(Steps up to the podium in natty tux
and shiny head…)
Aloha,
Before I
get to the awards part of this post, here’s a big THANKS to everyone who commented on my recent Insecure Writer’s Support Group post.
It was awesome to see so many
suggest I give myself the chill pill award and remind me it’s OK if I don’t
stop by their blogs within 84.26 seconds of receiving a comment.
Also, if
you’ve wondering what’s with all the GREEN on my blog…?
I’m in mourning.
I’m in mourning.
Ireland,
that land of my birth, was handed a 3 - 1 whuppin’ by Croatia Sunday, so I’m in the
grieving process while waiting for Thursday… when we play Spain (the current
WORLD CHAMPIONS… yikes!)
Anyhows,
speaking of awards…. I am such a slacker, but look what I gots weeks ago J
“…Because of the title, I hesitated
to give this to any men except Mark Koopmans who is a stay-at-home dad of three
boys and who could use all the encouragement he can get…”
I was like
all “aaaawwww, that’s so sweet and so I bow down in appreciation, and would ask
that you please visit this loverofwords :)
1. Name and thank the blogger.
2. List seven facts about yourself.
3. Award
five other bloggers this award (it’s supposed to be fifteen, but WIP is callingJ)
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| No Cooking Utensils Were Harmed in the Making of This Post |
2. I’m left-handed – and can’t figure out my new, (first-evah) baseball glove.
3. I finally understand hash tags (#) on Twitter (Tweet me: @markjkoopmans).
4. I shared (with pride) a Retweet from the Football Association of Ireland with an Irish buddy. He said I’m now officially a Professional Twit.
5. I’m a simple man who seriously writes for fun and laughs. If you want depth – visit a swimming pool.
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| Photo Courtesy: http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/ |
6. I lived in Amsterdam for nearly three years
and never smoked a joint at any of the famous Coffee Shops such as this one :)
7. I did, however, try my one and only joint
while camping overnight in Sherwood Forest (the real one, not one of the many subdivisions (… and that story is a whole post of its own :)
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| The Great Oak, Sherwood Forest (Courtesy: flickr.comphotos/j-fish) |
Without any obligation, I award the One Lovely Blog Award to my five victims, er I mean
Bluddies (blog buddies):
Elizabeth
Seckman at Use Your Words...
Kyra Lennon at Write Here Write Now
Bonnee Crawford at The Blogging of an Aspiring Writer
Ara Grigorian at The Rookie Scrivener
Have a great weekend, everyone, and if you're following Euro '12, I hope your team wins - unless it's Spain or Italy :)
25 comments:
Thank you very much for the award! I really need to get round to doing an awards post at some point!
I know defeating Spain sounds impossible, but stranger things have happened! I will be watching and cheering your boys on again. :D
Sorry about Ireland's loss!
Want deep, visit a swimming pool - classic!
Thanks a bajillion Mark you sweetie :D
OMG Sherwood Forest? Did you meet Robin Hood and his Merry Men? So jealous. (;
Thanks for the award, you're awesome. And I'll be yelling at my monitor cheering on the boys in green. (=
Sorry about your team's loss. Not. Okay, I'm not cheering for any teams since I'm guessing Canada isn't playing. But I'm also English (my birth country) and Finnish (my mother's birth country), so you can see where the problem lies in me cheering for Ireland. But I will secretly cheer for Ireland to cream Spain. Will that help? :D
I'm glad to hear you don't actually EAT babies. :)
Sorry, I am a big Spain fan!! but if Ireland wins if cool too since I am Irish after all!!))
Sorry aboot Ireland...next time!!!
Congrats on your award.
Congrats on your award! I loved reading your facts and I'm glad no cooking utensils met a grim fate as a result of the post.
Good luck to the Irish against Spain! :)
Sorry about Ireland's loss. It might make you feel better if you tell us the Sherwood story...
I love babies too, and I'm having another boy in September, wahoo!
LOL!
Mark, you're fabulous. I can't believe you avoided the joint smoking in Amsterdam. My word man! That's impressive. Although I look forward to the Sherwood Forest post! :)
And NEVER eat that baby! He's way too cute!
Holy crap! Sherwood! That is the coolest thing ever! Seeings how you missed out on meeting Rwanda guy, this is the coolest!
Congrats on the award and your bluddies!
That's some powerful green. Good luck on the next match!
Oh, and I'm glad you're kitchen utensils are safe. I was a little concerned.
Why thank you Mark!
Seriously funny stuff and I must admit, I never thought about Sherwood Forest being real.
Sorry about your teams loss, but really cute baby. :)
Congrats on the award! Also, just found you on twitter--yay! (And I'm sooo looking forward to the game on Thursday, though I have no idea where I'm going to be able to watch the dang thing...)
Congrats! As a fellow stay-at-home dad, I know we need the support!
Ah, you'll thrash Spain! (Says he who knows zilch about football...) :D
I picked Republic of Ireland in the sweepstakes at work. That's a pound I won't be seeing again.
Babies are a two meal entree! (just kidding!) Totally adorable picture of Son #3 :)
Its great to know you a little better Mark! And I befriended you on Twitter too. And no baby cooking jokes from me. But you do know to bring them to a boil, then simmer for twelve minutes.
Such a cute baby.
C'mon Ireland!
Thank you back at you! Latest Dennis Prager book: "Still the Best Hope."
Haha - great, heartwarming insights as usual. Thanks for sharing those tidbits, and congrats on the award!
I seeriously saw faces in that tree in Sherwood Forest......and a monkey........ and I'm not smoking a joint.......do ya see them? please say ya do, "Im not crazy, I'm not crazy....see em? yes? please say ya do
oh how i wish i had time to set up an account....maybe tomorrow
So this is what happens when I go to a Writers Conference? Ireland loses and I get an award. You are awesome. So does this mean that I have to find new victims? ;)
Since you're my Bluddie, I will not admit that I am a diehard Spain fan. I lived in Barcelona for three glorious years and it's hard to get it out of the system. Can we still be friends?
Ara
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