Sunday 22 July 2007

Too much information?



Thank you Gooseflesh for the tag. It's Sunday morning so I have lots of time to think and Archie is here too in case of memory failure. I've also added a photo or two from the family archives. That's me with the rabbit and my father Tom, and brother, Tom in the other shot.

Here goes


INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so:

1. Harmonia's Cuppa Tea
2. Vaguetarian Tea Room
3. drawing on the walls
4. Gooseflesh
5. Magnusmog

Next, select five people to tag:

Floofle
Zanac
Miss Frugality
Tattie Bogle
and a random fifth who can choose themself. ( I've run out of ideas already! )


What were you doing 10 years ago?

I had just qualified as a Social Worker and was working in a Day Centre with people who have chronic and enduring mental health problems. In a lovely piece of serendipity, I had moved back to the area my family came from and my office was right across the road from the building where my grandmother had worked as a District Nurse many years before.



What were you doing 1 year ago?

Quite possibly sitting on the very same sofa as I am now.



Five snacks you enjoy:

Crisps ( chips ), bread, chocolate - either the posh extra dark stuff or just a Mars Bar, proper chips eaten from Marco's chippie in Arbroath, biscuits and cheese.


Five songs that you know all the lyrics to:

The complete works of Billie Holliday - just ask Miss Frugality!


Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

Buy the house threee doors down which has a huge garden.

Hire an organic gardener

Wait for a summer

Watch things grow

Eat the end result.



Five bad habits:

I hate telephones.

I like to wear pajamas all day - even when gardening.

Leaving teetering piles of books/knitting/jam jars ...... all over the house.

Saying bad words to Magnus on receipt of bites or scratches.

Extreme bad temper when tired.


Five things you like doing:

Kissing Magnus on the nose.

Kissing Archie on the nose.

Talking to my garden.

Being a family.

Using my head.


Five things you would never wear again:

Vintage Victorian French knickers worn over a swimsuit - as daywear.

Red MC Hammer trousers with pictures of fish on them.

Grey super-high heeled vinyl boots.

A mechanics overall as party wear.

Home made puff ball skirts.


Five favorite toys:

Nikon D40 digital camera.

Dell 6400 Laptop

Vintage and current knitting books and magazines

The greenhouse.

The village woods - for finding free berries and mushrooms at this time of year.



12 comments:

Julia said...

You and the bunny are so cute!
That brought back a few memories and has given me something to think about today :-)

magnusmog said...

I think you may have seen some of the clothing I'd never wear again . Luckily you were spared the swimsuit/pants combination, think that was Glasgow circa 1991 !

Orinda5 said...

That picture of you is darling!

MC Hammer pants?!? :)

mary jane said...

you are so cute. i confess i too had a homemade bubble skirt only it was a dress...even less flattering!

mary jane said...

oh yeah, what mushrooms are you getting?

magnusmog said...

Mary Jane - our woods have chanterelle, hedgehog mushrooms
( they probably have a proper latin name )and if we are really lucky there are some porcini as well. Last night we picked some lovely chanterelle - photo on Flickr soon!

Tom said...

Do you remember the rabbit's name?

magnusmog said...

It's a very small rabbit and as Snowy came to us fully grown - I'd hazard a guess that it was Hazel even though it foesn't look the right colour. have I missed a rabbit somewhere?!

Tom said...

Yes, poor old Tibbar the rabbit, only lasted a week with us in the Summer of 1978.

Ginnie said...

It sounds like you had a lovely vacation--welcome back!

The MC Hammer pants made me laugh. I can recall doing his dance (I forget the name of it) very ethusiastically at school dances... ha ha:)

Cindy G said...

Your fashion choices had me rolling on the floor. Me, I remember a mini tent dress with matching short bloomers, some floral print voile fabric. How could my mother have let me out of the house?

Anonymous said...

LOL........so funny.

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