the Liebster Award

Molly at Carry Your Heart With Me gave me the Liebster Award!

The rules of the award:
- Post 11 random facts about yourself
- Choose 11 deserving bloggers and tag them
- Answer 11 questions the tagger has asked you and give 11 questions to the people you've tagged.

11 random facts about myself

1. i have never had my ears (or anything else) pierced.

2. taking the year "off" after high school to do Youth With A Mission Maui was one of the best years of my life! same with the semester off college to do SBFM in maui.

3. i love the beach and would love to live in maui again.

4. i don't like coffee but i love chai tea lattes.

5. i have one older brother, colby.

6. bhutan is one of the coolest countries i have traveled to.

7. my mom is one of my very best friends.

8. yard sales are my favorite place to shop.

9. i love sushi. i've been hooked ever since i had it on a date with lance for the first time a few years ago.

10. being outside soothes my spirit. i love hiking or just being outside with people.

11. lance is my favorite person ever. i love him so so much.

11 questions from Molly:

1. How did you meet your husband/fiance?

we met when we were both working in food service at the hospital during college. his version of the story is much funnier because he says it took forever to get me to talk to him. which is true.

one of the earliest conversations that i remember laughing at lance for was when he started talking about how he makes the best renal shakes. (renal shakes were disgusting protein shakes we had to make for dialysis patients and they usually hated drinking them. i never actually tried one.) i was filling out paperwork and just laughed at him, but he continued, "what if girls liked guys and married them based on how well they made renal shakes?" i thought it was completely random but really funny and even told my mom about it - and how funny this guy was. little did i know how un-random it was and that he already knew he wanted to marry me.

2. What is the best way you have found to pass the time while they are gone?

exercising, reading books, and planning random things to look forward to. i also try to limit my time on facebook because it can be a downer.

3. What is a base/post you've loved/hated?

fort benning is the only one i have been to (besides one i forget the name of in florida for a wedding) but since i haven't lived there i can't say that i have any strong feelings about it either way.

4. What is your favorite military tradition? (i.e balls, promotion ceremonies, etc)

i loved ranger ball and i can't wait for the next one! i like how the military is steeped in so much tradition.

5. What is your favorite book you've recently read?

"east of eden" by john steinbeck, "the meaning of marriage" by tim keller, and "twist of faith" by anne beiler were all really amazing!

6. Did (Will) you have a military wedding?

we do not plan to have a military wedding. lance says that the military already takes up so much of his life and he does not want that to carry over to his wedding. i respect that.

7. What do you think about ACU purses? (Look here for examples if you don't know what I am talking about.)

i have never heard of them before today and i don't want one.

8. Do you have pets?

no pets right now, but lance and i both love dogs and talk about getting one. at the same time we are really hesistant because of the time commitment and dog hair everywhere. i want an english bulldog named hank. he wants a border collie, but i better not share what he wants to name it without his permission.

9. What area would you like to be stationed?

washington state or hawaii! i love both of those areas so much. germany, italy or anywhere in europe since i have not been there yet. alaska would be fun too.

10. What posts are you trying to avoid like the plague?

i'm a newby to all of this so i have no clue. but i've heard fort polk in louisiana is miles and miles from civilization, and that civilization there is really only walmart - so maybe that one.

11. How desperate do you have to be to brave the commissary on pay day?

 it sounds like i can be thankful i have not experienced this yet.

I am going to  skip tagging 11 people and giving them 11 questions to answer ... BUT, if anyone reading this would like the Liebster Award just say so in your comment and I promise I will come up with 11 really fun questions for you.