Thank you! Thank you!

A huge "thank you!" to Two Pretzels -- a fabulous blogger and one of my dearest friends -- for nominating me for the Beautiful Blogger award! I'm so honored; what a lovely thing. If you haven't already, check out her fantastic blog.

And now, here are the rules.

The Rules:

1. Thank the person who nominated me for this award. YES!
2. Copy the award & place it on my blog. Got it. Done.
3. Link to the person who nominated me for this award. Check.
4. Share 7 interesting things about myself. (See below)
5. Nominate 7 bloggers. (See below)

Seven interesting things about me...

1. I went skydiving when I was 18 and would LOVE to go again. (I'm serious. Let's go now.)
2. I've never seen The Goonies.
3. I always planned on becoming a professional singer/actress. I never even considered being a writer until I was halfway through college.
4. When he was a baby, my little brother called me "Non" because he couldn't say "Shannon." I smile a little inside when I order the bread at an Indian restaurant.
5. There is always a song in my head. ALWAYS. Anytime of day or night. I even wake up with a song in my head, and for some reason it's almost always a country song, even though I don't listen to country music.
6. I hate my feet. They're, like, 98 percent foot and 2 percent toe.
7. I'm writing some children's books based on stories my father told me when I was little. I'm very excited about them. :)

I hereby nominate:

1. Two Pretzels: Because good things always come back around to good people, and because yours is always the first blog I read every morning. Love.
2. Trophy Life: Because you're funny and fabulous, you work entirely too hard, and I love you and your blog.
3. Iris Took: Because I feel that we are longlost sisters or something.
4. Aimless Oasis: Because you're a wonderful friend and I am so inspired by your positive attitude and your drive.
5. 65 Roses for Marcia: Because you're more than family; you're a wonderful friend and you have the most wonderful attitude. And I love your laugh.
6. Chewlies: Because I absolutely love hearing about your journey into motherhood, and I miss you.
7. Athena Bee's: Because I was so excited to see a post from you yesterday, and I hope you stick around in the blogosphere.