My First Ever Award - The Schmooze Award!

I have been given this award by Cathy and it's a cute one. The definition of schmooze is as follows;

“As it goes, schmoozing is the natural ability “to converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.” Good schmoozers effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t limit their visits to only the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello - all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship…. […]”

and it comes from here in a roundabout way through Cathy.

I never thought I had a particularly interesting blog, in fact there are many out there that are way more thought provoking or fun than mine. Since I have 74 blogs listed on my Bloglines feed picking five is difficult but I will try. Without further ado, I will nominate the following blogs for this award.

1. Goes to Kelli at AfricanKelli. This is an amazing young woman, a domestic goddess who runs around African Orphanages doing good deeds. When she's not busy doing that and holding down a job she sews the most fantastic bags I have ever seen and cooks up gourmet meals for her friends.

2. Has to go to Devious Diva who lives in Athens. I love reading blogs written by women who live in other countries, they are so fascinating. I have a particular interest in immigration and racism and found her series on the Roma particularly heart wrenching. On my last visit to Athens I did see young, pretty Roma children begging on street corners and it has stayed with me. You can find a link on the top of her page to the series.

3. This one goes to Christina at Mausi and I love to read about her life as a Canadian expat living in Germany. It provides me with a different perspective of what was once my homeland. She is also a genius cook and baker and her pictures and receipes make my mouth water.

4. Then there's Ann at Roc Rebel Granny who has hilarious tales of her grand kids and just life in general.

5. This goes to Cathy at Here I Go Again, this lady is an environmentalist and we have had some differences of opinion regarding global warming and climate change, nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoy her blog.

Oh well, let me do one more, can't really forget the offspring's blog since he's the one who is really responsible for this stuff, my blog I mean and he really is a schmoozer. You can Teddy at Where's Teddy Now? Look at some of his travel photo's, they're really quite good. I know he's a guy, but what the heck...