It’s all me me me – again!
I’ve been tagged by two of my fellow Disney 7 girlies: Alice at Dulwich Divorcée and lovely Linda. And as usual, I can’t fight this compulsion to tell people random stuff about myself, sorry:
1. What are your current obsessions? Testing things. I have notebooks everywhere. I’m currently testing Elave handwash and Fairy Non Bio Gel, as well as about ten different moisturisers and five foundations. It’s all in the name of consumer research. Oh, and chickens! My lovely friend Toria has just adopted two ex-battery hens (shown here with Blueness, the greyhound) which has made me ten times worse. I’m driving Hubby absolutely mental with my constant badgering (he loves his lawn and thinks Tesco Free Range are a much cheaper option) but I’ll talk him round – watch this space! Oh,
2. Which item from your wardrobe do you wear most often? Jeans, jeans and more jeans. My absolute faves, the Citizens of Humanity skinny jeans that I bought over in the UK last year (obviously shopping while on holiday doesn’t really count) barely get a chance to dry before they’re back on: turned up for (rare) sunny days and with wellies for the boat road and the garden. I heart them.
3. What was your favourite childhood meal? What, I have to name just one? My Mum’s party food at Christmas (that amazing cake made from ginger biscuits soaked in booze, then covered in cream – phwoar!), or my Mum’s jam roly poly, or my Mum’s rice pudding, or my Mum’s roast dinners, or my Mum’s anything really.
4. Last thing you bought? That would have to be 3 Hollister t-shirts, one for each of my fellas, something secret for my Mum, and some pretty pastel spatulas, a Mickey pancake ring and some rather lush Madagascar bourbon vanilla bean paste for me (and a pressie for Jen – don’t tell her). All in The Mall With No End in Florida.
5. What are you listening to? Two TVs competing with each other in an empty house at the moment, but I’m ashamed to say I have Katie Perry’s album in my car, and I like it ‘…the taste of her cherry chapstick…’.
6. If you were a god/goddess who would you be? Oh I don’t know. The goddess of puddings, probably. Her outfit would be a pink sparkly apron showing lots of cleavage, a chef’s hat, a pink whisk in one hand and a cupcake in the other.
7. Favourite holiday spots? Goa, St Lucia and Walt Disney World, obviously: The Grand Floridian is my spiritual home.
8. Reading right now? ‘Devil Bones’ by Kathy Reichs. I’m a sucker for some blood and guts.
9. Four words to describe yourself? Silly, smutty, optimistic and blonde.
10. Guilty pleasure? How long have you got? Pink champagne… a snooze in the afternoon… a cuddle… obsessive texting… a tootle down the boat road with Bert when I should be cleaning, oh and chocolate, obviously.
11. Who or what makes you laugh until you’re weak? The kids. Hubby when he’s being very silly. Jen – during our two hour ‘what did we actually talk about?’ phone chats, oh and the Disney 7.
12. Favourite thing to do? Lie in a huge bubble bath with a cup of tea and a fresh magazine. Bliss.
13. Planning to travel to next? I’d love to say back to Disney ‘en famille’ but my bank manager might say different. Home to visit the folks, probably.
14. Best thing you ate or drank lately? Pomegranate mojitos. And the amazing food at Citricos at the Grand Floridian (more of this later!)
15. When did you last get tipsy? Saturday night – red wine with Hubby, then moving on to Morgan’s Spiced Rum chasers. Ohhhhh dear.
16. Favourite ever film? Oh, I have loads. ‘An Affair to Remember’ is probably my all-time favourite, although you can’t beat Pretty Woman – I’ve seen it a gazillion times, oh and Dirty Dancing… or what about Top Gun? I’ll stop now.
17. Care to share some wisdom? ”Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city’, George Burns
18. Song you can’t get out of your head? A Whole New World (and not the Katie Price and Peter André version – the proper Disney one).
19. What one object would you save from a housefire? A child or two. And maybe a lanky greyhound. Sorry, I can’t choose.
20. What is your aim in life? Happiness. And occasional bouts of laughing until you cry.
Over to you, then: answer one, answer them all. Just tell me something I don’t know about you. Go on, then.
Katy Perry’s chapstick – does she wear low cut Hollister tops in the video?
… and thanks for starting up a Whole New World in my head, bloody Enlgish Mum … chunter. S’pose it’s better than the ‘It’s a Small World After All’ which has been going round and round and round for the past 2 weeks in Chipmunk voices.
Growup: Persactly. I think it’s the thought of fencing that’s putting him off. We’re not exactly DIY experts! x
Also, #19 is just shameful. I’m assuming you mean that you couldn’t choose whether to rescue Bert or the boys. Call yourself a mother!
1. CURRENT OBSESSION? Filling my days…at almost 70 there’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning and knowing the calendar is empty for that day…
2. WHICH ITEM FROM YOUR WARDROBE DO YOU WEAR MOST OFTEN? Apart from my jamas, probably my old navy joggers and Disney t-shirt [from Watford, not the USA!].
3. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD MEAL? My Mum’s fried mince and onions with lovely smooth mash – she was the expert!
4. LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? Tesco trousers for a tenner – in a size I’d sooner not mention!
5. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? An old re-run of Heartbeat…how sad is that? My era though!!
6. IS YOU WERE A GODDESS WHO WOULD YOU BE? Moi…natch I’m the goddess of grandmas!!! Deny it L, S, C, J & A if you dare!!
7. FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SPOTS? Maldives, Goa, the Caribbean…if only my lottery numbers would come up!
8. Reading right now? The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell…it’s my second try and I’m getting into it..
9. FOUR WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF? Well-meaning, bit of a perfectionist, number-illiterate but speller extraordinaire….[OK, more than 4 but you get the gist!].
10. GUILTY PLEASURE? Vino…always the vino blanco.
11. WHO OR WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH UNTIL YOU’RE WEAK? Sadly not a lot now I’m retired….it used to be my crazy mates at the surgery!
12. FAVOURITE THING TO DO? Meet up with family or old pals…
13. PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO NEXT? Cavan to see the daughter and family.
14. BEST THING YOU ATE OR DRANK LATELY? A great chicken dinner at the son and daughter-in-law’s…
15. WHEN DID YOU LAST GET TIPSY? When didn’t I?
16. FAVOURITE EVER FILM? It has to be a version of Robin Hood with Richard Todd, when I was a teenager…’Whistle my love…’
17. CARE TO SHARE SOME WISDOM? Hold your tongue in a temper….
18. SONG YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD? ‘Little Things Mean A Lot’…an oldie but it stays with me.
19. WHAT ONE OBJECT WOULD YOU SAVE FROM A HOUSEFIRE? After the pets were out, my handbag!
20. WHAT IS YOUR AIM IN LIFE? To maybe leave behind some happy memories.
Erica: No way! You obviously didn’t model that one in Florida – I demand that you take it on the cruise tho… x
my thing that nobody knows (except boyf) is that i recently cried because my dog won’t live as long as i will. and i wasn’t drunk. boyf said he thinks there’s something very wrong with me. (took him 6 years to realise the fooool)! lol
2. Oh grey trekkie bottoms. I’m home from work, clothes off, trekkies on. They’re so old they have a hole in the arse but I can’t part with them – awful I know.
3. I was a terrible eater as a child. But Dad’s dippy egg and chips on a Saturday…yum.
4. Pair of trousers in a size smaller – woohoo!
5. Depends on my humour, can be anything from Fiddler on the Roof to ACDC.
6. Oh it’d have to be Venus, Goddess of luuuurve!
7. Crete. Such lovely people. And food
8. Just finished Twilight. Loved it. Even though I’m not 13.
9. Pale, organised, long-lashed, actress (I know my family would agree with that last one!!).
10. Chocolate. It’s always chocolate.
11. My mother and sister. There’s just other versions of me.
12. Pack a lunch on a sunny Sunday, put the pooch in the car and drive to the park or beach.
13. Wales.
14. You’ll kill me but – KFC – Gawd it was gorgeous!!
15. A week and a half ago.
16. Oh Sense and Sensibility (Mmmmm Alan Rickman…drool).
17. Forewarned is forearmed.
18. Lady Gaga and that bloody “Pokerface”.
19. Oh the pets.
20. Well it changes doesn’t it, depending on where one is in one’s life?
Aidy: You’re all heart. But.. *gasp* you don’t share your chocky? I take back the ‘all heart’ thing. x
Jenn: Y’see, that’s what I like about you – you’re a ‘do it properly or not at all’ girl. Oh, and:
4: Ooh, fabilis!
6: Absolutely!
8: Saw the film on the plane – droolworthy male lead and great plot.
20: Hmmm. Could do better.
That is all.
Golf and travel … obsessed with getting my swing correct, and planning for our next long week-end away here in CA
2. WHICH ITEM FROM YOUR WARDROBE DO YOU WEAR MOST OFTEN? Shorts… I love the fact I can always wears shorts … also, my dressing gown …
3. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD MEAL? Fish and chips, on a saturday when Grandad came up for lunch ….
4. LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
apart from food for the kittne … a nte for the back yard to pratice my golf … and today, a new camera and lens
5. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
Thsi very second, I am listening to Radio 1 on internet.. in the car is a blast of Oasis …What’s the story morning glory…
6. IS YOU WERE A GODDESS WHO WOULD YOU BE?
Clearly I would be a god …. a god of being the perfect husband
7. FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SPOTS?
Too many to mention … but at a push .. Thailand, Phi Phi island ..
8. Reading right now? Don’t remember the title, a book my Ma left behind, about a young lad who goes on a school killing rampage, and the reasons why he did it ..
9. FOUR WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Funny, Emotional, Loving, passionate
10. GUILTY PLEASURE? Chocolate .. only another 12 days till I can have some ….!!!!
11. WHO OR WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH UNTIL YOU’RE WEAK?
My wife, and the golf tour with 7 of my greatest mates.
12. FAVOURITE THING TO DO? Golf, sit with my wife when we are travelling, and wonder at the world we live in. Walk the beach in the evening
13. PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO NEXT? again, and endless list, but next week-end we are going to The Grand Canyon, Zion, Btryce Canyon and Vegas… not too bad for a long week-end !
14. BEST THING YOU ATE OR DRANK LATELY? Mrs M’s poppy seed cake, I am going to pass over my blog for a day to her for you to all see the recipe .. just amazing ..
15. WHEN DID YOU LAST GET TIPSY? Been a while actually, been off the beer for a month now, but it was when a great friend from Oz was here, and we drank most of the day at Hooters !
16. FAVOURITE EVER FILM? ever ?!?!?.. saw some of it last night actually .. Shawshank
17. CARE TO SHARE SOME WISDOM? Everything happens for a reason
18. SONG YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD? Nothing currently …
19. WHAT ONE OBJECT WOULD YOU SAVE FROM A HOUSEFIRE? pictures …… we don’t have pets of kids .. so our pictures without a doubt
20. WHAT IS YOUR AIM IN LIFE? No regrets, make the best of the chances you have, take a few risks, and never die wondering
Mrs M will make a guest appearance on my blog soon , you will love the recipe, yummy !
http://www.thechroniclesofnicole.blogspot.com
Nicole: Welcome! And thanks for the kind words. I’ll pop over and say hi x