Beautiful Blogger Award

Helen Ginger at Straight from Hel gave me the Beautiful Blogger award this week - thanks Helen. Here are the rules: Link to the person who nominated me Helen Ginger, share seven interesting things about myself and nominate seven other beautiful bloggers.
About me:
1. I was born in London, England
2. I live in Texas
3. I have two dogs and a cat (don't see the cat very often)
4. I love to travel
5. I wrote my first short story in elementary school
6. My wildest shopping trip was flying to Italy and driving through Austria and Germany to go shopping in Poland
7. I hand sew quilts

Beautiful Bloggers:
Word Splash
Critter Alley
Being Beth
Creative Soul
Slobberlotch
Texas Horse Tales
Chick with Books
A Patchwork of Books