Great start to a Monday!!

What a great start to a Monday. I logged on this morning to discover that I received not one, but TWO awards over the weekend! This just makes me smile on a Monday morning- everyone knows Mondays are the pits!

Illegally Blonde over at Could'veBeenBlonde gave me the New Year's Award.

The rules of the award are:
- You must be a true lover of the New Year to receive this award. The person to whom you give the award must also be in love with the New Year.- List 5 things that you love about the New Year. If you can't limit it to 5 things, then keep going till you run out of space.- Pass the award along to as many people as you like. That can be 1 or 50. It's up to you! But keep the New Year cheer going.- Let your recipients know that you have tagged them by leaving a comment on their site. Also, link back to the person who gave you the award.
Alrighty, here we go....
5 things I love about 2009 so far

1. Blogging! I'm new to this and I LOVE it :-)

2. Great friends and a wonderful boyfriend that I am so blessed to have.

3. The fact that I actually have a secure job. As I look all around me, I see people who are completely qualified that are losing their jobs, and I feel so fortunate to have mine. I may complain about the salary, but it's certainly better than nothing.

4. There are many cool things happening this year, including my cousin's wedding and one of my best friend's wedding. I can't wait to be a part of each of these!

5. It's a brand new year, and I can shape it however I want. The possibilities are endless!!

I am going to tag: Angela at PicklesonPizza; Susan at ZentMrs.; and Liana at WeightforMe to complete this one!!

My next award is from Marketing Girl over at DietandFitChick. It is the Proximity Award.

The award states "This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Thank you for the awards, girls! I am very proud :-)