proof I was in fact a blonde once...

Braddy, Dizzy, Most Happy Girl, and the rest of you non-believers, here you go:

It's not very big (couldn't enlarge it without distorting it), or very flattering, but it's undeniably me. I am a natural blonde. Here's my Mads pic too-well part of it...can you find me? (Hint: I'm the blonde on the bridge.)

Man, I'm not photogenic. AT ALL.

Liebster Award

My sweet friend over at One Crazy Girl's Kitchen nominated my blog for a Liebster Award*! I don't know that there is an actual award; it kinda sounds like a gimmick to get our friends to branch out and try new blogs... and I'm totally on board with that ;D (Totally cut and pasted Dizzy Dandelion's response here--thanks!)

The Fun Rules:

• The nominee must link back to the blogger who nominated them.
• The nominee must state 11 facts about themselves, and then answer the 11 questions provided for them by the person who nominated them.
• The nominee must then nominate bloggers with less than 200 followers, who they think deserve the recognition, and pose 11 new questions for them to answer.

Random facts about me:

1. I am a natural blonde and carry my Senior picture in my wallet to prove it to the people who don't believe me.
2. I know how to navigate Disneyland better than I do my local amusement park, Lagoon.
3. The Iphone has a function where if you tap the space bar twice it enters a period in texts. I regularly fat finger a space and the letter 'b'. So if you get one of those I'm not calling you a name, I just didn't pay attention before pressing 'Send'. Same thing holds true for Facebook posts I make from my phone (which is pretty much all of them.)
4. I LOVE the company I work for, but HATE the job I do for them right now.
5. I regularly sing at random and don't realize I'm doing it. (At least that's what I'm told.)
6. I am a trivia nut. I can't learn much about a specific subject to save my life, but I LOVE learning random "did you know" factoids. 
7. I am now a Mary Kay consultant. (No seriously. I signed up like 20 minutes ago.)
8. I am a child of the 80's but I've never seen 'Karate Kid' or 'Crocodile Dundee'-much to Mr Wonderful's shock and chagrin.
9. I HATE getting manicures. If I'm not worrying about the cleanliness of the tools or about how it's not going to look the way I want it's the fact I'll probably just end up going home and re-doing it myself after spending $30 (true story). Then I'm just ticked that I wasted money for something I could have done better myself. So now I just do them myself. 
10. When I was 18 I was *this close* to mustering up the courage to move to Nashville to become a singer, but my fear of failure got in the way.
11. Mr. Wonderful and I met in High School, had crushes on each other, but never went out on a date until we decided to start dating after we kept running into each other everywhere almost ten years later.

Answers to One Crazy Girl's Kitchen's questions:

1. What is your favorite color and why?  Green. It's just so happy and pretty, and it is the first thing I remember re-learning about myself after my engagement to Fiancee' #1  ended.
2. Who is your greatest inspiration?  Total cop-out answer, but my mom. She is so kind, patient, loving, positive, and TALENTED! When I was 20 she made me a Sleeping Beauty gown using the patterns from the toddler costume and a WEDDING DRESS. There's seriously nothing she can't sew. If I'm half the woman/mother she is I will consider my life a success.
3. What is the strangest thing you've ever eaten?  Sea Beans. They look like little green twigs, but are tender like green beans and since they grow in the ocean they taste like the ocean. Surprisingly delicious.
4. What is one talent you wish you had?  I have always wanted to be able to play the piano and the guitar. I want so badly to be a songwriter. 
5. What is your favorite movie?  I love Mr. Holland's Opus. I hope that one day I will touch lives the way Mr. Holland did. 
6. What is your favorite vacation memory? Anything that involves Disneyland. Probably my most favorite is when I went with my family (extended included) in 2007.
7. What is one food you refuse to eat?  Magic shell. It's the most disgusting concoction known to man. If I wanted to chew on wax I would eat a candle.
   
8. How long have you lived in your current home?  One year, one month. :)
9. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?  Seattle or Del Mar, California.   
10. What is your biggest pet peeve?  I have a few, but I HATE having to repeat myself when people just aren't listening.
11. What is one thing you couldn't live without for a day?  My phone. I feel naked without it.  

Nominees (in no particular order):

Sassy Jose
The Life and Times of SR Braddy
An Idosyncratic Life
Life as an Overly-Anxious Introvert
The Innerworking's of Justina's Mind
Michael and Karalee

Questions for nominees:

1. If money/success were no hindrance to you what would you be doing for a living? Why?
2. Is there a character from a movie/book you most relate to? Who is it?
3. If you turned your Ipod (or other music playing device) on right now what would be playing?
4. What is your guiltiest pleasure?
5. What would you today tell the you of ten years ago?
6. Do you sing along to the radio? What's your favorite song to sing to?
7. If you won the lottery tomorrow, what would be your first non-bill/debt paying purchase?
8. Favorite vacation spot?
9. Describe your perfect day.
10. What is one thing on your bucket list?
11. If you could be anyone else for a day who would you choose and why?