Very Inspiring Blogger Award

I was quite surprised this morning to receive the Very Inspiring Blogger Award nomination from The Penniless Traveler. Check out her site; it features engaging destination posts from her bucket list with helpful tips for travelers with limited finances.  Thank you, Penniless Traveler!

The rules of the award are as follows:

Rules:

1. Link back to the blogger who nominated you.  Accomplished in paragraph one.

2. Post the award image to your page. See above.

3. Share 7 facts about yourself. Hmmm. Here goes…

• I love going to the movies by myself but hate eating alone in restaurants.
• I think that noise-canceling headphones may be the single greatest invention of the past ten years.
• I believe that the most meaningful gift a parent can give a child is the love of travel. Thank you, Mom and Dad!
• I don’t know much about fashion but I do know that a smile is an essential accessory.
• I wish that politicians cared less about doing what’s popular and cared more about doing what’s right.
• I get up at 5:15 each morning to write before going to the job that pays the bills and never hit the snooze button.
• Nothing makes me happier than sharing a meal and a bottle of wine (or two) with good friends.

4. Nominate 15 other blogs and inform them about it. These are blogs that interest me and not all travel-related.  Please take the time to take a look; I think you’ll like what you see.

• Rantings of an Amateur Chef: http://rantingchef.com
• Meg Travels: http://megtraveling.com
• At Home with Tech: http://athomewithtech.com
• Red Road Diaries: http://redroaddiaries.com
• Upper Valley Girl: http://uppervalleygirl.wordpress.com
• Adventures We Seek: http://adventuresweseek.com
• Humpty Dumpty Journey: http://humptydumptyjourney.com
• Cuban New Yorker: http://cubannewyorker.wordpress.com
• Left Turn Ahead: http://leftturnahead.wordpress.com
• Not a Clue Adventures: http://notacluegal.wordpress.com
• The Everywhereist: http://www.everywhereist.com
• Love Living in Colorado: http://lovelivingincolorado.wordpress.com
• Edith Levy Photography: http://edithlevyphotography.com
• Definition of Sanity: http://definitionofsanity.wordpress.com
• Because I Just Do: http://becauseijustdo.wordpress.com

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1000 Views!

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