Jul 08
Wow, what an honor! Kim from What’s That Smell? read my post yesterday about our disastrous trip to the Mall including not having a stroller for a whiny, tired toddler and tripping over my own wedge heel sandal and falling down right in the middle of the floor, and turned it into something I can laugh about!
She said in her comment that what I had was an Accidental Mommy Moment and I replied that she should make an award badge for that, AND SHE DID!
I’m posting it proudly 
Thanks, Kim!
Jun 15
This is the first time I’ve been the recipient of an award that began on a blog that is not written in English! It’s just so cool how global the blogosphere is, you know? Lynne from The Sewing Mom passed this award on to me, and I am honored to receive it! I had to use a Spanish to English dictionary site to translate, it means “Peak of Art”.
The Arte y Pico Award was created to be given to bloggers who inspire others with their creative energy and talent whether it’s writing or artwork in all types of media (including sewing). When you receive this award it is considered a “special honor”. Once you have received this award, you are to pass it on to at least 5 others. This award was created by the site Arte Y Pico.
I am honored that Lynne chose me as one of the five bloggers she passed this award to. She said “I award this to someone who inspires me not only as a mom, but as a fellow blogger, Elizabeth at Table For Five inspires me with her knowledge of blogging and the fact that she’ll go out of her way to help others.” Wow, thanks Lynne!
Each of the five bloggers I have chosen to give this award to can right-click and save this award image, or go to Lynne’s blog to get a much bigger version.
For the five bloggers I am passing this award to, I tried to choose from a wide variety of different artistic talents. There are so many terrific bloggers out there who are SO talented! Here are my nominees:
- Thomas Laupstad publishes some of the most amazing photos I have ever seen on his blog Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog. His most recent post shows how beautiful a field of dandelions can look!
- My friend Drew at The BenSpark also posts great photos, in fact I like them so much, I bought his photo calendar to use in my kitchen! He has posted a photo a day since April 2005, which is a spectacular feat in itself.
- My friend Lisa at Lisa Reviews inspires me with how hard she works on all of her blogs. She does a great job of balancing personal posts and sponsored reviews, plus she has taught me some blogging tips that have had massive impact on my blogs. She is a Top Mom Review Blogger for a reason!
- Lori at My Wooden Spoon is one of my favorite food bloggers! She posts absolutely yummy looking recipes, plus she does great giveaways, too. She is in second place in the Blogger’s Choice Awards for Best Food Blog, why not go over there and give her a vote?
- Val at Fun, Crafts, and Recipes does a terrific job of combining daily recipe posts, ideas for fun crafts, plus the popular Four Foods on Friday meme that brings lots of readers to my food blog (thanks Val!) Val also has SEVEN other blogs on different topics-she is definitely a true blog artist!
I hope each of my five nominees has as much fun passing on this award as I did!
May 15
Readers, I have a gift for you. You can take it and place it on your blog and hopefully when you look at it you will remember me and how much I APPRECIATE YOU for reading this blog. If you prefer not to place badges on your sidebars, that’s totally okay too. Because today on Table for Five, it’s all about YOU.
You with the kids and the spouse and the job and the blogs of your own, who still come here by feed reader or bookmark or blogroll link, and leave comments and enter giveaways and spread a bit of your sunshine all over the page. You who are a stay at home parent, a work at home parent, a work outside the home parent, or not a parent. You who have one blog, two blogs, more blogs than you can count.
You, who are worried about the economy and the future of the U.S. Presidency and women’s rights, who are battling medical problems and personal problems and trying to scrape together enough money to put gas in your car. You, with the new baby or the teenagers or the grandchildren. You, and you, and YOU. For YOU, I have created this:
Would you like different colors to match your blog? Not a problem! Let me know and I can either make it for you or email you the image and you can pretty it up in photobucket or photoshop or whatever you use (I used the editing tools in photobucket for this). I hope you enjoy the award, and thank YOU for being the ICING ON MY CAKE.
Mar 06
I was having one of those days where I was feeling kind of sorry for myself. It was just a bunch of dumb stuff that really doesn’t need discussing, just me being whiny. And then I got an email from a blog directory that I completely forgot about submitting this blog to. Look what they gave me!
Isn’t that awesome?!? In the Personal Blogs category, Table for Five is rated 12th, and number one is Wil Wheaton dot net and number two is Dooce! So I feel pretty darn good about being 12th
I know it’s shameless of me to brag this way, but rather than give you a post filled with my sorry-ass whining, I thought you’d like to share something great with me. You would, right?
Feb 26
February 2008 will be remembered as the month that completely kicked my butt, but I’m trying to look for the positive. Rather than post a bunch of whining about how I’m still sick and now my husband is sick and blah blah blah, I’m going to post about good things, happy things. Like this:
I’ve joined Posh Mama, and I want you to join too! Posh Mama is an online magazine and social network exclusively for women from all around the world. The network is a supportive, interactive, and highly engaged community of Posh Mamas who share information on fashion, beauty, style, home interiors, art, book reviews, author interviews, fitness, nutrition, unique products for women, cool gadgets, high-tech toys and important product recalls. You don’t have to be a “Mother” to be a “Posh Mama”. Come hang out with me at www.poshmama.com”.
Christy at Christy’s Coffee Break gave me this very kind award:
Isn’t that sweet? I’m going to pass this award on to all the awesome ladies I am chatting with at the same time as I am typing this post and watching American Idol, because that’s how good of a multi-tasker I am, the lovely gals I call mah betches, the MamaPopTalk AI chatters. You make me feel like I belong somewhere, *sniff*. And I’m not just saying that because we also drink while watching AI together or anything
So that’s my way of spreading a little sunshine around the internets instead of dumping my problems all over the page. How are all of you? Hmmm?
table4five
Hello and welcome to Table for Five! I'm Elizabeth, and this blog started in September 2005 as a way for me to participate in the Mommy Blogging community. I'm married with three terrific kids-boys ages 11 and 9 and a 2 year old daughter. Things I love include my family, coffee, Diet Coke, TV, reading, and Target.
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