Recently I was surprised and excited to find that I had been nominated by Halfstitch for a Liebster Award.  Check out her blog, if you love cross stitch I’m sure you will find it as inspiring as I do.  Thank you very much, Michelle, it is such an honour to be nominated by one of my blogger peers and have my humble blog chosen as one of interest.  Amazing.

I haven’t posted anything for a little while, as I really didn’t have anything interesting to write about – but now I do!!!

Rules for Receiving this Award

• Create a post to accept the award! Thank the person who nominated you and link back to his/her blog (it would help if you included a little information about it).
• Display the award on your blog. You can save the image and upload it to your blog post and/or add it as a widget on your blog.
• List 10 random facts about yourself.
• Nominate 5-10 blogs you admire that have less than 200 followers.
• Post your answers to the questions asked by the person who nominated you.
• List these rules in your post.
• Ask your nominees 10 questions after tagging them in the post.

10 Facts about Me

1. I love crafts and have tried most of them in the past.  Now I try to limit myself to cross stitching, sewing, quilting, scrap booking, card making and occasional knitting projects.
2. I enjoy gardening but sometimes find it difficult in our hot Australian summers.
3. I try to get to the gym regularly (2-3 times a week) and yoga weekly.
4. I love my cats – and other people’s dogs.
5. I am passionate about animal welfare.
6. I always make lists and like that it makes me more productive.
7. I once put on a job application form that my interests were riding my motorcycle and target pistol shooting and was told they were “unladylike”.  (I didn’t get the job.)
8. I am addicted to my ebook and currently have more than 100 titles unread.
9. Favourite genres – biographies, horror and psychological thrillers.
10. Try as I might, I can’t solve the Rubik’s Cube.

My Nominations

• Beyond the Boudoir
• I’m Feelin Crafty
• Crafty Rat
• Feather Stitching
• In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood

Halfstitch’s Q& A

1. Do you prefer sweet or savoury foods?  Sweet!  Normally when I go to a restaurant, I check out the dessert menu first – and leave room accordingly, especially if creme brulee is on the menu!
2. What can’t you leave your house without?  Well, I could say lip balm, which would be true (and boring!).  Also true and far more important – my credit card.  I never carry much cash and twice I have filled up my car with fuel and then realized I had no money!  On one occasion the attendant wouldn’t let me leave, and I was there for quite a while until I could contact my “other half”.  I was too embarrassed to “ring a friend”!
   
3. What did you enjoy most about today?  I got up early (for once) and we got the lawns mowed, the edges trimmed and some gardening done, and it all looks so neat!
4. Are you an early riser or a night owl?  I used to be a night owl and an early riser but not now, as the cats love to come in (with a little bit of encouragement from me) to snuggle up in bed early in the morning.  So now I get up late – I can’t disturb them, right?
5. What’s your favourite hobby?  Hmmm, difficult to choose just one …. probably sewing.
6. What are the three foods you can’t do without?  Krispy Kreme donuts, dark chocolate and (to be honest) KFC’s Zinger Burger.  (No one said “healthy” foods, did they?)
7. What are you looking forward to?  Our train trip next week on the “Ghan” which goes from Darwin in the Northern Territory to Adelaide in South Australia.
8. What websites do you frequent?  Pinterest, Craftsy and EBay.
9. Name one of your Goals.  Plan a vacation to the USA, to spend some more time in New York and LA (and wherever else we can fit in).
10. What’s your favourite type of cruisine?  Too difficult to narrow down to one – I’ll have to say Mexican and Thai.

10 Questions for My Nominees

1. Describe yourself in three words.
2. What is your favourite hobby?
3. What is your best tip for other bloggers or new starters?
4. Do you blog regularly and what do you do if you can’t think up a new post?
5. Did you make New Year’s Resolution?  If so, how is that going?  If not, why?
6. What is the most exciting thing you have done this year?
7. What is your favourite food?
8. Which book are you currently reading?
9. Do you have a pet?
10. Where in the world would you most like to visit, and why?