Blogger Survey, and a Fun Award!

I have never participated in a blogger survey before, so this should be fun! I was tagged by Kristi from Keeping up with Kristi.

The Rules:

1. You must post the rules.
2. Post 12 fun facts about yourself on the blog post.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create 12 new questions for the people you tagged.
4. Tag 12 people and link them on your post.
5. Let them know you've tagged them!

So here are my 12 fun facts: 

1. I am really good at guessing what time it is. I'm usually within 5 minutes. Weird, huh?

2. I once ate a huge bag of Sour Patch Kids and then couldn't taste anything for 3 days. 

3. I played the piano through HS and wanted to be a famous concert pianist. That changed in college when I decided that 5 hours a day of practice was pure torture. 

4. I love kids and was a nanny in college for 3 years. My favorite job ever.

5. My favorite candy is skittles. MMM, taste the rainbow. 
6. I've been to Germany, France, Poland, Spain, and Italy. I love to travel! 
7. My favorite color is blue. And green. Greenish blue. 
8. I'm having a really hard time coming up with these facts. 
9. I've been blogging for 2 years now. I can't believe it's already been that long.
10. My favorite food is Italian; anything with fresh basil and tomatoes is the best.
11. I've read Wuthering Heights 6 times, and every time I read it I cry.
12. I'm going to Los Angeles soon for a vacation and I can't wait!

And here are my questions from Kristi: 

1. What is your favorite childhood memory? Wow, it's hard to choose just one, but I would have to say one of my favorites is when my mom and I made a Barbie mansion out of cardboard boxes. I would play with that thing for hours on end, and recreated the entire "White Christmas" movie with my Barbies. Good times.
2. Who do you look up to? I really look up to my parents. They raised me and my 3 siblings so well and are such great examples of Godly people.
3. What does your name mean? It means "Who is like God?" It is the feminine form of Michael, and it's Hebrew in origin. 

4. If you won $10,000 how would you spend it? Well, my first instinct was to say a shopping spree... but honestly, I would love to see that money help people out who are in need.
5. How come you blog? I blog because I love it! Really, I can't think of a better reason. I just enjoy sharing my thoughts and hearing other people's and seeing the fun projects that people come up with. It's very inspiring.
6. Where do you feel safest? It's going to sound so cliche, but definitely in my husband's arms. I feel safest and most content when he is close by.
7. What is your dream vacation? I'm dying to go back to Monaco with Josh, I went there years ago with my Aunt and Uncle and it was so beautiful and romantic, I have always dreamed of going there again with my husband!
8. If you could speak another language what would it be? French.
9. Coffee or tea? Depends on the time of day! Coffee in the morning, tea at night. Yum!
10. pen or pencil Definitely a pen. Pencils are annoying.
11. What was your favorite subject in school? I loved my literature class in college that was all about Charles Dickens. It's the only class I never missed and was always on time to!
12. What is the most important thing in your life? My relationship with God. It's how I relate to everyone else around me!

People I tagged:

1. Courtney at Feminine Unique New
2. Lisa at All Things Jane
3. Cindy at The Flipping Couple
4. Bridget from Cozy Little House
5. Christina at Home Says Hello
6. Rachel at Joyfully Weary
7. Kirsti from Lovely Lala Land
8. Ange from The Blooming Hydrangea
9. Ashley from The Beautiful Details
10. Ingrid from Reaching HIS Kids
11. Cheryl at Thinking About Home
12. The Cape on the Corner

Whew! That's a lot of people to tag!
 

Here are my 12 questions for you: 

1. How long have you been blogging? 
2. What is your favorite restaurant and why? 
3. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?
4. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 
5. What is your favorite day of the week and why? 
6. What's your favorite color to wear? 
7. What is your favorite fruit?
8. What TV show do you most enjoy watching? 
9. Who is one person, alive or dead, that you would love to have a conversation with? 
10. What is the worst decorating/crafting/fashion mistake you've ever made?
11. Coffee or tea? (Just had to steal this one from Kristi!)
12. What's the temperature in your city today?

Feel free to participate if you want! There's no pressure though, it's just for fun! 


Next, I received the Liebster Blog award from Cath @ Home is Where the Heart Is. How sweet! This award is given to blogs with less than 200 followers. I like that it is bringing attention to some great blogs! I'm excited to pass it on. 

The Rules are:

1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.
3. Post the award on your blog.
4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogshare-other bloggers.
5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love!

My five picks for the Liebster award are:


1. Courtney at Feminine Unique New 
2. Christina at Home Says Hello
3. Kirsti at Lovely Lala Land
4. Lisa at All Things Jane
5. Ashley from The Beautiful Details

These are all wonderful blogs! Each one is unique in subject matter, style, and writing, yet they are all some of my favorite blogs to read every day. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!