Category: fun

The Blogger Recognition Award

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I have been nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award by Jyoti107 on June 14, 2019!! Thank you so much, Jyoti!! I really appreciate it! Please visit and follow her blog at: https://jyoticorner.home.blog/

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The Rules Of This Award

  1. Write a post displaying your award.
  2. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you, and provide a link to their blog.
  3. Tell the story of how your blog started.
  4. Give two pieces of advice for new bloggers.
  5. Nominate other bloggers for the award.
  6. Let the nominees know that you have nominated them.

About the Blogger Recognition Award (By Jyoti)

The Blogger Recognition Award is an award given in recognition of all the hard work that goes into creating a blog. It is a way for bloggers to support, motivate and promote other bloggers who have clearly put in huge amounts of time and effort, and produced valuable content.

Bloggers are very talented people – they work hard, they promote, market, advertise, run a busy site.

They organise all kinds of activities, they encourage, motivate, interact, engage and are community orientated. It matters not if they are shy and reticent or loud and personable – each actively progressive blogger is the same – they all work hard and passionately with their blogs, they put the hours in to deliver to their audience each day a welcoming location to read, absorb, learn and have fun.

To escape the hustle bustles of city life, or the begrudgeries of boredom – they entice readers to peruse their pages to look for entertainment.

That is what the BRA celebrates.

HOW MY BLOG STARTED: THE STORY

Believe it or not… this blog that you are viewing now would not be existing if I had never seen this picture…

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“What!?!” you may be a-wonderin’. “THIS!?!”

AND HERE’S THE STORY OF HOW MY BLOG STARTED!!! CLICK HERE AND SCROLL DOWN TO THE COMMENTS TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY AND MAKE A GRAND DISCOVERY!!!

 

Two Pieces of Advice I Will Give To New Bloggers – Words From a Fellow Beginner

  1. Try to post a variety of stuff, share your favorite songs, write your own stories, share the things you love to all the world! Just try not to share too much private information, be careful to limit what you share. Try to post interesting things, constantly if possible.
  2. Try to reply to and like all comments, visit others’ blogs, and be friendly! Even if you’re not an outgoing person, make sure you interact with your followers and your fellow bloggers. Have fun in your blogging journey! 🙂

 

My Nominees:

Lee Duigon, I find it hard to express my greatest thanks for recommending me to make this blog! Thank you, Mr. Duigon, and I’m looking forward to what God has in store for me in my blogging journey.

Elijah Holston, thank you so much for being such a great blogging friend and an encouraging Brother in Christ! Also I want to thank you for being my very first follower!

SLIMJIM, pastor for the LORD, thank you so much for always commenting on my blog from the start to now. Let us all grow in the faith and in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Thank you again, Jyoti!! It was fun!

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Liebster Award #4

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Nominated on 6-13-2019 by Elisha McFarland.

Thank you very much for nominating me for the Liebster Award, Elisha! This Liebster Award is an upgraded version. Please check out Elisha’s cool blog and follow him at: https://africaboy.home.blog/

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The Rules:

  1. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you.
  2. Share 11 facts about yourself.
  3. Answer the 11 questions the blogger(s) asked you.
  4. Nominate 11 bloggers and make them happy!!
  5. Make up 11 questions and ask them to your nominees!
  6. Notify your 11 nominees.

11 Facts About Joshua M. Swanson:

  1. I have been living in Japan for all my 18 years.
  2. I am about 5’7″ wide… I mean tall.
  3. I am a Christian who accepts Jesus Christ as my Savior from my countless sins.
  4. I am a night owl who goes to bed at “AHH!!!” and wakes up at “EEK”! 😱
  5. I teach English to children.
  6. I have much more fellowship with other Brothers and Sisters in Christ than before I made this blog, for which I am very thankful to God.
  7. To list a few of my dreams for the future, I want to be a made-successful-by-God English teacher, translator, writer, and maybe a father.
  8. I’m right smack in the middle between an introvert and an extrovert.
  9. I’m practicing the piano and guitar.
  10. The “M.” in my name doesn’t stand for “Mickeymouse”… it stands for “Makoto”, which means “truth” in Japanese.
  11. I want to become a better person, a person who is useful for Christ’s ministry.

11 Questions Asked By Elisha W. McFarland:

  1. Predestination or Free Will? Predestination. I am a Calvinist.
  2. How long have you been a Christian? I was born in a Christian family. Although baptized on June 16th, 2013, Father’s Day, it is a recent thing that I thought more about my sins and about the Lord Jesus Christ. I’m not sure when I became a Christian, but I have the assurance that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins. It is an every day thing that pray for the forgiveness of my sins. And I pray for all the true Christians in the world.
  3. What is your favorite type of smoothie? I like banana smoothies.
  4. McDonald’s or Wendy’s? McDonald’s. When you said “Wendy’s”, some nostalgic memories came back to my mind. It’s been more than a decade since I’ve been there.
  5. Do you follow sports? If so, what sport and what professional team? I sort of like baseball. I like Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Los Angeles Angels, the latter is because Shohei Ohtani, last year’s American League Rookie of the Year, is in that team.
  6. The NBA Finals have been going on. Do you have any opinions on this? Dad kind of likes the Warriors, so I’m kind of rooting for them.
  7. What is your favorite thing about your way of schooling (homeschooling or real schooling)? Oh, without question, I definitely like homeschooling. It’s more Biblical, students don’t get taught the Big Lie called evolution, and students get to have more free time, and they learn a lot more than students going to “real” schools. I’ve been homeschooled my whole life.
  8. Do you think soda rots your brain? Well, no, not really… honestly I never even thought about that… I actually like soda, my favorite being root beer!
  9. What is your favorite chapter of the Bible? That’s a hard question! There are many answers, but my #1 favorite chapter of the Bible is Psalm 23. I recite it every night before I go to sleep.
  10. What is your favorite book? My favorite book is Bell Mountain, by Christian fantasy author, Lee Duigon. Bell Mountain is the first of 13 books (#12 is coming soon, and #13 is now being written by Mr. Duigon). I really love the whole Bell Mountain Series, and I hope some of you folks out there would read them! I’ve always wanted to make a post about the series, and I hope to do it someday soon! Please check out Lee Duigon’s blog at: http://leeduigon.wordpress.com/
  11. If you could live in one country for a week, what would it be? I’m fond of Latin music and nature, so I wouldn’t mind living in Peru for a week! A group I like is from Peru (Please go ahead and search “Rijchary” on my blog!) I’ve studied Spanish a little, but recently I haven’t… Muchas gracias for reading!

I Nominate…

Elijah Holston

Lydia Potter

Lydia Rose

Lee Duigon

Keziah Hofmann

Ilona Madam

Jyoti107

John Eli

Allison D. Reid

Jacquie A. Bradford

Hannahjoy1914

(I hope you will enjoy doing this, dear friends, Brothers and Sisters in Christ!!)

My Questions For My Nominees Are…

  1. Have you read the Bible?
  2. What’s your favorite place?
  3. Whose autograph do you want to get?
  4. Do you have a pet? If so, what is/are its/their name(s)?
  5. How many blog followers do you have?
  6. Who is/are the hero(es) of your life?
  7. What type(s) of music do you like?
  8. Have you ever had a close encounter with a wild animal?
  9. What’s your favorite day of the week?
  10. What movie would you like to be in?
  11. What color are your eyes?

Thanks again for the nomination, Elisha! I enjoyed this.

See you around, guys.

By Joshua Mickeymouse Swanson…

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Randomness Award

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I was nominated for this new award by Keziah Hofmann on May 31st, 2019!

Sorry for being so late to do this, but hooray! I have been nominated the Randomness Award by Keziah! That makes six awards in May! Thank you so much for nominating me for the Randomness Award, Keziah! Please follow her blog at: http://keziahehome.wordpress.com/

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The Rules:

  1. Thank the person who nominated you. Thank you, Keziah!!!
  2. Then answer the questions asked by your nominator.
  3. Then you must nominate 5 people and ask them 10 questions.

Questions from Keziah:

1. Which do you prefer: DC or Marvel, if you are into either of them?

Hmm… I like Marvel now, but when I was younger, I liked the DC comics hero, Superman. I have watched several Marvel movies, but not recently. I don’t read the comics. Iron Man’s pretty cool!

2. If you could do anything right now, what would it be?

I would like to be translating a Christian book.

3. Would you rather be told when you died 10 minutes before, or years before?

I can do more things for Christ in a few years time than in 10 minutes, so I’d rather be told when I will die years before.

4. What do you think should be invented?

Centipede detector… to lessen the worries.

5. What is your favorite subject/s in school?

I like English and history.

6. Do you play sports, and if so, what kind?

I don’t usually play sports, I’m a stay-at-home type of person, but I like to play catch and watch baseball. I also like to play ping-pong (table tennis).

7. If you could meet anyone in the world who lives now or used to, who would it be?

It would be pretty cool if I met Shohei Ohtani. But Someone whom I want to meet more than “Show-time” is mentioned in the next question…

8. Say someone built a time machine. Where would you go?

I would go to Jerusalem when Jesus was on earth. I really want to see Jesus Christ the Son of God in person, my Savior, the King of kings and LORD of lords.

9. What is your favorite natural color?

My favorite natural color is green. I just love the green color of nature, especially during and after it rains.

10. What is one of your favorite memories from when you were under the age of 8?

Going to a fun amusement park with my family at the age of 7.

My nominees:

Jyoti

Newblogger20

Suni

Jacquie A. Bradford

Sheree

Questions for my nominees…

  1. Do you keep your blog a secret from anyone?
  2. Have you ever met a famous person?
  3. What’s your favorite movie?
  4. What country do you live in?
  5. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
  6. How did you find my blog?
  7. Can you play any musical instruments?
  8. What is your dream for the future?
  9. How long have you been blogging?
  10. Are you a funny person?

Thanks again, Keziah! I really enjoyed doing this! God bless you and your family!

Joshua

Liebster Award #3

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HOORAY!!! I was nominated the Liebster Award by Lydia Rose on May 31st, 2019! Thank you so much, Lydia, this is my sixth award!!!!!! Please visit and follow her blog at: https://mylifeasateen155723321.wordpress.com/ (Her password is LydiaR!)

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❦THE RULES❧

  1. Say “Thank you!” to the blogger who nominated you and post a link to the nominator’s website.
  2. Answer the questions on your own award post.
  3. Nominate five lucky bloggers and notify them.
  4. Make up some more questions and ask them to your five nominees.

Lydia’s Questions

Q.1. – If you had to make dinner for your family, what would you make?

Hmm… I would make mac and cheese and salad! Simple is best for a slowpoke like me!!!

Q.2. – Have you ever gone to an amusement park?

Yes, a few times! I’ve been to some Japanese amusement parks (never overseas), for example Greenland (not to be confused with Denmark’s domain near Canada) and Tokyo Disney Resort (Been there twice!😊).

Q.3. – What’s one of the scariest things you’ve done in your life?

Some of the things I do are kind of, er, creepy, for example I think about something funny, and then I laugh or smile at the spot, and the folks around me look at me and say “Are you alright?” That’s kind of scary, isn’t it? (Playing an instrument in front of many people is also pretty scary! Taking an exam and having an interview also give me the creeps!! 😱)

Q.4. – What’s one of the stupidest things you’ve done in your life?

Ah, that is a hard question, for I can write a big fat autobiography of stupid things I’ve done in my life! Therefore I must give more than one answer!! Here are a few examples…

Episode 23 (or so): When I was about 3 years old, I stuck a green Tic Tac into my nose!! 👃✨ You bet I smelled that Tic Tac alright! (Don’t worry, it’s gone now.🐽)

(Well, not exactly the things I did, but here are some of the stupid, or should I say comical, things I said…)

Episode 329 (or so): When I was a tot, my dad and I were looking at the stars when my eyes fell on the crescent moon🌛… “Daddy, where’s the other half?”… (In the refrigerator, of course!🧀)

Episode 863 (or so): My mom and I were walking down a sidewalk about a little more than a decade ago when I saw something on the grassy ground next to the sidewalk. “What’s that, a finger?…” ‘Twas a piece of bread, thou fool. 🥖🤓

(Back to the foolish actions!!!)

Episode 39,668 (or so): I was walking in a room, when I bumped into a chair. And what did I say???… I said “SORRY”… to the chair!!! 🤔❓

(And here’s what crowns them all!!!)

Episode 43,987 (or so): It was a hot and humid night on May 11th, 2019…

Mom was doing something in the hall, when I heard her utter an exclamation. Instinctively, Jay and I rushed to the hall to see what’s going on. And there, near the shoes, wriggled a big bad ol’ centipede. I must say I couldn’t resist a shudder at the sight of the minuscule monster (Well, 15 centimeters, or 7 inches or so, approximately, is not so minuscule, but I wanted to use that word for some reason). There we stood, gazing with horror at the insolent intruder, when Mom grabbed the “bug tweezers.” But then I decided to make a stand. “Mother, you can leave this to ME!!!” And so I took the tweezers from my mother, and slowly crept towards the creepy creeper. And then I struck!!…

“Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap,” went the tweezers as I tapped the tweezers on the centipede (I don’t know what I was doing, I should have just grabbed it and flushed it in the toilet or something). Well, it wasn’t availing much, so I tried harder (Wanted to chop it in half, I suppose…) But that was my undoing…

“TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP, POING!!!” went the centipede as it was flung by the impact of my stupid “bug tweezers.” “HEY!!! Where did it go!!?” yelled Jay. “What are you doing?” asked Mom, incredulously. (Don’t blame me, blame the tweezers!) “Duh… defeating the centipede I guess…” said I (Actually, I didn’t, duh…). And so we looked for it, and Mom found it wriggling near the door. She picked up the centipede with the tweezers and took it to the forest where it should belong. Well, thankfully no one got hurt, by God’s grace. I have learned some lessons from this singular incident… Leave it to the professionals, don’t do something you’ll not sure you can do, and don’t embarrass the “bug tweezers” anymore!

Ah… despicable me… 😦

Q.5. – Have you ever broken a bone? If so, how and what?

Okay, I will now make an announcement: I have never broken a single bone in my life! That saves me from having to write a long answer! And I hope I never will… unless my stupidity gets the best of me… 😦

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MY NOMINEES ARE…

Asafin

Keziah

Marcia

Renee

Steve

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QUESTIONS FOR MY NOMINEES

  1. What’s your favorite flower? (You can choose more than one answer!)
  2. What are your hobbies?
  3. What is your favorite song? (Y.C.C.M.T.O.A.!)
  4. What is your dream for the future?
  5. If you have to keep only one thing, what would it be?

Thank you once again, Lydia! I had a great time doing this, and I hope my nominees have a good time as well!!

Here’s a little note to my dear readers: I will be taking a break from my blog for a few days, so I might not be able to reply to the comments quickly. But I’ll be active on Lee Duigon’s blog and others’! And I’ll do reblogs once in awhile!

P.S. – Today (June 7th) is the 36th week of my blog! I won’t be doing the “Sth. Weeks” posts for awhile. And another thing is that this is my 260th post!

P.P.S. – June 16th is Father’s Day! So I’ll write a short Father’s Day message here:

TO MY FATHER, AND TO ALL THE FATHERS IN THE WORLD…

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!! 💚👨💙

Please enjoy yourselves with the other 259 blog posts that are in the Archives! I’ll be happy to hear from you. Thank you so much, guys, for all the comments, follows, Likes, and views! Check you later, and happy blogging!

Yours sincerely, and God bless you!!!💛🤗🌟

Joshua

Sunshine Blogger Award 🌞

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I’ve been given this award by Lydia on May 30th, 2019! Thank you, Lydia!

I have been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by Lydia Potter! Thank you so much, Lydia, this is my first Sunshine Blogger Award! Please visit and follow her blog at: https://inhisserviceandlovingit.wordpress.com/blog/

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THE RULES OF THE SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD: 

  1. Thank your nominator and post the link to the nominator’s blog.
  2. List the rules and put the award logo on your award post.
  3. Answer the 11 questions asked by your nominator.
  4. Nominate 11 bloggers and notify them.
  5. Ask them 11 new questions.

THE QUESTIONS LYDIA ASKED ME:

1 – Do you have any food allergies?

I don’t think so, but I am allergic to housedust and mold. (I used to have asthma.)

2 – When was the last time you had a bowl of cereal?

Hmm… I don’t remember the exact day, but I might have eaten a small amount of cereal in May only once. I almost always eat toast in the morning. I ate cereal almost every day when I was younger.

3 – What is your favorite cereal?

My favorite cereal is the O-shaped chocolate-coated cereal by Kellogg’s.

4 – What is your favorite flavor of chips?

That’s a hard question! I think my favorite flavor is sour cream and onion chips. I also like barbecue-flavored chips and cheese-favored chips.

5 – What is your favorite meal containing pasta?

My favorite meal containing pasta is spaghetti! Spaghetti with meatballs and parmesan chesse on top! Just imagine! Ahh… Bon appetit…😋🍝

6 – Do you enjoy cooking? If so, why?

I don’t really enjoy cooking, mostly because I don’t really know how to do it. Mom does all the cooking. Mom helped Jay and me make curry rice and oyakodon (egg and chicken on rice) before. But I can make salad!!

7 – Do you prefer fast food or sit down restaurants?

I like fast food restaurants because the food arrives fast. We usually sit down at fast food restaurants.

8 – What is your least favorite fruit?

Although relatively I like all fruit, I don’t really like grapefruit. It’s kind of sour for me…

9 – Have you ever had food poisoning?

No, not yet!

10 – What is your favorite month of the year?

My favorite month of the year is December, because I like to reflect upon the blessings that God has given us that year, and I like to have the fire going on YouTube (I recommend Babu’s Relax TV!), drink hot cocoa, watch The Polar Express, play board games, and read in the last month of the year. I like the comfortable atmosphere of the season, in spite of the coughs, the sneezes, the bitter cold that causes the common cold…

11 – Have you ever seen the US White House in person?

Nope, just on TV… but who knows? I might be living there someday! 🙂

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MY SUNNY NOMINEES:

Newblogger20

Lydia Rose

Ilona Madam

Jonathan Caswell

Elijah Holston

Ryan Callahan

Godly Chic Diaries

Aashutosh Jha

Saania

Anjali

Kamran

QUESTIONS FOR MY NOMINEES:

  1. What’s your favorite CD?
  2. If you like baseball, or know a little about it, who’s your favorite baseball player? (It can be someone you know only a little about.)
  3. What’s your favorite sport?
  4. What’s the highest mountain you’ve ever climbed?
  5. If you’ve gone fishing before, what’s the biggest fish you’ve ever caught?
  6. Which do you prefer: fish or meat?
  7. Who’s your favorite actor? (You can choose more than one if you want.)
  8. If you could be a king or queen, what would your name be?
  9. Would you go to the moon for 12 million dollars?
  10. Who’s the hero of your life?
  11. If the doorbell rang, and you went to the door, and if you saw Bigfoot standing in front of your door outside with a sunflower with a “FOR YOU” tag on it in his hand, would you receive the gift, or slam the door in the face of the crazy cryptid?

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Thank you for reading! And thank you again, Lydia!!!

Signed: Joshua M. Swanson

🐻Animal Award😺

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I was nominated on May 23rd, 2019. That makes 3 awards in one week!

I was nominated the Animal Award by Newblogger20!!! Thank you so much, Newblogger20! Please follow her blog: newblogger20.com!!!

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THE RULES:

  1. Thank the blogger who nominated you.
  2. Answer the questions given.
  3. Nominate 3 or more bloggers.
  4. Tell your nominees the good news.
  5. Make up some of your own questions about animals.
  6. Pet your animal. (I don’t have a pet, so I petted my brother. 🙂 )

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QUESTIONS FROM NEWBLOGGER20:

1.What animal are you scared of?

I am not ashamed to say that I am dreadfully afraid of the centipede. One of the reasons why I don’t like summer, is the invasion of centipedes in the house, and of course the heat. First of all their appearance is very frightening, and they sting (I’ve never been stung by one of those… not yet anyway… 😨).

2.What’s an animal you love?

CENTIPEDES!!… No, what am I saying?? I really love the cat, especially kittens. I also love bears. Why? Well, I think they are kind of cute. I like the picture above, do you?

3.What’s an animal you would like to see in real life?

Ah, yes, the brachiosaurus. I would like to see the brachiosaurus (or any other dinosaur, excluding the spinosaurus, T-Rex, “Indominus Rex,” and “Indoraptor”…) with my own eyes. Also, seeing a mosasaur or a megalodon in the sea would be awesome, as long as I’m not in the sea…

4.What’s an animal you would NOT like to see in real life?

As I mentioned before, I would NOT like to see a spinosaurus, a T-Rex, an “I-Rex,” or an “Indoraptor” (The dinosaurs in quotation marks are fictional, they will never be seen alive by any human eyes… boy, what a relief.) But what am I doing talking about extinct (well, most likely extinct, but I’m not sure about that…) animals? To be more realistic, I DON’T WANT to see a 20-foot long centipede, I can tell you that!!!

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MY NOMINEES ARE…

Ilona

Elijah Holston

Joah Gabriel

QUESTIONS FOR MY NOMINEES CONCERNING ANIMALS…

  1. Let’s say that you are suddenly face to face with a wild lion. What’s the best thing you can do in that situation?🦁
  2. I must say that this is a little gruesome, but what’s your favorite animal TO EAT?🐷
  3. If you could be an animal in a world of anthropomorphic animals, what animal would you like to be?🐻
  4. Would you exchange your 2018 diary for 5,000 chickens?🐓

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That’s all for now, folks! I would like to say another “Thank you!” to Newblogger20 for nominating me for this fun Animal Award!

Have fun, my dear nominees!

Mataneh (See you again), everybody!

Adios, amigos!

See you later, alligator! 🐊

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(I hope no one has emoji allergies…)