OMG, do I feel special!

I got awarded the Versatile Blogger award last week. It's the first award I've ever gotten for my blog and was pretty much a huge friggin' deal to me. Can you imagine the shock I felt when I got a SECOND award on Sunday?? Yeah, completely surprised.

This time I was awarded the Very Inspiring Blog Award and I'm so grateful to Molly over at Grass Oil for this award. It shouldn't be a surprise that she is also a recipient of this award. Go give her a read. 

Here are the rules for this award: 

The Very Inspiring Blogger Award is an award given out by people who got one themselves and they give it out to 10 people again and so on…ok this sounds a bit confusing, but read on and you will get it. To accept the award you have to follow some steps. They are:

• Link back to the person who nominated you 
• Post the award image to your page
• Tell seven facts about yourself 
• Nominate 10 other blogs
• Let them know they are nominated

Another seven random facts, eh? Let's see if I can come up with some good ones...

1. I've made french toast three times in the last two days. I'm not sure there's an explanation for this, other than it's what the kids keep asking for. 

2. I had an appendectomy in third grade. It's the only surgery I've ever had and it was completely unnecessary. 

3. I require at least one cup of coffee before civil interaction with others is possible. Hello, my name is Megan and I'm a coffee-holic. 

4. I really need to paint my nails.

5. Both my pregnancies ended with an induced labor. Besides developing pregnancy-induced hypertension during the last weeks of gestation, my body seems to handle all aspects of pregnancy, labor and deliver fairly well. 

6. I have three tattoos. GIR from Invader Zim was my first, my tribute to my dad was second and the last, on the first anniversary of Dad's passing, was my biggest: a blossoming lotus and Ohm.

7. My Jeep is FOURTEEN years old and it's got 220,373 miles on it. 30,000 of those miles are mine.

SHIT. Ten other blogs?? Do you have any idea how hard it was for me to come up with the first 15?? Okay. Here we go...

Shit Your Mother Never Told You tells you everything your mom never did. I just found her recently and I'm glad I did!

I know all too well that place Where the Sanity Ends but this blog is from a therapist and makes me realize I'm not ll that cray-cray. 

You know when you're laughing so hard, you start crying? That's called Craughing and you can do LOTS of it with this blog. She's also started this AMAZING project called SWAP, or the Self-Worth Action Project -- trade in your negativity for some positive self-worth!

While her blog is titled World's Worst Moms, she clearly isn't the worst mom in any world. Get to know here in the Newbies Start Here tab. 

I'm Sorry that I'm not Sorry is a blog that makes no apologies. I dig that.

I find there are themes to the blogs I follow and The Klonopin Chronicles is no different. She let's us in on her struggle with bi-polar and for that, I give her so much love. 

You guys might not know it but I'm pretty crafty but over at Homespooled, she makes my crafty look like Kindergarten art. Go get spooled!!

Insane in the Mom-brain is fucking hilarious. She says "balls" like it's a curse words so I know we'd get along. 

You think one toddler is bad, The Nitty Gritty Mommy has three PRESCHOOLERS and two of them are five year old twin boys. That alone is inspirational.

And last, but far from least is Rocker Mom Rambles. First, she's a rockin' mom. Second, SHE HAS FUCKING PINK HAIR. I know they say red & pink DO NOT go together but I'm pretty sure we'd be a match made in Punk Rock Heaven.

WHEW! I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull that off but I did. Thanks again to Molly at Grass Oil for nominating me, even though it meant I had to work hard at this post. 

The Versatile Blogger Award

I didn't even know I was in the running but I won. 

My awesome blog-buddy Kelly over at DeBie Hive honors me deeply by presenting me with this award. She's become a great friend and shares her life, struggles and accomplishments with an honesty and clarity I respect and admire. Give her a read; she's definitely worth it.

This is my first award for blogging, EVER, but I'm hoping it's closely followed by a spot in Blogger Idol's Top 13. Wish me luck on that & help out all you can by flooding the Blogger Idol Facebook fan page with blurbs about how awesome Oh Boys is and how much you think I deserve a spot. 

A huge 'thank you' to you guys too, before you rush off to get me that Top 13 spot. You guys motivate me to keep on posting and I really appreciate that you read me, for whatever reason. Even if you're laughing at me instead of with me. Moving along...

Here are the rules:

• If you are nominated, you’ve been awarded the Versatile Blogger award.

• Thank the blogger who nominated you and include a link to their site.

• Copy and paste the award to your blog.

• Share 7 random facts about yourself.

• Nominate 15 bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly and include a link to their site.

• Let the other Bloggers know that you have nominated them.

Hmm. Seven random facts. This could get interesting... 

1. I have traveled "internationally" three times. To Canada. 

2. I'm scared of cats. Yes, you read that right. Our cat, not so much, but random cats on the street?? I can see them watching me & plotting...they just sit there but I know they're planning something. 

3. I am a HORRIBLE liar. I don't like to lie so it's incredibly obvious when I try. 

4. I want to make knitting "cool". I don't want to be the weird chick in the corner, playing with some yarn and needles. I want people to see me knitting and think "That looks cool. What's she making??" I want to make them want to knit.

5. I've never been to Disneyland but I got to go to Las Vegas with my dad when I was 15. We stayed at Harrah's, in the room where my grandma had a heart attack. 

6. I was an only child til about 10. Then I found out I had a brother who's 16 years older than me. Since he found Mom, eighteen years ago, we've managed to stay connected & I'm so glad we have. 

7. Even without my brother, my family now includes something like 6 sister-in-laws and 10 brother-in-laws. I don't even know if I can count all the nieces and nephews so don't ask me to try. Please. 

I hope those are random enough for you. I'm sure I could come up with a ton more but I'll spare you.

Now on to the blogs that I follow, new & old. 

First up, is one of my favorite recent finds, Humble Writes Words. She is honest, hilarious and of course, humble. 

Love that Max is a blog I found when I first realized Phoenix had real speech issues. I learned that I didn't have it so rough and fell in love with a little boy who LOVES all things purple. 

You can find just about anything over in Mandyland. She really got me with her Ficitional Mandyland. Go lose yourself for a bit.

Never not Knitting is one of my all-time favorite knitting blogs. She even has PODCASTS for those of you rockin' those i-perds and whatnot.

The very first time I found I Want a Dumpster Baby, I fell in love. Funny, sassy and always entertaining, she will leave you wiping your eyes EVERY SINGLE TIME. Even when she gets serious.

Yarn Harlot is my other go-to knitting blog. She definitely makes knitting look cool. 

I've found quite a few blogs to love via Facebook and the fan pages these blogs have created. It's an awesome way to tap into new people & get new readers.

You Know It Happens In Your House Too & it usually does. I'm a mom so I gravitate to other Mom blogs. Funny mom blogs. This is definitely one of those. It also helps that she posts photos of her BF Johnny Depp, all day long. SWOON.

Here's another one of my favorite Mom blogs: She has daughters. She runs A LOT and she's Tripping While Standing Still. Go catch her now.

What I Really Meant to Say was you have to check out Jennay (just like Forrest Gump says). She's from the South and full of southern spice. 

Here's a guide we can all use -- The Underachiever's Guide to Being a Domestic Goddess.

Then there's the mom I really wish I could be sometimes. Mom Uncensored. She really does take the filter down and says what she feels. Oh, and she's from the PNW so she HAS to be cool.  

Mommy Has a Potty Mouth might say some naughty things every now and then but she will make you laugh till you pee yourself just about every day.

And then there's Mommy Drinks Because You Cry, who shows us what it's like for those of us who work AND mother. And she does it so well. 

If you like music, you'll enjoy A.D.D. Music Mama and her love of every sort of music, ever. 

Daddy doin' work is a favorite because he's a DAD. I think it's freaking awesome. He not only stays home with his Daughter Doin' Work, he blogs about it so we can all go, "AW!" when he does something awesome like tell off an ass-hat at the gas station.

People I Want To Punch In The Throat says things you wish you could and does it all in such a funny way, you may need some extra pants.

There are more but I think I should save some in case I have to do something like this again. Thanks again to Kelly, at DeBie Hive for my nomination! THIS WAS FUN! And challenging.