I love the blogging community. Everyone is supportive, and I learn new things from other bloggers every day. I received a nomination for The Lovely Blog Award (x2). Why thank you! đ
The One Lovely Blog Award is a blogger-nomination award where the participating blogger does the following:
- Thank the person that nominated you and leave a link to their blog
- Post about the award
- Share 7 facts about yourself
- Nominate at most 15 people
- Tell your nominees the good news!
Iâm grateful for this opportunity to participate in the Lovely Blog Award! Two people nominated me. First up: Sharon with leadership2mommyship.com. From career to mommyhood- I can relate! Lots of positive energy and reminders of the many things in our lives we are blessed with. Itâs a blog full of thankfulness, and Iâm thankful I came across it. Sharon is a cook, writer, and family person. Sharon has great taste in bloggers as well đ. For the first time, I was nominated for an âawardâ with my very talented sister, Sonyo, with ‘Lil Pick Me Up! That was cool.
Second up: Nicolle with Stories of a Highly Sensitive Introvert. Nicolle lives in Southeast Asia. Why does that matter? Because it is so far from Las Vegas, NV! I love bloggers because I feel like I get to travel all over the world through their words and eyes. She claims sheâs an introvert, but she is dang right funny and fun! Check out her blog. Gamer. Ice-cream eater. Alcoholphobic. Japanese comic lover. Artist. Writer.
Added 5-3-17 Darque Dreamer Reads nominated me as well. She is a lovely book blogger from California. She is sweet and spunky. I love it. You can find her here as well: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/darquedreamer  Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/darquedreamer
7 Facts about Me
- My name, Ipuna, means âbeautifulâ in Korean. It was a bad pick up line for guys growing up. âYour name fits you. Can I get your number?â Um, yepâŚheard that one before. Try a little harder.
- I like playing sports, but I donât like watching it as much unless my kids are playing. I ran track and played basketball in high school. I wasnât very good at either. Someone shouldâve told me that most Koreans arenât sprinters. I thought I was Flo Jo, but I shouldâve been running mid-distance races. One track âfriendâ yelled from the bleachers, âPut kimchi at the finish line.â Nice.
- I try to eat healthy, but my favorite ice cream is Rocky Road. (I do find health and wellness to be important.)
- I worked as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Sunrise Childrenâs Hospital. I interviewed and examined children who had endured child abuse or were sexually molested or involved in human trafficking.
- I donât like scary movies đą.
- I received the Outstanding Student Award for both my MSN and PhD programs.
- I donât think I could kill anything, but I think I could be Katniss Everdeen if I had to be.
I think most of my blogging friends have already received the Lovely Blog Recognition Award. Therefore, Iâm going to list 15 blogs below just for you to check them out if you would like. The 15 bloggers can choose to participate or not. There are so many great bloggers out there. Thank you for reading, and I hope to learn more about some of you!
15 Wonderful Bloggers
- Altea Addison is Writing
- theshivasponder
- Coffee in Style
- Broken crayons
- Invisibly Me
- endlessrivers.wordpress.com
- Great to Good
- Words to Live By
- Finding Happy
- John Coyote
- Love Yourself
- Travel Your Light
- Minderland
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Congratulations!
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Thank you! And I love what you are writing in your blog. Keep it up. The world needs to read it.
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You need the lovely blog award, but you probably already received it x 10. If you haven’t, I’ll add your name. But you don’t need an award for you to know that your blog is more than lovely.
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Congratulations and thanks for the mention. I have really enjoyed your writing and your open sharing of your journey!
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Thank you. I feel the exact same way about you!
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But… but I AM an introvert! đ
Thanks for the nice lil’ write up about me, Ipuna, makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. â¤ď¸ I love your answers; it’s fun learning more about you, especially the fact that you hate scary movies! If you’re forced to watch one, are you the jumpy type? đ
And congrats to all the nominees! đ
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YESSSSS very jumpy type, and I seriously have nightmares! Scared to get up in the middle of the night to pee if I have to. Ha ha ha!!! Ok. Too much information.
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Haha, you’d love to be with me then! I’m not jumpy to the point my sister said it’s boring to watch horror with me. đ
But I don’t like horror movies either; to me they’re not scary, and what I hate are the super loud “SURPRISE!!” parts after a long silence. đ
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Right! I don’t like the loud surprise! Gets me every time. Yes! On the long silence. Yuck. Ha ha.
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And I have enjoyed your blog, so you are welcome, Mrs. Semi-introvert. Coming out of her shell. Love it.
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Kind of like a curled up hedgehog peeking out. đ
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Congrats, Ipuna!! You’re lovely so it’s well deserved!
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Love it. You are too sweet, Cheila. đ
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Congratulations. You have a lovely blog so you deserve the award.
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Thanks, John! There are a lot of blog awards…I’m learning. lol
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Yes.
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Hi Ipuna, Congratulations to your award! I love to find out about you. I don’t watch horror movies wither. Good to hear that you received the Outstanding Student Awards for both programs. I’ll be reading more of your posts. Glad to be connected.
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Thank you. And I’m glad we connected too. You have a lovely blog.
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Thank you! I’ll read more of your posts!
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Congrats sis X2, that’s great! You’re missing out, there are some awesome scary movies out there! Ha ha! đ
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Yikes! No thank you! đąâđ¨âđĽâ
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Thank you dear Poet for the nomination.
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Congratulations Ipuna ..
Now I know a one word in Korean
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Ha ha. Thanks, Ben!!
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Congratulations! As a pun-like joke regarding the explanation of your name: you deserve this award as your blog truly is One Lovely Blog đ
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Ha ha! Too funny. Love it, Samantha!
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I love your name, I think it is so unique!! Also, I absolutely love what yo do! So rewarding!! Good for you đ
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Thank you so much, Alifya!
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Hi!
I nominated you for The Writer’s Ink challenge because you are such an inspiration! Let me know if you do it or not by visiting the link!
https://mybookylife.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/lets-talk-about-my-secret-life-as-a-writer/
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I love this! Thank you so much! I’m excited to play. I hope to get to it next week! Busy weekend. I feel honored. LOVE your answers!!!
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Congrats Ipuna! Are you Korean? Just wondering ’cause my family’s originally from there (anyeonghaseyo haha)..!!
Love your blog, it’s very uplifting and inspirational! Some of those facts about you made me lol đ like the kimchi and Katniss Everdeen references đ later
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You said, hello! That’s about all I know. Maybe three more words. Too funny. I am half Korean and half Puerto Rican. I’m very familiar with the Korean culture. Thank you for the kind words. They mean a lot. I hope to uplift and inspire. I feel like I’ve come a long ways from a rough childhood to a single mom to getting my PhD and raising 4 amazing children. I feel like I have to share the experience. Life can always turn out positive. You are great! Your blog is so sincere. I love it.
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That’s awesome, I like that you’re mixed, you’ve got the best of 2 worlds! đ
Very impressive Ipuna, it’s great that you’re sharing. I can imagine how hard it may have been, but look at you now, just wow! đ
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Thank you! Yes, I’ve come a long ways. I’m grateful for it too!
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Congrats!
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Thank you!
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Hi Ipuna. I thought I commented on this. Very odd. Of course I think your blog is amazing. Trying to catch up on a bit of reading. đ
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It’s hard to catch up on reading, huh??? đ And thank you!
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It is!!! And you have so many great pieces I still need to read!
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Congratulations. May you get more of such awards. Your blog deserves it . Keep posting!
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That is so sweet, Nikesh. Thank you! â¤ď¸â
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My pleasure
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