I was so excited when I learned that I was nominated for the Liebster Award 2018.  My blog is pretty new, and I’ve only recently been sharing it with the public via Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. I was happy to learn that there is at least one person out there looking at my blog. The Liebster Award is an award that has been helping out new and upcoming bloggers since 2011. You can read more about it right here!

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you and post a link to their blog on your blog.
• Write a 150-300 word post about your favorite blog that is not your own. Explain why you like the blog and provide links.

I want to thank the person who nominated me, Carrie with Stretching Cents with Carrie for nominating me. She shares lots of great money savings tips, in-store deals, and coupons. I love her post on her dishwasher purchase.  It’s something we all can’t live without, but really hate spending money on, especially if you are a frugal person!  If you’re looking for money saving tips, you need to follow Stretching Cents with Carrie.

It’s a little hard to choose my favorite blog because there are a lot of inspiring and helpful blogs out there!  When I really think about it, my favorite blog would be The Pioneer Woman.  This was the first blog I ever discovered!  One of the first things that drew me in was her recipes and her detailed posts.  I learned that butter was best!!  I never knew that because I was raised on margarine.  I also discovered she was from Oklahoma and lived in the boonies, just like me!  I believe it was about 9 years ago I came across her website, before the TV show and cookbooks.  I use a lot of her recipes today.  My favorite is her cinnamon roll recipe!  I have several of my favorite recipes from her site printed off and in my recipe drawer.

10 Random Facts About Me

1. I have a few weird health issues, including an autoimmune disease and tremors, but I never consider myself unhealthy.
2. I don’t like pancakes.
3. Spring is my favorite season, but I am so allergic to it!
4. My dogs were my first “kids”.
5. I hate exercise, but I’m taking a Kickboxing class and sort of like it.  It depends on how tough our coach is that day.  lol!
6. I had the best pregnancy, even though I was 40 years old
7. I had a pretty rough postpartum (not depression, just 2 infections and I could not produce breast milk no matter how hard I tried).
8. I like building Legos with my youngest daughter.
9. I’m always afraid someone is going to think I’m my daughter’s Grandma.
10. I love getting my hands dirty.

Questions Carrie Asked

1. What was the first CD you ever bought?  Garth Brooks/Garth Brooks
2. Favorite toy as a kid?  Bicycle
3. What was your first job? My first job where I paid taxes was a teacher’s aide through work-study in college.
4. If you could play any instrument, what would it be?  Piano
5. What is the last book you read?  A Wrinkle in Time.  I’ve never read it and was curious.
6. What is your favorite topic to blog about?  Travel
7. If you had no grocery budget, what would you buy every week?  Fresh Seafood
8. Walmart or Target?  Walmart, Target is too far away.
9. What is the most expensive thing you’ve ever purchased?  A house
10. What is your biggest struggle when it comes to budgeting?  Saving money.

My Nominees

Here are a few great blogs I follow.  I think you will really enjoy them too.  Check them out and follow their sites.  You won’t regret it!

1. Busy Loving Life
2. It Takes One
3. Sunny and Sassy
4. This Blonde Can Budget
5. Sweet Frugal Life

Questions for my Nominees

1. If you were offered the chance to live on another planet for free (all of your needs would be provided for) that had no pollution or conflict and could only take your spouse and children under 18, would you?
2. If you had to give up one of your senses to save your life, which one would you chose?
3. Cats or Dogs?
4. City, large town, or small town?  Which is the best for you?
5. If you could pick one talent to have, that you don’t already have, what would it be?  For example, musical, athletic, genius, artist?
6. If you won $100,000 how would you spend it?
7. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
8. If you could go back in time and visit your 18-year-old self, what one piece of advice would you give yourself?
9. If your house was on fire, what is the one thing you would save (not counting family members or pets.)?
10. What is your dream vacation?

LIEBSTER AWARD RULES:

1. Thank the person who nominated you and post a link to their blog on your blog.
2. Display the award on your blog — by including it in your post, or by having it as the feature image.
   Write a 150-300 word post about your favorite blog that is not your own. Explain why you like the blog and provide links.
3. Provide 10 random facts about yourself.
4. Answer the questions from your nominator.
5. Nominate 5 – 11 blogs that you feel deserve the award, who have less than 200 followers.
6. Ask your nominees questions of your own.
7. List these rules in your post.
8. Once you have written and published it, you then have to: Inform the people/blogs that you nominated that they have been nominated for the Liebster Award. Then provide a link for them to your post so that they can learn about it (they might not have ever heard of it!)
9. Head over to https://theglobalaussie.com/liebster-award-2018 and leave a comment with your blog link.
10. Have fun exploring new blogs!