The Lindholm Life: bloggers

Does anyone else feel like January 1st was just yesterday? What the heck happened to this year? I cannot believe we are already in July, and in a short 6 months we will be in the year 2020. My mind is blown!

Time is such a crazy thing. Sometimes I want to speed it up and sometimes I want it to slow down. Recently I have been trying better to live in each day, in each moment, instead of wishing time would slow down or fly by.

It can be so hard to try to make every moment count. I will be the first to admit that I can get caught up in the social media hole, or getting mindlessly caught up in whatever TV show I am watching. But as my kids get older it makes me sad to think that soon enough they will be out of my house and all of these moments I could have been doing a better job. I want my kids to remember that I tried my best, had fun with them, but also encouraged them to have fun on their own. I want to remember the fun times we had, and also the simple quiet moments of movie watching as a family, or eating dinner together.

It seems like the older I get the faster time goes. I don't know if there is a correlation because I am busier and most days just trying to stay afloat. Or if time is playing a trick on me. But either way I don't like it.

Being present. It can be so.dang.hard.

I recently took a trip to Utah and told myself I would try harder to put my phone away. It was so refreshing to spend time with my grandma, to just listen to her stories and take it all in. I don't know how many more years we will have together, nobody really knows how much time they have left on this earth. It is so important, to be present, ask questions, take it all in. I am so glad that I made a more conscious effort and it truly made a difference.

What are some ways you stay present and enjoy the little moments? I would love any ideas that you have.

This past week I was nominated by two different fabulous ladies, Riss Bliss at Tisfortownsend and Ashley at Dashing Tales. Let me tell you I had NO idea what the Liebster award was or meant, so here is a definition for all of us:

"The Liebster award is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. The meaning: Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome."- Adrian

Aww how sweet. So thank you ladies for your thoughtfulness!!

So here are the rules for the Liebster Award.

1: Answer the questions that the tagger set for you PLUS create 11 questions for the people you've tagged to answer.

2: Choose 11 people and link them in your post.

3: Go to their page and tell them

4: No tag backs

Because I was tagged by 2 different people I am going to mix questions in order to cover everything. ok. ready. go.

1: What's your favorite color?

Depends on the day. I am normally a bright person. So any bright pink, orange, yellow etc. But I am also a sucker for purple. So I guess the answer is undecided.

2: Why and How did you decide on your blog name?

Well I have a pretty lame blog name as I have not though of something cool yet. So it's pretty simple, I live in the Lindholm Life. These are stories of my life and the people in it. Bam.

3: Where do you live? Tell me more.

I live in Gilbert, AZ and I love it. Except for the unbearably hot summers. Thankfully the fall/semi-winter make up for it. My sis-in-law and I always joke that we will be snow birds young. Live in Utah in the winter and Arizona in the summer. Seems like a plan to me!

4: What are my pet peeves.

Rude people. People that feel they are entitled or better than you. Lazy people. Inconsiderate people. Ok...maybe I should stop now.

5: What is one personal item you can not live without (this question happen to be the same for each person).

This is such a hard question for me. But I would have to say photos and my scrapbooks. Those little memories frozen in time. I could not live without those. I love to look back at pictures and bring back those memories. It is the best.

6: If you could pick one place to live in the world, no limit, where would it be.

Foreign: Prague, Czech Republic. I have always heard it is so pretty and would love to live there.

Stateside: Utah...but if we are putting no limits. I would have to say Rhode Island, Massachusetts, one of the New England States.

7: Favorite Hobby.

Crafting and blogging. Although I never have time for either, when I do, it is very therapeutic and I can often clear my mind when doing it.

8: What made you want to start blogging.

Like I said in the previous question I find it very therapeutic. I find it as a great way to clear my head. I also have always been interested in journaling but never really got into the whole writing everything down. This is a much easier way to do it, and it also keeps friends and family in the loop.

9: If you were an animal which would you be.

Hmm....this is a hard question. I have never really though about it....I would have to say a giraffe.

10: Biggest obstacle in blogging.

Finding the time, and getting my mojo going. I can't blog unless I am in the write mood, and sometimes it is hard to get there.

11: Most embarrassing moment.

There are too many to count!

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Here are the 11 bloggers I think deserve this award:

1: Sally at Colt and Sally

2: Kylie at Second Start to the Right

3: Chesca at Brett and Chesca Day

4: Brianne at Lance Brianne Wyatt