I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson

Maybe old Tom’s not too far off the mark, it IS a case of making your own luck!

However before I go all philosophical and nauseous on you all, let me tell you about my latest bit of luck.

The lovely Anne Maybus of Tall Poppy and Diva Days has honoured me with a Blogging Award. Anne has awarded me a Creative Bloggers Award  that has been commenced by Christy Z at Writers Review where the rules for sharing these awards can be found.

Pink Apple from Apple Tart
deserves many awards. Today I have chosen the Creative blogger award.
Here it is Chris, all yours in recognition of the wonderful humourous
spin you put on things. I love to read your wicked words!

Anne, you’ve given me a gift that I can use to help quell those nasty destructive self-doubt demons.  I need every weapon available, in my battle with those dastardly demons! So Thank You for being there supporting and nurturing me and even finding me wicked!

The bigger task for me lies in my new-found nomination rights!  So here goes!

My nominees are:  (have you got your Oscar frocks on?)

Courageous Blogger:  Pete Aldin of Great Circle and Freaked Out Fathers 

A man with a strong but quiet integrity and a man not afraid to fight injustice where he sees it! (but might not want to frock up!)

Inspirational Blogger:  Tina Forsyth of Online Business Manager
and co-author of Money, Meaning and Beyond.

Another quiet achiever who quietly but expertly gets people on the right path.

Thoughtful Blogger:  Amanda Cox of Diary of a Mad Cow.

Underneath a tongue dripping in acid and an hysterically satirical spin, lies a woman using humour to help other Mums realise they’re not alone and there’s always something to laugh and share about.

The "in thing" these days in the blogging world are tags or memes.

Some bright spark will come up with an infectious idea for everyone to give their personal opinion/experience of.  The starter author writes their own piece, then nominates a number of mates to pick up the thread/tag.  It’s a little like the old games of chasey/tag/tiggy/"it" that we all played in the school ground.  Once named, you are "it" until you can write your story and shift the tag onto someone
else. 

These memes spiral (viral) around blog communities like a dose of the Black Plague through medieval London!

When I receive a tag, it usually leaves me with a sense of dread and horror, and the mental conversation that snottily starts with "Oh Great!  When I am ever going to find time to do that?  Thanks PAL!"   (Ungrateful tart, aren’t I?)

Unfortunately my sticky-beaky curiosity, and eternal desire to be "in" anything, gets the better of me.  So, I go and read a few other tagged responses, and next thing I know my mental conversation has meandered off into … "Gee, that does sound interesting, I wonder what I’d say IF I was to respond!" 

See?  It just gets you suckered in and infected.  The only cure is to write and shed the burden elsewhere!

So having mentioned Pete Aldin at the beginning of this post, I’d better tell you that at last I’m about to get around to picking up the ball and running with Pete’s meme!   And yes Pete, I did curse you!  But yours  was definitely one of the most constructive memes that have been tossed my way!

You’ll hear more in my next post!