Friday, October 1, 2010

Eight Questions

So, I have to be honest, I've kind of lost my umph when it comes to blogging lately, but I still love reading them and tonight I found this game on Bluegrass Love and thought it seemed like fun and something easy to blog about.

Eight Question: you answer eight questions posed by a fellow blogger then ask 8 questions at the end and invite others to continue playing.

1. What DIY project are you most proud of? Share pictures.

This one I'm not sure about, while I love being creative with paper (scrapbooking anyone?) and I love yardsaling and craigslisting and making old things new again, I don't think I do enough to make it actually qualify as DIY. One this that does come to mind is a lamp base I bought for $3.00 at a neighborhood yardsale a couple weeks ago. I found it in this elderly couple's garage amidst a dozen more lamp bases and covered in dust and cobwebs. I thought the shape and the design was pretty cool and hey, for $3.00 how can you pass it up?




So I bought it, cleaned it up and topped it off with a modern white barrel shade. I'm still trying to decide if I want to repaint the base as I'm not convinced it works with the rest of the decor.




2. What are you most afraid of?

Bees, wasps, hornets, flyey stingy things...seriously anything that is tiny, can fly and have stingers scares the bajeezes out of me!



Oh! I'm also super afraid of scary movies, I just can't handle the stress. We saw Wolfman in theaters...BAD idea, I think I would've had a heart attack had the movie been any longer. Heck, I didn't even really watch the movie most of the time, I seriously paid (well Stephen paid) to watch the floor of the theater during the movie. My heart and my sanity just can't take it!

3. Why do you blog?

I was really just looking for a creative outlet and a way to let people know what was going on in my life especially since I had just gotten engaged when I began blogging. I also love reading other people's blogs and began to feel guilty about reading and not writing.

4. What color lipstick do you wear?

I don't, I'm a chapstick kind of girl. I've never worn lipstick but I have experimented with glosses but just can't find something that works for me.



5. What's your favorite go-to recipe?

I'm definetly not the chef in the relationship so I don't really have any recipes, but Stephen makes a mean home-made mac and cheese with vermont white cheddar cheese. It's delicious and in a bind I always suggest Stephen whip out the grater and the mac/cheese pot. YUM!

6. What's your favorite place to go (or thing to do) for a cheap date?

A walk in the park until it gets dark, an hour or so at half-price books then finishing up the evening with a birthday cake remix at Coldstone Creamery. Yes please!



7. How many children do you want? Do you have a gender preference or names picked?

Oh goodness, is it bad that I know the answer to this question and I'm not even married yet?! In my little world, I'm thinking 3 children, 2 girls and a boy. We've picked out Emma Kate, Ava ___ and William Bradley for the names thus far. Who knows, only time will tell I suppose, it is an exciting prospect though!

8. What is your favorite fashion trend/look for the fall?

I've never gotten on the boot bandwagon and as I've seen them out in stores I'm secretly getting a little excited. I don't know if I'll have the gumption to actually buy and wear a pair, but it's definetly what I'm thinking about this fall.



I'm torn because there are so many different styles of boots for so many different occasions. As you can see I'm all over the place with the styles that I like. Who knows, maybe I'll bite the bullet and get a pair eventually!

Now it's your turn, answer these eight questions on your blog!

1. What/where is your safe-place, your sanctuary, where you go to "get away from it all"?

2. If someone gave you a plane ticket good for anywhere in the world, where would you go?

3. How do you express your creativity?

4. Do you prefer wine or beer?

5. What does your ideal family look like? Kids? Pets? Names?

6. Where do you want to retire? (I know it's a long way away, but a girl can dream right?)

7. What do you always have stocked in the fridge?

8. Favorite TV shows? Why?

Looking forward to reading some of your answers!