This was such a lovely – and timely – Christmas present! I say “timely” because I was just counting my blessings this holiday season that, between my PR courses and this blog, I get to spend every day doing something I love.

Thank you, Ambitious Poet, for thinking of me for this award! It’s always a wonderful thing to know that somebody enjoys reading my blog as much as I enjoy writing it.

Now down to business.  According to the rules, I must now make you all aware of seven things about me:

1. I believe in extraterrestrial life. I do. Not necessarily the little-green-men-in-flying-saucers type of life.  I just think that it’s more impossible to imagine that in the vastness of space, we are the only planet able to sustain life.
2. I failed the written test for my driving learners’ permit three times.  I still maintain that a driver who makes sure everyone in the car is wearing a seatbelt is the best answer.
3. I can’t roll my “r’s”, like how some people can when they say things like “Arriba!”. The catch is that French is my second language and rolling r’s is pretty key, so I kind of just learned to emulate the sound by doing interesting things with my vocal cords.
4. As an only child, I had to create my own fun when I was little. My solution was to dream up an imaginary boyfriend, Peter. I remember telling my mom once that he didn’t have a job, so she told me to dump him.  I did.
5. I was traumatized by a swim instructor when I was five which resulted in me being terrified to put my face in any water for about another five years. To this day, I don’t so much put my face under the shower head as cup a handful of water and throw it at myself.
6. I completely believe in karma. What you do will come back to you, so don’t be a dick!
7. I may have inappropriate reactions to movie deaths. If a teenager in a slasher film gets axed I barely blink, but if someone tries to shoot an animal I cover my eyes until I think it’s over.

I’d like to nominate these other versatile blogs for the VBA:

Vanyieck’s Last Stand

My Little Book Blog

The Booky Bunhead

Life Measured in Coffee Spoons

What Amy Read Next

unsolicitedtidbits

mindfulmagpie

Ask Archie

Meet me at the park

Butterfly Tales

Scribbling in color

My novel addiction

Stories by Mercilo Daviss

Catching Wonder

Jack Flacco

Bloggers, here are the rules:

1. Display the award certificate on your blog.
2. Write a post linking back to the blogger who nominated you, and share 7 things about yourself.
3. Nominate 15 other bloggers.
4. Inform them of their nomination with a comment on their blog.

For more information, check out the Versatile Blogger site!