My thanks, albeit belated, to thebestdressup for nominating me for the “very inspiring blogger award”. I am a little bewildered at the term “inspiring”, which makes me think of balding, pipe-smoking literary boffins, but am a very chuffed bunny nevertheless. The instructions, which I hope won’t blow up James Bond-style within five minutes of reading them, are as follows:
THE RULES FOR ACCEPTING THE AWARD:
1. Display the award logo on your blog. (displayed above)
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. State 7 things about yourself.
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them.
5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements.
As I don’t have any earth-movingly fascinating facts about myself like having saved the universe, obtained an OBE or dated George Clooney, here are seven mundane sundries about your humble scribe:
1) I have suffered from severe cold turkey since I was forced to give up peanuts for health reasons in June. I’m still scared I’ll sleepwalk to the village shop in the dead of night, and be caught in my Mr Men PJ’s by the police, sitting in a mountain of peanuts with my tights pulled over my head.
2) I love the smell of freshly cut grass, and hate standing next to people who have jumped into a vat of perfume before leaving the house.
3) The most wonderful thing I have ever seen was a gobsmackingly beautiful blood-red, mandarine orange and pomelos pink sunrise over an atoll in French Polynesia 18 years ago. It was powerful; skin-creepingly and enormously fabulous. I still get goose-pimples when I think about it. Lesson learned: keep your eyes open, the best things in life are free.
4) One day, I’ll write that book. It won’t make me rich or famous, but hell it’ll be fun.
5) I am convinced that dirty laundry copulates in corners and produces single-sock offspring.
6) I love life, and avoid pessimists and wet blankets like the plague. I often resist the temptation to boot the backsides of self-indulgent misanthropists.
7) Last but not least, I love my family. The older I get, the more I realise just how much my parents have done for me and my siblings, and how much they count for me.
Now for the 15 other bloggers. It’s going to be hard because there are so many brilliant blogs!
1. Our Adventure in Croatia
2. Englishman in Italy
3. Maman Poulette
4. Artistic milestone
5. Mixedbabygreens
6. Mommy man
7. Sabhskitchn
8. 52 Brand New
9. The world is my cuttlefish
10. La petite banane
11. Caramelize Life
12. Turn around and swim
13. Faemom
14. Happiness Stan lives here
15. Robotic Robot
I hope you have as much fun reading these as I do!
Now here are two further instructions:
1) Have a beautiful day.
2) Smile if someone catches your eye – I bet that in 9 cases out of ten they’ll smile back. You may not realise at the time, but an unexpected smile can do someone the world of good.
MM xx
Congratulations on your award and thank you for nominating my blog, I also like the smell of freshly cut grass, providing someone else has cut it. I promise to change my perfume. 🙂
Just sharing the happiness 😉
I need it today… So many thanks.
C’est toujours sympa d’apprendre des choses sur les gens qu’on aime…
Juste un bémol pour le numéro 3, tu dis ça car tu n’as pas encore rencontré Brian-Barnabé 😉
Merci K-ro! Tu peins ton petit merveille en rouge, orange et rose et on avisera 🙂
Congratulations for your award.
I’m sure you have a real talent and long for the book you’re planning to write one day.
And, who knows?, you could get rich…
Thank you, Papounet! I’m all embarassed now, that was a lovely thing to say. I wouldn’t bet too much on the rich bit, though 😉
Thank you, MM. It is an honour to be considered inspiring by one such as you. It will be a while, though, before I deal with all that the award entails as I am gallivanting most of each day at the moment. Thanks again.
You’re welcome: I hope other bloggers discover your blog meanwhile! Have fun gallivanting and let us know what you’re up to- I’m curious!
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thanks MM, for the early Christmas pressy… proper thanks in today’s post here:
http://adventureincroatia.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/what-to-do-in-croatia-have-a-relaxing-holiday/
Thanks very much for the mention and the link back to my blog!
I love your idea of writing a book, I’m rooting for you! and I like what happens to your dirty laundry lol 🙂 Thanx for passing the award to me 🙂
Thanks, I’ll keep you up to date on the evolution but for the moment it’ll probably be written in time to end up as besided reading in the retirememt home, lol…
Congrats to you and thank you for nominating my little blog! I appreciate it. I cannot wait to check out the other 14 blogs! Yet, you are so right…there are so many brilliant blogs!
You’re welcome – I’m just sharing the blogs I enjoy, that’s all! I loved your attitude to life and started following you as soon as I started blogging. Enjoy discovering the other blogs!
Bravo pour cet award ! Merci beaucoup d’avoir nominée ! Tout d’abord je voudrais remercier mon producteur et mon manager, sans qui je ne serais jamais arrivée aussi loin. J’aimerais aussi remercier mon attaché de presse et toute les personnes qui…. ah mince j’ai confondu avec mon speech pour le Festival de Cannes… 🙂
De rien, je ne fais que partager les bons blogs 😉 Qui sait, le speech de Cannes servira peut-être un jour… prix Goncourt? Allez, il faut viser haut!
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