a tag and an award

The lovely Angela gave me Neno's Award:The goals of this award are: 1)As a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging. 2)To seek the reasons why we all love blogging. 3)Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it. 4)Don't forget to mention the person who gives you the award. 5)Answer the awards question by writing the reason why you love blogging. 6)Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like. 7)Don't forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

Thank you dear! Why do I love blogging? 1) I have "met" so many wonderful people as a result of this blog and have made some good friends from it. 2) It is a welcome distraction from my job and hectic work schedule. 3) I have discovered many new companies/products as a result of blogging. (Blogging: good for you, bad for your wallet.)

I would like to pass this along to

Megs

Chloe

Erin

Southern Starlet

Also, Megs tagged me for this questionnaire.

1.Respond and rework: answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.2. tag other un-tagged people.

The Questions:

What is your current obsession? Stationary from Papyrus. One of the few substances out there that makes crack look cheap. (That one's for you Whitney Houston.)

What do you think your name says about you? That I'm Russian. Also that I'm a palindrome.
Who was the last person you hugged? my mommy

What’s your favorite dinner? tuna steak, medium-rare

What was the last thing you bought? a box of Slim Fast bars

What are you listening to right now? the sound of KMH im'ing me on gchat

What is your favorite weather? summer
What is your least favorite season? Winter, I get cold in anything below 73 degrees.

What's in your bathroom cabinet? A ton of lotions/beauty products, a headband for pulling my hair back when I wash my face, a toothbrush and toothpaste (always important to have), and some contact solution.

Say something to the person/s who tagged you. Megs, you are one of my absolute favorite bloggers and I hope to one day shop/drink with you. Not necessarily in that order.

What is your favorite tea flavor? Green Tea

What did you want to become as a child? A teacher, astronaut, ballerina, and about 20,000 other things. All at the same time.

What do you miss? Spice Girls lollipops from Chupa Chups

What's your favorite brand of jeans? Joe's Jeans

What designer piece of clothing would you most like to own (new or vintage)? a Burberry quilted jacket or trench

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Anywhere in the world where it's happy hour and has good wine. So let's say Spain for Sangria.

Who do you want to meet in person? Carrie Underwood, I have a girl crush on her

What is your most challenging goal right now? to lose weight

What’s your 5 year plan? To be alive in 5 years and be happy. I really suck at answering questions like this.

Why is today special? I used my new Fekkai hair products and my hair is now shiny and happy.
What is my favourite sport to watch? baseball To play? frisbee
What is your favorite piece of jewelry that you own? My Yeshiva girls ring that I got from Hadaya when I was in Israel. He custom-makes the rings to say whatever you want on them. Mine says "it is a great mitzvah to always be happy" on it in Hebrew on the outside, and the inside has the Jerusalem skyline and my Hebrew name/middle name, Rachel, on it in Hebrew. There isn't another ring exactly like this anywhere in the world, and every time I wear it I think of my Birthright trip to Israel and of me and my friend walking around the Old City trying to find the store.

For this I tag:

Angela

Southern Starlet

Desperately Seeking Seersucker

B is for Brown

A Southern Girl in the City

Jules

Always a Northerner

I'm too sexy for my shirt

Or at least Jigging in J.Crew thinks I am. She gave me the Sexy Blogger Award. Thanks girl!


I have to list 5 sexy things about myself. This is hard, because I don't particularly think of myself as being sexy but here goes.

1) I'm fluent in two languages and have studied several more in my life.
2) I don't smoke.
3) I am an awesome cook and baker. (There are areas of my life about which I'm modest. This isn't one of them.)
4) I can laugh at myself. And do so all the time.
5) I have decided to take pole dancing classes in the summer. While this isn't sexy yet, it definitely has potential.

I am going to pass this along to:
Megs
Good Gals, Inc.
Whitney
Jules
Chloe

awards time

Thank you to Chloe for giving me the Kreativ Blogger Award.


Here are the award rules:
List 7 things that you love and then pass the award on to 7 bloggers you love!
Be sure to tag them and let them know they have won!
You can copy the picture of the award and put it on your sideboard
letting the whole world know.....you are KREATIV!

1) I love flip flops. I literally own boxes of them! I tried to downsize my collection when I moved from my parents' house and yet I still ended up with a massive amount. This will not stop me from buying a ton more this spring/summer season.
2) I love musicals, especially Phantom of the Opera. In fact, I am slightly obsessed with it. I have seen it three times on Broadway already and J and I are planning to go see it again. When I was younger, when I would actually sing into my hairbrush, I always pretended to be the Phantom. (I thought his lines were much cooler than Christine's.)
3) I love sushi. It is one food that I could probably eat every single day of my life. One advantage of living where I do is that there are a lot of sushi restaurants in the area and because of all of the competition, they offer half-priced sushi all day long. It ends up being $2.00-2.50 for regular rolls and $1 for individual pieces. If I ever don't feel like cooking, I just order sushi!
4) Baking. Anyone who follows this blog knows that baking is one of my joys in this world. I love to bake but being that I'm single and live by myself, I can never eat all of what I bake. I usually bring cookies in to work or sometimes I mail them to my friend who's in the Air Force. I promised a family friend's daughter and my best friend's little sister that I would send them cookies to college. Before the start of Passover, it is traditional for Jews to get rid of their non-Passover items by "selling" them temporarily to their non-Jewish friends and neighbors so that they don't own them for the week of Passover. I decided that instead of doing that this year, I will bake up all that I have and send cookies to all of my non-Jewish friends to enjoy!
5) Palindromes. I'm really into symmetry. My initials are a palindrome and this makes me very happy. I have decided to do a fun giveaway for post #101 when I get to it, I have to figure out what that will be.
6) Yellow Rubber Duckies. This is an inside joke with one of my best friends from freshman year of high school. The joke is no longer funny, but the duck thing stuck around. Whenever someone sees anything with ducks on it, they automatically buy it for one of us.
7) Longchamp bags. In my mind, Longchamp is the perfect bag. They are durable, waterproof, basic so they can go with anything, come in a plethora of colors, and the Pliages series folds which makes them awesome to travel with. I own 5 and plan to acquire more.

I will now pass this award to my favorite bloggers:
Megs
Lou Lou
Southern Starlet
BLC :o
Whitney
Lisa
Jane

My First Award!

Thanks to The Coastal Belle for giving me my first award. Thank you girl!



"These blog are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight more bloggers who must choose eight more bloggers and include this cleverly written text in the body of their award."

I will give it to my favorite blogs to read:
1. Say Shenanigans (BFFs for 8 years and still going strong)
2. The Southern Starlet
3. I Don't Want to Wait
4. Newbie New Yorker
5. Lisa
6. Jane