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?
Virginia Views 
