Slacker Blogger Extraordinaire

I am a slacker. A procrastinator. It's a gift. Or a talent. A curse?

Over the past few months, I have received several awards. Sometimes twice. Some more than that. And I have yet to acknowledge them. Thank the givers. And worst of all...I have the feeling that I am forgetting someone in my acceptance speech. Simply, thank you so much for thinking of me. I love the validation and the connections that these awards generate. Thank you, thank you!

Brilliante weblog - awarded by: Sydney from Diapers and Deadlines ; Romi at It is what it is; Teri at Let Me Think on It; Kelly at Song for Whoever; Susie at Susie's Homemade

Arte De Pico, awarded by: Angie from Antics with Angie; Insane Mama at Help I have a Teenager

Sharing the love, awarded by: Angie from Antics with Angie; Shannon at Welcome to the Nut House

I Love Your blog, awarded by: Shannon at Welcome to the Nut House

So, what about you? Do you send thank you notes for gifts that you receive? When you give a gift do you expect a thank you note in return? Have you received an award in "real" life?

Contest, give away, and bling...oh my!

It all started with this:

It was not an award that I received. Of course not. But it was one that Rhea got. And it made me laugh. Cause my blog is so the antithesis of that. I suppose it has purpose for me. In that this keeps me sane. And gives me adult connections. But what I write about? Not so much.

So...on the post where Rhea thanks the academy for her prestigious award...I commented that I needed an award for having purposeless random drivel - and that I am the queen of that. So...what did my friend Rhea do? She made an award for me.And even had an entire post on her blog awarding me with this amazing bling. (And here we can note my procrastination genius - because she did this like a month ago...and it's taken me this long to figure out what to do about it.)

So...to celebrate my coronation as queen - we have celebrated Rhea week. AND I think that we need a contest. WITH prizes. Fantabulous prizes.

To enter...please submit your favorite "random drivel" post that you have done on your own blog. All entries (or the first 15. Do 15 people even read this blog?) must be submitted by Sunday afternoon...and then will be posted on Monday...with a poll to decide the winner.

And whad'ya win? A bunch of fantabulous prizes. Fantabulous yet random prizes.

What is in that picture? It's like Oprah's favorite things. Except that I am not connected enough to have one for each and every one of my readers. So...it's lots of random stuff that I have blogged about. There are some jibetts for your crocs. Bath and Body Works hand soap in my favorite grapefruit scent. Bath and Body works iced tea lotion. A Brighton bracelet.Sharpie Highlighters. Two well loved book slobbed smutty books. Including one too hot for Borders.Some glitter. From when I had a delusional moment and thought I was crafty. A cook book. A copy of Bookmarks magazine - the one subscription that I receive. Fabulous scrapbooking supplies - including an album that was never for sale, adhesive, paper, and a scalloped corner rounder. I'll also throw in other decorative stuff personalized for the winner.

What else is in that picture? Oh...there's a webkinz.Because my kids thought I should include one. And that everyone needs one. Use it for bribery for your kids. Or your students. Or your cousins. Or keep it for yourself. And that big purple box? It's a brand new Cranium game. Fun and trivial for the whole family.

And there is a gift card to Target. And another for Office Depot.

As Jeff Probst says: "Worth playing for?" Well...send in your submissions...and grab this bling (another thanks to Rhea) for you!

And while you are ruminating about which of your posts would be perfect for this contest...scroll down to play our Friday Follies game...