Miscellany Monday!

Yes, you guessed right. It's Monday, so therefore, I have the right to step outside of the boundaries and go completely random.

Okay, not completely random...

Wait, yes, it will be completely random.

You have been forewarned. 

{1} Spanish is going well--better, actually, then I stated in this post. It's nice to realize that I'm making progress!

{2} I awoke at 5:15 this morning to go to an exercise class with my mom and my sister.  And actually, it wasn't too bad. That is, when I was in the class. Walking to the van outside is another story. It really tested my balancing abilities, for my legs now had the strength of cooked spaghetti noodles. 

{3} Why am I always so late with my miscellanies? Here I have such a wonderful example for myself--my little sister--who wakes up at the crack of dawn to post her Miscellany Monday post, and yet I can't seem to find the time to do so. What was I doing this morning at 6am? Oh, right. I was exercising. :)

{4} Have any of you ever read The Book of the Dun Cow? And what is your opinion? It doesn't really interest me, to tell the truth. Unfortunately, I have to read the whole book for the tutorial I attend. And it's due Thursday. And I'm not even to page 100 in a 200+ page book... which means I'll be reading The Book of the Dun Cow in all my spare time. Fun. By the way, what is a "dun cow" anyway?

{5} I apologize for all my complaints. Really, this should be called a "Complaining Monday" post. Note: kvetch is "complaint" or "complaining" in Yiddish. You never know what you'll learn when reading American Girl books. *grins*

{6} Let's see if I can make it to 10 miscellanies...

{7} Today is Eldarwen's Sweet 16! Isn't that... well, sweet? *wink* So head on over to her blog and wish her a happy birthday! 

{8} On the subject of Eldarwen, she and Bleah are having a homeschoolers event (as I told you in this post). And the giveaway has been officially extended until September 1st. You only have today and tomorrow to enter for some awesome school supplies! I highly suggest entering. 

{9} Instead of doing my Science, I am sitting on the computer, writing a post filled with as many miscellanies as I can think of. 

"To do or not to do Science--that is the question!"

But actually, that's NOT the question! It's more like...

"To do or not to do Science--that is the question! But if one chooses to NOT do Science one will fail. And one does not enjoy failing."

I don't think I'll fail, I just don't think my grade will be improved by not turning my homework in on time!

{10} I made it to 10! (well, not really, considering that two of my miscellanies were talking about how I wanted to make it to ten miscellanies, but... you get the idea. :)

Click on the button at the top of this post and link up! 

The Answers Are In!

I'm so excited to be revealing the answers to my Movie Night quotes quiz! (By the way, I'm so sorry this is being posted now instead of yesterday -- my family had guests for dinner last night, and we ended up staying up really late.) Before we begin, here's how this is going to work: underneath each quote and it's answer (who said it, and what movie it is from), there will be the names of those who guessed correctly. Bolded names mean that they guessed the movie AND who said the quote correctly. Also, because I am now revealing the answers, the names have been re-inserted into the quotes, rather then just saying --> [name omitted]. Alright, shall we begin?

#1 "Miss Howard, isn't it?"

    "You know who I am, Gabriel Martin. The last time I saw you I was eleven, and you put ink in my tea."

    "Uh, I believe that was one of my younger brothers, perhaps Samuel or Nathan."

    "It was you. And it turned my teeth black for a month."

--Gabriel Martin and Anne Howard, The Patriot

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Jessica, Awel Prince

#2 "Is it Latin?"

      "Yes."

      "Is it Latin for 'worst game ever invented'?"

      "We could play hide and go seek!"

      "But we're already having so much fun."

--Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Emily of Jones Creek, Queen Lucy, Eldarwen, Jo March, Katie a.k.a. Popular Joker, Awel Prince, Brianna

#3 "Lucky guess."

     "Nothing lucky about it. Just talent... and intuition."

--Mr. Knightley and Emma, Emma (2009)

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: none -- but this WAS a hard one!

#4 "Everywhere grime in America, organized crime in America, terrible time in America-"

     "You forget I'm in America."

--Bernardo and Anita, West Side Story

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: none

#5 "Choose your words carefully, Telmarine."

     "You are a mouse."

     "I was hoping for something a little more original."

--Reepicheep and Prince Caspian (we had a little confusion with this), Prince Caspian

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Emily of Jones Creek, Queen Lucy, Eldarwen, Jo March, Katie a.k.a. Popular Joker, Jessica, Amanda, Hannah, Awel Prince, Brianna

#6 "If I die, I will die well-dressed."

--Major Jean Villeneuve, The Patriot

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: none, although a few people said that they recognized it. Brianna mentioned that it sounds like something her mom would say. :)

#7 "I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?

        "Do you always begin conversations this way?"

--Inigo Montoya and Westley, The Princess Bride

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Jessica, Eldarwen, Queen Lucy, Emily of Jones Creek, Jo March, Katie a.k.a. Popular Joker, Awel Prince, Brianna

#8 "I can make anything you like."

     "Can you make me taller?"

--The White Witch and Edmund, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Emily of Jones Creek, Queen Lucy, Jo March, Katie a.k.a. Popular Joker, Awel Prince, Brianna

#9 "My lord, bestow yourself with speed!"
     "All things be ready if our minds be so."

--Soldier and King Henry, Henry V

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: none


#10 "As Abraham said, 'I am a stranger in a strange land...'"
       "Moses said that."
       "Ah. Well, as King David said, 'I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.'"
       "That was also Moses."
       "For a man who was slow of tongue, he talked a lot."

--Tevye and Mendel (a man from the village and a friend of Tevye's), Fiddler on the Roof

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Hannah, Emily of Jones Creek, Eldarwen, Jo March, Awel Prince, Brianna, 

#11 "It's the dress. You'll have to put on another one before you meet the children."
      "But I don't have another one. When we entered the abbey, our wordly clothes were given to the poor."
        "What about this one?"
        "The poor didn't want this one."

--Captain von Trapp and Maria, The Sound of Music

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Hannah, Queen Lucy, Eldarwen, Jo March, Katie a.k.a. Popular Joker, Awel Prince, Brianna, Amanda, Jessica, 


#12 "Canst thou love me?"
       "I cannot tell."
       "Well, can any of your neighbors tell, Kate? I'll ask them!"

--King Henry and Princess Katherine, Henry V

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: none 


#13 "Enough, Nikabrik! Or do I have to sit on your head again?"


--Trufflehunter, Prince Caspian

Movie Lovers Who Guessed Correctly: Emily of Jones Creek, Queen Lucy, Eldarwen, Jo March, Awel Prince, Brianna, Amanda


GRAND TOTAL:
Amanda -- 4
Jessica -- 4
Hannah -- 5
Eldarwen -- 8
Emily of Jones Creek -- 9
Katie a.k.a. Popular Joker -- 9
Queen Lucy -- 11
Jo March -- 12
Brianna -- 12
Awel Prince -- 15

And that means that the winner is...

AWEL PRINCE!

Congratulations, Awel! Thank you so much to everyone who entered! This was such fun! 

As you can see, this post has no title. This is for you, Hannah!

That comment *above* is because it's Hannah's Lovely Photo Wednesday! As a spin-off of Wordless Wednesdays, we are instructed by sweet Hannah to post a photo of ours that we love, or one that is just plain hilarious.  Here is my photo (which fall under the category of just plain hilarious):

Yes, those are marshmallows. Yes, they have faces (courtesy of Magic Markers). And yes, they are in the oven, just waiting for someone to find them. While on vacation, my sisters and I grew a little restless. So, taking the bag of marshmallows (bought for the purpose of making s'mores), we gave each marshmallow a personality of it's own. 

What do you think? Should we avoid all boredom in the future, in order not to waste our time as we did here? Or are we creative geniuses? You decide. :)

Click over to Aspire and link up with your own lovely photos!

Em's End of Summer Blog Hop!

 This is a blog hop like none before. Rather then answering a list of questions, related or unrelated to a certain topic, Emily Shae @ Grace Like Rain has chosen to format her blog hop, celebrating the end of summer, a bit differently. Here is how she put it...

Since we are moving into the colder parts of the year, we need a time to reflect on the summer of 2010. It was a summer of discoveries, both physically and spiritually. But, before I go any further, and exert anymore of my random tangents of excitement, I believe there are a few things that must be mentioned first.

First thing...since this is a blog hop, there needs to be something fun (other than the cool prizes!). For this week there will be a collection of questions. You will post the questions in an essay format (one or all of them) of no less than 200 words to your blog. Then link up here at Grace Like Rain (Mclinky will be right below header). Here you go... the questions await your answers: 

1. Post a descriptive about your idea of the 'perfect summer'. 
2. Write a memoir of your summer.
3. Tell us what God has taught you over the summer.
4. Share with us your summer pictures; all those fun memories of Summer 2010!
5. Or do all 4!

I have chosen to do a bit of a combination of #2 and #3. Here is my essay...

The summer of 2010 was such a summer of new beginnings and new awakenings for me in so many different ways. I began reading my Bible much more--I started the "read the Bible in a year" program--and it has changed me so much. The Bible no longer seems like a dusty old book of histories and things that happened in the past. It is real, it is TRUE. Up until now, I failed to see that.

This may not be as important or life-changing as what I wrote above, but it is still a new step for me. I became a camera addict this summer. Really, I can't let go of the camera. Everywhere I go, I see a shot that I could have captured. I see the beauty in the simplest of things... and I want to share that. I want to embrace it, to be a part of it. I want the beauty of the Lord's creation to shine through my photos.

The Lord directed my steps in many ways this summer. I began writing a book, temporarily titled Peril on the Sea. A sad book. And yes, I will admit that I cry sometimes while writing it. The characters that I invent become so real, so fluid to me that it breaks my heart to think of hurting them.

A girl who rarely touched a Bible--except in church on Sundays--now turns the pages with eager fingertips. A girl who never saw much value in a camera now cannot put it down. A girl who had failed and grown frustrated over her seeming lack of enough imagination and talent to write a book suddenly was placed in the whirling and exhilarating storm of book-writing. 

A sinner who was asleep was awoken to the Light.

There are also some lovely prizes to be won in this event of Emily's (yes, I said prizes--they make everything all the more exciting, right? :)...

  

(isn't this necklace beautiful?)

And for all of you photographers...

And to those who are avid book-readers...

The prizes are splendid, are they not? Do you want the chance to win one of them? Then join Emily's giveaway and blog hop! 

These Lovely Ladies Are Having Some Giveaways... Please Join!

This post will be entirely made of compiled giveaways that are happening in the blog world. Yes--it will be long. :)



Have you all ever met my sister, Bree, before?

She is the heart, soul, mind, and spirit behind the blog He Designs My Life.

Currently, she is having a giveaway... and I wouldn't be a good older sister if I didn't tell you all about it, now would I?

First place is a makeover by Awel--how exciting is that? And the 2nd and 3rd place prizes are fabulous as well. So head on over and join Bree's giveaway! And while you're at it, why don't you follow her as well? 

On the note of giveaways, Guinevere is also having one. Click here to check it out! She has some pretty awesome prizes as well!

Here are the questions for her blog party: 

1. What has been your favorite part of summer so far? Writing my book, Peril on the Sea, and lots and lots of thunderstorms!

2. What is your favorite part of autumn? The crisp, cool air, and getting back to school. 

3. Raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens? Raindrops on roses--what else? Of course, an un-whiskered kitten WOULD be a bit odd...

4. Describe your dream house. I have many ideas of what I would like in a house--how can I choose? One thing that I would like no matter what would be a large backyard with a tree house and swings. Not a swing set--just plain old-fashioned swings.

5. What's your favorite movie? Oh, so hard! Can I choose three? I love The Patriot, Sense & Sensibility (1995), and Henry V (the one with Kenneth Branagh). 

6. Quote something from the book you most recently read: 

"Look here," said Edmund, "need we go by the same way that our Dear Little Friend came by?"

"No more of that, your Majesty, if you love me," said the Dwarf.

"Very well," said Edmund. "May I say our D.L.F.?"

"Oh, Edmund," said Susan. "Don't keep on at him like that."

"That's all right, lass--I mean your Majesty," said Trumpkin with a chuckle. "A jibe won't raise a blister."

(And after that they often called him the D.L.F. until they had almost forgot what it meant.) 

-- Prince Caspian (book)

7. What do you like/not like about my blog? I really like how you are frequently lighthearted and cheerful. What do I not like? Hmm... that's hard... can I have a moment?

8. Rain or shine? RAIN, all. the. way. 

9. The worst grammatical mistake, in your opinion: Misspelling words, or doing Random capitals all Over the Place <-- see what I mean?

10. If you had a choice, would you want to live: in the mountains, in a rainforest, on a prairie, or by the beach? Um... by the beach. :)

11. What character from a book would you say you are most like? Either Jo March or Marianne Dashwood.

12. Be constantly talking the rest of your life or not be able to communicate in any way for the rest of your life? Constantly talking.

13. Owl City or Switchfoot? Sorry, neither.

14. Taylor Swift of Selena Gomez? Taylor Swift. 

15. Your pet peeve? Grammatical errors. 

16. What's your favorite font? 

17. How are you educated? (i.e. homeschooled, public schooled, private schooled) Homeschooled.

18. Do you consider yourself tomboy-ish or feminine? Feminine.

19. What's your favorite song? I really like a lot of music, so I don't think I can choose one. 

20. Did you enjoy answering these questions? YES!


And last, but most certainly not least, is Bleah's and Eldarwen's homeschoolers event.

 

This is for HOMESCHOOLERS, so if you homeschool, listen up! There is a mysterious prize--one that has not yet been revealed--that Bleah and Eldarwen are giving away. And ANYONE can enter--even if you live in Japan! Here's all you have to do:

{1} Leave your blog's link at either Bleah's or Eldarwen's blog posts.

{2} Answer the questions that Eldarwen chose.

{3} Wait in absolute longing to know what the surprise prize is!

That's all you have to do. So, if you homeschool, join this event!