I've been very fortunate to get a couple of awards lately (thanks
Toria!) but have been too lazy to write the random facts. Okay, so it was more than simple laziness because I've been blogging for a while and it's hard to think of new and exciting random facts. But then
Bailey was cute enough to give me The Sunshine Award, so I figured it was time to get my butt in gear as it's SUPER NICE that other bloggers are giving me some props.
So here's the scoop: I'm going to share 11 random facts about myself, answer Bailey's 11 questions, and then pose 11 questions for other bloggers to answer.
Yes, it's labour intensive, but I hope it'll also be a fun read.
Okay, here we go!
1. I love
salsa with my quesadillas and nachos but prefer the salsa juice over the actual
chunky pieces that make up salsa. Onion chunks? Bleck. In fact, I should
probably try pureeing salsa so it’s more like a soup, and therefore chunk-less.
2. Interestingly
enough with my above suggestion, though, I don’t like soup. It’s a pretend
meal, as far as I’m concerned. Plus, you
can feel it swishing all around in your stomach afterwards and it’s weird.
3. Speaking
of meals, whenever it’s time for our dogs to eat, I sing them a song. It’s
pretty much the same song, slightly changed for each part of the day. The
lyrics go like this: “It’s your FIRST favourite part of the day! It’s brekkie
time! Hip Hip Horray!”; “It’s your SECOND favourite part of the day! It’s
denta-treat time! Hip Hip Horray!”; and finally, “It’s your THIRD favourite
part of the day. It’s supper time! Hip Hip Horray!” The funniest part is that I
don’t get past the first “It’s” before they start to freak out.
4. I
really just want to wear fascinators every minute of every day. Big ones. Ones
with jewels and feathers and big shooty-offy spirals. *sighs* Yeah. That’s the
stuff right there. Ha!
5. I’m
moderately addicted to flossing. With the tape-floss variety, that is, not the
original string design, which isn’t even almost the same. In the course of a
day, I probably floss three to four times.
6. I
positively loathe when people come to our house with no notice. It’s just plain
rude and since we live in the time of cell phones, there’s really no excuse. Each morning, I have to budget my
energy for the day, so if you stop by uninvited and
unannounced, prepare to see a human version of this face:
You’ve
been warned.
7. One of my
favourite summer drinks is the Iced Lemonade from Timmies but I usually drink
it too quickly and then get the most wicked, full-body-brain-freeze. But even
though I know this, it still happens. All. The. Time. It’s just so delicious
that I can’t control myself!
8. I
sometimes daydream about buying a food truck and calling it: Wow That Bitch Can
Bake! I’d sell various types of banana bread, brownies, and the ever-popular
mini-cupcakes. And on special occasions, I’d make sugar cookies with royal
icing in funny shapes. You know, like t-shirts or cigars.
9. I
am addicted to watching The Undateables.
I’m ridiculously over-the-moon when there’s a love connection and equally as
devastated when things don’t work out. Everyone needs to love and be loved and The Undateables does an excellent job of
trying to make that happen. And I just sit on my couch, taking it all in with a
wad of Kleenex and a healthy glass of wine.
10. Combing
through my last VISA bill, I noticed that I’ve bought a lot of books recently.
Like, A LOT of books. Arguably, ALL the books. But if that’s the case then why
do I want more? MOOOOOOOOORE. #seriousbibliophile
11. Sometimes,
I cheat with my Plant Nanny ap. #sorrynotsorry
Now onto Bailey’s questions:
Ice cream, frozen yogurt, or gelato?
Well, if I’m at home, ice cream. If I’m out, gelato. But only fruit-flavoured
gelato. For whatever reason, those are the best. Especially lemon. No!
Raspberry! WAIT! BANANA! Okay, throw all three in there and we’ll call it a
day. Ha!
What’s your favourite Disney movie, animated
or otherwise?
Enchanted. LOVE Amy Adams in that movie. And the songs. Maybe
I’ve even sung them while twirling in wide circles, arms stretched out, pretending my living room furniture is an audience…but since you can’t prove
it, I’ll just smile coyly and shrug my shoulders.
Do you cheer for a sports team, and if so,
how did you pick that team?
Nope. Not into sports. Playing sports, yes (when I can), but watching them?
Nope.
What’s your favourite album?
Like, right now? In that case, the EP
With Love by Oh Honey. The song "I Love You Will Still Sound
The Same" won’t stop sucking all tears from my eyes in the very best of ways. And "
Be Okay," will probably be my summer anthem.
And for a throw back album? Probably Room for Squares by John Mayer. I can
ALWAYS listen to that baby.
Are you good or bad at keeping plants alive?
I SWEAR that I didn’t know this was a question when I confessed my Plant Nanny
cheating. Hahah! Oh man, I’m actually laughing. So the answer to that is pretty
obvious. I have to cheat to keep a virtual plant alive so no, we don’t have any
plants…aside from the enormous fake palm tree, which, as it is fake, speaks for
itself.
If you had one, when did you get rid of your
Christmas tree this past holiday season?
First – this question is amazing.
Second—we didn’t have one this year! *sobs* We’d just moved on December 5th,
so we didn’t bother. This year, though, WATCH OUT! We’ve got stupid-high
ceilings in our new living room and that calls for a Times Square level of
tree-ness. The Remix will be thrilled to figure out how to strap that one onto the car (probably
not).
What are you most looking forward to doing
this summer?
Drafting my next book! The goal is to have it all down in 12 weeks. We’ll see.
Ha!
Who’s your daddy?
Robert Shaw. (Side note: This phrase really needs to leave our vocab. Sorry
Bailey, but it’s just icky.)
What is the most played song in your iTunes
account right now?
"Fortune Days" by The Glitch Mob (78). It’s badass and epic and it pumps me
right up.
What was your favourite Halloween costume
that you’ve ever worn?
How to choose?! I’ve loved so many! I’ll give you my top two: Big Bird and a Glow Worm.
There's some BIG plans in the works for this year, which may end up resulting in the
most awesome costume of life. Don't worry, you'll see a pic in October. (And to answer the question you're probably thinking: Yes. I make all my costumes myself.)
Where is your idea vacation, whether you’ve
been there before or not?
Fiji. Oh how I LONG to go to Fiji. The clear water so I can see fishes and
therefore avoid them because they’re terrifying, the white sand that’s soft
instead of grainy and scratchy, and the huts on the water that are rustic-ish yet still luxurious because you can order room service (or hut service, to be more precise). That’s the life
right there!
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So, after combing through my Bloglovin' list, I've realized that the majority of the bloggers I know have already received this award (or others with the same concept), which is awesome because they're all wonderful and therefore, deserve it. BUT if you're a regular reader here and are also a blogger, that probably means that you're just as awesome, so even if you've already won it (or something like it) grab the award and get to work! Haha! But seriously, sometimes bloggers get into a slump and having questions to answer can make for a good post. And, obviously, my questions are amazing. Haha!
My 11 questions:
- Hot
lips or Swedish Berries?
- How
often do you make your bed? Like, with perfect pillow placement and everything,
not just smoothing down the blanket.
- Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? Paula Cole
still wants to know. (Bonus points if this song is now stuck in your head. Ha!)
- Why
are baby red squirrels the cutest things ever while adult red squirrels are the
bane of my existence because they bo-guard all of the bird seed?
- When
was the last time you did something dangerous*? (* You may define dangerous however you may like. If you find swimming
dangerous, then talk about that.)
- Pretty
much everyone knows random facts about the world. What’s one that you like to
share?
- If
Cindy's leaving the train station at seven and Chris is leaving at six-thirty,
what’s your most favourite nail polish colour? (Side note: Hahaha! Did you
think I’d really give you math?)
- When
was the last time you high-fived someone? What was it for?
- Most
people have a word they may overuse. Like, for instance, “awesome,” in my case.
What’s yours?
- What’s
the most recent book that you stopped reading? What made you put it down?
- On
a scale of one to ten, how hard is it for you to come up with 11 random facts
about yourself and then come up with 11 random questions for others without any
repeats? Haha!
Let me know if you claim the award and answer my questions! I'd love to read your answers!
And thanks so much again to Bailey! Love your face, girl!
