Today I was nominated for the Liebster Blog Award by Allison over at The Budget Maven!
The Liebster Blog Award is given to bloggers by bloggers. It’s a way to acknowledge each other and say “you’re doing a great job”. It is for blogs with 200 or less followers, so it’s also a nice way to spread the word about smaller blogs and get them more readers and followers!
When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions from the person(s) who nominated you. You pass the Award onto 11 other blogs (make sure you tell them you nominated them!) and ask them 11 questions. You’re not allowed to nominate the blog(s) who nominated you! (To get the button, right click the picture on my page and save the picture to your computer. You can then upload to your blog.)
11 Random Facts:
- I’m married to a bluegrass musician (and a darn good one at that!)
- I’m a germ freak. My hands may be chapped but I can’t remember the last time I caught a cold!
- I’m a closet NASCAR fan. Yes, NASCAR. The love-fest began in 2001 at Daytona. It just happened to be the first race I’d watched in years (my mom dated a NASCAR driver for many of my teen years). When I watched Dale Earnhardt Sr. hit the wall and not emerge from his car, I was emotionally hooked.
- Autumn is my favorite season. I’m convinced heaven will be fall-like for an eternity!
- I feed my spoiled Lhasa Apso by hand. Did I just admit that?
- I would like to write a children’s book.
- I collect vintage chenille bedspreads.
- I’m not partial. I have one of the cutest granddaughters God ever created.
- I have a weakness for McDonald’s Chocolate Chip Frappe’s. Can anyone say 18 Weight Watchers points? Ouch!
- I watched the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy) so many times that my DVD began to flicker—so I invested in a new one. 🙂
- The study of The Tabernacle was a turning point in my Christian walk. Forget the idiom “the devil is in the details” — it’s our awesome God who is interested in every minute detail of our lives. Thank You, Lord!
Allison’s Questions for me:
1.What is your least favorite color?
Blue
2. What smell makes you the happiest?
Crisp leaves in Autumn
3. What’s one thing from your bucket list that you’ve yet to do?
Make a bucket list.
4. Who would win in a fight between a hard shell taco and a grilled cheese sandwich?
Hard shell taco, hands down. Unless we’re at Mike’s on Main Street in Hendersonville NC. Their grilled cheese with a cold root beer is yummy. I’d best stop now or I may have to change my answer to #2.
5. What’s your favorite dessert?
Birthday cake. White cake and buttercream white icing. Sweet mercy!
6. If you could trade wardrobes with a celebrity, whose closet would you raid?
Sienna Miller’s – love her style!
7. What overused expression really gets on your nerves?
“politically correct”
8. Vintage or Modern?
Vintage
9. Coke or Pepsi?
Coke…it’s classic.
10. If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?
Aubree Sophia Baker (where did that come from?)
11. If someone gave you a check for a million dollars, how would spend it?
Truly,
I would give a generous check to Summit (my awesome church!) and other
Kingdom causes. Then I’d build a cabin in the mountains where my
family could vacation together (and we could live full-time!)
I would give a generous check to Summit (my awesome church!) and other
Kingdom causes. Then I’d build a cabin in the mountains where my
family could vacation together (and we could live full-time!)
Here are my nominations for the Liebster Award:
1. Brandon and Megan at This Beautiful Truth
2. Sarah at Morning Glory and Hallelujah
3. Jamie at Encouraging Women
4. Julie at Anti-Writing
5. Susan at I Hope 4 Him
6. Dee Dee at Come Go Home With Me
7. Kim at Hope Lives Now
8. Lori at Deeper With Jesus in Rhode Island
9. Debra at DL Koontz
10. Ellen at Ellen Andersen
11. Marcia at On a Write Journey Following God
My Eleven Questions for Nominees:
1. Would you rather see a movie at the theater or at home on DVD? Why?
2. If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
3. Who’s your favorite singer or band?
4. If you had to choose a favorite book of the Bible, what would it be and why?
5. Fiction or non-fiction? Why?
6. How would you spend a million dollars?
7. Walmart or Target?
8. Do you parallel park or drive around the block?
9. What’s your favorite cookie?
10. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
11. What recent blessing from the Lord would you like to share?
A BIG thanks to Allison at Budget Maven for this opportunity to share and to help other blogs get noticed.
YAY! What fun! I need to figure out how to work these into my schedule.
I LOVE that you're a NASCAR fan! My son is a HUGE fan, and my husband loves anything on ESPN which means… we nap to the race on Sundays 🙂 My guys are partial to Hendrick drivers, but Sarah and I like the cuties.
I also love McDs coffee drinks, but I like the mocha one. Haven't had one in a LONG time but I drool over the ads.
Thanks for sharing, Cathy!!
I prefer Joe Gibb's drivers but I pull for just about anyone except a select few (which shall remain nameless. ha!)
I look forward to reading your answers when you can work it in your blogging schedule. Fun, fun!
Cathy, I loved reading your answers and finding out more about you. I was surprised that you're a NASCAR fan! 🙂 Next time I see you, I'll call you Aubree and see how that sounds. LOL
Thanks Allison. 🙂 It may get a little creepy if I actually answer to "Aubree" 🙂
People always seem surprised to learn I'm a NASCAR fan. Is that a good thing? ha!
Congratulations, Cathy! You deserve it! Loved learning more about you, too. 🙂
Thank you, Vonda. 🙂