"Where do awards come from?"

The other day I was talking to my sister and asking her the age old question, "Where do awards come from? Who makes these awards?" She and I came to the conclusion that the blog awards are just started from one person who makes them up and then they get passed around and around. Then we were joking around about something entirely different, and one of us called the other a "ham". I was then curious to where that saying came from. Because, if you think about it, calling someone a "Ham" just doesn't make any sense. So, my older sister being so wise, looked it up. And she found out and found out that the word originated in the early 1880s from a song called The Hamfat Man. It was a black minstrel song about an awkward man. After that, people would use the term hamfatter when someone was trying too hard to be funny and not succeeding. That was ultimately shortened to the word ham. Very interesting!!

So, now we know! And now we have the Hamfatter Award!This award is given to the blogs that make you laugh. The blogs that stand out and just make you smile and chuckle. The rules are easy and simple.

1. Blog about the Hamfatter award, tell where the name came from (you can copy and paste, that is what I did!!)

2. Post the Hamfatter Award Proudly on your blog!

3. Pick 5 blogs that just make you laugh and link to them in your post!

4. Link back to the person who gave you this hilarious Hamfatter Award!

5. Let your blogger friends know they were awarded a little something!

I now will bestow the Honorable Hamfatter Award on five blogs that just make me laugh. You guys are such Hams!!

1. The Trailer Parks Farm Blog This gal will crack you up!!

2. Burried in Colorado Because girl, really what else could happen, between crazy parents to ghosts in your house!! Always an adventure!

3. Simply Undecided Only this gal can look good in a purple robe in a claw foot bathtub while wearing Stilettos. You will have to go and see for yourself!

4. Laughing Orca Ranch Okay she has the word laughing in her blog title!! But with all her animals and her twins and little girl, you are bound to get a laugh. Plus she deserves a few good laughs with her knee surgery!!

5. The Horseshoeing House Wife Because she is hilarious!! She always has something going on over there!!

Oh there are so many blogs that I read that I love, but we will start with five!! Five no more than five no less than five, The Jackson Five!! Okay does anyone remember that one? No? Okay, I am just weird. Or, I am just a ham!! So, now y'all go and award it generously and spread it around the world!! We want everyone to be the honored recipient of the prestigious Hamfatter Award. The world will be at peace when they have all received such recognition. Go forth, and be a ham!