Time for Awards, I am so blessed to receive all these rewards.
My blogger community makes me feel valued through you reading my posts, commenting, that is already the best reward. Still I do like the rewards too :-).
Tazein from trancendingbordersblog nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award.
I am very grateful for this my dear Tazein.

4th, 9th,12th January and 5th March, 15th October 2013
RULES:
1-Display the Award logo on your Blog.
2-Announce your win with a post and thank the blogger who nominated you.
3-Present 15 deserving bloggers with the Award.
4-Link your nominees in the post and let them know of their nomination with a comment.
5-Post 7 things about yourself.
7 THINGS ABOUT MYSELF…. you never knew…..
1. I only started to eat hard cheese during my pregnancy, never before.
2. I often find the right words to say when it is too late…. Iam not such a quick thinker…. 🙂
3. I went once to an assertivness seminar… the best I have ever been….
4. So was the champagne seminar…. 🙂
5. I have learnt the hotel / and catering business.
6. The best bit was going to the kitchen trying the mouse au chocolat. Mmmmmmh
7. Through my hotel work I met some famous people.

On 7th November I received the blog of the year award from Terry. Thank you so much Terry, I am very happy and honoured.
Straight after that on 11th November also from Alastairs blog ” a mixed bag” – thank you so much AlastairI appreciate you both thinking of me!
Since I have 2 nominations I already have 2 stars on this! Yippee
The instructions for this award are simple:
1-Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award.
2-Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen- there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required- and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.
3-Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them- (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)
4-Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award via this link: http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/
5-You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page.Click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear
Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.
6-And as a winner of the award- please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award-and then proudly display the award on your blog- 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 of 6 stars! You can either ‘swop’ your badge for the next one each time you are given the award- or even proudly display all six badges if you are lucky enough to be presented with the award 6 times!
You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of The Year 2013′ Award Badges.
Congratulations to all the nominees! Best of luck to every one!

I am not totally following the rules, still I shall nominate some blogs for both awards in one go, so you can have both awards please if you like.
There are so many blogs out there I really cherish and love reading, but I can only nominate some unfortunately!
Here we are:
A grateful man
A pondering mind
A small act of kindness
talktodiana
Kindness blog
Renard Moreau presents
A place called love
Enjoy your rewards and know that I love your blogs!