Organization Style

I figured I'd start off this week with a fun little quiz. Katie over at Centsational Girl first introduced this quiz last Tuesday. It's all about your organization personality.

These were my results:

I'd have to say that I totally agree with this assessment. I love my little collections. Picture frames. Milk glass. Pyrex. These things make me smile. And "easily sidetracked" describes me to a tee!

So now it's your turn!

How did you score? Is it what you expected? Or is it totally off base?

Love Language

I'm kicking off this Thirty Things challenge with, what I think, is one of the easier questions...


#28. What is your love language?

Senior year of high school I was assigned a book in my AP Psychology class called The 5 Love Languages. I thought it was an odd book to assign to high school students, but I read it and did all of the assignments that came along with it anyways. I remember coming to the realization that everyone feels loved in different ways. And everyone shows love in different ways. Typically, you show love in the way you want to recieve love.

When I read the book, I was only a couple months into my first relationship and wasn't really sure how to interpret my love language. But now that I've been in a relationship for a few years and have married my best friend, I feel like I know myself better than I did before. So, I googled the list of the original 5 love languages, and came across this online assessment that helped figure out what my love language is.

My Scores:

6   - Words of Affirmation
4   - Quality Time
2   - Receiving Gifts
8   - Acts of Service
10 - Physical Touch

I would definitely have to agree with the results. Although I feel like I could fit into each of these categories at different times, physical touch fits my love language to a tee. Here's what the website says about physical touch:

"This language isn’t all about the bedroom. A person whose primary language is Physical Touch is, not surprisingly, very touchy. Hugs, pats on the back, holding hands, and thoughtful touches on the arm, shoulder, or face–they can all be ways to show excitement, concern, care, and love. Physical presence and accessibility are crucial, while neglect or abuse can be unforgivable and destructive."

After figuring out my love language, I decided to make the hubby take the assessment as well to see if we shared the same language or not. These were his results:

2   - Words of Affirmation

11 - Quality Time

1   - Receiving Gifts

7   - Acts of Service

9  - Physical Touch

"In the vernacular of Quality Time, nothing says, 'I love you,' like full, undivided attention. Being there for this type of person is critical, but really being there - with the TV off, fork and knife down, and all chores and tasks on standby - makes your significant other feel truly special and loved. Distractions, postponed dates, or the failure to listen can be especially hurtful."

So, we have two different primary love languages. One thing is for certain - neither one of us scored very high in the gifts category. And we both scored pretty high in the acts of service. 

I think knowing what makes your spouse feel loved is truly important in a marriage. I'm grateful that this little "Thirty Things" challenge made me stop and think about it more. I need to remember to put down the cell phone or laptop more often and focus more on my husband every now and again.

So what love language are you?

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Update & Quiz

Hello all! The hubby & I are recuperating from our honeymoon cruise today. I know, I know... you're probably wondering how much recouping do we really need after a week in paradise. We still have to unpack everything & do a ton of laundry. Also, I'm trying to figure out why sometimes it still feels like I'm walking on a ship when I know I'm on solid land. I'm telling you, if you've never experienced this, it is the weirdest thing ever! As we all know, I'm horrible about predicting when, but I will try to post sometime in the near future pictures from the trip. Transferring them from our camera to our computer is another thing on our to-do list (along with writing a ton of thank you cards!).

Anyhoo, this would be a really boring  post if all I did was tell you I was home and tired, huh? Well, I'm spending some time catching up on some of my favorite blogs today and saw a post from YHL about a design style quiz from Nate Berkus (click here to check out John & Sherry's results). So I thought what the hay, I can take a quick 5 question quiz.

Now, I can't say that I've jumped on the Nate Berkus bandwagon like many of the bloggers I read have. Don't get me wrong, the guy is brilliant in the world of design! And that's probably an understatement of his abilities. But I guess since I don't watch his show all the time (no DVR and work during the day), I'm not as enamored with him as all of his fans are. I'm sure come summer vacation when I'm home everyday and plopped on the couch in front of the t.v. this attitude might change, but for now, I look at his work as more inspiration, much like I look at the inspiration on blogs and magazines.

Getting back the the quiz... Like I said, it's only 5 questions. I was a little skeptical about it since it was such a short quiz. Really, how much can you figure out about my style after 5 questions? But, I must admit, this quiz pretty described how I feel my design personality is to a tee. These were my results:

I find it interesting that my results were identical to Sherry's. Granted, I don't think I could make the same bold color choices that they have made in their home, but I can't deny that I don't love the clean lines, yet comfortable and welcoming feeling of their home.

Honestly, I think if you were to walk into our apartment today and look around, you would not get the modern/vintage impression. It would feel a little more like college dorm room, but taken up a notch. Our place has a lot of mis-matched furniture; pretty much everything is either a hand-me-down or a yard sale/thrift store find. The only pieces I think we've actually purchased are the bed (which I've had since high school & will be replaced in the next couple of weeks - new bed is on order!!), the bed, the bed.... really, that's about it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty grateful to all of our family and friends that have given us stuff to make our place feel more like a home. But now I'm hoping to make it feel more like "us" rather than just other people's stuff. And little design quizzes like this one help me to narrow down my design asthetic so I can make choices a little easier when I'm out browsing and shopping.

If you're interested in taking the quiz and figuring out (or confirming, whatever floats your boat) your design personality, head on over to Nate's site and check it out. I'd love to know what you're results were!

(By the way, Nate Berkus, nor probably the Youngsters, know who I am or about this little blog. I wasn't asked, paid, or perked to take the quiz and blog about it. I simply thought it would be fun to take and share.)