Day 73 ..... A Humble Acceptance Speech....

Ummmm. Gosh, I'm speechless.

Thank you so much.

Ummm. ......where to start ........... I'm so unprepared.....
speechless. ummmmm. ahem..... is this mic working? Testing, testing.

Ummmm. I don't know what to say....

1. First of all I want to thank GOD. Without HIM (cue hand pointing towards heaven) NONE of this is possible. You have created me to be who I am. I am who I am. I love you. Thank you for taking the scales off my eyes and saving me from self-destruct mode. Thank you for releasing me and giving me a freedom and confidence that can only come from you.

2. Secondly, to my amazing husband MJ.... (cue tears)..... thank you so much for supporting me. For graciously stepping aside and spending time on your PS3 so that I can blog. For buying me my own laptop for my birthday last year so that I wouldn't play with your computer. For giving me raw material to blog about. For challenging me in SO many different areas..... for not letting me sulk and paddy-fit because I feel sorry for myself. For keeping me real. For eating whatever I put in front of you. I know I'm relatively high-maintenance. But we pretend I'm not. You are my world.

3. To my gorgeous children, Miss5 and Master3 (cue mother-heart-adoring smile). You are my world too. Without you, there wouldn't be the need to find my own space in the bloggersphere to air my thoughts. Without you I'd be working full-time. Without you I wouldn't be finding joy or delight in the small, unseen tasks like......... ummmm..... painting Miss5's toenails or running my hands through Master3's hair. Without you I wouldn't have identified so many areas in my own life that I need to work on to become a better, stronger, calmer and more confident person (yes, there is room for more confidence, I am, quietly, a shy person). Without you my guard would still be up, and I would still be hiding so much of who I am. Without you I wouldn't stop to smell the roses as often as I do. You keep me grounded - especially when you throw yourselves on the ground and have the hugest hissy-fits..... or when I have to wipe huge big green boggers from your nose, or better still you wipe them on the clothes I'm wearing. I love you guys more than you'll ever know.

4. To my bloggy friends. You know who you are (big wink). Thank you for reading. For giving me such pretty and thoughtful awards. For listening to me go on and on about nothing. For commenting (I'm a lover of comments) .....For not reporting me to authorities because I am so random - and there is a slight split-personality thing going on. For allowing me to reminisce about the good ol' days when 508s and dr martins/white nikes were the rage, and MC Hammer was coming to town. For keeping me young. For sharing your recipes. For allowing me to read about your lives and to talk about you in my "real life" as though you are close friends. For making me think that I have a pad to crash at when I take the troops to Canada or Christchurch (jokes - but dinner is definitely on the cards)...... for giving me more than a few GREAT laughs..... for reminding me that we are all human, that we make mistakes which are easily forgiven, that there are things in life that may seem pointless and mundane, but actually they are the small things that add up to count for something. For offering me ideas and solutions I may not have concluded to myself. You are ALL my blogging-world.

5. And in conclusion..... I know I am fabulous. But as iron sharpens iron, fabulousness does the same. You are all fabulous too. True story. Look at these awards......... shucks......

Thanks for the awards peeps. You'll see them in the sidebar shortly.
I'm so slow at doing these things....

P.S. Are you liking my "aftershot" predictions? My big head on Halle Berry's hot body?