Liebster Award Responses

oh my gosh, oh my gosh -- hands waving in front of my face, tears down my cheeks -- I've gotten an award...people like me, they really really do, well at least one over at Super Snail's Pace. Seriously, thanks you Karen for giving me the:

I have no idea what this is, but don't care -- someone thought of me and that's all that matters (but for the record it's an award given to up-and-coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. I wish I had actually googled this up BEFORE choosing my own nominees, but I'm too lazy to check and see where they are in the being followed category).

The rules:

1. Think of 11 facts you'd like to share about yourself.

2. Answer the questions I asked.

3. Think of 11 questions you'd like to ask (come on, have fun, it's a way to be nosy without being rude)

4. Nominate 5 bloggers (apparently they should have less than 200 followers).

Alrighty -- here's my stuff.

11 Facts about myself:

1. I am a procrastinator - this is not something surprising to people who know me. In fact I am procrastinating right now by doing this post.

2. I suck at spelling and yes, I was an English major - my grammar isn't that great either.

3. My ultimate career would have been an interior decorator. It's actually the one thing that has been consistent my entire life. As a kid I would make doll houses out of shoe boxes, complete with floor plans. Then given them to my sister so she could play with the dolls in the houses. I would start on a new one, because that was the fun part for me.

4. I redecorate my friends' houses in my head instead of counting sheep.

5. I love being a mom.

6. I have great kids, so it's easy to love being a mom.

7. HGTV is on right now and I watch it all the time. I love it when the boys watch it with me. They like to guess which house the people pick in Love it or List it and in House Hunters.

8. I love being a nurse. I love helping people and teaching them to advocate for their health.

9. Nursing school almost killed me. I don't really believe being treated in such a way made me a better nurse, it rather terrified me and broke me down. Making it through, did not give me a sense of confidence either, it made me resigned and bitter to those who thought they were trying to 'teach' me lessons.

10. If I ever had my own HGTV show I would call it RX for Design Disasters and I would wear scrubs -- I think that would be a fun way to combine my nursing love with my decorating love.

11. I have the best husband evah! I know those of you married to great men think I may be wrong, but I am not, he's awesome! We've been together 27 years and married 20.

Questions asked by the person who nominated me, Super Snail's Pace.


1.What careers did you consider before the one you are in currently?

Actress, but then I realized I was terrified talking in front of people, Lawyer, because my parents thought it would be a good idea, given I argued a lot and was good at it, Nun, yeah, not sure why, decorator or writer. I’m a Gemini, there were many many more considerations.

2.What were you most afraid of as a child? What are you most afraid of now?

The dark and monsters under the bed. The dark and monsters under the bed.

3.What type of music do you enjoy?

Pop, ABBA (don’t judge), 80’s

4.What is different about your life today that you never would have predicted 10 years ago?

I’m actually a nurse and working full time.

5.Do you watch any sports on TV? Which ones?

No, it’s on in the back ground because my 13 year old watches everything. I will watch my kids do their sports though.

6.What was your most favorite vacation?

We just went to Italy and it was fantastic, but my all time favorite was Hawaii – because it was so relaxing!

7.Star Wars or Star Trek?

We have a Star Trek tree at Christmas (it’s my husband’s)…’nuff said.

8.What is the last movie you saw in a theater?

Trouble with the Curve, I took Jake because I thought it was more baseball and less whatever it was. I liked it, Jake did not.

9.Do you wear a watch? If you don’t, why not?

Yes

10.What do you look forward to about the holidays? What do you dread about the holidays?

I love, LOVE the holidays; I throw a couple great parties. I love decorating, planning the parties, visiting with friends, shopping, being with family, cooking…love it all. I am not looking forward to putting all the crap away

11.If you were the leader of your country (i.e. president, prime minister, etc.), what are the first changes you would make in the country’s policies?

Do away with political ads and include more debates. No one makes their decisions on a 1 minute sound bite.

Questions I want to ask my nominees. 

1. Was there a pivotal moment that made you decide to take on this weight loss challenge or a combination of different moments and what where they?

2. If you could tell something to the 20 year old you, what would it be?

3. What is your favorite holiday/season and why?

4. What is your favorite thing about blogging? Your least favorite thing?

5. If you were in a zombie apocalypse what would be your weapon of choice (this question brought to you by my children).

6. How well to you take advice? How well do you give it?

7. Think of a time that makes you smile....describe what happened.

8. Name one thing on your bucket list.

9. Name a pet-peeve -- particularly if you do it yourself so it's even WORSE when other people do it (not that this is EVER a problem for me).

10. If money and size are no object where would you shop for your clothes.

11. Do you think people are essentially good, or bad and why?

My nominees (please please play):

I Just Ate my Willpower

(isn't that just a great name for a blog)

Lapping the Band (Run Chelle Run)

(I want to be her when I grow up, even though she's younger than I am)

Am I Underweight or Overtall

(A big congratulations to her first 50 pounds)

Not an Effin' Diet

(She's an awesome blogger with a lot of wit and leaves thoughtful responses)

Banded Cow Girl

(She's new to the WLS world as well as WLS blogging world, and by the way she writes, I really think I'm going to like her)

Ten Things Thursday

1. What the heck...I'll try this, it looks fun.  Not sure who started this or to whom to give credit, but my side bar of followed blogs indicates this is a popular post to do...so I'm in.

2. I have washed the clothes in my washer three times now.  I keep forgetting to put them in the dryer.

3. I am loving this fall/autumn weather.  I wish we had just two weeks of summer and just two weeks of winter and the rest of the year was fall and spring.

4. I cut up some jalapenos for the chili I made -- another reason to love fall -- and even though I've washed my hands like four times, my face under my nose and around my mouth are burning.

5. I touch my face way too much.

6. I sent home three kids with fevers today....the flu (influenza B to be more exact) has reared it's ugly head.

7. I need like three days locked in the house to get this place clean.  It's driving me nuts, but there is not enough time in the day.

8. One boy thought his fever was because his dad finally changed the light bulbs and there was more light in his house...thus making him hotter...thus causing the fever....kids say the cutest things.  When I started explaining about antibodies...he asked if those the ones shaped like X and Y...I said no, those are chromosomes. But didn't go further than that....that's a fifth grade discussion.

9. While doing this, my mom called and since no one in the family is having a crisis, I finally told her about the surgery.

10. This is not bad...I may do this again next Thursday.

Bringing Sexy Back -- TMI

Sooo, a couple of weeks ago I did one of those mini sleep studies where I wear a pulse ox monitor for the night to hopefully see that I can get off the oxygen I came home from the hospital with.  Well the answer was no...I dipped into the 80's too many times (in Colorado you should be above 90, in the rest of the country I think it's 96 -- yes, we really do have less oxygen a mile high).  So I'm back on oxygen...which leads me to my TMI story....

So Jason and I were um..finished...you know... with our, um, marital obligations (wink wink, nudge nudge).  I roll over and Jason asks where I was going.  I told him I was putting my oxygen on.  We both started cracking up...because that's the least sexiest thing EVER.

He says....because he's supportive like this, "thank god you don't have to take your teeth out too".

I'd like to welcome new VSG blogger Am I Overweight or Undertall to the WLS blogging community.  She's from my 'hood.

Have a happy friday!

Inspiration

Some of you may know that I have an addiction to Pinterest. One of my boards is called, "If I had the body and the money" and that's where I pin fashion stuff.  I'm not, nor have been a fashionista, but I do like the nice outfit. I'm really not sure what my style is because when I had a "shape" -- well a shape that wasn't jelly fish -- it was the 90's.  And I'm not interested in dressing as if I were still in the 90's.  Although, I'll confess, I actually like wool shorts, argyle sweaters, and knee socks with penny loafers (don't hate me).  So I've been 'pinning' things that I like, trying to get an idea of what style I have AND for a little bit of inspiration.  

And I am so hoping that maxi dresses and wrap around blouses do not go out of style before I can wear them....well wear them in a way that makes my mirror happy.

 These are such cute outfits.  Those of you still losing, do you know your style? Do you dress now because of how it fits (I do) or what it hides (me too) or do you dress the way you like? Will your style change when you lose weight?  For those who are at or near goal...did your style change? If you've been overweight for over a decade was it strange adapting to styles different from the ones when you were last thin?

I just know I can't wait....

This post was written in lieu of eating a handful of Cheetos (jalapeno cheese Cheetos -- seriously those are the best!).