Apieceofwood, recently wrote a list of 100 random facts about herself, and because I love lists, here's mine. It's not planned so I'll just let word association flow an see what happens.
1. i love lists
2. being able to cross things off a list motivates me
3. i feel blessed to have 2 healthy children
4. after giving birth to Maisie i felt complete
5. Andy and i have been together almost 21 years
6. we've been married almost 11 years
7.we met at an under 18's disco in Torquay
8. i have 2 brothers
9. both are younger than me
10.i was a teacher for 10 years
11. enjoyed it at the time
12. but have no desire to go back to it
13. most of the time i am very content with my life
14.i've never smoked
15. i don't drink alcohol
16. because i can't stand the taste or smell
17.i have 2 nephews and 1 niece, and theres another baby on the way
18.i spend too long on the internet
19. i have a facebook page
20. i haven't held a passport for a few years
21. for our honeymoon we went on a cruise around europe
22. i like going to art galleries and museums
23. the library is one of my favourite places
24. i drink decaf tea and coffee
25. I go to african drumming on wednesdays and love it
26. i've owned 4 cars including the current one
27. i passed my driving test 2nd time
28. my dad taught me to drive
29. i went to an all girls grammar school
30. i wanted to take A level pyschology, but the time table wouldn't allow
31.when i was at uni i thought i might do a phD afterwards
32. it hasn't happened yet
33. and don't think it will
34. i like my own company
35.i love searching for "treasure" at the scrapstore
36.love baking
37.as a child i collected postcards
38. then i collected thimbles
39. i haven't kept either collection
40.i like to declutter regularly
41. my husband is an artist
42 and a falconer
43.but i'm not at all interested in falconry
44.i enjoy hearing birds sing
45. i wish our road wasn't so busy
46.like to keep intouch via email and text
47.think it's sad no one writes proper letters anymore
48. i'm not at allinterested in watching sport
49.wish i could draw what i can see
50.love organising
51. find it difficult to knuckle down to housework
52.i'm on the committee at maisie's preschool
53. find it hard to sit still and watch a whole film
54. i'm allergic to penicillin
55. absolutely love charlie and lola
56. i go weak at the knees when only a few feet off the ground
57. get dizzy very easily
58. even watching the kids on a roundabout makes me dizzy
59.as a child one of my favourite books was "the magic faraway tree" by enid blyton
60.my eyebows would meet in the middle were it not for years of attcking them with tweezers
61.i've never learnt to ride a bike
62. i think it would be too embaressing to start now
63.i much prefer silver to gold
64.i took A levels in maths, economics and art
65.i went off chocolate completely when pregnant with Joe
66. luckily didn't have morning sickness with either pregnancy
67.trying to breast feed Joe was very stressful and didn't work
68. it was completely different with Maisie
69.i'm very independent
70.i don't like being late
71. I love the smell of parsnips
72. can't stand bacon flavour crisps
73.love trying new crafts
74.i've been writing this blog almost 2 years
75. i'm in the process of taking entries from the blog and turning it into ahard copy as a photo album/ journal
76.i'm thinking about trying to sell some of my creations on etsy
77. i don't own scale to weigh myself on
78. don't do diets i'd rather just do extra exercise to burn the calories
79.one of my favourite cookery books is "hovel in the hills
80. i like going to beaches when they are deserted
81. as each year passes i'm becoming more myself
82. love the support of the blogging community
83. love reading random facts
84. but not good at remembering them!
85.a soak in the bath with a good book and a cup of tea is bliss
86.i never do the lottery
87. i've never been in our loft
88. because i don't do ladders
89. but i think i should try and get up there because it really need sorting out!
90. i like to try and make my money stretch as far as possible
91.i've never been on a sunbed
92. and never will
93. i hate wasting food and always try to use up the left-overs
94. i've never been to a concert
95. i wake up at the slightest murmur from my kids
96.i'm not at all religious
97. i try to be positive as much as i can
98. andy and i are often like 2 people with one brain
99. rainbows make me smile
100. I believe things happen for a reason
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