The Liebster Award

Apparently I've been nominated for the Liebster Award, woot! My dear friend Kaity at (Bee)autiful Blessings nominated me, and as I've been pretty absent from the blogging world for awhile, this seems like a good thing to do t try to get back into it! Kaity says..

"The Liebster (a German word meaning dearest) Awards is given to bloggers by bloggers.  It is given to up and coming bloggers with fewer than 200 followers.  It is a way to acknowledge and encourage each other, and a great way to spread the word about smaller blogs who deserve a larger audience. "

The rules are as follows:

1)  Each person must list 11 things about themselves.

2)  Answer the 11 questions that the tagger has set for you PLUS you MUST create 11 questions of your own for the 11 people you will nominate with the award.

3)  Choose up to 11 bloggers linking them to your post.

4)  Go to their pages and inform them of the nominations.

5)  Absolutely NO tag backs.

6)  Remember to ONLY tag bloggers with less than 200 followers. 

Since I only have six followers and one of them is Kaity, I'm afraid I'm going to be failing #3 and possibly #6. But I figured I'd be forgiven and I'm gonna do it anyway! So here we go.

11 Things about myself:

1: I just moved to Carlsbad, CA about a month ago. It's a little ocean town about 30 miles north of San Diego. I LOVE it here!

2: I'm originally from a teeny town in central New York and while I thought I'd always end up going back there someday, I can honestly say that with the exception of my family, I don't miss that place at all!

3: I'm currently on a journey of discovery, trying to figure out what on earth I want to do with my life. I consider myself a very purpose-driven person and I want to do something that matters.

4: My husband is a1st Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. The Corps and I have a love/hate relationship.

5: I have the best little fur-baby ever! My little bichon frise/maltese mix Miles will be my only child for a good, long time.

6: I'm currently reading the Harry Potter series...only 10 years late...

7: I consider myself a terrible writer, but apparently six people out there like reading what I have to say.

8: I have a bachelors degree in Sociology...which is good for nothing except getting into grad school.

9: I'm obsessed with nail polish. More specifically, Essie. I want it all!

10: I hate cooking, unless it's for guests.

11: Forrest Gump is my favorite movie of all time.

Questions From Kaity

1. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? 

I would love to go to Israel and see the places where major events in Christian history took places. But really, if I could go anywhere in the world, I'd go everywhere in the world.

2. What is your favorite vacation you've ever taken?

Probably my honeymoon to Cabo. Even though I was sick the entire time, it was still fantastic.

3. What celebrity would you want to be friends with?

Zooey Deschanel. I LOVE her. 
4. What book do you never tire of reading?

Other than story books when I was little, I've never read a book more than once. There are many books I love, but I just can't do the reading my favorite over and over thing.
5. What is your guilty pleasure TV show?

Teen Mom & Desperate Housewives!
6. If you could meet one of your blog friends in real life, who would you pick?

I hate to say this, but I'm such a sporadic blogger that I don't have 'blog friends'. :(

7. What are your favorite baby names?

Liam, Grant, and Sophie. If we have more than three kids I'm in trouble.
8. Where do you work?

I've unemployed at the moment. I got a call back for an interview at Pier 1 today though. I've been trying to call back all day and their phones are busy. Maybe it's a sign that I shouldn't be going back to menial part-time labor?
9. What is your dream job?

I would love love love to be a wedding planner. I had so much fun planning my own wedding, I can only imagine how much fun it would be to plan how to spend someone else's money! Plus I'm a detail/organization freak. I'd also love to be an event coordinator for a charity, or some kind of not-for-profit youth advocacy organization. 
10. What's your favorite childhood memory?

Oh man. There are so many. One that immediately comes to mind for whatever reason is when I wanted to play hair dresser with my sister and I came up with this beyond brilliant plan to use her play clothes dryer as a sink. So I told her to stick her head in the front loading hole. There was another hole in the top where I could stick my hands to 'wash' her hair. When I was done and told her to remove her head....it didn't come out. Yes, I got my sister's head stuck in the front of a fake dryer. Ohh good times.
11. What is your "love language"?

Definitely quality time. More than anything else in my relationships I crave intimacy. Not the physical kind, but the I-know-you-like-the-back-of-my-hand kind. My hubby turning off the tv, putting down his iPad, iPhone and iWatever and just focusing on me is the best feeling in the world.

So now I'm supposed to tag my blog friends and create questions...except that I don't really know anyone from the blogging world, except the lovely lady that nominated me and it would be kind of awkward to do this to someone that has no idea who I am. So I'm incredibly sorry to say that it ends here for me. But I hope you enjoy reading a little about me!