Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jennifer Wolfe
Thank you! What fun for mamawolfe to receive such a cool award! Blogging is a reward in itself, but to be honored as a Liebster Blog is icing on the cake!
The word Liebster means beloved in German–and a show of love and support is what this award is all about. The idea is to bring attention to new blogs with less than 200 followers.
I must begin by acknowledging my blogging buddy, Michael Ann. This amazing blogger runs TWO very cool blogs –
Thinking In My Head and
The Big Green Bowl. This woman can actually THINK and BAKE at the same time! And her thinking and her baking come out perfectly! Please do yourself a favor and visit
Thinking In My Head for great ideas to ponder while you’re creating delicious goodies from her recipes on
The Big Green Bowl!
The rules of winning this award are the following:
1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award
by linking back to them.
2. Reveal your top picks and let them know
by leaving a comment at their blog.
3. Post the Award on your blog.
4. Enjoy the love of some of the most supportive people on the Internet! These bloggers and I all belong to
VoiceBoks-a great social media connection for bloggers. Check it out, and check out these fun blogs!
Posted on September 17, 2011 by Jennifer Wolfe
Sometimes as I’m moving around in my day, an image gets stuck in my head that I can’t shake. Sometimes it conjures up a memory, a feeling, or provides an impulse to do something. Often, though, I just see something that I want to capture in my mind for no particular reason-it just speaks to me. I’d like to offer these images up for ‘thought contributions’-as a way to generate a community of ideas together.
This week, the image in my mind is of my son, born twelve years ago this weekend. He came early-very early-entering this world exactly when he thought he should. From that moment he has taught me to trust and have faith that all things happen as they are supposed to.
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| the first year |
To be honest, I wasn’t completely sure I could handle two kids. His older sister, 3 years old at his birth, had seemed to complete our family. It took some deep thinking before I convinced myself to have another. Now, I can’t imagine how I ever thought twice. This kind, gentle soul has blessed me with a multitude of gifts that I never imagined I would receive, and with an infinite amount of joy and love. Now, twelve years later, he still has the same large round head and deep dark eyes that gaze on the world with amazing thoughtfulness and humility.
These are the lessons my son is teaching me. What wisdom have you gained from a child?
Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jennifer Wolfe
Tired of reading the same blogs every day? Want to be inspired by other great writers and thinkers? Then why not link up with Clairejustine and mamawolfe for our Wednesday Blog Hop?
For this week only, I have been kindly asked to co-host with Clairejustine. By reading her blog, clairejustineoxox, we’ve become new blogging friends, even though we live in different countries! She loves to write about her family, running, baking, creating unique clothing from vintage finds, photography…in other words, she’s a woman of many talents!
Here are the rules of the hop….
1.Follow the host of the hop at
clairejustineoxox on Google friends connect and this week’s co-host – me! – mamawolfe . Also, kindly leave a comment on this or another post ~ I’d love to read your blog, too!
2.Link up your blog to the linky below.
3.Visit some other blogs, follow ones you like and make new friends. Please leave meaningful comments-we’re interested in building relationships here.
4.Please only family friendly blogs only.
Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jennifer Wolfe
Wow! What an honor to receive the Versatile Blogger Award from Teachermum today! I am so touched and grateful that she has enjoyed reading my blog! She and I sure have a lot of things in common… teachers by day, bloggers by night, and MOMs 24/7! Please be sure to read her blog and find out all about the term she coined, ‘The Crumple Effect’…I love it!
The Rules after accepting the Versatile Blogger Award are:
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Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post.
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Share 7 things about yourself
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Pass this award along to recently discovered blogs.
I hope you enjoy these enlightening, funny, supportive and inspirational bloggers as much as I do!
voiceBoks
Coming Home To Myself
Now in order to receive the award…Seven Things About Me:
1. I have really never won anything in my life. I have never won a trophy, first place, or really any kind of award. Wait-I did win the ‘best dancer’ award at my school…not sure if that was a joke, though.
2. When I was a little girl, I was extremely shy. So shy that I wouldn’t talk to most people, and if I went to a friend’s house and anyone but them answered the door I would hide. I’m still shy, but have managed to get over my fear of public speaking enough to stand in front of teenagers every day-and they can be a tough audience!
3. I met my husband at a punk rock concert in the 80s. Neither one of us then looked much like we do now. He had way more hair, I had way less. We were both backstage after the show, and ended up together. That was 26 years ago.
4. I would love to live in a foreign country. I wish I had just done it when my kids were little-now that they’re old enough to have opinions, it would be hard to tear them away from their friends, sports, and school. Well, they might be ok with the school part. Maybe when I retire I’ll buy a house somewhere in a Spanish speaking country and just live there for awhile. I hope they’d come to visit me.
5. I used to drive a VW Thing. It was yellow, it had no heater, and the doors, windows, windshield, and top were removable. There was a plug on the bottom of the floor that I could remove and just hose it out when it got dirty. SUCH a California girl car, and I loved it. My boyfriend (future husband) hated it.
I miss that car.
6. I once was a groupie. I have seen The Cure play all over the world…I can’t even count the number of times I have seen them. I have an amazing vinyl collection of all their music that I just can’t bear to part with. We still own a turntable! I will still see them play whenever they come to California…maybe not in other countries anymore, but you never know!
7. I was an OB-no, not the kind that delivers babies. Although I have done that, twice. I am an original barista. I made a mean cappuccino before anyone even knew what Starbucks was. In the 80s that was the only job I could find with hair the color of an avocado!
Thanks again to Teachermum for the kind recognition of my blog. I guess now I can’t say that I’ve never won anything.
Posted on August 29, 2011 by Jennifer Wolfe
