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Sorry, kids, for the aweful play on words. And I’m sorry to the inevitable few who will find themselves here by way of google and Justin Bieber. I hate to disappoint, but this is not about the Biebster, it’s about the Liebster!
The Liebster Blog Award, that is! 🙂
Mommy Doofus from And Baby Makes Three (aka Lakshmistar) gave me the Liebster Blog Award!
(bows humbly with a slight curtsy because I’m awkward like that)
The Liebster is given to up-and-coming bloggers with fewer than 200 followers as a way to recognize good content (blushes) and help expose their work. Best of all, it is a peer award! I believe there is a cash prize, too, right Mommy Doofus? Right?
I did some elementary googling and couldn’t find out where the award originated, but it is inspired by the German word Lieb – love, dear, likeable, to enjoy (depending on whether it is the verb, adjective, or noun version).
There are four rules associated with accepting the award (kind of like a chain letter, but way cooler).
- Copy and paste the award onto your blog
- Thank the person who gave you the award and link to their blog
- Choose five other bloggers to give the award to, post them here and let them know via their comments
- By spreading the love, hope that readers/other bloggers will “pay it forward”, as it were…
And now (in no particular order), I would like to present the Liebster Blog Award to…
- Daniel from Being Sixteen, a truly original blog that recaptures an age (um, 16) and a time (1967) through the eyes of a man remembering – sort of a Wonder Years in prose.
- Lauren from Miss Doubt-Fire, a stunning blog documenting the experiences of a girl working to improve low-income education in India as an IDEX Fellow – beautiful photos and even more beautiful words.
- Amanda from Torres Tidbits, an adorable and heartfelt blog written by a funny 30-something (Holla!) about her family – features funny stories, cute photos, and great teaching and couponing advice.
- Jill from The Cinquecento Project, a unique blog featuring daily highlights (5 – cinque) and a musing in paragraph form (100 – cento – words) – plus she lives in Sicily (jealous!) and has cats (yay!)
- Paula from Splitted Yarns, a fun and colorful blog about knitting, crafts, and daily life – including knitting patterns, tutorials, and recipes (so it’s educational!).
You ladies and Daniel ROCK!
And thank you again to Mommy Doofus/Lakshmistar!
* Found on Pinterest
I’m so flattered!!! Thank you.
Also, that Victory girl made me laugh so hard that I had my best mucus expectorating experience of the day (see today’s sick post) – which is a different sort of personal victory.
Thanks!
Goodness me…thanks! I will follow this up.
Yay Sarah!!!!!
Thanks, girlie! 🙂
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nope, no cash prize. i’m going to be taking that up with the person who gave it to me too!!
oh – and good info about the german… here i am living in germany and i didn’t even think of it! 😛
Gosh, Sarah – thanks so much for this award. It is truly flattering. My apologies for the delay in responding – I’ve been underwater dealing with a work conference but please do know I’m truly flattered!
Thanks.
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