Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Catching Up & Breaking Rules!

I'm going to blame September for it taking me such a ridiculous amount of time to thank the following folks for their awards. September is nuts for teachers. We had our classes settled, then there was a reorganization due to numbers in the lower grade and about half my class moved on to the next teacher and I got a bunch more from the previous teacher. And of course ended up with several more than I started with. :)

So, that's my reason. I'm sticking to it.

First off thanks so much to the wonderful Jen Daiker over at unedited for the Crazy Love Award.
Then the lovely Anne Tyler Lord over at Don't Fence Me In awarded me both the One Lovely Blogger & the Versatile Blogger Award.  Anne is a sweetheart - she's so thoughtful and helpful on her blog!

Rebecca at Sonshine Thoughts awarded me the Supportive Commenter Award. Don't you just love the boots? I need to get me a pair of those for the school yard! Rebecca has such a sunny personality, the award matches her perfectly!
The charming Karen Walker at Following the Whispers awarded me the Circle of Friends award. Karen is such a good friend to so many people. I'm honoured she passed it my way.
The talented Yvonne over at Welcome to My World of Poetry sent the You Rock! award my way. Coming from Yvonne, this is a high honour. Yvonne is one of the kindest people you'll meet in the bloggy-verse!
Arlee Bird over at Tossing it Out sent the Super Commenter Award my way. This one makes me smile every time - gotta love that frog! The smile, not the frog, reminds me of Lee!
The supersweet Erica at Laugh.Write.Play sent the Weird/Strange Award my way. I love it! I've never aspired for normal and I'm so glad it's been noted publicly! :)

The always generous Mason Canyon over at Thoughts in Progress and the wonderful Rayna at Coffee Rings Everywhere both sent the Literacy Builder award my way. If I'm being honest, their kind words had me smiling for hours!
For this award I'm to tell you my 5 favourite words. I adore words (obviously). My favourites change with great regularity. For today they are: discombobulated, wonky, portalizer, hope and wonder. Portalizer is one of my own. Hopefully one day I'll have a book published and you'll be able to find out what it is! :)

Thanks again to all of these wonderful people for thinking of me when they passed on their awards. I'm going to be ornery today and balk (2 more good words!) at the other instructions. I still have a meme to do, but my camera is broken. (I'm full of excuses today!) I'll get it posted when I can. Promise!

So what rules have you broken today? Any good ones?

92 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Jemi, that's a whole lot of awards you've been hoarding!

Jemi Fraser said...

Alex - I know! It's been crazy! And I've just been so busy. I feel better now that I've thanked folks! :)

Old Kitty said...

Congratulations with all your awards!! Wow!!! Rules?! What are they?!:-)

Take care
x

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on all the awards! And I love your favorite words -- especially "wonder." :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Old Kitty - thanks :)

I LIKE your attitude towards rules!! I may have to adopt that one!

Jemi Fraser said...

Emy - thanks :)

I think wonder is always one of my favourite words! So many possibilities!

DL Hammons said...

WOW....its like somebody just busted open the piggy bank!!! Congrats Jemi!! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

DL - LOL :) Thanks! I've got to do these things more often to reduce the explosion!!

Terry Odell said...

Rules? There are rules? Congrats on all the awards. My word: roborant. Which is something I could use right about now.

Terry
Terry's Place
Romance with a Twist--of Mystery

Jemi Fraser said...

Terry - thanks! I love your word - and I could use some of that as well! :)

Theresa Milstein said...

Discombobulated is a good one.

Do you have enough awards, you think? That's a lot at once!

My biggest rule breaking was leaving the school to check home on my sick kid during my break. Not really rebel without a cause.

Jemi Fraser said...

Theresa - I think that's my favourite all-time word!

It sure is a lot! I really do have a ton of great bloggy friends :)

I'm not much of a rebel most of the time either! I've always tended to be pretty much of a rule follower!

DL Curran said...

Wow! Congrats on the awards Jemi!

Rules? Meh ~shrugs~ (Okay, I MAY have trouble breaking rules, but...)

Have yourself a great day - and here's hoping your non-bloggy life settles down soon! :)

L. Diane Wolfe said...

I think I broke the rule of not booking too much in one week. Mental note - remember that the Muse Online Conference overlaps with the Book 'Em Festival!

Unknown said...

Holy cow Jemi! I'm starting not to feel bad! I can't even keep track of who gave me what nowadays, but that Crazy Love award sure is spiffy to look at :)

Congrats!

Mary@GigglesandGuns said...

Congrats on all the goodies!
Someone did mention rules but I keep ignoring them or rewriting them. Bad me!

Janet Johnson said...

Wow, that's a lot of awards! Congrats . . . and breaking rules is almost as much fun as getting awards, no?

Jemi Fraser said...

DL - thanks! My 'real' life rarely settles down so here's hoping, but I really doubt that'll happen!! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Diane - I think you did the same thing over the summer too, didn't you? You've had SUCH a busy year!

Jemi Fraser said...

Jen - it really is a spiffy award! I love it :)

It's so hard to get organized with some things, isn't it? :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Mary - that's okay - I'm pretty sure you only break 'em for good reasons! ... Right? :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Janet - Thanks! :)

You're right - breaking those rules can be kind of freeing! :)

Helen Ginger said...

I love the word discombobulated!

Congrats on your numerous awards. That's amazing.

Velvet Over Steel said...

Congrats on all the Great Awards!! September just flew by for us too by the way. I work at a community collage and the enrollment doubles for the program I help with. 2 out of the 5 bosses I have! :-) & my youngest son is in his second year of college there also. We car pool and I help him with his homework since his Blast staff all quit! Darn... I spent all last year getting my son with A.S. to depend Less & Less on me.. of well, at least I'm able to help him. :-)

Good luck with your school year!!
Hugs,
Coreen

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Helen - I have so many generous blog buddies!

I think discombobulated is my all-time favourite word :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Coreen - he's lucky to have you! So many kids don't have anyone able or willing to help. It's a tough world out there! Sounds like you've got a busy life too :)

Lydia Kang said...

Niiiiice awards you have there! Congrats!

Jemi Fraser said...

Lydia - thanks so much! I do have some awesome blog buddies! :)

WritingNut said...

Congratulations on all your awards Jemi!!! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

WN - thanks so much! :)

Julie Musil said...

My goodness, so many awards for such an awesome blogger! I can only imagine what September is like for you, so I believe ALL of your excuses. Promise.

I swore I'd exercise today, and that hasn't happened yet. That's sort of a broken rule, but it's not too late!

storyqueen said...

Portalizer is such a great word! Are you sure you don't write middle grade?

Shelley

Sharon K. Mayhew said...

Congratulations on all the awards and I'm glad you've gotten through September. :-o Hopefully the rest of the year will go smoothly for you....and your kiddos. :)

Arlee Bird said...

You made me smile.

I'm always breaking rules, but I can't think of any that I've broken today. And I like making up words.

Lee
Tossing It Out

SF said...

'Wonky' is my favourite of those five. I love the sound of it, and it's so useful for describing so many things! I don't break rules, I just make them wonky...

Hannah said...

haha! Wow! You've been hoarding a ton of awards! You deserve them all. :D

Natasha said...

With so many awards, I am not surprised you missed one duplicate award, but I too gave you the Literacy Builder Award - http://coffeeringseverywhere.blogspot.com/2010/10/im-literacy-builder-award.html

With any other award, it would not matter, but this one is special, which is why I want you to know you got it twice.

Congratulations on the Awesome awards.

VR Barkowski said...

Every one of these is well deserved, but I think you deserve another for Most Awards Hoarded in a Single Month. I've just created it, and here's the good news: there's no web badge, it mustn't be announced on your blog, and you're not allowed to pass it on. CONGRATZ! :)

Oh, and rules? I'm a writer, all I do is break rules.

RHYTHM AND RHYME said...

Congratulations on all the well deserved awards.
Well done,

Yvonne.

Cruella Collett said...

Congratulations on your awards! And congrats on surviving September. My dad's a teacher, and I've never quite figured out when teaching is not busy (except for vacations)...

Ellie Garratt said...

So many awards! Congratulations!

Elizabeth Spann Craig said...

Congratulations on your awards!

I like the word discombobulated, too. :)

Laura Pauling said...

Congrats! I love all strange and odd words that are fun to say!

Jemi Fraser said...

Julie - thanks! September is such a nutty month ... but so are the rest of them :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Shelley - thanks! I'm glad you like it. Actually I do have a middle grade story bumping around in my head at the moment... :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Sharon! I hope so. September is crazy, but we seem to be moving more smoothly at the moment. Crossing my fingers!

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Lee! The feeling is mutual! :)

Making up words is fun!!

Jemi Fraser said...

SF - love it! I'm all for making the rules wonky! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Hannah - lol :) I've been a real hoarder! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Rayna - Yikes!! I'm so sorry. I do really appreciate it! I must have messed up my lists! :( I'll change the post!

Jemi Fraser said...

VR - love it! Thanks :) I've earned that one for sure! I can't believe how crazy it's been!

Jemi Fraser said...

Yvonne - thanks so much! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Cruella - thanks! And so true. It's definitely a busy job. Our next nuttiness is having to figure out new report card systems. They're going out soon and the online version isn't working yet!! *sigh*

Jemi Fraser said...

Ellie - I know! I have such generous bloggy friends :) Thanks!

Jemi Fraser said...

Elizabeth - thanks! I love discombobulated - such a fun word!

Jemi Fraser said...

Laura - thanks! Unusual words are such fun. I'm going to have to ask my students what their favourite words are. We could have some fun with that!

Tiana Smith said...

Holy smokes that's a lot of awards! And I love the words :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Tiana - thanks - I have some very generous bloggy friends! :)

Shannon O'Donnell said...

Holy mega-awards post! That is quite the collection of new blog bling, Jemi. I haven't even seen some of those before. Cool! You deserve every one of them! :-)

Jemi Fraser said...

Shannon - I'm lucky to have so many sweet blog buddies! There really are some great ones in there - thanks so much :)

Lola Sharp said...

CONGRATS on all your well deserved awards! *tosses confetti and streamers*✩∴*★∵∶.☆∴*∵∶*¨*•.¸.✩ (<--confetti)

I'm so behind on everything...including awards, and trying to catch-up, too. *sigh*

I love the word 'wonky'. :)

And, portlizer, portlizer•♪♫•*¨*•.¸.... in the melody line of Womanizer by crazy Britney.

Talli Roland said...

Look at all your awards! Fantastic!

Hmm, breaking rules. I went on the wrong side of the staircase when exiting the Tube! Crazy, I know. :)

Belle said...

Love "portalizer"! Congrats on all your awards. I enjoyed seeing the Weird/Strange award - love it!

Rosalind Adam said...

So many awards! That is impressive.

I remember the September school strain very well and am perfectly able to believe it. So glad I no longer have to do that. You must have masses of energy to teach and write and do all the other things you do.

Oh yes, and that's the third time I've seen a comment about the word 'discombobulate' today. Strange.

Jemi Fraser said...

Lola - you made me snort my tea AND laugh out loud! I may never look at my portalizer word in the same way again!!! :)

Thanks for the confetti! It's more than welcome in my wonky world. Good luck on catching up - it's never easy!!

Jemi Fraser said...

Talli - you risk taker you! Tubers on commute (or auto-pilot) are not the right people to be messing with! :) Thanks!

Jemi Fraser said...

Belle - thanks! I love the weird/strange award! It's definitely one of my faves!! :)

Glad portalizer sounds good!

Jemi Fraser said...

Rosalind - thanks! Yup - teaching is much more than a full time job (to me anyway!). It's draining and exhausting ... and fills me with joy and hope. I love it! :)

I love that discombobulate is making the rounds today! The world needs more discombobulation :)

Jackee said...

Congrats! I think you have a perfect excuse, BTW. So don't feel bad. I don't have an excuse and have about 7 I need to claim.

Wonky--my all time favorite word too! :o)

Have a lovely day, Jemi... what's left of it!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your awards!

Jemi Fraser said...

Jackee - Thanks! It really was a crazy month! :) I'm glad I'm no the only person who hoards these!

I adore Wonky! It's such fun :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Kelly - thanks so much :)

Stina said...

Congrats on all the awards!

And I thought I was bad at hoarding them. ;) I cheated last time I gave some out. I told my awardees that they could choose which ever one they wanted.

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Stina! Yeah - I'm terrible for hoarding too! That would have been a good cheat to pull! I just didn't have the time for all the linking *sigh*. I've really got to find a few extra hours here and there! :)

Kathi Oram Peterson said...

That you received this wonderful awards is really no surprise to me. You deserve them!

Thanks for the links!

Jemi Fraser said...

Awww Kathi - thanks! You're such a sweetie! :)

Hope you enjoying visiting some new friends. These are all amazing people!!

Anonymous said...

Wow, that's a lot of awards, all greatly deserved. Congratulations! ;]

I love all the words you chose as your favorites. And for a moment there, I really thought portalizer was a real word.

Jemi Fraser said...

Amanda - thanks! I do have some mighty generous blog buddies :)

I'm so glad portalizer came across as real - that's good news!! :)

JournoMich said...

Whoa...Whoa.

No wonder you saved them up! That would be a week's worth of posts!

Congrats!

Michele
SouthernCityMysteries

Anonymous said...

I haven't broke any rules yet, but its not quite 10:00 a.m. and the day is still young.

Stephen Tremp

Lisa Gail Green said...

Love those words!! Discombobulated. Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. ;D Congrats on the awards, Miss Popular!! You make me smile.

Jemi Fraser said...

Michele - lol :)

Thanks so much! I do have a lot of kind and generous blog buddies!

Jemi Fraser said...

Stephen - That's okay - I'm sure you'll manage to find a couple to snap as the day moves along! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Lisa - I love discombobulated! Such fun :)

Thanks - I appreciate the kind words! :)

N. R. Williams said...

Wow...that's a lot of awards. Found you through A Rock in my Pocket. Nice to meet you.
Nancy
N. R. Williams, fantasy author

lisa and laura said...

Congrats on all the awards--well deserved. I'm breaking Lisa's rules by reading blogs instead of writing! I'm livin' on the edge!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on the awards!

Jemi Fraser said...

Nancy - thanks! Glad to meet you :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Laura - you really are! But I bet Ben's keeping Lisa too busy to notice right at the moment! Have fun! :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Kimberly - thanks so much! :)

Carolina M. Valdez Schneider said...

Congratulations on your awards, Jemi! So many lovely ones for a lovely person. Well deserved.

Jemi Fraser said...

Awww - thanks Carol! You're such a sweetie! I appreciate the kind words :)