(thinking milk) 10 things about me

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• 24-Feb-2010 22:04

  (thinking milk) 10 things about me

  Louise Joined on 13-Feb-2005 United Kingdom Posts 5,707

  Contact 1. I'm seriously addicted to Costa skinny caramel lattes. 2. In my spare time (insert manic laughter) I like to scrapbook and I've started to makes cards recently. 3. I always burn toast. It doen't matter how hard I try not to. 4. I'm currently decorating our living room, dining room and playroom (ok, well H is decorating- I'm doing the important job of buying matching cushions! ) 5. I've ran a half marathon. I'm hoping to regain my fitness again this summer in time to run two more halfs this autumn. 6. Every fortnight I host a charity coffee morning. 7. I'm a primary school teacher. 8. I'm not a morning person at all. 9. I hate buying new shoes as I have 'funny feet'. 10. I think I could recite most episodes of Postman Pat SDS in my sleep.   Over to you.. Tell me 10 things! :) Jack born Sept 07 Emma born Dec 09

• 24-Feb-2010 22:15

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  pea in a pod Joined on 30-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 3,117	Contact 1. i dont like veg/salad/fruit 2. i have a slanket and love it! 3. i also am not a morning person 4. i would happily sleep 12 hours a day 5. i am on a career break 6. i have a gym membership but am rubbish at going 7. i dont drink tea or coffee 8. i have a degree i dont use 9. my hair is curly and i straighten it 10. i am broody (dont tell my H)

• 24-Feb-2010 22:23

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  Louise Joined on 13-Feb-2005 United Kingdom Posts 5,707

  Contact pea in a pod: 1. i dont like veg/salad/fruit 2. i have a slanket and love it! 3. i also am not a morning person 4. i would happily sleep 12 hours a day 5. i am on a career break 6. i have a gym membership but am rubbish at going 7. i dont drink tea or coffee 8. i have a degree i dont use 9. my hair is curly and i straighten it 10. i am broody (dont tell my H) I'm the same as you with the highlighted parts. :) Jack born Sept 07 Emma born Dec 09

• 24-Feb-2010 22:33

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  pea in a pod Joined on 30-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 3,117	Contact to be fair 4 and 10 dont really go do they lol

• 24-Feb-2010 22:33

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  Madwife Nightingale Joined on 17-Nov-2003 United Kingdom Posts 18,906

  Contact 1. I like to scrapbook in my spare time too 2. In just over 6 months I will be a student midwife and I am so excited 3. I run the local breastfeeding support group 4. I've always wanted to learn how to play piano 5. I lost my brother to a brain tumour almost 4 years ago and I don't know that I will ever truly accept it 6. If it weren't for my parents, I'd be bankrupt and repossed by now 7. I put people on pedastals and it hurts when they let me down.....I am learning to deal with this 8. My high score at 10 pin bowling is 201 and I have many trophies. My brother scored the maximum score of 300 twice....in the space of 4 weeks. 9. I am a serious chocoholic....a new bar comes out...I have to try it. 10. I love Vanilla Lattes   Mum to Amy 22/02/06 Phoebe 11/01/08 Want to follow my Midwifery journey? Read my blog http://fromstudenttomidwife.blogspot.com/

• 24-Feb-2010 23:15

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  rachiep Joined on 04-Apr-2009 Posts 255

  Contact mmmmm let me think: 1 I'm a southerner living in the north 2 I'm not a morning person either!!! 3 I have to wash my hair every day 4 I love cars and motorbikes - thank god my H understands and indulges me 5 I wear contact lenses (worn glasses since I was 5) 6 My dad died from a brain tumour 12 years ago - I hate that he never met H and can't be here to be Evie's grandad 7 I HATE my current job and am looking and applying for a new one 8 I'm also a primary school teacher 9 We're about to start building a dormer extension on our bungalow - aaaaaahhhh the mess!! 10 H calls me Monica from friends cos of my slight OCD (especially the cups in the cupboard)

• 25-Feb-2010 8:01

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  Jugs Joined on 27-Apr-2005 United Kingdom Posts 5,401

  Contact 1, DEFINATELY not a morning person, and get VERY cranky when I am tired. 12hours is an understatement, somedays I would happily sleep like a newborn baby! 2. I have a Greek grandfather but shamefully cannot speak the language. 3. I ADORE going to Florida, [whispers] and we hope to move there one day...[whispers] 4. I HATE my jod, I HATE most of the people I work with and feel generally miserable about it but not brave enough to do anything about it. I need to work for my sanity and we need the money! 5. I love chocolate, unfortunately far too much. 6. I started dating my hubby just to have some fun after the break up of a long term relationship and then a short rebound relationship with someone else. HOWEVER He turned out to be the best thing to ever happen to me and 9yrs later I am still smitten with him. 7. We are not having anymore children, just our girls and when people ask me if we don't want to try for a boy I always tell them the truth, if we were having another but I could choose the gender in a shop I would pick another pink one! (No offense to boys or those who have them but the thoguht of a boy scares me, I am too used to girls now lol) 8. My mum has Fybromyalgia and ME and yet it amazes me that she will still look after the girls for me 2 afternoons a week whilst I work, and yet my MIL who is healthy gets "too tired" to bother even coming to see them. 9. I LOVE my house, it used to belong to my nanny who died when I was 10yrs old and when we brought it 8yrs ago it was a huge emotional step for me, brought back alot of memories, but now I am able to find happiness in those memories. 10. My girls watch far too much TV really (well Mollie really) but I don't mind, they do alot during the week and if they need to just have downtime when we are home then so be it. They are storming with their development and are well behaved (they have their moments) so I have absolutely no concerns that the TV is defecting them in anyway.

• 25-Feb-2010 8:23

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  *aims* Joined on 02-Nov-2009 Posts 436

  Contact 1. I am only happy when I have half a dozen or so projects on the go 2. I am a perfectionist 3. I cannot sit still 4. I get bored easily (which probably explain's all the above) 5. I like have a good old chat with friends 6. I drink tea and coffee far too much 7. I move counties every 2-3 years and love it 8. I never think I'm doing well enough and could always do better, and try harder. 9. I very stoic, and struggle to admit I can't cope. Ever. 10. Shopping makes me irrationally happy, but I do not have the funds to maintain the irrational happiness which is shame really lol

• 25-Feb-2010 9:12

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  Bubbles05 Joined on 06-Oct-2004 United Kingdom Posts 1,370

  Contact Great post!     1. I am not a morning person which is a pain when I have to get up between 5am - 7am 6 days a week. 2. I sometimes wish I could move far far away from my extended family (parents marriage breakdown has been very hard on all involved). 3. I feel like I am wasted in my current job and would love to retrain but cannot afford to do it now or in the foreseeable future. 4. I have a fantastic husband who is my equal and never complains about anything. 5. I absolutely hate shopping for myself but love shopping for others. 6. I am a book worm. 7. If it were not for the support of my husband and some very good friends I would have gone insane with some of the things     I have had to deal with in the last couple of years. 8. I am a firm believer in fate - what will be will be. 9. I drink way too much tea. 10.I wish I could have more spare time to start a hobby. 1. I am not a morning person which is a pain when I have to get up between 5am - 7am 6 days a week. 2. I sometimes wish I could move far far away from my extended family (parents marriage breakdown has been very hard on all involved). 3. I feel like I am wasted in my current job and would love to retrain but cannot afford to do it now or in the foreseeable future. 4. I have a fantastic husband who is my equal and never complains about anything. 5. I absolutely hate shopping for myself but love shopping for others. 6. I am a book worm. 7. If it were not for the support of my husband and some very good friends I would have gone insane with some of the things I have had to deal with in the last couple of years. 8. I am a firm believer in fate - what will be will be. 9. I drink way too much tea. 10.I wish I could have more spare time to start a hobby.   Bubbles05

• 25-Feb-2010 9:33

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  MightyQuin Joined on 12-Apr-2006 SW Not London Posts 6,466

  Contact 1. I'm a qualified accountant but currently unemployed after being made redundant when I was pregnant - the thought of having to get a new job before the money runs out scares me! 2. If I could live anywhere in the world it would be Coronado, across the bay from San Diego. 3. Though to be honest, I'd just like to own my own house, wherever it is. Sometimes feel like we're the only ones who don't and that we're never going to get on the housing ladder. 4. I never pictured myself as the mother of a One and Only, but I don't think we'll be having more children. 5. After watching the Winter Olympics I'm desperate to have another go at skiing, and get proper lessons this time 6. I took up sewing when I first went on Maternity Leave and I'm looking forward to getting back into it when I get some more time to myself 7. I don't know whether I'm a Northerner or a Southerner as I was born in the North to a Northern family, but have spent most of my life in the South 8. One of the things I'd most like in the world right now is to be able to get into bed and go to sleep, knowing I don't have to get up till I want to. 9. I still don't know how to talk to other people's babies and children 10. I wish I was better at making and keeping friends, but I'm not very good at making small talk to get to know people. Gabrielle Rose (The Bug) 11.10.09

• 25-Feb-2010 9:34

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  Sparkling Joined on 30-Jun-2004 United Kingdom Posts 23,195

  Contact 1. I am a morning person it's late nights that dont' suit me! 2. I have culled my little sister.  We dont' speak or correspond or know what the other is doing and that suits me just fine. 3. I loved the secondment I was doing before I was signed off and hope that i can get a permanent job there when i go back to work in 2011. 4. I knit loads and loads. 5. Mr S is fab I love him to bits and he's such a practical chap there's no job too big round the house. 6. I like a clean and tidy house but i seem to have been born without the capability to ensure this happens! 7. Until this baby is born I can say every day I'm the most pregnant I've ever been! 8. i should really be having a shower, loading the washer or doing washing up and not hitching 9. I want to move house.  I want a bigger one with more rooms so i can actually put some stuff away properly and get furniture back that's in storage. 10. I'm very indecisive and struggling to make decisions on how baby t2 will be delivered.

• 25-Feb-2010 9:38

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  Snowball Joined on 09-Apr-2004 United Kingdom Posts 5,810

  Contact 1. I used to be a baton twirler and won competitions at national level 2. I watch too much rubbish tv 3. I worked in motorsport for 13 years before being made redundant in February 2009 4. I adore line-dried washing and get a kick out of seeing it blowing on the line on a beautiful day 5. I love Gary Bralow 6. I am double joined and my son takes after me 7. I taught myself to crochet at the beginning of the year and am really proud of how it is progressing 8. My favourite film of all time is 'Ferris Bueller's day off' 9. I sometimes feel a bit invisible here which shouldn't make me sad but does 10. I haven't seen my dad for over five years and have no desire to ever see him again Harvey born 7 October 2005 - 11 days late - 6lb 10oz Hugo born 25 April  2010 - 12 days late - 8lb 8oz Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller

• 25-Feb-2010 9:49

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  Madwife Nightingale Joined on 17-Nov-2003 United Kingdom Posts 18,906	Contact Snowball:   9. I sometimes feel a bit invisible here which shouldn't make me sad but does   You are definitely not invisible This is a great thread Mum to Amy 22/02/06 Phoebe 11/01/08 Want to follow my Midwifery journey? Read my blog http://fromstudenttomidwife.blogspot.com/

• 25-Feb-2010 9:50

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  Maisy Mouse Joined on 28-Jul-2005 United Kingdom Posts 8,975

  Contact Oh I love reading threads like this and finding out more about people. Ok here are mine: 1. I am obsessed with rats and would have a whole house full of them if we had room - real ones that is. 2. I am a vegetarian and would love to be a vegan but don't have the willpower. 3. I am addicted to coffee and my prize possession is our latte maker. 4. I hate clothes shopping. 5. When I was 19, I accidentally tried to pull my eyeball out. I thought I had fallen asleep with my contact lenses in, and in the morning couldn't get one of them out so was using my little sink plunger type thing. The lens kept coming part the way out then popping back in again. I went to A&E who informed me that the contact lens wasn't actually in and the 'lens' I was pulling out was actually part of my eye. Ouch! 6. I'm always genuinely amazed when people want to be friends with me. 7. I'm a primary school teacher but have realised quite how much I hate it and how it has never been the right career for me. 8. Despite living in London most my life I'm actually a Northerner. I was born in Blackpool and my mum is from Staffordshire. 9. I have a phobia of stick insects and needles. 10. I love horror films - the scarier the better.

• 25-Feb-2010 9:53

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  *Dust* Joined on 30-Sep-2003 United Kingdom Posts 14,546

  Contact Great thread 1. I love scrapbooking. I have a craft room and far far too much stash that I probably won’t ever use. 2. It scares me how much money I have spent on scrapbooking supplies (stash) 3. I want to learn how to decorate cupcakes beautifully as it’s something I think I could be good at. I love baking but the icing is what I think makes a cake. 4. I don’t want anything to do with my father. We have a very strained relationship and I wish I had the guts to cull him but then I wouldn’t have any contact with my little brother. 5. I work as a Bid Manager in utilities. I fell into doing it after I left Uni but I fell I should be doing something more worthwhile with my life (but I have no idea what). 6. We are in a serious amount of debt. It’s not unmanageable but its significant. It makes me cross that H and I have run up so much debt on nothing in particular. There are a few big purchases here or there but I think if we had had a better control of our finances it could have been avoided. 7. We live in a nice 4 bedroom house. My family think that we have lots of money because of this but all our money goes on paying the mortgage and paying off what we owe. 8. My mum is always on at me to reduce my hours and I would love to but we really can’t afford for me to reduce my hours. 9. I worry a lot that we made the wrong decision buying our house and saddling ourselves with a big mortgage. I can’t face moving to something smaller as it would be admitting we made a mistake and its costly to move, plus we have very little equity in our house. 10. I like to be really busy and always have lots of projects on the go at home and at work. I’m struggling at the moment because I don’t have lots of things going on. Name changed from angeldust I - April 2007 J - June 2010