I think I have been nominated for a few blog awards now and, to begin with, I didn’t know what this even meant. Then, when I realized, I felt a bit overwhelmed and underserving and grateful and reluctant. Eventually, I got consumed with guilt at not having fulfilled the various criteria, especially when I realized it was a lovely way of acknowledging fellow bloggers. Alas, except for a couple of recent nominations, I am not sure who or what or how I do this thing so I have decided to invent what I think is a rather brilliant strategy for award ‘reluctantees’ like me and that is to re-package whatever award anyone nominates me for (which is unlikely as I have so far been unwittingly ungracious) as The Hot Potato Award. Here are the rules:
- The Hot Potato Award can only be given once (this is not Pass the Parcel!)
- The Hot Potato Recipient doesn’t have to do anything except to accept the award and put it on their blog (oh no, I am going to have to find a picture of a hot potato -any suggestions?)
- The Hot Potato Awarder must state which award has been re-cooked and write a few sentences to describe why she/he is giving it to the recipient.
I am sure I haven’t thought of a few things here so any ideas appreciated!
Now I just have to go back and find who nominated me and hot potato them – hehe!
jmgoyder 
I think this is a great idea!
I hope so!
Brilliant Julie!! We so needed a default like this 🙂 Great thinking !!
Not sure if I’ve thought it through well enough and I hope nobody will get upset – yikes! I haven’t ever accepted an award because it’s just not my style!
when ever i nominate you i leave my nomination under your personal comments
I’ll go back and check – hehe – and then I’ll send you the HPA!!
Excellent!
This is amazing… Nice idea… Congratulations dear Julie, Thanks and Love, nia
Not sure about it but am working it out!
I don’t know enough blogs or enough about them to nominate anyone for anything, (and I don’t want to know any more so don’t mind missing any hot potatoes out there), but you deserve your nominations. I love your blog. You deserve recognition. I stuck a link for it in my last blog, because I think people will be lucky to find you.
Thanks for putting my link on your blog – that is very generous!
Congrats on the award, it’s truly a lovely way to meet new interesting bloggers :).
Thank you!!!
That’s OK, at least you knew what we thought of you and that we thought you were WONDERFUL! 🙂 I have received three awards and only ever posted one of them because I don’t know how to accept the compliment… and like you, when I let enough time get away from me I also forgot who had sent them.
~ Lynda
The Hot Potato Award will be coming your way soon – beware!
Brillant Jules. I want to adopt this award giving nature. And accepting. I never know if I am being insulting or if I just say thak you is that enough?
It’s a bit of a tricky situation isn’t it!!!
Great idea and love the rules!
Thanks for visiting! I am still working on making the rules even easier!
That’s awesome 🙂
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