Month of Awards!

This must be the month of awards because I've had the wonderful pleasure of receiving two more awesome awards last week: The Versatile Blogger award from Samantha at A Place I Call My Own and the Memetastic Award from Jen at What Would Jen Do. Thanks ladies!

In order to accept both of these awards I have share a few things about myself, so here goes:

1. I really like going on long road trips by myself. Is this strange? I haven't gone on too many but the few that I've gone on, I have enjoyed them a lot.

2. Despite not caring who wins in a lot of sporting events, I somehow will always find myself caring by the end of the game and really getting into it. Take the Super Bowl for example, I didn't really care who won or lost but half way through it, I was hooked and began rooting for Green Bay.

3. Finishing a long run gives me the best high ever! Seriously! It's an incredible feeling knowing you've gone such a long distance.

4. I honestly miss the days where we called each other instead of texting.

Now, I'll go ahead and pass both these awards to Tonya at Letters for Lucas and M at An Officer and a Lady.

Another Blogging Award?!

Well, obviously, I now know that I for sure have at least one fan of my blog, my friend M, at An Officer and a Lady. She has blessed me with yet another blogging award! Woo hoo-The Honest Scrap Award. Well, I can say for sure that if my blog is anything at all, it's 100% honest all the time. I absolutely never exaggerate or embellish anything ever! Ok, perhaps a little sometimes...but don't we all? Haha!

Now for the tough part, who do I give this award to? Hmm..

1. Awkward Sex and the City- This blog never ceases to crack me up with it's more than honest account of life in a big city. She certainly never shy's away from the tough issues. If you haven't stopped by her blog then you are definitely missing out!

2. Stilettos & a Fishing Pole- This Southern Belle has a sugary sweet blog that is always so lovely and full of sweet pictures of her with her friends and soon to be husband. It's a very touching and honest blog.

3. Adventures in Yayaland- This lady gave me an award not too long ago so I felt like I should return the favor and give her an award. Her blog reminds me a lot of mine and I can always count on her to leave me sweet and honest comments on my blog.

There you have it! So go check out these three great blogs!

A Sweet Award! Yay!

Thanks so much to my dear friend "M" over at her new fabulous blog, "An Officer and a Lady" for giving me this very cute award, "The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award". She gave it to me over two weeks ago but I've been seriously behind on all my blogs so I just discovered she gave me the award tonight! Crazy, I know!

In order to accept the award, I must share the love with 6 other bloggers and fess up to 4 guilty pleasures.

Awardees

1) Letters for Lucas - My sister Tonya never ceases to brighten my day with her adventures with my nephew Lucas.

2) Confessions of a 20 Something - While Pink Lou Lou's blog does have a lot of sweet cutesy blog posts, she is also a real woman and that means she goes through real-life issues. Her most recent post touched me.

3) Running in High Heels - Brittney's blog title alone got me to follow it! Gotta love a runner with a fashion sense: )

4) In Pursuit of my inner Pin-Up - If you've been following my blog at all, then I'm sure it's pretty obvious why I enjoy this blog so much. Who can resist a blog about pin-ups?

5) What Would Jen Do - Not only is Jen's blog super sweet and honest, she is also always the first one to comment on just about each and every one of my own blog posts. I absolutely love her for that!

6) In the Meantime - Jessica's blog is a lot like mine, it's random and full of good times with friends and family. She recently gave me a style award so I must officially thank her for that here! Thanks!

4 Guilty Pleasures

1) Old episodes of 90210 and Saved by the Bell, preferably watching them on my computer in bed.

2) A bowl of cottage Cheese and a grilled cheese sandwich. Yum!

3) Long hot showers and bubble baths too! Aaaahh, Calgon take me away or Mr. Bubbles works too. : )

4) Target runs and getting a bunch of new toiletries.

A Stylish Blogger Award?!

Well, my blogging slump is officially over and I am completely rejuvenated and happily ready to tackle my blog as well as comment on other people's blogs again. This week I've really been able to brainstorm blogging ideas and I think I've gotten some good things out there.

Last night I discovered that I received an awesome blogging award from my real life and blogging friend "M" at Misadventures of M: Dating & Other Shenanigans. Yay! This definitely made my day and inspired me to keep up with this blogging stuff. Thank you M! I wish that I could give this award back to her as I love her honest and hilarious take on dating through her blog. She really cannot get more real and true. I especially love that I feel like she is sitting right there talking to me since I miss my college buddy so much.

Anyway, her post instructed me that in order to accept the award, I need to reveal 7 bits of personal information and pass the award along to 3 other bloggers.
So, here I go:

1. I wouldn't really describe myself as being stylish or fashionable. I do think that I have my own unique look that's unlike most people. I don't care about labels and I'm in fact struggling a little with carrying around that Coach purse. I'm definitely not afraid of color and I'm good at matching things. Just ask any of the roommates that I've had or any of my friends, really. Thanks to my mom, I can't help but match my earrings, shoes, purse and shirt somehow altogether. Usually it all makes sense.
2. I'm not the biggest fan of high heel shoes. I love the looks of them and totally respect any girl that can wear the really obnoxiously tall ones out at night. I just can't wear them. My feet were not designed for heels. So, unless I know that I'm just going to a sit down dinner, I won't wear heels. Having said all that, I do own about 8 or so pairs of fun heels. Consider yourself lucky if you've seen me wear one of them out. : )
   
3. I spend way too much time on Facebook and I've even thought about closing my account just for awhile. This probably won't ever happen but it's a good exercise to consider doing it. Right?
   
4. It's starting to annoy me that some people follow my blog all the time but NEVER comment. Why not? Just say something! It's nice to know that there are people out there reading this stuff. I'm not going to lie, while this is great therapy for me, I also enjoy sharing my thoughts with others and hearing their feedback.
   
5. I don't care that this makes me sound like a wuss but I seriously get cold when it's under 75 degrees. For this reason, I probably can never live anywhere but California or Arizona.
   
6. Despite being 26 I still have a stuffed dog and monkey sitting on my bed and probably will until I live with a boyfriend. I've had them forever and they have a lot of sentimental value. I also admit that I put them away with people over at my house.
   
7. Even though I love a ton of indie bands and up and coming artists, I still love me some good ole fashioned radio pop music too.
   

And the awards go to:

1. Leanna @ OMG I moved to NYC- Like my blog, she shares all her adventures in her new big city NYC. It's incredibly random and varied and this is why I always enjoy reading it.
   You never know what you're gonna read about next.
2. Jill @ Life After College- Her blog reminds me a lot of mine. It's got a little bit of everything for everyone. There's music, there's family and mushy stuff, there's Youtube videos and there's hot pictures of men! What could be better than all of that?!
3. Newlywed Coach's Wife(I cannot find her name anywhere on her blog!) @ One Mile at a Time- Another fellow new runner so I have to give her support and props! While the main focus of her blog is about her new running life, she still talks about other important life things and I totally appreciate that. She also inspires me with her amazing recent weight loss.
   

Please go ahead and check out these blogs as they are fun and so down to earth.

One Lovely Blog Award

I am beyond excited, I received my first blogging award this week!! Ok, my sister has given me one, but I think she was just being nice since it was back when I first started this blog and barely had 20 posts. So, thank you very much to Rach at How Fickle is Woman for the award! I was very surprised to see my blog on your list. I just started reading her blog but so far I'm loving her post-college life adventures.

So now I have to pass this award along to 10 blogs. Wow, this is tough, I now follow over 50 blogs! Yikes! Please check out all these blogs when you get the chance. They are inspirational, funny, sarcastic, interesting, warm, fun and above all very honest blogs.

1. Tonya @ Letters for Lucas
2. M @ Misadventures of M: Dating & Other Shenanigans
   
3. Rapunzel @ In Pursuit of my Inner Pin-Up
4. Amanda @ Welcome to my life
5. Delilah @ Unruly Helpmeet
6. Carolyn @ This Talk Ain't Cheap
   
7. Cat @ The Wandering American
8. Mary Kate @ The Friendliest Flower
9. Edith @ ..before I Die
10. Sheila @ A Postcard a Day
    

Versatile Blogger Award!

Yesterday I received my first ever blog award from my sister, Tonya. I have mentioned her blog a lot throughout mine but if you haven't gotten the chance, I highly recommend checking it out, Letters For Lucas. It is such a sweet honest look at the life of a new mother and all the ups and downs that go right along with it. It's such a neat extra way for me to get daily updates on my nephew Lucas.

In order to accept this award, I have a few things to do:
-Share seven things about myself with you.

1. I absolutely love to sing! I love to sing in the shower, in the car, while I cook, while I wash dishes, while I surf the web.. pretty much any ole time!

2. This may sound strange but I'm excited for a regular 9 to 5 full time job. For the past two and a half years, I've worked on my own flexible schedule from home. While this may sound amazing and all, it still lacks the social interaction that you gain from being in an actual office.

3. If I had to choose between being better looking, smarter or more athletic, I would choose to be smarter. I think in the long run, more doors will open to a smarter person. Plus, you can always work on those other things. Sure, you can read and study but if you ain't got it, you ain't got it. Yep, I would love to be smarter and have one of those photographic memories.

4. If I could pick up everything and just move to another country today I would. No doubt about it. I am far from being done exploring this world. In fact, if it wasn't for my sister and her family and my close friends, I would be outta here! I'd really love to get lost in some European city.

5. I am seriously loyal to my friends. Seriously. Don't mess with 'em!

6. I hate math. Actually, I don't really care for numbers in general. Math was always my worst subject in school and no matter what, I was consistently struggling with it. I just couldn't get long division. I am much better with words and will usually do whatever it takes to get out of solving a math problem. Hello calculator!

7. I absolutely adore my nephew Lucas. I really don't think I've ever loved anyone like this before.

-Thank the person who gave you this award.

Thank you Tonya for my first ever blogging award. I really appreciate it and will continue to do my best to live up to it.

-Pass the award on to three fellow deserving bloggers:

Tracy- Tracy posts on her blog very sporadically but when she does you can be sure that it's going by very clever and honest words about her life. I wish that she would update more often, but alas, she is a busy New York city girl. Check out her blog at http://chickrose.blogspot.com/.

Leslie- You gotta love Leslie's blog because it's all about food! I definitely consider her a semi-professional restaurant goer in New York City. She earned a journalism degree from college so together with her vast knowledge of food, makes for a very yummy and interesting blog. If you ever need a recommendation, then you gotta turn to her at http://mynyplate.com/.

Alicia- Alicia and her husband Kyle are getting married in the fall and they've decided to have a 'Charity Wedding'. Alicia's blog is probably the sweetest thing I've ever seen because it's all about her search for the ultimate green wedding. In her blog, she explorers how to give back in every area of the wedding; from the flowers to the cake. They are always looking for people to contribute to their big day so please check out her blog, http://lovesgift.wordpress.com/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog. If I was giving out a blog award to one that really makes you want to go out and do something amazing for the environment and/or community, Alicia's blog would win!

Well, that's it! Whew! Enjoy these three blogs and continue to tune in for my daily ramblings on here!