Liebster Award Part 2 and Inspired Sunday Blog Party

You may have seen it in my last post that Diane from Vintage Zest gave me the "Liebster Award."  It's a token of recognition that bloggers award to fellow bloggers who they think deserve more recognition. The terminology "Liebster" roughly translates to "Dearest" from German. In my last post I relayed 11 facts about myself. In this post I will answer Diane's 11 questions. Next post, I will list the blogs I am awarding and post my 11 questions!

Here are Diane's 11 questions:

1.  If you could have one super-power, what would it be? 
I wish I could snap my fingers and my whole house would be clean!

2. What is a bad habit of yours that you would like to break?

I don't pick up behind myself. :-0  I tried Fly Lady, I've read the Messies Manual... I guess I would rather make or read something than clean something!

3.  If you were going to compete on any reality show, what would it be?  

I'm not much into TV--esp since my hubby canceled our service-- but it would             probably be BBC's "Bargain Hunt" with David Dickinson. 

4.  What is your best talent?  

Appreciating and bringing out the possibility in things through creativity and               people through encouragement.

5.   What is one skill or talent that you wish you had?  

I wish I could draw. 

6.  Who is your hero? 

This is a hard one. I think everyone has something "heroic" to offer if  encouraged and given opportunity.  I always remember that "God is not a respecter of persons" and that he "crowned man [people] with glory and honor."  We should all be honored for being. That said, I admire Corrie Ten Boom's sacrifice  for the Jewish people during the Holocaust.  I admire the determination of great artists and writers, like Charles Dickens and Luciano Pavarotti who, despite growing up in relative poverty, did odd jobs but  stayed focused on their art and left something of the divine that enriches all   humanity. 

7.  What was the most difficult thing you've ever had to do? 

This one's easy! Raise a child!

8.  If you had to live in any other time period besides now, which one would you       pick? 

The mid to late 1800s--as long as I were wealthy.  I love the beautiful mansions, gardens, clothing, jewelry, furnishings, but the poverty and classism would have saddened me.

9.   What is the one place in the world (or universe) that you'd like to travel to, if                  money wasn't an issue? 

I don't really like to travel. What I would really love to be able to do is live for a year or two in the countryside of Italy, France, Cornwall, Devon, the Cotswolds, or Ireland.

  

10.  What is your biggest guilty pleasure? 

Standing in the kitchen with spoon in hand tunneling the fudge out of the icecream container--I usually don't leave any for hubby.

11.    What is your favorite (or least favorite) thing about blogging? 

My favorite is getting to know new people and seeing their talents and gifts.  My least favorite is trying to create a post when I'm exhausted and my photos aren't turning out right.

Whew! That's done! Now on to the Inspired Sunday blog party!

A huge thanks to everyone who has been linking up in the past weeks.  This week I decided to feature two newcomers to our intimate party so we could get to know them better.

Michele at Something Special dropped her precious cloche, which shattered into pieces.  I could feel her pain when I read the story! But in the true spirit of creativity, she took a thrift shop vase and set to work making a new table display. Her lovely blog has many wonderful vintage things to see!

Aimee from Refresh and Renew gives a great step-by-step tutorial for making this adorable magnet board for her sweet little girls' room.  She also made the fantastic magnets, which she shows how to make in another post. (I make these magnets myself, and people love receiving them as gifts!)

If you've been featured, please grab my button from my left sidebar and post on your blog. 

If you're linking up, please be sure to put a link to my blog on your blog.  I'd love to have more people join us!  If you follow my blog, I will follow you back. :-)

Now let's see what has inspired everyone this week!

I Received the Liebster Award!

Diane, from Diane's Vintage Zest recently gave me "The Liebster Award."  I was so surprised and happy! 

The Liebster award is a token of recognition that bloggers award to fellow bloggers who they think deserve more recognition. The German word, "Liebster," roughly translates to "Dearest." The guidelines of this award are as follows:

• Thank the blogger who gave you the award and link back to them in your acceptance post!
• Share 11 interesting things about yourself.  Don't be shy, and don't worry if they aren't relevant to the topic of your blog.  They aren't supposed to be!
• Answer the 11 questions that the blogger who awarded you asked in their post.
• Create your own set of 11 questions for the next recipients of the award.
• Pass the award to some of your own favorite bloggers!  Each awardee should have less than 200 followers for their blog.

I sent my thanks when Diane first contacted me, but I wanted to be thoughtful with the lists, so it is taking me a long time to respond to everything. So I decided to start with the "interesting" things about myself. I don't know how interesting some of them are, but I probably haven't and won't mention them to anyone again!  :-)

Eleven things about myself:

1. I played clarinet and piano up through high school, but I only play recorder now--sometimes.
2. I created some of the sound effects background sequences (a fight scene in a small office, a chase in a casino, a fight in a bar, and a love sequence, uh-huh) for Soul Trapper, an audio-based radio drama for the Iphone, currently available in the Itunes store.
3. I met my husband after he graduated college at a bar while he was playing in a band. After graduating myself, I went on the road with him and mixed the sound and ran the lighting. We opened for the Pointer Sisters in New York 3 days after we were married!
4. I have a southern accent--East Tennessee.
5. I padded and upholstered every surface in my husband's recording studio and control room-ceilings and walls and isolation booth and weird shapes--and I don't ever want that job again!
6. I have a degree in English with a concentration in creative writing, but I'm a TERRIBLE creative writer! :-0
7. I have always loved chemistry and that's probably why I know a lot about pharmaceuticals and am fascinated by and enjoy making cold process soap.
8. The sound of crickets is very relaxing to me.
9. Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year.
10. I prefer the mountains and woods over the beach and the ocean.
11. I LOVE coffee.

So that is I.

Next I have to answer Diane's 11 questions.  After that, I will pass on this award to some of my favorite bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers.  That part will be fun!

Laura