An Award, Another New Recipe, and Starts #21 and #22

The delightful Zana of Zana's Homemade has nominated me for an award. Thank you, Zana :-) I've always thought blog awards were fun. And I'm such a dork; I don't speak Spanish, so I used Google Translate to find out it means the Best Friends Blogger Award.

According to the rules, I need to be a follower of the blog who nominated me (check), answer five questions (see below), and nominate ten blogs (see below the questions).

The questions:

1. What would you change in your current situation?

I would have my own car. We've been a one car family since moving to Texas, and since Tim needs it for work (it's a 40 mile round trip commute, so taking him is out of the question), I'm home with the kids all day every day.

2. What do you not forgive?

Judgmental attitudes. I try to be tolerant of other people, and people do have a right to their opinions, but it boils my blood when people judge others.

3. What would be your perfect disguise?

A blonde wig and dark sunglasses. 

4. Do you believe in eternal love or is it a fairytale?

I do believe; I'm a hopeless, romantic sap.

5.An important song in your life.

Right now, it's "Born For This" by Mandisa. It reminds me God's plans for my life are always perfect, even when I don't understand them. And sometimes, in order to fulfill them, you have to do things that are outside your comfort zone.

So, now I need to nominate ten blogs. That's tricky, as a lot of bloggers don't accept awards. So, here's what I'm going to do: I'll list ten of my favorite blogs (I have a lot more than ten but there has to be a cutoff). If you accept awards and want to participate, that's great. If you don't, no worries; just know I appreciate you.
Here they are:
Stitching Lotus
At Home On the Meadow
BAP Attack
Sharon's Eclectic Retreat
Pull the Other Thread
Scotty's Place
I Want to Do One More Stitch
Charlotte's Web
Justine's Cross Stitch
Linda's Crafty Corner
All ten are wonderful blogs hosted by terrific people.They've made this little hermit very happy :-)

 We tried another new recipe the other night: Savory Chicken and Potatoes. Sliced onion, peeled and diced potatoes, and boneless skinless chicken breasts were layered in the crockpot. A can of golden mushroom soup was poured on top and basil, oregano, and parsley were sprinkled on last (it actually called for marjoram, but I didn't have any).

On a scale of 1-10: 4
What I Liked: Ease of preparation, very tender
What I'll Change for Next Time: We're still deciding if there will be a next time for this one. The chicken was very dry; if I make it again, I may put the chicken on the bottom and add some water or chicken broth. There wasn't much flavor to it.

Two more starts for the SDUCJFC:

#21: Life Without Cats

Source: Garfield ... at his best! by Millcraft 

Stitched some of the blanket

#22: Quilt Sampler

Source: Crazy About Quilts by Cross My Heart

 Stitched a little of a quilt block border

I was originally going to stitch this on black like in the model, 

but I couldn't find a big enough piece of 16 count Aida in black in time for the challenge.

Thanks for reading and looking.

Blessings :-)

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