SECRET SANTA GIFT EXCHANGE

Have you ever taken part in a Secret Santa or Secret Pal Gift Exchange? Litblogger Nymeth at Things Mean A Lot is organizing a Blogger Christmas Exchange this holiday season. Be sure and stop by her blog for details! The deadline is November 23rd.

It looks like lots of fun!

MIDDLE NAME MEME

iI was tagged by Meg for this "Middle Name Meme":








K for Kris Kringle -- a character in one of my favorite movies: "Miracle On 34th Street."


R for Ranger -- one of the male hotties in Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels. See my previous blog.


I for Imagination -- it is a gift we all have and should remember to use it.


S for my favorite food -- spaghetti.

T for "Tripod" - the three-legged pet raccoon in one of my favorite author's novels (James Lee Burke).


I for Imagination --- again.


N for "Nanny" -- what my daughter and nieces and grandsons called my mother.


A for Apple -- one of my favorite fruits -- I try to eat one a day.

Well, that was fun. Thanks, Meg. Instead of tagging others, if you read this and haven't been tagged yet, consider it done!

WHAT CLASSIC MOVIE ARE YOU??

I saw this on Tristi's blog and since I love old classic movies...................

What Classic Movie Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

What Carnival Ride Are You?

***You Are a Ferris Wheel***

Deep down, you are a fun, whimsical, and easygoing person. You often enjoy life for what it is, and the littlest changes in course can be quite thrilling. In relationships, people tend to feel what you feel. It can be liberating at first...But after a while, the people closest to you end up feeling a little trapped.
Your life has perfectly normal cycles of ups and downs. However, you can't help but sometimes feel that you're missing out on the most exciting aspects of life. You only are happy when you're experiencing the highest of highs.Your low points just make you feel depressed, restless, and bored.
At your best, you feel on top of the world with a great sense of perspective. You believe that anything is possible, and that you are happily looking down on everyone else. At your worst, you feel like your life is going in circles. You often feel like you're not going anywhere. This is sometimes psychologically disorienting. And sometimes it brings on a sense of hopelessness.

What Carnival Ride Are You?http://www.blogthings.com/whatcarnivalrideareyouquiz/

People closest to me feel trapped??! I don't THINK so! I don't like carnival rides anyway.

NAME THREE CHARACTERS....

I was tagged by kookiejar for this fun and thought-provoking meme. I think they are supposed to be book characters, but I couldn't think of a lot so I came up with movie characters.

NAME 3 CHARACTERS......

...you wish were real so you could meet them.

1. Father Tim in the Mitford series of books.

2. "The Thin Man" detective in the series of movies, played by William Powell.

3. From the movie "Roman Holiday" - the reporter played by Gregory Peck. If I were the princess (Audrey Hepburn) I would have given up my throne and run away with him.

...you would like to be.

1. Heidi as in the book of the same name. Yes, really. I want to live in the mountains in a little chalet and sleep in the loft.

2. Meg Ryan's character in "Sleepless in Seattle" so I could live on a houseboat in Seattle with Tom Hanks.

3. Meg Ryan's character in "You've Got Mail" so I could marry wealthy Tom Hanks and maybe get my little book store back.


...who scare you.

1. The troll who asks the billy goats "who is trip trapping over my bridge" in the children's story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." The picture of this troll in my book (which I still have) terrified me for years. I still don't like to look at him.

2. Some of the characters in the books by one of my favorite writers - James Lee Burke.

3. Frankenstein (monster, not the doctor ) in the original novel by Mary Shelley.

NOW TAG 3 PEOPLE. I tag: Lynne and any others who want to join in.

HISTORY QUIZ

Lynne tagged me to do this meme. It is fun -- just follow the instructions and learn something about your birthdate and then tag 5 other bloggers.


1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthdate, no year.

November 22

2. List 3 important events.

1859 - Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"

1963 - John F. Kennedy assassinated.

1968 - The Beatles release "The Beatles" commonly known as "The White Album"

3. List 2 births.

1921 - Rodney Dangerfield

1945 - Billie Jean King

4. List 1 Death

1980 - Mae West

5. List 1 Holiday or Observance

Feast of Saint Cecilia (Roman Catholic Observance)

Have fun!! Look out - I am tagging:

kookiejar at Fraternity of Dreamers,
eileen at Books and Hooks,
bookfool at Bookfoolery & Babble,
Literary Feline,
Rhoda at Southern Hospitality