22 June 2009

It's All About Me Meme


I've been tagged by the lovely
Brit in Bosnia, please check out her wonderful blog.

Here are the rules:
  1. Mention the person who tagged you.
  2. Complete the lists of 8's.
  3. Tag 8 other bloggers and let them know.
8 Things I'm looking forward to:
  1. The toddler deciding that the kitchen bin is no longer his favourite thing in the world.
  2. Getting rid of my cold.
  3. Going to the Word Soup Poetry evening tomorrow night.
  4. Performing my songs at an Open Mic night in July (I think I'm looking forward to this)!
  5. Using the Pamper voucher my husband gave me for Christmas!
  6. My Mum coming to stay for a month in August.
  7. My husband's 40th birthday, we're going to London (without the boys - thank you Grandma) to meet up with friends, eat, drink and do karaoke.
  8. The Breast Cancer Care Fashion Show, my best friend is modelling. I will be taking tissues, plenty of tissues!
8 Things I did yesterday
  1. Cleaned the bathroom.
  2. Changed all the sheets.
  3. Washed and dried a load of washing.
  4. Wrote a short blog post about Father's Day.
  5. Went shopping on my own, I haven't been clothes shopping for AGES :-) I bought five tops in the sales and three books for the boys.
  6. Had a coffee and a muffin in Debenhams cafe.
  7. Peeled my finger instead of a carrot.
  8. After I put on a plaster, I cooked a curry from scratch.
8 Things I wish I could do
  1. Cook a proper Yorkshire Pudding
  2. Play the piano really well
  3. Get more sleep
  4. Sew
  5. Write a book
  6. Speak other languages fluently
  7. Lose weight and keep it off
  8. Ensure my family's health and happiness
8 favourite fruits
  1. Strawberry cheesecake
  2. Banoffee pie
  3. Fruit cake
  4. Jaffa cakes
  5. Toffee apples
  6. Orange ice lollies
  7. Strawberry daquaris
  8. Raspberry ripple icecream
8 Places I'd like to travel
  1. Safari in Africa
  2. Galapagos Islands
  3. Madagascar
  4. Sri Lanka
  5. New York (again)
  6. Australia (again)
  7. New Zealand (again)
  8. Japan
8 Places I've lived
  1. Bedfordshire
  2. Hertfordshire
  3. Sydney, Australia
  4. Christchurch, New Zealand
  5. Hertfordshire (again)
  6. Bedfordshire (again)
  7. Surrey
  8. Lancashire
8 people tagged

Who to tag? I'm trying to find out who hasn't already been tagged and who hasn't already done this meme. Apologies if I make a mistake, you're under no obligation to do it, or do it again! I blame 'Baby Brain'!



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9 comments:

  1. I completely relate to the favourite fruit list, to improve on any pudding though it's best to remove the fruit before eating...Thanks for the tag! MH

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  2. I wish I could speak another language too. Oh well. Maybe my girls will!

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  3. I will get round to this at some point this week! Thanks for the tag!

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  4. AMM, My O level French only gets me so far!

    Dancinfairy, looking forward to reading it!

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  5. I like the first thing you're looking forward too...my son is STILL obsessed with looking in bins!!

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  6. Clarey, If I say 'leave the bin alone' once a day, I say it a hundred times!! x

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  7. The trick to a perfect yorkshire pudding is to A) but a little bit of water in the mixture, and b) get the pan and the oil as hot as possible before you pore the mixture in.

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  8. Hi there Dan, thanks for the advice. When it gets a bit cooler I'll cook a roast dinner and attempt a yorkshire pud!

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