Versatile Blogger Award!

Kristina over at Farm Girl Transplant and Hilachas over at Muchashilachas both sent me an email letting me know they had passed the Versatile Blogger Award to me.  

I think this is the first award that my blog has received and it is shocking that it got one let alone got the same award from 2 different bloggers!  I try to write about interesting things but sometimes my blog falls short of what I would really like for it to be.  I am hoping to bring lots more longarm quilting to the blog over the next few weeks.

For now, I hope you will enjoy the How Does Your Garden quilt alongs each Sunday that I am hosting as well as the quilt show, Men Quilt Too, that I am bringing live to all of my readers starting on October 1st!

Along with the award comes the rules of accepting it...

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share seven things about yourself on the post.
3. Pass the award to fifteen bloggers that you think deserve it.
4. Lastly, contact all of the bloggers that you've picked for the award. 

7 things about me..... 

1.  My daddy named me.  He also spelled my name the way it is which proved to be very challenging for people throughout my life.  Thearica (which is pronounced Theresa) has been pronounced so many ways I have lost count.  Some people have really messed the pronunciation up so bad that I actually laughed.  And those telemarketers..they are the funniest...they always say, I think we have your name misspelled and after arguing with them for a couple of minutes they finally concede that they actually do have it spelled correctly.  I have always wanted to put my name on my tag but have steered clear of that.  I know people would be wondering what all of those letters stood for. ha!

2.  I was a straight A student all through school until my senior year.  I received a D in Literature while we were studying Romeo and Juliet.  And the kicker to that is, I got married during that 6 weeks!  I thought my senior sponsor was going to kill me...and my mom about threw a coronary!   Instead of having a shot at valedictorian, I graduated 4th in my class!

3.  Learning always came easy to me in school and I know that is why I was a straight A student.  But I always wondered what it would be like to cheat.  So, one day in Miss Hardin's English class I made some cheat notes to use on a test.  I put them between my legs so I could look down at them when I wanted to.  (I didn't need them because I knew the test but that was not the point).. Miss Hardin must have saw me looking between my legs because right in the middle of the test, she asked me to get up and go pick something up off of the floor.  I know my face was beet red!!  I slid forward before getting up so that cheat note would hit the floor.  I NEVER tried that again.. and she did not mention it after class... I really think she knew why I was doing it... or else I would have been toast!!

4.  All through high school my nickname was Fred!  Several of my friends bestowed that nickname on me and it has stuck ever since!  I will be 51 my birthday and I still have friends who call me Fred when they see me!

5.  I can blow my nostrils in and out like a rabbit!  I love lettuce but I don't like carrots. ha!

6.   I have hammer toes!  But so did my daddy.  My granddaddy was sitting in my living room one Sunday afternoon and I had my bare feet on the hassock.  He looked at my feet and said "Well, I'll be John Brown if you don't have your daddy's feet".  I smiled really big!

7.  I love mayonnaise sandwiches!  Sunbeam bread and Kraft mayo!  Kraft mayo on saltines is delicious too!

8.   When I take a shower I always turn the water on ice cold before I get out and let it hit me for a few seconds.  Otherwise, I sweat up a storm when I get out.  My brother is the same way...and I found this out once when he stopped by here on one of his long haul trips.  He stopped for a nap, shower and dinner.  He was sweating up a storm when he came out of the bathroom.  He then said "I knew I forgot something".  I asked him what...and he told me he always turns the water on cold before he gets out!  I laughed and he looked at me funny but then I told him we shared the same thing in common. :)

9.  I like polk salad.  This grows around most barns and can be poisonous if not cooked properly.  Scramble some eggs into it once it is cooked tender and make a large pone of cornbread and hush your mouth cause it is good!!

10.  I am deathly afraid of heights!  I guess I will never see Ireland or Australia because I am certainly not going to fly!!

Hmmmmmm... YEP! 3 extra and above!!  But I didn't know which ones to leave out! ha! :) 

Now, who do I pass the torch on to??

Who else but 15 of my girlfriends on the HGTV Quilting and Needlework Forum! I would love it if you all would visit their blogs and say hello to them! 

And if you are in search of a great quilting forum come on over and check us out! We have lots of fun together!

1.  Kathi

2. Kathy

3. Nicki

4. colleen

5. Linda

6. Jody

7. Jessica

8. Shey

9. Sandie

10. Bonnie

11. Carolyn

12. Tammy

13. Penny

14. Donna

15. Sherry

Thanks again Kristina of Farm Girl Transplant and Hilachas of Muchashilachas!!

You have made my day!