Last week was pretty exciting around here. Fred the fibroid became famous on Twitter, and the lovely Niki from Hello Stripes nominated me for the Liebster Award (you should definitely check her blog out!). I’ll let her explain what the award is all about:
Thank you Niki!
Now for the fun stuff:
1. Thank the person that nominated you and link to her blog.
2. Answer your nominator’s ten questions!
3. Share the love and nominate 10 other bloggers.
4. Think up ten questions for your nominees.
5. Let everyone know you’ve nominated them!
Ten questions from Hello Stripes (and my answers):
1. Why do you blog?
I have loved writing since I figured out how to do it…I can remember locking myself in the bathroom at my grandma’s house to write a song about reading books when I was little. It was only natural that I pick up blogging eventually. Also? Yes, I was a nerd. I still am a nerd. I wear my nerd badge with pride.
2. What is your favorite part about blogging?
Unlike conversation, I can’t be interrupted in a blog post! That’s a big ol’ pet peeve of mine. Also, I’m a huge introvert and blogging (along with Twitter, texting, and Facebook) gives me a way to communicate comfortably.
3. What is your least favorite part about blogging?
I never know how something will be received. Sometimes I can come off as a little abrasive and I sometimes wonder if I’ve gone too far. I have yet to receive any hate mail, so I guess I’m ok.
4. What are your 3 favorite blogs and why?
Only three? Crap. I love a lot of blogs but here are the top three that come to mind:
The Bloggess… I just adore her. I can identify with her, she makes me laugh until I’m in danger of peeing on myself, and she seems to be a genuinely kind person.
Hyperbole and a Half… Another person that makes me laugh hysterically. I wish my crappy MSPaint drawings were half as cool as her illustrations.
Smitten Kitchen… The food this woman comes up with looks amazing. I’ve used a couple of her recipes to great success, so she definitely knows what’s up. If I could ever purchase a replacement for my super awesome camera that got broken, I would hope to photograph my food as beautifully as she does.
5. What is your favorite social media outlet and why?
At the moment, Twitter is my favorite. This isn’t going to sound very nice, but Facebook is just so full of ‘OMG, SELFIE!’ and ‘baking soda cures cancer!’ junk anymore that I don’t get much enjoyment out of it. I like Twitter because…Well, my reason doesn’t sound very nice, so we’ll just say I like Twitter.
6. Have you or will you ever vlog?
I have not…and I’m not sure if I will. I like the idea, but I kind of hate the way my recorded voice sounds. Plus, it seems like that would require looking presentable and I typically like to walk around my house with bedhead and no makeup. Ok, sometimes I go out in public that way, too…Hey, at least I put on pants.
7. What is one word that you would want people to describe your blog as being?
AWESOMESTBLOGEVER
What? That’s one word.
8. If you could (or have) work with one brand, which one would it be and why?
Oh, this one is tough…Can I say something like Procter & Gamble so I could test all of their new stuff? If not…I think Pampers would be a good company to work with. Gimme some free diapers, y’all!
9. What’s your favorite thing to blog about?
Life in general, especially when I have something funny to write about. I do enjoy food posts because they pretty much write themselves, but I love when I can bang out a good humor post.
10. Who’s your favorite housewife? (yes, I’m totally serious!)
ME! Can I say that? I don’t watch much tv so I can’t really make an informed decision about which of the Real Housewives is the best…
Without further ado, here are my ten nominees (in no particular order):
And here are my questions:
1. What inspired you to blog for the first time?
2. Who is your biggest blog supporter?
3. How do you make time to blog?
4. Is there a topic that you absolutely WILL NOT blog about? Why?
5. What is your favorite comfort food, ever?
6. You have exactly one hour of childless, significant other-less, obligation-less free time. How do you spend that time (anything your heart desires). What if you had a whole day?
7. What is one thing you would do for your blog if you had unlimited resources?
8. What is your goal for your blog?
9. Please link to your 3 absolute favorite blogs (yes, I’m stealing this question from my nominator!).
10. When you’re following (or subscribed to) a blog, what is an absolute deal breaker that makes you quit reading immediately?
I can’t wait to hear the responses from my nominees!
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Marcy of Live Life Successfully (go check her out!) has nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award! Thank you, Marcy!
There are a lot of exclamation points up there. Sheesh.
Ok, so here’s how the Versatile Blogger Award works:
1. Display the award certificate. (Check!)
2. Announce your award with a post. Thank the blogger who nominated you. (Double Check!)
3. Nominate 15 bloggers. (Check, check, check, check…uh, you get the idea.)
4. Link to your nominees and let them know they’ve been nominated.
5. Include 7 interesting things about yourself in the post.
The blogs I would like to nominate are as follows:
1. A Mix of 6
8. Lady Blogger
9. Life – Where’s the Handbook?
11. My Thoughts – Uninterrupted
14. All She Cooks
Interesting things about me!
1. I just had a three pound tumor removed from my uterus…Six months after having a baby removed from my uterus. I said uterus a lot. Uterus.
2. I still (yes, still) have two baby teeth.
3. I was a first soprano in high school. Prrrrrrrroooooobably not so much now. I haven’t tried to hit notes like that in a very long time and I don’t think I will be attempting to any time soon. You’re welcome.
4. I have a beautiful Alvarez acoustic guitar that my parents got me one year for Christmas. I took lessons from a guy that had an alcohol problem (I had to move beer bottles off of his coffee table for my Saturday morning lessons) and I vaguely remember a few songs but I probably can’t play anything all the way through anymore. I also have a pink electric bass that I bought off a friend when I was drunk. I have no idea how to play the bass.
5. As a little girl, I played with He-Man figures and my trusty Tonka dump truck in favor of Barbie dolls. Oh sure, I had Barbies…But lots of them ended up with buzz cuts or without heads.
6. Farts are, and always will be, hilarious. O let a loud one loose the other night (I heard it over the monitor) and I was trying to be quiet but I laughed so hard that the bed shook and woke the BF up. I actually had to get up and go to the bathroom because I was in danger of peeing in the bed…Navigating the stairs while snorting and trying to keep my legs crossed was a little difficult.
7. I have been told I look like: Catherine Zeta Jones (Hooray!), Rachael Ray (Eh…), Kelly Clarkson (Eh…), Mila Kunis (Hooray!), Zooey Deschanel (I don’t even see that one), and a handful of other celebrities. I’m not sure I believe any of them, but whatevs.
Thanks again to the lovely Marcy of Live Life Successfully for the nomination!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled silliness to announce that Willfully Disobedient has been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award!
Courtesy of Brown and Coconut
Thank you, Brown and Coconut!
In order to be officially called a Versatile Blogger:
Thank the person who gave you this award. Include a link to their blog.
Done!
Select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly. Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award.
Okie dokie!
Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
You betcha!
Here are 15 awesome blogs I’d like to nominate (in no particular order):
3. Scary Mommy
5. The Life and Times of Nathan Badley
7. My Parents Are Crazier Than Yours
10. Ally’s Sweet and Savory Eats
11. I Do Things So You Don’t Have To
12. Life Just Keeps Getting Weirder
15. I Am Bossy
And… Seven things about me:
1. At 31 years old I still have two baby teeth.
2. I’m actually more comfortable walking in heels than flats, thanks to five years in Show Choir.
3. I don’t eat or cook meat on the bone.
4. When I was in college I had a pet lizard (an anole, to be exact) named Mojo.
5. I was in 4-H for ten years. Walnut Willing Workers, WHOOP!
6. I sometimes make race car noises when driving.
7. Nothing will get me laughing quicker than a good fart.
Willfully Disobedient 