So there I was contemplating the weekend, and
catching up on my favourite blogs before Sprout arrived home, when to my
surprise I discovered that I had been nominated to receive the One Lovely Blog Award by The Headmaster’s Handbag. What a perfect way to start the weekend!
A big, big thank you to the Headmaster’s
Wife!! Do pop over to her blog and follow the adventures of the Headmaster’s
family as they settle into their new home in Kenya.
A condition of accepting the award means
that I have to divulge 7 things about myself!!! Here you are -
1. I LOVE cheese.
Pretty much any kind will do, and I could quite happily eat it all day along.
In fact, such is my love for it that I fail to see the point of spoiling a good
chunk of cheese with a biscuit.
2.This time in 92
days I will be married. So much to do, so much to do including the oh-so-tiny
matter of moving house at some point preferably prior to the wedding!!
3.I once had a job
as a hop picker! I had to hang the hops on hooks before they entered a machine
that stripped all the hops off. My hands have never ached quite so much and I
seem to remember we had to use a large quantity of talcum powder to ease the welts
that sprang up all over them. The one bonus of this foray into manual labour
was that I was the only girl amongst quite a sizeable group of boys – RESULT!
4. I love looking
round other people’s houses. Some might call this being nosy; in fact some former
colleagues still marvel at my ability to get myself invited to people’s houses
for a ‘good nose’, and joke that they need to lock their drawers before I come
round!! In reality, I just like to be able to picture where someone lives when
I’m talking to them.
5. Symmetrical houses
are just fantastic. There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a property
big or small and being able to appreciate its symmetry. Bliss….
6. I’m a tiny bit OCD
about my displays at school being straight, symmetrical and balanced – although
I like to think I’m gradually weaning myself out of this habit?? I remember in
a previous job a colleague of mine put up a border that wasn’t quite straight
enough for my liking and I literally willed myself to leave it as it was. I
think I lasted a day max!! I’m also quite fussy about my display labels – they need
to be cut out with a border, laminated and then cut out once more leaving a little
laminate border. Again I’ve embarked on the weaning process…..
7. One of the most valuable DIY lesson’s I have learnt is to
know when to get the professionals in!! If I had the time and money, I would definitely
re-train to be a plasterer, plumber and
electrician. Building I can take or leave, but to be able plaster a room or
re-plumb/wire a house would quite frankly make my day… And save me some money
too!!
So enough about me, and on
to the part where I nominate some fellow bloggers to receive the award too -
Lashes and Little Ones
Maillardville Manor
Honey We're Home
The Handmade Home
The Lettered Cottage
As Autumn is well and truly making its presence known, put your feet up, relax and have a look at these fabulous blogs – I hope
you enjoy reading them!!
Sprout’s House
Xox
