I was nominated for the Liebster!

Rad thing #1 that happened to me last weekend....I was nominated for a Liebster Award!

Thanks Jodie!! for nominating me! Jodie is a fellow blogger and a breast cancer survivor, she's prolific and interesting and I'm grateful for her kind nomination! I had no idea what a Liebster award was before my nomination but found a bit about it's origins after searching google. It's changed a bunch over the years but it's still a fun way to get some great press for some tiny bloggers and I think it's a great way for the blogging community to support each other.

The Rules as I know them...

1. Anyone with less than 200 followers can be nominated for The Liebster.

2. Each nominee should post eleven facts about herself or himself.

3. Each nominee should answer the eleven questions that are asked by the person doing the nominating.

4. Choose eleven new bloggers to nominate for the Award and link them in the post.

5. Create eleven new questions for your nominees.

6. Go back to their pages and tell them they've been nominated.

7. No tag backs.

Let's begin!






11 random facts about me:
1. I have FOUR CHILDREN (zomg!)

2. I never wanted to be a mom, I was happy being the doting auntie. Now I can't think of anything I'm better suited to. Go figure.

3. I've lived in 3 countries. Traveled to/in over 10.

4. I flew in a commercial plane for the first time when I was 25!

5. I have cared for more than 40 animals in my lifetime (mostly cats)

6. I didn't get a drivers license until I was 18.

7. I was homeless for three years in my teens.

8. My mother was a single, teen mom and I'm really proud of what she accomplished despite the crap she got for it.

9. My husband has a sexy accent.

10. I have 13 tattoos.

11. I used to have 16 piercings (all above the neck) They're all healed over now but I really miss my brow and vertical lip ones sometimes.





Here are the 11 questions I was asked:
1. If you could experience anything again for the first time, what would it be?
Birthing a baby.

2. If you could change one thing in history, what would it be?
Whatever allowed corporations to determine the future of humanity.

3. How do you think the world would change from your answer to #2?
We might be able to live on the planet longer.

4. What's your happy song?
Just Like Heaven - The Cure

5. What scent are you wearing?
Baby

6. What's the most important thing you would tell your 16yo self?
You'll survive.

7. Described your town/country in one sentence.
Dangerously Blind and Self Absorbed.

8. Sweet or savoury?
Sweet.

9. What are the five best things about women?
ONLY FIVE? uh...
A. Intuition
B. Their amazing bodies (every last one!)
C. Their life (and love) giving breasts.
D. Their capacity for lifting others up!
E. Their power (now if they'd only claim it!)

10. What are the five best things about men?
A. Their capacity for kindness
B. Their determination
C. Their vital roll as fathers (even those without children can have such an impact!)
D. Their fortitude.
E. Their Kinetic energy

11. Who would play you in a movie?
Drew Barrymore.


Here are the 11 blogs you ought to check out!
The Ax Files
Finding your force - A journey to Love
Amber Bird
Mindfully Mothering Two
Agnes Eva  (she's a haiku goddess!)
The amazing art of Laurie McClave 
Dr. Jen Gunter - Wielding the Lasso of Truth
JoannePenney
The beautiful Photography of Anna Yarrow
Pretty bold for a mexican girl
Jenny Forrester


And the 11 Questions I pose to them:
1. What is your biggest fear
2. What is your greatest Joy?
3. What is your favorite album?
4. What is your favorite book (or two, I know, it's hard to pick just one)
5. Why do you write?
6. If you could go anywhere, right now, where would it be?
7. What is your favorite city?
8. Have you ever seen the stars without light pollution?
9. Favorite dessert?
10. In what ways do you support parents in raising the future generations?
11.  In what ways do you support the elder generations?