Congratulations Living&Lovin for receiving the Liebster Award! ‘Tis well deserved, and I would urge my friends to take a look at this fascinating blog because it is chock full of talent and creativity. And thank you too Eunice for passing this award forward to your other blogger friends – and on to me! I LOVE the concept of bloggers sharing admiration for other bloggers. The acknowledgement gives me incentive to go on and I hope others who receive these awards are just as thrilled. I believe awards are truly the frosting on the cake and I have always loved the icing best.
Liebster (pronounced: leeb-stir) is a German word meaning sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome. The Liebster Blog Award recognizes up and coming bloggers and winners are asked to “pay it back and forward.” The award is given to those bloggers who have less than 200 followers. If you have more than 200 followers, you can send me a poison pen letter. I wasn’t quite sure how to identify with such specificity.
The Rules for the Liebster Award are as follows:
- Link back to the blogger who gave you this award
- Post the award to your blog
- Post 11 things about yourself.
- Answer the questions asked of you, plus create 11 new questions for your nominees to answer
- Nominate 11 people you think deserve the award and link them to your post.
- Go to their pages and tell them they have been chosen.
Eleven Things About Me:
1) I am a fanatical dog lover.
2) I don’t like to share popcorn.
3) I used to love autumn the best, but now I love spring more.
4) I adore chocolate covered coffee beans. I love them so much I hide them for secret binges, so I never buy them and can only indulge when I receive them as gifts.
5) I played flute in my high school band but never learned to read music so I fooled everyone but myself.
6) I need fresh air to sleep well and prefer a cold room and lots of covers.
7) I love reading books about people who are survivors and learning how they did it.
8) I have always loved to write and started writing poetry in high school.
9) My dream is to see myself as slim and sleek enough to hit the beach in a bikini!
10) I live in a mountain valley but often crave the beach – with or without the bikini.
11) I have created a manual on how to survive a pandemic.
Now, here are the 11 questions Eunice asked me to answer:
1) What do you do for FUN? Write for my blog!
2) What is your Favorite Sports Team? The Washington Capitals (ice hockey) but only because my men are into it.
3) Do you watch the Kentucky Derby? Yes, when I remember. I love the excitement.
4) Do you like NASCAR? I don’t know. I might. I think I do.
5) What is your favorite TV show? Dancing with the Stars
6) What pets do you have? A big old dog named Rozie
7) What model car or truck to you drive? A Toyota RAV4 – maybe a truck/maybe a car.
8) What is your favorite color? Merlot (a new name for maroon I think)
9) Do you remember your very first LOVE? Absolutely! Who could forget?
10) Do you watch what you eat? I try but then I just keep eating.
11) Are you happy or sad most of the time? Happy – that must be the right answer right?
And here are the blogs I am nominating for the Liebster Award. They are very very good. I have very very good taste in blogs.
- The Short Stack
- Lydia Street
- The Coastal Crone
- Lori Lipsky Poetry Patio
- The Fearless Cooking Club
- Daysift
- These Days of Mine
- Life With the Top Down
- Mama’s Empty Nest
- An Observant Mind
And here are my 11 questions for the lucky bloggers I chose:
1) If you could go anywhere in the world and stay for a month, where would you choose to go?
2) What is your hobby?
3) What was your childhood dream?
4) What was the best gift you ever received?
5) What is your favorite movie?
6) Who is the person who inspired you the most?
7) What is your favorite dessert?
8) What is your favorite quote?
9) What do you do for relaxation?
10) What is your favorite remembered scent/smell from childhood?
11) If you could be a character in a book, who would you choose to be?
Thank you for including me in your list of nominees. I appreciate your kind words. I always enjoy learning more about the writers of blogs I enjoy, so I had fun reading your answers to the questions. I’ll send you a note when I post my answers. Thanks again, Dor.
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You are so welcome Lori! And well deserved. 🙂
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Loved you answers! I too am a fanatic dog lover but then you could probably tell that 🙂
I love the Ocean as well with out the swim suit part I am on a long journey to just be the best I can be and a cute pair of shorts and a tank will do for me I get enough SUNSHINE 🙂 I wish you well on your journey to where you want to get to as well.
Thanks for the link and rules of the award I did not get it so I did not send it sorry Lindy Lee just reminded to add the TAG to my list of Awards :).
I have 500 followers so it says and I too do not know how to pick new blogs so I pick ones I love who I have not hammered with awards and include them
Glad you had a great birthday I too love fall, this year was amazing but after a long nasty winter I love opening the windows the first spring morning smelling the earth all re-charged and the birds signing with Love in their songs. It’s means I made it another year 🙂
Eunice
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Thank you so much for the nomination! I am indeed honored and can’t wait to get started on my duties : )
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Congrats Dor!! Loved reading the 11 things about you :).
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Thanks Eunice! It is such fun getting to know you and all that we have in common. And thanks for the birthday wishes too. 500 followers? Wow! I am truly impressed. 🙂 Luv, Dor
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Well deserved and that’s a fact! You are so welcome. 🙂
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Eeek! Hope I haven’t revealed too much. 🙂 Luv, Dor
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Congratulations Dor. An award well deserved. 🙂
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Thanks Judith! 🙂
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Thank you for nominating me – loved reading your answers! Yes, I received this award some time ago, but am so appreciative of you thinking of me!
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Well, I think you deserve this award and all the many others you have received!
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I think it is crazy for an ex-trucker just here since May guess they like my photos or funny poems 🙂
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I am so on board with the hidden chocolate covered coffee beans and the secret binges…only for me it’s (good) malted milk balls! 🙂
This is a most deserved recognition of your lovely blog.
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Malted milk balls would do too! 🙂
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Trust your fellow bloggers for recognizing talent! 🙂
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🙂 Thank you
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What a sweet surprise Dorann and congratulations to you! I will get to the rules as soon as I can. Have a wonderful day!
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Thank you so much for thinking of me for one of your nominees! What fun to learn more about you. I will certainly enjoy checking out the other blogs. Enjoy your beautiful mountains.
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you are very kind to recognize thefearlesscookingclub I will post the answers to your questions on my other blog site thepattybeat@wordpress.com
🙂 you rock!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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I love it that I rock! I love that way of making someone feel good. You make me feel good. You rock too! That’s why you are nominated. 🙂
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Thank you for nominating me on this great list of bloggers! I really enjoyed reading your lists of 11 facts; it’s always fun to learn more about my blogging buddies. It may take me a little time to get my response post written and answer your questions….I’m still on S-L-O-W after our last family wedding and helping my daughter and new son-in-law pack up their belongings for the move.
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Take your time mama. You will need to spend it with your daughter with no other pressures. All those weddings! I am impressed with my SuperWoman blogging friend! 🙂
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Congratulations on your well-deserved award! I’m with you on the popcorn and Merlot. Also, I love the beach and miss it lots. On Sunday, I drove 3.5 hours to Virginia Beach and back, just to be by it for a little bit. I’m looking forward to checking out the blogs you’ve presented with the Liebster Award.
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Thanks Amiable. I live about the same distance from Virginia Beach. Not a bad idea to just get in the car and drive there. Hmmmm.
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