Tag You're It!

Hiya pals :) How ya doing?

Soooo. I've got a surprise for you!

I vlogged.

Yeah, you read that right.

I VLOGGED, BABY! BOO-YAH.

So, reason for vlogging (pfft, as if I need a reason.). Amy kindly tagged me for the Liebster Blog Award and this is my first time ever actually being tagged for it, so I thought it was a momentous occasion and therefore, I vlogged. Mmm-hmm.

The rules:

1. Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you. (already did)

2. Answer the 11 questions that they give you. (did that in my vlog)

3. Give 11 random facts about yourself. ( Hmmmm, not this time)

4. Nominate eleven bloggers and let them know. (I don't think eleven other bloggers even know about me :P )

5. Make eleven questions for them to answer. (Sure! And please comment on this post if you do end up doing it, I wanna see!)

SO. *deep breath* Here it is:

Well, I hoped you liked it! It was super awkward for me, filming and watching. There was a lot of wincing while watching it. I'm also totally not used to filming myself :P BUT, it was an experience and I will probably do it again now that the first one is over and done with.
This is also my first experience with youtube and it's been interesting. I'm not sure I like it yet.....I guess I just have to get used to it. If you have any interest in subscribing to my channel, here is my link. Let me know if you have any issues!

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I SOUND LIKE. Eeeeep!

Ahem.

Now for the questions I want you to answer:

1. Who is your favorite Once Upon A Time character and why?
2. What is your opinion of video games and have you ever played them?
3. When you play the game Clue and you get to pick a character first, who do you pick?
4. What is the worst thing about having a cold?
5. Mermaid or Fairy? Why?
6. Have you ever played Pool/Billiards before and did you like it?
7. Did you ever wish you had a twin?
8. Would you touch a snake?
9. Are letters still awesome to get or do you prefer faster technology?
10. What color of door would you have on your hobbit hole?
11. What is your favorite kind of tree?

I shall not tag anybody, because all of the people I probably would have tagged have already been tagged so I won't be an imp and tag them again. See? I'm nice.
However, if any of you lovely people reading this want to participate, please, please do so! Let me know about it in a comment on this post so that I can see it!

Love to all <3

~Mary

Tag Thingy With More Random Questions

Hello there!

My bloggy friend ,Treskie, did this tag thingy and it looked like fun, so here it is :) Enjoy!

11 Random Facts About Me:

1.) I'm a big Phantom of the Opera fan, in case you didn't notice ;) I would love to see a Broadway production in New York City.
 I fell into deep, deep, love with Gerard Butler after the 2004 POTO movie. He's Scottish, okay? A girl has to fall for a movie star at least once in her life, right? Or twice? (William Moseley 'Peter Pevensie' was my next love after I got over Gerry) It was kind of ridiculous how much I liked G. B. Like embarrassingly ridiculous. *slides down in chair*

Oh gosh, I hope Robert doesn't see this post. *waves* I love you honey!

2.) I like Disney. A lot.

3.) I hate centipedes. We had one on our bed last night and I almost couldn't find it after it skittered away. *shudders* God is good. He made it's presence known so I could smash it :) I was able to get to sleep after that!

We live in an old house so we have more than frequent visits from unpleasant little creatures :P I think Robert hates them more than I do though. He sometimes goes on centipede hunts in our basement at night so as to decrease their population :D

4.) I'm rubbish at video games. I try but it just doesn't get better :P Mario party is fun though, even if you suck at it :) Nancy Drew computer games and Lord of the Rings online are my thing.

5.) Scooby Doo was my favorite cartoon when I was little and I still love it :)

6.) This is the only way I would eat an apple when I was little: It had to be whole and I would pretend to be Snow White and faint after I bit into it.

7.) So one afternoon when I was still pretty young, I was innocently watching Mr. Rogers. He proceeded to pull out a blank book and asked all of his little listeners what they saw in the book.

Note: We had to imagine what we saw.

Well, being the smart little child that I was, I said "I see nothing."

He continued to ask what we saw.

Appalled at how ignorant this man was, I indignantly started yelling "I see NOTHING!!!!"

Which led to Mom running in to see what was wrong :D

Sorry, Mr. Roger's!

8.) My favorite holiday is St. Patrick's Day. I like all of them though.

9.) I like colorful socks :) They are sooooo fun!

10.) I plan to make a replica of Thranduil's crown someday.

11.) I love bookmarks. "nuff said.

Treskie's Questions:


1.) When was the last time you felt like: MIND BLOWN?

When I found out that the snake that Harry Potter frees at the Zoo is also Nagini later on in the books O_O (If that is even true...I'm not sure if J.K. Rowling actually said that)

2.) What is your view on the general public.

You mean the woman at Wal-mart wearing obnoxiously colored jammie pants while yelling as loudly as she can at her 2 year old?

Or the lady that was extremely rude and walked out on me at work because I couldn't remember exactly how to do a gift certificate (I had never done one at that place before) and my boss wasn't answering her phone so she couldn't walk me through it?

It depends on the day. Mostly not too good. I have to deal with them everyday at work and I've discovered just how many unpleasant people live in this world. On good days, a lot of nice people come in the store and the world is good again. Work would be great all the time if we didn't need customers! Hehe :D

I don't know. I like hiding away at home and escaping from the world so I don't have to deal with people. But I also know that there are some great people out there, and some are just having a really bad day, so I guess I have to forgive them on days like that.

3.) Have you watched Olan Rogers?

No....never heard of him actually.

4.) Do you collect sporks?

I don't, but that sounds like something Wall-e should be doing :D

5.) Do you collect something?

When I was little I collected mini porcelain dolls and Barbie dolls.

These days I like to collect Russian nesting dolls, books, daggers, fairy things, mermaid things, phantom of the opera things, Irish things, nerdy things etc.

6.) Are you getting tired of Frozen's hype?

A little bit, maybe. I like the songs better than the movie itself and I'm still happy when one of them plays on Pandora, so I guess I'm not tired yet.

7.) Les Mis or Phantom of the Opera

PHANTOM. I'm not a big fan of Les Mis *winces as tomatoes are thrown in my direction* Sorry! I liked it better when it wasn't a musical (The movie starring Liam Neeson), not that I don't like the songs. Idk. I was really turned off by all the crude parts in the new movie and I felt like they were singing everything.

POTO is just better in my opinion.

8.) Does Walmart give you a headache?

Sometimes, yes. I try not to go there too often.

9.) Can you find a gif that expresses the word "booyah"?

I can't seem to get it to show up so here is the link:

http://gph.is/1kBCtzL


10.) Favorite candle smell?

Unscented is the best because scented candles usually give me a head ache. Although my friend gave me one called 'Sweet Pea' and that smelled really good and not overpowering like some are.

11.) Can you complete this quote? "These are not the _________."

All I can think of is "These are not the droids you are looking for." :D But if it's just one word your asking for then I fail pitifully.


My Questions:

1.) Which Pevensie is your favorite?
2.) Which Penderwick is your favorite?
3.) If you could choose a theme for your bedroom, what would you choose?
4.) What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
5.) Favorite dwarf? (From the Hobbit)
6.) What board game do you like the most?
7.) Mermaids or Unicorns?
8.) What book are you currently reading?
9.) If you could buy a Disney t-shirt what would it be?
10.) Would you rather be a Hobbit or an Elf?
11.) Would you go fairy hunting with me?

So there you have it! I'm not going to tag anybody, just feel free to do it if you want to! And I don't care if you just answer the questions I made up and skip doing the 11 randoms. It took me awhile to even think up that many :P

Goodnight Peoples!

 

Random Things About Me No. 2

HI!

It's time for one of these again.

I find it fun because it makes me think up all the weird things about myself. Some things I do or like you might like also.....or not. And that's okay! I love hearing what other peoples' habits and likes and dislikes are! It really amazes me when I see how much talent each person has, even if they don't see it themselves.

So, here you go.

1. I come from a homeschool family. I was homeschooled all the way up to graduation and I absolutely loved it!

2. I have never planned on going to college. *gasp*

3. I love vanilla ice cream cones covered in colorful sprinkles. And I mean covered. Sprinkles make the world go round :)

4. I'm a movie buff. I quote them a lot. I can also pin-point which actors have been in this or that movie or TV episode. It's kind of annoying for other people. If someone says "Hey! Wasn't so-and-so in that movie?" my usual reply is "Nope". I'm almost always right, too.

5. I'm a book worm. Lately I haven't been reading as much as I used to. Once you have a job and a house to take care of it's hard to get that reading time in. I'm trying to though! My husband and I are planning to read 52 books each this year. Originally I had said 50, but I can't let him two-up me! I'm actually surprised at how far I've gotten. I've read 32 books already! And it's only May O_O Maybe I should change my goal to 100?

6. I wanted to be an Egyptologist when I was little. All thanks to seeing The Mummy movies! It still interests me, but I don't think that would have been the career for me. I like traveling, but not to that extent.

7. I like to channel Krystal Meyer's (Christian music artist) style.

8. I prefer fantasy to reality. I would live in a medieval kind of world with faeries, mermaids, gnomes, etc. if it were at all possible. In a small cottage in the forest. With seven dwarves ;)
Maybe that is why Ireland is so appealing to me :D It's similar to a fairy tale world, and it has definitely had more fairy and mermaid activity then in the United States! According to all the legends, anyway ;)

9. I hope to have a little girl like Elizabeth (Batty) Penderwick in The Penderwicks series. I fell in love with her character. She is so hilarious! I spent most of the first book just laughing and remembering what it was like to be her age.

10. My favorite actress is Keira Knightley. When she's in something good. Like Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride and Prejudice, The Treasure Seekers, and Princess of Thieves! Lately I've been disappointed in the movies she has chosen to appear in.
She got married the day after I did, which I thought was pretty cool! Whether or not her marriage will last is another question entirely :P
Happy Anniversary, Keira! I guess she forgot about it, which I thought was rather funny! Usually that's the guys job :D

Her wedding style was interesting....I did like the little flower garland she wore, and the fact that she had already worn her dress a couple of times before. Who says you only have to wear it once?

Thinking up things about myself was way harder than I thought it was going to be this time. I guess I have to delve deeper. Or shorten my list, hehe :D

I hope you enjoy!

Cheers!

Random Things About Me No. 1

 

The King and I

Getting to know yoooooou. Getting to know alllllllll about you!

I love that movie.

So. Today I thought I would share a random post about myself. My likes, dislikes, etc. Y'know?

I guess I'll start with ten random things:

1. My favorite colors are purple, aqua, sage, forest green, black, black and white, and burgundy.

2. I can be a picky person. I don't try to be. Sometimes I don't realize when I am. My husband usually points it out for me, though ;) It is mostly with home décor. If I'm going to buy something, I'm not just going to go out and get the first thing I see. I re-search it to death, until I find something I love. Ladies, you know what I'm talking about, right?

3. I would live in Ireland if I could. We visited in 2011, and I fell in love.

4. I have a passionate hatred for snakes.

5. I really hate jealousy. It tears people apart, and no one ever has a good reason to be jealous. Be happy with what you have. Be happy for others. Life is better when you don't spend your time endlessly wishing or wanting for something you don't have right now.

6. I am not a morning person. Robert says I get the grumpiest look on my face when his alarm goes off. Well, yes. His alarm is obnoxiously loud and I can't reach it. Or smash it.
My alarm is a ringtone on my phone, and I don't hate it. I might resent it, but I've never had the urge to pulverize it.

7. I love to sing. I have never excelled at playing an instrument, but singing always came naturally to me. I sing best when I'm by myself. I don't know why, but when I sing around others, my mind is always racing. What are they thinking? Do they think I'm annoying? Do I look weird when I sing? Does my voice sound different to other people than it does to me? AM I NORMAL?!?!
*Clears throat* Yeah. You get the picture.

8. I really love fairies. Modest fairies, that is.

9. I dislike fish, peppermint, coconut, and coffee. Iced coffees aren't bad, but I just don't like the bitter taste of coffee.

10. I am the youngest of four children in my family.

So there you have it! Things you might not have known about me.
 I might make this a continuous thing. I don't know. Other bloggers seem to have a schedule they go by...like Picture Saturday, Random post day, etc. A schedule would be a good thing for me. They have deadlines.

On the other hand, I only have one day that I really sit down and post something....anything else is just whenever I have a brilliant idea. So, that is something to think about.....decisions, decisions.

Also, do you have any suggestions for my blog?

Such as:

Is the font okay? Is it hard to read? Does my background color make it worse?

How did you design your header? I need to sit down and do mine soon....

Input is appreciated. 

Have a lovely weekend!