January 12, 2012, I am awarded the 7 x 7 Link Award from Shoes on the Wrong Feet.  I leave Shoes a comment thanking her for the award and then…..well I just wrote about other things.  I think I should publicly thank her, so thank you Shoes for thinking of me.

The 7 x 7 award is very similar to the Seven Links Challenge, which I absolutely dreaded doing, I mean going through 420 posts to find SEVEN posts is difficult.  Rather than go through all 420, I decided to go with some of my more recent posts.

Most Surprisingly Successful:  A Christmas Miracle.  I wrote this post on a whim.  It was supposed to be my follow-up Friday post but I saw this writing prompt and the story just about flew out of my finger tips.  I had the most comments and the most views that day.

Most Underrated:  The Legacy of Michael Vick.  I know, I’m hung up on this one, but damn it, the topic was current and it should have been slightly controversial considering I was giving him the benefit of the doubt and I am a huge dog lover, AND it should have been pressed!!

Most Popular:  Pet Blogger Challenge.   This was the first time I participated because…..well I didn’t know about it last year.  But I really liked the way it was structured, it was almost like I was giving an interview.

Most Beautiful:  I had two on this one, To Cassie With Love, which was a letter to my daughter on her graduation from the Army Language School.  We had to miss the graduation due to the freak winter storm that left us without power for a week.  I was very emotional when I wrote it and thought it came out quite nice.  The other one was One From The Bucket List, which was a tribute to my nephew upon his return from Afghanistan.

Most Helpful:  Solve A Reader Problem. I’m not really sure if this was helpful or not.  I don’t get people writing in to ask me for help with their dogs, so I had to come up with a topic on my own.  I went with what helped me with managing all the blogs I follow.

Most Controversial:  Blog The Change, Be The Change.  While it wasn’t really controversial, I fully expected it to be.  You really surprise me sometimes.  I talk about putting people in stockades and throwing rotten tomatoes at them and you don’t even blink an eye!  LOL what do I have to do to get you riled up?

Most Pride Worthy:  This is a really hard one for me, because I don’t always think my posts are the greatest.  Sometimes I write one and say, Damn that was good!  And then there are other times where I say, what rubbish.  I would have to say all of the posts I listed above are Pride Worthy.

I’m also supposed to tell you seven things about myself that you don’t already know.  I’ll give this my best shot.

I snore.  I snore on my back and I snore on my side and I snore on my stomach and I snore with my mouth closed.

I once snored so loud that my kids knocked on my bedroom door and woke me up to stop snoring.

I love to cook, and while I can sometimes prepare a fancy dish, I like to keep my dishes pretty simple and straight forward.

I love to bake.  Baking is my thing. I love baking cookies, brownies,  and pies.  YUM

I was recently diagnosed with food allergies to wheat, peanut butter, clams, scallops and sesame seeds.  OMG those are five of my favorite foods. 

Because of the wheat allergy my Dr. has recommended I go gluten-free. 

This really puts a damper on my baking. 🙁

The last part of this award is to pass it on to seven bloggers who I love to read.   In the past, I have passed awards on to people who never picked them up or did the challenge.  So in order to avoid that happening again I am putting my own twist on this.

If YOU would like to do the 7 x 7 Award, please pick it up from my side bar and go for it.

And also, I’d like to know how you think I did with choosing my blog posts.  Did I miss any?  Were there some you thought fit better?

Book update is the same as yesterday, but I hope to work on it tomorrow.