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THE LIEBSTER AWARD

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Wow. MY FIRST EVER NOMINATION. I never would have dreamed of being nominated for the Liebster Award. I would like to thank a wonderful blogger named Trissa from trissa marie (go check out her blog!) for nominating me.

This is so exciting! :)

These are the questions she asks me:

1. How did you decide on the title of your blog?
When I first created this blog, I struggled to find a name for it. I settled with the name "Miie Life" for about 5-6 months. Two months ago, I decided that I wanted my blog with my name in it (I sound really conceited rn). I honestly don't know how I came up with the other half of my blog name. Yeah, so that's how my blog name came to be.

2. Choose one word that sums up the heart of your blog and why.

Miscellaneous. Because one day, I'll want to post about my vacation trips, but then the next, I want to post a DIY. You could say I'm really random.

3. What’s your favorite pastime other than blogging?

Omg. Netflix. 100x Netflix.

4. What is your favorite aspect of blogging?

I'm that type of person who loves to share what I do and blog it. I also love learning new things like using html and changing my blog design. Blogging makes me really happy :)

5. Which recipe, project, or idea on my blog would you most like to try yourself?

"The Out and About Dress" really caught my eye. Everything about the dress is so girly, vintage, and floral. It's definitely something I would like to make!

6. Where does your blog inspiration come from?

My life experiences.

7. What is one country in the world you would like to visit? Why?

Definitely the U.K. More specifically, England. I hear they have very cute restaurants.

8. If you have children, what are their names? If not, what are your favorite boy & girl names?

Um, I don't have any children. And I'm not really sure what I would name them.

9. A long-lost relative leaves you a large sum of money. What do you do with it?

Spend it wisely. I would spend some of it on my family and church, but then save the rest for future needs.

10. In your opinion, what is the best blog post you’ve written so far? (Include the link!)
My best blog post would probably be this weather is driving me crazy.

11. Where do you see yourself in five years time?
Attending a hopefully good college. Being a positive, confident person.

Here are the lovely 11 blogs I nominate:

1. Unadorned Gifts
2. Hannah Delacour
3. About me
4. Simply Love
5. Marlia's Secret
6. April's Life
7. Cloudy Dreams
8. (Almost) Completely Mad
9. Wilde in the City
10. Random Rants by Rcubed
11. filigree, the writing alpaca

These are the steps to accepting your award:

Answer the eleven questions given to you by the person that nominated you (see below). Please comment on this post with your link when you are done so I can see your answers!
In your post, link back to the person/blog who nominated you and give a little thank you shout out.
After completing the questions, nominate eleven bloggers with under 200 followers on the social media platform of your choice, and give them eleven questions of your choice.
Notify your nominees of their nomination, and provide a link to your post so that they know what to do.

These are your questions:

1. How did you decide on the title of your blog?

2. Choose one word that sums up the heart of your blog and why.

3. What are some of your favorite hobbies?

4. What is your favorite aspect of blogging?

5. What kind of music do you listen to?

6. What are some of your favorite books?

7. What is an interesting fact about you?

8. What is your biggest pet peeve?

9. Who inspires you the most?

10. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

11. What is one goal you are working towards?

Thanks again, Trissa, for nominating me!

Everyone who participates please leave a link in the comments below so I can enjoy reading your answers! :) Have fun with this!

Talk to you soon!

- Mel

A TRIP TO THE BAY AREA

Monday, December 1, 2014

Pebble Beach (above)

How was your Thanksgiving? I hope you stuffed yourselves with delicious home-cooked meals!

For Thanksgiving, my family and I took a trip to Pebble Beach in Monterey, then we headed up north to visit my distant relatives. I absolutely loved the breezy, chilly weather in San Fran. We stayed at a hotel for 2 days then returned home after an exhausting 7-hour drive back.

Anyways, I could say my Thanksgiving break was well-spent with my wonderful family. Now that school has started again, I am putting this blog on hold (maybe until the weekend). In the meantime, I'll talk to you guys soon!

xoxo,
Mel

10 Things I'm Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 27, 2014

1. God

Through every obstacle I've overcome, God has always been there for me. He has been so gracious to me when I didn't deserve it. I continue to thank Him everyday for being able to live in His presence. I would literally be lost without Him.

2. Family

I am incredibly blessed to have such a caring, wonderful family. Words seriously can't even describe how much I love them.

3. Friends

How can I survive high school without these people. I honestly will say that I have 2-3 really close friends. These people are willing to put up with my never ending rants about life. They are so encouraging and supportive, which is all I really need atm. High school's been draining me out a lot lately, so they're basically my "saviors."

4. Music

Music is my lifesaver. Music is my stress reliever. Music is something I look forward to everyday after coming home from school. Music completes me. Enough said.

5. Netflix

OMG. NETFLIX IS LIFE (totally not an overused saying). I think I spend more time on Netflix than schoolwork. Whoops. #sorrynotsorry

6. Sleep

Thank goodness for late starts at school.

7. Food/Water

Because food and water are an essential part of living.

8. Pinterest

pinterest. pinterest. pinterest.

9. Family trips

Cause family trips bring back childhood memories.

10. My dog

Ah, Barney (name of my dog). He's just so... FLUFFY.

I could probably write a whole list of other things I'm thankful for, but these stood out the most. HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE! Eat lots of turkey!

Lots of love,
Mel

cheating is not the solution

Monday, October 20, 2014

I just wanted to address how cheating is NEVER the solution when it comes to finding the easy way out.

I found this extremely adorable

Last Thursday, I took a chem test and 15 minutes later, I heard a guy sitting diagonally from me, ask a girl behind him “Do you want the answer sheet?” and after that, it exploded from there. Not literally, but almost everybody was copying down the answers from a tiny sticky note. It was only 30 minutes into the test, and almost everybody was done, except for me and 9 other people. And let me tell you, I don’t even know how the sub (we had a sub these past 2 weeks) didn’t suspect a thing because it was a pretty long, difficult test.

So going back to cheating, I was amazed by how easy it was to fall into temptation. I’m sure the people who cheated weren’t thinking about what came first, their morals and values. Maybe their reasons were the pressure to do well in school or impress their peers/parents. However, cheating is unacceptable. The worst thing is when you know you’re doing something wrong, but you use an excuse like “Hey, I’m not gonna fail this test” or “Everybody’s doing it, so it wouldn’t hurt if I did.”

I found this Bible verse online; I could not agree more with what this verse says.

Matthew 26:41 says, "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The Spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

I love this verse so much because it’s one of those encouraging quotes that I always need to keep in mind. Sorry about my long rant, but I felt like this needed to be addressed.

By the way, I apologize for not posting for the past two weeks. I’ve been hella busy, but I’ll try to post again sometime this week. Also, my sister and I recently posted a Youtube video (yes, I sing), and it would mean the world to us, if you guys could go check out our channel. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n-9f7m7ADg

Thanks for stopping by,

- Mel :)