks of excitement).
Then I've also been given a couple of awards. I do find these a little like chain letters, which I was never very good at, but I love it when other people get them as they often link to some other blogs that I haven't discovered yet so I feel I should pass them on. And, I can't deny that I get a bit of a thrill on receiving an award. Since growing out of swimming badges rather a long time ago I haven't received many so I'm going to display them with some pride as the equivelent of sewing them onto my swimming costume.

The very lovely Emily at Maternal Tales from the South Coast has awarded me the Your Blog is Fucking Fabulous for which I must list 5 obsessions and then pass onto 5 blogs. Like her, I get a bit of a childish thrill about swearing in inappropriate places, although I do try to limit it in front of the children. The only exception is when dealing with ticks, of which there are many around here. The boys now think that fucking ticks is the name of the animal. As in there are cats, dogs, pigs, sheep, horses, monkeys and fucking ticks. Sums up how I feel about the creatures. Anyway, I digress. My current 5 obsessions are required:


1. dealing with the fucking ticks.

2. blogging - I dare not get involved with twitter or anything else, I already spend far too much time on the computer

3. Bosnian coffee - so good. Strong, dark and gets me up and running. I can only have one cup a day though or I am up all night.

4.Chocolate cakes - Adam's birthday has just been and for the last 6 months he has been talking about how he wanted a chocolate cake for his birthday. It has taken me this long to get the right one, but it was worth waiting for.

5. My children - of course, but I really am!

Then I must select 5 fucking fabulous bloggers to pass this onto. So, without much ado:

We Do Adventure: The other English blogger living in Bosnia

Bad Mommy Moments: Always makes me smile

Diapers and Dragons: Just love the name

4 down mum to go: Don't know how she does it.

Cafe Bebe: Go and look at the photos of the cakes



Next up - the Lemonade Award awarded by the Metropolitan Mum, another expat mummy. Fortunately I don't need to do anything for this one, simply award it to a few blogs to say thank you. So with no further ado, here are some mummys who are also trying to bring up children in a country that is not their own:

Bloomin Marvelous

Flugl

Paradise Lost in Translation

Wife in HK

Life in Italy

And that is that. Phew. Took me far longer than I thought it would, but I do now know how to put pictures onto my blog, which is a valuable skill I feel.