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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.  ๐Ÿ™‚
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.  ๐Ÿ™‚

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 ๐Ÿ˜‰

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.  ๐Ÿ™‚  
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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Mother of the Year – Votes Needed

Okay my dear Catholic friends…I need your help!  One of my dear friends is due this coming Sunday, that’s right on Mother’s Day, with baby number SIX!  I’ve nominated her for Mother of the Year locally and she made it to the top Ten Finalists!  She is number six on the list, her name is Katie K. and she is one awesome mom, wife, and friend.  Please help her win the VERY deserved prizes {valued at $1,500}.  Voting starts today Monday, May 2nd and ends on the on a local blog and I need help getting her votes. 

Look at all the goodies this Catholic Homeschooling mommy could win:

“The Mother Load” includes:

  •  $400 gift certificate from Uppercase Photography
  • Two Winston-Salem Symphony Kicked-Back Classics subscriptions (up to a $240 value)
  • Family subscription for the Winston-Salem Symphony Discovery concerts for kids ($75 value)
  • One night’s stay plus dinner at the River House Country Inn – ($300 value)
  • $100 gift certificate from Village Tavern
  • $79 gift certificate from Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa
  • $50 gift certificate from Loweโ€™s Foods
  • $50 gift certificate from Dinners on the Porch
  • $30 gift certificate from The Bee’s Nest
  • Plus an additional gift bag with gift cards and tickets to the following:  Thirty-One Gifts, Feeneyโ€™s Frozen Yogurt Bar, Hip Chics Boutique, Itsy Bitsy Paper, the Winston-Salem Junior League’s Boo-tique Holiday Shopping Event, and GoosiePie Monograms

 
Katie with her husband, Mark, and their six beautiful children {one in utero}.

I know we all lead very busy lives…but it would mean the world to me if you would take about 5 minutes to visit their site, read about my wonderful friend Katie K. and scroll to the bottom or the top and vote for her!  or just Click Here! {I’d love to know if you did.}

Thank you and blessings,

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