How fun is that! I’ve been nominated for the Liebster Award! 🙂 Oh that made me feel so happy. The Liebster Award is something that gets past around the blogging community as a way to get to know each other better! You get nominated by other bloggers if you have less than 1,000 followers! Cool beans!
Thank you Katie from Growing Up Katertot for nominating me 🙂
So there are a few rules that apply:
- Recognize the blogger who nominated me {Thanks Katie 😉 }
- Post the Liebster Award badge {check!}
- Write 11 facts about yourself {Alrighty, will do that below}
- Nominate 11 bloggers (with fewer than 1,000 followers) who you feel deserve the award {would be happy to!}
- Answer the 11 questions posted by the previous Liebster Award nominee {cool beans, I can do that}
- Write 11 questions for the bloggers that you nominate! {sounds fun! I love questions!}
Okie dokie, here we go!
11 facts about me
- I have major anxiety
- I don’t like alfredo sauce
- IÂ have a photographic memory
- I love barbies, and can’t wait for my little girl to be old enough to love them with me too!
- I graduated high school with my Associates Degree
- I got my Bachelors degree in 2 semesters
- I’m a “bulldoser”. Meaning if I have an idea, it’s my way, or the highway!
- I was a cheerleader for 5 years
- I am an emotional eater. I eat chocolate {particularly oreos} when I am stressed or sad.
- I am very passionate about protecting my family. Nothing will ruffle my skirt more than that.
- I am very passionate and dedicated to Jesus Christ. He is at the center of my life, my home, and everything about me.
Katie’s questions for me:
- How did you decide on the title of your blog?
- Well, being a mom is so much who I am. I feel that it is one of the main reasons I am here on this earth. I feel that it is one of the highest, most sacred responsibilities I could have been given. And to be quite honest, I just love being a mom. I am very very good at loving my kids to no end, but I am very insecure about other aspects of my “mothering” skills. I named my blog Happy Mama, because I am and I wanted a place where happy moms could connect and strengthen each other.
- Do you have any pets? Tell us about them.
- No, I don’t like having pets at all. I’ve babysat animals from time to time, but nope, if it’s up to me I won’t ever get a pet. {My husband seems to think otherwise}.
- What does your dream house look like?
- White kitchen, with the kitchen as the main focus. I love food, and I feel like meals bring people together in some way so I’d love a awesome kitchen where family can gather. I want tile floors that look like that grey wood. I want a walk-out apartment style basement so if any family, my kids, or friends ever need a place to stay, they will feel comfortable at my home. I would love a sewing room, and a fun “man cave” so my husband has a fun place too. I would absolutely love to have a kid room right off the kitchen. So as I am baking and cleaning, they can have all their toys and a fun place to be right by me.
- Do you have a significant other? How did you meet?
- haha yes, he is my better half. I love to “show him off”. He is so much smarter, better looking, more charismatic, empathetic, funnier, and way more patient than I am. I feel like he is the better parent, I am constantly learning from him. He is 8 1/2 years older than I am. We met at a church meeting where we were both giving talks at the same time. I gave him my number so he would call me 🙂
- How do you unwind after a difficult day?
- Ideally, with a bowl of ice cream {oreo ice cream with real double stuff oreos in it and you have to put milk in it so the ice cream crystallizes 🙂 hehe} with a tv series {my husband and I like to binge watch tv series} all while sitting right by my darling hubby.
- What is your favorite travel destination?
- Disneyland by far! Happiest place on earth!
- What is your favorite book?
- I don’t like reading. I don’t process information very well when I read it. So I normally have to read it out loud or would just prefer to have someone tell me the information.
- Describe one of your happiest childhood memories.
- It was with my sister, I always looked up to her. She normally wanted to play with her friends but one day she looked at me and said “go get the biggest blanket you can find and meet me out on the front lawn.” When I met her out there, we laid the blanket down, laid on part of it, then put the other part over us. And she read me books. It actually started to rain and she kept reading to me. I remember a book specifically that she read was about two sisters. It was so perfect. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that.
- If you had three wishes, what would they be?
- That my husband could work from home, that I could have twins, and that my mom’s cancer would go away.
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
- Debt free, hubby starting his own practice, and maybe pregnant with another child!
- What is your favorite restaurant?
- Cheesecake factory! I love the Chicken Costalleta! mmm!!
My nominees:
- Perfect Enough For Us
- Musings of an Average Mom
- Cool Busy Moms
- Three Lives of Me
- (un)Balanced Mom
- Mom Resource
- Perfect Little Happiness
- RocknRattle
- Smart Mom Smart Ideas
- Moments Big and Small
- The Good Enuf Mommy
My questions for My nominees!
- What motivates you more than anything else?
- Would you consider yourself a mamma’s girl/boy or a daddy’s girl/boy?
- If you could wake up tomorrow morning and have one thing different, what would it be?
- Do you have siblings? Tell us about them.
- Who is your favorite person to be with?
- What type of music makes you the happiest?
- Do you prefer to be inside or outside?
- If someone really important was coming over to your house and you had just enough time to either (a) clean your very messy house, or (b) get ready after a very sweaty workout; which would you choose?
- What is your bedtime routine?
- What is your comfort food? Who makes it the best?
- As a child, what did you always dream about? {Location, occupation, lifestyle…}
It’s not in the rules to let me know if you’ve decided to accept the award, but I’d love to hear if you do. I would love to see your responses 🙂
