Strictly Confidential For Your Eyes Only

After doing over sixty postings I think some of us are becoming old friends now, so I thought its time to tell more about me. Time for me to tackle that 100 things you may not know about me, that a lot of you have done. I don't know if I have the staminia to do all 100 today, but I'll give it a whirl and see how it goes. After the however many '100 things' I stop at, is a meme I pinched from Janet's site, all about food likes and dislikes, just in case any of you ever have to feed me or me feed you lol! Then this amazing brain pattern thing, sorry but I can't remember where I got hold of this from.

The two postcards I have posted amongst all this are two of my new range of collages I am doing, inspiration struck after the Happy Chocolate Swap one I did.

100 things you may not know about me

1. I was born 9th November 1951, no point in lying
2. I am a Scorpio, I certainly am regarding being secretive
3. I am a natural brunette, but spent some of my life as a crazy either hennaed or mahogney redhead, I am now blonde with caramel undertones [it hides the grey best]
4. I am English but a paternal side that is heavily Irish, which comes out in my character at times
5. I now consider myself a Goddess, not a crone and have accumulated the gravitas to be one
6. But I still have a wonderful inner child that escapes on a occasion, but it keeps me young
7. You could say I am a Jack of all Trades and master of none. I have done art college, for my artistic side and made theatrical costumes and I have done university and have an hons degree in History and English for my academic side. I have dabbled with all these facets of me
8. I am 5.4ins in height, my daughter is 5.7ft and my son is 6.0ft- which means they can both pat my head.
9. I am no longer the slim girl I once was, but not many of us are
10. I have been told I have a butterfly mind - but it suits me its how I work
11. My deepest wish is for us both to move to Cornwall because it is my soul place
12. My children are the best things I have achieved in life
13. I am an only child
14. I have a vivid imagination - possibly because of No13
15. I played the piano from the ages of 7 to14, I was thought to be quite good but my music teacher died and I gave up I wish I had a piano now
16. I adore cats and need them in my life, although we are on a short break after Pixie's death at the moment
17. My husband bought me a bodhran two years ago for my birthday and I love it. I can thump away on it on summer night's in the garden. I thump to my own beat
18. I always wanted to be either a backing singer or a rock chick
19. I sing loudly to my favourite music when alone
20. I can work myself up too easily and can have flashes of hot temper if badly provoked
21. People think I am a calm person I am a seething cauldron of emotions inside but can have a calm exterior
22. I cannot swim
23. I love spiders [remember we don't have poisonous ones over here]
24. I am very open minded
25. I believe the old adage 'there are more things in heaven and on earth etc' so you cannot say anything is impossible we just don't know how yet
26. I don't believe man walked on the moon - don't be shocked by that
27. I firmly believe in faeries
28. I have a thing about hares, I adore them
29. I love to sleep with the moonlight shining on my pillow and face, I never close the bedroom curtain
30. I have too many books to count, I am a book addict
31. The old music is the best you late 60's early 70's Joni, Van, Neil, Carole et al
32. I have pierced ears and am an earring freak - always have a pair in
33. I wear a pewter disc with a protection rune on it round my neck 24/7
34. I love Chocolate and do not keep it in the house, I buy it when I really need it
35. I try to live in harmony with the earth and believe in it as an entity
    
36. Vanilla is my favourite smell for bath products and candles
37. You can never have too many candles and insense cones
38. Purple is my favourite colour but not in decor
39. My two main rooms have white walls, the colour is in the adornments, but I have a bright yellow dining room and kitchen and I mean bright. Our bedroom is bluebell blue and very restful
40. I could be called very 'new agey' but I would call it believing in old ways of doing things
41. I know in a past life, I think it was puritan times I was hidden in a house with a vast oak door whilst soldiers were looking for us.
42. My favourite semi-precious jewel is a moonstone and I have a beautiful ring and bracelet of these
43. I hate bigots, warmongers and fat rich cats that cheat the poor
44. I can be bossy when the mood takes me
45. I will listen to any friends problems and be discreet
46. Two places I would like to try living in South of France and Italy
47. I need the sun January and February are bad months for me I need warmth and sun see No 46
48. I use to think I could play the guitar - yes probably strum 3 chords
49. Don't ever cross me or do me wrong - I warn you
50. I always remember 'Revenge is a dish best served cold' and I can be revengeful if my family is ill done by
51. I love goldfinches, crows and owls
52. I love shawls and scarves and always wear them in winter and can't resist buying more
53. Ditto beads and bracelets
54. I love Little Grey Rabbit Books, she is my countrywoman heroine
55. I could live as a Jane Austen character, as long as I was allowed a little giddiness
56. My teenage film hero was Terence Stamp
57. My teenage hot pop star was Brian Jones of the Stones, I cried when he died
58. I remember what I was doing when John Lennon was shot
59. I absolutely believe politics corrupts, you may not be that when you go into it but if you get anywhere you 99 per cent will be that at the end
60. People tell me I don't look my age
61. If I am ill and shivery I need the comfort of a hot water bottle and even my old teddy bear
62. I talk back to the television when the news is on
63. I have to live my life by writing lists of things to do and lists of lists
64. I always have to sleep with the bedroom window open some way, unless it is a blizzard
65. I was a mature student at University and I loved every minute of it
66. You would not believe some of the things I got up to at art college
67. I shook Princess Dianas hand although I was not supposed to be where I was
68. I am not a monachist but I would rather have a Queen as a figurehead than a President, the way things are at the moment
69. I hate sport of all kinds
70. I love musical theatre
71. I love fairytales and folklore
72. My favourite painters are Matisse, Bonnard and O'Keeffe
73. I would love to have the space to keep hens, I have looked after hens before
74. I like to sit out on a warm night and spot the first star to appear in the sky
75. I am going back to loving poetry again
76. I used to make all my own clothes
77. We once lived five years without a television. I didn't miss it
78. I love The Archers on BBC radio
79. If I have money to spend I can't pass a charity shop or a stationery shop
80. I can be mean, I object to the price of books and buy them secondhand or from discount book shops
81. I love wandering round art galleries
82. I love visiting large public gardens - especially Kew in London
83. I love long journeys by train or bus as long as they are not crowded
    
84. I look back in awe at risky situations I have been in in my late teens and early twenties
85. I used to smoke many many years ago gave it up when I wanted to get pregnant
    
86. I believe in charms and spells
87. I love to visit London, I love the buzz of the place
88. But I am happy to return to my village
89. Believe me villages are not always the quiet peaceful places they seem on the surface
90. I hate people who are cruel to animals, I would put them in a cage and severley poke them
    
91. I love to have fresh cut flowers in the house, they don't have to be exotic a bunch of daisies or tulips will do
92. I had long hair most of my adult life, it barely touches my shoulders now but strangely enough that makes me look younger
93. I have a cheesy streak within me that erupts now and again such as I love glitter
94. When I learn a new word I tend to overuse it at first sort of like - word of the week
95. I love crosswords to do on journeys but can't do cryptics
96. I had a goldfish called Cleo as a child it lived for 19 years, also at one point had two white mice
97. When we decided to get married we gave everyone three weeks notice, it was a small wedding, I am not into weddings, I didn't wear white and made my own outfit which was completed by a big natural straw hat
98. I didn't want children right away, so we waited four years that enabled us to do our own thing.
    
99. I believe I am a hedgewitch, which basically means using herbs for healing, planting by the moon and a belief in being fair to all things when they are fair to you and living in tune with mother earth
100. I didn't think I would get here and succeed, Hurrah
     
     Well thats my 100 I doubt anyone will read it through to the end, you can just read a few each time you visit.
     
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     Food Meme
     
     How do you like your eggs? Scrambled, not liquidy, not rubbery, just so
     
     How do you take your coffee/tea? I drink two cups of coffee with breakfast with semi-skimmed milk and one spoon of a product called 'half spoon'
     
     Favorite breakfast foods? I usually eat weetabix with semi-skimmed milk or Jordan's crunchy museil with natural yoghurt and a chopped up apple
     
     Peanut butter smooth or crunchy? - Has to be crunchy - but don't hardly ever buy it because I am addicted to it when it is in my house
     
     What kind of dressing on your salad? Honey and Mustard dressing
     
     Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi, but I don't hardly ever drink it prefer sparkling flavoured water
     
     You're feeling lazy. What do you make? Baked Potatoes with either grated cheese or tuna filling and salad
     
     You're feeling really lazy. What kind of pizza do you order? No where near to order a Pizza from, but theoretically Spicy Chicken
     
     You feel like cooking. What do you make? Hungarian Goulash with garlicked and buttered mashed potatoes
     
     Do any foods bring back good memories? My Grandma's Lemon Meringue Pie, Egg and Bacon Pie and Coconut sponge flan. She was an excellent pastry maker and noone has bettered her LM pie, well actually one place a homemade portion at a lovely little quaint cafe in Falmouth Cornwall
     
     Do any foods bring back bad memories? Just the smell of school dinners
     
     Do any foods remind you of someone? Marshmallows and coke - together that is reminds me of my hippy dippy days and friends of that time
     
     Is there a food you refuse to eat? I'll try just about anything except sheeps eyeballs or live grubs
     
     What was your favorite food as a child? Fried Bread with two rashers of bacon on top and a fried egg.- Disgusting now Christmas Goose
     
     Is there a food that you hated as a child but now love? Loads but especially parsnips, love them roasted with honey
     
     Is there a food that you loved as a child but now hate? Sorry about this fried luncheon meat. yuck!!!!
     
     Favorite fruit & vegetable? Bananas and mangos and carrots and parsnips
     
     Favorite junk food? CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE
     
     Favorite between meal snack? Banana
     
     Do you have any weird food habits? The Irish in my genes comes out when I say you can sit me down to a plate of potatoes and cabbage and bacon fried together with plenty of pepper any time. I love apple and cheese sandwiches
     
     You're on a diet. What food(s) do fill up on? A mound of vegetables with lots of herbs and pepper
     
     You're off your diet. Chocolate
     
     How spicy do you order Indian/Thai? Mediuim
     
     What would you like to drink? Wine or Martini
     
     Red wine or white? Red, white or rose, any pleases me as long as its wine
     
     We only have beer. Cider - no? Hate beer
     
     Favorite dessert? Death by Chocolate Cake, Cheesecake, Lemon Meringue Pie I could go on and on.........
     
     The perfect nightcap? Green & Blacks organic hot chocolate or this one is mad but it works for me freshly perked coffee with a slug of Irish NOT Scots whiskey
     
     I just stumbled across this somewhere or other and thought I would try it. I just could not decide between these two photos so in the end I thought have a look at both, and guess what? If you read them both that really is me, that is pretty amazing.
     
     

     Your Brain's Pattern

     Your brain is always looking for the connections in life. You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first. You're also good at connecting people - and often play match maker. You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white.

     
     
     

     Your Brain's Pattern

     You have a dreamy mind, full of fancy and fantasy. You have the ability to stay forever entertained with your thoughts. People may say you're hard to read, but that's because you're so internally focused. But when you do share what you're thinking, people are impressed with your imagination.

     What Pattern Is Your Brain?
     
     
     I hope there are not too many typos in the long list above, the spell checker is playing up and I am too tired to think straight and need to go to bed after all that.It's now Saturday morning!
     
     
     

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