Liebster Blog Award

{rules}

1. You must post eleven facts about yourself.

2. You must also answer the eleven questions the awarder has given you and make up eleven questions for your awardees to answer in turn.

3. Tag eleven fellow bloggers

4. Notify them that you've awarded them

5. No tagging back

6. And the eleven blogs you tag must have less than 200 followers.

{eleven facts about myself}

seems like every tag/award has "random facts about me" somewhere in there...;)

1. I'm 5' 4.75" tall.

2. I'm a licensed Ham (Amateur) Radio Operator.

3. My favorite season is Fall.

4. I finally stopped biting my fingernails this year.  Yes, I'm ridiculously pleased with myself.

5. I love fried green tomatoes.

6. I was in 4-H for 10 years - my projects were dog, horse, foods and cat.  Cat was excessively boring.

7. My favorite names for my someday (Lord willing) future children are Kenneth, Edmund, David, Kellie, Rose, Josephine, and Olivia.  Possibly Harrison, Sherlock, Marie, Esther, and Ruth as middle names. ;)

8. The stone on my purity ring is my birthstone, aquamarine.

9. Dogs are my favorite animal, especially boxers and border collies.  Of course, I just love animals in general, but dogs are special.

10. I'm struggling to come up with one more fact about myself that you don't already know...

11. I love spicy Mexican food.

{Miss Melody Muffin's questions}

1. What is your favorite flower?  

Geraniums...and violets...and lavender...and lilacs. :)

2. Do you plan to see The Hobbit and/or Les Miserables when they come out in December?  

Absolutely going to see The Hobbit!!!!!!!  I cannot WAIT!!!!!!!!!! :D  I've yet to read or watch Les Miserables, but it's on my fall/winter reading list, so maybe I will go see it.  Anne Hathaway is a good enough reason on it's own;)

3. If you could wear a dress from any period movie, what would it be?  

Goodness, how to decide which one...oh, I know!  Any of the dresses worn by Olivia de Havilland in Captain Blood.  They're absolutely gorgeous, as is Olivia.  Also love her hats.  As far as the usual BBC dramas go, anything worn by Margaret Hale in North & South.  LOVE her outfits so much.

4. Have you read any of Beverly Lewis' Amish fiction books?  

Yes!  I love them, but then I've always been fascinated by the Amish.  I think my favorite was the Abram's Daughters series.

5. Do you prefer Mr. Darcy or Mr. Knightley?  

Mr. Knightley.  No contest.

6. Have you ever ridden a horse and if so, do you regularly ride?  

Yes, I have my own horse (Bob), and I don't ride regularly...yes, I feel guilty about that.  Life is busy.  I did hop on him for a bit the other day though.  It was wonderful.

7. If you could time travel, what historical period would you visit?  

The 1940s or the early American frontier or the days of William Wallace in Scotland!

8. What is your favorite hymn?  

Be Thou My Vision
Also Day by Day. ;) 

9. Who is your favorite poet?  

I must confess that I don't read much poetry, but Kellie gave me a book of Emily Dickinson poems for my birthday this year which I'm planning to read this winter.

10. Do you knit, crochet, tat or embroider?  

I crochet and embroider, and I'm teaching myself to knit.  I've always wanted to try tatting, too!

11. What is your least favorite book?  

Hmm...I'm really at a lose here.  Being as I'm excessively picky about what books I read in the first place, there have only been a few that I didn't enjoy, and those I simply didn't finish.

{11 questions for my awardees to answer}

1. Which is your favorite season? (spring/summer/fall/winter)
2. Do you watch more British TV shows or American?
3. What's your everyday hairstyle?  A ponytail, a braid, a bun?
4. Do you sew most of your own clothes or buy them?
5. In what year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?
6. Favorite screen/literary couple?
7. Which is your favorite/most read book of the Bible?  (not including Psalms and Proverbs;)
8. Your favorite TV show when you were a child?
9. Least favorite vegetable?
10. Do you watch the Marvel Superhero films?  If so, which is your favorite superhero and why?
11. Do you think bow ties are cool?

{eleven fellow bloggers i'm tagging}

who have less than 200 followers

Tom Wild Rose {The Rambling Rose}
Hanne-col {Ain't We Got Fun}
Vicki {Decked out in Ruffles}

Elise {Fleur d'Elise}
Maribeth {Formidable Courage}
Michelle {Free Indeed}
Little Lady {In Sunshine and Shadows}
Lizzy {Jew Girl's Journal}
Treskie {Occasional Randomness}
Alexandra {Of Trims and Frills and Furbelows}
Kimberly {An At Home Daughter}