My lovely friend Lisa has tagged me with this, since it’s a quick and easy way to update I’m going for it.

1. I can’t understand crochet. It doesn’t make sense to me. I have a very mathematical brain and need to understand how things work, I can’t understand how crochet works so I can’t do it.

2. I feel quite uncomfortable sharing very personal things on my blog, but I am a chronic oversharer in person. My friends can attest to this.

3. If it wasn’t for the fact that I get very unwell when I’m pregnant, Bob and I would have had at least one or two more babies. I still feel desperately sad that I’ve had my last baby but very grateful to have had four lovely children. I had a miscarriage before we had Greer though, and hence I’m extremely supportive of my friend, Rosie who is running the 2010 London Marathon for The Miscarriage Association. Follow her on twitter, she’s very inspirational.

4. Despite being in the Air Training Corps as a teenager, I am a pacifist. I am still very grateful for the experiences I had as a result and I’m also supportive of our soldiers, but I believe that our involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is at best misguided.

5. I spent more time at university engaging in student politics than I did studying. I am assured this is a common occurence for student politicians. I served on the NUS Scotland Women’s committee for two years and would have liked to have stood for election as Women’s officer but life got in the way.

6. I can eat chocolate until it’s coming out of my ears, but I’m not a fan of fizzy jelly sweets.

7. As a household, we have restarted a boycott against Nestle. I cannot in good conscience financially support a company with such abysmal moral practices. I found this blog post very insightful. We are also dedicated to living a green & moral lifestyle, hence keeping our own hens and quail. I heard a quote recently, “Have nothing in your home which does not bring you joy” and I think it’s something to aspire to.

8. I (like Lisa) love cheese! My favourite is Stilton with ginger & apricot with Applewood smoked coming a close second although I’m not a big fan of stinky stinky cheese, it tends to be a little too strong for me.

9. I hate the feeling of sandpaper, it gives me the heebie jeebies. I can’t touch nail files/emery boards because of it and this has meant that I haven’t finished my resin pieces. Ugh!

10. I constantly post on here saying, “Tomorrow I’ll do x” and never quite get round to it. I am full of great intentions but still coming to terms with having four children and the time involved in parenting them!

In return I tag…

1) Amanda at Kitschycoo
2) Dawn at Bubblefish Cards
3) Chrissy at I Love SpoiltPig
4) Torya at Butterfly Sparkle
5) Emma at jellybelly*jellybrain
6) Eileen at Real Mum beauty

(I was about to tag Daisie but quickly checked over at her blog and I think she might be a little too busy any time soon! Click over to see why.)

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Kerry tagged me aaages ago and I keep forgetting to do this but better late than never, eh?

8 things I am looking forward to:
1. Greer sleeping through the night
2. Our family holiday
3. The Harry Potter film
4. A good night out with the girls!
5. Clearing and organising my craft station so that I have space to work in peace
6. Getting my Folksy shop updated with new lovelies
7. Quality time with my kiddiwinkles
8. Big smooches with my hubby

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Collected my very pissed off cat from the vet
2. Took N&E to nursery and Bob to work
3. Took my friend Barry to the airport
4. Found & visited a resin supplier
5. Fed Greer, lots
6. Answered all of Findlay’s bizarre questions
7. Picked N&E up from nursery
8. Whined about how sore my feet are!

8 things I wish I could do:
1. Be a more patient Mummy!
2. Juggle more than four balls at a time
3. Quit my job to run a successful business of my own
4. Sew in a straight line
5. Keep my house tidy
6. Stop swearing
7. Lose weight!
8. Dance

8 TV shows I watch:
1. Grey’s Anatomy
2. Lost
3. CSI: Miami
4. CSI
5. Lie to me
6. Private Practice
7. Brothers & Sisters
8. In the Night Garden (NOT through choice!)

8 people I am tagging:
Kat
Bob
Amanda
Kirsty
Emma
Charlotte
Georgie
Bron

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Well, I started back at work last week. What was an eight hour contract has swiftly become me working two days a week in the office with additional working from home. I’m loving it to be honest but I’m finding that I have absolutely no free time between working and planning my wedding in three weeks, so although I’m reading my blog list I’m not managing to post much myself.

This is a ‘meme’ post. I’ve been tagged you see.

So anyway here are the rules:
Link to the person that tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
Tag six random people and the end of your post-link to their blogs.
Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
Let the fun begin!

1. Painkillers don’t work for me, but I’m very sensitive to caffeine and artificial additives. For example I had a latte yesterday at 8.30am and forgot to ask for decaf. 8.30 last night and I couldn’t stop jabbering away.
2. The feeling of sandpaper makes me recoil. I loathe it and #2 has got wise to this. He has a book called, That’s not my bunny and on page two the bunny has pads made of sandpaper. He growls while opening the page, mimicking me because I hate it.
3. I had eight teeth removed to facilitate my orthodontic treatment as my jaw is so small.
4. I have very few photos of me taken from my left side. This is because I have a huge bump in my nose after breaking it, and you can’t see it in photos from the right.
5. I was on the Women’s committee for a major UK union for two years.
6. I would be a vegetarian if the rest of the family would go along with it too.

In return, I’m going to tag :
Jen at PurpleJen Knits
Eileen at FatMuncher
Jenn at Matersum
Kirsty at WWDG
Kawaii Crafter at Zakka Life Crafts
Semprini at Title Goes Here

You may have seen a few blogs mentioning the ‘Pay It Forward’ exchange. Thanks to this, and to the generosity of Kawaii Crafter I am being gifted with a beautiful mizuhiki knot. I am also involved with a more local exchange as PurpleJen is also gifting me. The exchange has been brilliantly explained by PurpleJen therefore I’m copying this verbatim:

The Pay It Forward Exchange. It’s based on the concept of the movie “Pay it Forward” where acts or deeds of kindness are done without expecting something in return, just passing it on, with hope that the recipients of the acts of kindness are passed on. So here’s how it works. I will make and send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment to this post on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. What YOU have to do in return, then, is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog.

So, I will make something for the first five* people to comment on this entry. I’m happy to recreate anything that has been posted on here and is postable (so yes to crayon holders and chunky crayons, no to lemon drizzle cake). Participants must be aware that my exchange will not be sent out until at least the end of February as I have the wedding to deal with before that.

Normal service will hopefully resume soon!

*I’m offering it to five people as I’m doing two swaps and I hope to spread the love

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