<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&#8220;Just Happy to Be a&nbsp;Nominee&#8221;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what celebrities say when they&#8217;re nominated for an award. And it<em> is</em> an honor. When I think about the amazing movies and people nominated for the most recent Academy Awards, I&#8217;m reminded how sad it is that only one can win in each category. I <em>loved</em> some of the nominees who did not win. It&#8217;s kind of like applying for a job—you can be a most amazing candidate, but there can always be someone who is just a little bit better suited, for whatever reason, and they &#8220;win&#8221; the job and you lose. That&#8217;s life I guess. <!--more-->So today, it&#8217;s kind of exciting to announce that I&#8217;ve been nominated for an &#8220;award!&#8221; And it&#8217;s a different kind of award, because everybody wins! It&#8217;s the Liebster Award, given to new blogs with less than 200 followers. <strong><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/liebster.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6368" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/just-happy-to-be-a-nominee/liebster/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/liebster.jpg" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="liebster" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/liebster.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/liebster.jpg?w=300" class="alignright size-full wp-image-6368" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/liebster.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="liebster" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/liebster.jpg 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/liebster.jpg?w=150&amp;h=113 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></strong>In nominating me, my new blog friend, JJZ3, over at <a title="stories in the struggle" href="http://johnjzokovitch.com/2015/03/18/in-appreciation-for-the-encouragement-of-sister-and-brother-bloggers/" target="_blank">Stories in the Struggle</a>, said this about blog awards: &#8220;One vehicle among bloggers employed to draw new eyes to blogs which they like is the presentation of various &#8216;awards,&#8217; like [the Liebster].&#8221; By accepting the award, I agree to answer the following questions:</p>
<ol>
<li><em><em><em>What’s the story behind your blog name?<br />
</em></em></em>I&#8217;ve worked in lots of libraries! And my blog is (mostly) about libraries. More information about the reason for my blog name can be found in <a title="about" href="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/about/" target="_blank">About</a> and <a title="why" href="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/why-a-life-in-libraries/" target="_blank">Why &#8220;A Life in Libraries?&#8221;</a></li>
<li><em><em>Who is the one person who you think reads most of your posts?<br />
</em></em>I have no idea! But my friend Marge Loch-Wouters, author of the blog <a title="tiny tips" href="http://tinytipsforlibraryfun.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tiny Tips for Library Fun</a> has commented on my posts more than anyone else, so let&#8217;s say it&#8217;s Marge.</li>
<li><em><em><em>Last meal on your last day?<br />
</em></em></em>Um. . . pizza? Too boring? Sorry.</li>
<li><em><em><em>Dog or cat?<br />
</em></em></em>Dog!</li>
<li><em><em><em>Where do you fall in the birth order in your family? (Oldest, youngest, middle child, etc.)<br />
</em></em></em>Youngest. Yup, I&#8217;m the &#8220;baby.&#8221; Does that explain a lot about me?</li>
<li><em><em><em>Have you ever deleted a post after it has already appeared on your blog? Optional: Why?<br />
</em></em></em>Never. Not once. Nope.</li>
<li><em><em><em>I post mainly via my ________________ (laptop, tablet, phone, desktop, other).<br />
</em></em></em>Desktop. I&#8217;m old school.</li>
<li><em><em>What is the strangest place you have been in the last year?<br />
</em></em>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve been to any strange places in the last year.</li>
<li><em><em>What is the last really kind thing someone did for you?<br />
</em></em>Our dog started having seizures in January. We&#8217;ve had her on medication since February, and added another one in March, but they still aren&#8217;t quite under control. Our vet said if she ever has more than one in a day to take her to the emergency veterinary service. My husband is currently gone a lot tending to health and living issues of my mother-in-law with our one and only car. I put out a call to our neighbors in our condo association for back-up drivers if I ever need one. Several people responded and are willing to help out &#8220;day or night.&#8221;</li>
<li><em><em><em>What will you do next after you finish answering these questions?<br />
</em></em></em>Take a break.</p>
<hr />
</li>
</ol>
<p>Whew! That was hard! The next requirement is that I share the rules of the award. They are:</p>
<p><strong>Rules:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Each nominee must have under 200 followers</li>
<li>Thank and link to the nominating blog</li>
<li>Answer their 10 questions and propose 10 new ones for your nominees</li>
<li>Nominate 10 blogs and tell them that they’ve been nominated</li>
<li>Write a post containing the questions</li>
<li>Include these rules in the post</li>
</ul>
<p>Next, I nominate ten new blogs for the award, and list the ten questions they must answer.</p>
<p><strong>Blogs</strong>:</p>
<ol>
<li><a title="womanwoman" href="http://awomanswoman.org/" target="_blank">A Woman&#8217;s Woman</a></li>
<li><a title="eccles grumpy" href="http://johndeccles.com/" target="_blank">John Eccles: Musings of a Grumpy Northern Bloke</a></li>
<li><a title="whod have thought" href="https://jamiegreco.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Who&#8217;d Have Thought</a></li>
<li><a title="common mad" href="https://atgofion.wordpress.com/2015/02/07/gsxr/" target="_blank">Common Mad and Just Plain Simple</a></li>
<li><a title="furrbaby" href="https://furrbaby.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Furrbaby</a></li>
<li><a title="albert NY" href="http://albertsnewyork.com/" target="_blank">Albert&#8217;s New York</a></li>
<li><a title="sillisoup" href="https://sillisoup.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Sillisoup</a></li>
<li><a title="bookblogger" href="https://thebookblogger2014.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Book Blogger</a></li>
<li><a title="debbie deliberation" href="https://deborahjharris.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Debbie&#8217;s Deliberations</a></li>
<li><a title="inspired" href="http://linspiredliving.com/" target="_blank">L&#8217;Inspired Living</a></li>
</ol>
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<p><strong> Questions:</strong></p>
<p>And, here are those 10 questions they must answer. Happy blogging!</p>
<ol>
<li>Why did you start blogging?</li>
<li>What time of day do you blog?</li>
<li>How old are you?</li>
<li>What are you wearing?</li>
<li>What&#8217;s your favorite color? Why?</li>
<li>Do you have pets? How many, what kind, and their names?</li>
<li>Who is your role model/hero(ine), and why?</li>
<li>What&#8217;s your favorite movie?</li>
<li>What&#8217;s your favorite song?</li>
<li>If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?</li>
</ol>
<h5><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/6973342784.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6375" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/just-happy-to-be-a-nominee/attachment/6973342784/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/6973342784.png" data-orig-size="600,1022" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="award" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/6973342784.png?w=176" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/6973342784.png?w=600" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6375" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/6973342784.png?w=88&#038;h=150" alt="award" width="88" height="150" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/6973342784.png?w=88&amp;h=150 88w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/6973342784.png?w=176&amp;h=300 176w" sizes="(max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px" /></a><em>Please note: There is a footnote to this post.  As I was writing it, I was nominated AGAIN for the Liesbster by Shivangi, at <a title="shivangi" href="https://adivir.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/thank-you-for-the-liebster-award/" target="_blank">Latest Stories by Shivangi</a>. Considering the hard time I had answering these questions, finding 10 blogs to nominate, and coming up with their questions, I am declining Shivangi&#8217;s nomination. But I do want to acknowledge it here.  And I am doubly proud to be a <strong>two-time</strong> nominee!</em></h5>
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