This has been a great week for my low morale! I have been fighting a cold all week, struggling to find balance and energy for my family, work, and blog, and then out of the blue, I got two awards! It was just the pick-me-up I needed.
I received the Versatile Blogger award from the fantastic G.K. Adams of The Life I Live…So You Don’t Have To! If you are unfamiliar with her work, go check her out. She is a talented writer, and she was truly deserving of her own Versatile Blogger award, as her posts are always so diverse in topic, and yet consistently funny. And then, just to boost my spirits a little more, Stacy from Ramblings of an Undiagnosed Madwoman also gave me this award. Stacy is a refreshingly honest, relatable blogger, and both she and G.K. Adams are part of my fabulous Facebook blogging group; they have been so supportive and helpful!
My pal Kristi of Finding Ninee gave me the Liebster Award, a pretty little thing that I have had my eye on for awhile now. (The award, not Kristi. Although, actually…) Many of you know how I feel about Kristi and her blog, having bestowed upon her The Beautiful Blogger Award, but if not, visit her site and give yourself a treat. She writes often about motherhood, particularly raising her sweet boy who has some developmental delays, but like G.K. Adams, she keeps us on our toes with a great variety of topics. Also, she is hilarious and sometimes indulges us with her entertaining drawings.
Now for the rules, which you all know, I am too superstitious not to follow.
- First, thank the bloggers who awarded you. Got it.
- Second: for the Versatile Blogger, list 7 things about yourself that your readers may not know. Well, I’ve done that before, but in the spirit of following directions, I will give you a modified list of 7 things about me. For the Liebster, you have to answer specific questions. I know, right?
- Third, pass it on! The number of recipients is a little unclear, so how about 3 for each? Sound good? For those I pass the Liebster to next, you have to answer my own very special questions for you. I’ll do my best to be nice.
- Last, don’t forget to display your pretty award in your post, and maybe even on your sidebar!
Here are my lists: My twist on the Versatile Blogger is: 7 TV Shows That Aren’t On Anymore That You Probably Didn’t Know That I Loved (To the next recipients, you don’t have to do it this way. Do whatever you want.)
- Gilmore Girls God, I love those girls.
- The Closer Kyra Sedgwick kicks ass. In fact, I am in love with the whole cast.
- Veronica Mars Yeah, sure it’s a young adult show, but it was riveting. For real.
- Sex and the City Nothing else really compares.
- The Practice One of my favorite lawyer shows ever.
- Jack’s Big Music Show Best kid TV show of the past 10 years. Bring back Jack, for the love of God
- Medium Patricia Arquette is underrated.
Now for the special Liebster questions from Kristi: I will try to be succinct.
- What is your secret dream? To be a published author, and make my living writing books.
- What does your significant other not know about you that a friend does? How many people I have slept with. Weird, huh? My husband doesn’t like to talk about past relationships and won’t go there with me.
- If you could have one wish that didn’t earn you money and didn’t magically fix something, what would it be? To go to Disney World every year. Or maybe on a Disney Cruise.
- How would you describe your personal style? Lazy. Somebody, please nominate me for What Not To Wear.
- What three words do you think your closest friends would use to describe you? sensitive, sarcastic, funny (Or clumsy, hostile, and self-absorbed. Not sure which.)
- If your house were on fire, and your family and pets safe, what three items would you attempt to save? My wedding photo album, (predictable, I know, but I am obsessed with pictures) my jewelry box,(containing special necklaces from my husband and a bunch of his mom’s antique jewelry that she gave me) and my iMac. (Because I suck and I am obsessed with it. My husband would probably want to let it burn.)
- Do you believe in plastic surgery? I cannot answer with a yes or no; for general purposes, no, I think it is important to embrace the body we have and be comfortable with ourselves- there is a line of vanity that I hope to never cross. Then again, if there is something about you that is making you utterly miserable, you have been in an accident or something, or had a mastectomy- bring it on.
- What’s number one on your bucket list? Get a book published. Must do it.
- If you had one hour of secret free time, how would you use it? Get a massage
- Beer, wine, mixed drinks, water or soda? Wine- red wine, to be specific.
- Are you afraid of the dentist? Nope. (At 34, I have never had a cavity. Knock on wood.
I will refrain from gushing excessively over the bloggers I have chosen to pass these awards to. I have gone on long enough and I don’t want you to hate me. Suffice it to say, they are all great writers, interesting bloggers, and will greatly entertain and inspire you. Some of them have been my people for a long time, and I consider them to be friends, and others I am just now discovering and am excited to get to know more.
And now, I pass the Versatile Blogger Award to:
1. Kate from Can I Get Another Bottle of Whine? (Funny, unpredictable, my confidante.)
2. Jessica from School of Smock (intelligent, interesting, captivating)
3. Azara from Tesseract (honest, witty, genuine)
These gals are lucky- they just have to make a quick list of 7 things about themselves, or if they have already done so with a previous award, just link to that post and say thanks!
The fabulous Liebster goes to:
1. Joy from I Can Say Mama (full of heart, inspiring, open)
2. Jane from Nothing By The Book (thought-provoking, intelligent, insightful)
3. Christine from A Fly On Our (Chicken Coop) Wall (genuine, funny, down-to earth)
These ladies are at my mercy, and I will politely invite them to answer the following questions:
- Are you superstitious?
- What is your favorite part of the day?
- Name something you are really good at.
- Name something you are really bad at.
- How much sleep do you need at night to get through your day?
- If you could have any job, what would it be?
- If you could go on vacation anywhere for free, where would you go?
- What is your favorite thing about blogging?
- What is your least favorite thing about blogging?
- What is your favorite movie?
- What is your worst habit?
Thanks, friends, for making me feel better this week- don’t forget to check out my awardees and show them some love!
Stephanie!! Wow, you just totally made my day! THANK YOU huge!!! And congrats on your awards, you totally deserve them! Love your blog!! xo
Oh I am so glad you saw this! It *just* published, and I was heading over to your blog to make sure you saw it! Much deserved for you too, friend! xo
I am already working on my post but it will take a bit more time!
And BTW, my husband also does not know the number of my former partners… 😎
Take your time, lady! It’s hard to punch out posts when you are a mama. And as far as the other one…hee hee.. 😉
Aww congrats! Also, Gilmore Girls… definitely. I loved that show.
Right??? God, I miss that show… and thanks!
Congratulations, pal! You so deserve both of these and I can’t wait to check out the blogs I’m not yet familiar with.
And yay! That you chose Joy 🙂
Oh and my husband doesn’t like to talk about my past conquests, either. It might be for the best.
It probably is the for the best… And i”m glad it made Joy happy, too! 🙂
Huge congrats and so well deserved. I loved the list of TV shows and still need to watch Sex in the City after all the years!! 🙂
Congratulations, Stephanie! You are doing a great job and definitely are deserving of these and many more awards. 🙂 Loved your answers and you picked a great bunch to pass the awards on to. 🙂
I have to say… I think coming up with the questions to ask might actually be more challenging than actually answering the questions. I loved the questions you answered as well and find it funny that my husband and I talk openly about past relationships, but as for the number – that has never actually been told.
Yes, it was *totally* harder coming up with questions that weren’t completely lame. It makes you wonder how many people’s “number” is a mystery to their partners… 🙂
I love that you asked someone to nominate you for What Not to Wear. Haha! Congrats on your awards – well deserved! And great picks – Kate and Christine are two of my favourite bloggers too.
They are great… and yes, I need a fashion intervention.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love how you described everyone – that’s so cool – well done. I’m going to have to pick your brain on the unpredictable b/c I didn’t know I was.
Ok, so I’ve never had a cavity either and I’m 41. Three root canals, but let’s ignore that.
I didn’t know it was your secret dream to be an author and write books. I don’t know why I wouldn’t assume that of every writer-blogger. It’s mine too.
I’m with you on the lazy style. I’ve often thought about my friends signing me up for WNTW and what my reaction would be and how I’d feel guilty spending all that money on clothes and simultaneously crushed that people think my style sucks – even though I know it does and do nothing about it b/c I’m lazy. LOL!
Someday you and I must meet in real life. (Yep, IRL) So much in common…I am kind of sorry you got bombarded with V-Love this week, but I simply couldn’t help myself…
This was great…loved your answer to #2 because my husband is the exact same way…does NOT want to talk about it!
Really? That makes me feel better.
Congrats on your awards, loved your responses to the questions, great nominees and great questions for the nominees! It’s really fun to see how people react to these awards, haha.
Congratulations on the two awards! I love your take on how your best friend would describe you…just too cute!! lol!!
Love it! So much fun!! (and I love that you get to spread the love, too!) Your #5 how friend would describe you made me laugh out loud (your addendum three, that is) and I can’t believe you actually typed out that you’ve never had a cavity. Do you not fear the jinx?!! 🙂
Hi Stephanie,
I just posted my response!
Congratulations Stephanie! I hope you’re feeling better now too:) It’s awesome to see you’re cohosting the FTSF now. I love that link-up, and quite awesomely I’ve stumbled across some of the bloggers you’ve just awarded through the link-up! They are superb. I share both your dream AND your red wine passion (we must be kindred spirits;P). I used to laugh at dentist scaredy-pants – now I’m a big fat dentist wuss. I’ve been putting off having my preggo cavities (yes – I’m blaming my rotten teeth on being pregnant for the past 4 years of my life) for ages now. Missing my appointment last week was the only good thing about being sick last week!