Sorry, was channeling my inner Sally Field there.

The awesome, stupendous and amazing Ali over at My Life With Them gave me an award.  Needless to say I’m extremely flattered to be chosen.   It’s my very first blog award, like, evar!  And this one is meaningful because a friend deemed me worthy of it.

There are some rules that go along with it, so let’s get that part out of the way first:

1) Present this award to 7 others whose blogs you find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged you.
2) Tell those 7 people they’ve been awarded the HONEST SCRAP AWARD and inform them of these guidelines in receiving the award.
3) Share “10 Honest Things” about yourself.

My 10 Honest Things (or more appropriately titled- things that will make you stop reading this blog)

1.  I HATE talking on the telephone.  It’s right up there with fear of spiders and heights for me.  I will avoid it like the plague.

2.  I do not drink.  I have nothing against it, and truth be told, I may have one alcoholic beverage a year.  But my body simply does not like alcohol and I can get plastered from one glass of wine.

3.  I actually think I’m a terrible writer.  I am constantly amazed that anyone reads this thing.  I sit down to write and can never put into words exactly what I want to say.  Until hours later when I re-read the post and think of at least 3 paragraphs of stuff I should have said.

4.  I have panic attacks.  I’ve had them since I was a teenager.  They almost always happen at night, if I give my mind a chance to wander.  I’ve never admitted that to anyone except my husband and one friend.

5.  I am overweight.  Not, oh, I could stand to lose a few pounds.  Morbidly obese is what is in my doctor’s chart on me.  I am working on it.  I struggle every day and some days are better than others, but I want to set a better example for my daughter.

6.  I despise reality television.  I curse the day MTV put the Real World on the air and created the genre.

7.  I hate Halloween.  I cannot bear the thought of having to answer the door 5 million times after a long day at work.  Darin & I hide in our bedroom at the back of the house and watch movies & order pizza.

8.  I despise the taste of coffee.  I love the aroma, but the taste skeeves me out.

9.  Sometimes I let myself think ahead to when Ava will be grown up and leaves our house.  I don’t do it very often, because it breaks my heart, even though I know she deserves to have a life of her own.

10.  I really want another baby.  So badly I cannot stand it.  I am terrified it will not happen.  I’m closer to 40 than I am to 30 (a lot closer).

Next up:  Bloggers who I think deserve this award

Pardon me if you’ve already been tagged with this, but I’m late in the game on posting this:

Lu

Issa

Amanda

Ben

Liz

LoraLee

Victoria