Liebster Award

Leibster in German means "Dearest". Thanks Nina and Milo for thinking of us as a dearest blog!







The rules of the award are as follows:


1. Copy and paste the award on your blog.


2. Link back to the blogger who gave you the award


3. Pick your five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers, and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award.


4. Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs!


 
1. A Collection of Madcap Escapes - Dom's blog is full of adventures with her amazing horse Ozzy, Herbie the cutest dog in the world and even her boy Mike. Dom is an incredibly talented photographer. I've been known to check out her blog on my lunch break at work. More than one person has walked by while I am looking at her latest photo upload and stopped to ask about the pictures. Dom lives life to the fullest and continually reminds me to do the same.
 
2. Go Lightly Sport Horses -  Cherie and her horse Katchi are taking the eventing world by storm. I love following their triumphs and bumps in the road. Cherie isn't afraid to share her most embarrassing horse moments, my favorite was when she asked Jimmy Wofford "Jimmy are your sure I have all my teeth?" Cherie is gracious in sharing what she learns from riding with the likes of Phillip Dutton, Jimmy Wofford and Lucinda Green.
 
3. Liz Graves Liz is a sought after clinician who I know through her partner Dave Genedek of About the Horse Saddles. Liz has a wealth of knowledge and is someone that I admire and respect. I have come away from her blog more than once with the resonance that there is a better, kinder way of communicating with my horse.
 
4. Cardigan Complex If you love corgis and have not seen Wiccan's blog than go there now! Go - click - now! The pictures are just breathtaking and her herd of corgis all look like perfect models. I have no idea how she was able to put together 4 of the most photogenic dogs on the planet. I am head over heels in love with Tempe the youngest and newest addition.
 
5. BlackTree Farm Anne and Sven Johnson's farm where they breed and raise top quality warmblood sport horses. Anne is also a photographer and web designer, so the blog is full of professional quality pictures of her very large horses! I've met several of them in real life, and they truly are gentle giants. I rode with Anne when we were kids at Peanuts Pony Farm and I love that she has kept the horses front and center in her life.
 

7 things you may not know about me

A big thank you to Nina for the One Lovely Blog Award. So here goes - 7 random things you may not know about me:

1. I have a fear of drowning and avoid bodies of water because of it. Somewhat ironic considering that I've been living on an Island for the last 30 years. I am also very susceptible to motion sickness so I avoid boats that are smaller than a jumbo ferry.

 2. I do not define myself with any religion. I don't believe in Heaven or Hell - there was a time that I attended church every Sunday and considered myself to be a conservative republican. My political views are now a complete 180 from that stance.

 3. I have been married for 15 years. I met my husband right after high school while working in a restaurant. Next summer will be 20 years since our first date.



4. I have an older brother – I am always surprised by how many of my friends that I grew up with don’t know about him. He is 10 years older than me and went to live with my biological father when I was 3 and he was 13. We moved 3,000 miles away when I was 7. My brother moved to Washington as an adult and now lives in San Diego. I will always view him as a giant who can do no wrong in my eyes. He will eternally be the hero I saw him to be when I was 3 years old.

 5. I have not consumed alcohol since May 29th 1989. Yes I quit drinking when I was 14 years old. I still consider myself to be an alcoholic even though I will go the rest of my life without drinking. It makes me crazy to see social drinkers leave half a class of wine or not finish a beer. Don’t they know that’s wasting? I have absolutely no desire to drink – not even to try it socially.

 6. I love public speaking but rarely get the chance to work a crowd. Nothing like attending AA meetings at the age of 14 to get you over any fear of public speaking



7. I could eat pasta 3 times a day 7 days a week. I love it and it is one of the things I can actually cook. Luckily my husband does most of the cooking in our house and he makes sure that I get plenty of protein and veggies in my diet. He’s even been known to sneak asparagus into spaghetti sauce when I’m not looking.

 
Most of the blogs that I would nominate have already been given this award. If you read my blog and you want the award just let me know - it's yours! The blogs I have listed list on the sidebar are my favorite they are the ones I read almost every day. I can't think of any better way to promote them than that.