Never mind a Bafta, I've got a Liebster Award!

Woop woop! I'm one flustered girl at the moment as the lovely and fellow UK blogger Antonia at Tidy Away Today has nominated me for the Liebster Blog Award! Thanks Ant, that's very nice of you! (If you haven't visited her blog yet, I would highly recommend it to you!)

I have to admit that I didn't know much about this award until now but I think it's a great idea for promoting new  and upcoming blogs and for just simply spreading the cyber love. :o)

The rules for this award are as follows:

• List 11 random facts about yourself
• Answer the 11 questions which are given to you by your nominator
• Ask 11 new questions for all the bloggers that you nominate to win the award
• Nominate 9 bloggers with less than 200 followers to win the award
• Go to each of the bloggers' pages to let them know about their nomination.

My blog nominations:

I'm afraid, I can't name eleven new blogs right now as most of my reads are well established blogs with years and lots and lots of followers; but the ones in this list will more than make up in quality for the lack of quantity ;).

1)  A Swell Place to Dwell

2) Head Over Heels Design

3) Personalización de Blogs (Blanca's blog is about blog design and although is entirely in Spanish, you could always translate it with Google)

4) A Typical English Home
5) My May Sunshine

11 Random facts about myself (this one is going to be a toughie!) 

 

1) I met Mr. Hubby online! (It was a website where you could talk to native speaking people of the language you were learning. Two months later he flew to Argentina! :o)

2) When I was young, I used to eat a lot of big tomatoes while watching telly. (I mean it when I say "a lot", probably a kilo!)

3) I'm a sucker for gadgets and technology in general. I'd rather get a new tablet than new shoes!

4) I make my own pasta and pizza from scratch (does this count as a random fact?)

5) I can understand 90% of Italian but I can't speak the language! (That's definitely random!)

6) I can be cheesier than a cheese plate.

7) My natural hair is curly and it takes me an hour to straighten it!

8) I don't like lamb nor trifle (Jelly, sponge and custard is not an appetizing combination for me. Who invented that? ;o)

9) When I was a kid I used to have a skateboard and jump ramps with it! A true tomboy!

10) Our cat back in Argentina, Jazmín, is 23 (human) years old and very much alive! We found her with my sisters on the street on our way home from primary school! (Please don't ask how old I am right now :o)

11) I don't like gardening (Luckily Mr. Hubby loves it!)

Antonia's Questions - Gaby's Answers:

1.  Can you ride a bike?
     Yes, I can although I can't remember when was the last time I did it!

2.  What was the first concert you ever went to?
     This is something else I can't remember -It obviously didn't make a big impression-.

3.  What is your favourite fruit? 
      I love, love, love sweet strawberries and peaches in summer!

4. Favourite rainy day activity?
    Spooning ;o) Who doesn't like to dig into a pot of ice-cream with a spoon on a day like that!?

5.  Person you would most like to be for one day?
     Martha Stewart, can you imagine having unlimited  access to all her products? I would do an   organizing fest at home!

6.  If you ever had the chance to travel to the moon, would you?
     I don't think so, I can hardly manage the long haul flight to Argentina!

7.  Have you ever broken a bone?
     I haven't but I have had a couple of cuts that required some "emergency gluing"

8.  Can you sing?
     Hubby says "no".

9.  Nicest beach you have ever been to?
     San Patricio, Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). We used to spend the three months of school holidays in summer there.

10.  Tea or coffee? 
     Historically mainly coffee; since living in the UK I also have my daily cuppa with milk of course!

11.  Have you ever been on TV? 
       Oh gosh! I was on a children's programme when I was about seven years old ("Que se vengan los chicos") and modelling on a Saturday programme promoting a beauty pageant for the election of  "Miss Italy in Argentina" (that was the start and end of my modelling career. I did it only only to make my Italian dad happy!) How embarrassing! (I finished third by the way!)

My questions:

1. What do you normally have for breakfast?

2. Who is the most famous person you've ever met?

3. What's your favorite song at the moment?

4. Who would play you in a film about your life?

5. What's your favorite colour?

6. If you won the lottery, what would be your first big purchase with that money?

7. What would your super-power be?

8. What's your signature dish?

9. What beauty product couldn't you live without?

10. What's the furthest place away from home you've visited?

11. What was your first pet's name?

I'm looking forward to reading my nominees answers! :O)