Liebster Clause

Yesterday, no doubt like everyone else, I woke up to numerous holiday greetings and to inspiring declarations of thankfulness.  While sifting through them all, I discovered that I had been "Liebstered."  Not every blogger gets to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Internet's version of half of a surf and turf.  (I'd steak my post on it.)

To my surprise, my very dear friend over at The Adventures of Not Supermom singled me out for the Liebster Award.  This is awesome, especially considering I am secretly jealous of her blogging bad-assery and want to blog like her when (or if) I grow up.  Seriously--people are pounding on her door.  NPR saw one of her posts and invited her to participate in their Backseat Book Club, and I'm convinced that every time she applies for another writing or blogging gig money and contracts are waved wildly in her face.  I want someone to wave money and contracts for blogging in my face...I can always wear my glasses so the draft from flapping paper won't bother my eyes.  Go read her blog.  Right now.  She is of the awesome.

Turns out the Liebster Award highlights up-and-coming blogs, those with less than 200 followers.  Liebster is German for "friend", so I'm taking a few moments to call attention to those I consider friends and their blogs.


The Rules:

Upon receiving the Liebster Award, you must do the following:
1.  Show your thanks to the blogger(s) who gave you the award by linking back to them.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

3. Post the award on your blog.
4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the Internet – other writers.
5. And best of all – have fun!

My picks for this auspicious honor include: 

1.  A Portrait of the Artist - My favorite bad-ass young lady, who never fails to surprise me with her

profound observations.
2.  The Neurotypical Mom Chronicles - A new and promising discovery.

3.  Diary of a Renaissance Seamstress - Another new discovery.  Besides, who doesn't love a good Renaissance costume, whether you've got a kid in the SCA or not?

4.  Scandalous Katie - My secret sister in sin and subversiveness.

5.  Words All Day Through - Book reviews and more from my favorite Disney character come to life.

I hope you enjoy these recent discoveries as much as I do.  As to my own Liebsterizing, I suddenly have the urge to pump my hair up into a Steel Magnolias-style helmet hairdo and run around the house chanting, "You like me...you really like me!!!"  Of course, I'd need something Oscar-like to clutch, but all I've got handy are a water bottle and a TV remote, and those would just look silly.