Thank-you very much to Kate from~  http://believeanyway.wordpress.com for nominating my blog for this Beautiful Ward. I have received my ‘first star’.

Thank-you to Ivon from~ http://ivonprefontaine.com  for nominating my blog. Thank you both so much!

Please take a moment to visit their blogs as they both are uplifting blogs. Kate and Ivon  are excellent writers and their stories, photos, poetry keep me going back to read more. I am honored that you nominated my blog for this wonderful award as it means so much to me.

Wow! I have learnt so much in a year and am still learning.  It inspires me to continue and work harder in the coming year. Thank-you

I once again would like to thank every single follower, those that leave  comments, anyone that leaves a ‘like’ on any post or just pops in to take a peek. I appreciate you all!

And here are the rules:

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award.

2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.

3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)

4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them

5 You can now also join the award’s Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience if you choose to

6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

Which means that you can check out your favorite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!

I never put them in any type of order and please understand there are so many awesome blogs that deserve this award. I want to thank all my followers, readers and anyone that just takes a peek at my blog. I do apologize if I ever forget to thank anyone as it is not intentional. I appreciate you all. Thank you so much. It will be a year in January that I started my blog and ‘oh boy’ was I  nervous! I have enjoyed learning as I go along and there is still so much I would like to do with my blog. Life can get so busy.

Here are the nominees  I have chosen for the ‘Blog of the Year 2012:

There are so many that are most deserving and ‘worthy’ of this Award. Please forgive me if I have forgotten to put you down. If you do not accept Awards I understand, just know you are appreciated and am thinking about you too.

http://waitingforthekarmatruck.com/  ~MImi

http://prytulka.wordpress.com/  ~Mary

http://goss-coaching.com/  ~Hanna

http://denobears.wordpress.com/  ~Eleenie                          

http://cast-light.com/  ~Kathie

http://russelrayphotos2.com/   ~Russell

http://poeticjourney251.com/  ~P.J.

http://readinginterrupted.com ~Letizia                                                                           

http://sweetjellybean.com/  ~D.

http://drbillwooten.com/  ~Dr. Bill

http://mybeautfulthings.wordpress.com/ ~Sally

http://lifeyum.com/  ~Lisa

http://coachdougbowers.com/ ~Doug

http://toddlohenry.com

http://mypenandme.wordpress.com

http://travelspirit333.com/

http://aleafinspringtime.wordpress.com/

http://clotildajamcracker.wordpress.com/

I will post thumbnails of the Star Awards that I grabbed from Donah at  http://sweetjellybean.com/   Thanks so much.