Wedding, Engagement And More Blogging Awards

I have been very, very busy these days. Not as much working as entertaining myself and family. My sister got married on Saturday and I still cannot recover (from both, alcohol and the fact that my LITTLE sister is now officially a Mrs.... weird).

Anyway, this is an event that is definitely worth writing about. Not only one post, but the whole series. Having decided so, for the next month, each Monday I will post a recipe for the Wedding Wok Spice Collection I made (together with a real Chinese Wok and a home-made double-sided "I do" apron) for my sister and her hubby to spice up their marriage.

From left to right, I have created traditional Indian Roasted Curry Powder, spicy American Cajun Spice Mix, traditional French Herb de Provence and Chinese Five-Spice *- quite international, eh?

* Note - this collection is a mild one, we dont want to scare our traditional salt´n´pepper type newly-weds with too strong or fancy hot-butt spice explosions.

I have also prepared a slide show from the wedding explaining a traditional Slovakian church wedding. (This will be posted later this week, still waiting for more pics from the family). Meantime, I would love to share couple of happy news here with you...

1. August 18th, my lil sis Gabi gets married to her love Andrej:


2. August 20th, Monday morning right after a rough overnight train ride, me and Tompa finally announce our engagement to my parents:


3. August 21st, Bharathy of Spicy Chilli awards me with Blogger with Schmooze and Rocking Girl Blogger awards:

The 'Power of Schmooze Award' is for bloggers who “effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t limit their visits to only the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello - all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship".

"The Rocking Girl Blogger Award" is for bloggers ,who are girls or women, who blog and who Rock!!.""The Rocking Girl Blogger Award" is for bloggers ,who are girls or women, who blog and who Rock!!."

Thank you so much! Now, I am triple happy. BUT .... I guess that is not enough for the greedy Zlamushka. I want my fourth joy of:

4. Announcing my own Schmooze and Rocking blogging girls. You guys have been a great support to me with all your help, comments and suggestions. I truly hope, I will never dissapoint you...

There you go (alphabeticaly ordered):

• Madhuli of My Foodcourt - keep posting Thai, sweetie ;-)
  
  
• Nupur of One Hot Stove - I have bookmarked all your veggie round-ups. Your event made me so curious about not only different veggies, but whole Indian cuisine and culture. I guess, when I am sixty, I still be trying the recipes you posted (stuck somewhere around ´M´, I believe...)
  
  
• Saju of ChaChi´s Kitchen - for your beautiful and encouraging comments

And..... Since somebody already surpassed me with Power of Schmooze award (which only underlines the fact that she truly deserves it) I would love to give at least the the Rocking Blogger Girl award to:

• SeeC of En Samayal Arai (What does that mean, btw?) for your all-time nice words.

Please, enjoy them as much as I did ;-)