Sunshine Award

Shaun at PrayingforOneDay nominated me for the Sunshine Award. My second award in 24 hours… WOO HOO! YAY ME!!! I feel so blessed. Big THANK YOU to Shaun for nominating me!! I appreciate it so much!!!! 😀 Just want to say that I find your story so amazing and I think you and your blog are such an inspiration. For those of us in pain it’s awesome when you find someone who is not only willing to talk about his/her pain but willing to share and inspire others with his/her story. I played soccer (or football as you call it) when I was in middle school and high school. I coached youngsters for a season. And it’s competitive, fun, and a lot of work. When I see people playing I can’t help but smile and cheer them on, so  your story touches me.

(Oh, and I love the accent! My 6th great grandfather came to America in the 1800’s from Scotland and when I hear your accent on your audio blogs it reminds me of my grandfather who still had a bit of the lilt, passed on to him by his father who was Scottish and his mother who was Irish (she came over when she was young so still had much of her accent).

Now on to the rules:

Rules for receiving the SUNSHINE AWARD:

• Include the award’s logo in a post or on your Blog.
• Answer 10 questions about yourself.
• Nominate 10 Bloggers.
• Link your nominees to the post and comment on their Blogs, letting them know they have been nominated.
• Link the person who nominated you.

Ten Questions: I will answer the 10 question that Shawn answered. I am new to this award…

1. Favorite color:   Purple or Red (I’m indecisive: one day dark red is my favorite and the next day purple (the color is actually called violet since it is the same color as the flower)
2. Favorite animal:  Dolphin
3. Favorite number:  7
4. Favorite non-alcoholic drink:  Coffee
5. Prefer Facebook or Twitter?  I have FB, don’t have twitter (am I supposed to? LOL!)
6. My passion(s):  My family, writing, photography, and reading
7. Prefer getting or giving presents:  Giving, though I love to receive homemade presents or presents that were picked out specifically for me (no matter what they are).
8. Favorite pattern:  Sheet of Music (Musical Notes)
9. Favorite days of the week: Sunday
10. Favorite flower: Yellow Roses

My nominees:

1. http://creativemysteries.net/
   
2. http://misifusa.wordpress.com/
3. http://dragoneystory.wordpress.com/
4. http://1writeway.com/
5. http://adityaviyer.com/
6. http://theimaginator.wordpress.com/
7. http://familyeverything.wordpress.com/
8. http://wileyschmidt.wordpress.com/
9. http://randomencountersoftheinquisitivemind.wordpress.com/
10. http://mauldinfamily1.wordpress.com/

Check out their blogs….

Happy Blogging 😀

 

Two Awards…WOW

I am the recipient of 2 awards within a 24 hour period of time. WOW! I feel so horribly guilty though–I’ve been busy writing my novel for Camp NaNoWriMo and have let my blog slide just a little this month. I’ve only participated in a few of the Daily Posts and one of the Photo Challenges. I’ve added updates almost every other day, on occasion consecutive days in a row, about my word count and writing. So I’m not so sure I deserve these awards but I am ever so grateful and appreciative that you think I do. 😀

So here are the rules for the Versatile Blogger award…I’m going in order of receiving the awards:

http://familyeverything.wordpress.com/ nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award (see post here: http://familyeverything.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/winning-the-versatile-blogger-award/comment-page-1/#comment-53)  I’m not sure of what to say except that I greatly appreciate it. I started the blog when I was planning my wedding and it turned into so much more than I ever imagined, so winning the Versatile Blogger Award (I think this is my 4th one) means so much to me because that’s my whole goal–to have a blog that is versatile, that appeals to various readers. Sometimes I write about the pain that overwhelms me (I’m pretty much in chronic pain due to uterine fibroids), other times I write about date night or relationships or family or my grandson, and I also write about writing, as well as participate in the Daily Post Challenge. There are so many of you who are also suffering with chronic pain and it’s such an inspiration when you find a blog that speaks to you as “familyeverything” has spoken to me. (Please make sure you check out the blog!)

Here’s the  rules for those that I nominate:

-Thank the person who gave you this award. (This would be considered the right thing to do, as well as common courtesy.)
-Include a link to their blog. Sharing the love and the appreciation is also common courtesy.
-Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers (preferably one’s you follow and really enjoy, that inspire, motivate…)
-Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/
-Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

1. 

   Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theimpulsivebuy/

   I LOVE COFFEE! (I’m not sure of how many times I’ve said this when I’m asked to list things about myself, but it hasn’t changed, and will not change. As I type this I am drinking a cold Starbuck’s Mocha DoubleShot Energy drink). I like hot coffee (with creamer (preferably half&half, and sweetener–I’ve just switched from Splenda to an all natural sweetener), as well as the cold Starbuck’s or Java Monster’s. I drink coffee in the morning when I wake up, during the day, and in the evenings–I do drink water, orange juice, and sweetened iced tea in between. (My new favorite coffee is Gevalia. 

2. I am participating in Camp NaNoWriMo right now. It’s my first time actively participating. I signed up last November but my computer went KAPUT one week into it and it took 3 weeks to get the damn things fixed. Big Fail in November. (But I’m a little ahead right now so it is looking like, barring any kind of catastrophe, I ‘l WIN this session.)
   

   Camp NaNoWriMo

3. I’m half planner, half pantser, which means I make a basic outline out of index cards (I use white ones for that), and I make character bios (colored index cards). Then I run with it. I’m OCD about certain things but not other things.
4. I don’t work, thanks to having uterine fibroids. I need a hysterectomy but we don’t have insurance so…I have slowly but surely been changing my eating habits, and I’m now exercising again (though it’s not easy when you’re in chronic pain) to try alleviate some of the pain and symptoms. I walk 1 mile every other day, which gets me out of the house, plus I get fresh air and sunshine and vitamin D.
5. I  consider myself to be a writer and a photographer, though I do not get paid for either one. It’s part of who, what, and how I am. As soon as we can afford it I’ll be going to photography school. Gotta love changing careers mid life  but I believe that you should love what you do. I worked at jobs that I disliked to support my children–I was a single parent and I stayed in the finance/banking/accounting arena for as long as I did not because I liked it but because I was good at it and it paid the bills. Truth is, I hated it. I ended up with ulcers, stress induced anxiety attacks, and bouts of depression because of it. This go round, now that I have the chance to pursue my dreams and have a career in something I love I’m taking that chance.
   

   At the family business…

6. I am watching my husband, whom I call Mr. Rockstar, sleep as I write this. We moved my desk out of the dining room and into our bedroom so I would have more privacy when I write, and so that we actually spent more time in the same room (he goes to sleep much earlier than I do and he’d rather I were in the room writing than in a different room away from him. I think the click click click of the keyboard helps him go to sleep). Good news is, I now have my dining room back–we’ve even put our table and stools back in there. 😀
7. I am a big fan of the television show Supernatural. So much so that I would love to get the books. I have seasons 1, 3, 4, and 5 on DVD. I need to get the other seasons. I have a birthday coming up in July…Hmmm. Think I might put that on my wish list. 😀
   

   UPERNATURAL “Dead In The Water” (Episode #103) Image #SN103-0171 Pictured (l-r): Jared Padalecki as Sam, Jensen Ackles as Dean Credit: © The WB/Sergei Bachlakov

Now the 15 blogs I am nominating

1. http://www.terry1954.wordpress.com/
2. http://fromthefog.me/
3. http://wileyschmidt.wordpress.com/
4. http://thematticuskingdom.wordpress.com/
5. http://mauldinfamily1.wordpress.com/
6. http://fromthecsweet.com/
7. http://multifariousmeanderings.wordpress.com/
8. http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com
9. http://therantingpapizilla.wordpress.com/
10. http://grndmachris.wordpress.com/
11. http://layedbacklife.wordpress.com/
12. http://polysyllabicprofundities.com/
13. http://randomencountersoftheinquisitivemind.wordpress.com/
14. http://layedbacklife.wordpress.com/
15. http://purpleborough.wordpress.com/

Check them out! And happy blogging! 😀

 

The Liebster Award

Shawn at PrayingforOneDay nominated me for the Liebester Award, this is a different one than the last one I received. I love it! Thank you so much. The awards humble me, and I feel so honored, and each time I get one I blush. Please go check out his blog…His writing is full of humor, wit, inspiration, and love.

Now on to the rules, you know there’s always rules…

The rules are:

1-Say 11 things about yourself.

2-Answer 11 questions that are asked by the blogger who nominated you.

3-Award 11 people, while creating 11 questions.

11 Things about little ole’ me:

1. I love coffee and collect coffee mugs. (I just received a new one with Mickey Mouse on it :D, my favorite is my Goofy mug and my Waffle House mug (a friend gave me). 
2. I love writing, reading, and photography.
3. I am blunt.
4. I’m more of an emotional person than a logical person, but I can be logical.
5. I am in chronic pain.
6. I don’t work right now (so I’m writing my novel, and that is a full-time job).
7. I want to go to photography school.
8. I want to take a writing workshop.
9. I’m finally doing NaNoWriMo, though it’s the Camp version.
10. I am a newlywed (we just had our 7 month wedding anniversary).
11. I have a 9 month old grandson (he will be 1 year old on July 15th).

My 11 Questions to Answer:

1. Favourite Movie? A Beautiful Mind

2 Favourite Song? Blackfoot’s Highway Song

3. Favourite Food? Steak and shrimp; sauteed zucchini, squash, and onions; garlic mashed potatoes (do not give me instant ones)

4. If you could go back in time, where and when? The week before my father died, Easter of 1975, so I could hug him and tell him I love him one more time.

5. Your best moment in life? The day my children were born; the day I got married to Mr. Rockstar.

6. Your worst moment in life? The day my father died.

7  What is your favorite number? Seven

8. Do you like to play subtle mind games on people for fun? No, I don’t play head games (though I will play a game of solitaire on the computer every now and then when I’m waiting for the internet to come back up)

9. What do you enjoying doing the most? Laughing.

10. What is your favourite TV Show? Supernatural

11. If you could be alone on a Desert Island with ANY person, who would it be? Mr. Rockstar

My 11 Nominations:

1. Lisa
2. Kenton
3. Sue
4. Adi
5. Yen-Yen
6. Utham
7. Perpetua
8. Mr. Athiest
9. Cynde
10. http://misifusa.wordpress.com/
11. http://polysyllabicprofundities.com/

Your 11 Questions to Answer:

1. Who is your favorite person?
2. Favorite time of day…
3. Are you a day or a night person?
4. Favorite color…
5. Favorite song…
6. Favorite book…
7. Best childhood memory…
8. Do you have any hobby’s, if so what?
9. When is your birthday?
10. Favorite quote…
11. Do you listen to music when you write?

Congrats to all who were nominated…and don’t worry if you weren’t it’s only because I could only choose 11 and I’m trying to space them out… I just nominated 14 different people for a different award…And another award is on the way soon. Have a great one!

 

Wonderful Team Membership Readership Award

This award was presented to me from Perpetua. Each time I receive an award it takes me by surprise and I feel humbled and honored.  When I first began blogging I was planning our wedding, which was a DIY one, and I found it a bit overwhelming, and I was filled with such angst that I’d screw the wedding up and it would end up being a fiasco–so I started the blog to chronicle things. The good things, the things that overwhelmed me or I had questions about, the rants, the pictures, my inspiration, etc. And the blog ended up about so much more than just my wedding. It ended up a chronicle about life in general. It truly ended up being the Lissa Chronicles. So I am just so pleased that others find my posts, my blog, award worthy. Thank you so much for the award.

The Rules:

1. Display the logo on your page. 

2. Finish the sentence: “A great reader is

3. Nominate 14 readers they appreciate.

4. Inform the readers with either comments or pingbacks.

  “A great reader is someone who pays attention to detail, puts his or herself into the writing, and finds his or her self wishing the piece hadn’t ended.” 

14 Readers I appreciate:

1. Shaun
2. Wiley
3. Tammy
4. The Matticus Kingdom
5. BellNight
6. Ionia Martin
7. Shane
8. Emily
9. Michelle
10. Kevin
11. Rara
12. Elizabeth
13. JC
14. Pete

WOW! There are many more people I would nominate but the rules said only 14. :-(.  Thanks again for nominating me. 😀

 

OMG I now have 200+ followers

I looked at my notifications and saw:  And I got all excited :D. I’m just so excited and thankful. A big thank you to every single one of you who are following my blog. I can’t tell you how happy I am to be able to share (giving and receiving) with so many wonderful and inspirational people. Y’all have made my day!

Now I need to head out to the in-laws for Easter dinner. Hope y’all have a Happy Easter. Be safe!

Lissa