Thanks for the awards (belatedly ...)

I've received a few bloggy awards over the past several months and I've been remiss in thanking the givers and posting about them.


Babette's Book Blog awarded me the Honest Scrap, which asks me to post 10 honest things about myself.

1. Kiddo got 6 stitches in his head last week ... and it was my fault.  We were wrestling on my bed and when he grabbed my legs I slammed them down onto the mattress ... or so I thought.  He was hanging on and laughing until his head slammed into the corner of the bed frame.  I still feel horrible!
2. I do very well in emergency situations (like #1).  I don't panic and I can think clearly and organize whatever needs to be done.
3. I'm the Den Leader for Kiddo's Cub Scout Den.  I love doing this but I can't stand the uniform I have to wear - I look like a complete nerd. LOL
4. I play Farmville ... a lot.  If you are my friend on Facebook and you haven't learned how to hide the Farmville posts I probably drive you crazy.  Just ask me and I'll tell you how to get rid of those posts.
5. I love jewelry that coordinates with what I'm wearing.  It doesn't have to be expensive jewelry, and I don't care about other kinds of fashion, but I really do love jewelry.
6. My birthday is coming up in just a few weeks.
7. I like public speaking.  I still get nervous before getting in front of large crowds, but I genuinely enjoy the experience as a whole.
8. My mom is the only person who has ever cut my hair.  She is a stylist and I trust her completely.  Only once has she ever done something that I didn't like, and it was a style that I thought I wanted.
9. There is a mouse living under the stove in my kitchen.  I need to get rid of it but I feel bad setting a trap for it.  
10. I feel so blessed to still have one set of grandparents.  They are now 86 and 92 and not in the best of health, so I treasure the time I have with them.  I love that Kiddo is getting to know his great-grandparents as "people" not just as "old people," if you know what I mean.

Miss Remmers' Review  and eclectic/eccentric both gave me the Xxtraordinary Blogger Award, meaning I have to share one extraordinary thing that has happened to me.

When I was (I think) in middle school my family took a trip to the Statue of Liberty.  We had a great time and took lots of pictures.  After we left we realized we had somehow left behind a backpack with our sweaters and camera inside.  When we got back to Maryland my mom wrote a letter to the lost and found at the Statue of Liberty describing the backpack and its contents.  We figured that was the end of the story, but about 6 months later a box arrived from New York - with all our items inside!  It was so amazing to realize that nothing had been stolen, and it was a real treat to develop the film in the camera and relive the trip all those months later.

I appreciate all my readers and would love to learn more about you!  Feel free to grab the buttons and post 10 honest things or 1 extraordinary thing (or both) on your blog.