Absolutely Honored!

Yesterday was one of those days where I was just in a funk... I couldn't seem to be able to shake it. Last night I got home to be greeted with two awards from two blogs that I absolutely adore! Compliments are always so sweet, but when they come from someone you truly appreciate and admire they mean so much to me!

First, one of my favorite Mama bloggers, Brandi of My Amazing Life as a Mommy and Wife, gave me the versatile blogger award. Brandi finds a way to blog consistently, stay at home with her kiddos, and take pictures of all that comes with life along the way! She always has a kind word to leave in comments... So go show her all the love she deserves!

The way the Versatile Blogger Award works: 

1. Link back to the blogged who awarded you with much thanks! 

2. Share seven (versatile) things about yourself. 

3. Award five versatile bloggers you love. 

4. Contact your winners and share!

Without much further ado, here's seven versatile (maybe I mean more like random!) facts about me: 

1. If I was going to be a singer, I'd want to be a country girl with major spunk just like Miranda Lambert!

2. I desperately want to write a book that people actually read.

3. I'm a running addict. No joke, it makes me crazy to see runners and not be participating.

4. I have a little red glass rooster (or as my mom and I affectionately call him, The Cock) that I take places and take pictures of him, then send to my mom... For example: 

5. I'm a sucker for anything that needs organizing... as in, I love to clean and organize. 

(Weird? I know.)

6. I like my girly writing. J hates it. 

(He says it's impossible to read... At least I don't write like a five year old. My writing is like fine wine, an acquired taste!)

7. I grew up around construction... And can't imagine life without the smell of dirt, tractors, and hard hats. 

And my big versatile blogging buddies: 

1. Angie at Oh, How Delightful

2. Bonnie from My Whim Wham Life

3. Leigh at Very LoveLeigh

4. Mackenzie at Design Darling

5. Sarah at Cubicle Sanity

6. Megan at Loving the Little Things

Yay for versatile bloggers! 

And from a very dear foodie friend of mine, Zoe over at Runny Yokes are Better shared the Sisterhood of the World of Blogger Award with me! Zoe is sharing her laid back approach to the cooking and the simply, but so savory, dishes that she's making daily in her kitchen! I can't tell you how many of her dishes are on my To Cook list! And check out her stellar recipe for the Simply Sweet Ingredient Challenge!

And here are the rules for the Sisterhood Award: 

1. Link back to the blogged who awarded you with much thanks! 

2. Share seven things about yourself. 

3. Award five new bloggers you have recently discovered. 

4. Contact your winners and share!

So, seven more things about me: 

1. The first night J and I hung out I truly thought he was interested in my best friend... 

Thankfully, he later made it obvious he wanted to date me! 

2. I am the queen of underestimating myself... But this leads me to always be impressed by my strength!

3. I'm allergic to milk, but haven't always been. I contracted a nasty stomach virus in high school... 

4. The idea of spending the rest of my life with J makes me nothing but joyful. 

I hate when people ask if I'm nervous, then say I'm being insane when I say no. 

5. I have a staring problem. When someone is acting odd, I can't help but stare. J often has to call me on it... Maybe one day I'll be ok to take out in public. 

6. Adopting Baby Bear made my family complete. Life wouldn't be life without him. 

7. This is Pennie Pickle. I adore everything about her ridiculous self. 

And my new blogging friends in the Sisterhood of Blogging!

1. Fran at Free Borboleta

2. Megan at Mackey Madness

3. Em at Today's Letters

4. Jocelyn at True Life: We're Married

5. Bo-Nan at Cape Cod Collegiate

6. Lauren at Believe, Dream, Achieve

Stylish Sister Over Here!

It never fails, when I get an award I'm so pleasantly surprised... Especially when it's the Stylish Blogger Award because anyone that sees me on a regular basis knows that style isn't really something I can brag about having! Thank you to my dear new friend Mrs. G from My Amazing Life as a Mommy and Wife.

The rules of the awards are as follows: 

1. Link back and thank the person who gave it to you. 

2. Share 7 things about yourself. 

3. Award 5 stylish blogs you read. 

4. Contact them and tell them about their award! 

And my seven facts:

(I'm trying my darndest to make them new and exciting!) 

1. I run like mad in order to keep myself sane. 

2.  Grocery lists and shopping are one of my favorite things to do. I know, insane. 

3. I want to have a house full of chaotic kids. It's been a life long dream!

4. I drive a stick-shift. My dad taught me on a hill and I thought we were going to die. 

5. I truly love a good afternoon nap. 

(although I hardly ever have the chance to take them anymore)

6. I am dying for a puppy. I literally am brooding over a puppy.

(J says I have to wait for us to have a house)

7. I truly believe flats are more becoming than heels. And more comfortable too!

And my blogging friends who I'm honoring with this award: 

1. fairy tales are true.

2. A Sweet Simple Southern Life

3. The Vintage Apple

4. The Twitty Kitchen

5. The Adventures of Josh and Britt

6. Scribble Smudge

Yay! I Got a Second Award!

Oh my goodness, you all know how loved I feel by my new blogging friends and I just can't begin to talk about the amazing support that has been poured out for me... And one of my new favorite blog obsessions Jesslyn Amber awarded me with my second ever blog award!

Yep, she awarded me with the 7 Facts Blog Award!

Here's how the rules go: 

1. List 7 facts about yourself. 

2. Give this puppy to four of your favorite bloggers! 

So, my seven facts: 

1. J and I are having a vintage, Southern wedding in my parents' southern California front yard... I can't tell you how excited I am and how perfectly things are coming together! 

2. I can't fall asleep without my own pillow and a blanket pulled over my ears... That means I usually bring my own blanket with me places. J thinks I'm a goof ball because I do this, but I don't care! 

3. I suffer from insomnia. This is very difficult because it comes in waves so I suffer from not sleeping for  days at a time... This leads to a zombie form of Amber. 

4. There are five kids in my family... I want to have at least five. Yep, I'm going to have my own little basketball team! (But J and I have a HUGE heart for adoption so I won't be delivering them all!) 

5. I prayed for a little brother or sister in middle school and my parents told me I had lost it... Three years later, Baby Bear came into our lives and they have not been the same since! 

6. Trash TV makes my bad days great! My DVR is full of trashy reality TV shows... Things like Real Housewives of Orange County and Miami, Jersey Shore, The Real World... Yep, pure trash in my brain, but one of my guiltiest pleasures!

7. Blogging has become my escape... Bad days, good days, in between, I just love to blog about anything me and am so lucky to have readers who think my little life is interesting!  

Now for my four award recipients! 

1. My dear Mama at Moments with Mama Bird

2. Creative Cole at Created by Cole

3. Katy Mary at Tangerine Hearts

4. Blair at Heir to Blair

Check these amazing ladies out... I truly am proud to call them my pals. 

Thank you again Jesslyn Amber, you're too kind and I truly cherish your sweet friendship!