We were nominated for our second lovely award by two bloggers- My Side of the Laundry Room (a fun blog about pop and nerd culture)and Cheeky Booky (a book review blog with some cheek). Be sure to check out both wonderful sites before you go any farther!
Before we get into the actual tag here are a few rules to follow:
Thank the person who nominated you and link their blog
•Add the One Lovely Blog Award to your post
•Share seven things about yourself
•Pass this on to as many people as you like (max 15)
•Include this set of rules
•Inform your nominees
Amazing Facts About Us:
Nancy: I am still addicted to Pokémon GO. I wrote a post last summer about how I’m a Pokémom, and I am proud/ashamed to admit I am now at Level 27. I started out playing with my three kids, but they have all quit, yet I am still playing. I am the only Mom out there who wants her kids to play, and was sad when they stopped. At least the teens at the library still challenge me to defend the library’s gym.
Kathleen: ^ Going off that, I seem to be collecting Pokémon plushies… my boyfriend just won’t stop sending them to me! My dogs love them as much as I do. Our 5 year old, Rose, likes to cuddle them when she thinks I’m not looking. The puppy, Weber, just wants to play with them… and not too nicely, either. He rips everything apart! (Aside from Nancy- when Kathleen & I met for dinner so she could help me through a very hard school project, we compared Pokémon captures! We both wanted a Rapidash bad)
Nancy: I am going to take a class on Graphic Novels this summer for my graduate degree. How awesome is that!
Kathleen: “01011001” used to be my favorite Ayreon album, until “The Source” came out a few weeks ago… and I CAN’T STOP LISTENING IT’S SO GOOD. I’m even more hyped to go to Europe with my boyfriend to see it live ❤
Nancy: Our family vacation this summer will be to Florida. We will be on the Gulf side and then head to the Everglades. I will bring along my NPS passport to get it stamped 😉
Kathleen: My guilty pleasure TV show is Birds of Prey.
Nancy: I’m a Star Trek nerd. I watch an awesome web series called Star Trek Continues (that recreates the TOS cast and continues on the original five year journey) and I am eagerly awaiting Star Trek Discovery that should be on CBS this fall.
Kathleen: I really like doing yoga! I’m not much of a runner (I will if the mood strikes, but I can never commit!), and there’s no way I’d ever set foot in a gym. It’s something I can do at home, in privacy, and where the dogs can crawl all over me and lick my face =P
Nancy: Although I share all things geek on my blog, I truly have other interests! My family enjoys hiking, and my husband and I completed the 52 Hike Challenge last fall. I take pictures of our hikes and post them on Instagram. Three pictures from my site nancyandnature have been selected and featured on the site Only in Illinois. Check out both sites!
Kathleen: I’m an artist, and I’m currently painting a drum head as a commission for a client – my first time doing so!
Nancy: I used to think Twitter was lame, but now I love it! There are some people on Twitter that I interact with regularly, and they have become friends that make me laugh on an almost daily basis.
Kathleen: Since I’ve developed a nut allergy, I’ve gotten the opportunity to put more thought into what I eat. I now make more meals for myself for lunch throughout the week, and cut up fruit to freeze for smoothies. It’s gotten me to try new things in my cooking and expand my culinary horizons.
Nancy: I love Goodreads. You can find me there writing shorter reviews on other genres that I read.
Kathleen: The first special edition of any video game I ever bought was Arkham City, and having this figurine in my dorm room is actually how my boyfriend and I met. I’ve since lost it and it broke my heart. The working theory is that the basement ate it and that it’ll turn up when I move out of my mom’s house, so there’s still hope!
We decided to nominate a few of the awesome bloggers who have commented on some recent posts, for we think your feedback is lovely! They are:
Thank you again to My Side of the Laundry Room and Cheeky Booky for this nomination! xo
-Nancy & Kathleen
Graphic Novelty² 
May 9, 2017 at 10:19 am
Awesome! I love awards like this because it offers a glimpse of us all as real people. Both of you ladies are truly wonderful and I’m happy to know a little more about you both. Thank you for sharing…and nice to meet (more of) you!!
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May 9, 2017 at 2:17 pm
Thank you Rob! You do get to see a more balanced view of a blogger with the facts they share! Believe it or not, neither of us live and breathe graphic novels!
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May 9, 2017 at 12:24 pm
WOW! Congrats! I hope ya win it!
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May 9, 2017 at 2:15 pm
Wouldn’t that be lovely!
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May 9, 2017 at 4:11 pm
Congratulations on your award, and thank you so much for nominating my blog as well! Great to read all your answers to the questions, hope that Arkham City collection statue turns up one day, it looks awesome! 🙂
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May 10, 2017 at 9:55 am
Looking forward to learning facts about you!
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May 13, 2017 at 8:46 pm
I hope so too! The basement will regurgitate it the minute I move out of my mom’s house, I’m sure =P
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May 9, 2017 at 11:17 pm
Congratulations!
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May 10, 2017 at 9:42 am
Thank you!
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May 10, 2017 at 1:17 pm
I want to take a graphic novel class! That would be so cool. And what great photographs, I totally admire anyone who can hike 52 hikes all in the fall time. And a trip to Europe to see a band…what fun! It’s been such a treat to learn more about you two, and you gave such a great blog!
Thanks so much for the nomination! Awards are so fun… now to think of 7 things about myself… how hard, lol! I’ll give it a go though…
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May 10, 2017 at 9:35 pm
Looking forward to your seven facts!
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May 13, 2017 at 1:09 pm
Kathleen you are the first person I’ve ever met who a) know what ‘Birds of Prey’ was and b) actually watched/enjoyed the show too. This is an exciting moment for me! In fact, as I type this, I can see my ‘Birds of Prey’ DVD set looking at me from the shelf. There was SO MUCH potential in that show! I wish they’d’ve let it go more than one season.
Nancy…I am actually pretty impressed you’re still rocking ‘PokemonGO’ as a way of life. I haven’t heard anyone mention it in ages (my students tend to cycle through gaming fades like that pretty quickly and I’m too lame to ever really get into them (unless, maybe, if they had a Ghostbusters edition…)) but I LOVE that you’re still rocking it! Go you. It kind of makes me want to know what it’s like. Also, it’s always seemed waaay cooler to me than Candy Crush. (There, I said it! Judge me if you will world! I’ve never played Candy Crush and I don’t want to!)
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May 13, 2017 at 8:48 pm
OMG OMG OMG I’ve never met anyone who liked it too!!! I’ve shown lots of people but it never sticks with anyone but me XD I do hope they find a way to rehash it one of these days!
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May 15, 2017 at 9:53 pm
I just always thought it was such a creative idea! I loved the cast too. I even appreciate the sort of quirky CGI before it became so normal for TV shows now. I think ‘Birds Of Prey’ was waaaay ahead of it’s time!
You should totally do a future post on it sometime… :).
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May 14, 2017 at 9:15 pm
I’ve never been one for electronic games (except Oregon Trail back in the day), and have never touched Candy Crush myself, so I have actually surprised myself with how much I am playing PGo.
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May 15, 2017 at 9:54 pm
I loved ‘Oregon Trail’ too! Ahh…fording the river was tough but it was still so worth it. What a great game. I’m even more intrigued by your PokemonGO love know that I know you’ve really never been a gamer either. Clearly, I feel you there too.
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