Tuesday, September 29, 2009

I'm a Kreative Blogger! Who Knew?

Today I owe a debt of gratitude to the lovely Judi at Lines Composed for the “Kreative Blogger” award she bestowed upon me Sunday! I’m quite excited and delighted. (Relax, the poetry ends here.)

So Judi states the rules as these:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award. (check)
2. Link to that person’s blog. (check)
3. Copy the logo to your blog. (any minute now)
4. List seven things about yourself that your readers might not know. Hm...
5. Nominate seven new recipients of the award. (Easy.)
6. Post links to their sites.
7. Leave comments so they know they’ve won.

Okay, I can do this, so here come seven things you might not know about me.

1. I am short. Not just a little short, or medium short, but really short, like 5’ 1”. I used to be 5’ 2 ¾”, but I am shrinking, like most women “of a certain age”. When my husband says we’re going to live into our 90s, I say, “If we do, I’ll be three and a half feet tall!” This becomes more significant if I let you know that the hub is 6’ 4”. Yeah. A redwood.

2. Unlike most of my compadres, I love to cook. I’m addicted to America’s Test Kitchen (the PBS cooking show) and their magazine Cooks Illustrated. I have a season pass for ATK on my Tivo, and still buy the books and the DVDs. Is there a 12-step program for this? I’ve never made anything from their cookbooks or website that was anything short of spectacular. Seriously, it took me almost two hours to put together their meatloaf the first time I made it, but it was totally worth it. I know. Meatloaf. But really! I would not steer you wrong—you are my peeps.

3. I have a custom embroidery business. Yes, for the past ten years (“Since October 1999”) I’ve been the proud proprietor of a home-based operation that stitches corporate logos, club logos, or school mascots on shirts, bags, jackets, aprons, blankets, etc. I do a great job, if my customers aren’t just pulling my leg, and I love doing it. When I started, I was still employed full-time outside the home, and gradually built it up. Now I have two industrial-strength machines, and am my own third-world nation. I love all things related to stitching, so this is a natural for me.

4. In my previous incarnation I worked in healthcare. I did reimbursement analysis for a major hospital (850 beds), clinical department management at a major medical school, and worked the business side of more than one private practice. It was always interesting, often frustrating (ask me how I feel about insurance companies) and a pretty decent way to earn a living. I got to work with—and for—a lot of nice people. Also, a couple of total cretins who would have sold their own grandmothers to look good on any given occasion. (You know who you are!)

5. I am a news junkie, and get very emotionally involved in politics and world affairs. I’m keeping that out of my blog, because I want FITNY to be a place to go without a we/they yes/no black/white dividing line. I want us all to laugh together and enjoy our common ground.

6. I’m a remarried mother of two, step-mother of two. Together we have two sons and two daughters, all of whom are off on their own. Two married, two spoken-for. A 2 ½ year-old grandson who is the apple of my eye, and a nineteen-month old granddaughter who is the apple of my other eye! And I look forward to the new apples yet to come. (When I secure parental permission, you will see photos, hear names…) Our first marriages lasted 19 and 25 years, respectively, and we’ve been together for 14 now, so this is not the Brady Bunch. Only the youngest ever lived with the two of us. They are all great kids (not unbiased, but not untrue) who have paired off with other great kids!

7. I love coffee, chocolate and fresh peaches. I hate coffee that’s cold, weak or sweetened. I can’t tolerate cigarette smoke in any quantity, in any setting. But sometimes when I catch a little whiff on my way to the non-smoking section, I get a flashback to my parents. It’s like my madeleine… but don’t get me started on Proust.

I think I overwrote this, but tough nuggies, it’s my blog, and I can’t be stopped. I’m mad with power, apparently-- Bwah-hah-hah!

Now, on to the seven new recipients of the Kreative Blogger award!

1. Cate at show my face. Always puts a smile on my face—she has a great way with words!
2. Kellydiels.com Because when you want authentic—there she is. I’m stalking her, wish we could go for coffee together.
3. Greg at telling dad. Greg has it all together and isn’t afraid to share. I love reading Greg. He’s a cool (and responsible) dad and blogger!
4. Amanda at Confessions from household 6. It’s great reading about her family and her experiences on the military post; I feel like I know all of them.
5. Missy at Is It Just Me? Her banner alone is enough to make you love her. Check out her pithy subtitles!
6. Jess at I was told there would be bacon. Jess combines the edginess and the hilarity I’m always a sucker for. And there’s bacon, too—right?
7. Shana at Three Men and a Little Lady A dentist surrounded by the men in her family, fighting for her sanity. Or was it insanity? Or does it matter? She’s great.

So thanks again to Judi, and thanks to all these creative (now Kreative) bloggers who make it so much fun to read what they have to say!

11 comments:

  1. I love when there is small world blogging going on!

    First, you have to tell the story about the time you forgot your skirt that you mentioned on Jess' blog. Second, I love Cate and Amanda, and they totally deserve this award!

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  2. Congrats on your award. And, um, I'm only five foot. I'm guessing that one day, I'll only be like 4'10, maybe 4'11. Aye!

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  3. Another richly deserved award. You write very well and I always love finding out a little about the person who's doing the writing, too.

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  4. Congrats. I love your blog. I'll check and see if any of those you nominated aren't on my to-read list yet and add them if not!

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  5. Congrats!!

    You love to cook? Please come cook for us! I hate to cook!

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  6. Hi Leah!!
    Congrats and thanks for awarding me with the "I give good" blog award in one of your earlier posts!! Thank you **takes a bow**
    Love your blog, though, for some reason I couldn't comment post in any of your other posts except this one!! Wonder why??
    Congrats once more and keep up the blogging.. You are my daily dose of sunshine!!

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  7. Hi Leah, congrats on the awards! But dammit, I'm eighth again?! Indigo

    P.S. Leah, LazyWriter: Short women rock!

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  8. Thanks for the awesome recognition. I hope you don't mind, but I didn't exactly follow the rules to post this... simply because I'm not a huge blog mogul like you and don't have that many blogging buddies that even know what blogger awards mean. Anyhoo. I still think it's very kool that you think I'm kreativ.

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  9. I did neglect to post a list of things about me since most of my long-time readers are probably sick of hearing stuff about me, but just in case you want to get sick of me too... I give you "Shana 101."

    http://vancleaves.blogspot.com/2008/10/world-according-to-shana.html

    http://vancleaves.blogspot.com/2008/11/mentisms.html

    http://vancleaves.blogspot.com/2009/09/top-10-random-things-you-couldnt-pay-me.html

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  10. Thank you for sharing a bit of you with the rest of us.

    When you find the ATK 12 Step Program, save me a seat. I'm just as addicted and have my husband watch with me. I'd love to work for them....

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  11. Congrats and thank you! It looks like I'm in good company too (Hi Greg! *wave*)

    I love to cook too! The kitchen is the one room of the house I can kick the boys out of with the excuse that there's hot oil or other dangerous things.

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