The Dewey Hop blog has been nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award for the second time in 8 months! I am honored to accept this award and humbled by all the attention the blog is getting. To be nominated twice in 8 months is a great privilege. Dewey Hop would not be so successful without the wonderful online readers, so I thank each and every one of you for helping to make Dewey Hop a great online presence and for bringing positive attention to the Fulton County Public Library in Rochester, Indiana.
I would especially like to thank fellow blogger Cale who writes the blog diariesofascatterbrain.wordpress.com for nominating Dewey Hop. Cale was being extremely kind and said, “I wanted to nominate you because you have one of the most interesting blogs, and are very engaged with your audience.”
The Rules for this award are as follows:
- Thank the person who nominated you and leave a link to their blog
- Post about the award. Share 7 facts about yourself
- Nominate, AT MOST, 15 people
- 5. Tell your nominees the good news!
Random facts about me:
- Education: I have Bachelor of Science degrees in both Elementary Education with an Interrelated Special Education add-on and Psychology. I was almost done completing a Master’s degree as a Reading Specialist when I was forced to drop out of school by a family emergency.
- I serve as a Special Power of Attorney to a missionary family in the Phillipines.
- There are 4 very spoiled critters that live at my house (not counting the Mr.): A Border Collie, 2 Jack Russels, and 1 calico cat with a checkerboard face.
- I have 4 sisters and 2 brothers; I’m the 7th and youngest.
- My favorite kind of food is Mexican.
- I love to cook and often cook for other people.
- The most requested of my talents is saying, “That’s despicable!” just like Daffy Duck.
Nominations:
- Doctor Jonathan at allabouthealthychoices.wordpress.com
- Kelley at kellysdiy.wordpress.com
- Dolly at koolkosherkitchen.wordpress.com
- Noel with Pointing Telescopes at snbradywriter.wordpress.com
- Melinda at purpleslobinrecover.wordpress.com
I am aware some of you have been nominated by other people in the past, but all of your blogs are unique and interesting and worthy of multiple nominations! Plus, I’ve never nominated you and you all deserve the attention! Please do not feel obligated to participate if you do not want to.
Thanks again to my nominator, Cale, whose escapades I really enjoy reading at diariesofascatterbrain.wordpress.com!
Great Post! How did you get involved in being a Power of Attorney to a missionary family? If you don’t mind my asking. That is very interesting!
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The missionary pastor is someone I’ve known since I was 13 (He is American, but is married to a Filipino) and is like a brother to me.
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That seems like a very unique opportunity!
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Yes, it is.
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My “powers” are actually Special in a legal sense. Most POAs have control over only finances or medical decisions. Some POAs have “power” over both finances & medical decisions. In my case, I have “power” over both finances, medical decisions, and basically everything else. This is basically for emergency purposes, but you definitely would not want to appoint a “Special Power of Attorney” over your affairs that you didn’t trust completely!
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That sounds like it is a big responsibility. Did you ever have any uncomfortability knowing you had that type of power? I feel like it would stress me out lol.
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It’s a huge responsibility, and to be honest, I am sometimes stressed by it. However most of the time it’s fine because as I said, it’s primarily for emergency purposes and also so I can (hopefully) assist his wife and child if something happened to him. I am currently trying to help them get back to the States so he can seek some medical treatment. His son is a dual citizen so he and his son can return anytime, but it’s been a nightmare trying to get permission for his wife to come back with them, legally.
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I give you a lot of credit for that, not many people would do that. I can’t even imagine the trouble that you would run into trying to get someone in this country as of late haha.
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You got it! 😉 Homeland Security is a double edged sword. While I definitely appreciate them trying to keep us all safe, they are creating nightmares for some people who are trying to legally enter the country.
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Congratulations, well deserved! You put so much time and effort and thoughtfulness into your posts on important topics!
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Thank you, Tierney. You are very kind. I also appreciate the way you faithfully follow Dewey Hop.
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Thank you so much Jennifer!! I’m very excited to accept!
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I look forward to reading your post!
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😀 Now, I just gotta write it!
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🙂
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Congratulations for a well-deserved award and best wishes for many more! Thank you for nominating me; I am deeply honored!
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Congrats, Dolly!!
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Thank you, Melinda!
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You’re welcome, Darling Dolly!
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I was wondering when you get to that…
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😉
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🙂
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Thank you!
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Eep! I’m sorry for reading this so late! I was scrolling through your recent posts to see what I missed and noticed you nominated me for this. Thank you so much!!
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You’re welcome.
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