So I went to my blog yesterday to check on my stats (everyone does that, right?) and I found a perfectly wonderful comment that made me grin! I was nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award by The Novelty Knitter. It’s a new blog to me, but I love what I’ve seen so far! She’s got creativity to spare, a vibrant energy, and an intriguing bit of quirkiness. I’m delighted to have another wonderful blog to follow. Thank you so much, Mika! (Honestly, I thought at first it was a joke or a scam. Sometimes you don’t really know whether people are actually reading what you write. So this is truly lovely.)

These are the rules of the One Lovely Blog Award:

1. Thank and link back to the person who nominated you
2. List the rules and display the award
3. Include seven facts about yourself
4. Nominate around 15 other bloggers and let them know about the award (their About page is a good place!) (I was going to do a Top Ten, but then I found one more. So Top Eleven for me!)
5. Follow the blogger who nominated you, if not already. (This isn’t a big deal for me. Obviously I love to get new followers, but I don’t want you to feel forced. I want you to follow me because you *want* to follow me.)

7 Facts about me:

1. My life is a musical. I burst into song at random moments, often making up my own lyrics.
2. My dream is to someday open a yarn store/furniture gallery with my husband.
3. I took French for four years and can speak it and read it pretty well, but can’t understand it when it’s spoken.
4. My car is named Edward, because he’s attractive, fast, strong and protects me.
5. I was in choir in high school and love to sing, but can’t read music.
6. I eat corn chips with my cottage cheese. I mix them together like a little crunchy salad.
7. I’m a pen collector. I have probably thirty fancy pens, including two Mont Blancs. One my dad gave me, and one I bought myself.

11 Nominees:

1. iknit2Purl2
2. KnitsbyWhit
3. MadManKnitting
4. Guy Who Crochets
5. The Sweaty Knitter
6. Little Green Pixie
7. The Twisted Yarn
8. The Knitter Nerd
9. Small Blue Dog Publishing
10. Ripping Yarns (aka Wooly Wormhead)
11. yarnandpointysticks

Thanks to all of you for writing things and taking pictures that make me smile and think. I look forward to new posts from all of you! And even if you don’t participate, I hope I made you smile a bit and shared your blog with some new readers!

-Bonny