stylish blogger award - thanks ashley!

so my gorgeous friend ashley gifted my little ol' blog with a stylish blogger award this week.

i've said it before and i'll say it again ... i think the new look around here is beyond incredible. the famous jess fixed up my little corner of the internet into something i'm absolutely obsessed with.

diamond doll design has also done some recent makeover work for a couple of friends - my bestie in the big d, candace and super precious momma-to-be amy.

jess is currently offering a valentine special, so if you're in the market for a new 'do, now would for sure be the perfect time.

and back to sweet ashley. she and i went to high school together, and now she is the mom of four precious sugar plums - all 4 and under. her oldest sweet girl is almost exactly a year older than the wild woman and her adorable triplets turned 2 in september. if you haven't already, please do yourself a favor and start reading her fabulous blog.

great style abound over there - from her ideas for her (beautiful!) home to the fantastic fetes she pulls off for her munchkins to the great project ideas she posts ... i promise you won't be disappointed!

thanks again for the nod ashley!

(she also tagged the lovely katie from modern day fam. be sure to check her out too if you're not already a regular!)

so from what i understand the rules of the game are this:

1. thank and link back to the person who awarded you
2. share 7 things about yourself
3. award to 10 great bloggers
4. contact those bloggers and tell them about the award

okay. ummm, 7 things.

1. i'm a worrier. i worry about everything and everyone. and if i don't have anything to worry about, i worry about that. like i'm missing something. it causes lots of (totally unnecessary) anxiety on my part, and i know i need to get a handle on it. it's not a good trait to possess, especially combined with my #2.

2. i obsess. about everything. it's an even more troublesome trait than #1 and i haven't a clue how to stop it. i'm not trying to be funny in the least when i say it's probably taking years off my life. i really hope someone i know chooses to someday become a psychologist or psychiatrist and uses me as a case study. it oughta be a great read.

3. it gags me to walk across the floor in my house and it feel gritty under my feet. which means i spend approximately 79% of my life sweeping, mopping or swiffering.

4. i'm a pro at giving the silent treatment. a total shocker, i'm sure.

5. much like what katie said, there is SO much i want to say but don't. some of it is pretty harmless, and some of it isn't. either way, though, this really isn't the place for it. a) because it's public and could easily be found by the wrong person and b) because it's a little (or a lot) more than i'm willing to bare for all to see. (figuratively speaking, of course. NOBODY wants me to bare it all in the literal sense. there wouldn't be enough retinal transplants to go around!)

6. when i'm all by myself in the car, i like to turn the music up so loud that it almost hurts my ears. and it's not always the kind of music you'd expect to see from a kindergarten-teaching, suv-driving, carseat-toting toddler mom. i can't tell you how many times i've gotten funny looks at a red light.

7. the more i think about it, the more i'm convinced that i'm content with having one child. it kind of shocks me to say it, but i really feel like our family can be complete as is. that's not to say that i won't wake up one day with a different attitude or that i would be disappointed if the Lord has other plans for us, but right now the idea of another baby just isn't on the table for us. i get asked constantly when we're planning to go for #2, and you might be shocked at some of the responses i get when i give them our answer. some people laugh, some people shake their heads and walk away, and some people like to tell me what a disservice we're doing to the wild woman by making her grow up all alone. i've always fancied myself as a people-pleaser, but this is just one of those times that we'll all have to agree to disagree. having another babe just to please everyone else is definitely not the reason to add to our family.

and there you have it.

7 things you may or may not have already known (or even wanted to know for that matter) about yours truly.

i hate to be a spoil-sport here, but i'm leaving this one open to anyone who wants to play. after giving it all morning to start, it's become clear to me that this house isn't going to clean itself.

blech.

love & i could care less about the super bowl,