My nominees for the Liebster Award are….

I spoke about this award and my answers to the questions so you can learn about me more by following this link.

I was nominated

I wanted to split the post up because the post would be extremely long if I didn't and I wanted those who I nominate to be able to see everything without having to find the information they needed.

First please save the award jpg above or one of the award jpg's I posted in my Nominated post.

Here are the rules…

• Each person nominated must post 11 things about themselves
• They must also answer the 11 questions that I (the nominator), has written below.

• They must create 11 more questions for those they have chosen to nominate.

• They must choose 11 bloggers to tag with 200 or less followers.  (If you do not know of 11, just post what you can)
• The lucky nominated blogs must be told of their nomination by email or message.

• You may not nominate the one who nominated you.

Here are my nominees for the Liebster Award.

Cooking Up a Sale - Join Lisa as she tries to keep her families grocery bill down while creating interesting tasty food for her family.  She has tons of things to offer such as recipes, before and afters, stock up alerts based on sales, giveaways and more.

Our Little Northern Life - Meet Sara, she writes about her life as a wife and mother.  I enjoy reading about her days.

Our Pemberly - Read about Charity and her husband Jose.  They have just purchased their first house and write about her day, decorating and organization to name a few.  She posts lots of pictures and makes you feel like your there in her day to day.

Transforme - Christa Jean is a wife, home-school mom, and Jewelry designer.  She likes health food, crafts and more.  She shares her life and the word of god in a very intellectual way that will make you think about your own life.

Lauras Crafty Life - Laura is a mom to two and a crafter.  You will find inspiration all over this blog.  She also has some awesome tutorials.

Shannon's Back Fence - Right now I have been enjoying her 31 Days of Cleaning Small Spaces.  

Sweeter Still - She loves to write and share parts of her life with us.  She is trying to make her life Sweeter Still for her family.  You will enjoy her descriptive writing so that you feel as if you were there with her.  One of my favorite newer blogs to me.

Prairie Scraps - A blog that is doing 31 Days until a Craft Show at the moment.  I am eager to read all of those posts.  She also talks about scrap-booking and tutorials.  I am sure you will love this blog.

My Nesting Instincts - Ashley is a wife, a mom and a homemaker.  If you enjoy all things homemaking you will love her blog.

Homemaking Challenged - a blog about organizing, cooking, and so much more.  Do go and check this blog out.

Domestic Bliss Diaries - A great blog all about managing your home.  The blog is written by Alana.  I am sure you will find lots of goodies here.

Here are my questions to those I am nominating.

1. What are your favorite colors?
2. Do you have a household binder or home management book or command center?

3. What is your favorite craft project you have pinned?

4. If you could pick one post that you are most proud of which would you choose and why?  (got this one for one of my  questions and loved it)

5. What is your favorite blog?

6. If you could give one piece of advise for new bloggers what would it be?

7. Have you ever made homemade cleaners and do you have one you still use?
8. Do you use a mop or get on hands and knees to wash your floors?

9. What time of the day do you like to blog?

10. Are you a morning person or night owl?

11. If you could choose one room in your house that you love the most which room would it be and why?

I was nominated...

A few weeks ago (sorry it has taken me so long to participate) Mary over at Cherry Blossom Love awarded me a Liebster award.  She has a great blog and I love checking in on her and finding out what she is up to.  She is a new mom and loves to decorate, organize, craft, and more.  Please check her blog out!

I have been unable to find the origins of this award, but most speculations are that it began in Germany as Liebster means "dearest".  There are some speculations about the actual rules of this award, some saying it needs blogs under 3000 followers, but the one that I received is blogs with less than 200 followers.  Due to the fact that I received mine for under 200, that is what I will do for my choices.

Here are 11 things about myself.

1. I taught myself how to make websites many years ago.  I do love to play around with them but am not dedicated enough to make a business out of it especially with my health.
2. I grew up around my aunts dog kennel.  She bred American Cocker Spaniels for about 20 years and then she started breeding Shitzu's. 

3. I once moved to the US for 3 years.

4. I collect fairy sculptures and pictures.

5. My favorite animal in the world is wolves.

6. I love to make graphics and find it very relaxing if there are no deadlines to the project.  I got tired of the drama in the graphic world online and went a whole year without creating anything and have just started again since starting this blog.

7. I only have 2 real friends.  One of them lives 11 hours away and I miss her terribly.  The other friend I just met about 2 months ago.  She lives 3 houses away and due to my illness and being in bed most of the time, I just never got the opportunity to meet many people.  I am enjoying this time spent with K and her family.  It also motivates me to try and get up a bit more then I am used to.

8. I have had both big toes amputated due to excessive ingrown toe nails.  I got super sick with an infection called Cellulitis for 8 months and they finally agreed after trying all avenues of treatment that it was best.  It was the greatest decision I ever made.  G likes to kid and say that at least I am unique lol.

9. My mother is my closest friend.  It wasn't always this way but it has changed drastically in the last 10 years.  She is a snowbird and travels from Ontario Canada to Yuma Arizona each winter.  I find it extremely difficult because she is gone for 5 months a year and I miss her dearly.

10. I love to watch reality shows.

11. I suffer from depression and have since I was 7.  It has been relatively under control for the last few years but I still have times when I get into a deep slump and sleep a lot.

Well those are things about me.  I hope that you learned a bit and haven't scared you away.  I am totally an open book and I am online who I am in real life.  I am looking forward to making friends online from this blog.

Here are the answers to the 11 questions that Mary asked me.

1. What is one item you could never live without? Why?

I couldn't live without my computer.  It truly is my connection with the world.  Due to my illness I do not get out much but due to my computer I don't feel so isolated.

2. What is your favorite post you have written?  Why?

My favorite blog has to be Projects and Projects and more Projects.  This is my favorite post because it was a light bulb for me about trying to stick to my 'Today's'.  I also think it’s a lesson a lot of people can take and apply to their lives.

3. What is your favorite holiday?

My favorite holiday is Halloween.  Unfortunately I haven't been able to celebrate a Halloween the way I wish I could.  Last year both G and I had a horrible flu so we ended up unable to give out candy as we didn't want to risk getting the children ill.  One day I will totally decorate outside the house and have a huge Halloween party.

4. What has been the best gift you have ever received?

I think other than my children, the best gift I ever received is finding G and beginning our friendship from an online site.  I wasn't looking for him but found him none the less.  Best gift ever!

5. If you could go back in time and do one thing differently what would it be?

I hope you don't think this is a cop out but I believe that each road I have traveled I brought lessons with me into the future.  All those experiences , some good, and a lot of bad and tough ones, have made me who I am today.  If we go back and change even the littlest thing it would change who and where you are today in some way and I wouldn't risk it. 

6. How much time do you spend a day blogging?

While I am not posting the whole time, I do spend tons of hours each day focusing on blog and home things.  I would say that in some fashion I spend at least 6 hours a day on the blog.  This includes research, blog posts, reading blogs, and planning projects for the house. 

7. How many hours do you wish you could?

Wow, if I could I would spend about 10 hours a day.  The reason for that would be because I always feel there is never enough hours in the day for me to do all the things I wish I could do.

8. What is your favorite Pinterest Pin?

This is my favorite pin because it is in my favorite color, and its an organized fun craft room and I hope to have a room like this one day.

http://pinterest.com/pin/75927943687757257/ 

9. If you could team up with any company for a product review/giveaway who would it be?

I think it is a tie between a cricut and silhouette cameo.  Both of these would be used all the time in our house. 

10. Did you like high school or college better?  Why?

I enjoyed college better due to being so sick during high school.  I ended up leaving school in grade 10 and went back many years later and received my GED and went to college twice. 

11. Who is your male/female celebrity crush?

LOL everyone always looks at me funny, but my favorite alive crush is Sam Elliot but my biggest crush ever was Heath Ledger.  I loved him dearly and was so distraught to hear of his passing.