Awards

I've gotten Two blog awards in the last week!! Yay!

Andrea My cousin in OK who is extremely crafty tagged me for this award! You should check out her super cute blog!

This blog award has you name 7 random things about yourself and then tag people to play along:

1.  I Love Chocolate Milk.  I have one for breakfast every morning.  $2.06 at the convient store...I should just buy a jug for much cheaper and save my money...

2.  I bite my nails.  I quit a lot and grow them out.  Then I start back again.  I've noticed my weight drops when my nails are being bit.  I guess it's kind of like smoking...Quiting makes you gain weight!

3.  I like ketchp, salsa, and pico but I DO NOT like Tomatoes.

4.  I'm probably the messiest person you'll ever meet...but I can tell you where all my stuff is in a second.  You may not can see the floor in my extra room I've named the "do room" (where I do my MaryKay and crafts) but I know where everything is...  The sicssors are under the printer paper to the left of the pile of boxes. :)

5.  My name was Jennifer for the first few years of my life.  Mom and Dad liked Jenna but mom thought I needed a more formal name so they went with Jennifer and were going to call me Jenna.  My mom got tired of the doctors etc. calling me Jennifer so she had it legally changed on my birth certificate to Jenna.

6.  I have flat feet and walked on my tippie toes when I was little because it felt better.  I like wearing high heels because it feels better for my non existant arches.

7.  I hate to shop.

Sandy @ pardon my dust

Kimberly @ My perspective

Erin @ I should be studying

Josh @ Welcome to Joshland

Trish @ Me and My boys

Trish at me and my boys Loves my blog!  I love her's too! Her blog just makes you want to go to the beach...and make you laugh!

This blog award wants you to name 10 things you love and then tag your friends.

I obviously love my God, family, friends, pets, etc.  So here are some other things I love

1. Avacados

2.  Dresses

3.  Ice Cream

4.   Music

5.  Bodies of Water

6.  Trees

7.  The outdoors

8.  Spring minus allergeries

9.  Office supplies

10.  Photography 

Five blogs I love

Melissa@ Little Mrs. Married

Laura@ Life Happens

Kelly@ keeping up with Kelly & Co.

Leighanne@ Go east Memphis Mamma

Andrea @ life at Dawleywood

It makes me Happy

I'd like to give a big THANKS to Kelsey who said my blog makes her Happy!!
Her blog makes me happy too!! She and her husband live in Kentucky and she rides show horses!! She is super nice and her blog is all about her life and her horses!

The rules are to list ten things that make me happy and five blogs that make me happy and pass this along to them!!


So besides the obvious, Friends, Family, God, and My Dogs (and money) here are ten things that make me oh so happy inside in random order.

1. Trees. Yes, Trees make me happy, they are so majestic and beautiful. Actually Nature in general makes me happy. I even posted a about trees here. Yeah I'm a bit weird when it comes to the outdoors. I've been known to venture out on a many nature walks just to take in all God's beauty.

2. Coke Zero Makes me really happy. Just the sound that it makes when I open it and then the cool sugary goodness as it pours down my throat.. I want one now. Every day, against my will, my car drives me to the convenient store near my house where I just feel obligated to buy a Coke Zero, I really think my purchases at this particular store is keeping them in business because I'm pretty sure Sean and I spend more money there than anywhere. I get the same thing every day after lunch, a coke zero. It's so routine that when I pull in the parking lot they already have me rang up and ready to pay.

3. Office Supplies. I love to get new office supplies. Especially supplies that are out of the ordinary. It makes work less boring to me. I've even posted about my obsession with Office Supplies here.

4. Going to Big rodeos with Sean makes me happy. I don't like the ones that you drive to in one day and get home a 4 am. I like the ones where you stay the whole weekend and you get to hang out and enjoy everyone there. The finals are always fun. I've posted about them here and here.

5. My favorite times of the year is when the Season's Change. It always makes me happy to see the trees change from winter to spring to summer to fall to winter.. I guess you can't really see the spring to summer change but you sure can see the others!! It's exciting to feel a change coming in the weather. It makes me really happy. I can't wait until spring!

6. Blogging makes me happy! I love to have an outlet for all of my random thoughts and photography hobby. Thanks to everyone who follows along and comments, You make it fun and make me happy!!!

7. Another thing that makes me happy is also my weakness. It's Peanut Butter. Peanut Butter always puts a smile on my face. Whether it' s on a banana or a PB and Honey Sandwich or an apple or just plan PB on a spoon, I love me some peanut butter. My thighs on the other hand, do not love peanut butter.

8. Brown Sugar is another one of those things that makes me happy. I like to bake things that require brown sugar because then I can eat a spoon full.  Oh it just makes me happy and puts me in Heaven!!  Baking doesn't happen often for me so when it does and I get sugar I get all happy inside. ...and I wonder why I have sugar problems hummmm...

9. Sunsets make me happy; the end of the day, the golden light, the way the sky looks, I just love sunsets!! I especially love sunsets when we are on the lake, which is rare. It just makes me feel whole and complete, thought I don't know why. I love the way golden sunsets makes everything glow, it would make anything beautiful!!

10. Photography makes me happy. I just learned that it makes me happy. I love learning and I love getting a great shot! The happiness that surges through my body when I know I got a good shot is addictive!! Hopefully I can learn a lot more so I can get more of those great shots!!

Now according to the rules I'm supposed to list 5 blogs that make me happy and pass along this little award.

Kelly @ Kelly & Company Is always posting fun hilarious stuff on her blog, she makes me smile with all her funny remarks about random people places and things!

Josh @ Joshland makes me smile with his wonderful memorable stories of his amazing life, though his last posts have brought tears to my eyes as he remembers his sister that he lost many years ago. He is a wonderful writer and his stories always have great meaning behind them!

Melissa@ Little Miss Married makes me smile as she blogs about life. Her weightloss blog always makes me smile as I read about the accomplishment she's achieved and the encouragement she offers!!

Laura @ Life Happens makes me smile with all of her great photos and cute stories about her kids! She helps me a lot with photography and I love having someone to talk with about it!!

Tiffany @ Munchkin Mommy makes me smile at her puppies and the obsession she has with them almost matches my obsession with my puppies!! Her puppies are so stinkin cute!!

There are so many other blogs that make me happy but they will just have to get another award another time because I only get to give five. These five people comment and blog to me almost every day...thanks for blogging with me!! I love all the blogs I follow!!!

I'm super excited that Kelly at Kelly & Co. gave me an award!!

You just have to go visit Kelly and look at all the creative stuff she bakes! She's always got something exciting going on in her life so her blog's never boring!!

Now, the rules of this award are pretty simple. I have to list 10 interesting facts about myself, (which will probably be more random than interesting), and then pass the award on to other lovely bloggers.

Ok I'm not real good at these kinds of things but I'll go ahead and tell you a little about my life for those of you who are just starting to read my blog.

1. I'm married to a guy I met three and 1/2 years ago. I met him at an "after Hours establishment" aka a bar, I was there for a Randy Rogers Concert and so was he. We spend most of our year at Rodeos or at least he does. His dream is to Rodeo Professionally.

2. I am the most scatter brained, messiest, forgetful, emotional person you'll ever meet....or at least Sean thinks so :) Seriously though, ask anyone you know. I loose everything and I have really bad memory problems. Sean gets put out with me because I'll tell him the same story like three times, not remembering I've ever told him before.

3. I have a fear of needles, the dark (or at least what's in the dark) and I refuse to watch horror movies. I pass out around needles, which you already know because of the post I wrote last week.

4. I love my dogs SOOOOO much!!! They are both spoiled rotten and I get in trouble for spoiling them because Apparently it makes them misbehave while duck hunting or something like that. Banjo is 1 and 1/2 and Birdie is 9 months. They are both Chocolate Labs.

5. I have Celiac Disease and can't eat Wheat. I am beginning to enjoy being allergic to wheat because I would weight 5,000 lbs if I could eat bread and cakes and cookies and doughnuts and fast food and all that unhealthy stuff.

6. I have discovered that I LOVE taking pictures. And better than that I LOVE learning about photography. I'm even looking into taking classes at the local college to get my minor in photography. I already have my B.A of Arts with a emphasis in Speech Communication.

7. In College I fell in love with a Persian kitten at the pet store and against my Dad's smarter judgment I bought the cat. I was told it was a female and I named her Lily and after giving her a bath about two weeks later I found out that She was really a HE. Unless girl cats have balls :) He decided he didn't want to use the litter box any more and I had to give him away.

8. I have two sisters, Leah 21, and Melissa 18 and one Brother In Law, Jason 19. Leah and Jason started dating around the same time Sean and I started dating, but neither one of us knew that our brother and sister even knew each other!!! They only dated about a year. Melissa is going to try out for the Razorback cheer squad next year and has a good shot!

9. I'm obsessed with FOX News. It's all I listen to on my XM radio.

10. This is THE MOST BORING 10 things about me EVER. Sorry!!

Ok so here are some of the people I want to give this award to!

 Laura at Life Happens

Melissa at Little Mrs. Married

Gina at Hug and Release

Jules at Rodman's Road of Life

Kee at 30 something and Still Finding my way

Honesty is the best Policy

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Man it's wet outside today! My yard is flooded, the creek is so high we can't cross it and the River is about out of it's banks. On a good note...Its FRIDAY! I have a big weekend planned that includes a football game, dress shopping for My sister, and a bachelorette party for my Friend Holly.

Anyway on to Important things. Laura at Life Happens Nominated me for this challenge.

The logistics:

• Say thanks and give a link to the one who gave you the award.
• Share 10 honest things about yourself.
• Present this award to other fantastically brilliant blogs of content or design, or peeps that have encouraged you.
• Tell those people they've been awarded and make sure they're informed of these guidelines.
  

So here's the 10 honest things about me...

1. I bite my fingernails. I have ever since I can remember. I quit when Sean and I first started dating and didn't bite my nails for 3 whole years then started nibbling again this summer. Maybe it's stress...I should quit again.
2. I don't like tomatoes. I've tried so hard to like them. I've tried them fresh with pepper, with tuna fish, on salads. I just don't like them. They look and smell so good, just don't taste to hot... on a side note I love ketchup and Salsa.
3. I was voted Greek Female of the Year my Senior year in college. I was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity.
4. I've always had weird mascots... My high school mascot was the Scrappers and my College Mascot was the Wonder Boys...I know..don't laugh.
5. I sell Insurance and I love it. And I'm supposed to be doing it right now...
6. I ate gluten free cookie dough for supper last night.
7. When I finally have enough money to build a house I want a log home with green roof and a wrap around porch.
8. My Great Grandmother is 94, still alive and well, still walks every morning, and still has a garden. She's under 5 foot tall and 1/2 Indian (native-American)
9. My Maiden name is Millwood..
10. Right now I'm Eating a Banana and drinking a Coke Zero.

OK that was fun.. and informative... Now here's my pick of people to nominate for this game.

Jenna @ the Lane Domain

Caroline @ Oh pickles Mommy (check out her etsy store!)

Gina @ Hug and Release

And anyone else who wants to participate!!

Yay!

Guess what!? Josh Thinks I'm Kreativ!! I got another award! Yay!! Josh is an amazing writer, I really enjoy reading his blogs about life. Check out his blog, you'll be glad you did!

Apparently the "Kreativ Blogger Award" was started in some European country a few years ago. You just award it to 5 blogs you enjoy reading and it continues to be passed on. So I am to list 5 blogs I like and send them a note letting them know I have given them an award. Then they can copy the logo from my site and post it on theirs. And then they pass it on. That's it. Just a way to spread some love.

I'll post five creative bloggers later today. Just wanted to say thanks to Josh!

Award Continued

Special Thanks again to Kimber to giving me an award.

She bestowed this award on me and with any great achievement comes responsibility:

The rules are: Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the blogger to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

And the winners are :

Erin At Family of Freeze--she has the most beautiful daughter alive!

Jenna At The Lane Domain--she has the most awesome name ever and a really cute blog!!!

Caroline at Oh Pickles! --She has the cutest two little ones and I'm totally jealous of her creativity (check out her house!!)

It's an Award!!

It's Not Monday anymore so I'm having a wonderful day! First of all I'd like to point out my new blog design by shabbyblogs.com. Thanks to Jenna & The Lane Domain because I totally stole the website she used and picked out a new layout. Her blog has recently had a really cute makeover also!! Thanks Jenna!!

Next on the blog agenda. What? What's that??! I received my first award??!!! Oh Oh Oh Oh my I totally wasn't expecting this... Thank you so much Kimber! I..I..I want to thank my boss and all my coworkers for not stumbling upon my blog and firing me because I blog instead of work....Um... um..I'd also like to thank God of course..and Sean, and My Chocolate Children for giving me topics... Oh my.. I know I'm leaving someone out...oh yeah thank YOU blog world for reading my blog!!

Ok so I really didn't do anything to get this award, {Kimber} gave me an award for helping name her new iphone, but it's still an award- and it's still my first!! and that would totally be my acceptance speech if I received a blog award for actually doing something worthwhile. haha Go check out A day in the life of a girl named {kimber}, she's a lot of fun and she's always got something going on over there!!

So I have a situation. Sean really wants to send Birdie to the trainer for a few months to finish up her schooling. On one hand I think "yes, take her, she will be so well mannered and we have so little time", On the other hand I will miss her if she leaves and if I can talk Sean into seriously devoting some time into training and if I sacrifice some couch time and help her myself (which in reality probably wouldn't give her the same training as a pro would) but then I won't have to miss her big hound dog ears or her sweet almond eyes and if she leaves I will miss my warm feet from her sleeping on top of them at the bottom of the bed and I'll miss her sweet kisses and her puppy breath. Oh what do I do??? Leave me a comment and help me decide and you'll win an award too!!

Have a great rest of the day!