The Irresistibly Sweet Blog AwardI was honored today with the above award from we're living a full life! Do you know how much I love you, Jen?!?!?! This is my first award ever for blogging, which is pretty awesome!
The rules, as I understand them, are that I let y'all in on 7 things you may not know about me and then pass the award on to 10 other bloggers that I love!
1. I
prepped for 6 months for West Side Story auditions in undergrad and was at the
peak of my vocal training, hitting notes that I had only dreamed about. I came
down with pharyngitis 2 days before auditions and was put on vocal rest. I was
devastated. After being offered a chorus role, I was even more devastated.
2. I
am scared of closets. Specifically, closets that are not closed at night. I
have alluded to this fear in the past but here’s the backstory. When I was
around 7-8 years old I watched a live action Alice in Wonderland miniseries.
The Jabberwocky scared the underpants off of me and I became convinced that he
lived in my bedroom closet. To this day I am unable to fall asleep in a room
with a closet who’s door is ajar or open. Not only do I have to close the door,
I first have to look inside to make sure old Mr. Jabberwocky isn’t waiting for
me.
3. My
dad’s family is responsible for my fight or flight response. My grandfather
introduced me to the skill of sucking on hard candy and, conversely, choking on
hard candy at the early age of 2 or 3. My cousin once put a key into the wall
socket of the closet we were playing in. The same cousin beaned me with a large
rock and I have the scar to prove it. My
cousins used to make me step in dog poop. We would wale crab apples at each
other resulting in welts. I learned the hard way that flight is usually the
best response…
4. I am convinced that in an alternate universe, I am a soul train dancer because I definitely don't have any rhythm or soul in this white girl.
5. I
want to be part of the CIA someday. The Culinary Institute of America, not the
Central Intelligence Agency. I would not make a good CIA operative since I will
give up any information I know if you threaten to tickle me.
6. I
laugh so hard I can’t breath when I watch the How I Met Your Mother clip that has
the Seven reference “What’s in the box?!?!”. I can’t explain what makes it so
hysterically funny to me, but it is.
7. When
people compliment my sugar cookies I secretly want to lie and claim the recipe
is a family secret passed down from generation to generation, involving a blood
oath and some sort of sugar sacrifice. In reality, it is from Better Homes and
Gardens cookbook. My royal icing recipe is from Bake at 350°.
And here are my 8 blogs that I frequent on a regular basis. And you should too. *Disclaimer - I read more than these 8 but some of them are the bigger blogs like Pioneer Woman, so I tried to pick blogs that are smaller and that I love!
My Life as a Chic Country Cowgirl - give Darcy a break...she's newly engaged and busy
Hey girl! Great post!! And congrats on the award. Love you for passing it on. I might not get a chance to pass it on myself - only because we are crazy busy here with the DOG. But... bigger question - why do I keep "unfollowing" your blog???
ReplyDeleteBecause you're such a superstar that my blog can't handle the amazingness that is you? Or maybe my blog is just techno-challenged....
DeleteLove the whole CIA thing, my cousin Gregg graduated from there. He's my favorite house guest to have here, he chops the best vegies! Every one is the same exact size...I don't know how he does it but it would be worth going there just to be able to do that!
ReplyDeleteIs it funny that I still thought spy CIA when you were talking about chopping veggies and how that seems like an odd cross training skill? I need help!
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