Jules of Enjoying the Story was kind enough to give me this award a while ago, even though I’ve been a most derelict blogger. Thanks, Jules!

*clearing throat*

Now for the important rules that always accompany memes and awards.

In accepting this award, I need to do the following:
1) Say thanks and give a link to the presenter of the award.
2) Share “ten honest things” about myself.
3) Present this award to 7 others whose blogs I find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged me.
4) Tell those 7 people that they’ve been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving

Ten Honest Things:

1. There is semi-crusted milk in my hair as I write this. How it got there is less important than how it’s going to smell in a couple of hours, and I hope that I have a chance to take a shower before finding out.

2. Hello, my name is Jamie, and I am a recovering pack-rat. (This is not in any way related to the milk in my hair. Honest!)

3. I have a terrible sense of direction. When Mr. Husband and I were dating long-distance, I drove from Florida to visit him at his school in Texas. When it was time to drive back, it took me an hour to just find my way out of the Texas A&M campus. (And technically, I didn’t even find my own way out — Mr. Husband gave me detailed, idiot-proof directions. Things haven’t changed much since then.)

4. I used to have a life. Now, instead of unwinding at the end of a long day, I try to keep up with current events via reliable news sites and blogs.
< sarcasm > You know, for fun! < / sarcasm >

5. Crocs are ugly. Hey, just being honest.

6. After going through the painful process of choosing and purchasing a new cell phone this morning, I realized that my husband and I are among the last of our kind. Someday soon, we will have to leave civilized society and found The Order of Cell-Phone Users Who Don’t Use Their Phones to Text, Watch TV, Record Videos, or Update Their Facebook Status.

7. The government is taxing my patience. This shouldn’t surprise me, since it already taxes everything else.

8. Shopping is one of my least favorite things to do. I ♥ Amazon, my shop-from-the-plump-seat-of-my-lazy-rear-end enabler.

9. Going to the dentist scares me. Yes, I am a weenie.

10. I’m glad this is #10, because I’m kind of tired of writing about myself. Are you breathing a sigh of relief that it’s over, too? Well, good news! I’m going to send you away now, to visit bloggers who are more insightful and/or entertaining than I am:

Here are 7 blogs I enjoy, all of whom have probably already received this award but are getting it again anyway:

The Picket Fence
Half-Pint House
Minnesota Mom
Four Squares
Books and Bairns
Supratentorial
Amy’s Humble Musings