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Counting my blessings

07 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Angie | Fiesta Friday in Daily Prompt, Uncategorized

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awards, blogging awards, Dragon's Loyalty Award, Liebster Award, Wordpress Family Award

I’m a lucky woman. I have a loving husband and 2 amazing kids. I have a group of girlfriends whom I consider as sisters, neighbors who look out for my house when I’m out of town, and a job that I love. What more can a woman ever want?

Well, apparently, blogging awards. No kidding, I had no idea all this time, prior to my blogging days, how much happiness these awards could generate. There’s nothing like recognition and acknowledgement from your peers that get you super excited. It’s like actors getting the Oscars, you know. That exciting!

So, I’ve been the lucky recipient of several awards since I started blogging, and I’ve written about what I think of them. If you’re interested to find out, you can click on the award icons on the sidebar. It’ll bring you to my acceptance speech, where I also divulge a little more information about myself. Not too much. I’m a firm believer in “everything in moderation” mantra, at least when it comes to divulging information about myself.

Who really needs to know which Kindergarten I went to, how old I am, or what I ate last Thursday? You do, really? Well, sorry, you’re not going to find out, except maybe what I ate. Pizza, not homemade, and a bunch of candies. It was Halloween. And I was wearing glow necklaces and bracelets, even one on my head as a halo. See, TMI, don’t you think?

Appropriately, today’s Daily Prompt asks us to show who the people are in our cheering section, or what support looks like to us. My awarders are the people cheering me on, as well as my followers. They’re what support looks like to me. I have nothing but deep, heartfelt gratitude to offer back to them. I hope that’s enough.

My recent awards came from Jess, who nominated me for the Liebster Award, Robin, for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award, and Fae, for the WordPress Family Award.

liebster blog

dragon's loyalty award

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Thank you Jess, Robin, and Fae! Please visit Jess for her tried and true recipes, Robin for her entertaining and compelling stories, and Fae for almost everything else. No, really, Fae has everything on her site. International recipes, travels, and world cultures. You’re bound to find something you like.

Now comes the hardest part of accepting these awards, passing them on to other bloggers. So hard to choose when there are so many that deserve to be included. But I’ll give it a try. To my nominees, please know that I do not require you to do anything. Participation is totally optional. Here’s my list, in no particular order:

• Annie’s Granny (My most favorite Granny in the whole world. Actually she’s a great-grandmother, can you believe it? She has the cleanest, most organized garden ever.)
• Mac (She grows the most picture-perfect vegetables, without chemicals. And her cooking always makes me hungry.)
• Shanna (Her enthusiasm for food is contagious. Have her in your corner, and you’ll have your best supporter.)
• Patty (Her inspiring photography always draws me in. Plus she has a cute dog.)
• Super Saiyan M (She’s young, talented, and hilarious. Gosh, we’re so much alike. On opposite days!)
• Jonathan (I started following Jonathan 2 days ago, only because he writes about the Uyghurs, somewhat. Anyway, read him; he’s funny.)
• thebestdressup (Seriously, you need to get on the luvBANDWAGON and receive the luvFAB stamp of approval.)
• Qin (She makes her own wonton wrappers. When I grow up, I want to be just like her.)
• Jim (He talks about the sun, planets, weather – science stuff. Half the time I don’t understand what he’s saying, but I still read his posts anyway. I figure if I get half of what I read, then I’m already 50% smarter about it.)
• Melanie (Jim’s wife. They have his and hers blogs, and a together blog, making them my favorite couple in the entire blogosphere. Melanie quilts, so if you’re into quilting, this is the place to go.)

Finally, I would like to ask everyone to please visit A Opinionated Man. His blog offers much more than his adoption story, but that’s the part that tugs at my heartstrings. He is currently looking for his sister, presumably still in Korea. If you’re from Korea or knows someone from Korea, please visit his blog and see if there’s anything you can do to pass the information that will help him find his sister. Thank you, all.

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Spreading the love around

19 Monday Aug 2013

Posted by Angie | Fiesta Friday in Uncategorized, WordPress

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awards, funny, humor, links, Versatile Blogger Award, Wordpress Family Award

Or pay it forward. However you want to categorize it, I’m deeply grateful to Amy and Jessica for nominating me for the WordPress Family Award and the Versatile Blogger Award, respectively.

Go check out their blogs right now, because there’s nobody that can motivate you to get your lazy derrière off the couch the way Amy can. She is always on the go. And then, there’s Jessica. What else is there to say about her? She cooks dishes like Spanish Paella and Chinese Char Siu Pork. And you really need to check out her Malteser Cake!

Thank you girls, for the recognition and acknowledgement. Don’t we secretly want these awards? I did. Who doesn’t want free publicity?

And now, I’m spreading my WordPress Family love to the following blogger friends, people I follow and read regularly because they inform and inspire me. Please check them out. The list is in alphabetical order.

wordpress family award

1. Anna’s Cuisine
2. Bentodays
3. Bread and Tortillas
4. Garden to Wok
5. In the Stewingpot
6. Jay Bee’s World
7. Love & Magnolia Gardens
8. Polianthus
9. Talking Experience
10. Wildness

The rules for accepting the WordPress Family Award can be found here.

And for the Versatile Blogger Award, I nominate the following bloggers, also a group of people whose work I find inspiring. Do visit their sites. You might find something to like there. Again, in alphabetical order.

versatile blogger award

1. Anna Shortcakes
2. Annie’s Kitchen Garden
3. A Taste of Morning
4. Busy Day
5. Farm Fresh Feast
6. Gardeninacity
7. High Desert Garden
8. Ice Cream Magazine
9. In Her Chucks
10. Ladybluerose
11. Mitts and Measures
12. Superduque
13. The Chicken Chick
14. The Local Kitchener
15. The Saffron Chronicles

The rules for this award are:
1. Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
2. Acknowledge that blogger on your blog and a link back.
3. Share 7 random interesting things about yourself.
4. Nominate up to 15 bloggers for The Versatile Blogger Award
5. Provide a link to their blogs in your post, and notify them on their blogs.
6. Copy and paste the award somewhere on your blog.

I guess now I have to share 7 random facts about myself:
1. I once had a pet rooster.
2. When I was a baby, my aunt (who didn’t have any daughter) kept asking my mom (who had 2 daughters by then) to let her adopt me.
3. Consequently I was very confused who my real mother was, since my aunt kept stealing me and insisting I called her mom.
4. Speaking of being a baby, I must have been a pretty greedy one. In most of the photos taken of me and my older sister, I always held two things (toys, candies, drinks, etc.) while my sister had none. I must have grabbed hers. Was it even a wonder? I didn’t think she was my sister.
5. I’ve lived in 3 different countries and 8 different cities.
6. I used to be obsessed with anything Jane Austen. At times still am, but now I’m able to control myself.
7. My husband snores. Does that qualify as a random fact about myself?

Now, some of you may very well have received these awards before. I don’t know what the rules are in that case. Accept all over again? I would. Hey, if actors can win the same awards multiple times, why can’t bloggers? I’d say it’s more opportunity to spread more love around. Is this my way of trying to get more awards in the future? Of course not! 😉

But, if you think copying and pasting is too much for you, you don’t have to do anything. Just know that I’m thinking of you and that I appreciate your work.

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