Proximidade Blogging Award

August 9, 2009

Don’t y’all just hate it when your body won’t cooperate? If you haven’t had that experience, you haven’t gotten as old as I am … yet. It’ll happen, if you are lucky. I despise getting old, until I consider the alternative. My back went all wonky on me last week. I’m pretty sure that my [...]

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Blushing From Head To Toe–And Passing It On.

January 25, 2009

I’m as embarrassed as a possum up a plum tree! I always get that way when people say nice things about me. Momma didn’t teach me how to accept compliments, and I’ve never done it well. Last week, in one single day, I was bestowed two different awards (by two of my favorite blogging buddies). [...]

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American Masterpieces Program

September 29, 2008

This is an excerpt from an unexpected letter I got in the mail today from the Texas Commission on the Arts: Dear Ms. Tucker, The Commission is pleased to announce that you have been designated as an NEA American Masterpieces touring artist for the fiscal year 2009. You are one of 25 outstanding Texas artists [...]

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Blogging Award Time

July 7, 2008

I’m headed out to deliver those afghans to Camp Sanguinity today. I thought I’d give you something to do while I’m gone. I’m passing along a blogging award, and I’ll tell you about it (but bragging about me is a yawn). Let me first show you the folks upon whom I bestow the “Arte y [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number 29 Make A Difference

October 3, 2007

I didn’t start out to be a “Charity Blogger,” although my friends Sandee and Jessica The Rock Chick both have dubbed me that. I’m honored that they think so, but I wanted to be sassy and silly and just write about whatever the voices in my head were saying! Then the voices in my head [...]

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Nice Matters Award. A Nice Surprise.

August 17, 2007

My good blogging buddy Jenny McB at J’s Thoughts and Musings surprised me with an award yesterday. Thank you, Jen for passing that to me. I needed that to pick up my spirits. It was a long day! Jen was one of the first bloggers who ever commented on my blog, and we have commiserated [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number 19—I’m Boring, Yes I’m A Square

July 19, 2007

I wasn’t even going to write again until Sunday, because lately I’ve become a one-note wonder. I thought I’d take a break and catch my breath, so I could write about things that would interest all my readers. I felt a little like my friend SusieJ felt a few days ago and I thought powering [...]

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The Power of Schmooze

July 8, 2007

Whoot! “I’m bona fide!” Sandee, over at Comedy Plus, gave me an award for “schmoozing” ability. I now officially have the power of schmooze! For a person who spent most of her life being considered “shy,” this award is an honor (and a surprise) indeed! Thank you, Sandee. I consider you a schmoozer of great [...]

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A Well Bred Texan Does Not Brag

July 1, 2007

At the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo many years ago, I met a long lanky man in a cowboy hat. His crisp white shirt was starched, his jeans were pressed, and his boots were made of ostrich skin, but they were “working boots.” When we were introduced, he shook my hand and smiled [...]

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Link Love For “Emerging Influential Blogs”

May 20, 2007

I’ve talked to y’all many times about the importance of “link love.” When we link to the blogs that interest us, it helps them grow readership. The benefits come back to us as well, usually ten-fold. Right now there is a “contest” going on that fits right into that link love theme. Janette Toral’s Reflective [...]

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A Sweet Mother’s Day Gift

May 13, 2007

Well, knock me over with a feather. I’ve had one of the sweetest Mother’s Day gifts a blogger can get. I arose this morning, and as dawn was breaking I checked my e-mail. My post about my Momma called Life is a Gamble was awarded a Rising Blogger award. The Rising Blogger is a relatively [...]

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Thinking bloggers

April 25, 2007

“I’m trying to think, I’m trying to think…but nothin’s happenin’”

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Quick Links #3

April 19, 2007

My Thursday Thirteen follows this post, but there are a few things I want to mention before you read further: There’s a contest going on at my house: This Eclectic Life’s This Blog Blows My Dress Up Contest. Click the contest button on the sidebar or click on the photo (to take you to the [...]

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Thinking Blogger X 2

April 9, 2007

Stephanie’s Confessions of a Book-a-Holic tagged me with The Thinking Blogger Award. I was as surprised as a puppy when it meets its first porcupine. In the same set of comments, Geeky Streak tagged me with The Thinking Blogger Award. At that point, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Now, I have [...]

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Thinking About Blogging Awards

April 8, 2007

After two nights in a fancy-pants hotel in Galveston, I can assure y’all that I’m addicted to blogging. I woke up each morning at 5:00 a.m., although no cats were insistently touching their noses to mine and tickling me with their whiskers so I’d get up and feed them. My first coherent thought each morning [...]

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