What an honor it is to be nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award, a friendly designation by a fellow blogger!! 
Thank you Kristen of Kristenione for the nomination! I am very excited and humbled to be included in such a great circle of versatile bloggers.
The rules to receive the award are as follows:
- Thank the person who nominated you
- Provide a link to the person’s blog
- Nominate 15 bloggers of your own and tell them
- Write 7 facts about yourself
I am not sure I can think of 7 facts about myself off the top of my head, but I will give it a shot – so stay with me here 
Here goes!
1) I grew up in Jamaica and moved to the U.S. 18 years ago. My Jamaican accent is pretty subtle now as I have been told, but it comes out every now and again. I don’t get to speak the Patois dialect very often living in Texas (except when I talk to my family) as there are not very many Jamaicans where I live.
2) I have 10 siblings…..yep! 10! 7 brothers and 3 sisters. I am 4th from the bottom. Growing up was pretty interesting. It was a lot of fun! But I did plan on having just one child. Lol
3) I was a Spelling Bee in primary school. That’s right! You may not be able to tell now, but I was, and represented my school at the national level. I was very good at it and I remember how much I loved it.
4) I once won an essay competition in high school (I think 8th or 9th grade) where the grand prize was an all expense paid trip to Nigeria, that was sponsored by the ruler of Nigeria. I never ended up going because my mother was very overprotective, and worried about my safety. The runner up ended up going in my place 
5) I first knew I wanted to be an Interior Designer sitting in the waiting room at a funeral home in Florida about 10 years ago. Weird I know. I was attending to the details of my husband’s memorial service. Of course there was a lot going on in my head, but I do remember how beautifully the office was decorated – how soothing, calm and relaxing it was. Suddenly everything came together in my head. All the prior years of watching HGTV and checking out décor magazines suddenly made sense. Of course the rest is history
6) I have two children, Courtney 17 and Joshua 12. My daughter reminds me so much of myself and that is scary. Well not so much, I was a good kid, but it is great watching my kids grow up
7) I have a huge crush on Mark Wahlberg. Haha! I have never been celebrity crazed, but he is the one that I would love to meet…..possibly marry (well if he wasn’t already). My boyfriend already knows the score
Whewww! I came up with 7. I didn’t realize how hard it is to write facts about myself. Hope I didn’t bore you too much
Ok, according to the rules I need to nominate 15 bloggers, so the following is my official list of nominees:
1) Marielle at Lady Marielle: I love her openness and honesty. I have seen how much she has grown as a blogger and her hunger for success.
2) Dani at Dani’s Decadent Deals: I love the wonderful deals, food and cocktails she shares.
3) Robin at Masshole Mommy: I kinda wish she would adopt me. Her family seems to have so much fun together!
4) Norma at Norma Doiron.net: I learn so much about social media, blogging and SEO from her very insightful posts.
5) Sharon at Sharon Oday: Her posts are always full of wonderful advice about money and managing finances
6) Dov at Shapira Builders: I admire how his customers always recommend him and give testimonials about his work as a carpenter. That says a lot about quality and service
7) Maria at Tough Cookie Mommy: I love her beautiful blog, the reviews and she totally tells it like it is
8) Loretta at Loretta Smith.com: Loretta is one of those friends that I have met in blogland and she has had a very positive influence in my life. Her commitment to wellness and well being inspires me
9) Excellent at Fabulous Perks: I love seeing the pretty outfits in her blog posts
10) Jennifer at My Frugal Wife: I admire her strength and commitment to running….especially for the causes she supports through her running
11) Krystal at Krystal’s Kitsch: I admire her beautiful blog and those delicious cocktails that she often shares
12) Terry at My Journey with Candida: Terry is very much into health and wellness as she goes through her journey with candida
13) Amber at Jade Louise Designs: I love Amber’s beautiful posts and the pictures are always amazing
14) Megan at C’mon Get Crafty: I love her beautiful blog and her clever craft ideas
15) Lindsey at Redhead Baby Mamma: I love the adventures of mommy and toddler. A fun blog to follow
There you have it! Congrats to my 15 nominees
Thanks for stopping by today! Please come back tomorrow for the finale of the One Room Challenge
Be Inspired!
Veronica Solomon
www.VeronicaSolomon.com
You will never stop to amaze me and surprise me….
How do you do that Lady Madonna, Miss single mom, hard working interior designer, blogging daily, searching and digging for new resources and new things to improve anything and everything around you and what you do.
There must be a museum somewhere that is looking for you to put in a glass box for everyone to see
I’m with Dov! You are truly amazing!!! I got busy and my blog has suffered, but you, no!!! You are truly and inspiration to me! Some of my closest friends I’ve met through blogging! I will get back on board! I’m deeply touched you included me here!!! Thank you for the honor Veronica!
You guys are amazing! Thank you both so much for all the encouragement and inspiration. Love ya!
Lol Dov took the words right out of my mouth (keyboard)!!!
I would totally adopt you, but you are going to have to relocate to Boston
I could find LOTS of fun stuff for us to do! Oh, and 10 siblings?? I thought my husband, who is one of 7, was from a big family. Holidays must be really loud for you guys lol!
Haha! Thanks Robin. I’ll think about the relocating part
Holidays are pretty crazy at our house
What a fun list! 10 siblings…what an amazing experience. And I would never believe you had a 17 and 12 year old!
Thanks so much Veronica for the acknowledgement and recognition! YOU are awesome!! When I want to refer someone who does social media well, I always send them to see what you do!
Yes, you. Your posts are so well done, focusing on your readers and engagement… your photos are always so engaging. YOU rock! And? 10 sibblings here too… Tee-hee… X0X
These awards are so fun! Great way to get to know other bloggers. Going to check out those you nominated now. Congrats!
Congratulations! I’m crazy about Mark Wahlberg, too, and love that you are from Jamaica. I’ve been there twice and want to go back!
I love post like these because it helps me get to know the blogger a bit better. Congrats on your versatile blogger award!
Congratulations! I enjoy tuning into your blogs every day and you are an inspiration to all of us! Keep up the great work!
How honored you must feel!! What a great deal! Love hearing some info about your life and wow what a big family! I love it!
this is fantastic–i always love reading these and admire your committment to your blog!
What a nice surprise! Thanks so much for featuring me!
I can;’t believe you are one of TEN children! That had to be interesting!
What an honor for you, and thank you so much for honoring me as well!!
I am touched, and so happy to share readership! 
Great job!
Sounds like a fun way to let people know about other “versatile” bloggers! Congrats on being nominated and found it very interesting to read and learn more about YOU. I appreciate you sharing it with us all and all the best with the contest!
10 siblings, that’s so many!! I thought having two brothers was more than enough, hahaha.
Aw, thanks man! I am so happy for your nomination and humbled by mine! I would love to hear your voice – I’ll bet it’s gorgeous!
NO…. I don’t believe you are the mother of a 17 year old. You must have some good genes running around in your body. You look so young.
Congrats on your award! I love these – it’s always so fun to read the fun facts!
Hi Veronica,
You definitely have the gift of interior design! Always great to stop by and see what new things you have in store.
Congrats on your award! It was great learning about you. I kinda get the Mark Wahlberg thing.
You are amazing!!! Fabulous job and keep it up!! So inspiring!!
congrats on your nomination!!!!
I love that you have so many sibblings and sad to hear your accent is toning down
I love reading these and learning more about other bloggers. I had always wondering exactly when and why you decided to get into interior design.
How interesting to read just your 7 facts about yourself. They are all so interesting. Congrats on your Versatile Blogger Award.
Congratulations on the award! I had a crush on Mark Wahlberg too and I still think he’s incredibly hot!
Nice job on your award. You have some amazing nominations.
Congratulations on being nominated for this award by a fellow blogger. There is something special about being recognized as great by our peers.
Holy moley your family is huge! Congrats on the award!
That’s so nice they they nominated you,and that you had 15 more to nominate.
WOW! Congratulations!! It is fabulous that they nominated you! And your family is huge! What a great way to get to know other bloggers!
Congrats on the award! I think I got this a while back, so nice
I totally have the same crush on Mark Wahlberg. I don’t know what it is. His bad boy style? His accent? He can be by Man Crush Monday any day!
This Versatile Blogger Award is a cool program. Congrats for getting nominated!
Congratulations on the nomination! Keep up the good work.
Congratulations on your nomination! It is always so much fun learning more about our blogging buddies! I got a kick out of the funeral home inspiration. I guess it’s true. Inspiration really can strike anywhere!
You gotta get that accent back and start vlogging! We wouldn’t care what you were saying as long as you kept talking.
Ditto on the Mark Wahlberg thing, I don’t swing for the other team but if I did it be for Marky Mark.
How fun! Congratulations! And 10 siblings?! Wow!
Congrats on being nominated. I would have loved to have 10 siblings, our family was small and we are not close. Thank you for nominating me, I would love to have you join me for a run sometime! I completely understand how hard it is when it comes to writing about yourself, I have failed on many writing prompts because they try to get you to open up – I am really not good at talking about me!
Congrats on being nominated. Loved Jamaica. We went there for our honeymoon.
congrats to you! And yeah for the large family! I have 8 siblings, I’m the 9th child. It’s an adventure. Amber E.
Congrats and keep up the great work. You have a big family, love it!!
How fun!! I’m sure you made those bloggers days by passing the award on! It kind of reminds me of the pics on fb where you have to tag friends who you think are beautiful and pass it on… what a nice way to make someone’s day
Wow! I like the fact that you’re a spelling bee! Congratulations for being nominated, Marielle and thank you for sharing your life with us. Just gave me more inspiration!
awesome nominations here! Love that I see Dov and Daniele on the list
What an awesome list of facts about yourself. It made me sad you did not get to go to Nigeria. You need to go someday. Very interesting list of items about you. Thank you so much for the nomination!
You are awesome!! <3
That’s neat to get to know you a little better. That’s fun too that you still get the accent every once in awhile: that’s one of my favorite accents to hear!
I could never have said it better than Dov. Truly deserved. I’m sorry about the loss of your husband.
Very well deserved. In fact, I recently shared your blog with some people because of all the great information in it.
I loved your insight into your life. A spelling bee. Who knew?
Congrats on the nomination! I loved your 7 interesting facts. I am a sucker for accents- other than southern!
Congrats on this award and thanks for the info to get to know you just a little bit better. I love large families. I have 5 siblings and we were considered a small family where I was born and raised.
it’s so fun to learn new things about people. what a fun post
Oh man…I got one of these and totally dropped the ball!
I’m the 5th of 6 and thought that was an interesting child hood. I can’t imagine growing up with 10 siblings! What a neat post!
10 siblings! Wow! Fun to get to know more about you.
I’m terrible at doing these things myself, but I always enjoy reading what other people post. So interesting!
What a special award! It’s always great to see bloggers connecting together and learning new things about each other.
Good luck on your nomination! 10 siblings?! wow! I wonder how your home was when you were all kids
Wow, one of 10 kids. That must have been pretty fun growing up.
Congratulations on your award and I sincerely wish you receive many more. I agree with you when you say it is difficult to write about oneself.
Ten siblings sounds like a lot of FUN! And yeah, I totally get the Mark Wahlberg crush – I mean, have you seen that man without a shirt?!
Yes I have!
You so deserve this nomination. This blog proves it. You shared about yourself and your nominees in such a way, it kept me reading and that is what blogging is all about.
Congratulations on being nominated you truly deserve it! I’m so honored that you included me! You are one of my favorite bloggers and I’m so glad that we were able to connect so well. I grew up with 6 cousins and my sister so 8 of us! I can related a bit with the 10 siblings!
Congratulations! I can see why you were nominated, and enjoyed learning 7 things about you. Wishing you the best in the contest!
Very cool post. Congratulations to you and all the nominees! And Wahlberg is totally hot, so I could see marrying him!
Love the fun facts and it wasn’t boring at all!
Keep rocking the great posts.
Thank you Chef Katrina!!
What a beautiful blog! Congratulations on your nomination!! I know most of the bloggers you have chosen as your nominees and I believe you have a great list! Loved reading about you and your childhood, and yes, your amazing pictures and designs. You’re the best!
How fun! Thanks for sharing the 7 things about you. It was a nice peek! Congrats on the nomination.
so nice to be nominated! I loved reading your post and who you’d nominate. Losing your husband so young must have been very difficult. You seem to do amazing now though I’m sure it’s not been easy!
I am humbled by this nomination. I had a strong feeling you were from Jamaican, so am I. Born in St. Elizabeth, raised in NY.
Awww Congrats on the reward! That’s pretty awesome!