About me
(Me and Jamie – we’re, like, Besties)
So if you’ve just joined me, I suppose I should tell you a little bit about me and the people in my world.
Here goes:
Me: I’m a 40 year old time-wasting, talkative layabout, excessive Twitterer and arch procrastinator with a penchant for cooking, shopping, hot baths, Green & Black’s and a nice glass of red (not necessarily in that order). I am a mum of two boys aged 12 and 15 and a ‘professional blogger’, food and travel writer. I am the most unsporty person on the planet (I was the one round the back of the bike sheds having a fag during PE) and, apart from a small group of my very close and adored friends, am rather unsociable (I like my own company – possibly a throwback from hours spent fielding in the sea during childhood beach cricket games: ‘go deep! No, deeper!’). I’m a bit blonde, a bit of a nerd, can jabber for England and can be lured anywhere with something pink and sparkly or anything that smells nice. Will show knickers for chocolate.
Here’s what I think about love, sisterhood and friendship, and here are seven things you didn’t know about me.
As a family, we’re mad on travelling and love to explore new places (as long as there’s something to eat). We originally moved to Ireland from the UK in 2006 and moved to English Towers in the wondrous county of Cavan in August 2007.
Meet the family:
Hubby: Lubly Hubby and I have been together for an unfeasibly long time and recently celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary by renewing our vows and throwing a huge party. He doesn’t suffer fools gladly (goodness knows what he’s doing married to me) and professes never to read the blog so I can say what I like about him. But I need his money so I’m keeping quiet.
#1: our oldest son: slightly quieter and more studious than #2, the mad scientist of the family. He’s 15, sings like an angel, strums a mean guitar, reads books faster than that bloke off Criminal Minds and has a wit sharper than a razor. He is the only tidy person in the whole house and always smells nice too. All fan mail gratefully received.
#2: our very own Death Wish Child. This one also has the voice of an angel and a very expensive guitar habit. He has a nose for trouble and is no stranger to A&E. He’s a proper ladies’ man and his phone beeps constantly with messages from various 12 year old female admirers. Ongoing me vs #2 battles include: his minimal consumption of fruit and vegetables; his ability to wear the same pair of socks for a fortnight and the damage his excessive anti-perspirant/aftershave use causes to the ozone layer. Mostly to be found ‘airing the spine’ at the skatepark. Whatever that means.
Then back home, there’s my Dad, the Disreputable One, and my mum: English Grandma (you can find her on Twitter (@EnglishGrandma) if you want to say hi.)
Mad Uncle Alg: my brother, the oldest teenager in the world and the Death Wish Child’s Godfather: ‘thanks for my birthday money, Uncle A’. ‘No problem pal, spend it on loose women and alcohol’.
My eminently more grown up oldest brother, Sensible Uncle I, (although he severely tested his nickname with some rather fierce Lycheeni cocktails at Christmas and got renamed The Cocktail King), my equally sensible and rather lubly sister in law, Lovely Auntie L, and their twins, sporty Jackson & the gorgeously glamorous Miss Turtle, also named The Fleas for their ability to ping about a room at great speed.
My blogging cousins, Moon and the beautiful (and bloomingly preggers) Mrs M, and DBM over in Canada…
Other loons in my world are: my mate Jen down in Laois, cake maker extraordinaire, fluent Irish speaker and completely mental to boot, and my other mates Mrs Lovely , Mr Lovely, and our lovely neighbours, (okay, our only neighbours but hey, who’s counting?) D, the terribly bad influence and best pub buddy of the Hubby. Since our wonderful, brave and much-missed C died in May 2008, he’s been gamely battling on playing a joint Mum/Dad role to the gorgeous and unfeasibly glamorous Lou, and my fellas’ favourite X-box chumly, Little C. Happily, he has now fallen in love again, with the wonderful D, making them a happy family once more.
Want to find more fabulous blogs? Look no further than my buddies Laura, Erica, Linda, Liz, Tara, Lucy, Alice, Jane, Jo and Rosie. Something for everyone there!
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Becky
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