Liebster Blog Award

I was hugely surprised (& honoured) to be nominated for a Liebster Blog Award recently! Thank you so much to Cass over at We Should Be Folding Laundry. If you haven't had a chance yet, do pop over & check out some of her gorgeous lunches & fantastic recipes.

After picking myself up off the floor, my next question was - what is this award? I found this little write up about the origins. I was able to find reference to this award back in 2001, but I didn't delve any further. Suffice to say this is a lovely way of fellow bloggers recognising & supporting each other. Here is what Cass had to say about it:

The purpose of the award is for bloggers to recognize new or up and coming blogs that are worth having a look at. It’s an award for bloggers given by bloggers,♥

Rules for the award winners:

So here goes!

11 Random facts about me:
1 - I am 6 months pregnant
2 - I love caramel
3 - My favourite video game series is Tomb Raider
4 - I was married 10 years to the day after starting to date my now husband
5 - Our first baby arrived 10 months later :-)
6 - At one time in my life I held down 6 casual jobs simultaneously
7 - I have cankles
8 - My favourite primary colour is Blue
9 - My favourite secondary colour is Teal
10 - I enjoy grocery shopping (well, most days anyway)
11 - I have a collection of Pocket Dragons


My answers:
1. What is your comfort food?
     Tim Tams
2. What is the one thing you would grab if your house was on fire? Besides kids & pets obviously.
     One thing? Can't I grab a few? Hard drive, laptop, phone . . . 
3. Who would play you in the movie version of your life?
     According to hubby Angelina Jolie. He gets brownie points now!
4. What is your favorite quote?
     'Life is a sexually transmitted disease with 100% fatality rate' Dr Karl
5. Are you a morning person or night owl?
     Night Owl
6. Books or movies?
     Movies for the time, books for the story. . .does that make sense?
7. What inspired you to start your blog?
     A girlfriend from high school gave me the kick in the pants I needed to make a real go of blogging. I started bento-ing after my sister introduced me to the idea.
8. What is your dream job and are you currently doing it?
     I used to dream of being a movie reviewer - being paid to watch movies all day - yeah! But then I thought of all the awful ones I'd have to watch. Right now I'd say cooking (without the cleaning) someone elses' recipes. . . maybe become someone's test kitchen. Or someone could pay me to sleep :-)
9. What are your interests outside of blogging?
     Food! And movies, TV, once upon a time I could also say computer games but then I had Miss M
10. What are 3 words that best describe you?
     Shy, Reserved, Happy
11. What is your biggest pet peeve?
     At the moment - that my washing machine isn't completing the spin cycle correctly!

I have no idea how to find out how many followers a blog has, so here's my nominees, who may or may not have this number of followers :-) and in no particular order :
Little Bento Blog

Omai

Neat2Eat (affiliate)

Frost Bite

Lulu's Lunchbox

My Fancy Food (OK, so not a blog, but close enough)

Mel's Creative Bakes

Bento Fun

Lunch Boxes with Love

Bento Bits

What Can I Eat?


My questions for the nominees (of course they are all food related ^-^):
1 - squares or triangles?
2 - bread & butter or toast & jam?
3 - fillings or spreads?
4 - mornings or evenings?
5 - milk or juice?
6 - tea or coffee?
7 - sweet or savoury?
8 - white or wholemeal/multigrain?
9 - entree or dessert?
10 - salad or veges?
11 - oranges or apples?

Once again a great big *Thank You!!* to Cass at We Should Be Folding Laundry for the nomination!

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on personal experience with the product.