Going Places

Polish and Pearls is so sweet! She passed on these two great awards & totally made my day! :) I love her blog, and I hope you stop by to check it out if you haven't yet!

Where would I like to be in ten years?

This is so fun....let's see.

Mr and I will be coming up to our 12th anniversary! Malone will be 12 years old, and we'll have two or three little ones running around the house! Hopefully we'll live close to both sides of our family, I'll be working about 2 days a week as a dentist (don't tell Mr I said that! haha...) We talk about me cutting back on my work week once we have kids...but whether its cutting back to 3 days or 1 day is a matter of discussion. ;) While we're dreaming here, I'd like to be about 15 pounds lighter & fluent in espanol!

The rules for this award are to thank the person who gave you the award {Thank you, Ashley!}, share ten things about yourself, pass this award onto ten bloggers who you recently discovered and think are fantastic and finally contact the bloggers to let them know you’ve picked them for an award.

So here goes...ten things about me:

1. I have never broken a bone that required a cast, and I used to be so jealous of all the kids who got to wear them in school! The first bone I broke was a teensy little one in my left ring finger. It was before Mr and I were engaged, and I was terrified that it would be deformed & look weird when/if he proposed! LOL!

2. I drive almost an hour to work; ordinarily I don't like to drive anywhere, but with a book on CD I actually look forward to hopping in the car! My sister thinks this is totally dorky and swears it'd put her straight to sleep, but it's my saving grace! I just got a new library card, so I've been using it to get a few light-hearted books on CD. But did you know that Cracker Barrel also has a system where you can pay to borrow books on CD and return them at any Cracker Barrel in the country? I've done this too & it works great...except for when you forget to return it (aka I now own at least 3 books on CD that I'll never listen to again.) oopsy!

3. I don't like to floss. I DO floss, of course...yes, I know it's important for my teeth and gums. But more than anything, I floss simply because I figure I'd better practice what I preach. I'd feel like a hypocrite if I only flossed a couple times a week while I tell my patients to floss daily!

4. Mosquitos are the bain of my existence. You'd think I paint myself with honey before going outside the way they flock to me, and I'm hyper-reactive to their bites! Seriously, sometimes it looks like my legs are just a patchwork of big, pink, puffy welts after a casual walk around the neighborhood. ugh.

5. Okay, I have a couple other "bains of my existence." a) Artificial watermelon flavoring. EW ew. I don't know what it is, and I wish I loved it. But I don't. b) Rude people. Seriously, folks. It's not hard to smile back, and it's not hard to throw up a little thank-you-wave of acknowledgement if I let you cut in front of me in traffic.

6. I've discovered KLOVE on the radio, and it's what's playing at all times in the car (when I'm not listening to a book on CD). It brightens my morning & inspires me for the whole day!

7. My sister Little Miss stayed with us the past week to study for her big national board exam (she's going to be a dentist too!), and had to leave today! :( It was so fun spending time with her again! We got to do girly things like makeovers, watch chick flicks, and eat dessert for breakfast! Last night, I was trying to experiment with her eye make up, and we were literally IN TEARS laughing as I tried to apply liquid liner onto her lids! It was priceless! There were tears STREAMING down my face! I should have taken a picture of the finished product, but Little Miss would've killed me! HaHAha!

8. My birthday is Tuesday, July 20th! I'll be...gulp...27 years old. sheesh! I vividly remember when my mom was 27, and it's officially my "feeling OLD" age. Mr has been so cute, he's been sneaking around the house trying to work on my "birthday surprises!" He's so adorable.

9. I'm looking for a good all-terrain type vehicle to drive in the snow. I'm not used to driving in harsh winter weather, let alone one hour to work, so we're thinking about trading in Mr's Volvo sedan for something more snow-worthy. Any ideas?

10. I've always wanted to get a caricature drawn, and on July 4th, Mr and I had one made for free downtown! Here it is! Too funny.

Now, for the best part! I'm passing both of these awards onto these SIX wonderful bloggers!

Kari @ 2 Dogs and a Blog

Katherine Anne @ The Medical School Mrs.

Katherine @ Just Lovely

sCe @ Summer Wind

My mom @ Personalized Sketches and Sentiments

Brooke @ thehenncoop

{She's my cousin I wrote about here! Now she has a really cute blog!}

p.s. My mom is hosting a giveaway on her blog, so stop by and check it out! She also gave me a really cute award, and I'll be posting it here in the next couple days...so be on the look out!