Versatile Blogger Award

My friend Erin at Seven Little Australians surprised me today with a Versatile Blogger Award.  It's kind of ironic, I guess, that at a blog called "And the Kitchen Sink" all my posts so far have been about books.  But in defense of versatility I am working on a post that involves smoked turkey, an ER visit, and the New Translation.  Maybe that one will be worthy of the award.

Thanks, Erin! :-)

Here are the rules:

Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them.

• Tell your readers 7 things about yourself.
• Give this award to 15 recently discovered bloggers.
• Contact those bloggers and let them in on the news.

So, seven things completely random things about me...

1. NOVA is one of my favorite television shows.  I think that makes me a nerd, but I don't care. And I've passed my interests to my kids. Sometimes I think that NOVA forms the bulk of our science curriculum.


2.  I eat grain-free most of the time, but I am still ordering pizza on Friday nights.  Not every Friday night, but... a lot of Friday nights.  I know that this creates more problems than it solves, but still... hooked on pizza.  Especially with bacon.  Almond flour crusts do not cut it, in my opinion.


3.  I'm finally learning to knit!  It's going very slowly because I have little people who like to pull on the yarn while I'm working, but one day I may have an actual washcloth.  This is not to say that it will be square, but I do hope that it will be finished. 


4.  One of my favorite ages to parent is 18 months.  I think 18 month olds are just a lot of fun. Busy, but fun.  My youngest is just about 18 months old now and has finally started walking.  He toddles across the floor, laughing in delight.  Just because he finds walking so much fun. I wish I found walking that much fun.


5.  I like the idea of having a milk cow, but so far the reality of having a milk cow still intimidates me. We inherited this giant barn, though, and it seems like some kind of animal bigger than a chicken should live in it.


6.  I like to draw, but I've never been able to consistently keep a sketchbook.  Mostly I like to do botanical illustration.  When I was a kid I used to spend hours drawing, but I quit when I started writing, and then in high school I thought I couldn't draw, so it took homeschooling to show me that drawing is a skill anyone can learn and now I enjoy it again.


7.  I am hooked on the Real-Food Kitchen Tours at Cheeseslave.  


Now, for 15 recently discovered blogs... Hmmm.  Recent is going to be a relative term here, and I'm going to include blogs I have rediscovered because they've begun posting again after a break, or the subscription got knocked out of my Google reader for some reason for a while... not sure I can do 15, but here goes...

1. My Symphony 
2. Grace in Loving Chaos
3. Untrodden Paths
4. Family in Feast and Feria
5. Everyday Snapshots
6. Living Childhood (and her other blog, Those Northern Skies, is just gorgeous, too.)
7. The Careless Catholic 

Ok, going to have to stop at 7.  (Somewhat embarrassing.)  There are many, many more deserving blogs out there I know, but I must confess that I tend to stick with a pretty defined blog list for long periods of time. Right now I still have a lot of grocery/deal blogs in my reader, some of which are helpful and some of which are overwhelming.  I know I'm missing some great reading!


Coming soon: a "blogs which Angela was prompted to go out and discover when she realized that her Reader needed updating" post!