Well, mercy me. Will wonders never cease! Two different bloggers, Karen (from over at Write from Karen), and Christine (from over at Are We There Yet?), have both nominated me for a “Thinking Blogger Award”. I am totally speechless, very surprised and rather humbled by this gesture.
After I picked myself up off the floor, I stopped and thought… do these incredibly smart and sweet ladies really think that this is a “thinking” blog? It’s a very boring, very mundane kind of blog. I blather on about very little. This is by design. I’m a very non-confrontational kind of person in real life — I don’t debate politics, religion, my beliefs, world affairs, the economy, the tax system or even global warming (although I do talk some about global warming!) with friends and family, much less on my blog. I named my blog “Exceedingly Mundane” because it’s just that – extremely low-level and boring. I talk about food. I do memes. I talk about books I’ve read. I talk about my dog and how he likes to chase bugs, birds, lizards and squirrels. I talk about Tim and tell everyone what a wonderful guy I found who somehow, miraculously, puts up with me every day. I know I’m boring. I know I’m not a thinker. I prefer light and fluffy. I like escapism.
And yet, they nominated me for this. Thank you ladies. Thank you for thinking so highly of me and for nominating me. I am truly honored. As per the rules of the Thinking Blog Awards, I am to do the following:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.
On to my nominations:
1. Southern Girl at Southern Girl’s Guide to Almost Anything – Southern Girl is a hoot and she constantly reminds me of what it is to be Southern, to be a female sports fan, to be a tv/music fan. We share a lot of the same interests, including our photos for Project365. Some of her posts make me laugh and some of them make me think – like one she posted last week about the book/tv show on “1000 Places to see before you die“. It really made me think – I tried but couldn’t come up with 100. Her list made me look up a lot of places I had never heard of and learn about some new places on our planet.
2. Susie at Susiepie.com – Susie is constantly writing engaging, intellectual, moral and incredibly well written posts. She does a great job of showing me things on the Internet that always interest me, but that I would never, ever have found on my own. She and I share a very similar interest in books and authors, and she is always giving me wonderful book recommendations 🙂
3. Dianne at Unfinished Work – Dianne writes the most incredible posts. About her life, things that happened in her childhood, her recent break from blogging and her spiritual retreat. She’s always making me think, think about my life, about my faith, about my family, past and present. Just in the last week or so, she’s written three incredible posts that really made me stop and really think about my life (read them here, here and here). I love seeing that she has a new blog post up, I can’t wait to go read it and see what she is going to say next!
4. Deb at Sugarfused.net – Deb constantly amazes me with her photographs. I want to be like Deb when I grow up. I want to have her eye for taking photographs, her knowledge on camera modes and perspective and photo editing software. I want to shoot one picture in my life with my digital camera that would stand up to the photos she posts on a daily basis. I stand in awe of her talent. She constantly challenges me and makes me think about the photographs I take, how I take them, and how to set them up. And, she makes me think, gee, will I ever be as good as Deb?!
5. my sister Gail at More Than a Song – last, but not least, my sister Gail. Gail and I think alike. We know the same people. We like a lot of the same things. It’s a no brainer that I love her blog and that it makes me think – although, a lot of the time, I think “why didn’t I think of that first?! LOL 😀
congratulations, Stacy! =) and do not underestimate the power of your blog to inspire thought.
Yay! Congrats on your nomination!!
Oh wow! Firstly, congratulations on your nomination. You are NOT boring at all! I love your photos and your questions of the day, they are always great. But I especially enjoy your “regular” posts where you just talk about day-to-day stuff as well as your book reviews (which usually make me want to go to the bookstore immediately).
And thank you, so much, for nominating me! You are sweet to say that I write engaging posts; I think I am the one who’s boring!
Yippee! I’m going to go select my nominees now. 🙂
My first thought when you wrote that you think your blog is about mundane things, was Seinfeld. A sitcom about nothing. I agree don’t underestimate your blog, when I grow up I want to be just like you!LOL! Thanks for playing. I really enjoy reading your blog.
Congrats, Stacy! That is so very cool! And if your blog was really so boring…why would so many people read it regularly? Unless you’re calling all of us boring, too. LOL
I’m looking forward to checking out the other blogs you mentioned.
Congrats to you Stace. Your blog is most certainly not boring, despite your clever blog title. We wouldn’t keep comin’ back for more if you didn’t engage minds a bit! If it weren’t for your blog, I wouldn’t know what book to pick up next, and I would have no aspirations of planning a full week of meals in advance. 🙂
Congratulations, Stacy!! I was so thrilled to see your name pop up in both places, but not surprised a bit that you’d be nominated. I don’t think we always have to think on heavy things to be thinking, and you have a wonderful way of drawing people in and getting them thinking about all sorts of things. I wish I had that ability!
Thank you SO MUCH for nominating me! I’m unbelievably flattered and so glad to be able to turn around and honor five other bloggers. You’re a sweetie!
Congratulations!
But, me, are you kidding! Maybe you need to “think’ about that one some more!
what about me……..just cause you don’t agree with me………….awh…….
Shoot. I was going to nominate you and Gail both. Fooey. Congrats! And by the way, you are not boring.
Stacy, you are so darn sweet. And I am so obviously so behind in reading posts and commenting! I’m honored that you think of me as a “thinking” blogger! Yes, I do like to think but sometimes way too much. I’m always grateful when people are willing to read! And yes – you are a thinking blogger too! I especially enjoy the QOTD which I am off to comment on right now!!!
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