The Liebster Award

Kathleen over at My Dark Cove Pantry nominated me for the Liebster Award.

" Liebster, as a word, is German and means: sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome. What a lovely word!"


Here are the rules....

1 .Each person nominated must post 11 things about themselves.
2. They must answer the questions that are given to you from the person who nominated you
3. You must then create 11 questions for the people that you nominate
4. You must then nominate 11 bloggers and link them in your post.
5. You then let that blogger know they are now nominated!
6. NO LINK-BACKS!

Here are Kathleen's questions to me:

1. What are you most proud of? - if I have to pick 1 thing, I would say my beautiful daughter! I"m also kind of proud of myself and my business right now

2. What's your favorite food? - this changes with the season; in the summer its berries, in the fall is pumpkin, winter is ginger and the spring is maple

3. Do you have any hidden talents? - my uncanning ability to make my husband see things my way :)

4. What music would you say is your favorite right now? - I usually live in the realm of alternative music, right now I'm in a Sheepdog's/ Noah and the Whale phase

5. What's the last book you read? - the last book I finished was Beautiful Creatures (book 1 in the Caster series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl) I am currently reading Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer, Beautiful Darkness (book 2 in the caster series), and finishing off book 4 in the Game of Thrones series

6. What's your favorite movie? - Disney movie would have to The Little Mermaid, sappy would have to be The Princess Bride, I love Harry Potter and Return of the Jedi

7. What got you interested in blogging? - I was in school, and I was bored, so I started blogging from my desk during physiology class :)

8. What is your favorite season? - I like the warmth of the summer, the smells of the fall, the prettiness of winter, and the regrowth in spring

9. What would you do with a totally free day? - an ideal day for me would be barefoot, plunked down in a chair next to the water with a great book and a bottle of wine

10. If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be? Dr. Seuss, Peter Jackson, Robin Williams, Audrey Hepburn, Stephen King and then there are a few on my "freebie list"... :)

11. What is your favorite Christmas tradition? - Christmas dinner with relatives, flaming pudding and drinking games

In case you didn't notice, there was a fair bit of indecisiveness in those answers, and the trend is gonna continue... I'm not gonna pick 11 people. If you haven't received this award before, I nominate you, please take it!

Time to get Kreativ

I got a new award! A BIG thank you to Katie O' Sullivan for the Kreativ Blogger Award!

The last few awards I got, I was lazy and didn't really fulfill the requirements, so this time I'm going to do it right....

According to the Kreativ blogger rules, I must: Share 10 things about myself, and nominate 6 other bloggers to receive the award

10 random things about myself... hummm

1) I haven't eaten red meat in close to 15 years
2) I am a slave to chocolate and peanut butter
3) I can down a cup of coffee in 2 gulps and then take a nap
4) My left foot is nearly a whole size larger than my right foot
5) Whole days seem to get lost when I've reading a good book
6) I sneak in my daughter's room to cuddle her while she is sleeping
7) I would wear nothing but pajamas and super hero t-shirts if it was deemed work appropriate
8) I hate dirty dishes in the sink at night, but they can be there all day
9) If the radio is on in the morning before I have my caffeine, I will be in a bad mood all day
10) Random tv quotes, song lyrics and catch phrases can fly out at the weirdest times


and the 6 bloggers I will be passing this on to are:

Fellow Newfoundlander, and new blogger Rana Randomly Specific
Cutie Pie Yeamiewaffles at Matthew's Blog
The amazing mybabyjohn/Delores at The Feathered Nest
The happily undefined Karen Peak at Karen's World
The overly honest Cathy at Life on the Muskoka River
The busiest blogging Ninja around Alex J. Cavanaugh

and the award goes to....

mybabyjohn/Delores over at The Feathered Nest has just bestowed this award on ME!



As with any blog award there are rules, this award has 3:

Rule #1 - thank the sender of the award - Thank you again to mybabyjohn/Delores; you are awesome.

Rule #2 - list 7 previously unknown facts about yourself - ok humm... here we go
1) I am currently on a TV binge of Spartacus, Jericho, Being Human, The Walking Dead, and Firefly (Netflix is TV right)
2) I have severe bruxism, and sleep wearing a mouth guard (bruxism - teeth grinding)
3) I am currently on a quest to find the best homemade pickle recipe
4) I drink a minimum of 4 cups of tea a day (1 milk, 1 sugar twin)
5) I will do just about anything for Reese peanut butter cups
6) I hate shaving my legs, and will come up with any variety of excuse not to (ie Feb-u-hairy)
7) During the month of January, I read 10 novels on my Kobo (GEEK)

Rule #3 - pass along the award to 7 others - well this is where I'm going to break the rules... I would like to pass the award on to you ALL!! Enjoy

Awards and a big THANK YOU

Its been a great month for the A to Z challenge, and quite buisy at that. During this month I recieved a few awards that I added to my side bar, now I would like to take the time and properally thank the wonderful and generous bloggers who bestowed the awards one me..

Deidre at A Storybook World gave me the Creative blog award.





Thank you to Giggle Laugh Cry for the Versatile Blogger Award





To Laura, at Daily Dodo a big Thank You for the Stylish Blogger Award





MyBabyJohn at The Feathered Nest gave me the Humerour Blogger Award





Elizabeth Mueller created this wonderful award for everyone who particiapted in the A to Z challenge






AND a HUGE Thank you to Nate Wilson Sometimes, the Wheel is on Fire who hosted a letter contest on his blog (that I co-won)


I would like to present an award of my very own making, the I'm a Blogging Star award to - all my followers!! I hope you accept.


Once again thanks to all! my recap will be posted tommorrow.

A little something for you all

I know it may be a little premature, BUT, I've reached 100 followers! For all of you who visit my blog, that take the time to comment, or just poke around, I have created a little something to show my appreciation, my very first award, and you all get one!!



There are no rules, strings attached or commitments to pass it on. Please take it and post it with the rest of your awards. You are all stars in my book!


(now guarenteed, someone will unfollow me, and I'll be under 100 again)