Showing posts with label blog awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog awards. Show all posts

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Sugar Doll Award

Sugar Doll AwardI have to admit that I do not know what the Sugar Doll Award is for or where it originated, but it's just so darn adorable, and I certainly hate to turn down some blog bling. Thank you to Sandra at Musings of a Book Addict for thinking of me! If nothing else, awards are a nice self-esteem booster - yes, someone is reading my blog! Woo!

So, I'll list 10 things about myself (I'll keep this brief!) and then pass the award on to 10 others. Sounds good.

10 About Me
  1. I want a cat. Or several.
  2. I like to dance - of the ethnic variety. Balkan folk and maybe some salsa. 
  3. My favorite color at the moment is purple. 
  4. Dark chocolate + hazelnuts = Yum. 
  5. Love the MarioKart on the Wii. 
  6. I don't like to drive at night. Or in bad weather. Or at all, really.
  7. I wish I traveled more.
  8. I drink water and Mountain Dew. And that's about it. 
  9. I love nachos. I'll go see a bad movie just for the nachos.
  10. I have a younger sister who is nothing short of awesome.
And the 10 blogs I choose:

Check them out! I enjoy them. :)

Natalie

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Kreativ Blogger Award

Kreativ Blogger AwardI am so happy to announce that I have just received my first blogger award! Woo! Thank you very much to Milly Marie at Imaginary~Dreamer, who nominated me for this award. I may seem a little bashful about it, but I am quite grateful. :)



Here's how the award works:
  • Thank the person who gave this to you.
  • Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
  • Link the person who nominated you.
  • Name seven things about yourself that no one would really know.
  • Nominate seven "Kreativ Bloggers."
  • Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.
  • Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them.

Seven Things About Me
  1. I'm a rather crafty gal when I have the motivation. I make books, knit, crochet, and sew. I'm currently knitting a blanket for myself, crocheting a granny square blanket for my boy, and knitting an argyle scarf for my sister.
  2. I have a small and recent obsession for Star Trek. Ever since I saw the new Star Trek movie, I haven't been able to stop watching all things Star Trek-related. So far, I've seen Star Trek: Nemesis, Star Trek: First Contact, and I watch Star Trek: The Next Generation every weeknight on WGN.
  3. I watch more TV than any human being should. I can't sit in my house without the TV on, whether I'm actually watching it or not. My go-to channels are HGTV or the Food Network. And I have an obscene amount of shows that I follow. Monday is my teen night devoted to the CW and ABC Family, Tuesday is Star Trek: TNG on SyFy, Wednesday is whatever's on Bravo, Thursday is The Vampire Diaries, Friday is TLC night, Saturday is America's Next Top Model on Oxygen, and Sunday has been football as of late, but now I'm watching Emma on PBS. Phew! 
  4. I'm Macedonian-American. My parents were both born in Macedonia - my dad lived there until he was 10, and my mom until she met my dad at 18, but I was born in Chicago. Macedonia is a tiny country north of Greece, west of Bulgaria, and east of Albania. Macedonian is my first language, though I don't speak it that well and could probably read it at a third grade level. If you speak Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, or even Russian, I can probably understand you.
  5. I love music in a way that I miss and couldn't possibly describe. Music sustained my extended adolescence the way that reading seems to sustain me now. My current favorites are The Avett Brothers, The Frames, and The Decemberists, among many, many others.
  6. I'm afraid of wide open spaces - something like agoraphobia. I feel rather helpless and actually quite closed in when I'm driving through the cornfields to get back to the city. Scary. 
  7. I love cheese. I always have at least six different cheeses in my fridge, which I call the absolute basics (cream cheese, Laughing Cow, parmesan, cheddar, mozzarella, American) and to that I currently also have crumbled goat cheese and bleu cheese dressing. Normally, I couldn't live without feta or kashkaval, but this town does not offer the types I enjoy. Sigh. 
Enough about me, I would like to nominate the following blogs for the Kreativ Blogger Award. I chose these blogs because they are the ones that I just enjoy reading and that have updated somewhat recently - which made it easy for me to find them. :)
Be sure to check out these wonderful blogs! 

Natalie
 
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