So here is the deal:
#1 Each blogger should post 11 random facts about themselves.
#2 Answer the questions the tagger has set for you, then create 11 new questions for the bloggers you pass the award to.
#3 Choose 11 bloggers (with less than 200 followers) to pass the award to and link them to your post.
#4 Go to their page and tell them about the award.
#5 No tag backs!
So here goes...
11 Random Facts About Me
#1 My family is the most important thing in my life. I gave up my shop for them so that we could have a better life. I would do anything for them. Anything.
#2 Do not lie to me. I never forget and I will never believe you again. Ever. I will forgive you, though (please see #6).
#3 When some thing is really funny I laugh at the sky. If it is really really funny no sound comes out, but lots of tears do. It is the greatest feeling.
#4 I will do anything I can for you if I consider you my friend. I can always find a silver lining and I will do my very best to brainstorm and help you find a way out of your jam.
#5 I am an information hoarder. Especially information in the form of books, recipes, and patterns. Pinterest freed up so much space on my computer. I have gone from 2500 bookmarks and 30,000 saved pdfs to 62 boards, 1740 pins and 950 likes (likes are the things I looked at on my phone waiting to become pins.)
#6 I am a wimp. Physically, wimpy. Emotionally, wimpy, but good at covering it up. ;)
#7 My husband was my next door neighbour before he was anything else to me. The story is too long to put on this list, but I might write a Saturday Story about it one day. :)
#8 I am hands down the worse speller over the age of 10 in my family. The older I get the worse it gets. I have spell check everywhere!
#9 I secretly love country music... perhaps it is not that much of a secret...
#10 I loath competition. It makes me feel sick to my stomach. I don't know if it is why I don't play sports now or why I never really did when I was a kid. Competition when my children are involved is even worse. Can't handle it. At all.
#11 I have been married twice. Right around the time H1 and split, my bestie, Surely, moved to London. I miss her everyday and it has been 11 years. I never miss him other than when I am doing housework as he was freakishly clean.
Okay so now...
Questions from Jessica.
When did you start blogging? I started blogging about 5 years ago but I have only really been making any effort in the last year and half or so. I would love to grow it into something that has followers, maybe makes a little money... the problem is that I really do blog for me and do not try to attract an audience by being consistent with my content or frequency. One day it might be something I tried that I saw on Pinterest, the next it might be a book I read or something silly one of my short people said or something I made. I have big plans for tutorials but they never seem to come to fruition.
#10 I loath competition. It makes me feel sick to my stomach. I don't know if it is why I don't play sports now or why I never really did when I was a kid. Competition when my children are involved is even worse. Can't handle it. At all.
#11 I have been married twice. Right around the time H1 and split, my bestie, Surely, moved to London. I miss her everyday and it has been 11 years. I never miss him other than when I am doing housework as he was freakishly clean.
Okay so now...
Questions from Jessica.
With the holidays coming up, what are some of your favorite family traditions? I don't really have any favourites. I love the whole holiday season and being with everyone at their happiest.
What's your guilty pleasure? I don't even know what the means. I am not Cathloic and do not feel guilt. :p
What's the last really good book you've read? I am not sure. It feels like a long time since I read something that I really loved... probably Secret Daughter, way back at the beginning of September. I think that may have been the last book worth blogging about. :o)
What is something that has made you happy recently? I can't think of anything off of the top of my head. I have been feeling quite happy and as if a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders since I decided to close the shop... so maybe that. Even thought, that somehow seems kind of like a betrayal to the shop - as if it were a person...
What is one of your favorite smells? Gardenia. Love gardenia. I also love the smell of breast fed baby breath, the ocean, the river near my home (especially on hot summer nights), and (my) clean laundry.
What is one food you probably couldn't live without? I love food. I am not sure that I could choose just one... maybe parmesan cheese - it just makes everything taste better! :o)
What is one of your best traits? I would have to say my sense of humour. I think I am very funny.
How do you keep positive? I don't really have a method. I think that you are either a person who can remain positive, or not. CH is a bit of a glass is half empty person but says that he is a realist. I am a glass is half full person and have been accused of wearing rose coloured glasses... I do have a knack for finding the silver lining. :)
What's something you would absolutely love to splurge on if money wasn't an issue? A European cruise. I would love to go back to Italy and Penelope wants to go to Paris and I would love to visit Surely in London.... I would love to travel around Europe and the Mediterranean on a cruise ship more than just about anything.
What's something you love about where you live? My home: The people in it. My city: Knowing so many people and the sense of community. My region: The Kootenays are a wonderful, laid back place with a reputation for being friendly, beautiful and for growing pot. ;) My province: Seriously, what's not to love. British Columbia really is the best place on earth. My country: Canada, sigh, beautiful, massive, kind, courteous, diverse, accepting... there is a lot to love!
Okay, so now for my nominees.... this is where feeling like I lost the popularity contest haunts me... I lack the confidence to reach out to people. What if they ignore me or think I am stupid? What if they don't like my questions??? It took me a LONG time to find the right blogs to send the nominations to. I wanted to send it to blogs that I legitimately enjoyed reading rather than the first 11 that I found mildly interesting, so...
The Nominees, In No Particular Order, Are...
The Sewing Chick (she has 204 followers, 4 over the limit. I am a ruler bender...)
An My Questions...
{one} Have you ever seen a ghost?
{two} What country (countries) are your ancestors from?
{three} What is your favorite day of the week? Why?
{four} Who is your Bestie? Why?
{five} Who do you admire the most? Why?
{six} What was the best road trip you have ever been on?
{seven} Are you a night owl or do you go to bed with the chickens?
{eight} What is the first thing you can remember?
{nine} What achievement are yo the most proud of?
{ten} Have you ever driven (or ridden on) a motorcycle?
{eleven} Do you believe in reincarnation?
Have fun and pay it forward!
:o) Tina
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