So I’m back from vacation, but I’m still in vacation mode, still catching up with everyone, still trying to get back in the ‘groove’ and figure out what’s going on and all that jazz. We had a nice time seeing family, eating lobster (not me, though; I hate shellfish), fishing, hitting the ocean, catching up with some friends. Now we have less than a week before the Magpie heads off to college, and won’t that be a strange thing? Anyway, I’m back in body and it’s Friday, time for a post, but my brain still has sand in it and isn’t firing on all cylinders, so I’m going to cheat for this post.

Back before I left, freezing-cold, soon-to-graduate high school student Bonnee Crawford, who has written one book already and has started another, hit me with the Liebster Award. Thanks, Bonnee! Now, here’s a funny thing–I’ve been Liebstered in the past, but evolution seems to be taking place in the blogosphere. When Carrie Butler first tagged me with a Liebster back in September of last year, pretty much all I had to do was post the rules, link back and thank the tagger, then share the love with five more people. Now? Well, Liebster seems to have grown up. Now? Here are the rules as posted on Bonnee’s site:

The Liebster Blog Award is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. The rules are:

1. Post a link to your nominator’s blog with some information about him/her on your blog. 

2. Share 11 facts about yourself.

3. Nominate 11 bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. 

4. Follow your nominator. 

5. Notify the blogs you nominated.