Kreativ Blog Award

I was nominated and very blessed by another blog award that a new friend and sister in Christ blessed me with today. It is the 'Kreativ Blog Award' and was awarded to me by Elizabeth at her blog 'Family Life With the Babler Family'. Thank you so much for nominating me with this award Elizabeth; it is such a joy to receive this gift. It is always an honor. I am required to nominate 7 other bloggers for this award and they are supposed to nominate 7 others. After they accept the award (which I do, thank you again Elizabeth) they are then asked to write a list of 7 things that their blog readers may not already know about them. Here is my list of 7 nominees to pass this award onto and below that is my list of 7 things my friends may not know about me:

1. Sarah Dawn at Splashin' Glory (Her site is such a blessing and joy to read. I love it!)
2. Onna Hall at Toddler Craft (I just learned about her site and I love her great ideas!)
3. Billy Coffey at What I Learned Today (Amazing, just awesome, gifted writer!)
4. Jill at The Excellence of Wisdom (Jill is so smart and creative with her teaching lesson plans for her children's homeschooling God's way. Great, beautiful site.)
5. Jamie at Happy Harper Stories (Jamie's blog is very refreshing, simple to read, and just her being herself. It's a great blog!)
6. Angela at Refresh My Soul Blog (I've always enjoyed Angela's blog and I adore her blog look, which is styled to be like a journal she is writing in.)
7. Alice at From the Heart (Alice has such as sweet, loving heart and is so very kind and encouraging. She is great woman of God and such a blessing to get to know.)

Now here are is my list of 7 things you may not already know about me:

1. I am 5 1/2 years old than my husband. Yup, that's right! And believe me I fought God on dating him when my husband began to ask me out. I was fighting this by telling God "God, I have never dated anyone younger than me ever. This just doesn't seem right and I feel so awkward; I can't." But after all the fighting was done, God knew in the end that Jesse and I would be a perfect match together; silly, playful, loving, gentle, and fun times together, but the best part is that we both love our Christ so much and raise our children in the ways of the Good Lord.
2. I had lasik eye surgery on my eyes roughly 10 years back. And although it really has been one of the best elective surgeries I did for myself there were still some setbacks, as now I have severe Chronic Dry Eye, and have to install prescribed Restasis eye drops along with Obtiv lubricant eye drops in my eyes several times daily long term, possibly forever. This may not seem like a major setback to you but for 1.) These prescription eye drops are expensive; with my insurance my husband and I still pay over $120 for a 3 month supply and these are just on DROPS!!, and for 2.) having Chronic dry eye's makes for a very uncomfortable eye. They do get very, very rough and dry and having to constantly put drops in them multiple times a day is a very interrupting task and a bit frustrating too.
3. I hate, HATE being alone at night. I'm a night owl as it is but when my husband has to work nights and I'm left alone in the house with the kids I get paranoid over the smallest creaks and cracks that our house makes. Even though we have a house alarm, and other security devices, I am just a BIG baby when it comes to me being alone during the night time hours.
4. I'm super silly! I love being goofy and having silly attacks with my hubby, who shares this fun side as well. We get a kick out of a lot of things that other parents might find ridiculous like when our kids began the inevitable phase of our kids laughing hysterically over burping or 'other' bodily sounds, my husband and I both thought is was quite entertaining and silly ourselves as we watched them enter this funny stage of their young lives. And of course my husband has to get into the silliness about this with them as he 'eggs' them on.
5. I am not a good cook! In fact; I'm a bad cook! I hate to say it and I so wish God blessed me with the skills and talent to master up a great meal, but I just stink at it. My husband is very gentle on me about this when I do try to make a special meal that took 2-3 hours to cook but still doesn't taste 'right'. He's very sensitive to appreciating the efforts I make about this and is great at showing how this pleases him that I at least tried. But by God, what can I say? I'm just a horrible cook!
6. I was partially raised by a lesbian mother. If you never read my testimony tab above you probably wouldn't know this, but if you have than you already do. This was very awkward growing up and being raised by her, though she was a loving mom in some ways; she still added a lot of confusion to my ways of thinking in many other ways. Especially years back when being gay wasn't as accepted. It was very hard on me, mainly during my teen years.
7. And last, but never least, the grand finale, #7 thing that you may not know about Sarah Lopez, is that....that....I can't hide it any longer; it has to come out! I do like SpongeBob SquarePants!! I DO!! That's right, I said it, I DO!!! I actually get a kick out of some of these cartoon shows, and plus I love how this silly sponge has very great morals about being a positive and great role model in being the best that he can while he works as a Fry Cook at 'The Krusty Crab Restaurant'. It took me awhile to even view this cartoon because the name sounded so crazy to me, but once I gave it a shot I was surprised to hear my own chuckles coming out of my mouth as I laughed here and there about a few silly things. So yes, it is one of the few 'worldly' cartoons I allow my kids to watch because there isn't any bad fighting, but in fact SpongeBob actually does show very good manners and behaviors for a cartoon.

So there you have it; my list of 7 things you may not have already known about me. So to those that I have passed this award onto; it's now your turn and I can't wait to read what you have to share about yourself!! To God be the glory!!

Nominees: Please make sure that when you select your 7 nominees of your own that you remember to copy this Blog Award image into your post so that your nominees can also copy it from you. Make sure that put a link in your blog about the person that nominated you on your posting and don't forget to leave a comment on your blog picks that you nominated them for this award. And most of all; have fun in accepting and passing this award onto others! God bless!