Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Liebster (Darling) Award

JGA has been awarded the Liebster (which means darling/favorite in German) Award by Kim Fancy of Fancy Flair Lady and Marie of The Hatter's Hair. Thank you both!!!!

Requirements:
1. Each person must post 11 random things about themselves (optional).
2. Answer the 11 questions that the tagger set for you.
3. Choose 11 bloggers who you would like to give the Liebester Award.
4. Create 11 questions for the bloggers you have tagged with the award to answer.


Kim Fancy's questions:
1. What was the last movie that you watched? 
Ummmm, Man With the Iron Fist and it was terrible. But Lucy Liu looked great!

2. What or where is your happy place? 
Church.

3. What’s your biggest fear? 
Failure. It’s not an option.

4. If you could ask any one person any one question, what would it be?
Great grandmother: how she met my great grandfather.

5. How tall are you?
5'7"

6. What describes you on most days: Save or Splurge?
Save. Putting money away gives a high lol.

7. What is your favorite thing to blog about?
Actually, my poems. I bet you thought I was going to say hair lol. I still have my poetry blog, it just isn't public anymore and I no longer post. Maybe I should unlock it and start back up again...

8. When did you start blogging?
Freshmen year in college, 2005.

9. What was the first thing you learned to cook?
Mac & cheese.

10. What trait from your zodiac sign best describe you?
Noooo clue. I don't follow astrology.

11. Do you exercise?
Not recently but need to. I enjoy putting in work and feeling sore.


Marie's questions:
1. What style do you have your hair in right now?
A bun. What else is new :)

2. If you could travel to any exotic destination, where would you go?
Indonesia.

3. Do you ever experience hair envy? (Be honest! ;)
Yes!

4. Do you play a musical instrument?
Clarinet.

5. Who is your favourite person?
My mother. She's such an amazing woman and has a beautiful heart.

6. Do you believe in karma?
Not really.

7. Chocolate or vanilla??
Depends! Chocolate cake and Brigham's Vanilla Ice Cream... my dessert heaven!

8. When was the last time you broke down and cried?
Last week.

9. What are your top 3 favourite hair/fashion sites?
I visit way too many hair sites in a week to have a favorite. I don't frequent fashion sites but I do love DIY craft, home decor sites. My two favorites are that I visit every day are www.younghouselove.com and www.apartmenttherapy.com

10. How old are you?
25

11. If you could meet one famous person, who would it be?
Nelson Mandela

My questions:
1. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
2. What's your favorite fruit?
3. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
4. What is your favorite love song?
5. If you were a superhero, what would you be called?
6. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
7. Paris or the moon?
8. What's the last book you read?
9. Here did you meet your significant other/husband/wife? Or where would be the perfect place to meet them?
10. In your opinion, who is the best James Bond?
11. What's your favorite past time?

After 33 questions, I'm tired aka lazy, so I tag all who read this post!!!!!

11 comments:

  1. Loved all your answers and I can understand you being tired after all those questions :) and I agree with you it will be so lovely to actually meet Nelson Mandela.

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  2. 1. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
    A usiness owner of my own perfume
    2. What's your favorite fruit?
    All things citrus except grapefruit, yuck
    3. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
    Sun, hubs cracked me up I kept looking st him and crackling up all over again to three point you just laugh silently because you can't breath :-)
    4. What is your favorite love song?
    Kc&jojo all...my (then bf) now hubs dang then to me while in labor with my daughter
    5. If you were a superhero, what would you be called?
    I already am lol...super mom
    6. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    Who knows lol
    7. Paris or the moon?
    Paris is dirty and the ppl are rude to Americans especially the African Parisians...so the moon
    8. What's the last book you read?
    Beginning Palmistry
    9. Here did you meet your significant other/husband/wife? Or where would be the perfect place to meet them?
    In high school through a mutual friend, love at first sight....I pressured him and all lol. So uncharacteristic of me
    10. In your opinion, who is the best James Bond?
    Can't remember his name but the one who was in with Halle Berry
    11. What's your favorite past time?
    My family (actually my inlaws), doing hair and reading

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    1. #3 I am not a fan of grapefruit either
      #4 is sooooo cute!

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  3. 1. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
    A lawyer. I'm a corrections officer now but I figure it's never too late to fulfill your dreams.
    2. What's your favorite fruit?
    Grapes. When I was pregnant with my oldest, I craved the seedless green ones.
    3. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
    Two months ago.
    4. What is your favorite love song?
    All This Love by Debarge. It was my wedding first dance song.
    5. If you were a superhero, what would you be called?
    The Sleeping Cleaning Mommy because when I'm not working I'm sleeping and when I'm not doing either I'm cleaning.
    6. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    As much wood as he wanted.
    7. Paris or the moon?
    I would have to say Paris because there is nothing to do on the moon.
    8. What's the last book you read?
    Say Please Little Bear. I read it last night to my 3 year old and after I was done, she said "Again Mommy" so I had to read it one more time.
    9. Here did you meet your significant other/husband/wife? Or where would be the perfect place to meet them?
    I met my husband at work. We worked together a lot but I never knew that he liked me until he called me at my post and gave me his number. I still was clueless until I called him and he asked me out. That was 8 years ago.
    10. In your opinion, who is the best James Bond?
    Pierce Brosnan was the best one. My mom and I have arguments about it because she likes Sean Connery.
    11. What's your favorite past time?
    My wash days and playing Angry Birds.

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    1. #2 I love grapes too, especially with Monterey Jack cheese!
      #10 I think I have to side with your mom lol

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  4. Thanks for doing the post! :) It would be cool if you made your poetry blog public. You dabble in a lot of things don't you? lol

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  5. Hey you did the tag, cool. You're such a good sport, thanks.

    We are right >< here with your Chocolate Vanilla Answer. That sounds so good right about now. My answers to your questions are below:

    1. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
    An Artist.

    2. What's your favorite fruit?
    Mango.

    3. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
    I can't remember.

    4. What is your favorite love song?
    Heaven by Kem.

    5. If you were a superhero, what would you be called?
    K-Fantastic. Corny, I know.

    6. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    I don't know. 5?

    7. Paris or the moon?
    Paris.

    8. What's the last book you read?
    Midwife of Venice.

    9. Here did you meet your significant other/husband/wife? Or where would be the perfect place to meet them?
    We met at our first dorm meeting our Freshmen year of college.

    10. In your opinion, who is the best James Bond?
    I don't know any of them.

    11. What's your favorite past time?
    Researching.

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    1. #2 Now I want some mango lol. Yum.

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  6. Aside from the fact that I love your writing style and the streamlined look of your page especially the content, now I love your site even more because I love young house love!!! Dont they seem so imperfectly perfect. I think im gonna get the book. This is my first time commenting, but have shamelessly been reading the blog for about a year. Love your blog your efforts do not go unnoticed.

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    1. "Imperfectly perfect" is definitely an apt description! I definitely want the book, I have so many of their posts bookmarked. I'm glad you commented!

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  7. 1. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
    A lawyer, ever since I was 10. and now I'm in the industry.

    2. What's your favorite fruit?
    I love most fruit, this is hard. I guess I'll go with watermelon.

    3. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
    Can't remember...it's been a while.

    4. What is your favorite love song?
    I'm not really a love song person...Torn between Don't wanna miss a thing by Aerosmith, Higher by Creed and My Immortal by Evanescence.

    5. If you were a superhero, what would you be called?
    Exaggeration Girl!

    6. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    Chuck

    7. Paris or the moon?
    Paris! Definitely not alone though!

    8. What's the last book you read?
    15 Seconds by Andrew Gross. Very gripping and fast moving. Finished it in less than 24 hours, could not put it down!

    9. Here did you meet your significant other/husband/wife? Or where would be the perfect place to meet them?
    I'm very single at the moment. The perfect place to meet him??? I have no clue, although I do like the idea of randomly meeting someone in a mall or shop, you know, casually bumping into each other and sparks flying all over the place...yeah, I'm not a love song person, but that doesn't mean I'm not a romantic, lol.

    10. In your opinion, who is the best James Bond?
    I loved Pierce Brosnan. He was just sooooo suave.

    11. What's your favorite past time?
    Spending time with good friends, talking about everything from men to work to hair to birthday party plans.

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