Liebster Award

Emily, who has the awesome blog Sunshine Girl, has tagged me for the Liebster Award! Thanks so much! So how it works: I tell you 11 things about myself, answer 11 questions Emily asked me, and ask 11 questions of other bloggers who I think should get this traveling award... up to l1 bloggers that is ;) BTW, Liebster means "Sweetheart", "Dear", or "Favorite" in German depending on what  translation you use. Also, if you're awarded, no tag-backs!... and you have to tag a blog with 200 followers or less.

So first random stuff about me:
1. I'm the only girl and middle child of my family
2. I absolutely love McDonald's Frappes
3. I can not wait to get my driver's permit
4. I go outside and take pictures of random things for no reason
5. I used to have phone phobia, or whatever you would like to call it... basically fear of talking to people on the phone.
6. I am overly competitive
7. If you asked me to name my favorite singer, you might be listening to my list of favorites for an hour or two.
8. I loose and break my earrings really often
9. People often mistake me for my age, and I am easily insulted by it. ;)
10. I spend maybe too much time blogging, emailing, and Skyping.
11. All my journal entries sound the same

So next, my questions from Emily:
1. Do you play an instrument?
Guitar and Piano, although I don't think anyone would want to hear me play them ;)
2. Do you play a sport?
I am formerly a bowler, and will now be playing basketball!
3. Have you ever been ice skating?
Yes, I think twice. I love it, and am bad at it ;)
4. Can you blow bubbles with bubble gum?
I think... It's been a while since I've tried, but I'm pretty sure I can do it!
5. What's your favorite Bible verse?
I have tons of favorite verses. One I read recently in a devotional that I like right now is: "Live full lives full in the fullness of God. God can do anything you know- more than you can ever guess or imagine in your wildest dreams. Ephesians 3:19". I don't know what version of the verse that is, because in the NIV it sounds really different, but I like the verse anyway.
6. Do you sing?
Yes. I absolutely love to, but I sort of have the dilemma of I can sometimes sing really well, and sometimes I sound like a dying cat... Let's just say how well I sing depends on what I sing and how much I practice;)
7. Hot ice cream or cold apple pie?
umm, maybe cold apple pie? Ice cream will melt, apple pie will just be cold.
8. Dogs or cats?
COPLETELY Dogs.
9. Converse or flip flops? Converse are awesome, but I tragically don't have any! :( Therefore I will have to go with what I wear more often, flip flops.
10. Dresses or skirts?
I'd have to say I like dresses better, although I wear more skirts.
11. Computer or cell phone? 
Computer. I soooooo want a cell phone badly, but tragically I don't have one yet. Despite that though, there's so much more you can do on a computer.


Now questions for the people I tag:

1. What's your earliest memory?
2. What was the best day of your life?
3. Rain or Shine?
4. Would you rather watch a talent show, or sing in one?
5. What's your dream job?
6. If you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be?
7. What's your favorite part of blogging?
8. What word do you use the most?
9. What's your favorite instrument?
10. Early bird or night owl?
11. What color do you wear the most?

I don't read many blogs so I couldn't decide who to tag. I would tag Emily, but she tagged me, and I would tag Kryn, but she was tagged by Emily. Then after some reading, I found 3 awesome girls I'd love to tag!
Megan, who writes on Boundless
Talia, who writes on Girlz of God
Kinga, who writes on Quidditea
You all have really neat blogs, so you now have the Liebster Award! Have an awesome day everyone,
-Brooke

15 Things Update

 First off, thank you Emily for the Liebster Award! I'll make my post about that tomorrow.

 Well, it's been 15 days since I started  "15 Things to do before I'm 15" so today you get the progress report! Click here to see the complete list and summarized progress report.

3. Write 15 letters to my pen pals

I've written 4 letters to my pen pals Emilie and Heather so far. So only 11 to go!

5. Write 15 short stories/poems

Wrote 1 poem. I might have to share it on my blog sometime

6. Make 15 different desserts

The sweet things I have made in 15 days include homemade Frappuchinos, Chocolate cake, Cinamon-sugar soft pretzels, and chocolate chip cookies that decided not to rise... 

7. Paint my nails 15 different colors

So far painting my nails has been going the best on my list. I have painted them 6 different colors in 15 days including purple, light purple, sparkly hot pink, red, teal, and orange. Wow, I didn't know I painted my nails that much...

9. Meet 15 new people

So far I have met 2 girls at HEAT. Tieney (if that's how you spell her name) and Maggie who are both best friends. I also met 1 girl at Youth Group who I think is 17 maybe? So in all 3 people.

10. Read 15 books of the Bible

I have read 2 books so far including Titus and Hebrew. Titus is pretty short, but Hebrews was 13 chapters long or so... I've read about a book a day so far.

11. Draw 15 real people

Britt Nicole and Francesca Battistelli are my two. Let's just say Francesca looks TERRIBLE in my drawing, and so I really should redo her sometime...

14. Stay 15 days ahead in math for at least 5 days

SHOCKINGLY, I am 6 days ahead in math! That is an amazing thing for me to do in only 15 days. I must have had too much sugar these past weeks or something... I don't expect to get that many done the next week!

15. Try 15 new foods

I tried pumpernickel pretzel sticks which didn't taste great, but were okay. I also tried chilie lime crackers which tasted kind of weird. I had bean sprouts which I don't think I've ever tasted before, and I didn't care for either. Then I tried a liver patty which was DISGUSTING and I decided maybe I should take a break from trying new foods ;) ha ha. I think I just have been trying things I don't care for, so maybe soon I'll find something I like! I did also try these weird mini pickle which each pickle was like the size of a paper clip, and those actually tasted pretty good. :)

So as you can see, I have made some progress on my list. Oh, and today is officially 100 days till my birthday! So I think I'll be able to complete some of these on my list by then. Some of my goals I have not touched yet, but some of them are going well. 

XD,

Brooke

p.s. for those of you who don't know, XD is like a smiley face smiling soooo big, that it's closing its eyes. It also sort of-kind of means LOL, so it's a mix of stuff :)