Very kind of you indeed. It is always nice to know that someone thinks well of you. And that someone thinks well enough to encourage you to post a kick-ass graphic and share the love with other bloggers? Pretty gratifying. Nice too, to know, that Bad Word Mama is a gal, like me, who doesn't have a lot of extra time and she's into streamlining the process. Instead of asking a blogger to answer 25 or 10 or even 5 questions about themselves, she's asked for one (1).
What is the biggest regret that I have?
The regrets that I have come from my wedding day. Oh CRAP! That makes it sound like I'm not happy to be married to David. Which would be a complete and utter lie. I'm very happy to be married to David - it'll be 15 years this August - we're having a big-ass party celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary. I love him lots! And more importantly, I LIKE him lots and still want to do the bouncy-bouncy with him.
My regrets, and there are a couple from that day, are these: when David and I got to the speeches, we thanked everyone for coming and offered up the mic to the Fathers of the Bride and Groom. When they didn't leap immediately at the opportunity to speak - we basically said, "Nope? No one wants to say anything? Okay, then we're good to go... everybody start dancing!!" I really wish that we'd urged both our fathers to talk. I would have liked to hear what my Dad and David's Dad thought about it all. They're both great story tellers, they probably would have made us cry.
The other regret from that day is that we had several relatives who had passed away and couldn't be there with us. We had a table set up with pictures of our absent friends/relatives who were no longer with us, but I really wish that I'd mentioned them all by name and really talked about how much they meant to us. And as by-product of that regret, I wish that Rissa had had a chance to meet all these people - that she'd known how great they were and had her own memories of them instead of the ones I share through story-telling.
And now... the NOMINATIONS.
Folks should know this: I'm the person on Facebook who, when assailed by one of those "pass it on if you have a soul" posts happens, I completely change the wording, take the chain letterness out of it and encourage folks to share it, only if they want, with no potential karmic fallout. I've posted about that in my Magical Meerkat post.
So here's what I'm going to do. The 5 people I have nominated write well and make me laugh and I think other people should read them and laugh too. If they, in turn, want to post the kick-ass award on their blog and nominate others, lovely, if not... no worries, it's all good. If you want to share something about yourself - do so... If you want to answer the question that I answered, go for it... Paying it forward is a great thing, I am a big supporter! So check these folks out - they're worth it!
A Whole Lot of Nothing
Mommy Adventures
Pink Dryer Lint
Stuff White People Like
Not Your Average Mom
Heather, thanks so much for this nomination and for your refreshingly laid-back award approach. No potential karmic fallout = my kind of thinking!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work here!
Robin - we like-minded gals have to stick together. I try to share as much cool stuff as I can either here on the blog and/or on my Facebook page. I'm very big on passing on the good stuff - like your blog!
Delete"Bouncy-Bouncy" LMAO!!! I'm gonna go check out the people you nominated.
ReplyDelete-Ellen