Another award!

Wow, it really is award season in blog land! The amazing St. Elsewhere, from My Lady of the Lantern, awarded me with the Stylish Blogger Award.

It's about the same exercise as for the Versatile Blogger Award:

*Put the image on your blog
*Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award
*Say seven things about yourself
*Pass the award on to 10-15 other bloggers you feel deserve this award

*Contact the awarded bloggers to let them know they've won

With the first two items covered, here we go for seven things about me:

1. I cannot stand it when someone is wrong, I always have to correct them. My sister refers to this habit as me saying "no, it's not like that!" (which I said to her when I was four).
2. I am very much my mother's daughter. I realize that even more now that she's gone.
3. I find it hard to just sit down and relax (a habit inherited from my dad, and rooted in Dutch calvinism).
4. There is one lady at my pharmacy who's super nice and caring regarding my IF journey, but somehow I have the feeling she jinxes my chances (because I've been having BFNs every time she gave me my meds) - I almost walked out when I came in this morning to get my post-transfer prescription filled and saw her behind the counter. But then I told myself I'm not superstitious and went in anyway.
5. When we just moved here I was absolutely not into the warm meals for lunch (that last for two hours), but recently my ham, cheese, and peanut butter sandwiches have become increasingly boring.
6. I should be doing some serious work instead of spending so much time blogging, but especially during the 2ww I just can't seem to concentrate on anything else.
7. I wish the sea was still only a bike ride away.

I'll now pass this award on to:

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1. Emily @ keep calm and carry on
2. PJ @ double blessings
3. Corinne @ Dealing with DOR
4. Just Heather @ Life in Finland
5. Erika @ Something Beautiful
6. Shannon @ My Life in Stirrups
7. Preshus Me @ Preshus Me

And I'll keep it at that. It was hard enough to get to 15 blogs for the previous award show...

It's award season again!

Awards were handed out left and right during last week's ICLW and I was the lucky recipient of the Versatile Blogger Award, thanks to two wonderful ladies - Krissi @ Stress Free Infertility, and Summastarlet @ Just us... For Now.

With blog awards come rules, so here they are:

A) Grab the award: Done (see picture above);

B) Link back to the person who gave it to you: Krissi and Summastarlet (see above);

C) Share 10 things about yourself: I'm going to be really lazy here and link back to a) my IF ABC post, and b) a post from over two years ago when I received the Honest Scrap and Sisterhood Awards and had to perform a similar exercise;

D) Award 15 recently discovered blogs: wow, that's a lot - and many of my recently discovered blogs were also showered with awards last week, but luckily I also gained a few new commenters and followers, so hopefully the list below doesn't contain any repeat award winners. So without further ado, here are the winners (in no particular order):

1. The Barreness @ The Barreness's Blog
2. Joey @ The Childless Mom
3. Valery @ POF and now what
4. Fran @ Everyone Else But Me
5. Mr Thompson and me @ Viva la vida
6. Tami @ Just one more thing…
7. OliveLEAH @ Olive You
8. Chon @ My Path to Insanity & Beyond
9. tintedsky @ Waiting for u, baby
10. uneggsplained @ uneggsplained infertility
11. Angela and David @ a toddler, a triathlete and an entrepreneur
12. Lucy @ Diaries by Lucy
13. Lora @ Every day is a winding road
14. Jill's Infertility Document @ Infertility Unexplained
15. Kelli @ Cinderella wore glass slippers

and

E) let them know you awarded them - will do that tomorrow, time to go to sleep now.

Awards!

Emilythehopeless honored me with two awards earlier this week:


Rules: put the logo on your blog or post. Nominate at least 10 blogs with great attitude and/or gratitude. Be sure to link to your nominees in your post. Let your nominees know they have received the award by leaving them a comment on their blog. Be sure to link this post to the person who nominated you for the award.


Rules: put the logo on your blog or post. Pass it on to 7 blogs. Say 10 random things about yourself.

I'll do as Emily did and combine the two.

And the awards go to... (drum roll please!):
Busted Babymaker
eye heart internet
Fighting Infertility
For the Flavor
Hijacked...by a baby in waiting...
Infertility on the Brain!
Seriously!?!?!
The Maybe Baby (Babies)
Waiting for the Ukulele

Apologies to those who already received these awards from Emily or someone else. I just don't follow that many blogs...

And now for the 10 random things:

1. I watch a lot of movie trailers online but I almost never go to the movies
2. I hate scented candles and shops that smell like them
3. I love following RTW sailing races but can't sail myself (and am too stubborn to learn)
4. Apparently I have rock-climbing talent but I don't do anything with it
5. I'm horribly behind on reading my copies of the New Yorker and am afraid I will never catch up again (but have to read them all entirely before I can put them away!)
6. I thought I'd have two or three kids by now (but feel very blessed that I'm finally pregnant!)
7. I hate having my close family so far away but am glad I don't have to go to every family gathering or birthday anymore
8. I love living close to the mountains but miss the Dutch flatness sometimes
9. I dream of cycling the USA from coast to coast one day (which of course I should have done while I lived there, but then I didn't have enough vacation days...)
10. I'm grateful for the great new online friends I've made through blogging!