Happy Monday! On today's installment of Meet & Greet I am showcasing my beautiful friend, Andrea! If you're not a loyal reader of Andrea's, I bet you will be by today! Her blog (and Pinterest) is one of my favorite sources of outfit inspirations, as well as recipe ideas. Grab a cup of coffee, and meet my pal Andrea:
Hello sweet Friends. I'm Andrea Nine from the Blog Living On Cloud Nine. I am honored that our dear Emily her would ask to feature me today. I know I treasure getting to know other bloggers so this is a special thing Emily is doing.
I'm a 40 something Hoosier girl who is blessed with an
amazing husband and three teenage sons who I am over the moon for.
How long have you been blogging and what inspired you to start
blogging?
I have been blogging for over a year and a half. I actually
wrote a whole post on why I started blogging last year called How Blogging Saved My Life.
Something was missing. As happy as my life was, there was an
ache in my heart. I knew the ache would get even worse as two of our older sons
were getting ready to go away to college. While pondering this ache, I would
start to think about all the blogs I was a fan of and how their fun spin on
life, love, food and style made a difference in my life. That's it...I wanted
to make a difference, make someone smile, feel better or laugh. Fellow bloggers
have now become like family. Supporting and encouraging one another and understanding
that if you're taking the time to write a blog post, then your heart is truly
special!
How did you come up with the name of your blog?
For me, this was the easiest part of the beginning blog process.
With the last name of "Nine," I knew I wanted it to be called Living
On Cloud Nine. I wanted to lift others up so it just made sense. We are huge
numbers people and we joke if we ever open a pizza joint, It'll be called
"Nine Slices!"
Of all your posts, which one was your favorite to write
and why?
9 Things Every Happy Woman Should Have because it
is so vital to be happy in life and do things that help
you achieve and feel the love and happiness in your heart.
Also, I have to mention dear to me heart is the post I wrote
about my dear Grandma who passed his year called She's A Doll.....so
special!
What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Compliment someone each and every day!
Let’s pretend a big TV executive called you up and wanted to
feature you on a popular talk show each week. Who’s talk show would you
want to appear on and what would your segments be about?
100%, The last hour of the Today Show with Kathie Lee and
Hoda. My BFF Tami and I even do a little take on them and people tell us we
remind them of the two of them all the time. We'd probably go in there and
pretend to be them. It'd make a great Halloween show. Even though Tami is older
than me, I'm the one who plays KLG.
What are your go to’s? In other words, I’m going to give
you a scenario when you might find yourself in a time crunch…tell me the first
thing that pops in your head.
You need an outfit and you only have an hour to find it.
What store is your go to?
Those of you that know me....Target for sure, especially that
last couple years, they have been slaying it in the clothing department. I love
Target so much and the bright spot it is in so many ladies weeks that I wrote a
humorous post on it called 9 Things That Inevitably Happen at
Target.
Here are some Target Fashions I have loved lately:
Friends are coming over for dinner tomorrow night?
What’s your go to entertaining meal?
Chicken Eugene, Crock Pot Texas Potatoes, Green Beans with Bacon
and rolls. This is one of our favorite meals on Sunday's and a
guaranteed company pleaser any night. I did a whole post on it with the recipes
and the memories of Sunday dinner growing up. Dessert would be my
most favorite dessert of all time: Pineapple Pretzel Fluff. I was in shocked a
few months back when this went viral and has become my most viewed post of all
time. But when it is so good that you don't even want to share it
with your kids but stand in the kitchen and eat the whole thing, well
you'll know why, lol.
Recipes HERE
Recipe HERE
You're cleaning house on a Saturday afternoon.
What’s your go to CD or Pandora station?
I LOVE so many different kinds of music, but growing up my mama
always played country so if I really want to be lifted in spirit or dance naked,
JK, lol, it's old school country but as soon as Nov 1st hits, it's
Christmas tunes all the way til Dec. 31st Baby. Oh and "Baby
It's Cold Outside is one of my favs....
You need to stare mindlessly at the TV to unwind. What’s
your go to TV show?
Hands down, The Goldberg's. My husband and I have been watching
this show since day one. I laugh hysterically at this show, relate to this show
and sometimes in the moving moments, I even shed a tear. I am an 80's girl,
which is when this show is set. Plus, my husband tells me I AM the main mom
character: Beverly Goldberg.
You’re planning a date night. What’s your go to restaurant for a
fun time?
SOHO SUSHI. It is the BEST sushi place about a half hour west of
us and Mr. Nine and I love to go there before a movie and we get the same
things every single time because it is SO-HO GOOD!!! We split an order of
chicken fried rice, they even double plated it for us, I get the spicy salmon
roll and he, the spicy tuna. We start off with edamame of course and a moscato
for me, beer for him. We are never overly full and the flavors are the best of
anywhere these Hoosiers have had round these parts, lol. Oddly enough neither
one of us used to love sushi, guess our taste buds evolve with age, lol.
You need some encouragement. Who’s your go to person for a
little pick me up?
Ironically, the people I go to are people I've never met. Fellow
bloggers like our dear Emily here, Amanda from A Brownie World and Laura from The Horton Family and all my
sistas at The Blended Blog!!. Fellow bloggers who are
now friends just "get it" and are even more supportive and
encouraging that people in my "real life."
Readers can follow me on Bloglovin, Twitter and Pinterest:
While my blog is eclectic, Two fashion Link-Ups I assist in
hosting: Every Wednesday with the Ladies at TBB and the first Thursday of
every month called My Refined Style.
Thank you, thank you so much sweet, Andrea, for letting me spotlight you today! You nailed it! If you missed any of my previous Meet & Greets, now is the time to get caught up...
Meet Katie from Preppy Empty Nesters
Meet Beth from Our Pretty Little Girls
Meet Johannah from the Sirois Family
Meet Shelly from The Queen in Between
Meet Amanda from A Brownie World
Meet Jessica from Life.Love.Reality
Meet Jill from Pharr Out Creations
So fun!! I have not read Andrea's blog, but I am going to start today:) LOVE LOVE this series!!
ReplyDeleteHeather, you are going to love her. She is adorable!
DeleteCompliment someone each and every day, I LOVE that. I need to start making praising others and giving compliments part of my day more. SO fun to read more about Andrea.
ReplyDeleteI love how positive Andrea is all the time. Her posts and comments always lift my spirits!
DeleteAndrea is one of my favorites. Her comments always brighten my day, and she is seriously one of the most positive people out in the blog world. You are picking all my faves to feature on your Meet and Greet series...love it!
ReplyDeleteI agree, she is always so positive and encouraging. She gave me some great advice the other day that I will be forever grateful for. I just adore her!
DeleteIsn't Andrea the best?! What a fun post and a great way for your readers to get to know other bloggers!
ReplyDeleteHi Carlee! Thanks for stopping by. I agree, Andrea is the best. I'm glad to call her a friend!
DeleteAw! One of my favorite Blog BFFs!! Love that Girlie!!
ReplyDeleteWe need to have a big blogger reunion with all these fabulous women. How fun would that be??
DeleteTwo of my favorite bloggers together. Love Andrea's style and I also love The Goldbergs. Hope you both have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI laughed out loud when I read that her husband compares her to the mom in the Goldberg's. Andrea definitely has better style! :)
DeleteI love my Andrea to pieces! Believe it or not she totally moved me to tears over the summer...and for a good reason! Andrea is my Indiana Sunshine Sister and I'm so grateful I know her through this blog world. I feel super blessed to have you too, sweet Emily! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure I found Andrea's blog through yours. So I have you to thank for introducing me to her! I am so thankful for these friendships that have developed through the blogging world!
DeleteLoved this! So fun getting to know Andrea =)
ReplyDeleteThanks!! She is so sweet!!
DeleteYou all have made my heart so full with your sweet comments. So blessed to know you all and "meet" in this big, wonderful Bloggy world!!! I like to think I've got the greatest Blogger friends out there, the BEST of the BEST!!! Thank you darling Emily, Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andrea!! I loved featuring you today! I am so thankful for your friendship!
Deletenice meeting you and oh my that pineapple dessert looks delicious so want to try that and share with friends
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Great post! Living on cloud Nine has to be fun! Blessings, Janet
ReplyDeleteI love Andrea's blog! Great interview!
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