I was tagged by Megan (here), Rio (here), and Stacie (here) with the Versatile Blogger Award. I was asked to list 7 random things about myself and tag 7 bloggers.1 - My husband and I have been together since I was 16 yrs old and a junior in high school. We have been together since 1997 ... that's 13 years ... wow!
2 - I HATED gym class in high school and my stomach would get in knots every day we had class. I absolutely dreaded indivdiual participation and running the mile at the end of the year. I always finished in the back of the pack with the "smokers". I really laugh at this now.
3 - My only sibling, my sister, is 13 years younger than me and is a junior in high school. And, she looks like my mini-me.
4 - I have visited Walt Disney World 10 times and have gone with my husband and our family the past four years. My husband never went on a real family vacation growing up and I've really enjoyed sharing the experience with him and our children. I chuckle when I tell people we are going there on a vacation and they tell me how much my kids will love it ... until I tell them my six-year-old has been there four times!!
5 - I am addicted to Diet Mountain Dew. I consume about four/day on average. Little Dude always brings me a cold one after my treadmill runs. We keep them in our mini fridge downstairs. Then, I find his toys cooling off in the fridge later on!
6 - I have lived in the same county my entire life. The Madison-area is a great place to raise a family. As much as I hate Wisconsin winters, I do enjoy the change of seasons.
7 - I am obsessed with animal prints. I really don't know where it all started, but it was shortly after high school. Little Diva's nursery was even leopard print (tastefully done, I might add!) with jungle animals and soft yellow and muted leopard print throughout. My two year old was the child in preschool that thought "leopard" was a color!!!!!!
So many peeps have received this award and I'm tagging 7 of you to pass it along. Check out these blogs for some inspiration!
Nicole - Who I got to meet at the Disney Princess Half Marathon and is the sweetest thing ever!
Linda - Who I met at Crazylegs 8K last month and adore!
Chelsea - Who I discovered I work right across the street from!
That Pink Girl - Who I totally have identified with!
Amanda - Who takes the time to comment on almost every post!
Laura - Who I met through Etsy and love her creativity!
Stephanie - Who's style and personality I love!
I'm first!!!! Sadly, I have never been to Disney Land or Disney World. I'm really hoping to rectify this soon. I can't wait to take my girls.
ReplyDeleteWe are Diet Mountain Dew twins. It's my one thing I haven't given up yet. When I originally started losing weight I switched from regular pop to diet which I thought would never happen. When I have to give up everything else when I'm trying to lose weight a Diet Mountain Dew makes it all better. I almost put it on my list too :)
I love the idea of "leopard" as a color. The nursery sounds really cute!
ReplyDeleteSo fun to read about you! I have never been to Disneyland or Disney world!
ReplyDeleteI am living in the same county I grew up with, teaching in the town I grew up in at the school I attended and my mother taught at.
ReplyDeleteThanks for tagging me! I also love Diet Mt. Dew. Good luck at the race on Sunday. I bet you are in full taper madness right now, but you are going to be awesome!!!!
ReplyDeletecute list
ReplyDeleteYay I'm honored! Thank you. It's my first bloggy award :-D
ReplyDeletei tagged u back as one of my 7 hehe x0
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I loved reading more about you. I'm off to check out some of those blogs.
ReplyDeleteI love learning random things about bloggers. I agree that Wisconsin is a great place to raise a family. I moved to Arizona after college and swore I would NEVER move back. Then I had a son. Now I live in the same town I grew up in. We even bought my grandma's house.
ReplyDeleteI love the comment about the leopard little Diva room! Too funny! And I agree, I used to HATE running the mile in middle and high school.
ReplyDeleteThanks for tagging me! I completed my list of 7 things the other day!
That's funny about gym class - my how far you've come! Congrats on 13 years with your hubby!
ReplyDeleteLove reading about you! Funny about gym class - how times have changed. And, given that I'm from "Up North" WI, I think Madison winters are pretty darn mild. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy addiction is Diet Pepsi. The boys know to make sure that one is packed on race days; sometimes, knowing that it will be at the end gives me a second wind.
ReplyDeleteRandom...but did you post Girls on the Run prize results??
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out. I'll try to post my seven random things today or tomorrow. So hard for me to come up with stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteThe madison area is a great area.
ReplyDeleteThe most surprising thing is how forward looking it is.
That is awesome about you and the hubs. I'm always happy to hear of someone else who was high school sweetharts.