Hi guys! I am so happy and excited to announce that I have been nominated by CJ over at Food Stories (a blog about you guessed it, FOOD. Go check her out!) for The Illuminating Blogger Award. When I first read that she had nominated me I was in shock. Little ole me getting nominated for an award already?! Awesome! Part of accepting this award is to nominate 5 (or more) other bloggers that I think would fall under the criteria of said award, for “illuminating, informative blog content.” as CJ puts it on her site.

Do YOU have what it takes for this award?

After reading the process of accepting this I immediately was a little puzzled. Who do I nominate? And, more importantly can my readers get in on this?! I am very new at blogging myself, about to hit my two month mark soon. Even though I have been a follower of many bloggers for a long time I have just “come out of my shell” here recently with my own blog. So, I really haven’t had the opportunity to see some of the more newer blogs out there. And, that is who I really want to nominate this award to. New up and coming bloggers like me. (No offense to the more established bloggers out there, you know I love you!) As CJ puts it, a pay it forward.

After asking permission, of course, I am able to offer up a “contest” to all of you. If you think you have the “illuminating, informative blog content.” and would like me to nominate you for this award you can either leave me a message in the comment section of this post or e-mail me at ThisSillyGirlsLife@aol.com Please feel free to e-mail me any time with questions or comments.

 Make sure to add you name and a link to your blog when contacting me so I can check it out!

This opportunity will end on Friday, October 19th 2012 at midnight to get your comment or e-mail to me. I will post the nominees on my blog the following day. I will also leave a comment on your blog letting you know that you have been nominated and where to go to accept.

I hope you get involved in this and good luck!

–Dana