I have been Honored as an “Honest Blogger” by Joni, you can see her blog atwww.Joni-fletcherfamily.blogspot.com
Honored by bloggers The rules are thus:
1) Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.
2) Show the 7 winners names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Scrap.” Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon.
3) List at least 10 honest things about yourself.
The 7 blogs: These are ladies who bare-all on their blogs. They are intelligent, funny, honest-to-the-bone, and make me a better person for reading them. I consider these ladies my dear friends, even thoughsome of them I have never met, because of the connection I feel from their blogs. You can check out their blogs from my sidebar. In no particular order:
1. Kayola Skinner. Even though her blog is private she has quite the following. She is honest, hilarious, sincere, amazing and incredibly talented. She was kind of a second mother to me. She saw me at my worst when I went to California with her family and got Shingles and she took me to a crazy-grosso doctor.
2. Melanie Syrek. She is my cousin who I recently have gotten closer to. I love Melanie. She is sweet, sincere, a loving mother and a person who I admire for going through what she has gone through these past few years, with loosing her twin brother and raising a righteous posterity. She is an inspiration to me.
3. Tara LaRue. My sister who is trying ever so hard to get out of debt and has been brave enough to make it public. I love her and admire her for her dedication to this cause. She is also a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews who absolutely adore her.
4. Shelly Lomu. Wow what trial she is enduring. Shelly is a mother of 5 who just found out that she has stage 3 breast cancer. She is a fighter. To read her blog is an inspiration to all. She speaks of her Chemo, her hair loss, her exhaustion and her love of life.
5. Andrea Derrick. My sister who is constantly battling the daily grind with 7 children and a husband who is in the stake presidency and is extremely busy with working 70 hours a week! She is amazing and awesome! I look up to her and laugh at her as well as with her as she shares the funny things her kids are doing as well as the daily struggles..
6. Maren Checketts. A life long friend who has known me almost as long as my family. She is awesome. In her blog she tells it like it is! She talks about being a busy mom of six, dealing with lice, laundry, stomach flu, fighting children, long days without a spouse (he travels alot) and demanding church callings. She is a forever friend!
7. Summer. She is a friend from high school friend. She was recently remarried. She talks of the fun and challenges she has had combining two families into one. She is happy and it exudes out of her blog. Summer is one who just makes you smile!
1. Kayola Skinner. Even though her blog is private she has quite the following. She is honest, hilarious, sincere, amazing and incredibly talented. She was kind of a second mother to me. She saw me at my worst when I went to California with her family and got Shingles and she took me to a crazy-grosso doctor.
2. Melanie Syrek. She is my cousin who I recently have gotten closer to. I love Melanie. She is sweet, sincere, a loving mother and a person who I admire for going through what she has gone through these past few years, with loosing her twin brother and raising a righteous posterity. She is an inspiration to me.
3. Tara LaRue. My sister who is trying ever so hard to get out of debt and has been brave enough to make it public. I love her and admire her for her dedication to this cause. She is also a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews who absolutely adore her.
4. Shelly Lomu. Wow what trial she is enduring. Shelly is a mother of 5 who just found out that she has stage 3 breast cancer. She is a fighter. To read her blog is an inspiration to all. She speaks of her Chemo, her hair loss, her exhaustion and her love of life.
5. Andrea Derrick. My sister who is constantly battling the daily grind with 7 children and a husband who is in the stake presidency and is extremely busy with working 70 hours a week! She is amazing and awesome! I look up to her and laugh at her as well as with her as she shares the funny things her kids are doing as well as the daily struggles..
6. Maren Checketts. A life long friend who has known me almost as long as my family. She is awesome. In her blog she tells it like it is! She talks about being a busy mom of six, dealing with lice, laundry, stomach flu, fighting children, long days without a spouse (he travels alot) and demanding church callings. She is a forever friend!
7. Summer. She is a friend from high school friend. She was recently remarried. She talks of the fun and challenges she has had combining two families into one. She is happy and it exudes out of her blog. Summer is one who just makes you smile!
To all of you who read my blog. I have so many others I could put on this list. So many are private now, but I love reading them all the same. I enjoy your feelings and seeing you and your kids grow up!
10 honest things about me:
1. I love my family with all my heart
2. I love to bake anything and everything homemade.
3.I believe that I live in a modern day Mayberry.
4. I hope to never move from this area, I want to raise my kids right here.
5. For the first time in a long time I feel like I have some really good friends who care about me, and would notice if I up and left in the night. (not that I would, but it's nice to know they would notice)
6.I absolutely love spending any and all time with Chad, the love of my life!
7.I hate seeing my dad age. It is so hard to see him be so sick and in so much pain.
8. I am really proud of my mom, seeing her be so strong for my dad is strength to me.
9. I love to travel, I don't care where to, but lets go!
10. I love to take long, hot, showers in the dark when I am stressed...It calms me.
I have to say again how honored I am to be chosen and I so appreciate all the kind words Joni said.
5 comments:
WOW! I was shocked to see my name on your list. You are so kind. I love your list of 10 things about you. We really do have a lot in common. Mayberry sounds nice. Wish we could bake together. Grandma Nelson would be so proud.
Cassie, thank you so much for doing this! I have learned so much more about you and these incredible women you have share with all of us! I have been truly uplifted by reading this post! Thank you!
HOLY SCHMOLY....My 1st award!!!!! Seriously I am thrilled that somebody would even think of me...you have made my day my little friend!!!! I can't wait to do this...this evening when I get a minute...just an F.Y.I. at Christmas when I opened up my blog for friends that couldn't figure out how to get on for some reason...I lost all my contacts...grrrrrrr...so I am open for anybody and everybody for the time being...CASSIE YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY...It doesn't take much to make me happy but this certainly did!!! THANK YOU! my verification word is scabi....kinda funny...
Your comments brought tears to my eyes. This is the first time in a very long time I can sit and read blogs and this post surprised (and pleased) me. Thanks sis. Love you back!
What a cool idea!! I loved reading the stuff about you! I'm going to have to try taking a shower in the dark. I bet it is relaxing! I was glad to see Melanie on your list! She is an amazing example and one of my favorite people in the whole world!
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