Yay, my lil' blog gets an award!

Well, I can now truthfully say I have an award-winning blog. ;-) My friend and blogging mentor, Lindsay, (Woods Life and Lindsay's Kitchen), gave my blog this Lemonade Stand award just today. I met Lindsay this past summer when she and her husband, John (or as I affectionately call him, Maestro), moved here after John accepted the call to be the music minister of our church. They are an adorable couple! Maestro leads a mean (read: fun and challenging) choir/worship ensemble rehearsal, and I love seeing Lindsay smiling, shaking, and shimmying in my church lady Zumba class. We are so blessed to have them! So back to the award: Apparently I am to give one-word answers to the following list of questions and then pass the award on to five other bloggers, whose turn it is then to answer these same questions before passing it on...yeah...a chain-letter award, it is! :-)

1. Your Cell Phone? Tilt

2. Your Hair? Abundant

3. Your Mother? Loved

4. Your Father? Missed

5. Your Favorite Food? Seafood

6. Your Dream Last Night? Forgotten

7. Your Favorite Drink? Cherry Limeade

8. Your Dream/Goal? Globetrotting!

9. What Room Are You In? Guest

10. Your Hobby? Zumba

11. Your Fear? Loss

12. Where Do You Want To Be In Six Years? Grandmothering!

13. Where Were You Last Night? Friends'

14. Something That You Aren't? Decisive

15. Muffins? Blueberry

16. Wish List Item? Italy

17. Where Did You Grow Up? Dundee

18. Last Thing You Did? Movie

19. What Are You Wearing? Jeans

20. Your TV? Adequate

21. Your Pets? Charlie!

22. Friends? Yes!

23. Your Life? Blessed

24. Your Mood? Silly

25. Missing Someone? Kids

26. Vehicle? Camry

27. Something You Aren't Wearing? Shoes

28. Your Favorite Store? Steinmart

29. Your Favorite Color? Rainbow!

30. When Was The Last Time You Laughed? Today

31. Last Time You Cried? Tuesday

32. Your Best Friend? Hubby!

33. One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? Church

34. Facebook? Crazy

35. Favorite Place To Eat? Greek’s

There ya go! Now, to pass on the Lemonade Stand Award...

To Teri,(Girl Meets Paris), who is a blogging inspiration of mine. I love reading about all things Parisian…AND the random stuff, too! Teri is an old friend from years ago when we were young marrieds and just starting our families, and if you’ve been reading my blog you already know and love her.

To Jennifer, (Dancer Family Tales),who is one of my favorites I taught in junior high Sunday School years ago, who is also the daughter of a good friend, Regina, and whose brother spent a lot of time at our house hanging out with my oldest son when they were in high school. She just so happened to fall in love with one of our youth interns! They are married and have two beautiful boys and they live way too far away, but I love reading about her family life and marveling over the awesome young woman she has become.

To Lori, (Mississippi Lehrmann's),who I got to know through church and through her close friendship with my niece, Brandy. She also writes a fun blog detailing her family life with her husband and two children. Always makes me smile! Lu ya, Lu! (don’t even try to figure it out, people…inside joke!)

To Kimberly, (if not now),whose blog I happened upon a couple years ago when I was looking for shoes appropriate for teaching Zumba Fitness classes. She is as crazy about Zumba as I am, and I love reading about her classes, her fitness journey, and anything else she happens to write about. I got to meet Kim in person at the first annual Zumba Convention in Orlando. I recognized her right away – she has the most gorgeous curly auburn hair, a beautiful fair complexion, and the sweetest smile. Even in a crowd of over a thousand people, she stood out!

To Reema, (It's Hip To Be Healthy), a new friend I met in Orlando the second time around, this past year. I’ve known her sister, Jumana, for over a year now, but when Ju wasn’t able to make the convention this year, she hooked us up with her sister. Reema is the epitome of perky, funny, and outgoing. Love her! She writes a health and fitness blog that I enjoy reading.

Ta-da! You are my five. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that sooner or later, if everyone awards five blogs, everyone will get an award eventually. Maybe that’s the idea! Anyway, it feels pretty good to be remembered by a blogging friend, so share the love. Who are your five? I will be watching to see!