Thursday, November 8, 2012

Blog love


I’m having a cup of Caramelized pear tea … it smells soooo good!  Actually, if I had to be honest the smell is nicer than the taste.  I think it’s because it smells sweet but you have to add sugar to make it taste sweet.

Things are going crazy again here at work which means I have less time to blog. Crazy how that works, hey.

Anyway, I was nominated for the Liebster award (again) … 

 

Thanks so much Kenzi!
BTW, have you checked out Kenzi’s blog – Life & Lemons? No! go quick check it out.

Right so I’m sure you know how it works but just in case you don’t here are the details and the ‘rules’ :  

About the Liebster: It is an award given to up and coming bloggers with under 200 followers. 
Liebster means: sweet, kind, endearing, lovely, valued, and welcome in German. 
The Liebster rules:
  •  Each person must post 11 things about themselves
  •  Answer the questions left for you buy the nominator, and create 11 questions for your nominees
  •  Choose your 11 nominees and let them know


Here we go:

11 Things about me:

  1. I have written off two cars … but it was not my fault, I swear, it wasn’t
10.    I don’t add sugar to my coffee but I do add sugar to my tea
09.    I got my first and  only filling at the age of 26 (root canal)
08.    I’ve been wearing braces on my teeth for 2½ years (to fix an over-bit which developed after my root canal was replaced by a crown)
07.    I’m a terrible flirt when I’ve had a couple of drinks … (usually only with people I know)
06.    Because of this, our friends call me easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy
05.    I can’t straighten the last digit of the pinkie on my right hand
04.    I put my right hand through a glass door and cut my pinkie to pieces
03.    I’ve had roughly 65+ visible surgical stitches in my life thus far
02.    As a child I once nearly hung myself with a rope from a tree while playing Tarzan & Jane … on my own
01.    I’ve cracked 2 bones in my body (hand/foot) but I’ve never broken any bones

The 11 Liebster questions that I have to answer:

1. Why did you start blogging?
 As a way of keeping track of our lives (for the kids to read about one day) & to have something fun to do at the office when I don’t feel like working.
 
2. Where do you find your inspiration?
I don’t know about being inspired, I just blog about my life
   
3. What is your favorite hobby?
Reading
  
4. Do you have a role model, who is it?
No, not really, have never really had one either … is that strange?
   
5. What is your guilty pleasure?
Buying books, eating things that I know I should avoid but can’t resist
   
6. What is your dream job?
Owning a shop that sells cupcakes, cocktails, coffee and books
   
7. Favorite holiday?
At the coast … it’s not a real holiday if it does not include the sea
   
8. What is the best advice you can give?
Three things:
1. Choose to be happy, your life might not be perfect but there are many people out there who are in worse situations than you.
2.  Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, because it’s true. What goes around comes around. If you treat people like sh!t they’ll treat you like sh!t but if you treat people in a friendly and respectful manner, chances are they’ll treat you the same way.
And last but by no means the least: Forgive because if you don’t you are likely to turn into a bitter, unhappy and lonely person.
   
9. Favorite quote?
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"- Eleanor Roosevelt
   
10. What is your favorite book(s)?
Too many to list … but even if I were to list them people would not be impressed … I don’t do literature I read for escape …. escape to crime filled mysteries
   
11. What do you hope to accomplish in life?
I hope to raise two well adjusted, not totally screwed up, funny, independent kids

And here are my 11 completely random Liebster questions to you:

01.    What would you name the autobiography of your life?
02.   Do you have any strange habits?
03.   What story does your family always tell about you?
04.   Who were you names after? If no one, do you know how your parents picked your name?
05.   If you had to name yourself would you chose the same name(s) … if no what would you pick?
06.   Do you want to know what is going to happen in your future?
07.   How do you have your eggs?
08.   Do you sing in the shower?
09.   Do you suck or bite lollipops?
10.    Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?
11.     If you were exiled what country would you choose as your new home? 

Which brings me to My Liebster nominations.  Now I know you are meant to nominate 11 people but since I’ve nominated people before I’m only going to nominate these 8 ladies.

  1. Ricki Jill at Art @ Home
  2. Char at Char's Chit-Chat
  3. Veronica at Germlisch
  4. Jill at Jill's World
  5. Bev at la la Love, Learn, and Laugh
  6. *LO* at love, OLSZUK
  7. Nicolette at Working on a Project
  8. Vandy at The Testosterone Three and Me



 I can't wait to read their answers!

Tomorrow is Friday - which means it's nearly weekend! Yay!
 


10 comments:

  1. I loved reading your answers and fun facts!! (: Can't wait to check out the blogs that you nominated!

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  2. love your answers to all the questions!!! you poor thing having to play Tarzan and Jane all alone :(

    i used to play mary poppins alone when it rained with my umbrella.


    thanks for nominating me this is BEYOND cool, and will make it my THIRD post in one day?!?!

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  3. ok, I love the idea of your shop. Sounds like the perfect place! Also love your quote in 9 and your advice.

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  4. Thank you for the award, Jo! I will play along next week, you asked some pretty interesting questions. :)

    I love the idea for your shop too - I would love to have a shop like that myself!!

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  5. wow almost hung yourself i am totally not playing Tarzan with you anytime soon but if you want to go for drinks count me I won't even mind being hit on..hehehe

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  6. I love your dream shop idea! It sounds like a relaxing place.

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  7. So, wow. That's a lot of stitches. And holy moly, almost hung yourself?! Crazy girl! Be good to yourself.

    Thanks Jo!

    So, because I've done the Liebster Award before and I gave YOU it before as well (it's a vicious circle we've got going), I'm just going to go ahead and answer your questions here. :)

    01. What would you name the autobiography of your life? "About Me". haha

    02. Do you have any strange habits?
    I have OCD about the most random things, cleaning is one of them. It's gotten worse (or better?) since having my son.

    03. What story does your family always tell about you?
    My mom's new favorite is about me being "grouchy" the entire time she was here in Germany before the birth of my son.

    04. Who were you names after? If no one, do you know how your parents picked your name?
    Nobody, but my mom had this thing with my sisters and my names ending in "a". My older sister is Erica, I am Veronica, and my younger sister was named after my grandmother who passed away when I was a baby: Patricia.

    05. If you had to name yourself would you chose the same name(s) … if no what would you pick?
    I actually like my name. But if I had to go with another, it'd probably be my middle name: Nicole

    06. Do you want to know what is going to happen in your future?
    Some things would be nice to know in advance, but I like surprises. :)

    07. How do you have your eggs?
    Scrambled.

    08. Do you sing in the shower?
    Occasionally, yes. But I sing for William, my son. haha.

    09. Do you suck or bite lollipops?
    Suck until they are soft enough to bite. But I really don't eat lollipops often.

    10. Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?
    Not that I know of, nope.

    11. If you were exiled what country would you choose as your new home? Germany, most likely. And it does make sense. haha

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  8. I'd love to play along. It may be a week or so before I get my answers up, but I will answer. Thank you so much!

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  9. LOVIN' these answers goooorl!! And I know you raised some superb kiddos just from reading about the person you are on your blog!

    I'm gonna answer your questions up on herrrr since I'm so behind on blogging myself (excuse my absence please :)

    01. What would you name the autobiography of your life?
    Cliche as it may sound, I would name it "Love, Learn and Laughter of Beverly"

    02. Do you have any strange habits?
    Welp, I do clean more than the average house wife... obsessed with vaumming especially b/c I have 2 inside doggies!

    03. What story does your family always tell about you?
    There are SO many we remoness about... but one of my faves is when I was doing carwheels super late at night outside, and landed on my Aunt's plants which we KNOW is a "no-go zone" and broke em... I cried all night until she came home from Bingo really early morning just to tell her :(

    04. Who were you names after? If no one, do you know how your parents picked your name?
    My grandma on my Dad's side.

    05. If you had to name yourself would you chose the same name(s) … if no what would you pick?
    I think I would choose something different.. Beverly is so a different generation from me.

    06. Do you want to know what is going to happen in your future?
    NOPE

    07. How do you have your eggs?
    Over easy

    08. Do you sing in the shower?
    Of course... sometimes shout!

    09. Do you suck or bite lollipops?
    Suck for a minute or two, then bite!

    10. Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?
    NOPE

    11. If you were exiled what country would you choose as your new home?
    Samoa... our home!

    Thanks for the love again girlie... I love reading and answering these questions!

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