Alright so last week Michaela from Vegan Life nominated me for the Liebster Award, and this week the wonderful Jess from Keeping It Real Food did too! So I figured I would combine the two and blast you guys with a ton of random information about myself.
Liebster, in German, is consistently used to express your appreciation of someone, meaning “dearest” or “beloved”. I tried to find the original Liebster Award post so that I could credit whoever came up with this, no luck. But what I did find is that it has been going on around the blogosphere for quite a while, and it really shows how much we appreciate each other as fellow bloggers. It’s a chance to show someone that you’re really listening and you really care.
With that said, here are the rules…
- Write 11 random facts about yourself
- Answer the 11 questions given by the person who nominated you
- Create 11 new questions
- Nominate 11 bloggers and mention them in your post
- Thank the person that nominated you and tell the people you’ve nominated
Since I got this from 2 different people, I’ll be answering 22 questions that they created
11 Random Facts About Me
- I’m very clumsy with little things, like making a mess when I eat, running into tables, dropping wine glasses…
- I have two older brothers
- Training for a 10k right now, which is also the start to my Half marathon training but I don’t want to call it that yet because I think it makes it seem daunting
- In high school I was on the varsity rowing team for 4 years as port in the bow pair
- Andrew and I have been dating for 3 and a half years
- I won’t eat meat at more than 1 meal a day, and there is no reasoning behind this
- My favorite wine is Pinot Grigio (white), but I actually much prefer red wine
- Incubus and Bob Marley are my “fall-backs” for music. Can’t ever get enough
- Scallops are one of my favorite foods, but I only eat them once or twice a year because I think only fine-dining places can get them right, so I save them for special occasions
- Now that I live in a tropical climate, anything below 70 degrees is “cold” to me
- I own more yoga pants than jeans
Questions from Jess
- What are your desert island albums? Everything Incubus has ever created, oh and you could throw in some Bob Marley if you’re feeling generous (see random fact #8)
- Do you pay attention to astrology? No not really
- What’s your hidden talent? It wouldn’t be a hidden talent if I told you
- How did you celebrate your last birthday? Well it was on a Tuesday so I went to work, we had celebrated the weekend before when my parents were in town
- What’s your favorite way to spend a day off? Snuggled up on the couch with Annie… or going to the beach
- Hot weather or cold weather? Hot hot hot!
- Do you have a “signature” dish you make? Baklava, but I’ve been thinking lately I really need to find something other than dessert that is my signature dish.. better get to work!
- What’s your favorite drink, alcoholic or non? Wine, hands-down. Sorry I’m not sorry? I do also love coffee
- What song do you listen to over and over? Right now it’s Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris and Florence
- What time do you usually go to bed? During the week I try to go to bed by 11, earlier if I can.. I’m worthless without sleep
- If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Greece, Italy, and back to Spain please
Questions from Michaela
- Yoga or Pilates? Yoga please, just because I don’t necessarily do it for the workout, that’s just a nice perk
- Book or movie? Depends, it’s gotta be a good movie or I fall asleep hah
- Gingerbread or peppermint? Peppermint for sure, yum
- Ocean or lake? This is a tough one, I’d say lake for nostalgic reasons of my summers at Lake Michigan but I do love the warm, salty ocean breeze
- Run or Bike? I like to run more now than I ever thought I would
- Acai or gogi berries? Costco has these chocolate covered acai berries and they are to die for
- Scuba dive or Sky dive? Um neither? I would be terrified either way
- Morning or evening? I’m more of a morning person but everything good happens at night, it’s more fun!
- Ski or surf? Well I was on ski team in high school, I learned to ski probably the day after I learned to walk sooo…
- Australia or Europe? Both would be amazing to explore
- Seashells or Seahorses? I love collecting sea shells when I go to the beach, maybe I should do some sort of craft with them? Right now they are just in glass jars
My Questions for You!
- Would you rather spend your money on food or clothes?
- What’s your favorite holiday cookie?
- When you’re angry or upset, how do you calm yourself down?
- Do you have a favorite restaurant?
- With foods that you don’t like, is it a texture thing or taste?
- How many alarms do you set to wake up?
- Is your house/apartment/room clean or messy?
- Chocolate or vanilla?
- When’s the last time you talk to your best friend?
- Do you like prefer flying or driving?
- How many cups of coffee/tea do you drink in a day?
