Showing posts with label award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label award. Show all posts

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Life is Good Award

I think this is award No. 3 for me.  Thank you Kristina!  You didn't think I noticed, did you?  It just took me a couple of days to get a moment to sit down and reply.  Love you muches and bunches!

Kristina, a fellow bibliophile (who reads 50X as much as I do), writes many book reviews and posts some yummy recipes on top of it all.  Check out her blog at Kristina's Favorites.

Rules:


1. Thank and link back to the person that gave this award.



2.Answer the 10 survey questions.



3.Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic.



4.Contact the bloggers you’ve picked to let them know about the award.







Questions:

1. If you blog anonymously are you happy doing it that way; if you are not anonymous do you wish you had started out anonymously so you could be anonymous now?



I started out anonymous and for the most part have stayed that way.  Since my honey is a sailor and we need to pratcice good OPSEC, I try to keep some things on the "down-low".  But I do have friends who know who I am and know about my blog.  I also feel the need to protect my children.  But I do understand that in order to really protect us all, I should stay off the internet completely.  Since that is not going to happen, I try to at least not give everything away.



2. Describe one incident that shows your inner stubborn side:

I refused to postpone our wedding.  Hubby and I were engaged after knowing each other for maybe two months at the most (can't remember now.)  We planned to for a December wedding.  So many things went wrong leading up to the wedding date.  The church we wanted ended up saying they couldn't give us the date we wanted (after I had ordered invites), and we had a heck of a time finding a new church.  There were no hotels available for the reception, we ended up at the airport.  Two out of three bridesmaids couldn't make as well as Hubby's best man.
I should have postponed for the spring- when travelling to Colorado would have been snow-free and we could get a hotel for the reception.  But so many people were telling me that we were moving too fast and that it wouldn't last- I HAD to prove them all wrong!

This December we celebrate 15 years!!  It was all worth it!


3. What do you see when you really look at yourself in the mirror?

My mother!  It is scary sometimes!  I never thought I looked like her growing up...


4. What is your favorite summer cold drink fall warm drink?

Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbuckys.  But here in Japan *sniffle*, I can't get them!


5. When you take time for yourself, what do you do?

I sew, read, watch TV and play Angry Birds on my iPhone.



6. Is there something you still want to accomplish in your life? What is it?

I want to be successful at NaNoWriMo next month!  I signed up, I am just a little bit nuts I think!



7. When you attended school, were you the class clown, the class overachiever , the shy person, or always ditching?

I just wanted the heck out of high school- I wasn't any of the above.  I did ok, I wish I had tried harder though.


8. If you close your eyes and want to visualize a very poignant moment of your life what would you see?

I really suck, I can't think of anything right now!!


9. Is it easy for you to share your true self in your blog or are you more comfortable writing posts about other people or events?

I think I write about myself for the most part, I find it easy to talk about me.  I don't share all of my true self- somethings are just private and perhaps disturbing.



10. If you had the choice to sit down and read or talk on the phone, which would you do and why?

Read of course!



15 newly discovered bloggers....

I am sorry- I don't really have too many newly discovered blogs.  I have been stalking reading the same ones for a while now.  I love you all!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Someone Thinks My Blog is Beautiful!


Jes from Day to Day Life of an Army Wife has blessed my with a blog award.  I am tickled pink!  Thank you Jes, I think your blog is beautiful too!  I forgot to mention I made your crab ragoon a couple of weeks ago.  It was hit a with my family!  yummmmm

Here the award rules:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award and link back to their blog.




I already thanked you above- but I will do it again.  Thanks Jes!!  Check out her blog- Day to Day Life of an Army Wife.



2. Pass the award on to 7 other bloggers who have a beautiful blog.

Last time (and first time) I received a reward- I knew only like- 3- bloggers.  Now I know more- but this is still hard!!

1. Julie the Army Wife

2. Riding the Rollercoaster

3. On the Move

4. The Ever-Changing Life of a Military Wife

5. The Navy Wife

6. My Sailor's Mistress

7.  Hellcat Betty

Yep- they are all military wives- the most beautiful kind!!  Much love to you all!

3. Contact the other bloggers and let them know they won an award.


4. Say 7 things about yourself.

1. I like white rice with Ranch dressing and a little salt- yummy!

2. Growing up- I always swore I would never marry a sailor (I grew up in San Diego- back when they had Navy bootcamp there).  Look at me now! lol

3. When I met my sailor- I was working as an assistant manager at Petco in San Diego.  It totally creeped him out when I picked up the iguanas.

4. Growing up, I wanted to be a fashion designer and study at Parsons in New York.  I totally chickened out on that one when the time came to apply.

5. I never learned to do a cartwheel.

6. I can't rollerskate.

7. I hitchhiked once.  I was 13 and on a camping trip with my Girl Scout troop in Big Sur, California (don't tell my daughter).  It was super dark out and very creepy.  I vowed to never do that again.

That was fun- I look forward to what everyone else has to say!

Friday, October 9, 2009

From a sweet friend



My first award! Stacey from Willowjak Boys
is doing what she can to encourage me to blog more often. I think its working! Of course she is such an inspiration to me- I don't know how she does it! I think there is a secret potion out there that she is keeping to herself. One of these days I am going to meet her in person- we have known each other for over 6 years- but only by email and Christmas cards. Check out her blog- she will either make you laugh, cry, and just leave you feeling empowered and inspired. Seriously.

http://willowjak.blogspot.com/

Oh- my award- I am still pretty blogilliterate- so it has taken me all day to figure out what she meant when she told me she gave me an award. This is actually quite fun- though I am afraid I am not sure I know enough bloggers to pass on the award.

This award comes with some rules and then some fun!

Rules:
1. You Can Only Use One Word!
2. Pass this along to 6 of your favourite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. Have Fun!



The Fun Part:
1. Where is your cell phone? charging
2. Your hair? bad
3. Your mother? Karen
4. Your father? Dennis
5. Your favorite food? sushi
6. Your dream last night? boss
7. Your favorite drink? tea
8. Your dream/goal? create
9. What room are you in? living
10. Your hobby? anything
11. Your fear? losing
12. Favorite place to eat? home
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren’t? athletic
15. Muffins? chocolate
16. Wish list item? curtains
17. Where did you grow up? California
18. Last thing you did? emailed
19. What are you wearing? jammies
20. Your TV? news
21. Your pets? Brownie
22. Friends? treasured
23. Your life? complicated
24. Your mood? lonely
25. Missing someone? Hubby
26. Vehicle? Toyota
27. Something you’re not wearing? bra
28. Your favorite store? Japanese
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? Thursday
32. Your best friend? Dianne
33. One place that I go to over and over? commissary
34. One person who emails me regularly? Hubby


I'm sharing the love with:
1. Confessions of a 30-something Girl... http://slightlysingle30.blogspot.com/
Sorry that is all I can come up for my 6- I need to be more social I guess...
Thanks Stacey- that was fun!