The Sunshine Award: Questions Answered!

The lovely Elizabeth over at The Bradleys nominated me for the Sunshine Award recently. She is definitely a blogger worth following and her family is darling so I suggest you go check her out yourself. I liked these questions and want to pass them on to the nominees too. 

My Top Choice Blogs
Making Nice in the Midwest
Chief Little HoneyBee
Soule Mama
Twwly
Dancey Pants Disco

Lesslie IRL

Elisabeth Stone
A Compass Rose
How We Montessori
The Dainty Squid

The Questions

1) What is the latest book you have read and what did/do you like about it? I’m currently in the middle of reading several text books for class but my Child Psychopathology one has actually been quite interesting. For some “light reading” I just started January First. It is the memoir of a father as he deals with his daughter’s diagnosis of childhood-onset schizophrenia. It has been very engaging so far and highlights the stress and challenges a family faces when their loved one has a severe mental illness.

2) What is your favorite thing to cook/make? Oh I am such a foodie, I am always on the hunt for a new yummy recipe to try. My kitchen is my lab for culinary experiments haha. My current favorite dish? A baked mac and cheese made with portcini mushrooms, white cheddar, fontini cheese and mozzarella.

3) What is your food weakness? Fresh ripe strawberries! I find it so hard to come by in the grocery store too.

4) What is your favorite season and why? Autumn. Didn’t I just post recently about my love for this beautiful season? It’s such a marvelous transition in nature, the trees change colors and the weather becomes pleasant. It’s a time for stews and soups, warm bread and hot apple cider.

5) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I wouldn’t want to change anything about myself. My flaws are as important to my identity as my virtues.

6) Why did you start your blog? I have been blogging on some platform or another since I was thirteen but Mama Mermaid came to life when I was pregnant with the Rosie. It was a collection of personal reflections and snapshots of life. Over time I started to share more on my interests in sustainable living and that was how the blog evolved into it’s current form... Whatever the heck that is! 

7) What could you continue learning about your whole life because

you love it/are obsessed with it? Homesteading/ living off the grid. There is such a wealth of information out there and no matter how much I learn I always feel as though I have barely scratched the surface. My hope is that one day I can put what I learn to practice!

8) What do you like most about your husband/fiancee/boyfriend (or if

you don't have one--what is one quality he must absolutely have)? He is my stable partner, my fellow adventurer. I don’t think I will ever have the words to express the depth of impact his love and presence has in my life.

9) What was the weirdest dream you've ever had (that you can remember)? Probably the dream I had years and years where I was standing in a garden, plucked a twig of rosemary and instinctively knew that it would be the name of my first child.

10) What three fictional characters (from books) would you love to meet? Kurt Wagner from the Xmen (what, comic books count right?), Remus Lupin from Harry Potter and Eric Northman from the Sookie Stackhouse series.

The Rules

1.  Include award logo in a post or on your blog.

2.  Link to the person who nominated you 

3.  Answer 10 questions about yourself that the person who nominated you asks.

4.  Nominate 10 bloggers to receive the award. (make sure to link your nominees to the post and comment on their blogs letting them know you have nominated them)