Thanks and More!

I have said it before, I will say it again.  The blogging community is so supportive and an amazing group to be a part of. 

I was nominated by fellow bloggers for the “Best New Blog” award.  I am so honored to be nominated, and I am in some amazing company.  The voting is now open to the public.  So go cast your votes (http://www.foodbuzz.com/pages/awards)!  

Kim over at Cravings of a Lunatic tagged me in a little game going around called “My Three Favorites”    Kim is hilarious, so if you haven’t read her blog yet, you really need to start!  For this game, you pick 3 of your favorite dishes, and share them again.  Then you get to tag 5 other bloggers to play along.  Seems easy enough.  But how do you pick your 3 favorites?!  That is like picking your favorite child.  Ok, well maybe not exactly.  But difficult none the less.

Favorite #1 

Nutella Cupcakes - A Chocolate Cupcake filled with Nutella and topped with a Nutella Buttercream.  These were so rich and decadent!

 Favorite #2

Homemade Goldfish Crackers - These were so fun to make, and they tasted great!

Favorite #3

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Brownies - these were just so good!  Brownies and Peanut Butter and Cookie Dough all at once!!

Tag - You're it!

1.  Carolyn @ All Day I Dream About Food

2.  Alida @ Alida's Kitchen

3.  Nami @ Just One Cookbook

4.  Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love

5.  Audra @ The Baker Chick

I received the Versatile Blogger award from The Coach’s Wife’s Kitchen.  Have you checked out this blog before?  No?  Well go look, you will find some yummy things.  For this award I get to tell you 7 facts about myself!  How fun for you :)  I also get to tag 7 bloggers, so we can get to learn more about them as well!

1.  My husband just moved to Colorado, and I am living the single parent life here in Iowa.  It is temporary (4-6 weeks).  I can’t wait to get out there and start our life there.

2.   I like trashy TV – Keeping up the Kardashians, Guilliana and Bill, Real Houswives etc. 

3.  I am contemplating running a marathon in the spring.  Not sure my knees/hip could handle it, but it is something I would like to accomplish in my life.

4. I used to work in accounting, not sure I ever want to go do that again.

5.  I cry a lot.  I am super sensitive, and can pretty much find a reason to cry at anytime.  Unfortunately, the only thing my son seems to have gotten from my is my sensitivity.  

6.   I am short.  I am 5’1”.  My husband is 6’2”.  My son is already 4’4”, and he is only 6.  His shoe size is only 1 size smaller than mine.  Pretty soon I will be taking his hand me downs!

7.  I like music.  I played multiple instruments in high school (flute, trombone, baritone).  Now I have the radio on almost all the time.  I can sing almost all the words to every song. 

 Tag - You're It

1.  Ramona @ Curry and Comfort

2.  Kate @ Diethood

3.  Cassie @ Bake Your Day

4.  Amy @ Fearless Homemaker

5.  Chris @ The Keenan Cookbook

6.  Raven @ Ravie NomNoms

7.  Kara @ Happy When Not Hungry

Last, but certainly not least Kelly over at Eat Yourself Skinny awarded me The Butterfly award!  Thank you Kelly, for this sweet award.  If you don’t know Kelly, you should go check her out, she is great!  I get to answer some fun questions for this one! If you didn’t learn enough from me before, now you should have the bases covered!  

Favorite Color - Green

Favorite Song – I can’t pick.  Anything from Lady Gaga to Simon and Garfunkle – just No Country!!

Favorite Dessert – Brownies!  Anything Chocolate and Peanut Butter is a close 2^nd though!

What Irks Me – People who don’t pick up after themselves.  Bad drivers.  People who think they are right or know everything all the time.  I could go on and on :)

When I am Upset I  - talk!  I couldn’t survive without my few close friends that I can talk about anything to!

Favorite Pet – When we first got married we had the cat from Hell!!  I mean this can was horrible.  It was the most needy thing I have ever met.  It was also the loudest.  It would wake us up during the night 2 floors below.  That is the only pet that I personally have ever had.  I ruined my chances of getting another one after that. 

Black or White – Black.  I own about 20 black shirts!  (maybe this question was beyond clothes, but that is as deep as I am going right now)

Biggest Fear – Bugs.  I am not really scared of much, but spiders and bugs freak me out!

Best Feature – really?  How do you answer this?  I will go with my eyes.  Last time I got my hair cut the lady said I had pretty eyes, so I will go with that.

My Everyday Attitude – I like to think that I am a pretty optimistic person.  I like to see the bright side of everything.

What is Perfection to me – Nothing is perfect.  Well chocolate is pretty perfect.  But in life nothing is perfect, so embracing what you are is perfect.

Guilty Pleasure – Trashy TV!!  Watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians right now!

Tag - You're It

1.  Caroline @ Sweet Caroline's Cooking

2.  Manu @ Manu's Menu

3.  Joanne @ Fifteen Spatulas

4.  Sarah @ Baking Serendipity

5.  Kate @ Kate from Scratch

Thank you so much to everyone for reading my blog, and liking it.  I wouldn’t be here without you!