so honoured

to be tagged by Kathy
this makes me feel very special as when i started this blog i never dreamt that anyone would actually read it, let alone that i would make friends through it like i have. i know i am supposed to tag five fellow bloggers, but being relatively new most of the few people i know have already been tagged. i would however like to tag Ann and Jocelynne, and the other three 'tags' go out to the blogs i read and love and who inspire me every day-check out my links at the side of the page for these special ladies. i'm also supposed to list 7 random facts...

• i had to save this post as a draft for half an hour and have just come back to it, so i could watch Eastenders - i'm obsessed!
• ken and i are addicted to root beer but you can only buy it in Sainsburys anywhere nearby so i have to make a special trip to get it
• i collect books by Enid Blyton - trying to hold onto my childhood as long as possible :)
• my boyfriend has four kneecaps (not technically about me but never mind)
  
• when i was a kid i wanted to BE American, to the extent that i told my mum i would marry an american boy just so i could live there...i have grown out of this. mostly
• apparently i have smelly feet. this is probably not a good thing to announce on the internet
• when my boyfriend and i don't know what to say about something we say 'butt-dance'. i don't know why, we just do. we get some very strange looks

a different kind of create

tomorrow is the local music festival in our town, aptly named 'Create'. so tomorrow i am off to create music (or listen to it anyway), while tonight i am off to create masterpieces (or mess). i will leave you with a page i made recently about Ken and his bands; he's been in quite a few over the years, has had some scary hair, and even sang dressed as santa (as you do)

one word quiz

taken from here

1. WHERE IS YOUR CELL PHONE? bag

2. YOUR HAIR? brown

3. WORK? weekend

4. YOUR FATHER? crazy

5. YOUR FAVORITE THING? books

6. YOUR DREAM LAST NIGHT? absent

7.YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? root-beer

8. YOUR DREAM CAR? bug

9. THE ROOM YOU'RE IN? spare

10. YOUR FEAR? dark

11. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE IN 10 YEARS? me

12. WHO DID YOU HANG OUT WITH LAST NIGHT? Ken

13. WHAT YOU ARE NOT GOOD AT? goodbyes

14. MUFFIN? chocolate

15. ONE OF YOUR WISH LIST ITEMS? baby

16. WHERE YOU GREW UP? Kent

17. LAST THING YOU DID BEFORE SEEING THIS? facebook-ed

18. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? pjs

19. WHAT AREN'T YOU WEARING? turban

20. YOUR PETS? bunny

21. YOUR COMPUTER? electrical

22. YOUR LIFE? happy

23 YOUR MOOD? calm

24. MISSING? chocolate

25. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? chocolate

26. YOUR CAR/TRUCK IS? new

27. YOUR SUMMER? wet

28. YOUR RELATIONSHIP STATUS? co-habiting

29. YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? purple

30. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU REALLY LAUGHED WITH MEANING? today

31. LAST TIME YOU CRIED? yesterday

32. SCHOOL? over

33. FAVORITE WEATHER? warm

34. FAVORITE SOUP? chicken

35. MOVIE GENRE? weepie


and on another note, a message for J K Rowling:

thank you

only 3 hours and 15 minutes left

until I can leave work and go back to Harry Potter.

new/old stash

i have just come back from my parents house where my mum decided to go through her old sewing box and offload some of her *junk* (her word) on me

vintage ribbon (the white one my mum bought when she was 15, and one is from the Queen's silver jubilee!), old patches, many buttons...i am in heaven =)

next time i go over i'm going to look through my grandmothers sewing box...

new day, new hair colour

from blond to brunette. i fancied a change :)

oh dear...

hp6

friday the thirteenth went by without a hitch & today i'm meeting up with some friends i don't see very often, so i'm very excited

when a friend of mine got married 5 years ago, 7 of us rented a flat in london for the weekend and had the BEST time. such a good time in fact, we decided to do it one weekend every year. we have had a couple of times when there have been babies in our midst (this year is one of them) and so the weekend is condensed to a day, but so far we have managed it every year. we have rented houses in lenham, isle of sheppey and goudhurst. this year (like once before) we are spending a large part of the day in a pub/restaurant where babies are welcome, then we go home about 6pm, the baby is taken to grans and put to bed :), and we reconvene at 8pm (ish) for drinking a-plenty

i fully expect to spend much of tomorrow in bed feeling sorry for myself but at the moment i am not thinking about the aftermath, just the fun part :)

last night i dreamt...

...i'd been tagged!

and it was true.

obviously i need to get out more if i'm dreaming about blogs. but, i've been tagged nevertheless, so thank you sweet Rhi.

My roommate and I once: ...never had a room mate, unless you count Ken

Never in my life have I: revised properly for an exam. no matter what i may have told tutors in the past

High school was : uninspiring

When I'm nervous : i play with my hair, look down & blush a lot :(

My hair : is boring

When I was 5 : i was sick on my teachers' feet

When I turn my head left : i see my paints & it makes me want to make things

I should be : writing an essay on the importance of group therapy vs individual therapy in care environments. obviously i'm not

By this time next year : i hope to be a mum

My favorite aunt is : my dad's sister

I have a hard time understanding : myself a lot of the time

You know I like you if : i'm honest with you

My ideal breakfast is : in the afternoon

If you visit my home town : you'll leave again pretty quickly as it's not much fun

If you spend the night at my house : you can sleep on my lovely chocolate brown futon which is very comfy

My favorite blonde is : my friend Tammy

My favorite brunette is : Ken :)

The animal I would like to see flying besides birds : my rabbit. he's already convinced he's a dog so a bird wouldn't be that much of a stretch

I shouldn't have been : so eager to eat that whole tube of pringles earlier

Last night I: organised my craft supplies in preparation of the storage unit coming tomorrow :)

A better name for me would be : Melissa Graham. my in-the-future married name ;)

I've been told I look like : Jennifer Aniston. but only by my sister & my nan & i'm pretty sure they were both lying

If I could have any car, it would be : not broken like mine often is

i won, i won

...a RAK from Bre. despite the fact that July is her birthday month, she is giving away stuff to make others happy :) this is a very sweet thing to do and i am so excited to receive my yummy presents. happy (un)birthday to me. and happy birthday month to the lovely Bre - thank you!!

one red paperclip

i apologise for anyone reading this who may be thinking i've been living under a stone for the last few years, but i only just found out about this even though it is circa 2005/2006.

the 'one red paperclip' guy who managed to trade from a red paperclip up to a house in one year.

awesome. made me laugh.