Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Answers to the Grand Birthday Game!


First, a big thank you to all of you for playing and also for all the lovely birthday wishes this past week! :)

And now without more ado, here are....

The Game Answers

1. Darcy or Bingley?

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


2. Amazing mountains (and casting)…or amazing staging (and casting)—i.e. favorite Sound of Music?

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


3. Romance out west…(super sweet romance).
In other words, our favorite Zane Grey. :)

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


4. A hairstyle we each dream of:

Answer: Heidi A, Éowyn B


5. A Lizzy dress: sea-foam green under sheer…or the orange of autumn leaves? 

Answer: Heidi A, Éowyn B


6. A favorite Cinderella. We actually (to varying degrees) both like both of these, but—you know—if we were absolutely, positively forced to choose.

Answer: Heidi A (The Slipper and the Rose with Richard Chamberlain) and Éowyn B (First Love with Deanna Durbin)


7. Which of these highly loved books ends up on our respective bedside pile oftenest:

Answer: Heidi A, Éowyn B


8. A favorite period drama ending. Just because…

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


9. Favorite Scottish adventure film? (A field of very strong opinion, indeed.) 

Answer: Heidi A (Rob Roy with Richard Todd), Éowyn B (Kidnapped with Peter Finch)


10. Favorite nursing series.

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


11. Apart from somewhere we’d both like to go (somewhere with miles and miles of turquoise and azure blue water—which wouldn’t exactly give us an A or B answer) two other overseas adventures: an African safari or riding over the Argentinean mountains?

Answer: Heidi A, Éowyn B


12. Singer-songwriters:

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


13. We both think this salad looks simply magnificent, but the question is for which enthralling field of study we each find most fascinating—nutrition or dinosaur tracks.

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


14. Our favorite classic western? And you don’t have to know the names, just A or B. (We really can’t tell you the names, ‘cause…yes, well…you get the idea.)

Answer: Heidi A (Stagecoach with John Wayne), Éowyn B (High Noon with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly)


15. And…(since we’re both writing westerns), whose is set in which place? 

Answer: Éowyn A, Heidi B


And your scores!

Emma: 140
Naomi: 120
Dani: 110
Natalie: 110
Sarah: 110
Olivia: 90
Hamlette: 80

Again, thank you so much for playing everyone! We're glad you enjoyed it!



Wednesday, April 22, 2015

The Grand Birthday Game!


Having blogs as sisters is one of the best (and occasionally most challenging!) bits of all this wonderful bloggy business and (seeing as how our real-life birthdays fall exactly one week apart) we wanted to share the birthday fun with all of you dear friends! So (in the midst of our very full week ;)) comes also the time for our Very First Game Ever! 

Following are fifteen A/B questions with Heidi as ‘A’ and Éowyn as ‘B’ (or vice versa) and your exciting job is to guess which is which. We’re posting the identical questions on both our blogs (Éowyn’s is here), so if you follow both of us, feel free to leave your answers in either place. (Or you can leave them in both and we’ll keep your highest score. ;))

We’re turning on comment moderation until the answers are officially posted next week, and also, when commenting with your answers you can just use one or other name and we’ll know that the other person is either A or B. Each answer is worth 10 points with a total of 150 points that can be earned.

Now do have fun everyone and we hope lots of you play!! :)

The Game

1. Darcy or Bingley?


2. Amazing mountains (and casting)…or amazing staging (and casting)—i.e. favorite Sound of Music?


3. Romance out west…(super sweet romance).
In other words, our favorite Zane Grey. :)


4. A hairstyle we each dream of:


5. A Lizzy dress: sea-foam green under sheer…or the orange of autumn leaves? 


6. A favorite Cinderella. We actually (to varying degrees) both like both of these, but—you know—if we were absolutely, positively forced to choose.


7. Which of these highly loved books ends up on our respective bedside pile oftenest:


8. A favorite period drama ending. Just because…


9. Favorite Scottish adventure film? (A field of very strong opinion, indeed.) 


10. Favorite nursing series.


11. Apart from somewhere we’d both like to go (somewhere with miles and miles of turquoise and azure blue water—which wouldn’t exactly give us an A or B answer) two other overseas adventures: an African safari or riding over the Argentinean mountains?


12. Singer-songwriters:


13. We both think this salad looks simply magnificent, but the question is for which enthralling field of study we each find most fascinating—nutrition or dinosaur tracks.


14. Our favorite classic western? And you don’t have to know the names, just A or B. (We really can’t tell you the names, ‘cause…yes, well…you get the idea.)


15. And…(since we’re both writing westerns), whose is set in which place?


We hope you all had fun and can’t wait to see your answers! :)



Monday, April 20, 2015

The Random Questions Tag x 2!

Naomi recently tagged me with her Random Questions tag! (Thank you so much, dear! ;))


The rules for the tag are:
~ Paste the button onto your blog post.
~ Leave a new list of questions (or just pass on the question list you answered) and tag a few people of your random choice (and say why you tagged them, if you have time!) (Be original and nonsensical in your question-creativity - make the blogging world a cheerful place :-) And be disastrously random.)
Now for the fun...
~Write down three facts about you - one of them is WRONG. Let your commenters guess in the comments which one is wrong (and tell them in the comments after a while)
~Answer the questions of the person who tagged you - make it all super random and interesting
:-D

So here are my Three Facts. (Again, one of these is WRONG…so guess which one!)

1. I've never driven a car on the beach:


2. A portrait of myself in the a.m:


3. I love Cinderella:



Go ahead and guess in the comments and I'll tell you the right answer in a couple days! ;)

And Naomi’s Questions:

1. Are there flowers in your bedroom? ~ I love the idea of flowers (so Anne-of-Green-Gables-ish!), but I’ve never actually gotten them all the way up to my room yet. I do have an indoor lily I’m trying to keep alive.


2. Who was your first - really first - (fictional) crush? ~ Well, I always respected Ned a lot in the Nancy Drew’s—so strong and courageous and ready to help or rescue Nancy.

3. What is, in your opinion, the prettiest Little House Book cover? – From a purely color/composition standpoint, These Happy Golden Years, BUT I’ve never liked Almanzo’s hair much and I do really like Little Town on the Prairie.


4. On pictures, do you smile with your teeth or without? ~ With!

5. In 'Return to Cranford' Miss Matty gets a turban. What do you think of her in a turban? ~ Since reading other people’s answers I’ve realized I may be in the minority here ;), but I love her turban! I think it compliments her face beautifully and think it’s so brave of her to wear it whether or not it was “in style,” simply because she’d always wanted to.

6. Did you get fooled this year on April the 1st? ~ No. We don’t really try at our house and somehow I didn’t run across anything online either.

7. Do you think it's rude when girls re-do their whole hairstyle in public? ~ No. (My, what a lot of “no’s” I’m having here!) But no, it doesn’t bother me. Playing with it and tossing it around all the time can be immodest/draw attention, but I don’t hardly notice an ordinary re-styling—particularly with buns and ponytails. I wear them a lot, too, and they just get loose and need to be redone! :) 



8. What's your least favourite song in 'The Sound of Music?' ~ Something Good. Yes, not a favorite.

9. Do you chew your inside cheeks when you're thinking? ~ No, but I do tend to rest my chin on my hand.

10. Your how-many-ienth post is this? ~ 95!

11. What's your favourite Dickens movie? ~ I still have a lot of Dickens on my to-be-watched list (so far I’ve just seen Little Dorrit and the old classic Christmas Carol and the ’02 Nicholas Nickleby with Charlie Hunnam), but…maybe Nicholas Nickleby? NOTE: It definitely has some skippable scenes/fast forward moments, but altogether it’s a rich, colorful, well thought out, highly Dickens-ish adaptation!


12. What should you be doing right now? Do it. ;-) ~ Finishing a sewing project and Ballet Beautiful. (And I will, shortly…I will! :))

And here are Natalie’s questions as well:

1. Favorite period drama movie? ~ The '04 North and South.

2. What color looks the best on you, clothing-wise? ~ Blue and I’m very happy about it. :)

3. If you had $100 you had to spend selfishly (e.g. an outfit you don't really NEED or a book collection that is available at the library but you just want to own it) what would you get? ~ At the moment, I might actually put it in my savings fund for my next book (cover items, etc.), but saving for a trip to Europe or somewhere exotic would be fun, too. But you were asking about a specific item… Hmmm. Well, I’d love to get a whole bunch of cactus dahlia, and pink and white peony bulbs. I also love this super expensive, old edition of The Prince and Betty:


OR (and now I’m thinking of all sorts of things ;)), I love Indian textiles and dream of having something like this someday:



But then I can never decide…because I like this look, too:



4. Do you dream in color or black and white? ~ In color. (And good question! Do you dream in black and white, Natalie? I hadn’t thought of it before. I also realized this question is rather humorous coming right after I was talking about bedspreads—but it wasn’t intentional, I assure you! :))

5. What's your easiest hairstyle that you use when in a hurry? ~ At home (i.e. when not in public) a ponytail or a twisted-up-with-an-elastic-band bun. Out and about I often twist and pull back my top hair with a couple claw clips and then do a plain braid.

6. What is your middle name? (if you don't mind sharing) ~ Noel.

7. Favorite vintage celebrity? ~ I have a lot of favorites (and I’ve only seen this actor in one film, so he’s a bit of a random selection), but based on what I know so far I’ve been quite impressed by Charlton Heston—by his life and what he stood for. 

8. What are you looking forward to most this week? ~ Attending a dear friend’s wedding!


9. What was one of your favorite moments this past week? ~ Smelling dandelions in the sunshine and also getting some fun birthday notes, packages, and emails. ;) 

And I’m tagging:


Here are your Random Questions:
~ Do you love the color pink?
~ Your favorite book set in ancient times?
~ What color is your bedroom?
~ Do you like traveling?
~ Your favorite animated film?
~ The shortest you’ve ever cut your hair?
~ Your thoughts on butterflies?
~ Do you enjoy putting together puzzles?
~ Do you get excited when the daily mail arrives?
~ A favorite spring-ish period drama dress?

Also (for simplicity), here are the rules again:
~ Paste the button onto your blog post.
~ Leave a new list of questions (or just pass on the question list you answered) and tag a few people of your random choice (and say why you tagged them, if you have time!) (Be original and nonsensical in your question-creativity - make the blogging world a cheerful place :-) And be disastrously random.)
Now for the fun...
~Write down three facts about you - one of them is WRONG. Let your commenters guess in the comments which one is wrong (and tell them in the comments after a while)
~Answer the questions of the person who tagged you - make it all super random and interesting
:-D

Have fun everyone and thank you again for the tag, Naomi and Natalie!

P.S. And don't forget to guess which of those "Three Facts" is wrong! ;)



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