Blog Love, Part I... (It's Good To Be Queen!)

Hi Twinklestars! Is my crown on straight? Whew! The whirlwind days of fall are here-we've had a tropical storm whatsis, Halloween (and parties galore), and Day of the Dead.  Now I'm writing a novel (for real!),  working like crazy at work, plus at work and at home there are festivities to plan, families to adopt, gift lists and purchases and wrapping to start, and holiday decorating to revel in! Oh...and a little thing called Thanksgiving! And that is why I feel justified in wearing my Queen of Everything Award Crown, hee hee! 

But even when the world takes over my 24 hours and I just cant seem to make it to the PC to say hey, you all still love me! Yes, it's true! So much, that you even give me *multiple* AWARDS!!!  (How beautiful are ya'll, I ask?) These 1st two awards are from gorgeous Deborah over at Midlife Poet , who just happens to be the proud Mommy Goddess of some of my favorite thing-er, people, um--ok, well, first there's  Milo:

(Picture of Milo stolen from Deb's blog, stolen from my blog, although I stole-so er, um.)

and Alice! Naughty, Wicked Alice. And Bad, Bad Alice. Very Cool this one!

And let's give a shout out to SPC Ryan on Veteran's Day-Hip Hip Hoorah!  Congratulations on your well deserved promotion! We are proud of you, and appreciate you, and are humbled by your commitment and support and protective soul ! God Bless You!

Like Deborah, I am awarding any of you who are reading my blog with the "Queen of All Things" and "Circle of Friends" awards, because chances are, you're a multi-tasker can do magic elf who sprinkles word love like butterfly kisses while baking cupcakes and whipping up stupendous crafts or other creative sensations and posting gorgeous pictures and generally making me laugh or cry or my heart swell with love and happiness! :-)

(Aw, take the beam of sunlight too, okay? )

This next bit o' love was given to me by the Lovely and Delicious and often hilarious fellow Floridian Alix over at Casa Hice, where every day's a party (and there's a crazy guy named Garret-read the comments on her posts, too, they are wicked!)

I think I'm to share/reveal ten honest things about me:

1. I secretly fear Dr. Phil.

2. In the "hey, that's a bad combination" department, I'm a germaphobe who works for the Department of Health. 

3. In a truly painfully honest bit of scrappy news,I am not crafty. I have drawers and shelves and jars devoted to the art of craftiness, but when it comes right down to it, I'm still in the crayon and Elmer's glue stage.

4. However, I do honestly believe there's a book or two inside of me patiently waiting to get out.

5. Ok, there's a fine line between honesty and secrets right? But I'll tell you, anyway-sometimes, in the shower, I give my Pulitzer Prize acceptance speech.

6. Well, and then there's the interview with Oprah, too.

7.I get the giggles at the most inappropriate times-meeting the Governor, presenting on a conference call, during a funeral....

8. I love old movies, especially black and whites, because I love the suspense and glamour and intrigue..oh those houses, the decor, the loveliness of shimmering silk! I can quote line after line from alot of these films, but the majority of today's movies I've forgotten before the credits are done rolling.

9. I'm a really bad vegetarian. Mostly because I eat meat. Not red meat ever. No pork. And not alot mind you, but turkeys, well. Sometimes they just must be eaten.

10. My house is a messy messy mess 75% of the time. SORRY MARTHA!

So now I pick seven peeps to bestow this honor upon. If I pick you and you don't do awards, s'alright, just let me know, and I'll make you "honorary" okay? I'm trying to pick peeps that I don't think have received this award (or at least, it's not on the sidebar or not listed under "awards" for categories on their blog), so we can get some good dirt-I mean, learn more about them:

1. Deborah at Midlife Poet

2. Cori G at Gingerbread Crumbs and Company

3. Jamie at A Forest Frolic 

4. Maggi at Just Add Glitter and Stir 

5. Laura at Rhinestone Armadillo

6. LuLu at Coastal Sisters News

7. Karen Jasper and Emily Rabbit at OPTIONS Associates

Of course the esteemed incredibly wonderful surely magical super chica Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist  is a Lifetime Awardee of Any Award Ever Given, so I think we'll just wave to her from over here ~~~~,so we don't disturb her, because she's doing something I can hardly stand to wait for any longer-she's sending more Weelings out into the World! Yippeee!

So thanks to Deborah and Alix and everyone who continue to make my day (even when I'm stalking your blog!)

♥♥♥♥

More awards to come soooonnnnn!!!

XOXOXOXOXOXOX Rhonda Roo

Comments

[kj]

aw, rr, i've been waiting for your reappearance. you've captured my interest andl loyalty ever so quickly. :)

one writer to another: you are wise to walk though your interviews with oprah and the pulitzer. keep it up. i'd like to hear about what you're writing, if/when you want to say.

i could go on indefinitely about this post. we are alot alike. alot! but for now i'll just say i don't know who will respond to the honor of listing ten honest things about herself: emily or me. emily is writing her post on the ten commandments today. can you believe it? i am of course nervous she will offend, but rhonda roo, what can i do but hope for the best?

love love
kj

[AForestFrolic]

Awwwwww shucks Roo, you are just the bestest ;-) I don't usually do awards, tee hee...but maybe I can e-mail you some dirt on myself, hahahahha...oh no...wait, there is none...because I am an angel ;-) Crayons and Elmers glue is a big start girlfriend and I can't wait to read your books, you are oh so gonna be published one day, I can feel it, yay!!

Big smooches,

Jamie :)

[Snap]

You are too funny and you deserve all those awards! Write that novel ... go for more than one!

[Alix]

Yay! Rhonda Roo made it through the storm!!! I was thinking of you girl and sending very bone dry thoughts your way.

Glad you liked your award and participated. LOVE your honest scrap. And not that I'm rushing you or anything, but I gave you another award recently too. Gosh but I do love my Rhonda Roo.

Can't wait to read your book/s. Want me to be your editor?

XO

[kj]

HAHAHA! you are TOO MUCH! i can't get up off the floor after reading your abridged version of emily;s longwinded version. so clever i'm thinking you're kind of a genius. :)

rhonda roo, where have you been? you are going to make me laugh until my sides hurt! my blog experience now has an added spice: rhondarooisms.

(p.s. just so you know, i don't expect you to be this riotious all the time. i will like your serious side too. just so you know...)

xoxo
kjbabes

[Deborah]

eekss. Me thinks I have this award to pick up still over at the delightfully lovely Ms. Cori's blog! I am keeping a list and will collect them...but my head just popped off so it might be a little bitty bit...
The Devine Ms. V has new Weelings!?!?!? Oh how I LoVe that word! You are just The Most Cleverest, Rhonda Roo! WEELINGS. **sighs** Just the thought of them makes me all warm and fuzzy. Wait, why am I fuzzy? I must ask dear Rooty Tooty, that you NOT PURCHASE THEM ALL!!!! My little Darling Mildred Mignon and Singer Sweet Potato Celini are ever so longing for a larger family in their wee little theater. How many DO you have? OOoooo, do a post on them, please and thank you. RATZ. It has just been discovered that I am not working! Gotta go!
**blows frantic kisses furiously** Deb

[Cori. G]

Shuckies!? For one mere moment Miss Roo, I thought there were rude words coming from you. But then I said, "it certainly could not be. My beloved Roo would not say such a thing to me. Further I read and spammed tho I be, I will always love thee and your delightful tree...with the house in it of course.

Ok, on to your post...you are a bonifide germiphobe? So am I. The irony of it all the lots we've been dealt me with my pee cups and you with your department of health. Speaking of germs, I had the most HORRIFYING experience on Halloween that involved a sweet faced boy and a huge green bugger, but we won't go into that here ;-O.

Must run for I have much to do, but I sure enjoyed visiting with you...beloved Roo!!!!

xoxo Cori

PS, yes! Yes! YES! I'm sure there are more then a few books lurking inside of you and what fun they would be to enjoy and read!!!!

[kj]

ahem, ha, ha, ah, HA HAHA HAHAHA

[sadira]

I find the best thing about Dr. Phil is that you can just turn him off whenever he gets to be too much...and the house? Well...it will get cleaner, but only when you have people over (at least that's the way it works over here in Foolsewoode!) And, I'm looking around and thinking it's about time to have a party...things are in a sorry state indeed.

[Cori. G]

Me tried to leave you a comment that was ever so clever indeed, but when I tried to change one thing it kicked me out of the game. So me comment is lost in the blogishere and it shall drift forever there.
But you Dear Roo I love to see your still sitting up in our tree. I need to stop the rhyming game and just say what I mean.

OK, So! I have been a naughty girl and haven't posted your awards or dirt...mhm...info on me, but I have an award for you and a tag too! It's a simple one I'm sure you'll find and easy to do without a rhyme. :-)...Happy Smiles to you Dear Roo from the girl CG, who always loves you!!!!

[LuLu Kellogg]

Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity!
(that sounds like an IHOP commercial, I think)....I am trying to catch up on Blog visits since I have been as busy as a cat in a litter box!

Thankkie for the award sistah!

I am normally in bed by this time but there is MAJOR SNORING going on in my room so I am attempting to make a Christmas stocking but the foot has turned out all jacked up so I think I better stick to what I know.

Love you!
LuLu~*xoxo

[OohLaLaura]

Oh LORD! I'm such a slacker. I just now got around to posting about this.

THANKS, Roo!!!!!!

HEY HEY---are you doing NaNoWriMo? I did it in 2007 and LOVED it!!!! I finished "Mounting Olympus" 28 days.....76,000ish words. Weehoo!!!! I've been submitting to agents for 2 years, but no nibbles. But I'm pretty slacky about sending it out---maybe only 18 agents/publishers total.

What's your novel about????I'm sure it will rock the proverbial casbah. Or is that kasbah?

I ALSO get inappropriate giggles. At horrible times. Like funerals. During sad parts of movies. Listening to people talk about Serious Things.

Have a spectacular MONDAY!!!
LAURA

[A Fanciful Twist]

Tee heeeeeeeeeeee! Hey, I got some sort of lifetime award or something???

Okay, confession:

Last night, I was on your blog and started clicking on the links in this post and ended up at Alix's blog, reading about her journey with excercise and good stuff like that (which I wish she would bestow some 90 minute workout habits onto me).

Then, Alix (througha story on her blog) sent me to a world of feelings and emotions, and a sad story that still has me all wigged out today.

And so, I forgot to come back here to write a proper comment, to tell you I had been here. You know what I mean?

In the interim, (oh wait, I am doing a hip hip hooray for PC Ryan tooooo)

So, in the interim, I will tell ten honest things right here, because I feel like getting it off my chest, and I don't want to work tonight. Not that I have not already told my life story enough to bore people for 52 years into the future.

And the thing is, I think you know it all from our chats behind the scenes. We share a cape for Goodness sakes, what more is there to say ??? hahaha!

But, since I am a lifetime award member (crowned that by you of course, because you made the statement ;) ;) ) then I will tell you just because, whether you want to hear them or not. Because when I am around you, for some reason, my wackadoodle comes out of the closet in full costume.

1) There is a rat in my wall (got in through a crawl space). Probably more than one. It is scratching right now and I want to cry. WE have tried everything to get rid of him (we are in the peppermint oil phase as a last resort). Mister thinks it is a rabbit. But I think it is a rat. He drives me insane, and makes me get "I am going to be sick" spasms in my head and stomach and of dizziness when he scratches. He is loud. I don't like him at all. Not in the least bit. Not ever. Not even if he turns out to wear tutus and has wings. We can't be friends, not ever. He wakes me up in the middle of the night. He is driving me insane.

2) I have OCD. The kind where you have to check things (locks, keys, hoses, alarms), and get pulvarized and freaked if I can't check them. I am working on it. It is not easy. (mostly I am only affected when at the city house, so I think maybe the city makes me nervous and the country gives me peace?)

2) I can be a meanie. I can scream a lot. I can be a rotten gremlin. This usually happens late at night when I am very tired. I have been known to scare beau's over the years :) Mister just loves that part of me, I think it is why he stays with me (ya right).

3) I love to tickle and harass Mister. And I can be obnoxious.

4) If I am at a party and don't know anyone, and get into a mood, I can be a total introvert. I might even hide in a bedroom at someone's house. I am not shy, but sometimes, I just don't want to play with strangers, you know what I mean?

Although, put me in a grocery store, and I make best friends with everyone in there. I don't know why that happens. Friday I chatted so much with the checkout girl, she closed her lane and talked to me about her tales with ovaries. I KNOW, bizarre path I travel on.

5) I spray everything with clorox clean-up. I rinse clean glasses 3 times before drinking out of them. I carry baby wipes for my hands. But then again, so do you!!! ;) ;) ;)

6) I am very forgetful in my old age ;) - my mind is not as sharp as it used to be. I think I have too much on my mind and it scares me sometimes. I forget stories people, all sorts of things, names. SHould I be worried? (but I make notes to myself about everything and being organized helps)

7) I have inherent guilt. I feel guilty about not visiting all my blog friends, guilty about not responding to all e-mails, guilty about being mean to my sister 20 years ago - you know... We are a Catholic and Jewish family here (wouldn't ya know), so the guilt is heaped on nice and thick, yumm yumm.

8) I love love. Big time.

9) I love to treasure hunt, it is in my soul. I get up itching for the hunt sometimes. I have to force myself to not stop at yard and estate sales. Mister likes to treasure hunt too. I never knew my grandfather and I had that in common big huge time, until a couple of years ago. Now he gives me things. He found this antique armoire, and everyone in the family thought it was junk, so they had it carted away - but he took the door off, and gave it to me, he knew it was so good. And man oh man, it was. Poor Grandpa, only I see and understand the junk treasures he loves.

10) Although I will deny it if you bring it up. My car usually looks like a trash can on the inside. Sad, but true. A cool trash can full of tissue paper and shoes and findings, but a trash can nevertheless. (and when people get in, I just toss stuff from the front seat all the way to the back, and mostly they stare at me like I am insane)

10a) I am already regretting telling all these truths ;)

XxxiiiIVIVIVXxIxoxo

[A Fanciful Twist]

PS: Mister Lovee suffers from nervous laughter more than a lot, just like you. He makes me crazy. For example, I might say, who is that woman you were talking to, and he will undoubtedly start to giggle. Another reason I must torture him with tickles.

[shibori girl]

Haha, Rhonda Roo you are a hoot. I love your list, and now I know I really want to meet you someday. :)

(And just so's you knows, I also share your secret fear of Dr Phil!)

I'm so sorry I haven't been by recently - my kitchen repainting project got away from me there, for a while. But, I'm done, and I'm back.

xoxo,

Kate

[kj]

just whizzing by to say hello and leave a little wild fun-dust for when you might need it.

xo!
kj

[Cori. G]

Oh Rhonda Rooty root! I just came over here to wish you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING (I'm avoiding house work, baking, and grocery shopping). Not that I think you're a great excuse for avoiding all these things, but I miss you and wanted to tell you so myself. Anywho, I just read Vanessa's 10 things and laughed until I cried!!! Such a funny and entertaining girl that one!!! Anywho again I just wanted to let you know that as soon as Thanksgiving is over I'll be posting my 10 things.Now I bet your just jumping out of your stockings at the thought...right? Yah, I thought so ;-). Anywho one more time...I hope you, Cody, your Cowboy, and all your lost boys have a delightful Turkey stuffed day!!!!
I love you Roo-tee-toot!!!!!
mE

[Cori. G]

Oops!!! You are the perfect excuse for avoiding such things ;-))))).

[Stephanie]

oh...wow..

it's like peeking into a lovely window as I'm walking down the street. These little tidbits about you...and ms fanciful!!

You are a much deserved queen of everything!!

x..x

[somepinkflowers]

just popped N 2 check on U!
are you still on thanksgiving holiday
to some place exotic?

:-)

hope so....