I got nominated for the One Lovely Blog award and although it has taken me far longer than it should’ve, I’m finally getting around to following the rules.  (But it’s a No Strings Attached Award, so they aren’t really rules.)

The “rules” of this award are:

1.  Thank the person who nominated you.
2.  Share 7 things about yourself.
3.  Nominate 15 bloggers.  (If someone does not accept awards, it still stands, even if you cannot fulfill the requirements because this is a no strings attached nomination; only fulfill the award if you have time and are inspired.)
4.  Notify the nominees.
5.  Put the logo of the award on your blog.

First, I would like to thank the Academy  inevertoldher for nominating me.   Over at thegirlz you will find some heart-wrenching and heart-warming pieces, all told in a very unique format.  Check them out.

Seven things about me:

1. I have a terrible memory.  If I don’t write it down, it’s like it never happened.
2. I absolutely love to color.
3. I write something every day but only post about once a week.  Most of what I write is nonsense, but I guess you probably already knew that.
4. If I had bunches of money to spend on myself I would buy books, plants, and markers.  Lots of them.
5. Being a mom is the hardest and best thing I’ve ever done.
6. I am married to a musician who is also an artist, has a job, is hilarious, and has a rocking beard.  Crazy, right?
7. I make lists all the time, but I’m running out of ideas for this one.

Nominations:  *This was really hard.  I tried to pick blogs with not too many followers.  Of course, I love ALL the blogs I follow, but that’s way too many.

1.  http://thehopefulherbalist.wordpress.com/
2. http://vampiremaman.com/
3. http://mymutedvoice.com/
4. http://itsajennthing.wordpress.com/
5. http://cursitivity.wordpress.com/
6. http://karalamb.wordpress.com/
7. http://leahwould.com/
8. http://butthatsforanotherblog.wordpress.com/
9. http://shecall.wordpress.com/
10. http://stopmeifitoldyou.com/
11. http://shedrivesavegetablecar.com/
12. http://writerthereseoneill.com/
13. http://www.cheeseblarg.com/
14. http://itwentawry.wordpress.com/
15. http://simtasia.wordpress.com/

Edited to add:  The lovely maurnas at http://cursitivity.wordpress.com/ and The Farmer’s Daughter at http://melmpf1973.wordpress.com/ both nominated me for the Liebster award.  Lots of love in the blogosphere lately!  Thank you, dears!