metro blog: Liebster Award

I was pleasantly shocked when Kaye George decided to honor me with the Liebster Award! It’s nice when someone recognizes another person’s monthly blog toil. Here’s the link to her place, and a HUGE THANK YOU, Kaye! http://travelswithkaye.blogspot.com/ (That was Rule number 1.)Rule number 2, answer 11 questions from her, list 11 random facts about myself, and make up 11 questions for the ones I nominate. It really isn’t that tough to do. Actually, I did it one day when the students were taking a test. So it was easy.Liebster Award Rules:1. Thank the blogger who presented you with the Liebster Award, and link back to his or her blog.2. Answer the 11 questions from the nominator; list 11 random facts about yourself, and create 11 questions for your nominees.3. Present the Liebster Award to 11 bloggers, who have blogs with 200 followers or less, whom you feel deserve to be noticed. Leave a comment on the blogs letting the owners know they have been chosen. (No tag backs.)4. Upload the Liebster Award image to your blog.OK, down to business with #2, 3,and 4!Eleven Questions from LD to me:...like your name? Yes. I’m named after my great-grandma who came from Norway. Barbara. I think that’s kind of nice knowing that. My middle name is Marie and is also the middle name of another grandma...living where you expect to live or move someday? I suspect that I’ll stay living in this town but not in this house. I want to be closer to town....pets? We have had one for many years, but it died. Now we don’t have one and that’s mainly because of all the deer in the area....neat or sloppy? We’re both neatniks....morning person or night? Definitely morning. I fall asleep before the ten o’clock news....outside or inside? I’m a fair-weather person. I do like being outside....giddy with happiness? That’s hard. I do but it’s usually having something to do with the grandkids or when someone really appreciates what I’ve done....glass half-empty or half-full? I think it’s half-full because there’s so much more to come in my life. It just keeps getting better....favorite color? I like red and black, but don’t decorate with that. I used to be in love with blue, and I guess I still am and will decorate with shades of blue....anyone else, now or in the future? I’ve never thought about that before. I just want to be happy. That’s all I ask for is happiness....greatest writer? I absolutely adore Little Women to this day so I’ll have to say, Louisa Mae Alcott, hands down.Eleven Random facts about myself:I was so shy as a kid, that I was scared of my own shadow.I went to beauty school right after high school and worked for just a couple years. This was when haircuts were only a buck and a half. Needless to say, I couldn’t make a living at the beauty shop.I was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and really missed the large metro area when we moved to Bemidji.I graduated from Roosevelt High School, and our former governor graduated from the same school one year ahead of me. He graduated with my brother.I never knew either of my grandma’s because both died before I was born. My mother was raised by her aunt and uncle, whom I call Grandma and Grandpa. I dearly loved them.My favorite place on earth is Minnehaha Falls. I love the rushing waterfall.I love to dance. My favorite song is Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.I have done an awful lot of research and can trace one branch of my family back to the 1500’s. I am Norwegian and Swedish. I love to plants, flowers, but don’t like to garden. Actually, I don’t really like the putsiness of it. 10. I spent one Christmas with my son who was in the army and stationed in Germany. It was wonderful. One night when we were in a pub, a couple of his friends came over and told me about their mom and family and how much they missed, ‘home’, over Christmas. They also told me how special it was to have a ‘mom’ from ‘home’ to talk to. 11. I actually am tired of holidays. I know that sounds like I’m a Scrooge, but I’m not, really. I just want to enjoy a quiet holiday and enjoy my family without all the hoopla. Eleven Questions for my recipients to answer:1. Are you a solitary person?2. Did you like to color as a kid?3. What was your favorite outing as a kid?4. First date—good or bad?5. Favorite class in school?6. Do you like change?7. Where is your favorite place on earth?8. Have you ever picked eggs or held a live chicken?9. Have you ever built a snowman?10. How many national parks have you visited?11. Who is your favorite First Lady and why?Okay, this should be easy. But no one-word answers. Details or explanations required.Here are my eleven choices for the Liebster Award:Doris McGraw http://fivesevenfivepage.blogspot.comMichael Murphy http://blog.mjmurphy.comAmberly K Clowe http://amberlykclowe.blogspot.comNancy Jardine http://nancyjardine.blogspot.comWanita May http://wanitajump.wordpress.comUvi Poznansky http://uviart.blogspot.comJohn Capraro http://thewritelifeforme.blogspot.comJoanne Stewart http://theheartofanempath.blogspot.comAnne Van http://annevanllll.blogspot.comDutch Henry http://dutchhenry.blogspot.comVonnie Davis http://vintagevonnie.blogspot.comI have one request of my eleven award recipients. Even if you chose not to accept this award - meaning if you'd rather not do the questions, random facts, etc. - please take the time to visit at least a few of the other blogs listed here. We're all looking for readers and you might find a blog or two you really love.Of course, the same goes for anyone else who comes by. Take a minute and check out a blog or two you haven't visited before. You never know who you'll find.
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