I’ve enjoyed meeting many cooks and food bloggers here at www.Taracooks.com  and Pioneer Woman’s Tasty Kitchen.  In particular, I’ve enjoyed meeting some southern cooks and bloggers in TN and neighboring states.  This week, my friends Tammie and Alessa from www.carolinaheartstrings.com featured this site and some of their other fav’s and presented Taracooks with the Stylish Blogger Award.  Tammie and Alessa, describe their blog as “Two women, a special friendship and crazy lives in the Carolinas just trying to stay connected by our heartstrings!”  They document many aspects of their southern lives such as cooking, travel, autism, diabetes, and even antique collecting.

 In order to accept this award, I must perform 4 duties: 

Make a post & link back to the person who awarded you this award.
Share 7 things about yourself.
Award your favorite recently discovered great bloggers.
Contact these bloggers and tell them they’ve won! 

Seven things about myself, which aren’t particularly exciting:

• I am a first born child and was an only child for 11 years – so I am a perfectionistic, overachieving, plow forward and get it done type of gal.  I understand this tends to annoy folks who don’t possess these personality traits.
• I was fortunate to marry a man who was the baby of his family – so he tends to accept the whole first born package and love me anyway.
• I’ve been to Russia and taught Bible class in public school there. Life is ironic isn’t it? I couldn’t teach a Bible class in public school here could I?
• I love anything chocolate with the exception of chocolate ice cream.  I blame this on those individual chocolate ice cream packs in elementary school.  We were given a wooden “oar” with which to eat our ice cream.  I can taste the wooden chocolate ice cream flavor as I type and I still don’t like it.
• I am a pushover for red headed toddlers.  Our firstborn son had ringlets of  new penny copper curls, green eyes, and a chubby little face dotted with freckles.  So did our second born son. They are overgrown teenagers now, but I’m hooked on them and have to restrain myself from scooping up any strange red headed toddler I see.
• Defeated Creek Campground on Cordell Hull Lake is my happy place.  I can smell the fish and the boat exhaust even now, and this makes me smile.
• I’ve never felt more out of my element than in LA and NYC.  You can take the gal out of TN, but you can’t take TN out of the gal!  I love TN and the people here.

Now if you endured all that, and didn’t start banging your head against a wall, take a minute and check out some of my favorites, here are the recipients of the Stylish Blogger Award: 

 Micah at www.photositook.blogspot.com  -Micah has unique eye and talent for photography.

 Jason at www.jasonbybee@wordpress.com – Jason is one of the most talented writers I know and his sermons WONT put you to sleep!

Alison at www.ingredientsinc.net -Alison is a southern food blogger with a new cook book due soon.

Heather at www.yettobestudios.com – Heather is an awesome photographer. Love her photos.

Melissa at www.studiomcadesigns.com -Need a cute tote, Bible cover, camera strap, or monogrammed baby gift?  Melissa is your woman!

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