First of all I want to thank http://markbialczak.com/ me for the Blog of 2013 nomination, http://pricelessjoy.co/ for the Versatile Blogger Award, and http://madkatrambling.wordpress.com/ for the Liebster Award, and http://lorrainemariereguly.wordpress.com/ for her mentioning nominating me for the Liebster Award also!
I am quite humbled by these nominations. I am blessed to know that people even read my blog, never mind actually enjoy it. However, I must be honest… these awards remind me of a really bad chain letter. If I don’t accept them and follow the rules, which are quite lengthy at times, and pass them on to so many other bloggers, I feel I shall have bad luck in the blogging world forever, or lose precious followers. But, I must risk it.
I blog because I love to write, I love to post photographs, meet new people and hopefully improve myself in some way. I truly I hope I don’t offend anyone by not accepting these Awards, and thanks to my dear friend http://unclespikes.wordpress.com/ and his “Awards” page, for showing me that I can be truly gracious in refusing these awards. I hope you all stay with me anyway! And with Uncle Spikes blessing I leave you with his badge
Quiet Desperation 
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I empathize Kim-I struggled with this as well and also decided that I just did not want to go that route-while I appreciated the recognition, it also seemed to have the potential for being a never ending puzzle box. Good for you to follow your heart on this-
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Thanks! I found many bloggers feel as I so about this, but were afraid to offend someone by not accepting these nominations. We need to do what is “write” for us in this blogging adventure.
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Congrats on the nominations and you don’t need an award to tell you you write a great blog…because your write a great blog!!!!!!!!
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*Blush* Thank you so much…oh my!
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🙂
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The awards get rather annoying in time. It’s been a long time since I was nominated and have had a ‘no awards’ statement on one of my pages. 😉
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I was really hesitant to post about not wanting them, but I’m honest if nothing else. I’m glad so many people were understanding about it. 🙂
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I find nothing disrespectful (your post) in this at all. It takes away from ‘enjoyment time’, surfing the blogs or writing up your latest masterpiece. Well done. 🙂
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Thanks John…Yes, after my first nomination, it just nagged me for days, and took away from time to write or post photos. I just want to have fun here, and explore myself and others! I appreciate your comment. 🙂
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Of course, no offense taken! I think it’s fine and dandy to accept the spirit of the nomination without going through the mechanizations. Happy Thanksgiving, Kim.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you too Mark! And thanks for understanding!
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