I visited a few new blogs over the weekend (met up with Sally at MomKori’s blog in Japan — that was fun!). I kept seeing this graphic on a few people’s sites. Never heard of it. But you know how we ladies are — I felt kind of left out, like everyone had been to a party but me. So I visited One Woman’s World blog and discovered this new blog award. Cool.

So, I’m reading along recognizing names — my Carnival of Beauty friends … Mind & Media friends … book-loving friends … And there’s me. Surprise. (Who did that?) Somebody nice nominated Mom 2 Mom Connection in the (#5) Best Site Design and (#6) Most Inspiring categories.

Well, thanks. Made my day. These awards are sponsored by One Woman’s World, and here’s what she says about them:

This blog competition is designed to encourage the widening of our reading world, and the fostering of community among women bloggers … The competition is about sharing the love, and honoring excellence. I, for one, am really excited about a lot of the new reads I’m finding!

If you’d like to vote (there are lots of familiar names in the list), go to the Share the Love Blog Awards site. You can vote until Monday, February 20th at 11 pm. Then she will close the polls and announce the five finalists in each category.

I’ve learned the purpose of these awards is to introduce people to new blogs. Last time I checked, there are over 28 millions blogs out there! How else are we going to find like-minded bloggers if we don’t get together every now and then? The other categories are Humor, Makes Me Want to Have Kids, Happiest Blog, Best Writing, Most Meetable in Real Life, Most Thought-Provoking, Best Discussion, Learn Something New Every Day, and Best Commenter.

I’ve discovered some hilarious new blogs — maybe one day I’ll learn how to write funny.

P.S. If you’re checking out my site design, then you’ll have to check out my designer’s portfolio, Lisa Sabin of E. Webscapes. All I did was spend six months agonizing over whether I should start a blog, then three more months of deciding what to call it and what I wanted it to look like, then two or three days of writing/deleting/rewriting my order form. Two weeks later, I’m up and running. Lisa’s always been quick to answer my questions (which have been many). She also designed Mind & Media’s blog and La Shawn Barber’s Corner, among hundreds more.