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<\/a>A Liebster Award? For me? Thank you, God…my prayers were answered!<\/p><\/div>\n
Yesterday I was given the For those of you who have never heard of this, go ahead and do what I had to do: Google it! If you can’t muster up the interest to do that, I guess I can sum it up for you. It’s an award given to small blogs by another blogger. As the recipient, I’m expected to graciously accept the award, produce 11 facts about myself, answer 11 questions by the presenter, and then award 11 other small bloggers with the same…um…opportunity.<\/p>\n I went from being very excited (An award? For me? Seriously?) to reluctant (Oh crap, I have so much to do right now, and how am I going to narrow my favorite baby blogs down to 11?) to intrigued (Wonder what the questions will be? Can I poke fun at people?) but realize it all boils down to one thing: if we didn’t like talking about ourselves and our lives, we wouldn’t be bloggers. I mean, who can resist spilling 11 facts about yourself? People do it all the time on those stupid Facebook “tests”, right?<\/p>\n So thanks to my presenter, Bill Peebles of ihopeiwinatoaster<\/a> and stay-at-home-dad extraordinaire, here’s what you’ve all been waiting for!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 11 THINGS ABOUT ME:<\/strong><\/p>\n And now for\u00a0 sadistic Mr. Peebles’ questions:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Were you pleasantly surprised or slightly irritated when I tagged you with this?<\/strong> 2.\u00a0 Do you think I am sorry for that?<\/strong> 3.\u00a0 If you were to smack me upside the head for passing this on to you with your favorite book, which book would that be?<\/strong> 4.\u00a0 <\/strong>If you had back the (enter minutes spent on this exercise here), what would you do with them?<\/strong> 5.\u00a0 <\/strong>Do you think perfect strangers should stalk around the Internet and bestow odd awards and ask random questions? Why or why not? 6.\u00a0 How can words be so beautiful to read and so frightening to write?<\/strong> <\/em>7.\u00a0 Do you like my hat?<\/strong> This one?<\/p><\/div>\n Or maybe this one?<\/p><\/div>\n I like ’em both, Bill!<\/em><\/p>\n 8.\u00a0 How many hotdogs do you consume on a weekly basis?<\/strong> 9.\u00a0 You seem like a decent person, how did you become so?<\/strong> 10.\u00a0 Pop-up toaster or toaster over?<\/strong> 11.\u00a0 Where do you physically blog, as in, where are you right now and, did you ever suspect blogging would be this damned complicated?<\/strong> So. I’ve done my part, and will now torture 11 other recipients with a psyche-scrubbing, angst-producing questionnaire of my own.<\/p>\n I’d like to thank all the little people who made this possible…<\/p><\/div>\n And here are my 11 questions for the 1. Writing: catharsis or expression? The Rules:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Each person must post 11 things about themselves. This is taking me a while, but here are the blogs I’ve contacted so far: Yesterday I was given the dubious thrilling honor of receiving a prestigious Liebster Award! For those of you who have never heard of this, go ahead and do what I had to do: Google it! If you can’t muster … Continue reading dubious<\/del> thrilling honor of receiving a prestigious Liebster Award!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\nYes!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMy first thought was “not one little bit”, but the more I read your blog, the more I saw sensitivity and a deep respect for…well, respect! So you probably are staying awake nights, worrying that those you bestowed this honor upon are overwhelmed and miserable. Serves you right.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Oh, you are NOT going to like this. The book is over 600 pages, and if I used my hardback copy it would put a good dent in your melon! It’s “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon. I read the whole series every winter without fail.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMinutes? Huh. I’d say you’re delusional. I’ve spent at least 4 hours on this, but it’s been pretty fun so far. I would tell you I’d spend them cleaning up the garden or making applesauce, but in reality I probably would have been playing around on Facebook or reading.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Oh, hell yes. Stalking is what the Internet is all about, right? And don’t we all love talking about ourselves?
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\nOur words are always being judged. That’s frightening, because even when we’re being light and snarky, we’re actually baring our souls.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Huh? I see no hat. Here…I’ll find one for you. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
\nOooh, this is a toughie. I go weeks without eating one, and then do the whole hotdog binge thing. So averaged out…one? You\u2019re taxing my brain here.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOkay, now you\u2019ve done it. I have to get serious here. I had an amazing family, and a wonderful childhood. I\u2019ve noticed that a lot of my favorite bloggers had to overcome broken homes and other rough situations. They\u2019re a lot funnier than I am, so I\u2019m guessing there\u2019s a correlation there. If I hadn\u2019t lived in a \u201cFather Knows Best\u201d type of environment, I\u00a0 would probably be a lot more entertaining!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOh, toaster over<\/strong> all the way \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n
\nUm. Technically, that was two questions, but I won’t quibble. The dining room table. I keep it \u201cpublic\u201d so my husband doesn\u2019t think I\u2019m flirting with my hundreds of male admirers. Actually, my laptop is ancient, and it gets HOT on my lap. I don\u2019t know if blogging is complicated, but the plugins and tags and links and widgets sure are! I\u2019m totally out of my comfort zone. I\u2019m even intimidated by the \u201cWordPress for Dummies\u201d book sitting next to me right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>poor suckers<\/del> selected few who will no doubt impress us with their insights and wit!<\/p>\n
\n2. Which writer has influenced you the most?
\n3. How do you cope with constant distractions?
\n4. Are you still having fun with the blog? When it stops being fun will you quit?
\n5. What cramps your writing style?
\n6. What is your worst habit?
\n7. Early to bed or night owl?
\n8. Do you multitask when you\u2019re writing or is it all business?
\n9. Do you play an instrument?
\n10. What would you rather be doing right now?
\n11. Do you laugh at your own material?<\/p>\n
\n2.\u00a0 Answer the 11questions the awarder has given you, the awardee.
\n3.\u00a0 You, now the awarder, create 11 questions for your nominees, who are now the awardees.
\n4.\u00a0 Choose 11 awardees, link to their website, and notify them.
\n5.\u00a0 No award-backs.<\/p>\n
\n Marvelous Mo’ and Me<\/a>
\n Our Life In Food<\/a>
\n Cluttered Genius<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"