Liebster Award....Take 2!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Faith from Stories by Firefly tagged me for the Liebster Award and let's just say she comes up with some of the best-est questions ;) They're an awful lot of fun answering! :D 
So, let's get started! 

Ze Rules: 

Link back to the person who tagged you.

Answer their 11 questions.

Tag 11 bloggers.

Ask them 11 questions.

(and you should probably let them know you've tagged them ;)

What is your personality type? 

I took the 16 Personalities Test and it turns out I'm an INFP-T. (aka Introverted: 58%, Intuitive: 92%, Feeling: 93%, Prospecting: 61%, Turbulent: 96%) 

Kinda summed up here:

Oh boy, is this ever me! XD 

What part of writing a blog post takes the longest for you? (Ex. In my case, it takes me longer to find/stick in links and pictures than to actually write the post.) 

Well, that depends. If it's a tag, like this one, then it's usually the writing part that takes the longest. Mostly because I'm trying to come up with what to put down on the spur of the moment. And then there's the editing and deleting and retyping and more deleting...you get the point ;)  If it's a post that I've got more or less planned out in my head, then it's usually the pictures that take the longest, choosing the right ones and then downloading it. (btw jpg's take longer to download upload than screenshots :P) 

Would you rather smell fresh-cut grass or campfire smoke? 

Fresh cut grass! Especially on cool spring/summer mornings :D 

What's the last song you listened to? (And did you like it?) 
Tell Me A Secret by the Willis Clan. And yes, I did like it! 

What's the last movie you watched? (And did you like it?)

The last movie I watched was The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982). I've been reading the book over again for Literary Analysis and I decided to see if I could find the movie for it on Youtube. There were several different versions, but the one that drew me the most was the coloured ;) And am I ever enjoying it! Marguerite is absolutely beautiful and I can't get over those amazing disguises that Sir Percy pulls off. It's positively astounding! 

They don't even look remotely similar!!! 

But I will refrain from doing a movie review on here. Since this isn't a movie review, this is a tag, right? ;)

What's the last book you finished? (And did you like it?) 
I just finished The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. (did you know her full name is Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci?!) It's one of my favourite books and rereading always helps me discover new things that I had missed in previous readings :-) 

Do you have a reading goal for this year? 
No, I don't. I probably should though! Currently, all the books I've read were ones found either in the library or the thrift store. Or were needed for school. Or were rereads. But yeah. No specific list. 

Would you rather use a pen or a pencil? If you chose pen, what color of ink? 
Ohhh...definitely a pen! Fountain pen to be exact. They're so nice and smooth and flow-y. Black ink would be the most ideal colour. 

What's your favorite historical time period? 
Goodness, Faith, did you have to ask that question?! You just love finding the most torturous questions, dontcha? ;) Let's see - I really like WWII - but then there's Laura I. Wilder and the 1800's - and Ancient Rome - and basically the whole history of England - *throws up hands* It's impossible to choose a favourite historical time period! I'm a history lover.... I like 'em all! 

Describe yourself in one sentence. (It's almost a question.) 
I'm a 16 year old girl who loves Christ and my family, enjoys singing, photography, listening to music, baking, and analyzing, is rather quiet and not supremely talkative, loves curling up in a corner with a good book, values friendship, is sometimes quite the country mouse, loves writing and receiving letters, emails, and comments (hint, hint :P), adores babies, has a hard time choosing favourites, procrastinates, uses emoticons too much, and apparently also uses too many commas :P
('Course, Faith didn't say that it had to be a grammatically correct sentence, but I'm fairly certain that this is a run-on. XD)

Do you enjoy tags? (Or are you only filling this out because you feel obligated? B-))

Yes, indeedy, I do enjoy tags! They're lots of fun to answer, even if a certain someone makes some rather -ahem- hard questions ;) 

Thank you for tagging me, Faith! :D 

Now for the people I tag: 

Victoria N. from Blessed Beyond Measure
Rebekah Morris from Rebekah's Reading Room 
Miss March from Sunshiny Corner
Sarah from Trusting in the Lord
Sawyer from The Maretzki Family
Emma from A Lantern in Her Hand


I've taken a few of the questions Faith asked me just 'cause they're really interesting ;) 
Anyhoo - your questions are: 

1. What is your personality type?
2. What part of writing a blog post takes the longest for you? (writing, pictures, links, etc)
3. Your favourite song from this week?
4. Has spring arrived for you yet? 
5. Tea and toast or a bowl of cereal for breakfast? 
6. Favourite singer?
7. What is one of the wildest, most beautiful dream you've ever had? (can be either a daydream or a ... night dream. *crickets chirping* Is there such a thing as a night dream? ) 
8. Playing the piano or running outside with a cool summer's breeze blowing in your face? 
9. Favourite author? (or if it'll make it easier, favourite book? ;)
10. Emails or letters? 
11. Do you like collecting things? And if yes, what? 

Liebster Award!

I was nominated for a Liebster award by Emily McConnell, a very talented writer and author of The Imaginary World of Emily McConnell. Thanks Emily! :)

The rules are:

1. Link back to the blogger that nominated you

2. Answer the 11 new questions

3. Nominate other bloggers (however many or few as you'd like)

4. Create 11 new questions

5. Notify the new nominees of their award

Now for the questions . . .

1. You have one day to live. What are you going to do that day?
Okay, actually, I’ve been asked this question before and I’ve never been able to answer it fully! Umm. . . I think I would pray and trust God in whatever He was planning on doing with my life. 

2.. You discover that you accidentally brought all of your book characters from a book you’ve written/all the characters from you favourite book you’ve read, to life. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? 
Good and bad. I’d love to meet characters from my favourite book, but I’d also hate to see how they would most likely be treated in this world and in this time. I mean, can you imagine people just thinking it normal that an 18th Century girl in full get-up is walking down a street, or a young girl with two brown braids, a long dress, and a bonnet half on is riding a horse instead of a car? Or a talking lion in my backyard? Not to mention the dwarfs, larger-than-life squirrels, flying horses. . .

3. Cherries or peaches?
Peaches!! Especially if they’re canned! 

4. If Jesus came back tonight, would you be ready for Him?
I really truly hope so. 

5. What is your favourite Christian non-fiction book (besides the Bible)?
Hmm. . . really, I’ve never had favourites for anything because I like so many things! Possibly Joni, or biographies on Corrie ten Boom, Amy Carmichael, and George Müller. 

6. Biographies or instruction books?
Biographies. Definitely. 

7. If given the chance, who is the one Bible character (besides Jesus) you’d want to meet? 
Ruth, Esther, Peter, Mary, Paul, Joshua, Moses, Jacob, Joseph. . . oh dear, I can’t choose!!! 

8. You’re walking down the road and see a child being bullied. What do you do?
Defend the child, of course! I just hope I keep my temper under control. I know that I get kinda scary if I lose my temper. Which unfortunately, I do a lot. 

9. If given the chance, who is the one fictional character (your books or books you’ve read) that you’d want to meet?
Hmm. . . hard question. I have so many favourite characters! Maybe Jo March from Little Women or Lucy from Chronicles of Narnia. 

10. You’ve been asked to perform a song/instrument at a huge arena with four thousand people attending. Would you go or would you hide?
I think I would go. I would probably be really nervous (duh) but so long as the words of the song were appropriate and OK to sing, then I’d probably do it. Actually, I find it easier to sing in front of a whole bunch of stranger than in front of people that I know. Is that just me? :) 

11. Without warning, you’re thrown back in time to a different era, where Christians are being persecuted. Would you try to find a way back home, help them first and then try to find a way home, or accept your fate and decide to live among them and help them? 
Help them first and then try to find a way home. 

And the people I'm going to nominate are:

Miriam, Hannah, and Abby Cacciacarro from The Cacciacarro Family and Lilies of the Field Doll Apparel

Olivia Nickerson from Like Mother Like Daughter and Sweet Sister Baking

Bethany R. from A Great God and Good Cocoa

And your questions are:

1. Do you find that you read more fiction or non-fiction books? 
2. Skirts or pants?
3. What is your dream pet? Or do you not like animals in general?
4. What is your favourite Bible verse?
5. Who in your family do you look like the most?
6. If given the chance, who is the one person that you would want to meet? 
7. Say some of your siblings were fighting, either by words or physically. Would you watch them and cheer for your favourite, be a peacemaker, or ignore them and walk away?
8. Do you prefer singing or playing an instrument?
9. Who is your favourite singer/band? 
10. What do you spend the most time doing/ What do you wish you spent the most time doing?
11. What characteristic do you not have that you wish you had or are trying to learn?