The Liebster Award

Okay, so I am soooooo overdue on posting this.
Back in October the super sweet Taylor from Tea with Mrs. Kee passed on the Liebster Award to me.  By the way, if you haven't checked out her blog you totally should - it's adorable!!!

Anyway, the Liebster Award is for bloggers with less than 200 followers.  Liebster is a German word meaning dearest. The award is given to up-and-coming bloggers who deserve recognition and support to keep on blogging.

Here are the "rules":

1. List 11 facts about yourself

2. Answer the 11 questions given to you

3. Create 11 new questions for the bloggers you nominate for the award.

4. Choose 5 bloggers with 200 or less followers to nominate.

5. Go to each blogger's page and let them know about the award.

6. Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog!

Okay, so here we go...

11 Facts About Me

1. In college, I majored in theatre.  I had applied to several journalism programs, but last minute decided to pursue my acting dreams.

2.  That picture above isn't a wig.  In 2007, I cut off over 10 inches of my then-blonde hair and dyed it bright red to play the part of Millie.
3.  I have a huge fear of large bodies of water.

4.  Ben and I met backstage at the JayDoc Benefit Concert.  His roommate was playing in one of the bands and I was there to see Ultimate Fakebook.  We exchanged numbers and didn't talk until seven months later, but after that text message we were hooked.

5.  My dad taught me how to yodel when I was younger.  I have yodeled in two commercials.  This song was my jam when I performed at rodeos. Yup, I'm cool.

6.  I have always been able to turn my belly button inside out.  We all thought that meant that when I was preggo that it would pop out right away, but it never fully did.

7.  Back in 2010, my family decided that they wanted to venture into the haunted house business, so they came to me to be the creative director (putting those theatre major skills to work).  With their help, I designed The Haunted Benjamin Ranch which consisted of the main haunted house (old west themed), a cage maze filled with psycho rodeo clowns, and a haunted hayride that went through the forest.  There was also a freak stage show where Sheriff Dusty Cadaver entertained the crowds.  That year it won Kansas City's Best Haunt by the KC Examiner.

8. I can't stand doing my eyeliner.  I feel like everyone else is so good at it and I just can never get it right.

9. I think that being a mom is the greatest thing in the world.

10. I got my hands and feet from my dad.  They're the exact same shape, only smaller.

11.  If I ever had to choose a career outside of the home I would be a wedding planner.

Taylor's Questions

1. What is your favorite holiday?  

Without a doubt, Christmas!  I love everything about it! The decorations, the music, the food, the family, the church services, the movies, the giving, and all the love!  I'm also a little bit competitive when it comes to Christmas shopping.

2. What was your old school AOL screenname or old yahoo email? 

SuddenlyMyself...how emo of me.

3. What is your favorite book?

The Bombshell Manual of Style.  Such a fluff read, but I love it!

4. If you could move and live anywhere for a year, what city would you choose?

I think I would choose London and while I was there I would totally stalk the royal family.

5. What are some of your pet peeves?

Know-it-alls who have advice on every.single.subject.  Or feel the need to comment on everything.  This one has been especially prevalent since we found out we were pregnant.
People who say backhanded comments but say them in a semi-nice way.  Does that make sense?

People that post constant updates on Facebook about trivial little things.  Especially when the updates aren't even funny.  At least make them funny!

Rude people in grocery stores that don't say excuse me.

6. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A famous country western singer.

7. What was the last song you listened to?

See above yodeling video...how sad.

8. What is your favorite pair of shoes?

Oooh, I have a sassy little pair of orange stilettos that I never get to wear and when I do they hurt like heck, but darn they are cute!  Those or my tan riding boots that I wear all the time.

9. The best birthday you ever had was...

That's a tough one.  One of my favorite birthdays was when I turned 20.  I had just switched universities so that I could be closer to home and my friends threw me a surprise party.  We ended up staying up until the sun rose, laughing, playing guitar, and just being silly.  It was pretty awesome.

10. What are some holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's) traditions that your family has?

At Thanksgiving we have a HUGE family dinner over at the ranch and then play Pirate Bingo.
We also have Chinese food on Christmas Eve.

11.  What are some of your guilty pleasure tv shows?

The Bachelor.  I'm obsessed right now. I'm also ashamed to admit that I watched the entire last season of America’s Next Top Model and I may or may not watch Gossip Girl during those late night nursing sessions.

My Questions:

1. What is your favorite article of clothing?

2. If you could own any exotic animal what would it be?

3. What is your favorite book?

4. What is your dream vacation?

5. What are some of your pet peeves?

6. What was your favorite movie growing up?

7. What is your favorite recipe to cook?

8. If you could hang out with one celebrity for a day, who would it be?

9. What is one of your family traditions?

10. What is your favorite season and why?

11. Where do you see yourself in ten years?

I tag...

Bridget at Just Living Our Story

Melissa at Fiction, Flight, and Everything Nice

Raylene at Living Life...

Natalie at Adventures as Mrs. Janney

Joy at Joy In The Morning

And thanks again to Taylor for nominating me!

Have a great day everyone!

~ Kelly Jo