If I were you and about to read a blog from someone I have never heard of I would want to have a bit of an idea as to the sort of thing I may have thrust at me. I'm certain I would find it difficult to get a feel for them if I were only to read about some minor mishap involving the new fridge freezer. So in a vain attempt to entice you into my world (does that sound sinister?) I will start my blog by telling you a bit about myself - don't worry it won't be like war and peace or anything!
White, female, 44 almost, happily married, 2 boys age 14 & 4, full time college lecturer, 2 dogs, several fish - numbers vary depending on who has eaten who lately! Hobbies when I get a minute to myself are scrapbooking, surfing the www. and walking the dogs. My dreams involve living somewhere rural (on Tesco's home delivery route), writing something and working 2 hours a day while earning pots of money.
In previous lives I have worked in various places, my CV is as long a a loo roll! Starting in retail before joining the Royal Navy for 9 years as an aircraft machanic. Back into cosmetic retail for a few years, working in top London stores, another few years at the airport - I'd forgotten about the wet, damp conditions and filthy fingernails at that point. A detour into a school art & design department, back into cosmetics and then I got hooked on vocational training which is where I have been for the last 7 years ending in me gaining teaching qualifications and landing a job as college lecturer.
Music - I was into indie/punk/loud stuff when younger and still like a lot of the same now but have a more mature outlook and enjoy lots of different types of music. It's easier to say what I would switch off (Country and the awful 'new monkey' that all the kids seem to play these days - no wonder they are all hyperactive and on drugs!)
Reading - I love to read but these days find I'm asleep before I get the the end of the second page and then end up reading it again the next night. I have read all Edward Rutherfurd's Epics, Lord of the Rings several times, and often enjoy 'thin' best sellers. Sometimes I have a few on the go and it depends how I feel as to what I fall asleep with.
Flms - Adventure, comedy, cartoons, mild horror - actually anything really as I tend to fall asleep through them too! I usually end up with Spiderman or X Men for the kids rather than anything I would choose to watch.
Clothes - Whatever fits comfortably and is clean. Preferably in grey/black/cream patterns as that doesn't show the dog hairs. Certainly not a follower of fashion, my 'style' is often a subject of discussion in the office. My response "I'm here for comfort not for speed". Not that I look like a middle aged frumpy bag lady, I have been told that I look much younger than I am (I knew all the free cosmetics would pay off!) and I do like to have a nice 'easy to do' hairstyle. At present it's a kind of windswept 'Victoria Beckham' look.
Parenting - As written in all my school reports - "could do better". I love my kids and would die for them but I think some of my genes are missing that ' let's make cakes and stuff the housework' thing that 'good' mothers have. I don't cook very well. That's official in our house. I do a damn good job of ironing though. I do have to have everything tidy - can't be doing with things cluttering up every available space except in the craft room where it's allowed because it's all my mess. I do enjoy doing things with the kids as long as it involves take away food and lots of opportunities for a coffee!
I have a fetish(ises) too. Pens and notebooks. I love nice pens with black ink or coloured markers, coloured pencils and multi-pens with various colours in one pen. I detest pens with blue ink though. I have been known to 'accidentally' walk off with nice pens, which is why everyone in the office now writes in blue! Things have to be 'squared' off (throwback from the Navy) and I struggle with circular things that can't be squared.
I'm now aware I am half way through war and peace so will leave you to think what you will about me. If you feel I'm weird then please ignore my ramblings in future. If you are exactly like me or in danger of getting close then I would love to compare notes in a kind of mutual therapy session.
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