One Lovely Blog Award & a TUSAL

Hello, world! I've been sick of body then sick of mind so it was quite a surprise to find I received a "lovely blog" award from the Great Poodle Lover! It was quite timely to kick myself out of the funk I've been in, so thank you so much, Vickie! :D It feels good to be normal(?) again~


The purpose of this award is for bloggers to nominate fellow, mostly newer, bloggers that they wish to recognize. The goal is to bring attention to blogs that we think are "lovely" and enjoy reading. We hope others will enjoy reading these blogs also.

In order to accept the award, the nominated blogger must follow these rules:

• Thank the person who nominated you & link back to them in your post
• Share seven facts about yourself
• Nominate 10 other bloggers for the award

Thank you again, Vickie, you must know I like to talk about myself. ;)

1. I love to travel but due to some weird screw-up in my head, I have become afraid to fly! I have been to Okinawa, Japan twice, England once, and to at least 40 of the States. Only the extreme NE/SE and Alaska have eluded me.
2. I like anime, manga, and video games... a lot. I wish there were more projects geared towards those subjects so that I didn't have to make the patterns myself!  Luckily there's a lovely community at Sprite Stitch that helps out.
3. Most of my stash comes from thrift stores.  I must see and touch things before I buy and I have no needlework shops within easy driving distance.
4. Blue, blue, blue!  Everything must be blue!  I like yellow and green a lot too, but mostly blue.  And rainbows.  But blue.  Think of the cerulean Crayola crayon and you've got the perfect blue though all blues are wonderful.  Blue.
5. I lived in Hawaii for ~five years while getting my university degree.  Truly a beautiful place but I don't think I would ever want to live there again; so expensive!  Even if money were no object, I felt "trapped" by the lack of four seasons.  My husband is a nice souvenir though.  :b
6. I love to cook, especially to bake bread!  I have tried a bread machine before and it just takes the fun part away from baking.  I love kneading the warm dough and punching down.  My favorite is a plain ol' loaf of wheat bread.
7. I love yard work!  I have a vegetable garden started (cabbage, garlic, potatoes, broccoli, onions, lettuce, and spinach so far, with tomatoes and peppers started and cucumbers waiting) and probably more houseplants than is really necessary.  I also really like to mow grass... with a push mower.  We have a lot of grass (around an 3/4 of an acre) so I get my fix quite readily.

And here are my 10 linked blogs you should check out, in no particular order~  Perhaps they've already got nominated... well, you're getting nominated AGAIN. :b  Also please don't feel obligated to participate.  :)

1. Daniela at Krížikové vyšívanie
2. Alyssa at Brownie's Chair
3. Preeti at Creat - E - witty Unleashed
4. Pandy at Adventures of a Crazy Cat Lady
5. Missy at Dork Stitch
6. Annie at The Crafty Pixie
7. Reaper at The Stitching Reaper
8. Becca at finding flapjack
9. Elle at EllemereCrafty
10. Pamela at Hokkaido Kudasai

Sneaking this in on this here post, I present my (somewhat late) TUSAL!  What do you think is added in there?

Answer: Moooore Muppets!

And because we haven't seen her in a while, Oreo would like to be on the blog. She takes the time to sniff the flowers, this time one of my African violets.  Don't mind the stretching Kalanchoe in the back; it was a dark winter and it got quite leggy.  I haven't the heart to cut off the flowers just yet.

Welp, that is all from me today. It's a somewhat bizarre weekend so I am going to pretend it is IHSW and hermit up with my Muppet letters and see just how many I can finish before Sunday evening.  I will set a lofty goal of four letters.  Fingers (needles?) crossed!