1. What was your first concert?
- Beach Boys at an amusement park as a kid. My first concert with Glenn was Pearl Jam.
2. Are you a cat or dog person (or neither?!?!)
-PUPPERS!!!!! Especially my Brutus, Broo Broo, Broody, Bruticus, Comfers Cozers Puppers.
3. What’s your favorite vacation destination in the continental U.S.?
-Hawaii
4. Who is your celebrity crush?
-Chris Rock, he kills me Michael C. Hall (aka Dexter) cause he's awesome & Johnny Depp for his acting chops
5. What kind of car do you drive (and what kind of car do you wish you drove)?
-I drive - Minivan with electric sliding doors. I wish I drove - Minivan - cause it has electric sliding doors
6. Have you met any ‘real life’ friends through blogging?
- No
7. Would you rather shop for groceries or clothing?
-Groceries. I don't need any clothes. Groceries and yummy food get me much more excited.
8. List 5 things that you keep in your fridge at all times.
- At least a half dozen variety of nuts, unsweetened almond milk, organic milk for the kiddos, chopped and washed lettuce for lunchtime salads, leftovers.
9. What is your ideal career?
- I am living it. Taking care of my home & family, volunteering at the school, going on walks with Brutus, cooking and reading Cooks Illustrated while eating lunch. Who knows how long I can be a kept woman, but I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
10. Can you (or could you ever) play an instrument?
-I totally rock the Cymbals & the Triangle
11. What’s your favorite hot beverage?
-Pero made with almond milk and a little brown sugar, heaven on earth.
So glad you stepped out of your comfort zone and tagged some fabulous bloggers! I too would rather shop for groceries than clothes!
ReplyDeleteEven though I'm a freelance writer now instead of full-time reporter, I always tell people I'm a kept woman. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, & since I blog I want to start telling people I am a writer, it sounds much fancier.
DeleteFUN :) I will work on this during this week!
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about motherhood that you do. It's the absolute BEST!!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't feel like you need to follow the rules on those tags. I never did! (Partly because linking to everyone and then telling them they were linked was time consuming, and partly because I just never even got around to posting them. Eventually I just gave up.)
You are so stinkin' pretty!
Thanks Liz but remember for every pic of me there are 50 that have been deleted, smoke and mirrors. And yeah it was kind of time consuming.
Deletehahaha i loved reading this! especially the bit of picking food off the floor and eating it! you are beautiful friend!
ReplyDeleteI have absolutely no shame.
DeleteI love this post. I totally agree with blogging getting you out of your comfort zone and helping you grow. Amen and amen.
ReplyDeleteThanks & welcome.
Deleteyou are a beautiful woman. insecurities are hard because no one can really talk you out of them but yourself. i loved this post and getting to know you.
ReplyDeleteThank you and you're exactly right. I've come a long way but it creeps in every now and again.
DeleteMarie-I agree with what the other posters are saying. Especially the comment above. I'm glad this made you feel better. I can only imagine these bloggers feeling flattered that you "tagged" them. I am!!! Thanks for tagging me, so nice of you. I'll do this when the kids aren't around-so it may be a a couple of days! Hahahaha. I like the way you pictured yourself covered and then uncovered-very creative as usual and yes/agreed (with the post up higher) you are very beautiful with insecurities and all.
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed your blog, it is really something special in the blog sphere. And I looked at the other blogs you picked, some I follow too, but the others are great too. They seem like great choices. Love you,
Shauna
I'm definitely not bugged! I'm flattered to be tagged, so THANK YOU for taking the bold step and putting yourself out there. And groceries over clothes any day of the week! That one's just so easy to answer :)
ReplyDeleteMarie, sorry, but where are the eleven random things about yourself? The eleven random things are on top of the eleven questions to answer -correct. I was wondering if you....oh okay, I think I understand, you're eleven random things are in the last tag that you received-yes? Got it. No need to respond to this-:)
ReplyDeleteSince this is my 2nd time being tagged I spared you all a Marie overload. Plus this post was long enough.
DeleteThis is the usual for this tag. If it's your first time you do it all.
Love your hair in the first picture!
ReplyDeleteI want to hear you play the cymbals and the triangle.
Thank you and you should, I am really good (although I've never done it before but I am sure I would be).
DeleteYou're too funny, eating food off the floor would just up your cool factor :) You look gorgeous in your pictures!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Mandy, & if what you said is true then I am extremely cool.
DeleteI am in love with your dress. It's beautiful!!! I really hope I can find something like this when I'm in India this summer. What a cool souvenier, right?
ReplyDeleteAnd I never get tired of reading these question and answer things. Every time I read them, I'm like 'Oh, I do that, too!' or I find something else I have in common with that person. For example, now I don't feel like the ONLY weirdo on the planet b/c I'd rather shop for groceries than clothes. :o)
I never tire of them either, I am just nosy by nature. And when people validate your crazy ways it doesn't make you feel like such a nutcase.
DeleteThe dress is from Ebay & it's one of my favorites. I can't wait to see what you bring home from your travels.
Seriously thought you were writing about me for half a second. I can completely agree with grocery shopping over clothes (so many yummy things out there). As for the kids I figure everyone yells and of course you have to do it in your workout clothes because it can cause you to break a sweat.
ReplyDeleteFood on the floor is less waste so just think of yourself as "green."
Keep up the good work on your blog because I love coming to read about your days out in sunny Cali.
That's why honesty in blogging is so great, there's always people that can relate to your craziness. Thanks Rachel!
DeleteYou are BEAUTIFUL. Inside and out. I loved #6 and can relate all too well ;) And I would love to raid your fridge.. sounds so much better than what's in my fridge. Great post!!!
ReplyDeleteAndrea xoxo
We all love to eat so I must say it's always well stocked.
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteI dont have a blog, but wanted to be apart of this, so I am responding!!!! (:
ReplyDelete1. Has your blog changed since you first started blogging? I do facebook, does that count?!?!?!?!
2. Tell me about the most expensive shoes in your closet. My ugh boots, love em and I need a new pair but they have almost doubled since i bought my other pair 6 years ago... /:
3. What did you have for breakfast this morning? Hot chocolate and coffee cake!
4. Ever chopped your hair super short? Yes, after I had my 3rd and last baby, It went from my but to boy cut,........and I LOVED it!
Pictures?
5. How often do you fly? Rarley.
6. Favorite TV shows? American Idol!
7. Speak another language? teenager talk, almost that is........
8. Musical artist you can listen to over & over. Barry Manilow, Eagles, Bee Gees!!
9. What brings you inner peace? Prayer and the answers that come through them!
10. Tell me something you're good at. C'mon, brag! Im good at being a good person, non confrontational, good hearted, great with all kinds of animals big and small!
11. The love of your life/ideal man in 5 words. Soft spoken, good hearted, spiritual, uplifting, honest!
You would have been first on my list if you had a blog, FB is sooo 2009. Love Uggs, & hot chocolate, but of course you're having the coffeecake while I am having oatmeal. You rocked the short locks, and you also are like Dr. Doolittle, you totally speak to the animals. Is Al soft spoken? He's awesome, definitely one of my favorite people to hang out with, Fo' Sure!!!
DeleteI totally know what you mean! I have been "tagged" before and broke the chain b/c I felt insecure about making others feel like they "had" to participate. Love this post and your courage! It is so awesome you are living your dream career, that is so rare and wonderful! xo
ReplyDeleteThanks Meggan,glad to know you are a fellow chain breaker. I guess in the end those who want to participate will and some won't, and both are O.K.
DeleteI love my career, too! We got our minivan last March, and I ADORE those electric sliding doors!!!
ReplyDeleteBest invention ever!!!!!!!!!!! I used my husband's car one time with the kids a few years ago and wouldn't you know they slammed the door into another car. ONE TIME!
DeleteThanks for the tag! I have it on my future post to-do list for sure. I'm not sure I have eleven other blogs to tag, but I will do my best! (Do you think if I tag famous people like The Pioneer Woman, she'll respond???) Hee hee.
ReplyDeleteOh she totally will. Tag Martha & P. Diddy too, I am sure he has a blog. Honestly I don't care how many people you do or don't tag. I am all for breaking the rules.
DeleteWahoo! I was hoping you'd tag me. I feel honored. :) Oh my gosh, number six still has me laughing. You are funny. I am going to answer these questions now. Thanks for tagging me. And you should never feel insecure about putting yourself out there. Honestly the blog world loves you! I know I sure do.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you. I actually do love reading these posts because I am so dang nosy. And I know for certain your answers will make me laugh.
DeleteNo one will be bugged by you. I swear and if they are then they will just click out of it or ignore it. No biggy!!!! If it bugs them that bad well then there are some serious issues with them. You are too sweet. I can tell by this post! :) Love the blog <3
ReplyDeleteIn our sea of love
Welcome to my crazy corner and thank you. I feel all of you young, hip and tech savvy bloggers have a much more healthy attitude and I am learning from you to just go with it.
DeleteFirst of all I love your dress! ( which has little to do with your post, but a compliment is a compliment) I love these little surveys of random questions! I think youcan learn a lot about someone's personality from them. Love your comment on the mini van, I feel the same way!
ReplyDeleteThanks I love the dress too, got it for cheap, years ago off Ebay. And those automatic doors are the best invention EVER.
DeleteWhat is we HAVE seen you in workout clothes, yelling at your kids, and still think you're cool?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, got an email from Kevin's mom in Pennsylvania teasing me about my delinquent blog updates. I assured her I'll get on it.... Soon!
Yup you've seen the real me for sure. And yes, update please. Heaven forbid I have to walk next door to find out what's going on with you.
DeleteP.S. LOVE the dress your wearing!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, ebay.
DeleteThat is a beautiful picture of you! And agree with you about grocery shopping! Ha. All about food over here.
ReplyDeleteThanks, and the awesome thing about food shopping is there is never any buyers remorse. We gotta eat!
DeleteAnother set of wonderful questions answered. loved reading this post.
ReplyDeleteYour photo is Beautiful! And thank you for tagging me! I'm a bit of a slug, the only reason It will take me a while to get to this, but I will! Transcontinental hugs to YOU!
ReplyDeleteTake your time, no hurry whatsoever.
DeleteI love these photos too...you are so cute- love your comments about insecurity, which I can't even imagine you actually being in the slightest- because I totally think you put yourself and your beliefs into your blog! If only we could see ourselves the way others do sometimes huh?...or maybe that would be a scary bad thing...I'm not quite sure. :) Fun you tagged me!!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long slow process that has been good but old habits die hard.
DeleteHave a magical Monday!
ReplyDeleteI always hate that part too - choosing other bloggers. I know some don't like to "play." I don't want anyone to feel obligated. I don't want anyone to feel left out that I didn't pick them. I over-think things:(
ReplyDeleteExactly, I guess I over-think things too.
DeleteYay!! I love your answers- especially your celebrity crushes! Michael C. Hall is amazing!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm so jealous that you went to see the Beach Boys in concert.
I need to get my hands on some Pero! I saw it at Whole Foods, and it was pretty pricey (shocker, everything there is) but bet I can find it online for cheap!
Pero is so good. It's almost $5 at Winco which is probably the cheapest I can find, but I'd pay it anyway because it's the only store that sells it here.
Deleteyou are too funny girl, but it's true that exposing ourselves can be very unsettling. and not wanting to put others on the spot of bothering people is definitely a fear of mine.
ReplyDeleteso happy you did it, and so happy that i got to know you a little bit more!
xo TJ
Thanks, I guess a lot of us share the same fears.
DeleteHow cool. I LOVE The Beach Boys!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo or you! Congratulations on doing something you're not comfortable with. I always feel honored to be tagged by someone even if I don't follow through. Though they may not be so happy with me! And I have a little bit of that tendency too--not wanting to ever seem a burden.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm completely jealous. I yearn to have a mini-van with electric sliding doors.
Seems like a lot of people can relate. I am surprised, but pleasantly so, it feels good to know others have felt the same.
DeleteI really do feel those sliding doors are the best invention.
Thanks for tagging me! I loved your answers especially about your ideal career, it made me laugh. The items in your fridge have inspired me to add some of those things to mine. It would be much easier to make a salad if it was washed and chopped rather than sitting in the crisper in it's packaging, lol.
ReplyDeleteRight, usually I am starving by lunch so the faster the better. I like to pre-chop my veggies as well.
DeleteBeautiful photo!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that you choose groceries over clothes...I'd probably do the same thing. If I had your cooking abilities!
ReplyDeleteLoved this post - it's so great knowing new things about my favorite bloggers.
I love getting nosy too. Tell me more, tell me more.......
DeleteSo I've been a bit absent from the blogging scene lately for various reasons but I assure you that I am TOTALLY going to participate in this tag. (Thanks for thinking of me. I think these things are fun!)I'll do it very, very soon. I promise!!
ReplyDeleteNo hurry. I look forward to reading it.
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