TWELVE YEARS AGO, ME:
LOCATION: 2 bedroom Council flat, just outside Hebden Bridge
CHILDREN: One, aged 8
JOB: Student, first year degree
TRANSPORT: old Red Ford fiesta, with Orange badge
EMPLOYEES: chiropractor
FAVE DRINK: Tea
LOVE INTEREST: not really, I think still trying to shake off nerdy stalkerish person.
CONTRACEPTION: not needed
WISH FOR FUTURE: Get a degree and a proper job.
SPONSORS: Invalidity benefit
HAIR: short
UNDERWEAR: yes, I believe I wore it then, think it was a bit shabby. No bra. Knickers and vest.
FAVE OUTFIT: Hmm, let me think now? I can only remember some brown moleskin jeans, and a caramel ribbed cotton cardigan. Not being my fave items, just can't remember anything else apart from some horrible dark green 501's.
NINE YEARS AGO, ME:
LOCATION: 3 bed Victorian terrace, a village near Hebden Bridge
CHILDREN: Two, aged 11 and 1
JOB: Student (final year degree)
TRANSPORT: new VW Polo
EMPLOYEES: Homeopath
FAVE DRINK: tea, Hoegaarden
LOVE INTEREST: yes, living with
CONTRACEPTION: mind elsewhere, see above
WISH FOR FUTURE: finish degree and then stay at home with children
SPONSORS: Hereford & Worcester County Council Student Grant
HAIR: short, mousy
UNDERWEAR: still wearing it, with breastfeeding bras and big knickers
FAVE OUTFIT: god, I dunno. long skirts?
SIX YEARS AGO, ME:
LOCATION: Big Victorian detatched house near a village outside Hebden Bridge
CHILDREN: Three, age 14, 4, and 1
JOB: SAHM
TRANSPORT: VW Sharan
EMPLOYEES: various builders
FAVE DRINK: tea
LOVE INTEREST: living with...
CONTRACEPTION: wishful thinking
WISH FOR FUTURE: to be happy
SPONSORS: Partner
HAIR: bob; mousy
UNDERWEAR: not enough, still in breastfeeding bras
FAVE OUTFIT: mauve/pink marl lambswool cardigan from Boden and long skirts
THREE YEARS AGO, ME:
LOCATION: Still in Big Victorian detatched house near a village outside Hebden Bridge
CHILDREN: Four, aged 17, 7, 4 and 1
JOB: tearing my hair out housewife/SAHHEM
TRANSPORT: Peugeot 306
EMPLOYEES: cleaner
FAVE DRINK: strong black, sweet coffee
LOVE INTEREST: still living with... not wanting to be
CONTRACEPTION: not needed
WISH FOR FUTURE: to be happy and escape domestic situation
SPONSORS: partner
HAIR: Hebden Bridge lesbian haircut- mousy
UNDERWEAR: as much as possible
FAVE OUTFIT: really can't remember anything like clothes from this point in my life. Looking at my recently abandoned wardrobe, I think I was in long skirts with stripy socks and mid length stone-coloured suede boots, with Tesco v-necked T-shirts. Lots of khaki and fushia. (You remember, Gill?)
TODAY, ME:
LOCATION: My own 4 bed End terrace in Hebden Bridge with garden
CHILDREN: Four, aged 20, 10, 7 and 4
JOB: SAHHEM, also cataloging dusty secondhand books from home
TRANSPORT: Peugeot 306
EMPLOYEES: Gardener
FAVE DRINK: Guinness, red wine, tea, strong black coffee
LOVE INTEREST: yes
CONTRACEPTION: NOYB
WISH FOR FUTURE: be happy, live somewhere with more space around, learning how to live and look after myself
SPONSORS: Benefits
HAIR: now short/Hebden Bridge lesbian style (keep going to that hairdresser, why?), trying to grow out again. mousy with a few grey flecks.
UNDERWEAR: well, I can actually answer this one: I have one M&S bra and several M&S sensible knickers, ok? Also some humorous boy-knickers which Meg doesn't approve of as they're not at all sexy.
FAVE OUTFIT: PJs, also organic jeans and blue hoody jumper. Apparently I dress like an organochav, as I wear skirts with trousers underneath. I especially like my brown sporty retro hoody with assemmetrical orange and white go-faster stripes down the arms, and also my brown floral skirt with brown linen conbats, which I haven't worn for ages (see above). Also halter-neck or racer back tops in summer, which show off my best feature (shoulders, of course, what d'ya think?). Currently always to be seen in: chocolate brown cord trenchcoat and turquoise peaked cap with extra-long blue scarf.
By the way, now you've read this you're tagged. That means if you don't do it you get 12 years bad luck. (Not really, this isn't Facebook)
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Friday, March 07, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
more to do
This is my 'to do' list from yesterday: (In timely Monday fashion I start the week with a to-do list, otherwise I get really confused and disorientated. Yes, I have a weekend, and yes, it's different from the week, well. I didn't have the kids for a start...)
Post letters. DONE (actually this is technically still not done, 15.29, Tuesday) don't know
EBay: clean cooker: NOT DONE; answer question: DONE
Tidy: bedroom: DONE, sort of. bathroom: DONE, sort of. kitchen: not really
Hoover stairs: NOT DONE
Washing: DONE x2
Put away washing DONE x2
Go for walk: DONE (see yesterday's post)
Make hair appointment: NOT DONE
Water plants: DONE
Have bath: DONE
Read: NOT DONE
Upload photo's and Blog: DONE
Find babysitter for Friday night; NOT DONE
WHAT ELSE I DID: Take off annoying door-springy things that make the doors slam shut. DONE x2 one more needs finishing and is stuck
Today's to do list is easy: everything that is carried over from yesterday. So, that should be easy, I'll do it in a minute. Just need to clear my head of random thoughts...nope, not happening, I'm getting messaged, nice, but distracting...
Here goes: today's to- do list
EBay: clean cooker: Not yet, but it will sell now!
Tidy: finish bedroom:. kitchen: NOPE
Hoover stairs: Hoover broke after third step...hmmm?
Put away washing Meg did it
Make hair appointment: Still not open
Read: Will do
Find babysitter for Friday night: Attempted
Take off annoying door-springy things that make the doors slam shut. DONE x2 one more needs finishing and is stuck no.
Still messaging. And getting jostled by children waiting for a go on computer: I really need at least one more PC, if not 2. Multitasking
Post letters. DONE (actually this is technically still not done, 15.29, Tuesday) don't know
EBay: clean cooker: NOT DONE; answer question: DONE
Tidy: bedroom: DONE, sort of. bathroom: DONE, sort of. kitchen: not really
Hoover stairs: NOT DONE
Washing: DONE x2
Put away washing DONE x2
Go for walk: DONE (see yesterday's post)
Make hair appointment: NOT DONE
Water plants: DONE
Have bath: DONE
Read: NOT DONE
Upload photo's and Blog: DONE
Find babysitter for Friday night; NOT DONE
WHAT ELSE I DID: Take off annoying door-springy things that make the doors slam shut. DONE x2 one more needs finishing and is stuck
Today's to do list is easy: everything that is carried over from yesterday. So, that should be easy, I'll do it in a minute. Just need to clear my head of random thoughts...nope, not happening, I'm getting messaged, nice, but distracting...
Here goes: today's to- do list
EBay: clean cooker: Not yet, but it will sell now!
Tidy: finish bedroom:. kitchen: NOPE
Hoover stairs: Hoover broke after third step...hmmm?
Put away washing Meg did it
Make hair appointment: Still not open
Read: Will do
Find babysitter for Friday night: Attempted
Take off annoying door-springy things that make the doors slam shut. DONE x2 one more needs finishing and is stuck no.
Still messaging. And getting jostled by children waiting for a go on computer: I really need at least one more PC, if not 2. Multitasking
Thursday, August 09, 2007
I got shoes!
Found them on t'inters for the price of a single shoe in Ruby Shoesday. So there!
Been doin' tai chi in 'em.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
book meme
Here is a booklist.
Not sure where this orginiated but I got it from Jax, who found it at notsheep.
Look at the list of (100) books below.
Bold the ones you’ve read.
Italicise the ones you want to read.
Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in.
Movies don’t count.
Ok, some of these, or, rather disturbingly, quite a few of these, I can't actually remember whether I've read or not, so I've said not, as I probably started and didn't finish them. Maybe seeing the film sometimes blots out the memory of the book. I've got a terrible memory and can see a film/read a book several times and still don't remember the ending till I get to it. (I always think Marianne's going to die in S&S, not on list, tut).
Some of the books I've not heard of, and some sound quite interesting, so I might want to read them at some point in the future, I'm just not committing myself now, ok?
1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) (shudder, I didnt read it all, I hated it)
25 . Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie(Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) ?
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible (some of, not all, obviously)
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens) - I think I have, a long time ago
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving) (I think I've read this, not sure)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen) (OMG an Austen I can't remember if I've read or not...)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)
Not sure where this orginiated but I got it from Jax, who found it at notsheep.
Look at the list of (100) books below.
Bold the ones you’ve read.
Italicise the ones you want to read.
Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in.
Movies don’t count.
Ok, some of these, or, rather disturbingly, quite a few of these, I can't actually remember whether I've read or not, so I've said not, as I probably started and didn't finish them. Maybe seeing the film sometimes blots out the memory of the book. I've got a terrible memory and can see a film/read a book several times and still don't remember the ending till I get to it. (I always think Marianne's going to die in S&S, not on list, tut).
Some of the books I've not heard of, and some sound quite interesting, so I might want to read them at some point in the future, I'm just not committing myself now, ok?
1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) (shudder, I didnt read it all, I hated it)
25 . Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie(Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) ?
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible (some of, not all, obviously)
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens) - I think I have, a long time ago
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving) (I think I've read this, not sure)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen) (OMG an Austen I can't remember if I've read or not...)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Thinking Blogger Award
I have been tagged by Jax for the thinking blogger awards!
The official rules for participation in the Thinking Blogger Awards meme are as follows:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.
I may have to come back to this later, like tomorrow, but I have to get in there now, otherwise all the blogs I read will already be tagged!
From contraversial rants to personal and funny day to day stuff, this tea and chocolate lover is a woman after my own heart, and also a witch. Gotta love The Woodland Path.
Changing Chopsticks makes me wish I was up there in Scotland with all those breathtaking sunsets. It is an extaordinary tale: brave and hilarious. Elaine, you tell it like it is.
The Perfect Path ranges from really nerdy techy stuff about the cutting edge of blogging, which can be quite informative, to ridiculous exploits, which sometimes make me laugh, but I still read it anyway, Lloyd ;-) More of your music, please!
That's it for now, I'm going to bed.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
ABC meme
Tagged by Louise
A- Available or married?
Neither
B- Best Friend?
don't do best friends
C- Cake or Pie?
I suppose cake, but it would have to be carrot or chocolate or date and walnut.
D- Drink of Choice?
Redbush tea with soya milk
E- Essential Item?
pencil
F- Favorite Colour?
at the moment: yellow
G- Gummi Bears or Worms?
Yuck, and they hurt my teeth
H- Hometown?
Hebden Bridge
I- Indulgence?
Strong black coffee
J-January or February?
Difficult choice. No, Feb- more hopefulness.
K- Kids & names?
Yes, you know this!
L- Life is incomplete without?
Love; Tai chi.
M-Marriage Date?
Nope
N- Number of Siblings?
5
O- Oranges or apples?
apples
P- Phobias/Fears?
spiders (not really a phobia); bridges (but I think 20 years in Hebden Bridge has nearly cured me of this!)
Q-Favourite Quote?
Only after the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find you cannot eat money--
Cree prophecy
R- Reason to Smile?
er, being happy.
S- Season?
Spring
T- Tag three people!
Mum; Meg; Jax
U- Unknown fact about me:
I don't know either
V- Very...?
Emotional
W- Worst habit?
staying in bed too long (I'm working on it!)
X-
X-treme?: determination; X-cessive?: self indulgence; X-ceedingly good?: yes
Y- Your favourite food?
This varies wildly but I always love avocado
Z- Zippers, Buttons, or Velcro?
Zip and buttons: yep, great on cardigans. Velcro: too noisy.
A- Available or married?
Neither
B- Best Friend?
don't do best friends
C- Cake or Pie?
I suppose cake, but it would have to be carrot or chocolate or date and walnut.
D- Drink of Choice?
Redbush tea with soya milk
E- Essential Item?
pencil
F- Favorite Colour?
at the moment: yellow
G- Gummi Bears or Worms?
Yuck, and they hurt my teeth
H- Hometown?
Hebden Bridge
I- Indulgence?
Strong black coffee
J-January or February?
Difficult choice. No, Feb- more hopefulness.
K- Kids & names?
Yes, you know this!
L- Life is incomplete without?
Love; Tai chi.
M-Marriage Date?
Nope
N- Number of Siblings?
5
O- Oranges or apples?
apples
P- Phobias/Fears?
spiders (not really a phobia); bridges (but I think 20 years in Hebden Bridge has nearly cured me of this!)
Q-Favourite Quote?
Only after the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find you cannot eat money--
Cree prophecy
R- Reason to Smile?
er, being happy.
S- Season?
Spring
T- Tag three people!
Mum; Meg; Jax
U- Unknown fact about me:
I don't know either
V- Very...?
Emotional
W- Worst habit?
staying in bed too long (I'm working on it!)
X-
X-treme?: determination; X-cessive?: self indulgence; X-ceedingly good?: yes
Y- Your favourite food?
This varies wildly but I always love avocado
Z- Zippers, Buttons, or Velcro?
Zip and buttons: yep, great on cardigans. Velcro: too noisy.
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