I’m A Sunshine Blogger

Thank you Mike from melsar93 at https://mikenmitch.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/digital-vitamin-d/for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger’s Award. It’s been a long while since I was nominated for one of these. It is always an honor. Mike said he nominated me because “[he] started following Jeanne for the great recipes, but also enjoy[s] the nature walks and slice of life posts she does”. All I know is I am just having fun and I am glad so many people like what I do. 🙂

Mike’s questions to me:

1. What’s a hobby you picked up as an adult that you wish you’d started earlier? There are quite a few actually. Scuba diving is one of my many passions, but I didn’t start diving until I was in my 40’s, despite the fact that I grew up in the ocean. Another late hobby is my newly started jewelry making. I just started it in January 2026, and am having a blast with it. I’ve been told I have a good eye for it and am pretty talented at it too.

2. If you could invite three fictional characters to dinner, who gets a seat? I like adventure and I like quirky. So, let’s see,how about Captain Jack Sparrow, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. That would be a lively dinner table. 🙂

3. What’s the most ridiculous thing you believed as a kid that you maybe… held onto a little too long? HMMMM! Well, rumor has it that Santa Claus isn’t real, but I don’t believe that. Not for one minute. He is real.

4. What’s a movie or show you can quote without trying? Shrek, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Love Actually, to name a few.

5. Describe a habit you’re proud of building over the past year. I try to blog everyday when I’m home. I treat it like it is a job, and I take it seriously and try to make it the best that I can. That takes work, dedication and effort.

6. What’s a small daily ritual that genuinely makes your life better? Spending as much quality time with those that I love, and that definitely includes all my fur babies; doing good things and always striving to be the best version of myself that I can be.

7. Share a memory that still makes you laugh, even years later. I think I was still in culinary school when I made a cake for some friends of mine who were moving. I tried to make a real fancy cake from scratch, but it just didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to, so I made the cake portion from a mix, and then decorated it real fancy from scratch. My mom was in on my secret, but no one else knew. So when we got to the party, there was a lady who just raved and raved about my cake and how she could always tell when a cake was made from scratch, and she just knew mine was too. My mom and I couldn’t even look at each other as she was saying this, because we both knew we would bust out laughing uncontrollably.

8. If you could have a blog post go viral, which one would you want it to be? This is best left to the powers that be. It’s out of my control.

9. Is there a meal you can cook from memory without a recipe. You can just walk into the kitchen and create something. I do this all the time. I use recipes solely as a guideline, and do the rest on the fly. That’s just how I roll, or in this case, cook. 🙂

10. Tell us about something you’re looking forward to in the next few months. We are always on the go, traveling somewhere. We have a couple more fun trips already on the books coming up soon.

11. You’re invited to my house for dinner. What should I cook? As long as it is made with love, no matter what you make, it will be just fine. 🙂

I like so many different blogs. I am an information junkie, and am interested in so many different topics and ideas. I never know who to nominate for these awards because I like and follow so many different people. This is always the hard part for me. HMMMMMM! Let me see here. WHO????? It’s always fun to nominate friends, so how about starting with these friends of mine: my good friend Dolly from Kool Kosher Kitchen @http://koolkosherkitchen.wordpress.com/; my friend Thomas Wikman from http://superfactful.wordpress.com/ and Leonberger’s Life; my friend Gail from http://snapshotsincursive.com/; and my friend Sheree from https://viewfromtheback.com/. Same questions to all of you. They are fun, good questions.

Thank you again Mike. You made my day. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. Life is always better when shared with friends. 🙂 ‘Til next time.