Someone sent this to me in an email and I thought it would be fun to do...

1. It’s 2AM and you are not home. You are more than likely:

Watching Quantum Leap

2. What’s the last thing you spent more than $100 on?


Dinner at Evergreen chinese restaurant in NYC

3. What do your bank checks look like?

Standard HSBC ones.

4. Where did the shirt you are currently wearing come from?


Zara

5. Name something that will be on your Christmas wish list:

Perhaps the iPad or SLR camera, oo or maybe dining rooms chairs
6. What color is your toothbrush?

White and Pink

7. Name something you collect and tell us about it.

Bags. I'm a woman what can I say? I love collecting bags so much that its not just handbags, but I also enjoy a nice carrier bag. I know i'm weird, but didn't you get that from me watching Quantum Leap at 2am?

8. Last restaurant you ate at. Who were you with? How was it?

Evergreens Chinese restaurant in NYC. There with the Hubs and it was delish. Had a recommended dish from the waiter and was not disappointed. But since we spent over £100 there, we are now poor and we have eat at Casa Del Crimp. This is not as good.

9. Who was the last person you bought a birthday card for?

My Neice, Stacey

10. What is your worst bad habit?

Jealously of anyone who walks around drinking Starbucks everyday. Are you made or gold or something? I have to plan to have my Venti, skinny, low foam 3 shot latte. What? I likes my coffee, My Way.

11. Name a magazine you subscribe to?

Glamour

12. Your favorite pizza toppings?

Pepperoni, artichoke and olives. Preferably more olives than the rest of the other toppings.

13. Whose number were you looking up the last time you used a phone book?

Erm...does the yellow pages on your iPhone count? It does, well then it was for a Chinese restaurant when we first moved in.

14. Other than family, who is the person that you love most?

My friends.

15. What is the last thing you cooked?

Frankfurters with butter onions and garlic chips

16. Name something you wouldn’t want to buy used?

Shoes or hair accessories

17. Which shoe do you put on first?

Right

18. What is the last thing you remember losing?


My mind, but its slowly coming back.

19. What is the ugliest piece of furniture in your house?

Dining room table, it came with the flat but it also came with no chairs. And it wobbles. 

20. Last thing you bought and ended up returning?

A CD for Hubs at Christmas, but he had already bought it. This happens on a regular basis. 

21. What perfume/cologne do you wear? If none, why?

CK INTO U.

22. Your favorite board game?

Scrabble.

23. What was the last board game you played?

Monopoly

24. Where did your vehicle come from?


I don't have no automotive vehicle

25. If a movie was made about your life what would the theme song be?

“Smile" By Nat King Cole. 

26. You’re sad, who can cheer you up easily?

Hubs, Nephew Jack and Godson Adam

27. What was the color of the bridesmaid dresses of the last wedding you went to?

It was my wedding and the bridesmaids wore colbolt blue. Bootiful.

28. What house cleaning chore do you hate to do the most?

Cleaning the toilets the men in my family use.

29. What is your favorite way to eat chicken?

Grilled in garlic and with ranch dressing

30. It is your birthday. You hope the cake is?

Huge. Chocolate ganache would be nice :-)

Where the hell have you been

Erm, well in its complicated and not complicated. And interesting and teetering on boring. 
So here is, in list form, what has been going on the last three months:


1. I got over the stomach flu
2. I got the blues
3. I get worse
4. I got antidepressants
5. I had a crash in confidence
6. I admitted that I wasn't doing so great
7  I then got slightly better
8. I started feeling even more better
9. We got a new apartment - our first as a married couple
10. We bought a sofa, chair and kitchen utensils
11. We broke our bed on the first night - no, not from that you filthy minded people...there was a screw loose...not unlike myself really.
12. We travelled around Toronto, Montréal, Québec, Ottawa and New York
13. We've decided to start trying for a family soon.
14. Potential health problems with Hubs put a stop to that.
15. Getting the 'OK' to get our freak on from the doctor has opened up the baby discussion again
16. Money issues has dampened the spirit of having children right now
17. Discovered that we might have a ghost in our new abode
18. I've found some awesome blogs, which inspire me
19. Both working hard for the Man
20. Ooo its finally sunny in England.


And that is about it....


I've made a promise to myself to write more often. This blog might not get any readers but that's OK because, this is my therapy. And If I do get some readers, then that will just help me further.

What is your favourite dinner?

Ooo hard to limit to one dinner....
Mum's Chilli
Husbands Spaghetti Bolognaise
Sister's curry

Ask me anything....within reason :-)

What are the top 5 best experiences of your life?

1. Getting married
2. Becoming a Godmother
3. Watching my Nieces and Nephew grow up to become young adults
4. Going to see Take That in concert and therefore reliving my youth.
5. Watching Barack Obama become President of the United States

But i've had loads of 'best' experiences and don't want to limit them to five.

Ask me anything....within reason :-)

Keeping up appearances

So for the better part of this week I have been battling the dreaded winter flu bug. 

I really did think that I had gotten away with suffering this, but alas, no one it seems, is immune. 

So as this was the first time in my marriage that I was sick, it was interesting to see how my Husband would react to me not being up to form. 

Seeing as he was working night shifts (yes, he works shifts, but that is for another blog entry) he felt incredibly guilty for not being there to hold back my hair and rub my back etc. And he felt even worse when he came home from said shifts and went to sleep while I struggled to get around. 

Despite these hurdles, my angel of a Husband has been wonderful and has made me eat to get my strength up, made me drink to get hydrated and made me as comfortable as possible. 

Stomach Bug 0 Husband 1

However, how did I deal with being vulnerable and needing to be look after? 

Well...

Illnesses involving vomiting from both areas (God I hope you get what I am trying to say) are so not pretty and definitely not dignified. 

Having my Husband witness me being sick and running to the bathroom did nothing for my 'Perfect Housewife' look. And to be honest, after one day feeling that way, I really didn't care. And neither did he. 

'In sickness and in health'. Those words were on repeat every time I looked in the mirror at my sunken eyes and sallow cheeks. 

I am getting better and today was the first day in 5 that I put on make-up. 

It felt like I was 15 again and trying to impress that boy I really liked. Except i'm 26 and i'm trying to impress my Husband. 

And I quite like that.

And...i've lost 7 pounds so its not all bad. 

The day after stomach flu is definitely the best feeling. 

 

Whats your idea of your best night out?

Dinner with husband or a good group of friends, good wine and food (everyone trying something new) good chat and then laughing so much it hurts.

Ask me anything....within reason :-)

What makes your heart sing?

Spring days, laughter, good music and love

Ask me anything