Thanks to my dear gal Tracy, I am the proud recipient of the Beautiful Blogger Award. I would like to thank the Academy, Elvis, and my family. If you have noticed, this is only the second award I have been given in blog-land that I am responding to. I am not a huge fan of awards. I just read what I like, and I like it because it is groovy. Nothing fancy shmancy there. But I shall honor Tracy by honoring this award.
So, there are two rules:
1. Pick 15 bloggers to give this award to
2. Share 7 things about myself.
Not easy. First off, I read hundreds of blogs a week (I know, I am nuts). While many of them are amazing blogs, I rarely comment on them. I like to stay hip with the modern quilters, those with glitter in their hands, the adoption world, the sad movie-of-the-week scenarios and my friends (it turns out that I only have one male blogging friend and he is password protected- Sorry Bob, no award for privacy!). I will list the beautiful ones across categories in hopes to expose some of you to a wider perspective. I am not sure if I will make it to 15:
ThinkPink247: I love how she makes it real and tells it like it is.
Material Obsession- In my next life, I am going to move to Australia and hang out with these ladies. I love their books, I love to see what they are doing in their store. I can’t wait to see what the renovations bring.
Jimmy Buffett World- In google reader, I have a whole category dedicated to Jimmy Buffett blogs. This one is probably the most comprehensive of the bunch. It brings the beauty of Jimmy to me every day.
Creations by Melinda- Several of us have noted that the folks at the local quilt shops are snotty to those that they do not know. I have experienced this. Melinda is none of this- she is a gem. She works at a shop right near my son’s school and she makes me happy with her frequent updates on her blog of her wonderful projects. She makes me doubly happy that she is friendly when I come into the store.
Lost and Found- Lisa took an extraordinary feat of adopting her daughter and making it a wonderfully simple, tangible experience for us readers. She happens to be my wingman.
Melissa LeRay- one of my Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild gals. I think her taste is fantastic. And she can knock you out before surgery. That takes mad skills.
Diary of a Crafty Chica- She had me at Glitter. Anyone who loves glitter like I do, has to be worth reading.
Holmgrrl- This is one of my ole’ college friends. I love her blog (when she updates it) but she will probably have an equally winning view of winning an award as I do.
Oh Fransson- Has to be the best modern quilting blog out there if you are looking for patterns and technique. I love her work and want to buy everything she makes.
The Bionic Valentine- I just love her photos and her beautiful daughter’s face.
Life With My Little Prince- I have been following her for a while now. I love her son’s face, I love her honest approach to life, and I love that she has a backbone.
Selvage Blog- She makes me want to be a better quilter and collector.
I am sure there are more to nominate, but I do not have the mind power to do it.
Now, 7 things about me:
1. I call my mother, Bubba. I learned a long time ago that when you call out “Mom” in a store, 10 women look up, and those 10 women might not be your mother. So, if I called out “Bubba,” she knew the message was for her and would locate me. I still call her Bubba.
2. Once upon a time, I had a huge snow-globe collection. I got sick of dusting it and I dumped them all in a trash can on Park Street in Albuquerque. I regretted it the week after. I have since learned from my impulsive ways and I think before I trash (don’t ask Michele about the Asian quilt that got trashed as well). So, I started a new collection of snow globes. I have the cheap, plastic ones from States and amusement parks. I also have a collection of glass globes from various locals. I think Rhonda has contributed the most to this collection.
3. I am on my third last name. I used to be a Chilibeck, but that name came with some bad memories and even worse jokes, so I changed it to Gendler. Gendler is my mother’s maiden name. We both changed it. Then, I got married and added Martin in. I went to a psychic in Albuquerque who told me that the spirits were experiencing name confusion around me. This was BEFORE I even added Martin. I must have really caused them dementia with that addition. I wonder what is worse, confusing the name spirits or pissing off the Angel of Death by naming my son after my alive grandfather?
4. I have curly hair on every part of my body where there is hair. I have to trim my eyebrows because they curl. I have cowlicks on my legs which make shaving difficult.
5. I am writing a novel. I haven’t gotten terribly far into it. It is a love story about a Rabbi. Whenever I bitch about money, Tim always asks me how my novel is coming. I want to one day be able to tell him that it is complete and for sale at the local bookstore.
6. I have a dream. I have a dream that I will one day own a compound in Hawaii and all of my good friends will live there with me. We will each do our own work but we will have connected yards where we can mingle. It will be like a Kibbutz that includes Goys.
7. I like to put things in containers. I think everything I own is somehow contained in something else. It is a proud day when I can label my containers. This week, I put scrap fabric and selvages in their own containers. Currently, I have books in containers, CDs in containers, pens in containers (not just pen-holding cups). I get aroused at the Container Store.
