Honestly, I am Crazy about this Award!

I have been awarded one of the cutest lookin’ badges of honor I have seen out there.  My love of yard sales and salvage yards and all things made of old metal makes this just perfect for me!  Thank you so much Tanya from The Grab Bag and Kat from Kat’s Confessions!  Tanya says her blog is packed with freebies so you can take from her Grab Bag! Excellent!  Kat posts on anything and everything – so much to read!

This award is for those bloggers who write from the heart and, well, I just heart this award!

The Rules:

1.  Present this award to 7 others whose blogs I find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged me.

2.  Tell those 7 people they’ve been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving the award.

3.  Share “10 Honest Things” about myself.

1.  I love playing with fonts and making little headers in my posts.  This probably causes some posts to load incredibly slow and I apologize…but I am addicted to free fonts!  The one I used above is called The Stamp Act.  So flippin’ cute!

2.  I am a perfectionist and I am trying to cure myself of this.  I hate not being satisfied with things when they are alright.  This goes for everything from my blog design (I have some big ideas) to the rooms in my home (I have some more big ideas) to planning activities for my kids (I have some big ideas).  I need to let go and enjoy more.

3.  I sometimes bite off more than I can chew.  This causes issues with the above perfectionism.  Sometimes things don’t get done because my ideas are too big.  Oftentimes I plan too much.  I am always stressed about completing something.

4.  I want to dress in very high style and I want to rock the latest looks but comfort is WAY too important to me.  In my dreams I swear to God I am dressed to the nines and I am very funky and fabulous.  I am also tiny and very sprite like in my dreams – every time – but that is another story.  In my real life I rock jeans and a t-shirt regularly.  In the winter that t-shirt has long sleeves and is paired with boots or my new clogs.  In the summer it is paired with flip flops.  On walks I put on tennis shoes.  Notice no heels.  I am going to work on this post baby.

5.  I knew very early in my life that I wanted to have a family and that I did not want to wait to do this.  I made a heart wrenching decision not to follow my Broadway dream and go straight through college and get a job because I knew that the chances of me finding love and settling down early while pounding the Manhattan pavement were slim.   I still sing and dance constantly and plan to be a community theater freak as soon as I am done being pregnant.  Still, sometimes I wonder….

6.  As much as I heart the Internet, books are my first love and they always will be.  I devour them.  I can’t get enough.  I am secretly angry when people in book club have not read the book.  I love the wine but I actually want to discuss.  Oh some would hate me if they knew…

7.  I miss the North and do not think I will ever fit in down here.   It really is different.   I miss my old girl friends every day.  I am only in North Carolina – it is not that far south.  And it is beautiful.  And there are great people.  It is just not the same.  I would love to be back in New York or Massachusetts.

8.  Cheese is far and away my favorite food.  All kinds.  Soft kinds, smelly kinds, goat kinds.  I love em.  Coupled with bread and wine I am in my own food heaven.

9.  I want to learn to make Jewelry.  I draw pictures of what I like and want but I have not yet made a piece.  It is a dream of mine to make what I imagine!

10.  I DVR whole seasons of shows to watch while I am breastfeeding in the middle of the night or whenever.  Second to actually meeting the baby – I am so pumped to watch all the shows you are watching now – in January!  Otherwise I never watch shows.  Due to my book and Internet addiction of course.

See there it is again – that is SouciSans font.  So cute right!

1.  A Southern Fairytale -  October is breast cancer awareness month and Rachel Blogged for Boobs  by posting stories of survival and loss, of grief and joy, of women who lived with, died with or kicked the ass of – breast cancer.  There is nothing more honest than this.  Please check out the site, read the stories, and take care of yourselves.  Do your regular breast self exams and get your mammograms!  If you are at a higher risk, like me, talk to your doctor about early testing and the possibility of getting the BCRA test.

2.  Her Bad Mother - Catherine makes me (and tons of other peeps, I know) laugh and cry and think and ponder and want a drink and oh – if you follow her on twitter and you are pregnant you will die because she is a coffee lover and reminds you every second of that sweet drink that you can’t have.  I still love her though.  She is one of my Bloggy Besties, even if she doesn’t really know me.

3.  Nine Months to Life – Sarah Caitlin is as honest as they come.  She is unexpectedly expecting her first and I thoroughly enjoy her posts.

4.  If Evolution Works – Nancy is… Fabulous.  Funny.  Honest.  A friend I wish lived down the block.  Her posts are usually shorter and fabulous and still poignant or gripping or hilarious – something I try at and fail at every time (I am already at 800 words here).

5.  Shanty 2 Chic - These DIY chicks rock my world!  Their projects are so great I have increased my to do list almost every time I visit their site!

6.  Bookish Penguin - Candice is a great bloggy friend and I LOVE having friends both IRL and online without kiddos.  Candice likes me even though I blog about my babies and well I honestly love that!  She also loves books like me and has a great sense of humour and wonderful writing style.

7. Momversation- I know this is not really a blog but a vlog by a group of brilliant and HUGE bloggers but I love it!  These chicas dish their real thoughts on a host of motherhood issues and provide food for thought – and for blogging each and very time.  It is honest and I love getting to see video of bloggers.   It makes me feel like I know them.

 Enjoy these details about me and these great reads!  And of course, have a wonderful weekend!

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