As the Obama’s head to Camp David I started thinking.…. with the weather so nice it might be a perfect time to go for a hike in the Catoctin Mountains. 
I have received an award from the lovely Shea of Hey Shae. So, here is the story. I had a page full of awards and award memes which I deleted a few months ago. Oh yeah, I was a rocking girl blogger times fifteen, a thinker, a writer and so on. It seems reasonable to start fresh every year, one can never rest of their laurels now can one? I mean you could easily rock one year and totally suck the next, right? So I start fresh with the Your Blog is Fabulous Award/Meme, thank you Shea.
Here are the rules: I’m supposed to pass this on to five other people with fabulous blogs, after I list five addictions. Knowing that no one here abhors enjoys memes quite as much as I do, that is a difficult task. Raising the ire of those who read you is a scary thing.
My Addictions as of February 2009, so stated because this could change over time.
1. Coffee
2. Sushi
3. Brushing my teeth twice daily with my Sonic Care Toothbrush,.
4. Shopping at Annie Creamcheese, (a Vintage Clothing Store not a bagel shop).
5. War and Peace, I think I’ve read it more times than anyone throughout history.
I am passing, with some hesitation, this award to these fabulous bloggers. Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful, hate me because I meme you. Should they choose to follow the rules and carry on, so much the better.
Sterling from Chips and Quips, because even though he is a bit techie he gives good link, and when he writes on non techie issues it is always splendid.
Pia, for Courting Destiny, for obvious reasons, and because I think it will be fun to see how she incorporates a yellow award into a pink blog.
Wombat because he has recently made his blog open source, and possibly this will encourage him to actually start writing in it again. 
A Very Political Women, a blog I’ve recently started to read from the 20 somethings., check it out.
The first blog I discovered and started to read routinely due to 20 something bloggers, a blog of a writer, and recently minted grad student, The Almost Right Word
peace
Good choices. Try not to get surrounded by helicopters hiking.
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A camouflage ninja suit might help.
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May I borrow yours?
Congrats!
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Hey, thanks Sheila. I won’t ever win a a grand slam so this will have to do.
well done Cooper and most deserving!!!
some good.… healthy addictions too …
have a hiking good time this weekend
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I hiked the next day. It was a great weekend for February.
There’s something to be said for starting over, and the blog is fabulous, but ya know that. I think you were joking about the hike but if the SS gets you they won’t care that your blog is fabulous.
“Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful, hate me because I meme you.”
That is classic.
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I blogged tonight, for the first time in a year. There will be no awards for me. I’m going to get a avatar though, that is my goal for this year. You should be swimming in them.
Can’t see you in that yellow dress, but the shades are totally you.
I saw that, shocked I was.
“Oh yeah, I was a rocking girl blogger times fifteen.….“
heh, heh
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You deserve it, Cooper. Your blog is a gem in a proper setting.
I thank you much but my blog has been obsessed with selling real estate, money, and buying real estate. Oh and then there was Obama. My uncle reads my blog daily and thinks I was a Hill person. I’m still trying to understand that one. He sent me an impassioned email on why I must support Obama. My family would make such great material…
And I obsess over blogging as people like a cut & paste nothing post over something with substance. So I might focus on a house blog that hasn’t been put together yet over Courting
The ceilings are all light yellow. No room is pink except for the upstairs bath
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Luckily you no longer have to sell it. lol
Make sure you stay on your side of the border when hiking. I was on the horse trails south of Gettysburg yesterday but it was tough going due to all the mud that comes when snow/ice decide to melt all in one day. Today, I’m heading more towards Perry County and the bullhead north of Newville. Rock never gets muddy.
Too bad you fell off that anti-meme bandwagon. giggle
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We went today not Saturday, but we didn’t do the Catoctin. It was hella muddy though.
Oh Coop I’m going to have to say your blog is definitely fabulous, but my site is Hey Shae with an ‘AE’ not ‘ea’. LOL
Fixed it, so sorry.
Congratulatons, and enjoy your hike!
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I was actually joking abut the hike yesterday. I took one today though it was a beautiful day.
Oh my gosh, it took me forever to figure out where the comments were.
I’ve been trying to change my theme as well this year. The other night I thought I would give it a shot and I ended up screwing everything up. It took me about three hours to get it back to halfway normal. I like how only your middle section moves when you scroll. Very neat.
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Yeah, I have to figure out how to make it a different color I haven’t really had time to look at the theme. I change and I change, one day I will find the prefect fit.
I like how her dress matches your title.
Lame I know.
Thank you.
“Although one wonders if War and Peace would have been as highly acclaimed had it been published under it’s original title, War: What Is It Good For?”
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Nice one Bone.
Thanks, Cooper, for the kind words! “Gives good link,” heh. I’ll pass it on.
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A yellow dress and sunglasses, who else would have come to mind?
[…] Cooper tagged me with the Your Blog is Fabulous Award/Meme, even though I don’t look a bit like the picture shown thereon. I never, ever wear a yellow dress. OK, maybe I do look a bit like the dog. […]
Ahh! I must have been under a grad school rock when you published this post! I am just noticing it now!! Thank you for such sweet words and the wonderful award! Congratulations to you and many thanks!! I hope you’re well.
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