Awarded . . .

I'm so flattered to win the Versatile Blogger Award, bestowed by Christy LaShea from "At Split Ends." And she's a red-head which makes it that much better!

Winners of this award follow simple steps to sharing it with others.

1. List seven things that folks might not know about you.
2. Pass the award on to seven new bloggers and let them know.
3. Thank the blogger who gave it to you.

Okay, I'm game. (Not gamey!) Seven not-so-well-known things about me:

Favorite Articles of the Week

 Wow, today's post was so simple. My travels through the web showed me some amazing articles. I had 10 in no time. In fact, I had more than I needed. My only problem came when I had to reduce my list and then arrange them according to their impact factor.  Just a note that the list below doesn't reflect the popularity of the blog or the writing ability of the author. It is merely ranked by how they hit me when I first read them. All of the blogs are outstanding and I thank the authors for sharing their inspiration!