I’ve been nominated by Paul at Cheeky Dad Blog for a blogging challenge where I tell you lot 10 facts about myself. Going to be a challenge finding 10 interesting things believe me. I’m right boring.
1. I hate being late, it’s an obsession of mine. I’ve only been late for work once in 20 years and even then I did it spectacularly. I got stuck on the M4 for 3 hours and I’d forgotten my mobile so you can imagine my boss wondering whether I’d been abducted by aliens because I’m never late. They were about to call the cops in when I strolled – by strolled I mean run in hair all over the place and my face red as a tomato.
2. I’m not married. We’ve been together 10 years and to be honest I’ve never been one of those girls who dreamed of a huge white dress and all that nonsense. I also can’t think of anything worse then standing up in the front of the room with all eyes on me. No ta.
3. There’s an 11 year gap between my 1st & 2nd children. I was so traumatised the 1st time I never wanted to do it again. I came round to the idea though (obviously) and all those people who said it wouldn’t be so bad the 2nd time round? Bloody liars. And when they said the 3rd would be a piece of cake? Even more lies. She was the worst birth of the lot. I am positively, absolutely, undeniably and reliably NEVER having any more.
4. I have a secret love for the N64. When my son was around 7 or 8 I was a single Mum and a bit skint I was offered the console with games for £20. I bit her hand off and thought he’d love it. What I wasn’t expecting though was that I’d love it just as much. My boy and I lost hours playing Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask, Banjo Kazooie, Mario and Goldeneye. I can’t say I like any of the consoles or games since really and these days you can’t lob the controller across the room in a rage cos they cost way too much and are flimsy as.
5. I have lots of scars, I was a right knob as a kid and ridiculously accident prone. The main one is next to my right eye from where my Dad was watching the A-Team in the dark , I tripped over his Adidas Samba’s and smashed my face on the coffee table. Cue my Mum calling my Dad all the dickheads known to man and my Uncle with the huge hair getting a phone call to get his Cortina over to our house quick as you like to take me to hospital. I screamed that much that my Dad told the Dr he wasn’t allowed to stitch it and to use butterfly stitches which then left a bad scar. What a baby eh?!
6. I hate being cold, it makes me a right grumpy moo. I’m the one who watches TV in the evening fully clothed with my dressing gown over the top, a blanket over my lap and thick socks. Sexy or what?
7. I have 3 tattoos. 1 is a seriously crap cover up that covered a seriously crap tattoo to start with. If you’re going to have 1 think it over and find a decent tattoo artist. The other 2 are good ones thank god. Someone once told me that getting a tattoo was worse than giving birth. She hadn’t had any children though. WTF?!!
8. When I was 18 I worked in a nightclub. Best job I’ve ever had. We had ahem ‘celebrity’ nights and I’ve sat in the staffroom with the guys from Steps. Bet you can’t beat that 😀
9. I love some cartoons more than the kids and have been known to intentionally watch them when they’re not around. If you’ve never seen Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time or Clarence you’re really missing out!
10. I’m allergic to nuts.Ever since my Mum made us Cherry Bakewells and I ended up like the Elephant Man I’ve had to avoid the sodding things. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve told people and they’ve sniggered and asked how I managed to have 3 kids. Eye roll.
I bloody well love Gumball. It is literally the best thing ever. And Clarence is funny, as is Stephen Universe. How old are we Jules?! 😉 Pahahahaha!!!!
Loves reading this.xx
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Collectively I’d guess around 10 😂 x
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Snap with the nuts, I found out whilst pregnant with our first and since have avoided them like the plague.
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Oh no!That doesn’t sound like much fun 😦
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Ha!! This is Great!! I love Adventure Time and also Phineas and Ferb! I also HATE being cold and being late too!!
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Love Doofenshmirtz, bonkers but hilarious!!
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My husband LOVES Adventure Time ha! I’m with you on hating being late – i’m the person who arrives 30 minutes early for dinner plans and am still there waiting an hour later looking like a lonely alcoholic ha! Excited to be joining in with #blogtober17
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Haha, terrible isn’t it!I’ve stood outside a shop trying not to look weird half an hour before a job interview before now.
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I have still never seen Adventure time! And I’m always late! Hahahahah
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You should it’s fab and my Mum is persistently late, think that’s why I’ve gone the other way!
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I have not seen any of those cartoons, but when mine were younger I used to like some more than others. I am with you on scars I have a great one on my arm when I went flying through the front door
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Ouch!Sounds painful!! x
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I hate being late too. In fact I’ll often be ridiculously early to something just to avoid the slight off chance of being a few minutes late.
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This is soo me too! x
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I love tattoos, my obsession with them started after my fiance paid for me to have my sons name as a christmas present on my wrist, 2 weeks later i got another one,,,now im pregnant i cant have one but there are so many gorgeous ones id love / also gaming type ones lol #blogtober2017
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I’m planning a Mario/Luigi/Link one but want to be sure I am 100% happy with the design before I take the plunge!!
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Hehe I was just about to write how much I love Adventure Time and noticed everyone else does too! #blogtober17
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I think it’s a hit! x
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I’ve been with my fella 11 years and we’re not married…Everyone seems to assume we are though.
Lovely to find out more about you x
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We just let people assume now, doesn’t seem worth telling them different. Where I work there’s a lot of the older generation so I get tutted at when I say I have kids but not married, ha x
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I totally understand the wedding thing! I got married 25 years ago. There were 26 people at the wedding and that was 24 too many, in my opinion! x
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Ha, yes!We always joke about running off to Vegas and getting an Elvis to marry us! X
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Haha we love Clarence! Although hubby and I are both in agreement that the writers must have been highly intoxicated!
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They most definitely are 😀
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Oooh the N64 – that brings back A LOT of memories!!!
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I LOVED it! X
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I’m ridiculously accident prone too. I have managed to break the same arm 3 times! I have also had broken toes, scars from various stupid accidents and regularly walk into things that should be easy to avoid but for some reason I don’t haha x
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Oh dear that’s sounds bad!3 times?!Definitely trumped me with that!! X
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I would rather be, like, 24 hours early than 2.4 seconds late. I hate it! And I hate that other people don’t hate being late.
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Haha, me too!I don’t get it either!
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I HAVE to share that one about the N64 with my Mr… also not the Mr… just call him that. I also NEVER want to get married. All that money for a day of being the one person everyone looks at all day with a million things hat could go wrong and a piece of paper!
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Exactly how I feel! X
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Aha I’m always late! I’m also very accident prone, I’m a bit of a kid when it comes to showing off my scars!
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Ha, great isn’t it!
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I hate being late to it gives me nightmares it is great to get to know you a bit better #blogtober
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Yay another punctual person 😂 x
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I hate being late or cold too. Can’t beat a good dressing gown
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LOVE a dressing gown!!
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I’m over in the US so I love seeing all of your UK lingo! ❤ And oh my gosh, N64 was my jam back in the day!
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Brilliant wasn’t it!!
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Thankyou for joining in with #blogtober17, love all these facts about you, although I think spending the day with Boyzone when they were appearing on the National lottery at my place of work, may trump Steps 😉
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Yep that wins 😂 Had a bit of a crush on Shane as I recall!
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I also hate lateness, there is just no need for it. In my work someone being 10 minutes late for a meeting has such a knock on effect for the whole day. I’m always so early.
How is it having that big a age gap between your children? Are they close? I definitely want another child its just getting our finances in place for that to even be an option. I worry though about the kid of relation that they will have. I think we will be looking at about a 5 year gap.
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