Liebsterville, USA

On Memorial Day, Medeia Sharif tagged me with the Liebster Award. Medeia is a sweetheart. If you don't know her, she reads more books than anyone I know and reviews what she reads. She's also a talented author.

Thanks, Medeia for including me with those you passed it to.

The rules are to post 11 fun facts, answer 11 questions, and nominate 11 bloggers.

So, I'll just get started.

Fun? Facts

I was named after my grandfather and my uncle. Those names had to be rearranged a little when I turned out to be a girl :)

I never liked playing dolls.

I liked too many other things to have a favorite.

My mother taught me to cook starting when I was about 11 or 12.

I've never changed a tire.

But I have changed a diaper.

My handwriting is AWFUL!

I'm picky.

And I'm a little OCD.

I once found myself at a formal event wearing jeans and a parka.

With sodas and chips stuffed inside all the big pockets.

Questions

1. Where were you born?

Houston

2. Where are you living now?

San Antonio

3. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Electric Lime

4. Last movie you watched?

Skyfall

5. What book are you reading now?

I have more than 60 books on my Kindle, and my life has been pretty hectic since last fall. I'm now reading THE COMPASS MASTER by Helena Soister. One of my goals for the year is to make more time for reading. I'm working on it. Can you tell I'm as behind on reading as on watching movies?

6. The power goes out. It will be out for several hours. What do you do with yourself?

Read, go outside, play with dogs, rearrange the furniture and/or accents. If the car is out of the garage, go shopping or to a movie. Especially if it's summer and the air conditioning is out.

7. What are you listening to right now?

The whirr of the air conditioner and tapping of the keys.

8. Greatest struggle as a writer?

Too many to list, and all are great struggles at one time or another. The first is just getting started.

9. What is one book you think everyone should read?

People are all different. What I love could be horrible for someone else.

10. If you could be one of the Greek gods, who would you be and why?

I keep seeing women answering Athena here. I understand why. But I'd rather be all the Muses. Or any one of them. Well, except Melpomene. I'm not much into tragedy. But see...even given a choice, I choose to be different. Character flaw.

11. Weirdest thing you've ever been told by a fortune cookie?

Those that make no sense. Or those that don't apply to your life as you know it and you worry about it for days. Or until you get the next fortune cookie.

Nominate

I'm choosing to break this rule. This award is yours for the taking.

See how easy I am :)

Sidebar News - The RIGHT Sidebar

But first, a message from your local Techie Idiot.

A couple of weeks ago, I transferred my Google Reader blogs to Bloglovin'. I love it! I put the follow button in the right-hand sidebar, directly beneath the Google Friend pictures. It's all good. So today I'm over there and click on the little settings icon and 'My Blog'. It says I have to claim my blog and paste a code here in a new blog post. It also says the code must go at the top of some blogs. If that's the case here, you'll be seeing this again on Friday - LOL. Here goes:

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

So if you click on the link above or the button in the sidebar, please let me know if they work. And I'll find out if I did claim my blog :)

Can you tell I have no idea what I'm doing?

:::

At the top of the right sidebar is the entry button for the Goodreads Giveaway for Solomon's Compass. The giveaway ends at midnight Pacific Time this Thursday.

It would be fun to send a book to someone I know. Good luck!