Me Stylish?...LOL!

i was just about to write a new post on

the mating behaviour of native doves...

{i'm not kidding you all!!}

and decided to read a little comment by 'cate'

about my apron...posted yesterday and

she has nominated me for a

thank you cate of 'keep cate busy'...from the bottom of my heart.

cate pops in and leaves a comment on a fairly regular basis,

and i am always encouraged by her remarks!

she is courageous ~ driving back from adelaide with littlies in the pouring rain!

~ dealing with health crisis while on holiday!

~ and crafting and blogging while she has a young family!

pop in and say 'hello' to cate here!

ha..ha! it was easier to write 3 things about cate than 7 things about me!!

ho hum...what can i say?...here goes...

1. i am a new zealander that has adopted oz and have lived here for 33 years, married here, had all my children here...all 5 of them!
2. my mum is an aussie and my dad is a nzer...she did the same...met dad and went to live in nz from oz.
3. most of my life i was a stay at home mum...then trained in office work in my forties and did two and a half years paid work and am now back home...sorry to burst the bubble of all those who thought i was a professional at anything.
4. i have always loved dogs...but although i have had a couple of cats they really end up belonging to my kids more than me.
5. i love singing and music and have done some worship leading at church...not where i live at the moment...i've been a Christian since fourteen years old...i've seen many miracles in my life!
6. i never thought i'd ever be writing anything...'cos i always thought my sister and my daughter were good at that.
7. i am quite a serious thinking type person but also love a good laugh and love the simple things in life...i don't like to be overloaded with busy-ness...at heart i'm a quiet soul.

and one for the road...

8. my favourite thing is to have a coffee and a good chat!!

now to pass this on to 15 new {and newish} bloggers

1.  velvet moss
2. shabby in suburbia
3. kookaburra laugh
4. kjp designs
5. in the loop
6. harmony and rosie
7. acute designs
8. life in a red farm house
9. nero's post and patch
10. fishtail cottage
11. see kate sew
12. a gardner's cottage
13. shoregirl's creations
14. a day in the life of us
15. a girl in paradise

please feel free to go to any of these links and say 'hi' and encourage them in their journey, they are all worthy of their awards!

there are 4 duties to perform to accept the award

one....thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award

two...share 7 things about yourself

three...pay it forward to 15 recently discovered great bloggers

four...contact these bloggers and tell them about the award

now...i just have to tell these girls...

thanks cate once again!

naturally Carol xox

ps...a very merry Christmas and happy holidays to all those friends who are starting their break now...

and may love, laughter and lots of great surprises be yours!