The Sunshine Award~ Blogging Honesty and Encouragement

I have been nominated for the Sunshine Award!

 Fellow blogger and friend Chris from

  Campfires and Cleats has graciously nominated for this award.

Thank you, Chris!

Rules for the Sunshine Award are....

1. Use the award logo in the post.

2. Link to the nominating blogger.

3. Write 10 pieces of information about yourself.

4. Nominate 10 fellow bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogsphere.

5. Leave a comment on the nominee's blog about their award.

There are so many wonderful ladies that inspire that it was hard to narrow down the field to just 10.

If you haven't visited these wonderful blogs I highly suggest you stop by and see what they are up too.

Reasons For Chocolate

Catholic Missionary Family

My Broken Fiat

Farmish Mama

Blissful and Domestic

Full Bus

Blair's Blessings

Catholic Creativity

Messily Ever After

Modest Mama

10 Things About Myself

1. I am a city girl (the suburbs) turned country girl. As a child, I never pictured myself having chickens or a pig.

2. I am learning to garden and can my own food. Again this is something I never saw myself doing as a child.  I didn't even know how to cook until I got married.

3. I lived in NY, near New York City, for 5 years and enjoyed the city life, but never wanted to raise a family there.

4. My outside garden does well, but any indoor plants I try to grow die within a year. The only plant I haven't managed to kill is a Christmas cactus. I will admit it doesn't bloom every year, but at least it hasn't died. My kids tell me I have a black thumb when it comes to plants.

5. I lived in London for 4 months. I visited Ireland, Germany, France, and Italy while there. I loved Europe and would love to go back.

6. I dislike shoe shopping! I love shoes but hate to go shopping for them. I wear a size 5-6 and have a terrible time finding my size. I always find a shoe I like but it is never in my size. The only shoes I can find are sneakers since I can wear kids.

7. I love chocolate! Any chocolate!

8. I hate bugs, lizards, snakes, rodents, and anything else that is creepy crawly. Living in the country has been an adventure. I have learned to be brave and kill spiders that are bigger than half dollar. It was either kill them or worry about them crawling on me while I sleep. Stink bugs are horrible too. They are noisy and dive bomb you.

9. I teach art at our homeschool co-op and teach CCD at our church. I enjoy planning the art lessons and the craft projects that the kids will do. I enjoying being crafty and creating various things. I like to see kids excited and learning something new and I love seeing the look of accomplishment when they have finished their creations. 

10. I always have a hard time finding things to tell about myself. I always think my life is not that exciting. I enjoy the simple things like spending time with my family, homeschooling, my kids, goofing with the animals, sewing, and being crafty.