L is for Liebster

 



 

 

Thank you to Confessions of a fancy nerd for nominating me for the Liebster blogging award!!

The rules:

Recipients:

1. LIST 11 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT YOU.


2. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED OF YOU (BY THE BLOGGER THAT NOMINATED YOU).


3. NOMINATE 11 OTHER BLOGS FOR THE LIEBSTER BLOG AWARD AND LINK TO THEIR BLOGS.


4. NOTIFY THE BLOGGERS OF THEIR AWARD.


5. ASK THE AWARD WINNERS 11 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ONCE THEY ACCEPT THE AWARD.

 

11 Random Facts

1. I am scared of open water, but I love surfing. 


2. I have a full UK motorbike licence


3. I can copy a picture quite well, but I'm hopeless at drawing from imagination.


4. I've only dyed my hair once.


5. I am in a phase of loving everything teal-coloured


6. My 12 year old self named my pet hamster Cleopatra Octavia. Cleo for short.


7. I am and always have been a stationery addict.


8. I would quite like to own max 200 things, but at the moment it would take 6 small car loads to move my stuff.


9. I think I was a cat in a former life as I love basking in the sun coming in through the window


10. But I act more like a dog, always running about and being excitable.


11. Rhubarb jam is my favourite jam. Nom.

11 Answers

1. What is the last classic novel you’ve read?  - Probably 1984 by George Orwell.


2. What is your best accomplishment so far?  - Having the courage to leave academia after 7 years, realising that the academic world is not for me


3. Sweet or savoury?   - Sweet


4. Who is your favourite artist/singer?  - Ben Howard


5. Which country have you always wanted to go to?  - Argentina


6. What is your favourite book? - the Kite Runner


7. What inspires your blog posts? - Simple and intentional living


8. How do you gather data to use on your blog? - data? I take photos, people watch and read.


9. What’s your favourite social media tool?  - I think Instagram is a new favourite.


10. Cat or dog person?  Both. I love cats for their calmness, and dogs for their excitement at everything.


11. If you had to cast a scene entitled “Uncomfortable dinner party,” what three people would you cast?  Tricky question! A three person dinner party would be pretty awkward as it is.

 

11 Questions

1. What is your favourite flower?


2. If you could only own one piece of technology, what would it be?


3. City-dweller or country bumpkin?


4. If you could teleport, where would you go, right now?


5. Who would you most like to meet?


6. If you could learn any skill, what would it be?


7. What is your favourite animal?


8. How many pairs of shoes do you own?


9. What is the last book you read?


10. What are you good at?


11. What is your favourite form of exercise?

 

6 Nominations and 5 favourites:

1. Simple, meaningful and free


2. Recovering shopaholic


3. A life not quite perplexed


4. An Intentional Future


5. May and September


6. Minimalist Bride

 

1. Raptitude


2. The Change Blog


3. For the Creators


4. Ending average


5. The Wunder Year

 

Over to you!