Sunday, February 10, 2013

Liebster Award!!!

I was pleasantly surprised when I logged onto my blog today and found that Crissa from Craving Chocolate And Lazy Days nominated me for a Liebster award!


Liebster Awards are given to up and coming bloggers with 200 or fewer followers.  I have a tendency to sometimes go MIA from the blog world, and I just started this one late 2012, so I'm not surprised I don't have a boatload of followers yet. But I would like to! :)

The rules of the Liebster Award:
The nominee must list 11 facts about themselves
The nominee must answer the 11 questions the nominator asked
The nominee must nominate 11 other bloggers with fewer than 200 followers

11 Facts About Me:

1.  I am currently 10 weeks pregnant with baby #2. Baby #1 just turned a year old. I wanted this, but sometimes I question my sanity a little bit having 2 so young. I think it will be a blast.

2.When I was in kindergarten I won a Young Authors award for writing a short non-fiction story about seals.
 
3.  When I was younger I wanted to be a marine biologist/zoologist.
 
4. For a long time in my life, I was sure that I didn't want any children at all. Funny how time changes things!
 
5.  I am a huge Twilight nerd. I'm talking cried when it ended kind of nerd. And I'm proud of it. I will however acknowledge the horrible writing in the books.
 
 
6. I regret not going to college when I was younger. I could be doing a more fulfilling job if I had the right degree.
 
 
7. I am currently at my fattest (aside from when I went in to deliver Piper), and I actually cried at the OB when they made me get on the scale.
 
 
8. I'm already planning a tattoo for baby #2, on the opposite arm from my Piper tattoo.
 
9. At one point in my life, I had a total of 12 piercings.
 
10. I sometimes wonder whatever happened to my ex boyfriends. And then I begin to hope they are completely miserable and alone somewhere. Spiteful much?! lol.


Questions from Crissa:

  1. What is one talent you wish you had? I wish I could dance. I am the worst dancer on the planet.
  2. If you had to watch one Disney movie everyday for the rest of your life what would you pick? Alice in Wonderland!
  3. What is your most embarrassing moment? I have so many embarassing moments, I don't know if I could even pick the most embarassing one if I tried. When I was younger (think 21 or 22) we used to always drink at one of my friends houses. And I would always pass out. On the top step, with my arm hanging over the side. There are photos of me in the same position and the same spot in different clothes, from different days and seasons. It's nuts!
  4. What is your favorite holiday? I like Christmas. It's nice to get the whole family together.
  5. Is there a place in your home you would like to redo? We don't have a home, we are shacking up at my mother's while we wait to find the right home for us!
  6. Do you have a bad habit you wish you could break?  If so, what is it? Biting my nails. I go through phases. Currently I'm not biting them.
  7. Smores or Pumpkin Pie? Smores! Pumpkin anything is ick.
  8. What is your favorite workout tune? I don't work out. I would think something fast with a good beat. Maybe some Lady Gaga Just Dance.
  9. Who is your celebrity free pass? Ian Somerhalder, Paul Konerko (from the Chicago White Sox)
  10. What is your best childhood memory? I cherish all of them now that my father is gone.
  11. If you won the lottery what would you do with the money? I would : buy a home, put away a bunch for the kids college funds, get new (more reliable in his case) cars for each of us, pay off all my family and friends homes, donate a bunch to varying charities, and travel a lot.
Questions For My Nominees:
1. What color do you think best represents your personality?
2. If you could only listen to one band/singer/musician for the rest of your life, who would you choose?
3. What is one thing you hope to accomplish this year?
4. What is your favorite season?
5. If you could have any job in the world, what would you choose to be/do?
6. Where is one place you'd like to travel before you die?
7. Do you like your given name? If not what would you change it to?
8. Would you rather eat raw eggs, or burnt veggies?
9. Cupcakes or muffins?
10. Favorite fruit or vegetable?
11. How much sleep a night do you think is ideal for you to feel your best?





And my nominees are:
 Cassie at CASBa Creations
Kaydee at The Sweet Life

Feel free to head on over to their blogs and congratulate them and follow them!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

A Brief Reprieve

There I go again. Neglecting my blog, something I promised not to do this time! Life gets crazy and I get distracted, but I'm still here! With some news :)


Be prepared for more updates as things move forward1!

Monday, December 24, 2012

Footprint Ornaments

Grandparent gifts? FOOTPRINT ORNAMENTS! Simple project that comes out adorable!

Gather your supplies!
Ink Pad in your choice of colors (I chose a kid friendly one from Hobby Lobby) and a box of glass ornaments!

And your child!

Put the babies foot in the ink pad, make sure to coat it good or else you will have pale ornaments that aren't as defined!

Our first had 2 toes, 2nd had 3 toes, by the 3rd and 4th we had all of our toes back!

 Pass her to grandma for a sink bath/foot soak!


My hand is not steady enough for paint, so I used fine tipped Sharpies ($3.99 for a set of 4 at Target) to write on the ornament. Now if only my writing were nicer.

And voila! Great grandparents have a gift made by Piper!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Salt Dough Ornaments

You only get a first Christmas ONCE with each child, so I figured I had to commemorate it! I'm glad that she was born right after Christmas last year so that she is old enough to have a lot of personality and fun opening gifts for her first Christmas. I opted to do salt dough ornament hand and footprints for us, and then we did handprints for each grandparent. They're not perfect, but they are definitely made with love!

First step is obviously to gather supplies. I decided to do the recipe on my friend Kaydee's blog : The Sweet Life

You will need the following :
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
I threw the flour and salt together in a bowl and then added the water. I kneaded the dough for about 5 minutes, until it was like a big ball of play-doh, and we were ready to go!

I then rolled out the dough after laying a piece of parchment paper down on the table.
I tried to make them visually look big enough to contain her hand and foot prints, not paying any attention so perfect circles or the like.

Then came the hard part. Baby Wrangling!

 I wound up recruiting the help of my mother when Piper decided to be less than cooperative.

You have to press the hand or foot down pretty hard in order to make a decent indentation in the dough.

Here are the 4 of them I got from one batch of the recipe. I took a fork and poked holes in the top so I would be able to loop a ribbon through them.

After this was done, I placed them on a baking sheet, still on the parchment paper. Bake for about 2 hours at 250 degrees.

After they were cooled off, I took fine tipped Sharpies and wrote on the ornaments, rather than painting. I have more control with markers than I do with a paintbrush!

 I took some scrapbooking ribbon I had laying around and pulled it through the holes I made in the top and just tied it in a knot. And Voila! Done!

Please go check out Kaydee's blog for more cute holiday themed posts, including cute holiday nails!
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