Showing posts with label award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label award. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Blog Award


"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

Thank you, Melissa for nominating me.

I award this blog award to (in alphabetical order):
Cyd
Jane (who has accumulated an impressively massive following in just a few weeks ... I'm jealous, Jane)
Jess (who is amazed by the idea of ice fishing, in spite of being Canadian)
Mo
Nicole, a relatively new blogger
Rachel
The Alternative Bride
The Professional Bridesmaid

(There were several others I could have added, but I respective the max of eight. To those I did not nominate, but whose blogs I read - I hope you get nominated by one of my nominees.)

Friday, December 26, 2008

Faaaabulous!

I have been tagged by Bridechka (of the blog Bridechka and the Wedding) and Carly (from the Westside Bride aka Miss Glitter at the WeddingBee) because they think my blog is faaabulous!
Here are the rules: List 5 obsessions/addictions that you have, and tag back to the person who gave you the award. Post the rules. Tag 5 more people!

In trying to think of five obsessions, I asked Wade what I'm obsessed with. He didn't hesitate to say "me" (being him, not me). I will refrain from putting that tidbit of information into my top five, as with blogging: it ought to be evident from the number of posts and the theme of this blog that I am "obsessed" with both.

My five obsessions/addictions:

1. Travelling. I haven't done a lot, but I love to do it. I've visited Europe (the majority of my time was in England, though I had opportunities to visit France, Wales, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic) and New Zealand, as well as several provinces in Canada. So far, Nova Scotia's my favourite province.

2. Interneting in general. I said I wouldn't include blogging in my "obsessions", but I email, facebook and check out websites such as CBC Newsworld quite frequently.

3. Occupational Health. This is my career and it is a passion. I truly believe that no one should come home any differently than when he/she went to work. In this day and age, we can prevent every occupational illness, including cancers (e.g. lung cancer in asbestos workers), musculoskeletal disoders (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome in office workers), and psychological/psychosocial illness (e.g. mental trauma for a retail worker who is robbed at gun point). Want more information on how to prevent these illnesses? Visit here, here, here or here.

4. Canadian comedies. The cheesier the better. My favourites are Corner Gas (this is another good clip) and The Mercer Report (a couple other clips here and here).

5. The Olympics. You need proof? Click here. Although it is starting to loose its lustre - holy doping scandals Batman! How is it possible that one woman gets bronze, silver and gold in the same event? Um, because the two people who placed above here were disqualified for doping infractions. Way to go, Beckie Scott, for refusing to cheat! Beckie placed third, and was upgraded to silver when the gold medalist tested positive. Then the new gold medalist tested positive, so Beckie was again upgraded to gold.

My five nominees:
1. Mother and Bride
2. The Sweetest Occassion
3. M and M Wedding
4. Broke-Ass Bride
5. London Bride

P.S. Go visit Bridechka and the Wedding and Westside Bride - they're fabulous blogs, too!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

I'm "it"

I was tagged recently by Rachel at Girl Learning Along The Way and by Cyd at The Sweetest Occassion to share some random facts about myself. (Evidently, I'm "it"!)

Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you (done)
2. Post the rules on your blog (done)
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself (below)
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website. (below)

So here are 6 random facts about me:

1. I used to figure skate, and though I wasn't very good, I loved it. I started when I was in grade 2 (1988) and kept skating until the last year of university (2004). But I rarely watch it on t.v. because it makes me miss it (even though I couldn't do what they do on t.v.!)

2. On some types of pizza (not all), I like ketchup (that's catsup for American readers). My dad always did that, so it was only as a teenager that I discovered this was an odd habit.

3. When I was almost 3, I wanted a cat. My mom kept saying no. Finally, I just asked my dad, who said yes (apparently, he couldn't say no to me). My mom was not impressed. When I was around 7 or 8, I developed an allergy to cats. Pepper, who was a very good cat, lived to 23. Yep, 23. I am only minorly allergic to short haired cats (like Pepper), whereas I am very allergic other breeds (long-haired cats and siamese cats seem to be worst). Neither of my parents like cats very much, though Pepper was such a nice cat that I think they liked her.

4. I met my best-friend, and maid-of-honour, in grade 9 gym class (1995).

5. I stopped eating meat this summer (though I still eat fish) after what Wade & I call "the incident". Basically, I got grossed out by the way something was prepared (even though I'd seen it prepared before). I felt so nauseous whenever I ate meat that I decided to stop eating it. And I miss steak and ham the most, but it's worth it to avoid the nausea after eating.

6. My first trip on an airplane was in January 2005 to England. I was 23. While in England, I took a half-dozen flights around Europe (in addition to trains & bus trips). Then the next summer, I had a job that allowed me to travel some of the country, requiring a bunch of flights. I've now flown more times than I can count. The longest flight I was on was the trans-Pacific crossing from LA (of which I've only seen the airport) to New Zealand with Wade in December 2006 / January 2007.

Oops, I tried to be random, but I realize two facts were about food. I guess you can tell where my mind is!

I choose to pass these off to (in alphabetical order):
And she's rambling again
Bridechka and The Wedding
London Bride
Mother and Bride
Tea Tales
The Sweetest Occassion
Westside Bride

Update: Cyd The Sweetest Occassion tagged me just before Rachel at Girl Learning Along The Way, but I somehow didn't see the tag. Sorry Cyd - I usually read your blog everyday! So I have removed Cyd from my tag, and have added Cyd to one of the two people who tagged me!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Ah, that's so sweet

I won a blog award! I was nominated by Cyd from The Sweetest Occassion. Cyd's blog is fabulous, and I'm so flattered to be nominated! If you haven't gone to The Sweetest Occassion before, you should go. Now. I'll be here.

There, isn't that an amazing blog? Did you happen to see how many posts I've commented on!

(If you didn't go, shame on you ... you simply must go after you've read my blog today.)

Click here to see the rest of the nominees. I am also regular blog stalkers on most of the rest of those blogs, and may in fact become blog stalkers for the remaining two!



The Uber (AKA Super) Amazing Blog Award is a blog award given to sites who:
-Inspire you
-Make you smile and laugh
-Or maybe gives amazing information
-A great read
-Has an amazing design
-And any other reason you can think of that makes them uber amazing!

The rules of the award are:
-Put the logo on your blog or post
-Nominate a minimum of 5 blogs
-Let them know they received this award by commenting on their blog
-Share the love and link to this post and the person you received your award from

And now, my nominations ... Seriously, these are some pretty amazing ladies, and they're just such amazing reads!

Krista's Nominations...
And she's rambling again (for being honest and funny!)
(Bride.) (for her inspiration)
The Broke-Ass Bride (for making me laugh ... a lot)
A Disney Wedding (for her Disney goodness, neat projects & fun outlet)
Westside Bride (for making me laugh & inspired)

I tried not to repeat a nomination, but I have a couple other favourites. Look in my daily reading in the lefthand column to see who else I read daily.