An Award from Sullivan + Some Bloggers I Like Lots

Cool, many thanks to Sullivan! And it's the The Happy 101 Award!

The Awards Rules:
Rule #1 - Copy image to your blog
Rule #2. List 10 things that make you happy and try to do one today.
In no particular order of significance
Rule #3 - Tag 10 bloggers who brighten your day.

1-Going to concerts
2-Spending time with my doggie, Bibi
3-Making art...
or discovering something new with art
4-Spending time w/family & friends
5-Drinking...ready?...
StarBucks Iced Chai Tea Lattes, yum!
6-Staying in bed watching TV when it rains or snows
7-Shopping for art supplies or at TARGET
8-Staying up late when everyone in the house is asleep...
which I'm doing right now & I'm happy! ;)
9-Gazing at beautiful art
10-Taking long drives while listening to music...
and singing along of course!

Several bloggers who brighten my day are...

Demented Wench
(She's not very demented, but she is a wench, lol.
She would know I'm teasing...
and that's what makes her so cool!)
Sullivan McPig
(Sullivan & his owner are my BFFs in the Blogger World!)
The Blot
(The Blot is my fave DUDE blogger, haha.
He knows EVERYTHING about pop culture.
Seriously.)
Beanie Mouse
(Just cuz Beanie always makes me smile!)
Kaylie
(Very cool lady & artist!)
The Bird
(Again, very great artist and cool blog!)

Enjoy your day friends!~

A lil' award for my Blogging Buddies!

This award is for ALL of my blogging friends/buddies! There's no rules to this one...just showing some love. Awww. ;)

And soooo...I bestow this award on to all my buds but I would like to say these people are some of the bestest blogging buddies out there: Sullivan/Carien, Mejis, Cindy, Queen of Clearance, and Irish Chicken Soup. You ladies are so awesome. I hope we can be blogging buddies for a long time to come!

I'm sorry if I forgot anyone...but I don't think I did...OH and Roxy too...though she doesn't have a blog, she's still a great blogging bud. :)

That is all...just please pass it around and show your love for your blogging buds!

Happy Thursday to you all...yay, my weekend begins now (last day of work). Adios~

Because I'm fabulous...and so are YOU!

The Rules:

List five current obsessions. Pass the award on to five more fabulous blogs. On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them. When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well. Don’t forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by leaving a comment on their blog.

Thanks to MEJIS for this award. And I'm doing the same as her, and passing it on to ALL of my followers...because your blogs are ALL fabulous!!!

Take care~

My Obsessions Lately:

1-Syd Barrett (formerly of Pink Floyd...the early EARLY days)...books, articles, pics, CD's, videos on YouTube, etc...

2-FaceBook...it's like crack

3-Baskets...I have no idea why I want cute little baskets...last one I got was a Pumpkin from Michaels

4-Napping...I just feel so tired and my bed is so comfy!

5-Royal Oak, Michigan...it just has lots of cool stuff going on there lately...323 Gallery and LIFT art gallery & toystore are there...so that's a problem! ;)

Hope you all will enjoy your weekend~

And lemme know if you'll accept this AWARD...cuz I'll definitely check it out. Thanks!

Honest Scrap Award, thanks Mejis!!!

Thank you, thank you to MEJIS at Did I Say That Outloud? for this lovely award. It's the Honest Scrap award...and I think this makes the 3rd time I've received it...and you know what they say, third times a charm, right!?? She also passed on another award, and I will get to that one later. As with one Ms. Cindy @ Twas the Brillig gave me a million years ago...sorry Cindy-I didn't forget about the Zombie Chickens!...And it's not like I get a bazillion awards but sometimes I just put 'em off...and I figured "Can't put 'em off anymore...I have no excuses!!!"

OK, this is how this award works...as taken from Mejis post...thanks Mejis!!!

1. “The Honest Scrap” award is not one to hold all to your self but it must be shared!

2. First, the recipient has to tell 10 true things about themselves in their blog that no one else knows.

3. Second, the recipient has to pass along this prestigious award to 10 more bloggers.

4. Third, those 10 bloggers all have to be notified they have been given with this award.

5. Those 10 bloggers that receive this award should link back to the blog that awarded them “The Honest Scrap’ award.

K, (Thinking Cap On)...

My HONEST LIST

10-I've probably spent MORE money on CD's/Music than anything else I own...including my car. (OK, it's used but STILL!) In other words, I have a HUGE passion for music. I am listening to some now...

9-I don't typically like or watch SCARY/GOREY films. I scare way too easily and I have nightmares.

8-If I HAD to go deaf or blind I would choose BLIND. Yes, even as a struggling visual artist because (again) MUSIC is probably my biggest love in life. Would miss seeing things but think I would miss hearing things more.

7-I've met pretty much all the musicians I've wanted to meet in my life. (Exceptions might be Kathleen Hanna, Bjork, and Tori Amos.) But there's ONE musician I would give my left ear to meet and his name is Tim SKOLD. I'm dead serious.

6-I haven't read a book in...over a year. Atleast. Sad, I know. :(

5-I enjoy WHITE NOISE when I go to sleep. (Mike is the complete opposite.) This is probably because of the fact that I lived very close to an expressway for most of my life.

4-I don't really eat FAST FOOD much. Take out, yes. Fast food, hardly ever...besides Mc D's breakfast.

3-If you looked at my shirts in my closet, you would see that MOST are black. I LOVE color but black just seems to look best on me I think.

2-I LOVE to write on chalkboards...or nowadays the white boards w/markers. Hm, don't know why!

1-I BLOG when I should be cleaning my house...but doesn't everyone?!?

Now on to the 10 Bloggees that shall receive this award from me...And they are...(and sorry if I gave this to you in the past btw, but heck we want to know MORE about you & it means I HEART you very much by giving you more!)....

BunnyKissd @ Diary of a crazy rabbit lady, too!

Emily @ Follow the White Rabbit

The Frog Queen @ Frog on the Pumpkin

Jennylee @ It can only get better...

Queen of Clearance @ The Queen of Clearance

Sullivan @ The life and travels of Sullivan Mc Pig

Cindy @ Twas the Brillig

Boyd @ Boyd's World

Bersaba @ Bersaba's Scribblings

and...

Alice @ Alice found some doors

(though I don't think she 'does' awards but her blog is UBER cool!)

OK, now pass 'em along my fellow blog authors...and have a good (whatever day you are reading this!) one.....

XoX~EVE

A very sweet award....that's being passed on of course

Hola friends. Hope your weekend is going well. Mine is alright. I got some nice carnival pics and I hope to put 'em up soon. I will probably do 2 postings of 'em. Keep an eye out for those.

OK, yesterday I got this very nice Blogger Award (pictured above) from Mejis @ Did I Say That Outloud? (and thanks again Mejis!). And it's one of the coolest awards I've got yet because of why I received it. So please read below...

Here are the rules: This award is bestowed on to blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Here's the 8 blogs that I chose...(and please stop by them 'cause they are really cool blogs written by fun & sweet people!)

{OH & it's called the LUV YA Award too. Just found that out!}

Boyd @ Boyd's World!

Cindy @ Twas the Brilling and the Slithy Toves...

Demented Wench @ Demented Wench's Blog

Diane @ Good Mourning, Glory!

Dracenea @ Rabid Reflections

The Frog Queen @ Frog on the Pumpkin

Ghoul Friday @ My Ghoul Friday

Sullivan @ The Life & Travels of Sullivan McPig

I just want to personally say to all of these bloggers what fun it has been getting to know you through your blogs. You're all very cool & unique in your own (wonderful) way and I hope to stay 'blogging friends' for a while to come. Take care.~

Mother's Day, Great Score, and Cemetery

Diane @ Good Mourning, Glory! was so kind to make this lovely award pictured above & to give it to me (as well as many other ladies & gentlemen) for Mom's Day. Thanks so much Diane. It's very lovely & purrrty. She gave it to moms and dads of all kinds of 'children'...and I'm the mom of a furry baby named Bibi. She's my lil' white doggie and she's 3 years old. :} She's a very happy, playful, and curious dog. I couldn't imagine living without her-she always makes me smile. ^_^

So this is what Diane's award means (her list has 6 things but I just listed the 1st three for ya):

"You are an elegant Mother"

el⋅e⋅gant

–adjective

1. tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.

2.	gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.

3.	graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.

So how did your Mother's Day go my friends? Mine was nice. First Mike and I (and Bibi too of course) went to his parents' house and gave his mom our gift. I think I did a good job of picking it out this year...a nice silver (not real though) necklace in the shape of a heart and earrings to match. She really liked it so I was glad about that. (Got it for such a good deal that I also got her a couple of nice candles.) We didn't stay too long because he mom had to leave with Mike's sister.

Next we went to my parents' house. We had dinner with my parents, my older sister, her three kids, and my brother. My younger sister was with her daughter at the zoo...I have to say it was a pretty nice day for it. My mom had to drive my brother to his job so we didn't stay too much longer after dinner. I gave my mom her gifts...some Sweet Pea body sprays from Bath & Body Works (mom's request), a candle, and a Kohl's gift card because she said she wanted clothes/pj's and I am not good at picking out that stuff for her anymore. So yeah I went with the gift card (non-personal I know)...but that way she can pick out whatever she wants.

My parents have a nice lilac tree in the backyard so I took some of those home...but darn it, didn't take enough. So I have a pretty wimpy display but they still smell nice. After we got home I decided to run up to the mall because the Asian store was closing & I thought maybe I could get a good deal on some stuff. Well, I got something SO SO awesome (You will really like this Dracenea & Diane, I just know it!)...and for such a great deal! (Will prob post on Goth blog...I'll say this much-it's skeleton/skull related...and hand carved too!)

Then (since I was by myself) I went to a cemetery I've always seen when driving around but never went 'in'...never even knew how to get in it...is an oddly placed cemetery. Well I found out it was a Jewish cemetery...I'm not Jewish but I really like their cemeteries most the times. They didn't have a lot of statues or anything...just really nice headstones and other things I found interesting (like pictures of people who passed on ON the headstone). I'll be posting those (probably in a series because I took about 20 pictures) on my other blog.

So that was pretty much everything. Now, what did YOUs do? Were you good to your mommas!!??!! Did you have a lovely day (if you are a mom)? I hope so. I hope you all will have a great week. This is my last week working for the Winter semester, yeah it's considered Winter because it starts in January. So after this week, I'm not sure of my schedule for a lil' while.

Take care friends and be chatting with some of you soon.~

Passionate Blogger Award Given To...

Hi everyone. I was recently given this awesome award by Diane @ Good Mourning, Glory! and it basically means that she thinks I'm a passionate blogger. Sweet! This may not be the coolest looking award but this award means more to me than any past one I've received because I do feel like I have lots of passion for this blog. And so with that I thank Diane very much, greatly appreciated. Now, I have to pass it along to a few people whom I think are passionate bloggers too. I chose these 3 people because they have LOTS of passion & dedication to their blogs. (Drum Roll)

I bestow this award to:

Ghoul Friday @ My Ghoul Friday
~This lady puts a lot of time, effort, and passion into her spooky, cool, & very informative blog AND it shows.

Mr. Macabre @ Mr. Macabre's Hallowe'en Cerebrations
~He is very dedicated to his intersting blog and I read all of his blog posts...because they keep my attention & are very interesting.
(Not saying I don't read your blogs peeps but I skim them sometimes honestly...Eve has a bad attention span!)

Sullivan @ The Life & Travels of Sullivan McPig
~Sullivan & his owner are very passionate about their unique blog. Sullivan's owner was even so brave to go up to a famous author and ask for a picture of him holding Sullivan for their blog. Now that's passion!

Please check out these very wonderful & passionate blogs!~

I'm SOOO Glad...

...there isn't a "Online Now" thing (like how it is on MySpace & Facebook) for Blogger. I have "logged" so many hours here, it's out of control! I should get an award for that, ya think?!! Although is that a good or bad award to get?!? Hm...curiouser & curiouser...

Oh BIG hooray, just got a new follower-that always makes my day! O.K. off to watch Battlestar soon...and yes Jennylee, I am a geek but so are YOU...ha ha. ;}

~Update & 12:45 am (Saturday): I finally made a "things to blog about" folder on this computer...only took 3 months for me to do it! But honestly, I do pretty well with not having to dig for info most the times. Well, a lot is about me (as you prob know by now), so not much to dig there. And um...Diane, I WANT my award!....j/k....I'm just curious as always.

By the way...& I love reading cool blogs too!

The Premios Dardo Award

thank you Diane @ Good Mourning, Glory! for this lovely award. it's called The Premios Dardo Award. and it is very purrrty, don't ya think?!? but it really don't have much meaning unfortunately. :( i guess it's kinda just a pass-along-award. hm, BUT i will say that it's a sweet & wonderful lookin' award that i'll pass along to a few cool peeps & their great bloggers! :) and they are...

sAm @ I've been set free

Demented Wench @ Demented Wench's Blog

A Gothic Gentleman @ The Illustrated Druid

Honest Scrap Award

wow, i got my 1st blogger award thanks to Irish Chicken Soup @ Vitrifying Hearts. she's really cool, check out her blogger too. this award is called the Honest Scrap Award. so with this award you are supposed to pass it along to 7 fellow bloggers that you find great in content/design. well, i don't read too many blogs, so i'm gonna do 5. and then you're supposed to show their names, their link, & leave a little comment on your blogger. then they, once they read that they have WON this award, list 10 Honest Things About Themselves. and with that, i have to do my Honest Things list since she chose me. so here i go...

10 Honest Things About Eve

10) give me a time, any time at all, and i'll be late. why? just cuz it's cool to be fashionably late, right?! (no really, it's cuz i'm the white rabbit...I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!...)

9) one of the VERY first things i do after i wake up is turn on the computer. well, it does take a few minutes to get it going afterall...

8) i am no domestic goddess. i can't cook or clean to save my life.

7) i daydream a lot. i blame being a pisces on this though (constant battle between the reality world & the fantasy world)! i know, i know...that's no excuse! :)

6) i have the oiliest skin, ever. i hate it. especially in the summer...all my makeup literally rolls off my face-gross!

5) when i really REALLY like something/someone, i can get quite obsessed & fast too. and i won't stop talking about it for a while...usually.

4) when i was very young, i liked HAIR bands from the 80's. yeah. i know some of those songs like the back of my hand. Bon Jovi, Poison, etc...but ooo it comes in handy now, i can rock 'em all on RockBand.

3) if i had the $$$ & nice slender body, i'd dress Gothic Lolita style. ready for my name drop? yeah, i made a lil' blogger, Gothic Lolita Love, the other day about my love for this style and some things gothic as well. check it out yous!

2) this is the BIG one. i have a fascination with suicide. and have since i was young. NO, it's not what you're thinking! see, everything about this topic makes me curious. i don't see it as a morbid thing to think about...i see it as pure curiosity. for example: do you know that there's such a thing as suicidology? that means the study and prevention of suicide. and i'd actually consider becoming a suicidologist to understand it better & try to help peeps. that's a real term also. i wouldn't lie to you...

1) ...well, maybe i would because Eve is not my real name. but "this is not reality."-line from a Crud song (local Detroit band)...wait, was this really the BIG one?!?

now, here's 5 blogs i ENJOY & give THIS award to:

Diane @ Good Mourning, Glory!
i really enjoy reading your posts & you are a very talented artist. & thanks for being my #1 commenter. i appreciate it lots!

Luna @ Luna's Imagination
1st, i gotta thank you for getting me to blog. also, i wouldn't know much about what's happening in the world if it weren't for your posts.

Luna @ Luna's Passions
i'm so glad you're blogging! i really like reading your posts. & i hope you continue to write because i know it helps in many ways. you rock, dahhllling!

Soldier Without A War @ Waiting.
you are one cool lady. glad our paths crossed, well in the online world that is. cuz i see we have some similar tastes & that rules.

Jennylee @ It can only get better...
i knew you could blog! see you have lots of cool stuff to share. you are the newbie on this list, & don't ya forget it!

OK, ladies now it's time for you to start thinking of your Top 10 List...& congrats on your award given by yours truly!
~XoX, Eve Noir