Thank you for the nomination!

Thank you to Jackie, who came out of lurkdom to comment on a recent blog post, nominated me for the Premio-2008 award. Thank you. I am truly flattered. Jackie's blog is called "Jackie's Sewing". According to Jackie's post, I am to post the award on my blog and tell who nominated me. That's done.


Next I am to select 6 to 10 bloggers to whom I would like to give this award to. So many have been nominated so I will try to come up with 6 new ones. Here goes:

• 2BSewing-she is also lives in Virginia
• Elaray-her blog is Another Creation, a person who I will one day meet in Charlottesville, VA
• Phatchick Designs-believe me she is not "phat" and she makes lovely garments
• Krystal-aka Pirouette, blog is called Krustallos
• Dana-her blog is Lean Mean Sewing Machine
• Adrienne-her blog is Real Life: Live and Unscripted

Paste these rules on your blog. -Done
Write 6 of your most important values:
-Honest
-Ethical
-Loyal
-Compassionate
-Respectful of others
-Gratitude
6 negative points you condemn:
-Duplicity
-Unethical behavior
-Betrayal
-Irresponsible
-Disrespectful
-Untruthful

Inform the recipients by leaving a comment on their blog.

Tagged!

I was recently tagged by Tracey at Praised Garments. So here are a list of 7 things you may not know about me.



1-I was married once before(briefly). I got married on Halloween. For two weeks it was a "treat" and then it became a "trick". I have been married to my second husband for 34+ years.



2. I attended one year of college after graduating and then dropped out to become a "hippy". I laugh about this now, it was hard to be a hippy in a small town that was and is three to five years behind everyone else. When I met my DH, he persuaded me to go back to school as he was going to college under the GI Bill. So I did. I have a degree in Social Work and several hours toward my MBA. I will never get that MBA.



3. I have lived in several states and this was due to my job and my choice. I left Virginia in 1981, moved to Corpus Christi, TX where I lived for 8 years. I moved to Santa Rosa, CA and lived there two years, then move to Lakeland, FL where I lived for 9 years. I went to work for another non-profit organization and moved to Lehigh Valley, PA where I lived 2.5 years. I returned to the non-profit organization where I worked previously and have been here for 4 years.



4. I am an only child. My mother died from Alzheimer's. My dad is now in an assisted living facility in North Carolina in early stages of Alzheimer's. I am truly concerned about my odds of having this horrible disease. Sewing helps keep my mind occupied and on new projects which is good. Solving puzzles and trying new things are good for the brain per the folks researching this disease, so is good nutrition and exercise.



5. I own several sewing and sewing related machines. Viking Designer SE, Janome 300E embroidery machine, Babylock Embellisher-needle felting machine, and an Elna 744 serger. I would like to have a blindhemmer and coverstitch machine. This of course would require a larger sewing room.



6. I love music and really love classic rock. I also like Zydeco, Jazz, Blues and some C&W music.



7. I love the beach and would love to live near one. I can smell the saltwater, hear the surf and the seagulls. I think of warmth when I think of the beach. Looking at water gives me peace of mind and heart.



Now for me to tag someone who has not been tagged? Not sure who has or has not. Here are four people. Hopefully they will read this and see that they have been tagged.

Judy

Melody

Laura Lee

Elaray

I've Been Tagged-twice

I have never been "tagged" before so I guess it was appropriate to get double teamed. I was tagged by Gaylen and by Lori.

The Rules:
• Someone Tags you
• You post 5 things about yourself that you haven't already mentioned on your blog
• You tag 5 more bloggers

Here goes:

1. I am an only child and always found ways to entertain myself. I think only children do that well. Entertainment included reading, playing with dolls and paperdolls. I always used different voices and behaviors for each doll while playing. I was so good at this that my grandfather when he called me to dinner sometimes would tell me to invite my friend also.
2. I lived in a great neighborhood where there were lots of kids around and in the summer we played such games like roller bat, red light,hide and seek, scrabble or anagrams, pick up sticks, and jackrocks. God did I just tell my age or what. But as you can see we played outside and did not sit at computers or video games all day.
3. I wanted to become an actress when I grew up , but my mother told me I needed to pursue a more "practical career" like a secretary, school teacher or nurse. I tried being a secretary but could not type though I could take dictation. I had attended college for one year after high school and then dropped out and worked briefly as a secretary at Houehold Finance. Actually my title was Office Girl or OG. (Was that discriminatory or what) I proved to be better as the Head Cashier being much better at bookkeeping/recordkeeping than typing.
4. I returned to college after 1 1/2 years as a drop out and "hippy" and got my BS in Social Work, working during the day and going to college at night. Later in life returned to college to acquire a MBA. Did not get the MBA but have lots of years experience as CEO of non-profit organizations. My degree and my bookkeeping experience combined together has helped me in my profession.
5. I have been married for 33 years with our 34th anniversary coming up next month. We are DINKS-Double Income No Kids. We did have two chihuahuas who lived to be 15 and 16 years old and they were like our kids!

There you go. Now my tags are Twisted Angel, Cindi, Liana, JuliaR, Isabelle.