The weekend that was…

the sort of weekend where i have only just unpacked the suitcase, two days after we returned. Willing the kids school uniforms dry on the radiators because the weekend at the start of half term was full as well so missed the laundry boat. 

We returned from the south on Friday via some seriously long and boring traffic jams. Hands up who would like to spend 8 hours in a car with 5 kids? no? anyone?….

When we got home the kids were straight into bed and I had to set up for a photoshoot on saturday and find a way to climb Mt. Washmore. 

So im thinking i need another break now. Show of hands for another week off?

yeah….

thought so. 

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tagging me tagging you….

Ive been tagged in this mother of all tags. *holds breath*

My Difficult Dozen!

tagged by the splendiferous Melkshammum and trouble doubled. Two mummy blogs that i love to hang out at so how could i not join in. Here's how it goes:

The rules:

1. You must post the rules
2. Post 12 fun facts about yourself in the blog post
3. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you in their post and then create 12 new questions for the fellow bloggers you plan to tag
4. Tag 12 people and link to them on your blog
5. Let them know you tagged them

part one: check.

Part two: 12 fun things about me: hmmmm.

1. I can ride a horse, really very well. I used to teach in fact. Yes..that well. *obv would be very rusty and ache like crazy now if i was to sit in a saddle*

2. I was born in Brighton, but my mother is Irish

3. I used to work for a company called PGL (kids adventure holidays) I had to live in a tent for 6 months. At the time i thought it was fun *shakes head*

4. I travelled to Canada after my first degree and worked on a goat farm (oh yes i did)

5. My favourite dinner is christmas dinner. 

6. My favourite drink is the EVIL diet coke. 

7. I am a slummy chocolate eater. Give me Cadbury dairy milk over some fancy fondant any day of the week

8. I was secretly into Take That when they were first famous. I was at Uni during the 90's when it was only cool to like The Happy Mondays et al. I like Gary. 

9. I have spent hours watching youtube videos on how to master photoshop. Yes im that geeky. 

10. We had chickens when i was a kid and a cockerel who had the heaviest foot fall ever. You could hear him coming from a mile away

11. I was a skier before I discovered snowboarding

12. I like the sun, i like the snow. i very muchly dislike rain. 

So thats number 2 done. Number three is answer the questions posed by your tagger. I have two lots to answer so…um…

from double troubled:

1) Do you like being tagged in memes? yes sure 🙂
2) Ant or Dec? um im not sure which one is which…lol
3) Winx Club is an abhorrence to post-feminist thought and should be banned from our TV screens. Discuss. yes absolutely *no idea what that is*
4) What is the greatest TV theme tune in the history of TV? the A team
5) If you had to pimp your kids out for cash, would they be child models, a cute all-singing all-dancing supergroup, or up chimneys? b
6) Will there ever be a boy born that can swim faster than a shark? no doubt
7) If you could only ever eat one chocolate bar for the rest of your life, which would it be? Dairy milk
8) What would be your specialist subject on Mastermind? forgetting stuff
9) Can you play a musical instrument? no. does the spoons count?
10) If you were a character in a novel, who would you be? George from the Famous five
11) Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who, who? I have no idea but they are leaving all their sh*t over our streets and it drives me crazy. 
12) What is your favourite song? too many to say really. 
and from Melkshammum
My 12 questions:
1. Who is your celebrity crush? probably still Mr Gary Barlow 

2. What is your tipple of choice? a lovely pinot 

3. Who was the first musical act you saw live? the awesome Big Country

4. What was the first car you owned? A citroen 2CV

5. Where were you born and do you still live anywhere near there? Brighton *nope long way from there*

6. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Somewhere in the mountains 

7. Can you speak any foreign languages, fluently? No, would have loved to tho

8. What fictional book would you recommend I read? um….reading? books? wah?

9. What is your best skill? making brownies!

10. Facial hair (on a man!) – Yes or No? only a little is acceptable.

11. Marmite – love or hate? love

12. Brandon Flowers – Hot or Not?!ashamed to say ive no idea who he is?
my 12 questions:
1. Electric blanket or cool sheets?
2. High heels or flats?
3. Radio or mp3?
4. Apple or not?
5. Coffee or tea?
6. Sweet or Savoury?
7. Half empty or half full?
8. Reality TV or not?
9. Pop or Rock?
10.Planning or by seat of your pants?
11. Home or abroad?
12. Football or Soccer?
Number4: to tag. Here we go:
right *phew* off  to tell those folks they have been tagged. 

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saturday caption day…a bit late in the day.

Coming to the party a bit late today. My lovely girls ;))

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as always you can rock over to Mammasaurus blog to view some more. 

 

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Listography…A mug’s edition

It made me laugh when Kate from Kate takes 5 who runs the Listography challenge every week posted this week. Thinking that no-one would enter. She clearly underestimated the british love of tea and in fact their tea cups or mugs. 

I saw it and immediately knew a few of my top contendors. I have my favourite mug and ill use it over and over again because its just…right. 

The little things are very important, the feel of the mug, the width of the rim, the decoration, the size….so if you head over to her blog she is actually running a competition now to win some mugs. 

Go check it out. 

my 5 are:

1.  ShakeItPhoto Photo
a new contender but its a keeper. 

2.  ShakeItPhoto Photo2

This one, someone gave me ages ago. I don't even remember who but i like it because its my job and i love babies although its not the nicest mug. Design presides over funtion for sure in this case. 

3.ShakeItPhoto Photo3
another newbie to the bunch but it just 'feels' right. A cuppa in this one will always make me smile. 

4. ShakeItPhoto Photo4
this one is our 'uglymug' I dont think i have actually ever used it, it was a wedding gift and its really thick china and actually a very small and uncomfortable mug. OH has it often with expresso. But it warrants a mention 'cos its been with us for so long. 

5.
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This is one of my favourite mugs (well the Super mum version of it) but sadly mine has broken and i so love the feel of this mug that i will even use my OH's mug. Its the rim and the feel of the cup in cupped hands. Just. Perfect. Pukka. 

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I bet you could all come up with your own reasons and loves of the mugs in your cupboard. Come on and join in.

 

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