Rainy Saturday

It's a rainy, dreary day here in New England. It is not helping me wake up and get moving after a relaxing acupuncture session this morning. It was a great session, but mixed with spring allergies, it's left me quite groggy. I'm on the elliptical now in front of our sun lamp, hoping to drum up the drive to put away laundry, clean our office, and work on floor plans for a friend's living room. But, before all that, a new award had brought a little brightness into a dark, semi-productive day.

Thanks to A Shadow of My Former Self at Singular Desire & Journey Through IF for adding a bright splash of spring green to my rainy afternoon! It's always nice to hear that people enjoy reading my random thoughts.

So, here’s how it works:

1. Winners grab the image and put it in your blog.
2. Link back to the person who gave you it.
3. Tell 10 things about yourself
4. Award 15 recently discovered bloggers.
5. Contact the bloggers you have awarded to let them know they have won.

Things about me:

1. I sometimes wish someone would nominate me for What Not to Wear. It's not that I think I'm a bad dresser, but more that I just don't know where to shop. Ever since I out grew Express, and The Gap became hit or miss, I have been a wandering fashionista. And I'm a designer...I feel like I should be fashionable (but then, I can't justify spending good money on clothes when I never know what size I might be a few months down the road...well, gee, this seems like it could be the subject of a whole post!)
2. I love Ameri.can Idol. I've been a faithful watcher since the last few episodes of season 2. I remember calling my mom the first time I heard Clay Aiken open his mouth saying "how on earth is that voice coming out of that face?!" Thankfully, my husband loves watching with me. We even have a pool going. We made predictions of the order people would leave the very first week, and he came up with a very complicated spreadsheet to determine the winner. We both want Casey to win, but I think Scotty will win. Just an early feeling. 
3. Speaking of Idol, Constantine (I have an unnatural giddiness anytime I see him, and acutally got to see him live this fall in Rock of Ages - very fun show for anyone who existed in the 80s). from season 4 would be on my list. You know, that list of five freebie celebs each spouse is supposed to have. My list also includes Robert Downy Jr., Johnny Depp, and probably Maurice Bernard who plays Sonny on GH. If you Googled this list of people, you would see that I have a very clear type. Dark, moody and Italianish. Hubby does in fact fit in pretty well. 
4. (I'm never going to make it to ten things if I keep saying so much about each one). I'm a terrible story teller, from the perspective that I'm not good at editing! I've been teased about this for most of my life. 
5. My house is often messier than I wish is was, but yet, most of the time, I can't be bothered to spend my time cleaning. I'd much rather be doing something creative, which often entails making a mess, not getting rid of one. 
6. I like to take walks in the rain...in the summer, when it's warm. (not when it's in the 40s). I tried, unsuccessfully, all last summer to get caught in the rain on my even walk. 
7. I LOVE Cadbury Creme eggs. (I think I have mentioned this before, but since they will be leaving stores in the next day, it seems relevant). My coworker Lo-lo and I gave up candy for the month of March, but only after I confirmed that Easter was late enough in the season that I would still get to have a few more eggs. We have two more in the house waiting for tomorrow. 
8. I wish I had more girlfriends. None of my best friends live near by. The closest one right now is over an hour, and about to move back to NJ. I was essentially dumped by my local friends when I disappeared on them during my thesis. Hubby came with some girls, who I am friends with, but all are at least 5 years older than me, and don't want to be moms, so it's not quite the same. 
9. I really want to take a beach vacation before we have a baby, but I think it's probably insane to spend money on that after we just went to London, have to go to Iowa this summer for a wedding, and have a million things to do around our house. But still, nothing beats lying on the beach in a tropical location sipping on pina coladas, even if they might have to be virgin. 
10. I am really good at procrastinating, or more so letting the minutes slip by while I am not being productive, and then freaking out later that I was not productive enough. 

With that said...I will finish up this post with my nominees after I take a productivity break!

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over three hours later...

It seems this award had been making the rounds as of late, so it's a little hard to come up with a list of 15 with no repeats. I apologize in advance if you've already received this. But it just means someone else out there is enjoying your blog, and that's always fun, right? And I didn't want to give this award to anyone I already gave an award to this winter (not that I don't still love you all...man I'm in a babbly mood today...)

So, without further ado, and trying to stick to blogs that are (mostly) newer to me...the nominees are...

1. A Miracle 4 Us
2. Club TTC
3. Greetings from Nowhere, NM
4. I'm Just Ducky, Thanks
5. Journey Through IF (cause if she hadn't given it to me, I would have given it to her!)
6. Mac and PC
7. My Path to Insanity and Beyond
8. Two's Company, Three's a Family
9. Delayed in DINKville
10. Singular Desire (cause again, if she hadn't beaten me to it...)
11. Tippy & Tidy's Tumultuous Trip to Toddlers
12. My Dusty Uterus
13. Many Many Moons
14. Viva la Vida
15. The Stork Drop Zone