Hi everyone! I was recently nominated by James @thisismytruthnow for the One Lovely Blog Award. Thanks, Jay! Please do check out his blog. He has engaging material and a new book coming out!
RULES:
- Thank the person who nominated you
- Share 7 facts about yourself
- Nominate 15 bloggers and inform them of the nomination
SEVEN FACTS ABOUT ME:
1. I gave up chocolate for Lent, and I’m now rediscovering my love of it. 🙂
2. My favorite drink is ice-cold water.
3. My first date was with my husband, at the age of twenty-three. Almost seven years ago now!
4. Currently, I live in Italy with my hubby and dog, Zoey.
5. Since middle school, I’ve had weak knees. Due to this and some physical therapy, I workout three to four times a week, focusing on the muscles around my knees.
6. My favorite color is a light shade of blue.
7. I’m itching to get back into baking!

MY NOMINEES:
- Peaks and Pages
- Fiction No Chaser
- Alicia Reads
- Keeper of Pages
- Moohnshine’s Corner
- beaucoupbooks
- Books and Munches
- Taking on a World of Words
- M.L.S. Weech
- How Useful it is
- Forty, Flirty & Fabulous’s Weblog
- Past the Isle of Dogs
- Bobo’s Book Bank
- Books, Reviews, et. al. by Shalini
- Andy Winder
Thank you for reading and enjoy!
So jealous of that view from your house! ❤ Congrats 🙂
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The view isn’t right outside our house, but of a trip we took while being in Italy. Although the Italian Alps are only 1.5 – 2 hours away. 🙂
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Ah okay. Still beautiful and glad you are rediscovering your chocolate love haha.
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It is pretty 🙂 Ah, yes, I was missing chocolate from my life, and glad that we are together again, lol. 😀
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Congrats on your award! I love that Italy view! That’s good that you can drink ice cold water. I love it on a hot day too but somehow the ice makes me cough a lot so I drink infused water with mint leaves and cucumber. I also like to add strawberries and mango into my water and then leave it in the refrigerator to let it get cold 🙂 Thanks for nominating me to the award 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 Aww…I’m sorry to hear about ice making you cough, but I’m glad you found creative ways to drink it. I’ve never tried mint leaves and cucumber or strawberries and mango, but I love all those flavors, lol.
You’re welcome. 🙂
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Oh, thank you for the nod! But how could you give up chocolate? I feel your pain, but at least you are back able to have some! I forgot you lived in Italy… I wonder if I’ll be anywhere near you while I’m visiting. I’ll be in Rome, Florence, Ravello, and Siena from 5/19 thru 6/2.
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You’re welcome! I know, it was hard, especially when one of my friends requested these little Oreo treats I make for her son’s birthday party. It was soooo hard not to snack on Oreos or M&Ms while making the treats, but I did it!
Yup, we’re still here. 🙂 We live in Turin (northern Italy), but we are going to be in the Rome (and potentially Florence) area at some point during the last week of May/first week in June. We’re still finalizing the plans. 🙂
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we need to keep up to date, maybe say hello one afternoon!
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That would be awesome!
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Oh, thank you for the nod! But how could you give up chocolate? I feel your pain, but at least you are back able to have some! I forgot you lived in Italy… I wonder if I’ll be anywhere near you while I’m visiting. I’ll be in Rome, Florence, Ravello, and Siena from 5/19 thru 6/2. 🙂
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First, thanks for the nomination and congrats on yours! Second, wowza..what a beautiful view, I’m jealous, LOL! Third, that’s some amazing baking skills! 💝💖💝
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You’re welcome and thank you! I love nature – makes me feel happy. 🙂 Thank you! It took months to teach myself how to do it, but I think it was worth it. 🙂
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Yes, the cake was gorgeous!💕
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Aww….thank you! 😀
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Hey, thank you so much or the nomination! Your backyard view looks beautiful–what brought you to Italy?
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It was my pleasure. 🙂 The picture with Zoey is from a trip we took while being here, not necessarily our backyard, but the Italian Alps are just about 1.5-2 hours away! My husband had a work opportunity and after much discussion, we decided it was the best time to move for a few years (just married, at the time, and no kids yet – just a doggy 🙂 ).
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Your wedding cake is so cute!! And thank you for tagging me 🙂
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Thank you, Jess! And it was my pleasure. 🙂
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