Showing posts with label The Stork Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Stork Award. Show all posts

Monday, December 2, 2013

Catching Up On Some Awards!

I have a few awards that I have been meaning to get to. Teresa from Not Pregnant and Pissed nominated me for The Stork award and Teresa from Where the *Bleep* Is Our Stork nominated me for the One Lovely Blog award. Thank you ladies so very much!  I do love awards!

First The Stork Award!



Please, spread this award across the blogging community to those bloggers who bring song to your life.
Hugs!

How it works:
1. Include the Stork Award icon in your post
2. Link to the person(s) who nominated you
3. Answer the 10 questions about yourself
4. Nominate as many bloggers as you want to receive the award 
5. Ask your nominees 10 new questions 
6. Link your nominees and let them know they've been nominated
7. Post the Stork Award icon on your blog side bar if you are so inclined 


Teresa's questions for me-

1)  What would have been your ideal age to have your first child?  
My Mom had me at 28. I had always envisioned having a child before that. Now that I am 28 and rolling forward to 29 I would like to have my first before 30. 

2)  What is your favorite way to distract yourself? 
I like to read and get lost in a story. 

3)  How many relationships have you had?  
I've dated a bit, but I have only had 2 real relationships. 

4)  If you had to choose an ethnicity of food to eat from for the rest of your life what would it be?  ex. Mexican/Italian/Thai/Ethiopian, etc....
Italian- I can't live without pasta! 

5)  When you were 13 what were you wearing? 
I was a rolling train wreck at 13. Im guessing jeans and a tee shirt with a giant scrunchie on the top of my head. Maybe for a future post I will dig up some of those fun photos. 

6)  What is the most adventurous thing you have ever done? 
Zip lining in Mexico! I was scared to death, but had a blast! 

7)  Do you have a favorite artist? 
I have a hard time with favorites in general. I like a lot of art though. 

8)  Do you think you take after your mother or your father more? 
My father..I don't even look like my mom. I have some of her traits, but I mostly like my father. 

9)  If you could be a musical genius what instrument would you choose to play? 
The piano- I have always wanted to learn how to play.

10)  Would you rather travel by air, water or land?  In what kind of vehicle? 
Hmm. I guess all have their pros and cons, but I am always fond of a good old road trip in a large vehicle so I feel safer on the road. Nothing like the open road and the music blaring. 

Since I had already been previously nominated for the Stork Award I'm not going to nominate any other bloggers at this time.Though I do reserve the right to revisit that in the future when I feel creative and I am not at work and can see who has/has not been nominated already.

The One Lovely Blog Award- 




 Here are the rules:

1) Thank the one that nominated you.
2) Put up the picture for the One Lovely Blog Award.
3) Tell everyone seven things about yourself.
4) Nominate seven other people and tell them that you have nominated them.

Seven Things About Me-

1) I really truly could live in my sweat pants and over sized tee shirts. I do get dressed up, but I really don't do it for me. My husband loves when I put on a dress and some heels so from time to time I humor him and dress up. If super big sweat pants were okay to wear out and about please believe I would be sporting them. 

2) I do love getting my manicures and pedicures. I almost always go for dark colors- grey, dark purples, dark blues.. I don't know what that says about me, but there you have it.

3) I love spending time with my husband and my friends, but I am absolutely perfectly content sitting by our fire place in silence reading a good book and sipping some wine. 

4) I don't do well in large crowds. Its sensory overload and it becomes very overwhelming which leads to anxiety attacks. When we travel to Disney I plan our trip around the crowds and do whatever possible (including skipping rides or attractions) to avoid having people on all sides of me. I'm also pretty sensitive about it as well and hate when people notice that I am about to have a melt down.

5) Speaking of Disney-We are Disney freaks. I can not wait to bring my own children to Disney to see Mickey and Minnie :)

6) My dream job would be to travel and eat all around the worlds and write about the adventures. 

7) I am the couponing queen. Why buy something for full price if I can get it for half that? I have recently converted my hubby to help me in my money saving ways! 

My Nominations- (Please don't feel obligated to respond. I chose some bloggers that I have just started following and some who also have just started blogging as well as some of my all time favorites so we can all get to know one another a bit better..)

Dear Noah 
And The Vial Makes 3 
Genuine Greavu 
Penguins of Mine
The Ultimate Oxymoron
My New Journey With Being A Mom After Infertility
Work Is For Suckers



Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Stork Award

The lovely Risa from Who Shot Down My Stork nominated me with "The Stork Award". The amazing Teresa from Where The Bleep Is Our Stork designed this new award for us. I mean come on! How creative and amazing! I love The Stork Award. I love the picture as a matter of fact I'm pretty sure it may become the inspiration for another tattoo in the future- wow what they say about tattoo's is right they are addictive and I haven't even gotten my first one done yet LOL. 

For me hummingbirds mean hope and life. For our family every time we see a hummingbird we think of it as our Grandma coming to visit us from heaven. So for me this hits super close to home because hummingbirds already hold so much hope for me. More than that my Gram was a huge Maya Angelo fan and the quote holds a special place in my heart. 

My Gram's sister- My Aunt Sis that I wrote about that was sick, passed away peacefully this weekend. I know that she is at peace now and I know that she is in Heaven reunited with my Gram and all the others that we have lost from this life. I'm glad that she has passed on peacefully and is no longer in pain. 

Thank you again Risa I love these awards and this one more so than any other because another fellow blogger created it and it holds such a special place in my heart. 


How it works:
1. Include the Stork Award icon in your post
2. Link to the person(s) who nominated you
3. Answer the 10 questions about yourself
4. Nominate as many bloggers as you want to receive the award 
5. Ask your nominees 10 new questions 
6. Link your nominees and let them know they've been nominated
7. Post the Stork Award icon on your blog side bar if you are so inclined



My questions for you girls are:

1. What is your favorite recipe? My favorite recipe is my Mama's Gravy. I did a blog post about it and shared the recipe if you would like to steal it :) 

2. What do you do for a living? I am a 911 dispatcher/hospital communicator and an EMT. We answer 911 medical calls only for local municipalities. We hold a special certification to provide pre hospital medical instruction over the phone prior to EMS arriving on the scene. We are the ones that help before the help gets there with only our words. My center is hospital based and anyone that leaves to go to another hospital, extended care facility, rehab or even home that requires transport via a stretcher or wheelchair goes through us. We do a ton of other shit that I won't bore anyone with, but there is never a dull moment at my job that is for sure. 

3. What is your favorite hobby? I love to write and read what others have already written. Is cooking a hobby too? If so I love love love to cook as well. 

4. Describe your spouse/partner in three words. My Best Friend 

5. What is your favorite book? Or, movie? Wild:From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. Read this book! Seriously.. 

6. How has the Internet affected your life? I have met some of the most amazing people via the internet. Some of my best friendships developed because I met women online and continued our friendships to real life. On the internet I don't have to worry about being awkward in person or my social anxiety. On the internet I can meet people just like me from everywhere - I have friends across the country now because of the internet. In fact this weekend I am doing an internet friend meet up with some of my best friends we all met one another on an online forum! '

7. If you could change careers tomorrow, what would you do? Be an author :) 

8. What is one long-term goal of yours (more than three months)? No fair saying being a mother. I would love to be able to put our house on the market and find something better suited for us. 

9. Who was the last person you called? My Mom- my Aunt Sis was her God Mother so this loss hits her very hard. Im going to spend the day with her today. 

10. What is your worst habit? It has to be my nervousness. I am seriously nervous about EVERYTHING.. it drives my husband nuts. I need to take a breath and let the nerves go. 

My Nominations- (sorry if you were previously nominated I didn't research much just going with who I would love to hear from :) 

Charity - The Word of A Nerd 
Marcy - The Sensitive Ginger 
Anne - The Second Bedroom
Caroline- In Due Time 
Megs - Work is for Suckers 

My questions- 

1- What is your dream vacation?

2- Do you have any regrets in life? Would you redo something differently if you could? 

3- What is your favorite thing to do to distract yourself? 

4- What makes your family special? Any rituals or holiday plans that are special to just your family? 

5- What are you doing for the holidays? 

6- Are you a coffee drinker? (I need my second cup now) 

7- Do you live in your dream home? If not what would you change about it or add to it? 

8- Do you rather host parties or attend parties? 

9- Which season is your favorite? Why? 

10- If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive who would it be and what would you talk about?