Awards!

Sorry it's taken me a few days to get back to some of these, I've been pretty busy with grad work and well just life!  So thanks and I hope you enjoy learning a bit more about me! :-) Happy Friday! (Well, almost Saturday!)

Vee over at Everyday Kings 2003 was gracious enough to nominate me for the Beautiful Blogger award!  She's has a beautiful family and it is so fun following along on her journey! This is only my second award ever, so thank you thank you thank you! :-) 

The Rules:

1. Thank then link to the person that gave you the award

2. Pass this award on to 15 bloggers you've recently discovered & whom you think are fantastic

3. Contact said Blogs to let them know they've won

4. State 7 Things about yourself!

In no particular order.....

So, 15 Bloggers.... I'm going to be cheese and say that I find each and every one of you beautiful!  That's why I follow you!!  So, with that said, please, if you haven't gotten this award, I want to know 7 things about you! So, grab the button and fill us in! :-)

Okay, and now 7 things about myself:

1. I sometimes share too much of what my mind is thinking....

2. I love cleaning, if I'm in the right mood.

3. I am obsessed with my tv shows and frankly, it sickening how many I watch.

4. Scrapbooking is something I love to do, but rarely find time to do it!

5. One of my goals is to meet some of my bloggy friends in real life

6. I sometimes tell people I'm allergic to nuts because I dislike them too much but then end up telling them I am joking because I feel bad for those who do have that allergy.

7. I did gymnastics for 14 years and wish I would have never quit!  P.S.  I've been to gymnastics meets with Shawn Johnson...(One of the Olympic gold medalists!, though she's younger than I am... I totally remember seeing her!) 

 Cat at Nashville Newlyweds awarded me the You're going Places Baby award!  Cat is newly married and become quite the bloggy friend.  She's all about fitness, so direct your healthy questions her way!

Here are the rules:


* Link back to the blogger who sent you this award
* Post where you would like to be in 10 years
* Pass it on to 5 other special bloggers!



In 10 years I'd like to be a mommy to two beautiful children, falling more in love with my husband than ever before, a successful high school counselor and happy!

Again, anyone wanting to do this award, please please please do it! I love all of you so much! 
:-)

Meredith at La Buena Vida presented the Happy 101 Award!  Mer is a pro at photography and all things mommy!  She's a great friend and I love reading her blog! Head on over! 

This rules of this award is to list 10 things that make me happy. Like Mer, I'm taking things literally, and listing things, rather than people/emotions.

1)  Scrapbooking.  I don't have much time to devote to it, but I hope to get back to it soon!

2)  Photography- I'd really like to become good at this!  We recently bought our very first SLR camera and I'm trying to learn how to use it!

3)  Lazy nights in at home-  This is something that I really love to do.  It's relaxing and exactly the way I like to spend the weekends.... Most of the time!

4) Cooking & Baking- I've been trying to use some new recipes lately to shake things up.

5) Running- This is something I'd like to get better at.  I love running and would someday like to run a 1/2 marathon! 

6)  Brownies- Enough said!

7)  Snail Mail-  There is something so wonderful about getting a special something in the mail!  I just love it!

8)  Blogging- I'm still not blogging as much as I'd like to, but it's been a busy year!

9)  Summer-  I absolutely LOVE summer.  Everything about it!

10)  Candles- At all times, there's probably at least one candle burning at our home! It makes the house smell so delicious!

Ok, I'll tag some people for this one.... Just because I think I cheated on the last two awards! :-)

1) Katie at Loves of Life 

2) Lucy at Lucy's Life

3) Vee at Everyday Kings

4) Shaina at Post Smith

5) Summer at B is for Brown

6) Risa at Diva in the Midwest

7) Abby at Nanny2Four

8) Cat at Nashville Newlyweds

9) Taryn at The Colorado Desert 

10) Ria at Life as a Wife

Have fun and thanks again to all those to nominated me! I love reading each and every one of your blogs!  Hope you are enjoying your weekend!!!

Sugar Doll

The fabulous Brittany Ann at Living in the Moment gave me the The Fabulous Sugar Doll Blogger Ward!

This is my second award ever and I am very excited about it!! :-) Thanks Brittany! 

The rules:  I must list 10 Interesting facts about myself that you don't already know!

This is probably more difficult and I hope I don't lose any of you because I'm not all that interesting :-)

Without further adue:

1.  Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday!  I love the fact that all you do is get together with family and EAT!  Then you may watch some football and then EAT some more!  :-)  If you cannot tell, I love eating!  haha

2.  Even though I love Thanksgiving, so very much, I Love Christmas almost just as much!  I love wrapping presents, listening to Christmas music and spending time with family.  O, and I love decorating for Christmas.

3.  This is related to the above, but I cannot stand when people put Christmas lights up before Thanksgiving, let alone before November!  I know the weather is a bit nicer, but come on.... Thanksgiving is a holiday too and it deserves just as much respect on it's reserved day!

4.  I have worse handwriting than a 12 year old boy.  No.Joke.

5.  I have no self control when it comes to brownies, cake or cookies. I think I need an intervention.

6.  I cannot have company over unless the house is at least picked up.  Even if it's hubby's friends, I have to scramble to clean before they come over.

7.  My hubby and I are getting a camera for Christmas (with the help of my parents) and so we've put a limit on Christmas spending for each other.  I've bought him one small thing, but otherwise he is SO hard to shop for.  He pretty much gets what he wants within reason, so buying him something is so very hard.  He'll tell me what he wants, but I hate giving gifts when people know exactly what it is.  There's something about surprising people with a gift that I love.  I love getting them something that I think they will love and then seeing the reaction on their faces.

8.  Whenever I go shopping, I'll end up always returning something.  I have a thing about not trying clothes on at the store.  I hate dressing rooms and the idea of trying clothes on in them. 

9.  I too have road-rage.  Sometimes I'll go so far as to honk unnecessarily and I may have tailgated a time or two in my whole 8 years of driving :-)

10.  Surprises are my favorite.  Though, 10 9 out of 10 times I'll try to figure out what it is.  Hubby is great at giving bad hints so that I can never guess what it is.  I don't actually want to know what the surprise is, but there's something about surprises that makes me go crazy and try to figure it out anyway.  He's learned to be pretty sneaky when giving me surprises.

Now, 10 of you lovely ladies are very deserving of this Fabulous Sugar Doll Award!  Those lucky 10 are:

Mrs Bee at Secret Life of Sass & Lex

Jamie at His 'n Her Towels

Ashley at Joshley and The Charles

Abby at Life with B & A

Becky at The Branches

Kait at My Crazy, Unpredictable Life

Sara at That's Sassy

Taryn at The Colorado Desert

Lucy Marie at Lucy's Life

Summer at B is for Brown

Thanks so much Brittany!  It was fun learning new things about you! :-)

An Award!

Thanks to Emily over at The Lamb Family, I got my FIRST award ever!! :-)

She awarded me: This Kreativ Blogger award!

Here are the Rules for this award:
1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people may not know.
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they've been nominated.
here it goes.....

1.  I am obsessed with organization.  Especially when it comes to my planner, if I lost that puppy, I'd be lost!
2.  I love hot apple cider of any kind!  It's sort of another obsession I have in the fall/winter time to keep me warm!
3.  I'm terrible at listening to voice messages.  I usually just call the person right back without listening to what they wanted on the message.  It drives some people crazy.
4.  I also hate talking on the phone for long periods of time.  I get bored, even if we are having a good conversation.  I think I need to learn to pay more attention!
5.  I want two children, a boy and a girl.  Preferably twins, but I don't think that's something I can choose!
6.  I went to school for Criminal Justice with the intention of working with juvenile delinquents, until I realized nobody would hire me without previous experience, which I couldn't' get because nobody would hire me... It's a vicious cycle...
7.  I love margaritas and bloody mary's.  They are my drink of choice anywhere I go even though they are both so bad for me.  However; we rarely go out, ever....

So, with that being said, I now nominate the following:
Cat from The Answer is You
Becky from The Branches
Emily at Imperfect
Miss I "Dew" from Life after I Dew
Shaina at Post Smith
Summer at B is for Brown
Chelsea at Life is Beautiful