100 Things - About Me

I seem to have a huge blogging brick wall of late, and so I am going to post this list that I have been working on in fits and starts for the last 7-8 months. I have seen this lists on the blogs of others, some friends, some random, and I always find them interesting. It was meant to be 100 things about me, but turns out I'm not that interesting and after all this time I have only managed 60!

Some of you have known me for a while now, some of you share emails with me and check up on me when I go AWOL, which is touching. Some of you have expressed a desire to know more about me, so I have decided to post this entry as an unfinished piece, to be added to as and when I feel like it, or maybe not at all.

1. I've been married to a wonderful man for 20 years
   
   
2. I have 3 children
   
   
3. I enjoy photography, particularly those shots other people wouldn't think to take
   
   
4. I'm hormonal - often
   
   
5. I can burp (belch) on request
   
   
6. I can make a Concorde shape with my forefinger (don't ask - I taught myself to when I was 8 ok)
   
   
7. I am still a teenager at heart, think I may always be
   
   
8. I had a large cyst on my thyroid and had half of it removed. (Half the thyroid, not half the cyst, they removed all of that)
   
   
9. I am usually very patient
   
   
10. I put family needs before my own, every time
    
    
11. I enjoy driving, but have absolutely no sense of direction.
    
    
12. I can play the recorder
    
    
13. I learnt to play the clarinet when I was at school
    
    
14. I was in the Brownies and Girl Guides!
    
    
15. I once went to primary school, without my skirt on.
    
    
16. I like red.
    
    
17. I have 2 sisters and 1 brother
    
    
18. I was born at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
    
    
19. I adore my husband. He is my soul mate.
    
    
20. I lost my father when I was 28 and miss him every single day.
    
    
21. I love to watch storms
    
    
22. I have a completely unnatural fear of fire
    
    
23. I was in the school netball teams at primary and secondary school
    
    
24. All my children were born by caesarian section
    
    
25. I have a logical mind and a high IQ, but am not great at general knowledge
    
    
26. I can't swim very well
    
    
27. I joined Weight Watchers in 2006 and lost 3 stone in less than a year
    
    
28. I hate vegetables
    
    
29. I love the ocean and the beach
    
    
30. I can bend my smallest finger all the way down to the palm of my hand without bending any other fingers (yes, I taught myself that one too)
    
    
31. I think the smell of a warm, dry pavement as the rain begins to fall is fantastic
    
    
32. I'm soon to be a Great Aunt for the very first time. Well I was when I started compiling this list, she was born in December 2006
    
    
33. I have been researching my family tree for the last 10 years
    
    
34. I adore elephants
    
    
35. I suffered quite badly with bronchitis as a child
    
    
36. I joined the County Search & Rescue team as a volunteer at the beginning of 2007
    
    
37. I had a hysterectomy at 36
    
    
38. I could happily eat HOT curry for dinner every day (I mean vindaloo hot, not a manky old korma!)
    
    
39. I can't stand lazy people
    
    
40. I hate tomatoes but love tomato soup
    
    
41. I enjoy watching Sunday league football in which my son plays.
    
    
42. I have a good sense of humour (when I'm not feeling hormonal)
    
    
43. I carry a Donor Card
    
    
44. I used to go blood doning, but then I became anaemic and they stopped me.
    
    
45. I like my own space, occasionally
    
    
46. I completed a GCSE Photography course this year, never too old to learn.
    
    
47. My first 'kiss' was at the age of 8
    
    
48. I am allergic to the sun, yep, really
    
    
49. I love people watching.
    
    
50. I have never been caught speeding.
    
    
51. I'm hormonal - often (did I mention that?)
    
    
52. I adore real butter shortbread
    
    
53. My Mum is also my best friend
    
    
54. I love the sight of a man in leathers and the deep roar of a big engine (motorbikes!!!)
    
    
55. Since I moved to a house with a larger garden I have enjoyed growing my own vegetables
    
    
56. I experienced my first earthquake, a small 4.3 on the richter scale, in April 2007
    
    
57. When I experienced my first earthquake, I had a hangover, not a good mix
    
    
58. After over 10 years of research, I finally located my maternal Grandfather and laid flowers on his grave.
    
    
59. I gave up smoking 4 years ago with the aid of a hypnotist
    
    
60. I work in admin, and long for the day I can be released from a desk permanently