For those unfamiliar with the blog award concept, it’s a fairly informal way of shouting: “Holla!” to bloggers whom you admire. Blog award etiquette seems to be: (a) acknowledging the person who nominated you, (b) sharing a few interesting tidbits about yourself (a “meme,” if you will), and (c) passing along the torch to some other blogs you might frequent. 
First things first: a big “thank you” to Melissa, creator of the blog A Wag of a Tail, for bestowing this blog with the “Blog on Fire Award.”
And now, here are five factoids about moi:
– My younger brother, Eric, and I share the same birthday (November 28th) exactly one year apart. I like to joke that he was a natural-born party-crasher.
– My late father, Peter, was born and raised in Budapest. And although I was potty-trained in Hungarian, I otherwise don’t speak a word of the language.
– I am equal parts horrified and fascinated by the phenomenon of FB. Currently, I do not have a profile.
– I met my husband, Jeff, at a Perkins restaurant while still in high school. A full 10 years later, we started dating. ;-)
– I adore the Spanish language, and at one point was a fluent speaker. Now, I just smile and nod a lot whilst visiting Spanish-speaking countries.
Finally, for the “passing of the torch.” This part is difficult, because there are so many bloggers out there whom I admire. Nevertheless, I shall nominate (in no particular order) the following funny, thought-provoking, and inspiring blogs. Kudos, fellow bloggers! May you all have a swimming New Year!
Well done you. Loving the blog by the way.
I’m aiming for informal awarding in 2013!
Have a great New Year
Tony
I thank you, Tony! Happy New Year to you, as well!
All the best,
Gina
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Thank you so much Gina! Awww, I feel so incredibly honored :). I am so glad that my blog has been touching, I went into it not knowing what to expect, but it has been an absolute wonderful experience. :) Thank you, thank you! So how does this work, how do I nominate others (how do I get that fire picture lol), I’m still so new that I need to be enlightened on blogging instruction and etiquette….:)
LOL, you had me cracking up with the “natural-born party-crasher” comment, brilliant joke–I have never heard you say that, is that what you told friends growing up? Haha….
I’m a little jealous that I wasn’t potty-trained in Hungarian, but then again, I had an older sis and bro that I learned from :).
And thank you! I enjoy reading about your awakening from 3,000 miles away. :-)
The party-crasher joke is a new one, BTW. ;-)
You can download the “Blog Award” jpeg straight from this blog. If you want to post it to your site, you’re going to have to play around with the Dashboard settings. More info here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/image-widget/
And happy blogging!
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