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Our blog has won a Blog award!  And, we weren’t given this by just one reader, but by TWO!  Teresa at http://www.continuingthejourney.blogspot.com/ and Kristin at http://busytimesfour.blogspot.com/ decided that our blog was worthy of the “One Lovely Blog” award!  According to Teresa’s blog, “This award is given to those whose blog is entertaining and fun to read…one you get excited about when you notice a new entry!” 

Teresa has two children…an adorable bio teenager and a totally cute little guy from China.  AND, they’re waiting to travel to China again for little Molly!  Kristin also has bio and adopted children; two of each in fact!  I love reading both of their blogs! 

Now, I get to give this award to 3 of my favorite blogs…which, will be hard since I’m addicted to so many :)  I’m sticking to the rules…these are blogs that I go to a lot, and love it when I see a new entry!

1.  Rebecca at “La Dolce Vita – The Sweet Life” http://www.radicchis.blogspot.com/ is such a sweet, dear friend that I hope to meet one day!  Rebecca and her husband Mark have an adorable little girl, Sophia, and are “in line” to adopt from China.  Rebecca’s posts are thought-provoking, funny, faith-filled, and cute! 

2.  Patricia at “Little Cabin in the Woods” http://www.littlecabininthewoods.typepad.com/ and I received the referrals for our girls on the same day!  Her Willow is breathtaking, as are her other 2 China Empresses.  She also has 3 older sons, and she’s a homeschooling mama like me :)  Her blog is beautiful, her photography is beyond amazing, and her faith shows in every word she types. 

3.  Janet at Tuininga Treasures http://www.tuiningatreasures.blogspot.com/ is the twin I never had.  We’re both Christian women, each had 4 children (I’ll explain that one…), and we both homeschool.  Plus, we both live to tease the daylights out of each other :)  We, of course, now have 5 children and Janet one-upped me by adopting TWO at one time from Uganda last year!  Cheater…  You’ll love her blog! 

 

I’ve been tagged by my wonderful cyber friend, Teresa!  Look on my sidebar, under CCAI-WC and both of her blogs are at the bottom…Teresa and her family adopted Carson from China about a year ago and they’re not done yet!  Little Molly will be joining their family next…that makes 3 for them, with big sister Meggie.  Check out her Teresa – Molly blog!  She’s a hoot, and one of those cyber friends that I truly hope to meet one day :)

Now, back to the tag.  I’m supposed to list 7 weird things about me…tag 7 other people to do the same…and let them know they’ve been tagged.  Here goes…

I have the honor of saying that I attended a Village People concert.  I was 12, and went with my “boyfriend” and his big sister.  I remember seeing two men who looked like they were very good friends, but didn’t think too much of it.  Naïve…

I’m obsessed with cleaning my ears.  I use a Q-tip once or twice a day.  I must have the cleanest ears in town.

I love Snickers candy bars.  That’s not the weird part…it’s the way I eat them.  I bite off all 4 edges of chocolate, and then bite off the end.  Repeat until it’s all gone.  I started doing this with a friend in high school, we thought we were cool.  Wonder if she still eats them that way?

I was born with a self-repaired cleft lip.  Let me explain…there is a scar above my lip that looks like a lip repair, but it’s always been that way.  My nose is also slightly crooked, especially if you look under it above the scar.  The doctors told my parents that what would have been a cleft lip (called a hare lip, back then) fixed itself in utero.  I could have had it removed/fixed by a plastic surgeon, but never saw the need for it.  And, to think, I now have a child with a real cleft lip repair. :)

I’m a 70′s music junkie.  I LOVE it all and can sing right along.  Our truck has XM radio and there is a station devoted to ONLY 70′s music.  Woo hoo!  I know my kids think this makes me majorly weird.

I love to read, and if I had the time would go through books like mad.  But, time I don’t have, so I end up starting books and then have a hard time getting back to them.  At the moment, I have 3 started and another in the wings.  I need some extra time, people!

I can NOT sit still and do nothing.  If I’m waiting, say for my daughter at gymnastics or son at baseball, I always have something to do or read.  I’m a huge list maker, so at the very least I’ll find a piece of scrap paper in my purse and start a list of things to do/buy/send, etc.  I hate wasted time.

Now you know my weirdness…impressed?  I’m now supposed to link to the 7 tagged people, but sadly I don’t know how to do that.  So, I’ll just choose 7 gals from my Ladybug Believers blogs on the sidebar…you can click on their blogs from there!

Angie – Janet – Erin – Kelly S – Melinda – Rebecca – Ruth :o)