Bang that gong everyone

I’m very touched to have been awarded this award by a lovely lady whose blog Write Away is where here creative writing lives and comes alive for us all to read.  She writes with passion and enthusiasm and I’m very fortunate to count her as one of the people who pop in and read my posts.  So thank you so much for thinking of me when passing on this award.

I am also humbled as this is the second time I’ve received this award but I’m pleased to accept it for three main reasons.

Following the rules that go with this award firstly I get the chance to thanks my fellow blogger friend at Write Away for passing this on to me, secondly I get the opportunity to scramble around in my head and reveal a list of things you don’t yet know about me.  Finally I get the opportunity to promote other blogs I read.  I really support this as, in reading the nominations that others have taken the time to make I have discovered some wonderful blogs that are now firmly part of my day.

So, with no further ado here is my list of 10 things I must own up to I can reveal about me.

1. I once left the house wearing shoes that were similar, but not similar enough to be a matching pair.  From that day on I always check my shoes before I leave the house.
2. I have recently lost a stone in weight just by using a smaller plate and walking more.
3. I can eat my own weight in chocolate given half the chance, hence no.2
4. I am the proud owner of an iPhone 4S however Siri (the little man that lives in my phone and talks to me) can’t understand my Glasgow accent.  We frequently have arguments that don’t make sense.
5. I grew up in Saudi Arabia.  We lived beside one of the palaces and a Sheik once asked my mum if she would sell me for a herd of camels.  I only found this out recently.  She said no figuring as we were soon to be returning to Scotland the camels wouldn’t fare too well in our climate.  She remains an animal lover to this day and will frequently remind me that I was ‘a crabbit wean’ (grumpy child).
6. I have, over the years spent hundreds of pounds trying to find a bra that fits properly.  Why is that so difficult?  My quest recently ended and I turfed out my whole underwear drawer in favour of stuff that actually does what it says on the packet.  If you’re interested ladies you’ll find my holy grail of the bra world here.
7. I have no sense of direction.  On the plus side I no longer get stressed about getting lost.
8. I always keep a little medal of St Anthony with me.  It was given to me by my grandmother – he’s the Saint for finding lost things.  I guess she was way ahead of me an already knew about No. 7 above.
9. My brother is 11 years younger than me and recently confessed that when he was 17 he hated going anywhere with me because of my dress sense.  In my defense it was the 80′s and pink coats were in!
10. I still have a pink coat

OK that’s my 10 things – all true, I promise.  Now on to the blogs that I’d like to nominate.  Well I’ve decided to pass this on to people who I don’t think have this award yet, so here we go…..

I’d Rather Be in Iceland – Eva the self-confessed Icelandoholic claims to be ‘just on this side of a mid-life crisis.  That being said she writes an interesting blog (she also doesn’t tell us which side of the mid-life crisis she is on… I guess you’ll have to read her blog to find out

Creating Reciprocity – Trisha’s blog is a daily inspiration.  This lovely lady is interested in EVERYTHING and is fascinated in searching for ways we can all learn to live together.  Her posts are always thought-provoking and the comments she receives promote interesting discussions.

Stay Out of My Head – Just had to be on my list.  Vix is just funny, funny, funny.  I always get excited when she writes a new post.

Lynda Renham Cook – I’m not sure if Lynda has been nominated for this or not yet but hell if it’s a second nomination then she deserves it.  Lynda is a busy, intelligent, creative and passionate lady who writes as though she’s speaking directly to you.  She also makes me laugh – regularly.  A joy.

Angry Pear – I had to include the fantastic blog.  Written by Drew it is the story of Angry Pear in illustrations.  Angry Pear is an adorable character who shares her troubles, joys and of course anger – can she really be blamed.  This blog also gets my vote for being the most stunning design for a blog – not surprising as the illustrations are so fabulous.  It is quite simply a joy.

So that’s my list.  Please check out the blogs above if you have time.  Congratulations to those of you who I’ve nominated.  I hope you will accept this award, but I understand that not everyone does.  I won’t be offended if you don’t.  However for those of you do accept your award then just follow the instructions on this post and I look forward to reading who you nominate and what you choose to tell us about yourself.   Don’t forget to leave a comment to let those you’ve nominated know and link it to your blog.  Whew these awards are exhausting