I'm Breaking ALL The Rules Today..

Okay. Well maybe not all of them. But most of them. I just spent 30 minutes ironing a sheet + chasing the natural light around my living room to get you guys the perfect pictures for this wine cork thing I'm making [ps it's gonna be great!] Then I remembered I forgot to schedule today's post, again. [guys, I don't have it together.] So, the sweetest little llama there ever was, Melissa, nominated me for another Liebster award. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to win more than once, Natalie also nominated me, so this would be my third [I have never felt more popular guys..] Anyways. I'm just going to use it as a prompt for today, which is probably not part of the rules. I nominate everyone who hasn't done it yet. I know that's cheating. Hashtag sorry not sorry. 

this picture has nothing to do with anything.

I'm also skipping 11 random facts about myself, because you can find some here, here, here, and anywhere in this tag. geeze I talk about myself a lot. OKAY. On to the questions! 

Do you like Christmas music? I love Christmas music. I've been known to listen to it in July. I love it almost as much as Laura

Do you like to cook? I do! I also like to make up recipes as I go, because I'm bad at following directions, apparently. 

Do you watch Gilmore Girls? is the Pope Catholic? I'm really just Lorelai with a better relationship with her mother. 

What is your favorite hobby? it appears to be finding the perfect gifs for my posts these days. I also love to take pictures, go to sporting games, play softball, and go on nature hikes!

What are three goals you have in the next 10 years?

• travel: I'm going to Europe on NYE!!
• pay off all my credit card debt: working for peanuts kinda racks up the credit card bills..
• buy a jeep wrangler: after I pay off my debt. or if Jeep wants to give me one. OR if someone wants to trade my car for their wrangler, I'm thinking someone who just had kids, the Liberty is great for moms!

Do you watch reality T.V.? no, but my roommate does, so we have a lot on our DVR...

How do you feel about your current job?  I love my dad, I love being able to pay my bills, but it's not for me. I want to get back in sports, but I'm also considering going back to school and finding a different kind of nonprofit to work for..

What is your most embarrassing moment? I don't embarrass easily. I don't even know if I could pick one, I do a lot of dumb stuff..

Any hidden talents? THIS I have plenty. I'm a really fast pee-er. Super efficient at Facebook stalking, I can figure out the end of crime drama shows before the second commercial break, I am really good at that "what song is this, who sings it?" game, I know tons of useless things because I love trivia and crossword puzzles (I do them in pen + everything!)

How do you  feel about flying? I need at least one cocktail, it's a long story. 

What did you want to be when you were little? A marine biologist who was also a professional softball player and President of the USA. I was super ambitious...

What made you start blogging? A lot of free time and a lot of people saying "why don't you start a blog? people would totally read it"

Do you have any nicknames? Kasey is actually a nickname! also Deuce, KD Smoove, KK, and I'll answer to "HEY YOU!" oh also, mouth of the south, due to my lack of volume control...

What's one thing you'd have to have with you if you were deserted on an island? I don't know if I can pick one. I'm going to cheat, books, sunscreen, tequila. Then I'd be set. 

What is your guilty pleasure? The SyFy channel... also I really used to like the Disney channel, the newer stuff kinda sucks though. 

What is your favorite movie quote? "good luck exploring the infinite abyss" 

What is your go-to accessory staple? I always have at least two ponytail holders on my arm? Also, my cowboy boots. OH OR my love beads. 

What is the best thing you've ever cooked? my favorite dish is my kickin' buffalo chicken dip! 

If you were one of the four seasons- which would you be and why? SUMMER. I don't like pants, I like the sun to stay up late, and I am like a furnace.

Where you born in the state (or country) you're currently living in? If not - what brought you there? I sure was! 

What do you do for a living? right now, I manage my dad's office. He trusts me with all kinds of numbers. silly silly. 

What do you think MSDS stands for? miscellaneous spontaneous dance situations. obviously. 

I'm back to using the hot glue gun! Who else wants to answer these questions? I can make up some more if you want :) 

Liebster Award!

Y'all. I mentioned the other day that I was doing my first ever sponsorship + it's so great. Oddly enough, taking that little leap helped me to bug all of my real world friends to follow along. I couldn't tell you why that was such a tough thing for me to do, because they were the ones encouraging me to write to begin with... anyways. So I was nominated by the lovely Sweet, Sassy, Southern Belle + I'm going to use her rules!

Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you and post a link back to their blog. 
• Display the award on your blog by including it in your post and/or displaying it using a “widget” or a “gadget”.  Note that the best way to do this is to save the image to your own computer and then upload it to your blog post.  
• Provide 11 random facts about yourself.
• Answer 11 questions about yourself which were provided by the person who nominated you.
• Nominate 3-11 blogs that you feel deserve the award, who have less that 1,00 followers.
• Create a new list of 11 questions for your nominees to answer.
• List these rules in your post.
• Inform the people/blogs that you nominated that they have been nominated for the Liebster Award and provide a link for them to your post so that they can learn about it.
• You can nominate/tag someone that has already received the award as long as they are not the person that nominated you.

First, 11 facts about myself!

1. When I first started college, I was a biomedical engineering major. I thought I was going to work in a lab + save the world. When I got to college, I realized I wasn't as smart as I thought I was...
2. I have almost no self control when it comes to anything nautical or anchor print. To say I have an obsession with anchors would be quite an understatement. 
3. I cry at all of the sad parts in movies, no matter how many times I've seen them. Sometimes, I cry because I know what's about to happen. 
4. I still sleep with a stuffed animal. He's a teddy bear, his name is Minus [as in, Minus the Bear], he goes everywhere with me + sometimes I document his adventures. I would be a liar liar pants on fire if I told you I was even remotely ashamed of the fact. 
5. I have owned three cars in my short life, all three of them have been named after Beatles songs. The first was a pathfinder that I loved until the wheels almost fell off, the second was a mazda cx-7 that I thought was more practical than the Jeep Wrangler that I really wanted [spoiler: I was wrong], and a Jeep Liberty that is paid for and adorable. I'm still working towards that Jeep Wrangler though. 
6. I did not have a passport until this year. I've never been out of the country, I've never really traveled anywhere. That's all about to change. 
7. I graduated college early because I didn't have any good sense at all. I knew I wanted to graduate to work in the baseball fiscal year, but I didn't think through that I could have stayed two more semesters and had two degrees instead of one. 
8. Speaking of degrees, mine is a Bachelor of Science in Education in Sport Management from the University of Georgia College of Education. You try making all of that fit on one line in a resume. 
9. I don't have a problem with silences, I don't think they're awkward at all, but I will talk as long as you'll let me. I've never really met a stranger. 
10. As outgoing as I am, I have some pretty major anxiety issues that, oddly enough, I'm too anxious about to figure out how to fix them. 
11. I really think that the oxford comma is important and I will never stop using it. NEVER I TELL YOU!

Next! The 11 questions provided for me!

1. How/why did you start blogging? I started originally when I moved to California so that people could keep up with me, I wasn't very good at it, then I blogged for work, at Winter Meetings, and finally for myself! 
2. What do you do when you’re not blogging? Adventures. I like to live like [pretend maybe?] that everything is an adventure, I figure that attitude makes life more fun. I'm always looking for a new adventure or kind of trouble to get into. 
3. What do you like most about blogging? I like meeting new people, seeing what their lives are like, what they think is important enough to share with the world, and being able to share the things I think are important to share in the world! 
4. What do you dislike about blogging? Oh man I always always feel like the kid trying to butt into the popular group when I comment on bigger blogs. I know that's not the case and that everyone likes to read comments, even if they're dumb. I just constantly worry that mine are dumb. 
5. What have you learned since you’ve started blogging? It's okay to bug your friends to read your blog, even though the stats really don't matter -- it's cool to see how many people are reading what you have to say, and you can easily spend an entire hour searching for the PERFECT .gif for something you feel is super clever. 
6. What’s your favorite season, and why? baseball. followed very closely by football. So essentially summer and fall. Also I love Christmas, but hate winter... 
7. What’s your favorite summer activity? Being outside, with a book, preferably by a body of water + with a cold margarita in my hand. The days are longer and everyone wants to be outside. I love to be outside! 
8. Do you have any pets?  If so, what kind(s) and how many? Not yet! I want a puppy so bad I could die, but my roommate does have a dog and I refer to her [the dog] as my other roommate. 
9. What is your favorite food? PIZZA. give me pizza or give me death! 
10. What is your favorite drink? Tequila Sunrises. YUM. followed closely by one of my famous margaritas + a free beer. [oh, that sure makes me sound like I have a drinking problem doesn't it?]
11. If you could go anywhere in the world for your dream vacation, where would you go? Ireland. I want to go to Ireland so bad I could just die. My goal is to make it there for St. Patty's Day before I turn 30. 

Bloggers I nominate!! 

My dear friend Jen, from Not Fast, Not Last. 

Another Jen, at Tin Can Cozy
Michelle at Becoming a Heath

Here are my 11 questions for these babes! 

1. What's the story behind the name of your blog? 
2. What tv show/book/movie do you absolutely love but everyone else thinks is weird or ridiculous?
3. What is the one thing you cannot live without? 
4. What is your biggest pet peeve [blogger or otherwise]?
5. If you were trapped on a deserted island [whatever with the cliches] with just one book series [or just one book, if you'd prefer], what would you choose?
6. If money were no object, and you could 'make a living' doing whatever you please, what would you do?
7. What is your guiltiest pleasure? [I'm sorry, I think pleasure is such an icky word]
8. What is the best job you have ever had and why? 
9. If you could give yourself one piece of advice, ten years ago, what would it be?
10. What is the one non-obvious thing you cannot live without? 
11. Windows down, volume turned all the way up, what song are you listening to?