Laura's Cheese Knife giveaway & Honest Scrap Award!

Today, November 11, is a public holiday in France. We commemorate the end of World War I. The armistice was signed in 1918 by the Allies and Germany. It is said that it was signed at 5 am in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines.
This year, Chancellor Angela Merkel will come to Paris to attend a ceremony at the Arc du Triomphe, where the unknown soldier tomb is.

Get ready for 10 truths
and participate in my November giveaway !!

Fellow blogger Di loves gardening, among other things, and her blog is devoted mainly to gardens and photos and developments of her life. She has awarded me the Honest Scrap award!

• Rules of this award:
  > Post 10 truths about oneself: done!
  > Pass the award to 10 others (with their links): done!
  > Include the link of the person who honored you with the award : done!

My Ten (Random) Truths !

1. I do not know how to dance and I am ashamed of it.
2. I hate going to the dentist and when I am sitting on the dentist chair I also hate the dentist!
3. When I say my height, I always add one centimeter!
4. I've never read Proust's "A la recherche du temps perdu" and pretend I know all about Proust's "madeleines".
5. I once served "fondants au chocolat" (chocolate cake) from a pastry shop and pretended I had baked them!
6. Doctor said I have to lose 8 lb - but I cannot get myself to work hard enough on this - and pretend everyday I am trying hard!
7. I never watch TV, I simply do not like it and do not enjoy it.
8. Inspired by Sonny who got the same award, I must say I am better at cooking than I am at baking.
9. I am petty busy during the week and sometimes I prepare two/three posts ahead of time (nos you know why sometimes I don't visit your blog)
10. I love blogging!

These ten fellow bloggers will have to tell us their ten truths too!
Allow me to introduce to you ten super blogs for you to visit:
1. Alice from Canberra, Australia, and her blog A Growing Delight
2. Dhanggit, from Aix-en-Provence, France, Dhanggit's Kitchen a blog where East and West collide.
3. Denise Clarke and her amazing Adventures of food and wine pairing
4. Pink Nest does not tell much about her in her blog, but it is delicious! Try Pinknest
5. Mardi? Is that her name? Her blog is about eat, live, travel, and write
6. RoyalTLady from Malaysia, who shares with us family tales, nice shots, delicious recipes, and more
7. Lindsey enjoys cooking and sharing what she has learned with my friends & family, and you are a friend so go and visit Tiny Skillet
8. If you believe that a home is more than a house, stop by Melissa's Sunbonnet Cottage
9. Betsy C. who has relocated from the US to Aveyron, France, and shares with her readers passions, great shots, feelings, and more, so visit La France Profonde for a ride into deep France and Frenchiness.
10. Jamie, a lovely blog of a mother' cooking abilities as they are trsnamitted to her children in Mom's cooking club

Congratulations to all!

And now...

Write a comment about this post and you may get this French cheese-knife! I bought it for you at La Vaissellerie, in Paris.
A name will be drawn on Friday November 13 at Noon Paris time among the fellow bloggers who will have left a comment here ! The French say that Friday 13 is an "unlucky" day, the lucky winner will prove them wrong.