Liebster Award... Again!

Hey Everyone!

I was awarded by Emma Jane with the Liebster award! 

1) Each person must list 11 things about themselves.

2) Answer the 11 questions that the tagger has set for you PLUS you MUST create 11 questions of your own for the 11 people you will nominate with this award.

3) Choose up to 11 bloggers linking them to your post.

4) Go to their page and inform them of the nomination.

5) Absolutely NO tag backs.

6) Remember to ONLY tag bloggers with less than 200 followers

1. I just bought the 1D book!

2. I would LOVE to be a shape shifter.

3. Cats are the best animals, EVER!

4. I just went to Hershey Park. (I'll post soon!)

5. I'm obsessed with pictures of One Direction, even though I don't download them all to my computer! :-P

6. I love my church! (doesn't everyone!?)

7. I'd rather be sailing. Seriously.

8. I survived Skyrush. They don't have shoulder restraints. It's just on your lap. FREAKY!

9. I have a parakeet and a cat.

10. I'm really tired right now.

11. I like reading blogs. (that was random!)

Okay, now here are the questions that Emma Jane asked me...

1. Who is your favorite singer in One Direction?

    What kind of like? I think the cutest one is Liam and the one with the best voice is tied between Harry and Niall.

2. Do you play any instruments? If so, which one?

    I used to play piano and I might start guitar. Maybe.

3. Are you homeschooled or do you go to public school?

    I'm obviously homeschooled!

4. What are your favorite hobbies?

    I have so many but blogging, listening to 1D, reading, and eating. :-P

5. Have you ever been to the beach?

    Yes!

6. How long is your hair?

    Longer than anyone reading this.

7. Do you do sports?

    Swimming. I'm starting volleyball on Saturday. Wish me luck, guys!

8. Why/why don't you like to wear make up?

    Okay. I like to wear make up. Love it. I don't wear it in public because I'm too young and I would look crazy if I did. I like putting it on for videos (music videos) and to horse around with my friends. Every time I go to a friends house I bring my make up. Just ask Maddie, Amelia, and Daylily! I like it because it makes me feel special. Like, "Look at me, I'm wearing make up!" Awkward but true answer. :-)

9. What inspired you to start blogging?

    Well, my friend Amelia had a blog and I decided to start one too. Being homeschooled and wanting to tell the web about it also helped.

10. Favorite place in your house?

     Sunroom or bedroom.

11. What do you normally eat for lunch?     I never eat the same thing for lunch! Sandwiches, tortilla roll-ups, tofu and    more are just some of the things I eat!

Alright, now- here are the questions I have for all of the people I'm awarding to answer.

1. Do you like One Direction, and who's your fav guy?

2. How long have you been blogging?

3. Do you like my blog?

4. Do you like the San Fransisco 49ers? (that's not really a question! haha, jk)

5. What's your favorite sport?

6. Have you been to a dance of any kind? Explain!!

7. Do you like writing? Not blogging, but essays and stuff. (I do, sometimes)

9. What's your favorite mythical creature?

10. Who is your favorite singer?

11. Who is your favorite band?

People Who Get This Award:

• Daylily from Blooming! Growing Up Homeschooled
• Amelia from AGR Photograhpy
• Sammy from Sammys Space!

and anyone else who wants it! Comment if you do!

♥Purple Pixie♥

Hunger Banquet

Today my group in church (Roots & Shoots) held an Oxfam Hunger Banquet. A Hunger Banquet demonstrates what hunger really is in our world. When each person came in they paid $5, they reached into a basket and took out a card. The cards read one of the following: High-Income, Middle-Income, or Low-Income.

The High-Incomes received:

• Table and Chairs
• Silverware
• 3 Course Meal
• Waitresses 

The Middle-Incomes received:

• Chairs
• Silverware
• Rice and Beans

The Low-Incomes received:

• Seats on the Floor
• Rice
• No Silverware
• No Chairs
• No Beans

I read two pages of the script in the beginning and was a food server. I spooned out rice and beans to the Middle- and Low-Incomes.
Here is an informative page from the script my friends and I read today:

In over 35 years of Oxfam’s work, millions of dollars have been raised to support human rights and put an end to poverty. Millions of people have participated in an Oxfam Hunger Banquet or skipped a meal to recognize the plight of the world’s hungry.

While the proportion of the world’s populations living in hunger has decreased, hunger endures for millions of people.

This Hunger Banquet is a metaphor for how food and other resources are inequitably distributed in the world. As such, an Oxfam Hunger Banquet can only touch upon the issues. We cannot recreate the many and complex ways in which poverty manifests itself. We will not have time to go into all the problems associated with lack of access to healthcare, education and employment opportunities, and the realities of the day-to-day struggle for survival.

The one thing that we would like you to remember is this: everyone on earth has the same basic needs; it is only our circumstances – where we live and the culture we are born into – that differ. Each person’s place is randomly determined.

Some are born into prosperity and security while millions, by no choice of their own, are born into poverty.

As each of us walked in the door here today, we chose our lot at random. Look around, and you can see that equality and balance don’t exist here.

It is important to note that no one section of this room represents a single country. While the US is one of the wealthiest countries on earth, 36 million Americans live in poverty.

Hopefully along with the money we raised for Oxfam, we also raised awareness about hunger in our world.

Tri-State Bird Rescue

Today I went with my RE group to a bird rescue place. We didn't see any birds, just the places where they kept the birds.  We were helping them get ready for the spring "rush."
One thing I did was make meal-worm substance. Yes, it might sound gross, but the only thing in it that might be gross is ground Guinea-Pig pellets. The fact is that we need to feed the worms special food because the people need to know what they are putting into the birds. The birds eat the meal-worms, who eat the substance. If you ever have to feed meal-worms (which probably won't happen!) here is the recipe.

Meal-Worm Substance

1 cup ~ Wheatena

1 cup ~ Oat Bran

1 cup ~ Yellow Cornflower

1/2 cup ~ Ground Guinea-Pig or Rabbit pellets

1 ~ Ziplock bag (per all ingredients)

Pour the ingredients into bag. 

Grind the pellets until there aren't any chunks.

Add that to the bag and mix the bag up until thoroughly mixed.

Feed to meal-worms!

 To the meal-worms - enjoy! 

I enjoyed my trip there. I really learned a lot. One of the things I learned was that even though humans have a good intention of feeding baby birds, it isn't a good thing. The birds won't migrate, because they think that they can get food from the fishers. When the fishers leave, the birds would die from hunger. =( That would be a shame. 

At the bird rescue, the people help the birds a best as they can. And they try to release them where they found them. If they can't, they try to find a similar place. 

I hope I gave you some interesting information!

♥ PP