Liebster Award

[litlover12]

I was nominated for this award by birdienl at Journal of a Dutch 20-something. Thank you, birdienl!

The rules of this award are as follows:
a) Answer the eleven questions of the tagger
b) Share eleven facts about yourself
c) Nominate up to eleven other bloggers
d) Ask those nominees eleven new questions



1. What is your parent's profession? Did you ever think you would do the same as your mother or father?

My dad (now retired) was an Army officer. I never thought I would do that; I'm too much of a wimp! My mother worked for an airline for a couple of years, and later for a hosiery company, but for most of her adult life she's been a homemaker. I would like to do that someday, but first I need to get a home. :-)

2. Are you scared of any animals?

Pit bulls and Rottweilers. Doesn't matter how many people try to argue they're really cuddly and sweet (and a LOT of people do). I'm terrified of them and I'm pretty sure I always will be.

3. You have an unexpected day off. What are you going to do?

Take a day trip to some nice little vintage-y area (we have a few around here) where I can walk around and shop, get something tasty and a bit decadent to eat, sit outside and have coffee, and just watch the world go by.

4. Do you regularly go to museums? What kind do you like best: art, history, science, etc.?

I should, because we have tons of museums in the D.C. area, but I haven't been to one in a while. But I go now and then. Generally, I like art museums best.

5. What do you like best about living where you live?

Aside from the obvious (friends and family nearby, a good church, etc.), D.C. is a great theater town. We get all the good touring shows, lots of pre-Broadway tryouts of new productions, some astonishingly well-done shows at little tiny community theaters -- all kinds of good stuff!

6. And what do you miss where you live?

A decent cost of living! It's insanely expensive here and getting worse all the time.

7. What is the best movie you've seen so far in 2015? (Doesn't have to be from 2015.)

Cinderella (2015).

8. Do you think the internet and connected technologies have actually made our lives better or worse?

Hard to say. One can't avoid the fact that a lot of harmful things have come from it. On the other hand, a lot of great things have come from it -- like knowing all of you! :-)

9. What kind of phone games do you play?

None. Never got into them.

10. What is your favorite hymn?

"Be Thou My Vision."

11. Ice cream or chocolate?

I like both, but I have to give the edge to chocolate.

Eleven facts about me:

1. I can't raise just one eyebrow. I've tried for years but have never been able to do it!
2. I've gotten over my childhood hatred of broccoli, but I don't think I'll ever get over my childhood hatred of spinach.
3. I don't understand why so many people dislike calamari. Fried calamari (or even sauteed or boiled calamari) is one of the best things on the planet!
4. I never could learn to blow a bubble with bubble gum. But it doesn't matter, because I don't like the stuff anyway.
5. I've had five pets in my life: three Shelties, a Boston terrier, and a hamster.
6. I have mitral valve prolapse, or as I like to call it, a heartbeat with a lisp.
7. I've danced onstage at Radio City Music Hall. (Not really. I took the tour, and while standing on the stage I did a time step or two, so I could say I'd danced onstage at Radio City Music Hall!)
8. I learned to read at age two by watching "Sesame Street." I don't remember this, but my mother swears it's true.
9. Even though I never cared for science or thought myself any good at it, I once won a national science fair with a project on -- wait for it -- diapers. I can only assume that the judges found the topic intriguing.
10. Growing up, I lived in five different states and one different country (Canada) in eight years.
11. I'm starting to get back into cross-stitching, after many years away from it. I kept finding all these cute patterns I wanted to make, so I decided it was time to try again.

I nominate the following:

jobey_in_error
msantimacassar
mosinging1986
lindahoyland
modmerseygirl
neemaritaonetravelsfar
rosa_cotton
sonneta

My questions for you (if you feel like doing it!):

1. What's the worst movie you ever saw?
2. If you had to write a book that was not an autobiography, what would you write about?
3. Are you a dog person, a cat person, or a goldfish person?
4. If you had to pick one of your favorite foods to give up, which one would it be?
5. Name one song you've heard in the past year that you think everyone should hear.
6. What was your favorite subject in school?
7. Do you have a phobia? If so, what?
8. What's the best restaurant within ten miles of your home?
9. Are you better at cooking or cleaning, or at something else entirely (working on the car, for instance)?
10. Which three books would you take to a desert island?
11. What's your favorite kind of weather?

Comments

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

That sounds like such a nice day off!

Art museums are the best! :)

Cinderella is also on my list! SUCH a good movie! <3

I love learning more about you! Though I must say I have never understood anyone's childhood hatred of broccoli since I used to love pretending to be a giant dinosaur munching on trees when I was eating it! :P I'm with you on the eyebrow thing. And I can't wink either!

That must have been tough to move so often growing up! Is there one place that you have ever thought about moving back to?

I will add this list of questions to the ones birdienl tagged me to do! :) No promises to get them all done immediately though!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I forgot you'd already been tagged elsewhere. Didn't mean to overload you with questions! :-)

I used to wish to move back to Florida because I missed it so much. But now I'm pretty contented here (except for that darned cost of living!!)

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

No worries! I am flattered you tagged me! :) It'll just take me a bit to write everything out!

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Nice to read your answers!

I really like Be Thou My Vision too. We sometimes sing it in Dutch in church, but I prefer the English version.

Your plan for the day of sounds really nice!

You really need to be in a mood to go to a museum right? I have a museum-year-card now with which I can go to almost every museum in The Netherlands free, so now I go more.

You thought up some really nice questions!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I enjoyed doing it!

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

I thought modmerseygirl deleted her account/disappeared from LJ a long time ago?

[jobey-in-error.livejournal.com]

Fun! I would like to do this, although I expect it will take a bit of time for me to get my act together.

I had never heard "Be Thou My Vision" before, but yesterday while at church I just happened to open my hymnal to that song and read through all the words. It is truly lovely in its simplicity. I am going to learn how it goes because it would be a helpful mental focus.

There is an upside to living in DC?? Your account of the theatres actually make me envious!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

I know -- who'd have thunk? :-) We're always getting actor interviews in The Washington Post that go something like, "If I can't be on Broadway, this is actually a really good place to be!"

So glad you like the hymn!