• Link back to the blog that nominated you
• Nominate 5 – 11 new blogs who have 200 or fewer followers (This is harder than it sounds and can sometimes be difficult to determine, but give it your best shot)
• Answer the questions posted for you by your nominator
• Share 11 random facts about yourself
• Create 11 questions for your nominees to answer
• Contact your nominees and let them know that you have nominated them.

My Nominees:

• Checkerberry Lane
• Bibs and Yoga Pants
• I Conquer
• Motherhood Unabridged
• The Flash Cook
• Remarkably Mommy
• Fawn Over Baby
• Discovering Breadcrumbs

Congratulations!  You are under no obligation to accept, but I hope you do.

Questions for Me to Answer:

1. Why do you blog? — I blog as a creative outlet, and it might be nice to eventually make a little extra money doing something that I enjoy
2. In what Country do you live? — The good old U.S. of A
3. What is your favorite book of all time? — The Grounding of Group Six, but please don’t take this as a recommendation. It’s a cheesy novel about a group of teenagers trying to be offed and their fight to survive. I was enthralled with it as a teenager, but I haven’t read it in years
4. Do you have a pet? — Yes, two cats (Dixie and Denny) and one nine-year-old goldfish named Spike
5. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be, and with whom would you go? — I would love to go to Ireland with anyone and everyone that wants to come along
6. If you could pick a different point in history to live when would it be? — The Medieval period has always interested me with all the knights, jousting and castles. Although I probably would have been a peasant and died of the plague, but this is my daydream so let’s just say I’m not
7. Do you scream when you see a spider? — Yes. I usually scream, “Honey, come kill this spider.
8. Do you dye your hair?  — Yes, but only with a non-permanent color. Here’s a secret: my husband does it for me
9. Are you a city mouse or a country mouse? — I’m definitely a country mouse, but this country mouse likes to visit the big city quite frequently
10. What is your favorite board game? — I like all kinds of board games, but one of my favorites is Scrabble
11. What is your favorite season? — I love fall!

Random Facts About Me:

1. I am training for my first 5k
2. I enjoy waterfowl hunting with my husband
3. I want to write a childrens book some day (sooner rather than later)
4. I have a master’s degree in education that I don’t use
5. I love being a graphic designer, even though I have taken a hiatus while being a stay-at-home mom
6. Gone With the Wind is my favorite movie of all time
7. I think chickens are the perfect pets
8. Apparently buying and selling houses is a hobby of mine. My husband and I have lived in four homes in the ten years we have been married
9. I’m an Arkansas Razorback. Go Hogs
10. I’ve been to France three times
11. I love to travel, but the best thing about going is coming home.

Questions for My Nominees to Answer:

1. Where is your favorite place to curl up with a book
2. If you could go to lunch with three famous people, who would they be
3. What is your favorite restaurant
4. What is your favorite vacation destination
5. What is one thing you would change about your home
6. Do you ever wish you had more children
7. Do you secretly enjoy house cleaning
8. What is the best zoo you have ever visited
9. What is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery
10. What is the strangest pet you have ever owned
11. What is the best thing about your spouse/significant other?

Whew, I think that’s it. I hope you’ve learned a few new things about me and if you aren’t already following Small Talk Mama, you might want to check it out. I also hope you will visit all the blogs I’ve mentioned here and give them a read.