One Lovely Blog Award

Good Evening Lovely Readers and many, many apologies for my lack of posts...

Thank you for all the lovely comments you left after I returned from Canada. I am still organising the house and de-cluttering, but the end is in sight. Pics to follow soon.

I have been lucky enough to have been awarded the 'one lovely blog' award by the wonderful Sue from http://sftandthe101challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ who is currently in Africa. Sue is such an inspiration for anyone wanting to pay off their mortgage and still lead a full life. Thank you Sue.


AWARD CRITERIA

Thank the person who nominated you on their blog -Thanks Sue.

Tell 7 things about yourself

1. The most amazing place I have visited is Petra in Jordan.

2. I love reading travel books and novels set in other countries. One of my favourite ever books is Lisa St Aubin de Teran's "Off the Rails: Memoires of a Train Addict".

3. I am hearing impaired and use BSL with friends who sign. I lost my hearing through Meniere's Disease. I belong to a signing choir. My hearing dog, Zena, goes everywhere with me. 

4. I love the look on peoples' faces when I tell them I teach languages.... they assume it would be impossible with my hearing loss. 

5. I love "Little Women" and "Jane Eyre" - two of my favourite childhood novels - both given to me by my Grandmother.

6. My hero(ine) is my Nanny who was dumped in a convent by her mother to be raised as an orphan. She never knew that she had a family who had moved from Dublin to London and lived near to the convent where she had been placed. Although they had money, my Nanny had been born out of wedlock to a widow and in 1906 Ireland that was not acceptable. Her mother later married the father but they never made contact with my Nanny who died when I was 17. She taught me to knit and to sew. I still miss her.

7. I have worked as a teacher, counsellor, community theatre worker, shop assistant, make-up consultant, canning factory worker, waitress, barmaid, chambermaid, accounts clerk, and voluntary care worker, breastfeeding counsellor and Samaritan.

Nominate 15 blogs. This is hard because there are so many that I love, but I consider most of these my "blog friends":

Sue at http://ournewlifeinthecountry.blogspot.co.uk/
Debbie at http://myblog-nannysplace.blogspot.co.uk
Isobel at http://thehomenest.blogspot.co.uk/
Jane and Chris at http://swiftsuresongbird.blogspot.co.uk/
Kay and Sime at http://thesmithsontour.blogspot.co.uk/
Cindy at http://justnorthofwiarton.blogspot.co.uk/
Amanda at http://craftyinthemed.blogspot.co.uk/
Lena at http://frugalandthankful.blogspot.co.uk/
Linda at http://lindacraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk/
Stephanie at http://sbmillefeuilles.blogspot.co.uk/
Sue Marie at http://www.home.suemarie.co.uk/
Lexie at http://piecesofwonderful.blogspot.co.uk/
Jan at http://slowlivinginafastlife.blogspot.co.uk/
Justine at http://justine-jazzysplace.blogspot.co.uk/
Arwedd at http://arweddindevon.blogspot.co.uk/

I will be back to blogging soon - I promise - swamped by the de-cluttering and sore eyes (apparently they are very dry following the laser eye surgery and I now have two different eye drops to try. Excuses, excuses .... I know.

Lots of love

Mrs Thrifty

xxx