I was thrilled to see that I have been nominated by a fellow blogger, for the Liebster Blog Award. This award is awarded to bloggers with under 200 followers and there are 3 steps for gaining this prestigious blogger credential :-)
Step 1 - Answer 5 questions.
Step 2 - Recommend five bloggers who qualify under the terms of the Liebster blog award and whose blogs are either funny, interesting or thought-provoking (and sometimes all three!)
Step 3 - List five unknown facts about yourself
So here goes:
1. Why did you start to blog?
I started writing as I wanted to raise awareness about the subject of Alopecia, both for the sufferers aswell as for their friends and family. I wanted to tell people its OK to be curious about hairloss and to explain that the condition does not define a person.
2. How has blogging changed your life, if at all?
It has allowed people to ask questions and bizarrely enough given me permission to mention my condition. Strangely liberating.
3. Who, dead or alive, would be your perfect four dinner party guests?
My four best friends and each would have to bring some food. We would drink cocktails, good wine, tell secrets and laugh a lot.
4. If you could be anyone in history, who would you be?
God
5. Why?
To know if I existed or not
My five favourite blogs are:
http://theflakyfashionista.blogspot.com
http://tarina-insearchofsun.blogspot.com/
http://annajenkinson-culture.blogspot.com/
http://www.marchfifteen.ca/blog/
http://raisingflowersandskids.blogspot.com/
Five unknown facts about myself are:
I am a shy extrovert
I adore lying on the sofa wrapped in a blanket
I don't actually want my hair back
I prefer 60:40 to Pareto's principle of 80:20
I love kareoke, parties with friends and themes.
So now I feel I have earned my award and thank you Flaky for the nomination,
Happy Blogging, BBB
It's over
There is no denying it, the Summer is over.
The evidence is everywhere.
Pumpkin spice and cinnamon coffees are being advertised. The outdoor pools have closed. Work is ramping back up to record levels. Leaves are falling. Evenings are crisper. Traffic is back.
Anyone who knows me, understands how much I love Summer. I love the swimming, the casual meeting of neighbours on the street, walking to the village, weekends away, friends and family visits and doing all those things I blogged about a few weeks ago in my "What I love about the Summer" post.
So as sad as I am to see the Summer go, and its spontanuity, as hopeful I am about the next season. Apple picking in stunning orchards, the sheer beauty of the changing leaves, dinner parties at home, activities for the kiddies and a long awaited routine.
But I have to be honest, Autumn is not Summer, and transitions are hard. However there is little more predictable than the seasons changing, so it's just a fact of life.
That said, this year I will have an inner moment of silence for the end of summer. It was one of the best and one to remember. I am sad to see you go.
The evidence is everywhere.
Pumpkin spice and cinnamon coffees are being advertised. The outdoor pools have closed. Work is ramping back up to record levels. Leaves are falling. Evenings are crisper. Traffic is back.
Anyone who knows me, understands how much I love Summer. I love the swimming, the casual meeting of neighbours on the street, walking to the village, weekends away, friends and family visits and doing all those things I blogged about a few weeks ago in my "What I love about the Summer" post.
So as sad as I am to see the Summer go, and its spontanuity, as hopeful I am about the next season. Apple picking in stunning orchards, the sheer beauty of the changing leaves, dinner parties at home, activities for the kiddies and a long awaited routine.
But I have to be honest, Autumn is not Summer, and transitions are hard. However there is little more predictable than the seasons changing, so it's just a fact of life.
That said, this year I will have an inner moment of silence for the end of summer. It was one of the best and one to remember. I am sad to see you go.
Tic tac's and teepee's
Generosity is a wonderful trait. I don't mean the gifts of things, but rather the gift of self.
Recently I spent the night in a teepee with some old friends. It was a cold night and we needed sleeping bags and blankets. In the dead of the night, my daughter, uncharacteristically began being sick. It was sudden and unexpected. We were clearly unprepared, all 9 of us.
Between us we managed, in a few seconds, to find a bag, tissues and a torch. Very quickly we sorted out my little princess and calm restored within a short period of time. Although my daughter was on her way to recovery, she was clearly distraught and suffering from a little shock.
My friend noticed this. She again got out of her warm and cosy sleeping bag, searched in the darkness for something in her bag and came over to my daughter and offered her an orange tic tac, to change the taste in her mouth.
This simple act of kindness was huge.
It made the world of difference to her then,
It is what she remembers about that night.
My friend did not have to do this, but she did. She turned a bad event into a good memory with a simple orange tic tac.
This reminded me that long friendships run deep and need to be cherished. This reminded me how lucky I am to have such people in my life.
Thank you orange tic tac for reminding me. I will always carry some with me now, just so one day I can return this favour.
Recently I spent the night in a teepee with some old friends. It was a cold night and we needed sleeping bags and blankets. In the dead of the night, my daughter, uncharacteristically began being sick. It was sudden and unexpected. We were clearly unprepared, all 9 of us.
Between us we managed, in a few seconds, to find a bag, tissues and a torch. Very quickly we sorted out my little princess and calm restored within a short period of time. Although my daughter was on her way to recovery, she was clearly distraught and suffering from a little shock.
My friend noticed this. She again got out of her warm and cosy sleeping bag, searched in the darkness for something in her bag and came over to my daughter and offered her an orange tic tac, to change the taste in her mouth.
This simple act of kindness was huge.
It made the world of difference to her then,
It is what she remembers about that night.
My friend did not have to do this, but she did. She turned a bad event into a good memory with a simple orange tic tac.
This reminded me that long friendships run deep and need to be cherished. This reminded me how lucky I am to have such people in my life.
Thank you orange tic tac for reminding me. I will always carry some with me now, just so one day I can return this favour.
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