I have received a few rewards, and don't often remember to blog about them and pass them on, and have now 'lost' them somewhere in cyberspace, so if any of you have given me one before, I would like to thank you very much and please don't take offence if I didn't post about it. I'm not very good at following 'rules' ;-)
This time I thought I'd give it a go, so Thank you Catherine for your thoughtfulness and kind comments.
The deal here is to share "10 things about Me" & pass this on to 10 others
I'm sure anyone who reads my blog, will have a fair idea about me from my ramblings, I have always enjoyed being creative, whether it be through playing music, sewing, knitting or other crafts, so I will try to think of things that I haven't written about before.
1. When I left school I trained as a Veterinary Nurse, but I have also worked in Banking, Insurance, Libraries and Schools.
2. I have had three major and one not quite so major surgeries...
Splenectomy for ITP - Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia (Age 24)
Sinusectomy - What a revelation that was! (Age 28)
Hysterectomy - rapidly growing fibroid (Age 36)
Brachial Plexus & other...surgery for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Age 41) Grrrr....we won't discuss this one as it has had long term effects, and not the promised outcome I had expected.
3. I was born in Newport Pagnell and moved to New Zealand when I was six and then moved back to England when I was 27. So I feel I am quite 'divided' in where I consider 'home' to be, although would say that I am quite content at the moment.
4. While I lived in New Zealand, all but my first car, which was actually a red Morris Marina Van, were yellow. I had..a yellow Escort, Mini, Mitsubishi Celeste and a Mitsubishi Lancer. I just love yellow cars, unfortunately I couldn't get one here. My first car in England was a Rover Metro Diesel and my current car is a Toyota.
5. I would love to have a VW Campervan, but it is currently just a dream.
6. My husband really is my soul mate and is wonderful...well most of the time.
7. I have always loved nature and animals.
8. I wanted to be a dancer on shows when I was younger, goodness knows why as I would have been far too nervous to ever have been a performer, nor did I attend ballet or dance classes.
9. I think I have always been a 'collector'. My very first collections were stamps and shells.
10. I want some chickens. I remember the name of my favourite chicken that we had when I lived in Bucks as a very young child. I called it 'Shorty Neck' for obvious reasons I guess. Sadly she got taken by a fox! Grrrr. The next time we had chickens was when I was about 12 - Matilda (who turned out to be Chinese Silkie Cockerel! and Esmerelda, an ex-battery hen, who was a very reliable layer and a lovely hen.
Phew, that was hard work!
Now to pass this on to others, I am reluctant to do as I know so many people don't like to 'do' awards. I have met, both in person and virtually, so many wonderful people since embarking on this blog of mine, and feel very blessed with the support I received during my 'good' times and the 'bad'. Although this was only meant to be a positive place, and primarily about my crafts, as I already had a private blog, it has since evolved into more of a reflection of me and real life. It is not always perfect, I suffer at times from depression and chronic pain problems (TOS) and as such these sometimes take over.
I have two lovely, but very messy boys (all will be exposed below), one of whom has High Functioning Autism, and can at times be very trying, wearing and heartbreaking. I can say though that things have now turned a corner, and family life with him is so much more positive from the changes both he and us have made. It will never be easy, but life with him is now not horrid like it was over a year ago. Fortunately he also has a very loving nature which also shines out. I am proud of the way he has been trying at school and has overcome some of his anger problems. I love him and his elder brother to bits.
Now for a few photos :-)
