Oh, Yeah!

I got nominated for a Stylish Blog Award. Love it when that happens. I also realized that my other blog had been nominated for another award from my friend over at Hillside Hollow. I completely forgot and I am a very bad blogger friend. So, since the rules are similar I am going to consider this kind of a combo blog of both, if that's ok.

The rules are as follows: I have to give credit where credit is due (which crazy reader nominated me). I have to tell you seven things about me (since when have I ever minded talking about myself?). I have to nominate 5 blogs for the same award (love my fellow bloggers). And, I get to satisfy my craving for bullet points. Win, win.

I was nominated by my friend Amy Lou over at High Strung Musings. Amy Lou is a rookie blogger, but seems to have been born to it. She makes me laugh and her insights are usually spot on for me. She and I are friends from school in what was a small Texas town. I love her header picture. She was always pretty, but now she is stunning. I love the look on her face as she is flanked on either side by her husband and her son. Beautiful. I have loved reconnecting with her on Facebook. What an amazing woman she has become.

Now for seven things and my verison of blog crack: bullet points. I want to try to download different bullet points. Flowers, and lady bugs, and moons, and suns, and whatever. But for now, here's what I got.

• My name is Cristy and I am a shoe-a-holic. It's okay though, I don't want help. I just want a bigger closet. To be specific, I love a gorgeous high heel, the higher the better. I don't mean stripper 6 inch platform with the 10 inch heel. That's just obnoxious and no self respecting woman would wear those in public. If you look like a ho, people will think you are a ho. I like a high, skinny heel. I love a wedge heel. I love them to look good with jeans. I love to find a purse that matches. I love having a closet full of them. I searched for months for the perfect pair of zebra heels. When I walked into a department store one day after many days of walking into this store, there they were. They make me happy just looking at them. I have one pair I debated on for weeks. When I tried them on, I had my big girl take a picture of them and it was my wallpaper on my phone. I would look at my phone and think about those shoes. Every time we would go the that store I would try them on. My kids new exactly where we going first. Then, one day, they went on sale. And I had a coupon. You know the rest.
• I dig technology. I am not as savvy as I would like to be. But I would like to be. I absolutely love the new Touch. The big girl has one and it is just so damn cool. I have talked about getting a new iPhone, but it doesn't come with a keyboard keyboard. I like to feel the keys. I am loving Windows 7. I can do about 14 things at one time. When something technological comes up in our family, it always comes to me. The big girl is getting to know alot about it with her Touch. She can do some pretty cool stuff. Then there's texting, tweeting, facebooking, and who knows what else.
• I love my family. We eat dinner together every night. We read with and to each other. I think that the more time we can spend with our kids, the more productive members of society they will become. The best thing we ever did was homeschool. We have a flexible schedule that allows us to adjust to hubby's busy schedule. Last year we were able to meet hubby at least once a week for lunch at a park. We would eat, then the kids would play, then we'd all take a walk. It was awesome. The schedule is a little different this year, but we have still managed lunch with hubby every couple of weeks. Love, love love, to hear my kids laugh. It's the most joyful noise ever.
• I have a soundtrack to my life. Music has always been important to me. Whatever the occasion, I can tell you what song was playing in the background. When I walk through the store, I have songs that run through my head. I feel like breaking into song and dance, but I usually refrain. My iPod is full. I have an 8G, so it holds quite a bit, but I am out of room. I took off all the kids videos and stuff, I took off podcasts, and I only have a few playlists to cut down on repeats. Still, I need a bigger iPod. Hence the want for a new iPhone. There are songs that I may not hear for years, but when I hear them, it's like it was yesterday. I can still sing it word for word if not note for note. I was never much of a singer. That brings us to the next one.
• I love to dance. I always have. I learned to dance watching Soul Train. I also used to watch American Bandstand. Then, when I was in middle school, the USA network had a dance show that came on. It was alright. I have been the only person on the dance floor more than once. I have also been the only one in the life guard stand at a club in Arlington. Not to brag, well, yeah, to brag, DJ stopped the music as a couple of girls tried to get up there with me and said, "Nobody gets up there while she's there." Loved that! I took tap for 3 years. I started my fourth, but scheduling just wasn't working out. I only got to go to one class, which I think was better anyway. If I had gone for more than that, it would have hurt even more. I highly suggest you take a dance class. Whatever kind of dancing you want to do. If your spouse won't go, go by yourself. You would miss out on a great experience. And you just might get your spouse to join you.
• I am frustrated writer. If I could write for a living, that would be awesome. That's the reason I have two blogs. The more I get to write, the happier I am. I have kept a journal of some sort or another for years, but I have not been very faithful to any of them. I even have my issues with this, but I still would never give them up. This is my therapy and my way to tell people what to do without knowing or caring if they do it or not. I have voices that run through my head. I have characters that develop in my brain and become almost real. Scenarios unfold in one way, but then the story decides that's not right. They rework themselves in my head and I have to get them out. The only way for me to do that is to write. I have this one story now that just hasn't found the right path through a situation. It needs to hurry so I can get it out.
• I am a face it head on kind of gal. I think it's because I have authority issues. I don't like to be held back by "the man". That just sounds funny and I like it. I just don't think hiding an issue is healthy. Stuffing it down makes me sick. I am not good at that. Sometimes feelings are going to get hurt. Sometimes those feeling are mine. I am an adult and I need to be responsible for the junk in my life. I think that should apply to everyone.

So that's my long winded ramblings about me. I could talk about me all day. Instead, I am going to point you in the direction of some of my favorite blogs.

This is my friend Scott. He has always had a special way with words. He has also had an affinity for old movies. He is writing a series of blogs about some of his favorites. It's actually quite interesting. Then there's the aforementioned Hillside Hollow. She is one of those that makes me laugh out loud. She is also a homeschooler. She likes to read as much as I do and I have broadened my reading horizons because of her. This is my friend G. She has made quite the transformation this year with her weight and her health. She has really embraced a more natural way of eating and with nutrition. It's has been amazing to watch.

And now that I get here, two of the other blogs I was going to nominate are invitation only, and another has a link that's not working right. I think that might be my cue.