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Wow! You guys really are amazing. I feel so encouraged all of the time. Thank you wholeheartedly for this blog award. Diane from "It's time" aka ladyofthehouse gave me this award. I haven't ever even seen this one in the blogger world. :) I really do not feel worthy of these awards, but keep having wonderful people give them to me. It's a very humbling experience for sure. I am honored.


Ok, so the deal with this award is that I need to:

1. Answer the question: If you had one chance to go back and change one thing in your life, would you and what would it be?

I wouldn't change anything. I believe that everything happens for a reason. We all go through hard things in life. Some worse than others. But I feel like we grow and change through every experience. I wouldn't want to change that. And I don't think I would be the person I am today without the challenges and struggles I have had to face along the way. They have made me stronger.

2. Pick 6 people and give them this award. You then have to inform the person that they have been selected for the award.

(This really is the hardest part of this.)

Holly at "Perserverance Within Me"
Joy at "Nuggets of Truth-My Weight Loss Journey"
Anne at "Smaller Fun Pants"
Emily at "Fat Girl to Thin"
Stephanie at "She's In There Somewhere"
Michelle at "What This Mom Knows!"

3. You have to thank the person (people) who gave you the award. (See above)

Thank you Sharlie, Joy and Girly Blitz!!

A huge thank you to Sharlie from Mom on a Mission, Joy from Nuggets of Truth and Girly Blitz!! They gave me this award! I really am completely humbled by this experience. Such a wonderful thing to do for someone. Let alone 3 people giving it to me. Thank you so much!

Rules:

1. Post who gave you this award

2. State 10 things you like

3. Give this award to 10 other bloggers and notify them with a comment


10 Things I Like:

1. Dancing
2. Singing
3. Running
4. Organizing
5. Game Nights with friends and family
6. Scrapbooking
7. Stamping/Card Making/Papercrafting
8. Girls Night Out
9. Dates with my Honey
10. Chocolate

This Award Goes To: (Not that they will accept them, but this is who I wanted to give it to.)

Lesia from "Here we go...hold on tight!"
Karen from "Muffin Fixation"
Allan from "Almost Gastric Bypass"
Keelie from "Real Fat"
"Treadmill Mama"
"266"
Jack from Jack Sh*t, Gettin' Fit
Tony from "The Anti-Jared"
"500 Miles in 2010"
Christine from "Phoenix Revolution"

The Versatile Blogger Award!!!!

A huge thank you to Christine from Phoenix Revolution for giving me this blog award!! Really, I am humbly honored that you would give me this award. Thank you so much.

Rules, the rules for the award are as follows:
1. Thank the person giving the award
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Nominate 15 newly discovered blogs.
4. Let your nominees know about the award.

7 Things about myself
Why do these things always include something like this? There are a ton of things you don't know about me, just a lot of stuff I'm not sure I want to share.
1. I was a double major in Psychology and Dance for about a week. Then I determined it would be too much to try to finish both in 4 years. I was already taking a million dance classes just for fun so I thought, why not make it a major. So, I dropped the dance major and kept taking classes for fun.
2. Just about every morning I have cereal for breakfast. Usually Honey Nut Cheerios. But since knowing I have Fructose Malabsorption, I'm not supposed to have anything with honey, so I really should change to regular ol' Cheerios. I just can't bring myself to do it.
3. I have a singing pen that plays "Bet On It" from High School Musical. I guess if you have been reading my blog a long time you would know that since I posted about it, but it was a while ago. So, chances are, you don't know about it.
4. I have a sunflower growing in my kitchen. It's one of those experiments from school that the kids bring home. Most of ours never make it, but this one is thriving. I may need to plant it in the garden. It's about a foot and a half tall.
5. I played the flute for 4 years and the piano before that. I haven't really played either in a very long time.
6. I have a secret aspiration to be a motivational speaker or personal trainer. not sure I could pull of either, but I like the thought of it.
7. I am a note taker. Give me a meeting and I will be the one taking notes regardless if it's my job or not. I like to have all of the information down for myself. That way at least I know what I'm doing. I have always been this way.

Nominate 15 Newly Discovered Blogs (I'm putting those in this category if I can't remember reading your blog for very long. lol)
1.Fat Girl to Thin
2. Emancipating the Thin Within
3. This Time...
4. Mama's (soon to be) Fit Life
5. Shelly's  losing it
6. Tales of an ordinary life
7. 500 Miles in 2010
8. The Inked Stamper
9. Kat's Adventures in Dietland
10. What This Mom Knows!
11. The Sunny Side of Life
12. UnTypical Jia (Color Me UnTypical)
13. Smaller Fun Pants
14. I go through life in inches and pounds (fat girl vs world)
15. Working on My Fitness

Beutiful Blogger Award

Joy From Nuggets of Truth - My Weight Loss Journey just gave me the Beautiful Blogger award!! I can't believe I got another blogger award (my third), and this one twice. WOW! I really am so humbly grateful. Joy had some really sweet things to say about me too. What a sweet heart Joy has.

So the rules of this one are to say 7 things that others might not know about you (this will be hard since I did this already and had a hard time coming up with anything the first time). The other rule is to pass it out to 7 other bloggers.

About me:
#1 I'm allergic to the sun. I think this is so strange and other people usually think it is too. But a doctor told me that I'm allergic to the sun. Also, lately I have been hearing from more and more people who also are. It's strange. I need to stay in the shade if possible. Not too much exertion/exercise when it's sunny out. And I get heat exhaustion really easily from it as a result.

#2 I tried out twice to be a dancer in two different Disneyland parades. All of those skinny &*#% took the spots. At the time I wasn't really heavy, but I wasn't really skinny either. I knew I danced it well though. Oh well...that would have taken life in another direction.

#3 I make all of my own cards. Hallmark will not be making a dime from me for cards.

#4 I think only my husband knows this. And I'm not even entirely sure I want to put it here. I have 2 ideas for books I want to write. I just hate it when people see that you want to do something and then pretend to have always wanted to do the same thing and kind of steal your joy. Don't be a joy stealer. lol

#5 I have a fear of swimming in the ocean. I will go in (a clean beach) up to my waist now. But I didn't even want to do that for a while. I got pulled under when I was younger and it really terrified me.

#6 I have a patriotic themed front room and kitchen area. Our bathroom is under the sea. Skyler's room is Winnie the Pooh. Courtney's room is Suzy's Zoo (which I'm assuming we will have to change soon). Our room is like a sage green and lavendar (no theme).

#7 I painted a mural on several walls in Courtney's room. While I was on "low pelvic movement rest" while pregnant with her. I had to do it in little spurts of energy. Lots of fans and open windows too.

Ok, now the hard part. 7 bloggers to give it to.

Endurance Isn't Only Physical She is so inspirational. She's an amazing runner and mom.

Stephanie from Unstable and Bitchy Gotta love my Staph. She's always making me laugh.

Lisa from Teaching with Soul Lisa's blog is an excellent source for teachers or anyone with children. She has a desire to educate through her blog. Love it.

Crystal from Fitness Journal An inspirational blogger on a weight loss journey. Love her creative ideas.

Alex from Adventures of a DONE Girl Named Alex First of all love the concept of being "done" with being a fat girl. I like to catch up on the latest on her blog.

Lesia from "Here we go...hold on tight!" A fun loving new blogger/facebook friend. Her determination to lose weight even with a broken bone is amazing.

Stephanie from OurLongLives A fun loving mom and friend from way back when. I love to see updates of what her family has been up to.

My First Blog Award!!!!

I just received my first blog award!!! It's called the Beautiful Blogger Award and was given to me by a friend named Sam from Believe In Yourself. How exciting!!!! Sam is a new friend from the Healthy You Challenge that I am a part of. She is an awesome blogger and deserves to keep getting this award back. So, the rules are to pick 7 bloggers to give it to and to write 7 things that most people wouldn't know about me.

People that I would love to bestow this award to. (Please don't feel bad if I didn't give it to you. I'm sure you were in the running. It was really hard to narrow it down.) These aren't in any particular order.

#1 C. Beth Blog - Beth is one of my favs for sure. She is always making me laugh and challenging me to run a little more, write a bit, and blog more often. She is very talented.

#2 Karen from Muffin Fixation - We go way back. :) She's so amazing. She is constantly thinking of the next thing to do and how she can challenge herself the next time. Very inspirational.

#3 Keelie from REAL FAT - Keelie is one of my favorite new blogger friends. I love reading the latest on her blog. She is VERY inspirational and encouraging.

#4 Chibi Jeebs & The Neurotic Struggle - She is always so sweet to me and definitely should get an award just for her sheer support and encouragement to me and other friends. I love reading her blog.

#5 Lindsay from Healthy Stride - A very supportive encouraging new friend. She is a huge inspiration. I love her spunky side and love reading her blog.

#6 Amy from Inner Fat Girl - I wasn't sure you would want everyone going to your blog or not, but I couldn't not give it to you. You are amazing and are always inspiring me to do more than I ever think I can do. You are one of the biggest inspirations for me. In weight loss and in running. You challenged me to do a 1/2 marathon with you when I was only running about 2 minutes at a time. You started a fire in me and I can't thank you enough for that. And for all of your love and support.

#7 Mary from Yafusso Posse - My original blog inspiration. Mary is an awesome friend. We have known each other a long while now. I always look forward to Mary's next blog. She's so creative and imaginative. Several of my themes for different days were stolen from her. :) Mary is one awesome mom, wife, and friend. Love you Mary!

Now to my 7 things:
#1 I have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology (and a minor in Health Promotion)
#2 I have always wanted to have my own photography business.
#3 I have never broken a bone,
#4 I am a PartyLite consultant who needs to have my own party to kinda start back up again.
#5 My first trip was to Alaska when I was 5 or 6 months old.
#6 I have a desire to do a mission trip to Africa.
#7 My #1 allergy is dust mites.

It ended up being kind of random. But there you go.