Hurray - a giveaway and an award!

First, I'll tell about the giveaway - cause WHO doesn't like free stuff?

Carlotta over at pastor's girl's pondering is having a fabulous giveaway - check it out here!

Second, the award!

Costume Queen over at Aria of an Amateur has kindly awarded me a "sweet blog" award!! Thank you so much, Costume Queen! :)

When you receive this award, you're supposed to thank the person who sent it to you and then pass it on to ten sweet-as-pie bloggers. Soo, here are the lovely bloggers that I'm passing this award on to!

1. Haleymay at Music in the Rain

2. Grace at The Rambling of a Knitting goddess

3. Ellie at The Glamorous Life of a Laundry Girl

4. carlotta at pastor's girls ponderings

5. Rachel at A Cupcake for moose

6. Lindsay at Content in Christ

7. Anna at From the Blue Notebooks

8. The Girls at Love Unawakened

9. Emily at Practically Pink

10. Melody at Vividry

To all those who have been chosen: You are a wonderfully sweet blogger and you deserve this blog award! Please save the blog award image (which is shown earlier in this post) to your computer and post it on your blog.

My first blog award!

AWESOME!
Costume Queen of Aria of an Amateur has kindly awarded me this From me to you! award for having an awesome blog :) Thank you so much, Costume Queen! :)

Here are the rules for the award:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.
2. Copy the Award.
3. Post it in your blog.
4. Tell Us 7 things that your readers don't know.
5. Link 7 new blogger as recipients.
6. Notify winners of award with comment on their blog.
7. Keep being Awesome.


7 things you don't already know about me...hmmm...this could be difficult...

1. I don't really like animals. Yes, I'm afraid it's true, all you pet lovers (that is, basically everyone in the world besides me). Although I'm fine with kittens and puppies, I'm NOT a fan of dogs...or cats...or guinea pigs...you get idea. I'm glad other people enjoy treating their animals like their children, but I'm really okay without them :)

2. I fail at craft projects. I've attempted knitting. *shiver* Oh, the horror. I like knitting and I love yarn, but my finished product after painstakingly working for at least a month was hideous...in fact, multiple finished products were hideous. I attempted crocheting. I walked out the door crying. 'Nuff said. (I was 11, ok?) There are many other such stories. I make friendship bracelets, and that's about it :)

3. My pet peeve is people cheating on games. I NEVER get mad at my friends. They're my friends, for goodness sake! Recently, my friend said the only time she can remember me mad, is at a capture the flag game, and the other team was cheating (in a way). I feel really, really stupid about it now, but it made me rather angry. But hey, it's just a game. And usually I'm not very competitive. Teehee :)

4. I've read the book Shadow Spinner at least 7 times. At least. It's in a close tie with Fairest, Ella Enchanted, and The Sherwood Ring. Also, I've read nearly all of Agatha Christie's Mysteries. Heh.

5. When I'm performing, I get nervous playing piano, but not singing. When I play piano by myself, my legs start shaking. I love accompanying, not so much solos. But singing is fine! Weird, I know.

6. When I was little, I really, really, really wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. I even dressed up like one for Halloween :)

7. I'm running out of ideas, so this is going to be random. I don't own any red articles of clothing. I don't have anything against red..I just don't own any red clothes!

Now, for the people I'm nominating for the award who have really awesome blogs...

1. Haleymay at http://musicintherain.blogspot.com/
Her posts always make me either smile, or cry, or both. This Christ-focused girl has a funky way of writing which is both endearing and entertaining. Her posts are meaningful. I love you!

2. Rainydaydreamer at http://rainydaysareawesome.blogspot.com/?zx=c48f6b4fb4651f71
This dear girly always makes me laugh out loud with her crazy rambles...which is are both awesome and heart felt. She's so completely herself on whatever she's talking about, be it friends, dancing, knitting, singing...you get the idea. Sisters in Christ forever!

3. Matt over at http://www.matteroniandcheese.blogspot.com/
What can I say? This kid can write...and he's extremely funny. I always enjoy his posts and pictures...and always end up LOLing all over the place. Keep rockin', brother!

4. Bre of http://unbellavita.blogspot.com/?zx=98ec178938e1c2ae
With details, pictures, and fun, Bre's Christian Worldview enhances everything she writes about. This piano lovin' girl's posts are always well thought out and an enjoyment to read!

5. Miller Family at http://cmmillerblog.blogspot.com/
This blog is the story of Christian family through the hard times as well as the joyful. All of their posts are such fun to read, and cover a variety of topics. Days in the life of big family are crazy, and it's nice to read about others with lots of siblings!

6. Ellie Snider at http://theglamlg.blogspot.com/
Who's posts are filled with witty comments, fun pictures, crazy stories, and altogether awesomeness. I love you, Ellie! :)

7. Levi at http://levi-leviathan.blogspot.com/
This dude is my brother. I couldn't leave him out...and plus, I really enjoy reading his entertaining, but sporadic, posts. It's fun to see his take on life in writing...although his spelling could be improved ;) (I love you too!)