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Blog Award to Receive and Give

I was awarded the Liebster Award by Maria @ Four Blessings Academy.  This is the Liebster Award (as near as I can figure out it is an “I love you/love your blog” award of coolness). It is given from one blogger to another and involves a number of random, cool things about them and you. If it is awarded to you, you have to post 7 random things about yourself, answer the 7 questions asked by the person who tagged you and tag 7 bloggers that you like and come up with 7 questions for them to answer. And it can only be awarded to blogs with less than 200 followers. It could also be just a fun game for the self promotion of small blogs–I’m okay with that!  Now I’m supposed to answer Maria’s questions and then I’ll award seven bloggers and they will do the same:

Seven Random Things About Me:
1)  I wasn’t born in the United States, but I am a US citizen.  Although,  I do look Hispanic but for some reason when I am with my gringo DH, no one thinks I am Hispanic.
2)  I like cross-stitching, though it’s been some time since I’ve engaged in it.  I might have to just teach my daughter to do it so I can get back into it again.  ðŸ™‚
3)  I love Sci-Fiction movies and HATE chick-flicks – gag!  (DH is really happy about this!)
4)  I am a reading specialist but as a teenager I hated reading.  :p
5)  I taught in Catholic, Charter, and Public Schools for 15 years before staying home with my kids and home educating them.
6)  I love lesson planning and grading – yes, I am a dork!
7)  I miss being a student, one day I would love to go back to school and get a PhD in curriculum planning.  (shhh…stop calling me a nerd!)
Seven Questions Asked by Maria @ Four Blessings Academy:
1) What’s your favorite breakfast food?  Coffee.  Okay that’s not technically food but I really love a cup of coffee in the morning.  I am not a breakfast food person but I guess I do love bagels with cream cheese or eggs, especially Huevos Racheros (a Mexican dish that is fried eggs with salsa on top served on a tortilla – yum!)

2) Do you prefer Italian, Mexican, Oriental, or another cuisine?  I don’t like Italian.  I like Oriental.  Mexican is my favorite both to eat and cook (and I’m actually pretty good at it.  My pastor is of Mexican descent and when he came over for dinner I made him home-made Mexican and he loved it!  Total compliment!)  I do love me some Sushi though :p

3) Many people habitually sit in the same section every Sunday at church. We normally sit on the right side (facing the altar) & in the second row from the front. So, what is your seating preference…left or right; front, middle, or back?  We love second row on the right too!  Cute question.  It’s really important with little ones to be close to the altar for them to see Father and pay attention.

4) In your opinion, what does 1 + 1 equal? (Think outside the box!)  1 + 1 = 7, in our family, so far.  Our love for one another has created more love – our five children, thus far (because we pray that the Lord blesses us with more babies! and NO we aren’t crazy, just in love!)

5) Let’s talk chocolate…Do you prefer dark, milk, or white?  Of course I like chocolate and my favorite is white because I like fatty chocolate but I don’t eat it as much because of this reason…but it is my favorite…so DH likes dark, so we just buy milk as a compromise.  ðŸ™‚

6) What was your favorite school subject & why?  My favorite school subject to teach is Reading (hence why I got a Masters in it, lol).  My favorite school subjects to learn are Algebra & History.  I love the logic behind Algebra (note not all Math makes sense to me, lol) and History is just amazing without it we don’t learn what our future will hold because we learn from the past.  Religion is my life so I don’t add that as a subject 😉

7) Have you ever met anyone famous? If so, who?  I have, I met Christina (the Hispanic Talk Show Host) and Alexis Arguello (RIP), a Nicaraguan boxer.  But I’m not into glorifying famous people, never have been.

Now to nominate others (I wish I could do more than seven):
2)  Alisson @ Totus Tuus
5)  Birgit @ Designs by Birgit
Questions for you?  I’m going to copy the ones Maria asked me except for the last one, he he he.  ðŸ™‚  
1) What’s your favorite breakfast food? 
2) Do you prefer Italian, Mexican, Oriental, or another cuisine?
3) Many people habitually sit in the same section every Sunday at church. So, what is your seating preference…left or right; front, middle, or back?
4) In your opinion, what does 1 + 1 equal? (Think outside the box!)
5) Let’s talk chocolate…Do you prefer dark, milk, or white? 
6) What was your favorite school subject & why?  (both to teach and to learn)
7) Who is your favorite saint?  Why?

     
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Catholic Blog Day February 22nd: Penance

Raising {& Teaching} Little Saints is joining the Catholic Bloggers Network

we they participate in the first ever:



Wednesday, February 22 (Ash Wednesday)

will be the first Catholic Blog Day!

All Catholic bloggers are invited to write on a common theme for the day. By speaking with many voices on a common aspect of the faith, we can help evangelize the digital continent and demonstrate the powerful presence of Catholics online.

The theme is: penance.  …You can write about prayer, fasting, and almsgiving; a memorable experience in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation; or how accepting the call to repentance has made a difference in your life.

A running list of Catholic Blog Days posts will be available at Catholic Blog Day…be sure to check it out and submit a link to your Catholic post!

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Catholic Bloggers Network Share-A-Thon (Giveaway) $350 in Prizes Ends 2/27/12



Here it is! The first ever Catholic Bloggers Network Colossal Giveaway. Prizes total over $350 (with shipping) and up to 16 winners!



What are we giving away?

Thanks to all of the participating Blogs!

How do you enter?  Please follow the Rafflecopter form below!  Each action is worth a certain number of entries….Best of luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck friends!  ðŸ™‚

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Catholic Bloggers Unite!

I am now a new contributor to the new Catholic Bloggers Network.  If you haven’t had a chance to visit, please do.  A group of Catholic bloggers from all walks of life are contributing and participating in this endeavor.  


It is really a neat concept there are weekly round ups, content shares, an online Facebook community, a Blog Academy where you can learn neat tips and even a place to link up items you are selling in the Catholic Shoppe.  

Here is the mission of the group:

In acknowledgment of the Vatican’s strong interest to embrace social media for evangelization, this Catholic Bloggers Network was created to enhance communication of Catholic social media users. Here Catholic bloggers can connect and share efforts to bring the Catholic faith into the social media discourse. By creating this webpage directory of Catholic bloggers and connecting the online portals they use, our Catholic community grows larger. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!








And now a group of bloggers are getting together to have a colossal give away.  So if you are a blogger and want to participate in this, here are the details:


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The First EVER

Catholic Bloggers’ Colossal Share-a-Thon (&; Giveaway) 
An opportunity for all of our Catholic Bloggers to
share and promote their Catholic products,
receive new followers and discover new Catholic blogs
…and to WIN awesome prizes!
All Catholic Bloggers are invited to participate…
small entry fees will be collected from Bloggers who want to participate
(and receive new followers) but don’t sell Catholic products through their blogs. 
The cash collected will comprise the cash giveaways!
Lots of prizes, lots of chances to win and lots of winners!

Just fill out the form below and hit the ‘submit’ button…
to be a part of this Rafflecopter
Catholic Bloggers’ Colossal Share-a-Thon!

Spread the word. 
The GIVEAWAY will be live for 2 weeks
and ANYONE can enter to WIN!

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