After just a few months as part of the blogosphere, I was so honored and touched to receive this award from the lovely lady behind Expatially Mexico. It really is so touching to be recognized by a peer for my writing. For a while now I’ve struggled to find my life’s ‘passion’ and thanks to this blog, I think I’m finally headed in the right direction!
The Rules
1.Display the award logo on your blog.
2.Link back to the person who nominated you.
3.State 7 things about yourself.
4.Nominate 15 bloggers for this blog and link to their pages.
5.Notify these bloggers of the nomination and the awards’ requirements.
7 things you might be interested to know about me:
1. Most of my friends and family don’t know about my blog yet. Perhaps it’s about time!
2. I come from a multi-ethnic background and I’m completely fluent in Arabic. I’m currently working on trilingual status by learning French.
3. My expat experience of country hopping started at a very young age as an American ‘army brat.’ I’ve been moving around the world since I was a toddler.
4. I can’t wait to move to East Asia on assignment. South Korea, Japan and Malaysia are my current hopefuls. I’ve never been to that part of the world and I’m so excited to explore it.
5. I am a total book worm and prefer reading over watching tv. Currently working on the Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and absolutely loving it! Looking forward to watching the movie this week.
6. I’m an amateur film buff but can’t stand horror or anything involving domestic violence. I also probably put way too much credit into IMDB reviews!
7. Never, ever imagined I would be a housewife (or trailing expat wife.) And never dreamed I would actually love it!
And now after much deliberation and thought, here are my 15 nominees for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. These blogs have definitely inspired me and I would highly recommend them for thoughtful and entertaining posts about expat living, travel, and relationships. They are the cream of the crop of my regular reads.
2. Expat Lingo
5. Still Times – The Smyth’s Life Adventures
7. Alajnabiya
9. Expat Logue
10. Texas on Thames
12. Expat Alien
14. Comin’ Home Soon
15. Hey from Japan
I look forward to gaining further inspiration from you all!
December 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Thank you so much for thinking of Exaptlogue
I hope your blog brings you as much pleasure as mine has me.
Totally know what you mean about searching for direction in life – I spent most of mine thinking I was at a standstill. I know now I was completely wrong; I was already on the path that was leading me to where I am now.
Best of luck to you and heartfelt thanks x
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:42 pm
Congratulations and thank you for nominating me! But pleeeease don’t make me do this all over again, haha! ;-D
I am very eager to discover the other nominees’ blogs. Those awards always remind me of parties where you go to meet new people – it’s exciting!
So thank you again, and yes, it is time to spread the word about your great blog!
December 4th, 2012 at 4:24 am
Hahaha Kristen no worries don’t make more lists! But I honestly enjoy your blog so I figured I should give you due credit
You’re right I love learning about new blogs too.
December 4th, 2012 at 12:57 am
Very sweet of you to nominate me! Can’t wait to read more on your blog – and from the other nominees!
December 4th, 2012 at 4:25 am
You’re so welcome Laura! Can’t wait to read more about Singapore.
December 4th, 2012 at 2:30 am
Congratulations Petroleum Wife!
December 4th, 2012 at 4:26 am
Thank you!
December 4th, 2012 at 5:51 am
Congratulations on your award and thanks very much for the nomination! You’ve inspired me to stop complaining about my husband’s company’s craziness: it’s nothing like an oil company in terms of last minute changes!
December 8th, 2012 at 4:52 am
Thanks and you are so welcome! Without fail, your posts always give me a good laugh or leave me in deep thought. The last minute changes definitely take some getting used to!
December 4th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Thank you so much for the nomination! Wowza… lot’s of work go into acceptance… ha ha… It’s all good, looking forward to reading more of your moving adventures.
Maria
December 5th, 2012 at 4:15 am
You’re so welcome it’s much deserved! I know a lot of thought goes into making those lists
December 8th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Thanks PW! I am so honored!
BTW- how`s Calgary? Cold?
December 8th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
You’re so welcome Emily! Always look forward to your posts. It’s freezing cold in Calgary! Right now it’s about -16 Celsius. But by now I’ve gotten used to bundling up before going out. Learning to love it
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