The Beautiful Blogger Award

The Beautiful Blogger Award

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Michelle ," for this Beautiful Blogger Award.  Michelle is talented (perhaps a future crosstitch designer) and have listed some other things on her blog I did not know about her before now.  I "enjoi" visiting with her on her blog because she is filled with inspiration through her stitching and is always so encouraging upon her visit to my blog.  Thanks again Michelle. 

With this blog award comes with some of my favorite words, rules and responsibilities. 

1.  Thank the person who gave it to you.

2.  Paste the award on your blog.

3.  Link tothe person who gave you the award.

4.  List 10 interesting things about yourself. 

5.  Pass the award on to 10 blogs and link to them.

Alright, I am up to #4, and this is where I'm stuck.  I have to ponder.  Let's see how this one go.  I don't know if anyone would find any of these interesting, so I'll list 10 things that I think makes me,  me. 

  1.  I love the Lord, because he heard my cry through all my success and failures.  God has blessed me with the gift of my hands, the gift of laughter, the gift of compassion and the gift of giving.  I am a product of Poverbs 22:6.

  2.  I am a proud Black, Jamaican, Chinese, African American with a bubbly, upbeat personality with a huge sense of humor.  I love to laugh, have fun, and live each day as though it is the last. 

  3.  I am my mother's child.  My mother (mom died when I was 14)is my greatest influence who after all is my inspiration to sew and do needlework.  She too had a hearty laugh.  She has set the bar for me as to being a wife, mother, how to give, how to treat others, and how I should be expected to be treated as a person.

 

  4.  My senior year in high school during Homecoming, I was voted "Class Clown" and  my geometry teacher called me "Sunshine".  I wanted to become, a math teacher ( I only help my DD with math homework now), an architect (you'll only find some fabric buildings on my quilts or my crosstitch) or a stenographer (that's what is was called then, and now I only use long hand).

But, I settled to:

5.  Serve proudly, and is a veteran of the U.S. military where I met a gentleman I call Mister.  A Little about Mister.  Real short story here.  Many years ago, I made a robe for my DH, one of my very first serious sewing project.  It was solid blue with piping made with a very small checkered print.  I toiled over this robe and presented to him.  Well, some years had passed and I noted he never wore the robe.  I thought maybe he felt it was so special he didn't want to ruin this beautiful robe I made him and placed it away.  It was not until I overheard his conversation with his friend on the phone about, his beautiful wife made him a robe and that the robe was nice but, he looked like the hunchback of Notre Dame. One sleeve was shorter than the other.  He never said a word about it to me.  Well, I commenced.  I commenced to giving him a swift knock about the head and just laughed and laughed.  Needless to say, I only made crosstitch things and quilts for him since.

Anywho,

6.  I have visited or lived in Jamaica, Germany, The Cayman Island, Macedonia, and Puerto Rico.


7.  My writing style on my blog is direct, to the point, trim the fat, and usually in hurry.  (I apologize to anyone who find this type of writing offensive).  


8.  I am school trained in Fashion Design.  Currently, I prefer to crosstitch and quilt and dabble in oil painting.


9.  I enjoy all types of people with good attitudes and a sense of humor.  I don't like misunderstandings and I have a low tolerance for rude behavior.  Rude behavior has to be changed within one's self.


10.  I like crosstitching because it can have a spiritual overlay.  May my work speak for me.

With humble thoughts, I hope you all have learned something about me you did not already know before now.


Okay, here goes. 

Here are the Gentleladies I have nominated.  In my other life, you start naming names and you start getting into trouble, but; it must be done.

Alphabetically by name
 1.  Annette         The Seaside Stitcher
 2.  Babs              Babs in her own world
 3.  Barbara         Plum Pudding Needleart 
 4.  Dani              Dani:  Black Belt Stitching Wizard
 5.  Julian             Julianne's Stitching Corner
 6.  Lorilee           Mommy's Delights
  7.  Nima             Made to Treasusre
 8.  Sheila            Sheila's Stitches and Stuff
 9.  Sherri             From the Berri Patch 
10.  Willa            In the Willawags

And lastly, Thanks to all of you all that have bid me Congratulations on The Sunshine Blog Award and for the recipients who have made a mention/link to this blog.

May it bring you all more blessings and friendship.  

Always,
Jackie.