Object of Maya*ffection: I've been nominated...LIEBSTER AWARD

WOOT WOOT!! I've been Nominated!!

To accept the nomination I must:

1) Link back to the blog that nominated me - holla back at Bri http://www.backtoblissblog.com/!

2) Nominate 5-11 blogs with fewer than 200 followers

3) Answer the questions posted for you by your nominator

4) Share 11 random facts about yourself

5) Create 11 questions for your nominees

6) Contact your nominees and let them know you nominated them

My nominees are:

theLaurelGazette http://www.thelaurelgazette.com/

Hello.Im a Paper Addict http://insidethecraftersstudio.com/

The Fashion Canvas http://www.thefashioncanvas.com/

Life In The Hass House http://jghhass3.blogspot.com/

A mile in mom's manolos http://shoeobsessedone.blogspot.com/

11 RANDOM Facts About Me

1) My name is Janae...my blog (and shop) were named after my daughter Maya... ObjectofMAYAffection

2) I ALWAYS have a bottle of water with me AND I only like my water at room temperature - not ice cold

3)When I can I love to start my day with a cuppa coffee and my laptop - while everyone else is still sleeping

4) I secretly want to be Italian

5) I carry immense guilt WHEN I indulge and RELAX....I feel like I should ALWAYS be running and busy and cooking and cleaning and being SUPERmom

6) I have a freckle on the inside bottom of my ring finger

7) I'm looking for Mr. RIGHT...NOT Mr.Right now....and no more frogs - please God, no more frogs....send me Prince Charming

8) I LOVE to push the envelope...if you tell me I can't do it, I'm gonna do it AND be successful - just to prove you wrong

9) My DREAM car is a Cadillac Escalade....cream with the gold flecks...

10) I think I'm 17....seriously!! 17x2+1!! LOL!! I don't feel an age...and for some reason the number 17 popped into my head....NOT because I was at home with no worries - I couldn't wait to be a grown up!! So the eternal joke is I'm forever 17

11) I'm a leo....my "17"th birthday is July 29

11 Questions from Bri:

1) What was your favorite meal ever?! I ADORE Chicken Parm

2) What's your favorite store to shop at? Salvation Army (for real y'all - you can get some GREAT scores there AND you don't look like everyone else!!) or Macy's (even though I have a love hate - I mean the Macy's here used to be Marshall Fields - classic Chicago shopping)

3) What is your biggest pet peeve? LIARS

4) The baby is here - do you stay at home or keep on working? If you can - stay home....I did with both my kids for the first year +

5) What's your favorite sport to watch? I'm not a sports watching fan UNLESS I'm at the game - in the mix BUT I will ALWAYS cheer for the home team.../and baseball CHICAGO CUBS!!

6) If you could resurrect someone from the dead, who would it be & why? Ooooh....Hard....I would chose President Kennedy....Why? Because he's all American and history would be entirely different

7) Who has had the greatest influence on your life? When I was younger society influenced my life....what is the "norm" how do I fit in....and from that experience and as I've aged I realize being ME and being true is far more appealing and rewarding - BE TRUE TO YOU...Even IF and when it's "un popular"

8) What's your favorite form of exercise? I love to walk....take in the sites....I wish I could run but I have a bed knee/shin from high school track!