April 15, 2013

A little about me, courtesy of the Liebster Blog Award (Thanks, Andrea!)

Thanks to the wonderful Andrea of Life's Divine for giving me the Liebster blog award. I am flattered! 

This Award is designed to be passed along by bloggers to bloggers to help share blogs you love and discover new ones. It is specifically for blogs with no more than 200 GFC subscribers.

If you are nominated, the idea is for you to write a post including 11 facts about yourself, the answers to the questions the blogger who nominated you asked, the 11 blogs you would like to nominate, and the 11 questions you would like those bloggers to answer.

I don't follow/know of any blogs who have not already been nominated for this award (I clearly do not read very many blogs - would love suggestions for new ones to read in the comments!), so I am not going to nominate anyone... it seems like it has already gone around quite a bit. I will say that my favorite blogs are those that do have few followers, because they are usually more *real*. So thank you, ladies, for keeping me entertained!

 Also, I am too lazy to come up with 11 random facts about myself, so you get 9 instead.

9 random facts about me:

1. I've never smoked a cigarette.

2. I loathe those stick figure family stickers people put on their cars

3. I am a candy addict. This relates to question below about what you would tell your teen self. I created many bad habits back then that I still cannot break!

4. My car is a stick shift and I love it even though it is a pain when I am wearing heels!

5. My dream is to open an animal shelter.

6. I'm a lawyer. But you probably already know that.

7. My favorite foods: jelly donuts, mac and cheese from Panera, cheese in general.

8. I was a cheerleader in high school.

9. I don't like peanut butter.

If you were only allowed one make-up product, what would it be?
Mascara. Most days, that's all I really wear. (Also, I am totally not counting lip balm as makeup for the purposes of this question .)

If you had to live somewhere else, where would it be?
Had to? More like if I got to. In a fantasy world, I'd like to go live in Denmark because they are the happiest people on earth.

What do you wish you could tell your teenage self?
In 10 years, you will not be able to eat whatever you want and still be super thin, so lay off the mountain dew, ding dongs, oreos, and other assorted junk food already!

What's a health/fitness tip that just doesn't seem to work for you?
Most of them don't work for me - I just try to be reasonable.

What was your most listened to song of 2012?
Party rock anthem. Best song EVER. (Try not to judge me too harshly for that :D)

What is your favorite smell or fragrance?
The Body Shop Satsuma scent. Sooo good.

Share your best home organization tip!
You are asking the wrong person. My house is messy pretty much all the time.. really wish I had the organization gene.

What is your favorite post work-out snack?
I am never hungry after I work out so I usually just have water. That's bad, isn't it? Aren't you supposed to eat to help build muscle and stuff? oh well...

What made you smile yesterday?
My fiance bought me a fancy cupcake

What is your go-to outfit for everyday?
Honestly, I don't have one. My outfits change drastically from day to day. One day I will wear J.Crew pixie pants and a knit top, and the next day a pencil skirt and heels (mostly pixie pants though). There is no real dress code where I work so I get to wear whatever I feel like wearing that day!

What do you really like to bake or cook? Or what would you like to learn how to bake or cook?
Cakes! And let it be known that fondant is disgusting - buttercream all the way.

So, thank you again Andrea

Again I ask you readers who are much more hip and up to date than I, what new/small blogs am I missing out on? Do tell!  

15 comments:

  1. Congrats on the award, you deserve it! My amazing husband also dislikes the stick figure bumper stickers! And, like you, I don't like peanut butter!!!

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    1. Thanks, rynetta! I was so excited that your blog was mentioned in that article about Jenna yesterday. How cool is that!?

      Ok, glad I am not the only one who doesn't like peanut butter... that seems to be one of those things everyone likes!!!

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    2. Awwww, thanks SO much for the congratulations! I genuinely appreciate it. I'm super grateful.

      People often look at me like I'm crazy when I say that I don't like peanut butter, LOL!

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  2. Opening an animal shelter is my dream as well! It's what I would do if I won the lottery.

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    1. ME TOO!!! If I won the lottery, I mean... that's what I always say :D Wouldn't it just be so awesome to be able to save all the poor abandoned, neglected, and unwanted animals? If only... Oh, and I would also donate bulletproof vests to K-9 police dogs!

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    1. ina, I read your blog and I love it! You are so cute and funny. Have you rec'd this award? If not, I hereby give it to you. I absolutely love reading about my fellow bloggers. I just realized you aren't on my blog roll, I will fix that immediately!

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    2. Forgot to say,i gave Andrea the award,so i already have it.

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    3. ina, I thought you did!

      You're on my blogroll now!

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  4. It was fun to read more about you Jcrewjd! You have a lovely figure, but keep in mind the not eating whatever you want continues to get worse over the next ten years! More difficult to shed unwanted lbs too. Believe me, I know. Why don't you all like peanut butter? Is it a consistency issue, or dislike for the taste? No reeses cups or pieces?

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    1. justvisiting, sigh... it's just so bad. I know, I mean I am still in my 20s and have no had kids. I can only imagine how much worse it will get!!!

      Ok, so, I just think plain PB tastes gross. Recently, I've developed a love of reeses PB cups, because my fiance loves them, and so I tried one. I think it's because they have much more salt and sugar than plain pb! So perhaps my tastes are changing...

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  5. Oh yes, definitely buttercream! I could see you as a cheerleader. Interesting tidbits.

    I seldom read new blogs these days and my blogroll is getting a bit stale too but I keep hoping a few people will come back one day...

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    1. xoxo, I am glad we agree on the frosting issue! I wish the trend of having fondant wedding cakes would go away, NOW.

      I too have so many blogs that I follow but that just sort of died... also hoping they come back soon.

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  6. Congrats, JCrewJD! I hate those stickers too.

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