A blogger award!

A friend of mine from high school, Nicole Kelker, gave me the Kreativ Blogger award (thanks, Nicole!). Here are the rules: List six things that make you happy. Pass the award along to six more bloggers. Do not give the typical answers and go for the less obvious, as you all know that family, friends, God, etc would be on the list.

• Chocolate. Chocolate makes me happy. Specifically dark chocolate or chocolate in combination with caramel will really make my day.
• Greeting cards. I'm assuming that most of you reading my blog know by now that one of my favorite hobbies is making my own greeting cards, baby announcements, invitations, etc. As soon as my best friend Emily introduced me to "stamping," I was hooked. I just love the sentiment and thoughtfulness that comes with a good old fashioned hand-written card, so it's fun for me to share my creations with our family and friends. I'm also having fun starting to get into scrapbooking.
• Crossing off items on a to do list. I love having a big to do list, crossing stuff off of it, and then making a fresh to do list. I know. Pathetic. But it's a sense of accomplishment for me, and that makes me happy.
• Learning. (Nathan calls me "Questions Becky" for a very good reason.) I think I'm always going to be the type of person that is constantly reading or taking a class or trying to figure out something new. The topic is always changing, too. Before it was my MBA, then parenting books, and now I'm onto studying for a certification test for work. I don't always have the time to get in all of the books on my list, but it's fun when I do. My goal for 2009 is to devote more time to religious studies and to try to join a Bible study.
• Garage saling. Is "saling" a word? Walking out of a garage sale with 3 bags of kids clothes for only $40 can seriously make my entire week.
• What kind of mom would I be if I didn't mention something abuot my family? Ummm... introducing them to new things makes me happy. Watching them learning, seeing their first reaction, that kind of thing. I wish I could remember each of those moments better, but I try to savor it when it happens.

And now to pass on the award.... I completely peer pressured most of my best friends at work to start their own blogs, so the least I can do is give them some ideas to write about. So, I pass this award onto Tracy Regan, Heather Hetteen, Ali Issa, Melissa Sjoquist, Gina Sandvick, and Tami Lozier. (Honorable mention goes to Tamira Patten, who *just* had a baby, so I don't want to add her to the list!) It's a fun list of things to think about!