Liebster Award

Hey y'all, I'm so excited to share with you today that I've been nominated for the Liebster Award by Cathleen over at Classy Cathleen !

If you read a lot of blogs then you probably know what the Liebster Award is, but just in case you don't here's the rules...

1. Post 11 facts about yourself.

2. Answer the 11 questions created by the person who nominated you, then create your own set for the people who are going to nominate!

3. Choose 11 people (that have under 200 followers) to nominate and link them to your post .

4. Let the people you nominated know they've been tagged. No tag backs!

11 Facts About Me:

-I live in Kentucky.

- I can't wait for fall to get here!

-My favorite beauty brand is Clinique.

- In elementary school I won first place in state in a writing competition.

-I'm allergic to everything, except dogs!

- I plan on studying Psychology and Counseling and one day hope to be an Eating Disorder counselor.

-Since I'm moving I'm trying to downsize my book collection and it's making me really sad.

- I cut my hair last week and my hair hasn't been this short since I was in elementary school.

-I sleep with 10 pillows on my bed.

-I can't swim.

-I have an obsession with Vanilla scented candles.

11 Questions from Cathleen:

1.Do you have any pets? If not... What kind of pet would you have?

-If I could have any pet it would be a Golden Retriever!

2. Who is your inspiration? (Style, attitude, etc.)

Taylor Swift. Her style is so simple and classy, and she's always nice to people.

3.What is your favorite quote?

-"You can't play it safe your whole life and expect to reach your highest potential. You've got to be willing to take some risk."- Joel Osteen

4. How long have you been blogging, and why did you start your blog?

- I will be celebrating my two year blog anniversary next month. When I first started blogging it was just to prove to myself that I can keep a blog going for more than just a few weeks, then it just turned into something I love doing and now I can't imagine not blogging.

5. What is your favorite season?

-Winter! And Fall!

6. Would you rather visit France or England?

-England!

7. What is your favorite thing to do over the weekend?

-Read. I also love to sleep!

8. What do you hope to get out of blogging?

- I just want to have a place to write. 

9. What three words would you use to describe you?

-Loyal. Honest. Understanding.

10. What are 5 of your favorite foods?

-Pickles. Pizza. Mashed potatoes. Strawberry cheesecake. Chicken.

My questions for my nominees!

1. What are your top five favorite songs?

2.  What is one thing you couldn't live without?

3. What are your favorite kind of posts to write?

4. What kind of camera do you use?

5. Where do you find your inspiration?

6. What is your favorite thing about blogging?

7.  What is your favorite book?

8. Which blogs do you check daily?

9. What is the best piece of advice anyone has ever given you?

10. Do you prefer heels or flats?

11. What is your funniest memory?

And here's my 11 nominees...

Dany at Dany Szelsky

Melissa at Daily Chaos

S.S. at Seersucker Sass

Courtney at Daughter of a Son of a Sailor

Belle at the life and times of Belle

Emma at The World According to Emma

Sarah at Sweet Spontaneity

Of Life and Lists

Porsche at Coffee, bitte

Sarah at Sarah Smile

Briana Luca at Royally Pink

And again I would like to thank Cathleen for nominating me!

XoXo,

Lori

My 13 New Years Resolutions

    Happy New Year!!!! So it's officially 2013, which means it's time to once again make a list of things I want to accomplish and break most of them by the end of the year. Today's post will be short and sweet I won't waste your time with long explanations, you'll end up with an explanation on most of them eventually. So let's get started.....

1. Lose 25-45 pounds.
2. Take the SAT and ACT at least once.
3. Get a job.
4. Open a savings account and save at a minimum half of each paycheck.
5. Finish 25 classes.
6. Start touring and visiting colleges.
7. Narrow down my list of potential colleges.
8. Read more, specifically from my list of books to read before going to college.
9. Start reading my E-mails and not just putting them in folders to read later. (Note: I have 4 E-mail addresses, and your e-mails are never put in folders, they always have been and will be read and replied to ASAP).
10. Blog at least 120 times in 2013.
11. Be more positive and less sarcastic to those around me.
12. Learn how to deal with stress and not allow annoying people to get to me so easily
13. Accomplish the things that mean the most to me this year and stop putting other people before my own needs and wants.

I decided to do 13 resolutions because it's 2013.

I'm sure you noticed that a lot of these are centered around my education and college. I'm actually planning a blog post soon where I talk about that, I'm just trying to decide exactly what I want to say in it. 

So that's all for today, i hope your New Year is off to a lovely start, stay safe, and be sure to bundle up if it's cold where you live. Stay Creative my lovelies, I'll post again very very soon.
                                                                                                 xoxo,
                                                                                                     Lori Ann
      Also contact me:  
                                  E-mail:      loriboyd15@gmail.com
                                   Twitter:   @LoriAnnBoyd

I also wanted to share with you a quote I found today.

       "Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't Freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

     Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever."

-Neil Gailman


P.S. I decided to move my weekly series 5 Words to Friday's, because I feel like it's more convenient because it means Weight Loss series on Monday's, 5 Words on Friday's, and then I can post during the week without being restricted. I hope you don't mind, I just didn't realize how inconvenient it was till I got ready to do this post and realized two of my series ran 2 days in a row.

P.P.S. I just realized this blog post  isn't exactly short and sweet like I thought it would be. Oh well, Happy New Year!!!! I hope you have a great year in 2013.