a nice little pat on the back.

A fellow blogger was kind enough to give me my first blog award! Neato! I am new at this whole idea of a blogging community but I am loving all of the support I have already been shown. Its pretty cool. So anywho, on to the award....did I hear some chanting of "speech! speech! speech!"? Why yes, I do believe I did. Here goes...

I would first like to thank the academy. And by academy I mean Kimberli over at Finding My Way for nominating me for this award. 

I would also like to thank the person who made the cute award button that I now get to put on my sidebar to make me look like a fancy pants, rockstar blogger.

                                              hint: the name of the award is 'the versatile blogger'

Now with this little award comes some rules: 

Here are the rules:
1. Thank the person who gave you the award (check)
2. Share 7 things about yourself (about to check)
3. Pass the award to up to 10 versatile bloggers (drumroll please....)
4. Let those bloggers know that you gave them the award (will check soon)

7 things about dana you don't need to know but I'm gonna tell you anyways:

1. I have a college degree in communication sciences and disorders and I am currently in graduate school for my masters in that same area. (speech language-pathology) 

2. I pick apart my food before I eat it. ex. a subway sandwich-> I open the sandwich, eat the toppings, then the cheese, etc.) 

3. I have a dog named toby. He likes to think he is human. 

4. I am extremely claustrophobic. 

5. Reading is a passion of mine. It is way more than a hobby. 

6. I love chick-fil-a mostly because of their variety of delicious drink choices. 

7. I am scared of the dark, so I sleep with the television on until I go to sleep every night. 

The cool part is I also get to pass the award on to another blogger who deserves a cool, fun award and a cute button to go on their blog 'resume', if you will. 

And the award goes to.....drumroll please.......

Angie over at Bring The Rain
Congrats Angie! Your blog is inspiring, versatile and fun to read!

Well, thats all for now. Have a great night!

living abundantly,
Dana :)

P.S. Don't forget about the upcoming fundraiser on Saturday, March 26th. All proceeds go towards medical expenses transplant surgery you learned about here

To buy your ticket or raffle ticket contact Josh Whitfield at joshwhitfield@gmail.com and check out the facebook invite here!