Inspiration in the blogging world

I finished my morning jobs today, and as is now my morning ritual, popped online with my second cuppa to see what the blogging world had to say this morning and found that I'd been nominated for an award! Naw - thanks Charlotte!

The terms for accepting the award are......
1. Display the award certificate on your blog.

2. In your post, link back to the person who gifted you the award.

3. Present 7 awards to inspiring bloggers. Create a post linking to their blog and leave them a comment to tell them.

4. Post 7 interesting facts about yourself.

So I accept! 

I do have a bit of a problem awarding 7 bloggers though as not only would my awarder Charlotte from The Old Milk Can be at the top of my list, so would some of the others that she has nominated!  But, my blog reading list is long, and I read so many inspiring posts per week, I will manage.

So I hereby award the following (I am saying this in a pompous voice) inspiring blogs and their clever and fabulous writers this award:

A Sweet Scented Path
Little Eco Footprints
Inner Pickle
Born again Creations
Little Green Village
Urban homestead South Africa
Slow Living Essentials

I love reading all of your blogs and am constantly inspired - thank you for sharing!

Now - interesting facts about me!

1. I love making lists (apt I know).  I make lists for holiday packing, for what to do today/this week/this month, lists for what to plant in the garden, shopping lists, meal plan lists, song lists etc.  I feel safer and so much more organised with a list.
2. My resume is packed with a range of eclectic jobs including: Secretary, High School Science teacher, Education Officer at Melbourne's Sewage treatment plant, cleaner at a hospital, lab assistant, governess on a remote cattle station in the Kimberly and now Belly Dance teacher and performer.
3. My favourite food is definitely chocolate, but I can't tell you what my favourite meal is. As a kid it was fish fingers, chips & peas, but now it varies from a vegetarian curry to Mum's roast lamb to pizza!
4. When I was at uni I used  to chat in online chat rooms. One night I arranged to meet up to go to a nightclub with a guy I chatted to (I took a friend and so did he). He was the same age as me and lived in the next suburb. We hit it off (though his friend was annoying) and he ended up being my boyfriend for all of 6 weeks! We stayed friends for years after though.  But his annoying friend? I fell in love with him and ended up marrying him :)  He's still a bit annoying, but I wouldn't swap him for the world.
5. I am scared of heights, but love flying, especially takeoff.
6. I would love to travel around Australia with my family, homeschooling the kids and taking odd jobs, but the thought of leaving my home and pets keeps me here.
7. Before I started belly dance classes, I read the book 'Bellydance for Beginners' and daydreamed about dancing at parties and in restaurants.  Just goes to show, dreams can come true.

Thanks again Charlotte!  Have a great day everyone.