Award time - thank you!!!

Thank you to the following blogger friends for passing on these awards to me:

Preethi from Follow Foodie passed me on this sweet award as I was just getting back to blogging after my long hiatus. Thank you so very much for the encouragement and appreciation. :)

There are a few rules and criteria to be followed for this award:

1. Create a post with the following details
2. Thank the person who nominated you for this Sunshine Award and link them back
3. Then tell something about you
4. Spread the joy by nominationg you fellow bloggers and friends, it is a way of appreciation
5. Finally convey the bloggers about the nomination

Dear Reshmi from Noel Collections also kindly sent me the following awards. Thank you, dear - appreciate it! I am so humbled by this gesture.

The rules of this is:

1. Please accept the award and post it in your blog with the name of the person who has given you the award with his or her blog link.
2. Share 7 completely random pieces of information about you.
3. Include these set of rules.
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award and let them know about the award by leaving a comment in their blog.

I will take the liberty to combine the two into one post. Pardon my laziness but I will do the max number required of both the awards.:)

Some things about me:

1. I love sewing and knitting.
2. I love making day trips to DC which baffles most of my friends including hubby dear.
3. Birthday cards make me weak in the knee! :)
4. In High School English classes, loved composing essays - most were better than I have up here!
5. Inspite of being a blogger, writing these seven things seemed the longest ever for me!
6. Love organizing events - get a kick out of the TBD lists!
7. Every weekend, have to accomplish something new - a new book, a new craft, a new place...

Now passing these awards to my following dear blogger friends - you guys deserve it, please accept this as a small token of appreciation from your blogosphere friend! :) I love your style of writing, the humane and interesting topics you cover and the way you manage to engross me. Thank you for sharing a part of your life and thinking - blogging is not easy but you make it appear so. Look forward to many more posts from your space...

• Raaga @ The Singing Chef
• Sra @ When my soup came alive
• Ana @ Thinking Cramps
• Somoo @ Oriya Food
• Akheela @ Torview
• Pranati @ Delicious Recipes 4m Pranati's Kitchen
• Bindiya @ In Love with Food
• Mahima @ Olives & Basil
• Melinda @ A Palette Knife
• Latha @ Masala Magic
• Sony @ Odisha Cuisine
• Smitha @ Saffron Apron
• Satarupa @ Food for thought!!
• Kavita @ My room
• Srijith @ Misplaced Emphasis

There are so many more blogs that are inspiring in nature and are "one of their kind". The above list could just go on but for brevity, will refrain from adding more names in there. If you hear from me every now and then, you have touched me and helped me grow - thank you for the camaraderie, even though it is virtual in nature so far! Have a great day!