Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

I have been given the Versatile Blogger award by two lovely bloggers this week: Wemmicks-in-Training and Mommy's Theories, which you must visit to see how wonderful they are. Go now ... visit ... I'll wait.

You're back? Okay. Since I just posted about the Versatile Blogger award last month, I'm going to refer you back to that post if you're interested and not bore you with seven more things about me. (There may not even be seven more things to say at all!) A special thanks to Wemmicks-in-Training and Mommy's Theories for the honor.

Mommy's Theories also passed on to me the Creative Writing award, which means I get to lie and make up s**t and generally just rewrite my existence any way I see fit. Oooooooh, this is going to be fun. Here are the rules ...

1. Thank the person who gave it to you -- Thanks, Mama Sammi at Mommy's Theories. You are a sweetie pie for giving me this fun assignment! And link to the person who gave it to you - Mommy's Theories. 

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog. 

3. Tell up to six outrageous lies about yourself and at least one outrageous truth - or - switch it around and tell six outrageous truths and one outrageous lie.

4. Nominate other Creative Writer bloggers, post links to their blogs, then comment or email to let them know they should start lying their butts off!

Let the fun begin ...

• I have 5 tattoos, only 3 of which are visible most of the time.
• I was in the orchestra and played the clarinet while attending Junior High School.
• Six months after taking cake decorating classes, I entered a contest and won a blue ribbon for a wedding cake design.
• I can type 140 words per minute.
• I grew up on a farm in Iowa and my best friend for a while was a sheep named Jewel.
• I have been a bridesmaid 9 times and have the dresses to prove it.
• I am a klutz who has broken 6 different bones in my body.

I am passing this Creative Writing award on to ...

Our Suburban Homestead

The Thing About Daisies


Pickles and Pizza

Heaven is a Bookstore

Looking forward to reading your doozies!!!

And if you want to know which one of mine is the truth ...

• I have no tattoos - none. I have threatened to have Hubby's name tattooed on my backside so that as I eat more chocolate cake, his name will be easier to read. He doesn't think that's funny.
• It's true I was in the orchestra, but I played the cello. Funny, you'd think with all the hot air that I produce, a wind instrument would have been a better choice.
• #3 is the true one. I entered an original design in a cake decorating contest just 6 months after I started taking lessons and won the first place blue ribbon.
• In 1984, I scored 115 words per minute with no mistakes on a typing test. I took a test in 2009 and scored around 90wpm.
• While I did grow up in Iowa, I did not live on a farm, nor have I ever personally known a sheep or anyone named Jewel.
• I have never been a bridesmaid! I was a guest book attendant for a friend's wedding, though.
• I am on the klutzy side, but the only bone I've broken is my tailbone, falling down the stairs when I was pregnant with my youngest daughter. It was scary but I was fine. My mom babied me for days while I laid on her couch and she watched my 2-year-old.

Did you guess right?

Versatile Blogger!

I have been very blessed recently to receive the Versatile Blogger Award

from two lovely and very entertaining bloggers ...





http://inthemilitaryandonthemove.blogspot.com/
and


http://veterankindergartenteacher.blogspot.com/
If you have not visited their blogs, you are so missing out on a good time - please stop by soon!


With this award comes some duties ... first, I must thank the blogger(s) who honored me. Thanks so much to  In the Military and On the Move and Veteran Kindergarden Teacher. I am thrilled to be recognized and promise not to disappoint.


Second, I must tell you 7 things about me ...

1. I cannot iron. It's not that I mind ironing, but I am really bad at it. Early in our marriage, I pressed one of Hubby's dress shirts and *gasp* *oh no* *horrors* double-creased a sleeve. You'd have thought I went after him with an ice pick or something. Ever since then, I am not allowed to iron anything of his and, most of the time, when I am pressing something of my own to wear, he will take the iron away from me and do it properly so that I don't embarrass anyone, meaning him. Which, when you really think about it, is not such a bad thing!
2. All my life, I have eaten cold cereal for breakfast. My day just doesn't get started without a bowl of cereal ... Honey Nut Cheerios, Cranberry Almond Crunch, Quaker Oatmeal Squares and Frosted Mini-Wheats are my current favorites.
3. Although I have been camping, and enjoyed it, I am really not a sleep on the ground in a tent kind of woman. Hubby learned long ago that when he says the word vacation, I am not picturing a campground, but a real bed with high thread count sheets, sitting by the water with a book, and some lovely chef in a restaurant preparing my meals.
4. But speaking of campgrounds, when we sit around a fire and toast marshmallows, I like to catch mine on fire, let it burn for a second, then blow it out. This makes the outside all crispy and caramelized and the inside is runny and, well, marshmallowy.
5. I just love going out to the movies. Although we have pretty much kept Redbox in business lately, when we go out to the theater, there is that one moment when the lights are going down and the movie is starting that I get a little thrill just being there. Being entertained with a good movie is so much fun!
6. Even though I absolutely love Christmas, my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Food, family, friends and fun make it perfect. I love cooking Thanksgiving dinner. I always go for the big honkin' turkey because it's just as much work to cook a 10-pounder as it is to do a 25-pounder. And there are such wonderful things you can do with the leftovers!
7. I am extremely mechanically challenged. If I know what I'm doing on the computer or driving the car, all is good. But the minute anything quits working or freezes up, the sirens go off and I lose my mind. It is not pretty and Hubby usually has to talk me down with something alcoholic.

Third, I am to pass the Versatile Blogger award on to 15 blogs I have recently discovered and who I think are fantastic ...

http://whisperingwriter.blogspot.com/  Airing My Dirty Laundry, One Sock at a Time

http://nursieinpink.blogspot.com/  Nursie in Pink

http://oursuburbancottage.blogspot.com/  Our Suburban Cottage, chic on a shoestring

http://wishing4one.blogspot.com/  Wishing4One

http://snowcatcher.blogspot.com/  Snowcatcher

http://www.thethingaboutdaisies.com/  The Thing About Daisies

http://www.recapturedcharm.com/  Recaptured Charm

http://alittletoocrazytobecool.blogspot.com/  A Little Too Crazy to be Cool

http://lemontreecreations.blogspot.com/  Lemon Tree Creations

http://tightwadmomsfrugalforum.blogspot.com/  Tightwad Mom's Frugal Forum

http://inspiredgiftsblog.blogspot.com/  Inspired Gifts Blog

http://savvystitcher.blogspot.com/  Savvy Stitcher

http://lisaschaos.com/  Lisa's Chaos

http://simplysingleserving.blogspot.com/  Simply Single Serving

http://lifesolovely.com/  A Life So Lovely

Fourth and last, I must contact each of these amazing bloggers to let them know they are a Versatile Blogger! This I will be working on ...