Blog Awards

"I have nominated you for a blog award."

Probably the best comment you could receive on your blog, right??

I was very excited, I mean me, a blog award! I have only been rambling on here for 6 months - really an award?

Well ........

A lovely wee logo but what does it mean?

I was nominated by Miya Loves a pretty blog following the Life, Loves & Likes of a blooming beauty. She has beautifully outlined the rules of the award.  I have to answer some questions & pass it on. Right.

I was then also nominated by Teaching with a Fashion a fashion loving third grade teacher.  On her blog she explains the origins are a mystery but that Liebster means "favourite" so it's like nominating your favourite blog.

Great.  It's an award nice award from where, who knows but pass it on to your favourite people.

What a lovely idea!!  The cynical me just couldn't rest with that so off to google I go!

1,690,000 results!! 

WOW I'm in good company with this blog award

Okay so the dictionary I looked up said Liebster was German & definitely a word of endearment. 

So ............

I accept!!

Liebster Award Rules

• Thank the person that nominated you
• Write 11 facts about yourself
• Answer 11 questions asked when nominated
• Nominate 11 blogs with less than 200 followers
• Ask them 11 more questions
• Go to the blogger page & let them know you have nominated them!

Kinda like a tag game, or link up but with a pretty button & a massive acceptance speech! 

Bear with me guys - it's for an award.

11 FACTS

1. I am Scottish but was born in Germany ( my dad was in Royal Air Force so based abroad when I was little)
2. I say I am 5ft 3inches but I am really only 5ft 1 (Size really does matter to some girls!)
3. I have 2 tattoos (& want loads more!)
4. I got my tongue pierced when I was 16 years old
5. My eyes are blue
6. I am on the donor register (Useful thing to know guys!)
7. I was a highland dancer for 11 years.
8. I won the Robert Burns Competition at school for singing when I was 11yrs old
9. I have a letters after my name BSc & RD (posh, eh?)
10. I don't really like chocolate - shock horror
11. I love 80s music & cheesy pop

PHEW - that was harder than it looks!

11 Answers to Questions asked by Teaching with a Fashion

Decided you have to go to her blog to find out the questions, more fun having random list of answers!!

1. To be a paediatrician 
2. Yes, I just 'knew' when I met my hubby
3. Would be New Zealand - not been yet
4. Knitting
5. Speak a foreign language
6. Both but better at Singing
7. Dirty Dancing
8. Online
9. Not into Sports
10. My hubby
11. In our new house!!

11 Answers to Questions asked by Miya Loves

1. No
2. I have 3 penalty points on my driving license!
3. Spring
4. Quiet
5. To get back into my Duchess Sating Coast Dress
6. A doggy, called Bailey
7. Learning new things
8. Grey's Anatomy
9. Knitting
10. Scotland 
11. June 2012

Now to ask my 11 questions - I feel a mix of these two is perfect!

1. When did you start your blog?
2. Describe one goal for 2013
3. Do you have any pets?
4. What was your childhood dream?
5. Do you believe in love at first sight?
6. Are you a Dancer or a Singer?
7. What is your favourite movie?
8. Do you prefer online or in store shopping?
9. What is your favourite thing about blogging?
10. What is your favourite hobby?
11. Diet Coke or Pepsi Max?

Now to pass it on, to 11 blogs that deserve a real award! Check these ladies out.

Please note you if you are on my list I think you are a darling, a sweetheart.  Please remember that when you start writing your acceptance speech!!

The Adventures of Ally

The Curved Opinion

Unevenlemming Beauty

A dress is for life

Bringing along OCD

She's Electric

Sunny Days R'Love

ashLeenikol

The Broderie

Share the Love

Tea Tree

DONE!!

Picking up the pace with a project

So I started this blog with the idea after reading some inspiring blogs.  I didn't want to write about a passion or a hobby but I wanted to write.  As I recover from depression I find my mind never stops thinking.  A blog would be a way to get my thoughts and feelings out without the fear of saying the actual words.

So I blindly blundered around Blogger and managed to put out a few posts.  But it was feeling like a real effort, I was struggling with my own comparisons and trying to make every post deep or meaningful.  Then today I stumbled upon Blogging from the Heart and Susannah Conway's video was great.  She said to write for you and not to compare yourself with others who may have been writing for years.  It struck a cord with me.

Then as I moved around her site I find out she's starting a project.  The August Break, 2012!

So I haven't been posting long so do I really deserve a break? (that's how my mind started racing) well, probably not but if I'm not going to compare myself then why not?

I think the project will get me used to writing and doing what I originally set out to do.  To get my thoughts out my head in a creative way.

So the August Break, 2012 seems a perfect project for me (and there is such a cute badge!).  How could I resist?

A picture a day, a blog about my day to day.  The good, the bad, a glimpse into the life of me in August.  As you may be able to tell, I am a little excited so with a bright shiny badge (which I don't quite know what to do with) and my renewed enthusiasm I leave to go add my blog to the list and take a look at all the other interesting links.

Love Mrs Brown xx

What's in a name?

I have noticed a change in me since becoming Mrs Brown. 

Now granted getting married changes more than just my name yet at the same time in some ways changes not a thing.  We've lived together for 3years and been engaged for 2years, so the commitment and sharing of things has not changed.  But yet I somehow feel there has been a change in me and I do feel that having a new name has played a part in this.

Your forename is given to you at birth and many believe that it can shape your identity and personality.  Many parents choose popular names, or names with great meaning but does this really impact on how your child will grow up?

Was I named Clare because of the meaning clear and bright, Or Clare after a county in Ireland, Or after Saint Clare of Assisi with the hope I would follow in these footsteps?

As I look up meaning of Clare I find myself seeing parts of 'me' in other people's suggestions.  Could there be something in my name that makes me behave like every other Clare in the world??

In getting married I am still Clare all this may meant me, but I have change my surname.

Surname - the name that attaches you to a family.  

This is the part of your name that does link you with other people.  It western culture this is known as the 'family name' and comes after your 'given name'.  When I look up Brown (Wikipedia - the font of all knowledge, not!) says it is of Scottish origin.  This pleases me as I am very proud to be Scottish and live in Scotland so maybe this somehow anchors me, makes me feel part of something.  It also says it is one of the most common family names in English speaking countries, I found this out when I changed my name at work on the computer system and went from being the only one with my maiden name to One of 55 Clare Browns!!

But what I truly believe the name change has done for me, is that it has allowed me to choose who I want to be.  To choose to let go of certain things in my past and look to the future.  It has allowed me to become part of a new family, and also to look forward to making my own family.  I have used Mrs Brown on twitter and my blog as it gives me some anonymity but at the same time it is my name!  This allows me to be the Mrs Brown I want to be.

Also knowing that I have this Mrs Brown to be compared to helps lighten my character!

Mrs Brown

What does your name mean to you?  Please feel free to comment

Mrs Brown xx

I'm starting a blog .....

So last night I found my mind racing as I lay may head on the pillow.

Nothing new there, but this time it wasn't about work, or analysing the day or over analysing myself it was about doing something new.

I've been reading so many wonderful blogs and commenting and Tweeting and even being more open on Facebook and what kept running through my mind was

"Could I blog?"

Little old me would have down right refused to be so open and put myself in such a scary place to be judged, but .... here I am!

So tonight instead of my mind racing, I'm typing.  I've started.  I have a blog!! Me?!

So if anyone, and I mean anyone is reading this 

Hello, my name is Mrs Brown and today I started a blog.

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