5-5-5 Tag and an Award!

First off, i'd like to thank Suzanne Jones for nominating for the Beautiful Blogger Award (see the award on the side bar!) thanks for much Suzanne! It's nice to know my ramblings brighten someone's day or make someone laugh or cringe or whatever!!

Maisey Yates posted a tag on her blog and tagged the first five readers for a fun quiz.

Here are my answers to break the flow - which is going great! - in my writing.

The deal is to answer five questions with five answers to it, so here goes:

Question 1. Where were you five years ago?

1. Newly Married

2. About 2 months pregnant with first baby. Honeymoon baby.

3. Working at IRD. NZ tax department call centre

4. two months away from my 23rd birthday.

5. not writing, just dreaming about it.

Question 2. What is (was) on your to do list?

1. make the bed for mum to come for the weekend

2. clean the floors.

3. get kids and self dressed

4. take kids to the shops and some holiday entertainment

5. write about 500 words.

Question 3. What 5 snacks do you enjoy?

1. chocolate

2. chips

3. balsamic rice crackers

4. cheesecake

5. ice cream

Question 4. What five places have you lived?

1. Rotorua, NZ (when under 5)

2. Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ

3. Hamilton East, Hamilton, NZ

4. Pukete, Hamilton, NZ

5. Chartwell, Hamilton, NZ

Question 5. What 5 things would you do if you were a billionaire?

1. Own a bookstore chain

2. Give anonymous charitable donations to animal and childrens charities

3. Travel

4. Write all day

5. Spend time with my kids

these are pretty boring but i don't really know what i'd do! probably really go shopping first and buy everything i've ever wanted but don't really need and then get sick of it, but could you ever really?? Don't think i'd get sick of writing or spending time with my kids, they grow way too quickly and the things they come up with...

5 bloggers i'm tagging (you don't have to!):

Kaily Hart

Francine

Ju Dimello

Lacey Devlin

Nicola Marsh

I also nominate you lovely ladies for the Beautiful Blogger Award too! I enjoy reading your blogs and following your writing journeys whether you are established or learning just like me!

My First Award

No it's not a writing one! But it's fun, and sometimes we need just a little something that is fun and makes us feel happy.

Thanks to Lacey Devlin for awarding the Happy Cupcake Award for being a blogger that makes her happy!

This is exciting!

Okay, i need to list ten things that make me happy:

1. Writing - not such a hard one to guess huh!

2. Reading - has to have at least a bit of romance, because everyone deserves a bit of it.

3. My two gorgeous kids. Yes even if they and i've had a rotten day and we've crumbled and yelled and thrown tantrums. They still tell me they love me when i tuck them in at night!

4. Gerberas and Daisies. They are so simple and beautiful. I bought myself a bunch when we moved into the new house. No one else was going to, so why not!

5. Warm apple pie. With vanilla ice cream. Actually even cold is good :)

6. Catch ups with friends over coffee and cake while and kids run around screaming and we ignore them to gossip - bliss!!

7. Baking. The smell, the taste, the satisfaction of having made something with my hands. And it's so homey and yum.

8. Crafts. I guess i'm creative. Cross stitch, patchwork, cards, scrap booking, mosaics. I'll give it all a go and i love it! The kids seem to have pick up the gene too...

9. This is getting hard. So many things make me happy by to pick my top ten is so hard!

My new Two mornings a week totally dedicated to writing! Both kids at kindy. Not going to do housework. Just going to write. Perfect! Tomorrow is the first full morning - watch the word count bar creep up :)

10. My husband. He truely is wonderful. Wouldn't have married him (or fallen in love with him) otherwise. Though you can't choose who you fall in love with, it certainly helps when they turn out to be so great!

There. Now i have to choose ten blogs that make me happy. Because i'll admit i do waste time by reading other blogs too! They are helpful to my writing and/or are just great to read. Some have already been nominated by other blogs, but others are new.

1. Francine's Romancing the Blog

2. Nic's Creative Chaos

3. Jackie Ashenden

4. Kaily Hart

5. Ju Dimello

6. Nicola Marsh

7. Waiting for the Call

8. Heidi Rice

9. Maisey Yates

10. Donna Alward

The official rules are:

1. Copy the award image into a post

2. List 10 things that make you happy

3. Tag 10 bloggers who brighten your day.

4. Link to their blogs.

5. Notify the award recipients.

6. Award recipients link back to sender’s blog