An Award

Now...to keep this award, I must do the following: 1) Say thanks and give a link to the presenter of the award. 2) Share "ten honest things" about myself. 3) Present this award to 7 others whose blogs I find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged me. 4) Tell those 7 people that they've been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving it :)

Nancy, over at Be Not Afraid, has awarded me this Honest Scrap Award. Thank you so very much!! (that's #1 done). And, thanks to Cathy (at A Bit of the Blarney) who also bestowed this award to me. Mahalo!!

Here goes "ten honest things" about myself (#2):

1. I'm constantly analyzing myself so this kind of blog post is up my alley on one hand and on the other hand bothersome as I feel I can't be put in a box any more than anyone else; I guarantee you that later today I'll think of something I could have put here - something better, pithy, or more brilliant - or, gasp! more honest.
2. I shop really compulsively and find it hard to say "no" to myself when it comes to books, chocolate, and just really lame-o stuff. Case in point: magnets. When we moved, I unloaded tons of them on a friends van . . . to be funny, but also to get rid of the dern things.
   
3. I have no style in decorating my home; so, with the new furniture (oh, I can't wait to get it out of storage!!) I'm going to decorate around it and do everything differently. Pictures will be hung with great care, my things will be display "just so", and I will keep my house meticulously clean (as possible). I've let it go far too long in the past and it's time to keep house and keep it neatly.
4. I'm a germ-a-phobe. 'Nuff said, yeah?
5. I want to learn how to knit/crochet. I'm hoping to find someone who can be patient with me while I learn it.
6. I want to drop thirty pounds, but I haven't done anything about it until I moved here. I'm now walking daily and, even though I found some good nibbles here (See's Candies, Honolulu Cookie Company), I'm not noshing on that stuff as much as it may sound like it. I do believe that I've lost a few pounds.
   
7. I've ridden an elephant before. I was a youngster and there was a circus across the street from my grandparents two summers in a row . . . we went both summers and rode the elephants. Pretty cool. I would love to ride one again on safari . . . in Africa . . . but only ride one, no hunting.
   
8. I like to learn new things and wish I could remember everything I've learned . . . I fancy myself a bit of an intellectual, but . . . I'm just a person of average intelligence. Sometimes I know I am smarter than those I come across, but you know I also believe in teaching what I know with humility. There are definite areas of intelligence . . . I do not possess all of them, but what I do, I share; what I don't, I'll try and learn.
9. There just are some things I am quite snobbish about. I'll leave it to y'all to figure that out. Those who know me, know what I'm talking about.

10. I'm sick of a few things in the modern world: low cut tops (why on earth do gals/designers think I want to encounter every breast God put on Earth? I don't!), low rise underwear/shorts/pants/bikinis (same as the "sisters", I don't want to see the "nethers" either), rudeness (in language, attitude, posture, gestures), impatience (on my part and on anyone else's), poor customer service, mini-me kids, pretty much telly shows on most channels propagating all the above with huge doses of sex. Why not just call all shows what they are: Sex All The Time. YUCK!

(#3) I choose to give this award to the following (no links, I'm lazy, but they are on my sidebars): A Helping Hand, UKok, Carmalite Mom, Sarah at More Than Enough, Suzanne's Daily Dance, LarryD at Acts of the Apostasy, and, Cassie at Blessed Life.


Some really good news: Our express shipment is here; now we are trying to arrange delivery! Thank You, Jesus! When Chief told me last night, I nearly cried with relief and joy! I hope we can get it delivered tomorrow or Saturday at the latest! I really want my non-stick skillet and other kitchen things!! I'm so excited and I just can't hide it . . . . thank You, God!