My Cup Runneth Over

I'm posting on an off day to let everyone know that Margo Lerwill over at UrbanPsychopomp kindly gave me the Blog on Fire Award.

Thanks, Margo! I'm honored you thought of me.

So now I have to choose someone to pass this on to. I've decided to give it to Cindy Hogan, a new acquaintance and author of the book Watched. She's been doing lots of training on her blog for people who may be looking at self publishing. She doesn't just talk about the pros and cons. She actually walks you through the process.

You should check out her blog.

And then Lia Davis, author of The Divinity Series gave me The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award.

Thanks, Lia!

I didn't realize I'd failed to fulfill the requirements of this award when I posted about my first receipt of it here. I know. I know. I'm a slacker loser. But, I believe in making restitution, so I will pass this off to twice the number of people I would have if I'd received it only once.

1. Thank and link to the person who nominated you.
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2. Share seven random facts about yourself.
A. I've lived or visited the following countries/colonies: South Korea, Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong (wasn't part of China then), Germany, and Ireland. (I lived in three of them ranging from 18 months to 2 1/2 years). 
B. I'm a rabid Harry Potter fan and I get to see the last movie at 5 p.m. on THURSDAY, July 14th.
C. I am my city's election official, and this is an election year, so we're really busy gearing up. There's SO much work.
D. My next to youngest son was a cage fighter. Watching him fight (I couldn't let him go and not be there in case he got hurt) was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Fortunately he felt he'd proved himself when he won his fight and was happy to retire. 
E. I love being a grandmother and I miss my grandkids desperately. I was spoiled when they all lived within 20 minutes of me. Then their parents moved to far off places (like China and Hawaii--both very expensive to travel to). Skype chats just don't cut it. You can't hold children while you read to them on Skype, and they act all weird in front of the camera anyway. *sigh*
F. I used to commute to work, and when I changed to my current job I picked up 20 hours a week. Imagine what I could do with that time now--take a laptop on the bus. Put in those ear buds. Nope. I'll stick with what I've got now as wonderful as that job was.
G. I got a bicycle for Mother's Day, and I plan on riding it down the canyon soon. 

3. Pass the award along to 5 10 deserving blogging buddies. Please check out their blogs and follow them if you're so inclined:

Deanna -- Procrastination Station
Ashley -- Ashley Nixon
Margot -- Inklings
Shelly -- SeeShelWrites
Shelli -- *A* Musings
Joshua -- Joshua J. Perkey's Blog
Betsy -- Betsy Love LDS Author
CJ --CJ Duggan
Matt -- The Working Writer
Bryce - Bryce Daniels Preservation Society


4. Contact those buddies to congratulate them.
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