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August 25, 2009

My ABC's

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I found this fun 'tell all' on my friend Pam's blog. Do join in if you want to!

Age: Well now, all I'll admit to is having passed 40.

Bed Size: Queen, I think! I know we have a king-size duvet - didn't fancy being cold when he pulled the covers off me!

Chore You Hate: Hoovering - can't stand the noise

Dogs or Cats: Neither. I like both, but we have no room for a pet and the neighbouhood is well crowded with animals already.

Essential Start Your Day Item: Shreddies and Alpen

Favourite Colour: Don't have one - like all colours

Gold or Silver: Gold

Height: 5'4 1.63m

Instruments You've Played: Piano, guitar

Job Title: Stay At Home Mom, formerly I was a teacher.

Kid(s): 2 sons age 5 and 7

Loud or Quiet: I prefer quiet but mostly I get loud.

Married? How long: Yes, ten years.

Nicknames: Mum, Mummy, Sally Sue

Overnight Hospital Stay: When I had my children

Pet Peeve: Sometimes I think I'm getting to be a 'grumpy old woman'! But now I'm thinking.... I don't think there is one thing that annoys me above others, and most things are only annoying if I'm having a bad day.

Quote From A Movie: I know a few but I'm not sure if any have any great significance to me.. maybe 'Resistance is futile'

Right or Left Handed: Right

Siblings: One older brother

Time You Wake Up: When I wake up at them moment, we're still on summer break

Underwear: Yes

Vegetable you Hate: Not sure I hate any, though broad beans are not a favourite

Ways You Run Late: By forgetting that my boys take forever to get ready to leave the house

X-Rays You've Had: Dental, chest (I worked in Poland and one student was diagnosed with TB, so we all had to have x-rays)

Yummy Food You Make: Caramel shortbread

Zoo Favourite: Elephants

Did you get any suprises?

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April 28, 2009

Crazy 8's tag

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My friend Pam, over at Mom's Mutterings threw out a challenge for any of us to join in this tag. As I've not done one in ages I thought I'd have a go...

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8 things I look forward to:

1. Heaven

2. Spending time with my family

3. Take-out night (I don't have to cook!)

4. Springtime

5. Holidays

6. A good book

7. Pen and paper letters and cards

8. Cuddles with my boys

8 things I did this week:

1. Researched and placed a big order with Rainbow. I can hardly wait to get my goodies!

2. Learnt more about veganism

3. Discovered that my boys didn't know what happened to paper when it gets wet. (It was a CD cover from the library. Very educational, but I'm not looking forward to the apology bit at the library!)

4. Took the boys to a play area called Cheeky Monkeys as they had both finished their phonics box for the year. (They can't wait to start the next one so we have!)

5. Bought myself some new underwear

6. Bought us all mp3 players - we've not had one before

7. Begun to figure out how to use an mp3 player (!!!)

8. Sorted out and given away a load of toys and dressing up clothes that were cluttering the boys room.

8 things I wish I could do:

1. Play the piano properly

2. Have a cleaner

3. Go around the world and visit my far-flung friends

4. Take Dh and boys to Congo and to the boarding school I went to

5. Get a hair appointment (with my own hairdresser) before I go away - he's booked up weeks and weeks in advance!

6. Have ceiling to floor bookshelves in at least one room

7. Have a dedicated school room

8. Learn to fly

8 shows I watch (or radio programmes I listen to):

1. PM (Radio 4)

2. NCIS

3. CSI

4. More or less (Radio 4)

5. The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency

6. Lewis (not as good as Morse, but still great!)

7. Heroes

8. Friday night comedy on Radio 4

Now, I'm supposed to tag 8 people, but I'll just let you join in if you want to!

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December 21, 2008

Christmas tag

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I have been tagged by loobylou1971

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Mainly wrapping paper, sometimes use gift bags for awkward shapes.

2. Real or fake tree? Real - love the smell!

3. When do you put up your tree? When we get around to it! At least a week before Christmas day.

4. When do you take your tree down? When we get tired of it - usually just after New Year's Day.

5. Do you like egg nog? Never tried it but really don't fancy it.

6. Favourite gift received as a child? can't think - probably a book

7. Hardest person to buy for? My in-laws

8. Easiest person to buy for? My Mum

9. Do you have a Nativity set? Yes

10. Christmas cards. Mail or e-mail? Both.

11. Worst Christmas gift received? bright orange shower cap

12. Favourite Christmas movie? A Christmas Carol

13. When do you do your shopping? All through the year

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes

15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas dinner at my Mum and Dad's

16. Lights on the tree? Yes, coloured fairy lights.

17. Favourite Christmas song? Away in a manger

18. Travel for Christmas or stay at home? stay home

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? no

20. Angel or star on the top of your tree? star

21. Open presents Christmas eve or morning? Christmas Morning

22. The most annoying thing about this time of the year? the madness in the shops

23. Favourite ornament, theme or colour? green, red and gold

24. Favourite Christmas dinner? Chicken dinner with all the trimmings and Christmas Pudding with cream for dessert.

25. Favourite decorations? hand made ones

26. What do you want for Christmas this year? A special memory for my children to treasure

Anyone wishing to join in consider yourself tagged!

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October 11, 2008

Six Quirky Things About Me

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I have been tagged by Pam for a "Six Quirky Things About Me" tag. Actually I was tagged for the same thing by Mamasmurf some time ago and hadn't quite got around to it.

Here’s the rules:

Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
List 6 unspectacular quirks you have.
Tag 6 bloggers by linking to them.
Leave a comment on each blog to let them know they were tagged.

1. I am a bookaholic. I find it all but impossible to walk into a book shop and leave without a book. We have books everywhere in the house and now Dh has a big office we sent loads of our books there to make room for increasing numbers of children's books here.

2. I like my bookcases to be neat and tidy. Sadly, this does not affect the rest of the house! We started with just one Mr Men book some 3½ years ago and even then I had a feeling I wouldn't be able to rest until we had them all so we could 'read' the spines. Whilst I've just bought the last 4 we needed, the children only get a 'new' one for a treat or for completing a (big) task, so this is where we are up to now:

Not sure where I will put them all, as the bookcase is not wide enough to fit any more!

3. I don't have a favourite colour. I like all colours and ranges of colours, like a display of towels in a store, make me want to just stand and stare. So, back to books, when we decided not to bother with Easter eggs this year and club together with the grandparents to buy books for the boys, we bought the entire set of 'new' Thomas the Tank Engine books, 50 in all. Of course I had to have them in number order:

However, the other day, when the boys hadn't quite got them back in the right order, I noticed several reds together and I decided to swap them around to the colours of the rainbow:

Don't you think they look better?? Not so easy to find the one you want, but hey...!

4. I am the youngest of 21 first cousins. The eldest was born in 1943.

5. Only one of my grandparents was born in the 20th century.

6. In spite of the fact that I've travelled to at least 20 countries around Europe and Africa, I've never been to Scotland.

I will now tag: Deedee, Cazza, Fruitbuns, Educatingmummy, Loobylou1971 and you!

Hope you can join in!

P.S. I guess you'll see why I chose this template of the coloured crayons now......

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July 20, 2008

Hubby tag

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My friend Deedee tagged me with this Hubby tag and I thought I'd do it now before I forget! So here goes!

1. Who is your man? Trevor

2. How long have you been together? 9 1/2 years, but we've known each other for 11.
3. How long dated? 6 and a bit months
4. How old is your man? 42
5. Who eats more? Him
6. Who said "I love you" first? We can't remember!
7. Who is taller? He is 5'9" to my 5'4"
8. Who sings better? Me, though he loves to sing
9. Who is smarter? Him

10. Whose temper is worse? Mine probably
11. Who does the laundry? I do.
12. Who takes out the garbage? I do.

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does.

14. Who pays the bills? I do, as in I physically pay them, he earns the money, so he says he pays them!

15. Who is better with the computer? He is

16. Who mows the lawn? He does
17. Who cooks dinner? Me, his mother never let him in the kitchen and he really can't cook!
18. Who drives when you are together? Him usually.
19. Who pays when you go out? We both do.
20. Who is most stubborn? Hmm. We're both stubborn in different ways.
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me
22. Whose parents do you see the most? Mine
23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me first

24. Who asked who out? He asked me out, eventually!
25. Who proposed? Him
26. Who is more sensitive? Me
27. Who has more friends? I do.
28. Who has more siblings? Him, and I've still to meet 2 of them!
29. Who wears the pants in the family? He does

30. How did you meet? We met at Bible school where we were both mature students.

So, who to tag? I think most people I know have already been tagged on this one, so I'll tag DairyWife1 and Cazza.

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