Panic! At The Disco – The Ballad of Mona Lisa

I love all the steampunk in the video it’s awesome!

Sunshine and Wine by Kam Singh

Kam is a friend of mine and Chris’s on the 25th June he’s playing at the final of Bedford’s Got Talent!!

Technically this should have been posted on Wednesday but with every spare minute of this week been devoted to sleep or knitting, I’ve just got round to doing this – it’s been sat as a draft since Wednesday evening lol.

{one} what color best describes you + why?
I’m not actually that sure lol. I think my friends would say pink or purple but I seem to leave in jeans so that would be blue, or I wear black or grey trousers at work lots so it could be one of those.

{two} how have you changed in the past year?
I’ve taken on more responsibility at work and at church both with regards to social media. Also (although in the last few weeks rather than in the last year) I’ve finally pulled my finger out and started making handmade bits to sell both in person and on Etsy. (As you can see from yesterday’s post about the fair.)

{three} have you ever had any surgeries?
Nope, well apart from teeth extractions – do those count?

{four} why did you start your blog?
Originally it was somewhere to rant and deal with stuff and somehow it turned into this thing lol.

{five} what are you looking forward to this summer?
Erm, not sure – I don’t really have a holiday booked so it’s not that. I’m going on an epic road trip with Chris (Well he’s cycling and I’m the support crew! Look here for more info)

{six} do you have any family traditions for the 4th of July?
Nope because it’s not celebrated here in the UK like it is in America 🙂

{seven} what’s something new that you’ve tried in the past few months?
Soap making.

{eight} what is the perfect a/c temperature?
I have no idea – not too hot not too cold maybe?!

{nine} what was the last movie you saw in the theater?
On Friday I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It was good but wasn’t the same without Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom creating havoc as well.

{ten} what song do you think everyone should hear at least once?
Am I biased if I say one of the songs that my friends Alex and Suzie performed at the concert last night? I think my favourites would be A Love Like Yours or What A Difference. Take a listen please.

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

X is for….

I could think of any for X. So here we go with Y and Z

Y is for….Yellowcard

1. Everywhere by Yellowcard

Z is for….Ziggy Stardust

Okay so technically Ziggy was the alter ego of David Bowie so here are the songs.

1. Life On Mars

2. Ashes to Ashes

3. Space Oddity

4. Starman

1. This weekend I’m going out with Chris and I’m “dragging” him to one of my favourite craft stores. I have one thing to buy that is it – I promise well maybe it might be 2 things but I’ll try not to spend more money than I need to lol.

2. My last vacation was good question – I’ve had time off work but my last holiday was erm when I went to Paris last May – yep this time last year was my last holiday and actually going somewhere – then again it was two days does that count?

3. My next vacation will be well at the moment I don’t have one booked. I have an overnight visit to Birmingham in a few weeks time and might be going to Nottingham in September but that’s again over night and I’m not actually 100% sure I am going for that one at the moment. Other than that I have no holidays booked. In an ideal world where my bills were paid and I could take the time off I’d take 2-3 weeks off and go to Australia and New Zealand.

4. My favorite way to relax is to flop out on the sofa and watch movies – I might even blog at the same time (oh yeah that’s what I’m doing at the moment!)

5. When vacationing one should always just go for a wander and see what you find. Take note of your route too so you can get back to where you’re staying!

6. When vacationing one should never worry about what you’re eating – yes it’s probably bad for you but you’re on holiday so don’t worry about it.

7. The best part about a vacation is that feeling when you get home – there’s a point when you just want to be home and then you get there and you appreciate your home so much more some how.

This is a sponsored post by Ebuzzing.

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

W is for….The Who

1. Baba O’Riley

2. Won’t Get Fooled Again

3. Twist and Shout

4. Pinball Wizard

5. Who Are You?

Having posted that notebook with the video cassette on it, I was looking for alternatives (As I don’t think they are on sale *sad face*) I started at Etsy and found these cassette tape themed items.

Source {Bertiescloset}

Source {Crooked Walker}

Source {Tally’s Treasury}.

She also blogs and tweets here and here. There is also a tutorial of how to make these note books here.

{Source: CraftieRobot}

I was about to start this post with “I really failed on my to do list” but actually having looked back down it I did do quite a lot.

{one} Washing – well no washing got done – I woke up Saturday morning and had meant to do it but because I went to sleep around 3am I didn’t actually wake up until about 11am. When I did wake up I’d done something to my neck and couldn’t turn my neck towards my right shoulder – I got to a certain point and all the muscles in my neck and back started hurting. I ended up sitting in front of the TV for most of the day not doing very much because it was hurting to do normal stuff as well.

{two} Watch Doctor Who – well I managed this – and the end was like “Okay so when did that happen?” I can’t say any more than that without giving away spoilers.

{three} Tweak poster for A Love Like Yours – this was done as soon as I got home on Friday. After work I went to the charity shop to empty the boot of the car as I’d had some bags of bits to go to the charity shop that kept getting moved round. I also bought 3 new tops while I was there. I then came home and edited the poster before emailing off to the relevant people.

{four} Put Clothes away from (last) weekend – Now I think this happened Saturday evening when the painkillers had kicked in and I was feeling more human – or it might have been Sunday before bed – I’m not sure that bit of my weekend got all muddled lol

{five} Find a recipe for Eton Mess – done, I found a recipe here and tweaked it a bit.

{six} Make Eton Mess (and blog it)– Well I forgot to take pictures so couldn’t really blog about it – the first attempt was a little too much cream and not enough meringue and fruit so that will be tweaked for next time – Dad said it needed chunks of fruit rather than just the mushed strawberries to make the cream pink.

{seven} Finish His Image, My Image by Josh McDowell – this didn’t happen with the sore neck and sleeping most of Saturday (and then dozing off Sunday afternoon in front of the TV) I seemed to lose most of my weekend lol.

Thankfully with yesterday being a bank holiday I thought I’d be able to chill a bit and enjoy the day in Cambridge. Well at 7am ish when Chris woke me up I had a headache so he let me go back to sleep for another hour – technically it was supposed to be about half an hour but then he was busy doing other stuff. I got up and drank about a litre of fluid before leaving the house I also took paracetamol to kick my headache into orbit. That worked temporarily but by lunch time it came back and I had to take some more painkillers – again it went but came back around tea time. Anyway so I took the first lot and we headed off to church. Chris went to get the minibus key and decided – as I’m now allowed to drive the minibus I should move it out of the driveway and round to the front of church. Well because the driveway goes onto a residential street that has cars parked both sides of the road it was easier said than done – it was strange getting used to the bonnet being so shallow in comparison to a car bonnet. I was up to the wing mirrors getting it out of the drive way and Chris kept saying “Mind the mirrors, mind the mirrors” I think I told him to shut up at that point because I was concentrating on getting out of the drive way in one piece and remembering the turning circle is completely different (when turning left you kinda have to aim for the wrong side of the junction to get the back end round without clipping the curb). Well I was fine out of the driveway I then took the corner to turn up Denmark Street into the front of church a little too tight and I clipped the curb – I think I then wiggled it and parked too far away from the curb but it was fine while we got everyone on the bus and sorted. The Murf even took a picture of me behind the wheel.

That was fine, I was all ready to hand over to Caz to drive to Cambridge as she’s our Minibus person in our Connect Group, somewhere in here Chris decides that I should drive – I need to get used to it. Well I freak and I get all proper worried – first time I drove a car it was me and my instructor – first time I drove a car post-test me and my Dad. First time driving the mini bus properly, Chris, Caz, The Murf, and like 9 other people (4 being under 15!) were there to observe my first time lol.

Well we made it to Cambridge and I was very glad to get out and stand on the pavement – it wasn’t a bad journey as there was very little traffic (For a bank holiday then again it was about 10am by the time we got to Cambridge).

We went punting and I was grateful for the rest lol. It was nice to chill out and take pictures and things.I tend decided that I had to have a go – which was fine but I nearly fell in the river – that would have been funny but very cold.

After we’d been punting we had a picnic next to the river – it was good but it was getting a bit cloudy and cooler.

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

V is for….Various

1. A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton

2. Yesterday, Today and Forever by Vicky Beeching

3. Precious by Vicky Beeching

4. Extravagant Worship by Vicky Beeching

5. Rhythm of The Night by Valeria

While commenting on other Fill In The Blanks posts I found this on Eliza’s Blog. These notebooks are awesome and so cool. You can find the original on the product page of Peleg Design.

Dear Chris

Today you had various meetings and then you came home and I think you slept most of the day – You came home from the prayer meeting yesterday feeling all icky so you might be going down with something. I might sleep on the sofa so that I don’t catch it but with the VIP guest from the USA at work tomorrow I need to be on the ball so sleeping in the bed might be a better option lol.

While you’re upstairs curled up in bed (probably playing on your computer) I’m sat downstairs writing this post and watching Nights in Rodanthe. It’s a really sad movie in the end but the house is just amazing – I think you’d love it. At least before it was moved because of the coastline eroding it was right on the beach.

Han 🙂

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

U is for….U2

1. City of Blinding Lights

2. Vertigo

3. The Sweetest Thing

4. Pride (In The Name of Love)

5. One (With Mary J. Blige)

So after last weekend where I did hardly anything other than make milkshakes and feel ill I decided I needed to make a to do list.

• Finish the washing (looking like 5 or 6 loads maybe 7 total).
• Tidy the bedroom (this might make the above close to 10 loads lol).
• Finish the homemade skirt.
• Finishing reading Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronivitch.
• Sort some tea (might delegate this to Chris)
• Watch new Doctor Who episode (6.45pm this evening)
• Be at church for 7:15pm (Yep Doctor Who will have to be watched later.
• Go to the Prayer Meeting
• Remember to drink some water rather than get dehydrated lol

{one} People always tell me I look like my Mum or my cousin Tori. No one famous lol.

{two} Friends don’t let friends walk home along late at night. I’d rather drive out my way to make sure my friend gets home safely then leave them to walk home alone.

{three} A sunny day is perfect for BBQs or hanging out on the trampoline! Then again we need sunshine on Monday when we go punting in Cambridge.

{four} My favorite accessory is my phone lol. Kidding. I guess it’s probably the current reading book that I’m on – I read it while I eat my lunch. I read between the office and the car (I mastered the art of holding it and then watching where I’m going using peripheral vision lol. My colleagues probably think I’m nuts)

{five} If I could afford it I would quit my job and travel for a bit. Okay maybe that wouldn’t work so well. Maybe I take two weeks of my holiday and go somewhere completely different to normal. Would two weeks be enough time to go to Australia.

{six} The cure for boredom is reading, watch a movie or play music – that’s what I do when I’m bored lol.

{seven} I am currently “in like” with clothes from the charity shop. I try and take some in once in a while to help out and occasionally I purchase some – there’s a charity shop on Castle Road near church that always has fab bits in it – whereas the one in town is really sucky.

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

T is for….The Ting Tings

1. That’s Not My Name

2. Be The One

3. We Walk

4. Shut Up and Let Me Go

5. Hands

At the moment I’m sat in the main worship area at Brickhill Baptist in Bedford. Writing this blog post is probably going to drain the remnants of my battery so it might have to be finished later. (then again playing on my phone rather than joining in the games might make me look like a really rubbish example lol.)

So why am I at Brickhill on a Friday night – well good question…..j/k.

Either Chris was asked by Tim G (the youth worker here) or Chris asked Tim if he could come and make milkshakes and spread the word about The Fountain. So I’m here helping Chris. I was in a huff earlier and was a bit mean to Chris about helping this evening but now I feel okay – I’m just a bit tired as I came straight from work (I work like 15 minutes walk up the road from the church building.)

So far we made like 6 shakes but its just the first of two youth meetings tonight (11-14s is at 6:30 and then the 15-19s start at 8 I think).

So on my recent (or at least more recent posts) I’ve been replying to every comment pretty much as it comes in – now I’ve got some chance I’m working my way through the back comments and adding replies – I’m sorry if this spams you by mistake.

Han 😀

I was going to start writing this post on Saturday when I got home from the concert but something stopped me writing it – I got as far as watching Doctor Who and opening a TextEdit Document to start writing but that’s as far as it got.

I’ve been to a few concerts in the past – mainly Christian gigs at camps like Soul Survivor, I’ve seen Status Quo play twice but both times were with my parents or family members. Back in October I went to what I considered my first proper concert which was KT Tunstall at Cambridge Junction.

That kinda makes this weekend my second concert.

Back in 2001 a band called Catatonia split up. I’m not sure if I knew of them before then but somewhere along the line I got an album called International Velvet – and I was hooked, one maths lesson my friend L had sat writing out the lyrics to Don’t Need The Sunshine (this is probably my favourite – or at least draws with Strange Glue or Goldfish and Paracetamol). Even now CD1 of their Greatest Hits is on pretty much constant repeat in my car. Back in about February I’d been looking at going to another concert and found that Cerys Matthews (lead singer of Catatonia) was going on tour with her latest album. Tickets weren’t too much and the concert was at the Stables in MK which is like less than 45 minutes away from my house – sorted – I just needed to make sure I was free and had the money.

Well at first I’d half double booked myself but then the other thing I was supposed to be at got postponed so last Tuesday I booked my ticket – I very nearly didn’t get one as they were down to single tickets.

So on Saturday after praying and fasting for church stuff I grabbed a sandwich and headed over to MK. At first I had misjudged which side of MK I needed for Wavendon. In my mind somehow I needed to go on the Newport Pagnell side but actually I was fine with the Bypass route in.

Anyway so I get there and at 7:45 when the auditorium was opened I took my seat. I didn’t mind the fact I was there on my own but when the auditorium did fill I think I was one of few who weren’t there with friends or family.

Cerys came on and started with some solo songs – she was the joined by a guy called Mason who was very multi-talented (at point he played bass guitar with his hands, the hi-hat with his left foot and the floor top with a pedal with his right foot) after a few songs they were joined by another guy who played an instrument that was similar to a lute – it was awesome. There was one song that Cerys was going to play on banjo but because it started buzzing she decided to play it on guitar instead which was a shame but I guess it made it different to other concerts.

My favourite songs of the night were Into The Blue (I’d been listening to it earlier in the day) and Galway Shawl/Strange Glue. Galway Shawl is a Irish folk song and Strange Glue was a hit for Catatonia. It was awesome how it fitted together and didn’t sound “crow-barred” together. When it got to the Strange Glue bit I was singing along – I’m not sure whether or not this annoyed the people around me but I’m pretty sure the guy next to me was singing as well lol.

I loved how much Cerys talked with the audience – almost made it like we were hanging out in someone’s living room rather than in an auditorium.

Afterwards I joined the queue for the signings, even before I’d got out of the auditorium the queue was really long. Thankfully the people around me were quite chatty and we talked about how maybe people were coming out the other door and then jumping in the queue rather than joining the end – it was quite funny.

I’d gone wearing my Threadless camera T-shirt – I thought I looked really scruffy in comparison to the other people there (I’d been people watching while waiting for the doors to open) but when Cerys asked what is was I was glad I wore it. We talked about Strange Glue and that it was awesome. We also talked about how I should replace my well played copy of Catatonia Greatest Hits with a new Cerys CD – I had purchased Don’t Look Down before the concert.

I put it on in the car and sang along to the ones I remembered from the concert. It’s been playing in the car since and been discussing the concert via Twitter with a couple of people (who might be here reading this – hello!)

If and when she’s back over this direction, if the tickets aren’t too much I’ll go see her in concert again.

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

S is for….Suzi Quatro

1. Devil Gate Drive

2. All Shook Up

3. Glycerine Queen

4. Roxy Roller

5. Your Momma Won’t Like Me

So if you stopped by here from For The Love of Blogs – welcome and hello. So today isn’t Mother’s Day here in the UK (it was back in March) but if you are visiting from the USA or another country that celebrate it today – I hope you had a lovely day and that you were spoilt by your kids.
My MIL is staying for the week – so while I write this post Chris and his Mummy are plotting what to do this week – it means that I am going to work on the bus (or at least coming home tomorrow I think I’ve managed to blag a lift to work in the morning.)

When I started writing my blog a few years back it was somewhere I could come and write and splurge about how I was feeling about what was going on around me – at the time when I started writing I was a student and was dealing with all sorts of issues. Now I’m out in the world of work and I kind of have to be careful about what I write – if I talk about my job I have to remember how easy it is for my manager to go to Google and find my blog. I guess I’m feeling like my blog has lost it’s way again – I write lots about music and my goals and stuff like that but should it be more contained and going down a particular route rather than just being somewhere to spew. Am I constrained by my job etc as to what I can and can’t write about?

Another thing that is being raised more and more is that – whatever we put out there on the internet can be read by anyone and I mean ANYONE. You know that dream job you want well you’re new employer might be reading, that rant about your ex-employer might have seemed like a good idea at the time but then on your first day of your new job your new employer might be reading it. It has been discussed in Christian circles that if our actions have to show Christ to those around us that means that our statuses on social networks should be that too – ranting about how mean your girl/boyfriend was to you isn’t showing Christ to those around you – but encouraging them by praising something that they did do that made you feel loved that’s better right? (Yes I know there is still a line to make sure you don’t cross lol) In the past I’ve posted “is feeling really loved because Chris did this thing” and often you’ll find that people like your status because it’s encouraging to another person it’s saying thank you or praising them for something good rather than putting them down.

I was then also thinking about the platform – does that affect it? I think my first blog was on Xanga or LiveJournal then I flicked between Blogger and WordPress – and then somehow settled here – I was talking to Chris about moving my blog the other day and he explained how he uses my blog as an example to show his clients what he can do with theirs – and things like that. I don’t mind that but then am I constrained to design to show of Chris’s talents.

So this is kinda rambled and I’m not actually all that sure how much sense it will make but we’ll see what happens.

{one} What I love most about my home is the crazy times we have here. I live with Chris and the Kiwi. Often there are more people in our house which makes it feel so much busier. Next week for example my MIL is going to be here as well as us three and the Kiwi’s boyfriend.

{two} I’m excited because, next week is my 4th wedding anniversary – I can’t quite believe that it’s been four years since I got married and went to Amsterdam with Chris.

{three} My preferred method for blowing off steam when I’m frustrated is having a good cry or sticking on loud rock music and moshing round the living room.

{four} Currently I am craving junk food – I actually think it’s my only vice lol.

{five} The thing I love most about my mom is her hugs – she gives the best ones. When I’m feeling yucky we curl up on the sofa and she gives me a cuddle while we catch up on TV. She helps me cook new things and make my own skirts and other deranged ideas.

6. If I was going to write a book about my life, the title would be “One Crazy Jelly Bean” I have no idea but because I love jelly beans and I am a little crazy lol.

7. If I were to eat one thing for the rest of eternity it would be bruschetta maybe – if I could add cheese to it lol. That way I would still get 1 of my 5 a day by eating all those tomatoes lol.

28th April
So this was the epic day of the week that was going to throw everything else off – my friend Dave moved up north to live in the same town as his fiance. We were sat around chatting a few weeks ago about when he was leaving and how he was getting there. He asked his Mum if she could take him but she already had stuff that needed to be done. I said to him that I already had the time off – if he shouted the petrol then I would drive him.

So we load the car and off we go. The journey up was fine – it was a bit busy around Birmingham but other than that it was good – we got there and Dave’s Fiance had cooked us lunch – she made pie but not just any pie she made the pastry herself! She gets a gold star for effort – she sat there apologising that she didn’t think it had come out right – well she was so wrong! It was yummy yummy! I drove Dave round to his new house and we unloaded the car.

I then drove the hour and a half to the motorway – I decided to pull over in Sutton-in-Ashfield which is the town across from Kewey’s house – I grabbed a sandwich at the supermarket and texted Kewey about saying hi – she didn’t reply at first so I texted her boyf to see if she was okay as it seemed kinda strange that she hadn’t replied. He then sorted with Kewey’s Mum about me popping round – I surprised Kewey and I think I made her day – or at least made it a bit better.

I hung out there for about an hour while we fixed the TV (so that they could record the wedding while Kewey’s sister was at work) I then drove the rest of the way home. I had a bit of a moment about petrol around Leicester – it was a little expensive to pay for motorway petrol but at the same time I didn’t have enough fuel or energy to divert to a supermarket – I paid the extra for the motorway fuel and got on with it – I needed to get home.

29th April
Well guess what I did – like a lot of the country I watched the wedding. I hadn’t been that excited about the wedding – that was until about 9am on Friday morning and they started talking about the coverage. Kate looked amazing – the sweetest moment was when Harry looks down the aisle and looks at Kate, he then turns to Will and says something about how pretty she looks. As Kate gets to the altar at the front Will turns to her and says something like “You’re Beautiful”. I kinda wanted Will to look down the aisle at Kate and you’d get that look (you know the one they talk about in 27 Dresses – yes I am one of those people – I look at the groom to see how he reacts then I turn to look at the Bride to see how gorgeous she looks) and that reaction but I guess there was protocol and all those things.

30th April
Today I was helping Mum and Chris with the Fountain stand at the St Cuthbert’s Family Festival. After setting up we needed a battery and I needed to go and collect my phone (it had been sent of for repairs). I got the battery and headed for the phone store. I got there and the guy was just opening – it was about 9:04am I was the first customer of the day. The guy went and got my phone and explained that they’d replaced the handset – well that was better than expected – I half thought that they would be really difficult and send back my old handset and say that there wasn’t anything that could be done. Well that made my day – less than 5 months into my contract and I have a new handset – awesome good good!

I walked back to the stand while trying to move over music and things like that – Palm Pre is rubbish for sending stuff via Bluetooth that’s for sure. I kept trying to transfer stuff and take photos but without my SD card it just wasn’t happy. It was good fun even though me and Mum felt like we were at a bit of a loose end for most of the day. It was kinda cold through the morning as we were in the shade and then in the afternoon when we moved to the otherside of the street we were baking.

This evening we went to see Laura in a performance of Honk! It was awesome but so geeky how I remembered the songs even though it was like 10 years ago that I was in the production at school.

Both me and Serena ended up with no battery so in the middle of the bar at the theatre I switched my SIM card so that we could get the map on my phone to be able to get out of Cambridge.

1st May
This morning I played in the band at church (although I hadn’t been around for practice on Thursday). It’s probably the wrong word to use but it just seemed like our “mojo” was missing. Paul preached on John 21 – breakfast on the beach. (See I was listening even if I was doodling lol)

After church I went to hang out with Mrs W and the Little One in the creche – we chatted about how she (Mrs W) was doing as these last few weeks didn’t quite go to plan but it seems to all be back on track – or at least getting there anyway!

I then went and played my guitar for a bit in the church as Chris was catching up with various people. Paul came in to chat to me about how I was doing – two Sundays ago he lent me a book called His Image My Image by Josh McDowell. It’s not something I would have picked up myself but if the Pastor thinks that I should read it I figure it’s going to be worth the read. I’m about half way through. We also talked about all the craziness that’s happening with trying to get the Fountain up and running.

After lunch I had been watching DVDs but during one of them I started dozing off – in the end I went up to bed and slept for about an hour, Chris came in to tell me he was off to church for the youth group. I dozed off again – woke up around 6 and decided I really ought to get up again – well the mind was willing but the body wasn’t I fell asleep again – I woke up at 6:45 and decided that even if I just sat in front of the TV I really needed to get out of bed otherwise I wouldn’t sleep through the night.

Finished Reading One Day by David Nicholls today.

2nd May
I’m kinda glad for the nap I had yesterday afternoon – I woke up at 3am – I mean like bolt awake as if it was morning or something and then I couldn’t go back to sleep. I guess I had a bad dream or something but I don’t remember it I just remember being awake and realising the time lol.

We had a BBQ for mine and Kam’s birthday. It was so much fun! Bex made us a joint cake and it was amazing – the people were so realistic.

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3rd May
So then we get back to today, I was back at work which was fine but spent the morning feeling a bit spaced out and trying to get my brain back into gear and get

I went out for a run this evening – if that’s what you could call it. I came back and after I’d caught my breathe and grabbed a shower I set about playing with the stats and things like that.

While I was sat here I found a plug in that would display my stats here on my blog – technically I’ve only done one run because the first was o.o3km wandering round the house to have a play.

I keep meaning to write more – what we’ve been upto and what we’ve planned but somehow I keep forgetting or life just gets too busy. I’ll try once more and if it doesn’t work this time I’ll call it quits.

This evening we watched The Social Network – tbh it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be but at the same time it was good to hang out and spend time with you. Thank you for watching Grey’s Anatomy with me after even though you really don’t like it. Thank you for making me laugh when you told Izzie “Don’t do that you silly woman!”

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

R is for….Regina Spektor

1.Fidelity

2. Us

3. Your Honor

4. Samson

5. Poor Little Rich Boy

A= Available – Nope. Married
B= Best Friend – Erm I wouldn’t say that I have one particular best friend
C= Cake or pie – Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream or really gooey chocolate cake.
D= Drink of choice – At the moment water or lucozade lol. Given up caffeinated fizzy drinks for Lent.
E= Essential item you use everyday – hair elastic – there might be days when I don’t use them but I always have at least one with me.
F= Favorite colour – Erm green I think but I wear alot of pink
G= Gummy bears or worms – Erm Gummy Bears I think – they are nicer lol. I have a bag on my kitchen table at the moment that came all the way from Germany. Trisha @ MarySew sent them to me.
H= Hometown – Bedford, UK
I= Indulgences – Online shopping – especially on Etsy lol
J= January or February – January – new year
K= Kids and Names – None yet – maybe one day we’ll get there and have a dinkie or two
L= Life is incomplete without? – My family – they rock even when I’m annoying and moody lol.
M= Marriage date – May 12th
N= Number of siblings – Just the one brother – he’s called Richard
O= Oranges or apples – Apple in a pie or Orange if I’m eating it as a snack.
P= Phobias or Fears – I’m not scared of heights in the sense of standing on a castle or something like that but when it comes to abseiling and climbing – I’m fine climbing but abseiling I can’t get myself over the top and starting down the wall (Does that make sense?!)
Q= Favorite Quote – “We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars” – Oscar Wilde.
R= Reason to smile – Family and friends.
S= Season – Spring or Autumn – not too hot and not too cold.
T= Tag 3 or 4 people – Anyone who wants to do it.
U= Unknown fact about me – No idea lol. I actually like tea now – okay it’s just Earl Grey or Darjeeling but it’s better than before.
V= Vegetable you don’t like – Runner beans, brussell sprouts – those are just two that I don’t like – the like list is much shorter!
W= Worst habit – verbal diarrhoea – I can talk for Britain some days. It’s not good!
X= X-rays – Two I think – I had a RTC when I was 14 – I had one taken of my ankle on it’s side and one as a front view – no broken bones just a strained muscle.
Y= Your favorite food – Italian or Chinese
Z= Zodiac Sign – Taurus

I found this here on Kim’s blog and Amy’s Blog.

{one} I am looking forward to

{two} Something kind of embarassing that I still love anyway is

{three} My favorite car is VW Beetle or VW Campervan – also like Morris Minors.

{four} If I could pick one type of weather to live with for the rest of my life it would be

{five} My favorite thing to do after a bad/stressful day is nap, then again maybe moshing round to rock music is a good thing.

{six} This weekend I’ll be watching Doctor Who with either Chris, my parents or all of them. I’ll also be getting ready to go back to work after having like 11 days off straight.

{seven} If I were a color, I’d be yellow or greenbecause, yellow is bright and cheerful like sunshine, green is also a bright crazy colour. (But not lime green – it’s gotta be the right shade!)

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

Q is for….Queen

1. Bohemian Rhapsody

2. Headlong

3. Seven Seas of Rhye

4. Seven Seas of Rhye

5. Under Pressure

Under Pressure – We Will Rock You

Each picture links to it’s source.

Well how did I hear about this one….I got an email the other day telling me about the band so I went for a listen – I love how their videos are made up of random clips from old movies – the video for Daybreak is mainly Cowboy and Western films whereas the video for Making Plans is mainly old black and white movies.

City Reign is made up of Chris Bull and Mike Grice from Manchester, UK.

You can follow them on Twitter @CityReign or their blog here. Daybreak is released on the 9th May (from Car Boot Records – their own company)

So I’ve been meaning to get on a health kick for weeks now – I eat too much cake and chocolate (Well when I haven’t given up chocolate for Lent).

I’m not a running kind of person but I did try going out with my friend two weeks ago – it was fun and nice to hang out with her for a little while but the running wasn’t so good – every 20 or 30 paces I was having to stop and walk – on one occasion I had to take my inhaler.

After I got back from the practice this evening and had some dinner, Chris and I took a walk to my parents house and back – we also raced a bit – I got to Mum’s and nearly flopped in a heap but my Dad was on hand with his blue inhaler (it’s the same medicine just different design). We also raced back home again – we ran from about 5 or 6 houses down the street to our house – I won and got to the front door first but Chris said he let me win!

I figure once I’m a bit motivated I could get some new trainers – I quite like these ones but I think I’d go and have them properly measured (so I walk/run on the right bit of the sole and things like that).

For now I am going to count steps – I have a green pedometer and here we go.

Image from Here. Idea from Rickie’s blog.

P is for….Phatfish

1. Come To Me

2. There Is A Day

3. Faint

4. High Over All

5. O God of Love

I was often of the impression that I was well read but I think when it comes down to it I read alot just not necessarily a wide enough spread. I read about it on David’s Blog I went down the list and deleted off the ones that I had never heard of, while seperating the others into different lists. It was a little despressing to seee that I’ve only read 6 that are listed (or sections of others – if you count those it goes up to 17 in total). There are some like The Hobbit or Gormenghast that I started reading only to give up for one or another reason – My Dad often encouraged me to read The Hobbit – long before Lord of The Rings came out as a film series.

There are now three editions of the 1001 list, with 1294 titles on all three lists. Dates in parentheses are book editions of the 1001 list. Information in brackets is author nationality, language, book award.

Having made this list it might be better just to make sure I’ve read everything on my book case first

Own But Haven’t Read
Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell (2006, 2008, 2010)
White Teeth – Zadie Smith (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (2006, 2008, 2010)

Own and Read/Borrowed and Read
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Enduring Love – Ian McEwan (2006, 2008, 2010) [UK, English]
The Godfather – Mario Puzo (2006, 2008, 2010) — But never seen the film
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote (2006, 2008, 2010)
Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell (2006, 2008, 2010)
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck (2006, 2008, 2010)

Have Started But Not Finished
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath (2006, 2008, 2010) [USA, English]
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller (2006, 2008, 2010)
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (2006, 2008, 2010) [USA, English]
The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien (2006, 2008, 2010) [UK, English]
Gormenghast – Mervyn Peake (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien (2006, 2008, 2010)
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy (2006, 2008, 2010)
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

Have Meant to Read at Some Point
Life of Pi – Yann Martel (2006, 2008, 2010) [Booker]
Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Cider House Rules – John Irving (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Color Purple – Alice Walker (2006, 2008, 2010)
Schindler’s Ark – Thomas Keneally (2006, 2008, 2010)
Interview With the Vampire – Anne Rice (2006, 2008, 2010)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – John Le Carré (2006)
2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke (2006, 2008, 2010)
In Cold Blood – Truman Capote (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John Le Carré (2006, 2008, 2010) [UK, English]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey (2006, 2008, 2010) [USA, English]
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess (2006, 2008, 2010) [UK, English]
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark (2006, 2008, 2010) [UK, English]
The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith (2006, 2008, 2010)
Lord of the Flies – William Golding (2006, 2008, 2010)
Casino Royale – Ian Fleming (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway (2006, 2008, 2010)
Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger (2006, 2008, 2010)
I, Robot – Isaac Asimov (2006, 2008, 2010)
Titus Groan – Mervyn Peake (2006, 2008, 2010)
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh (2006, 2008, 2010)
Animal Farm – George Orwell (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Pursuit of Love – Nancy Mitford (2006)
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (2008, 2010)
The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2006, 2008, 2010)
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway (2006, 2008, 2010)
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier (2006, 2008, 2010)
Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (2006, 2008, 2010)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006, 2008, 2010)
Ulysses – James Joyce (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2006, 2008, 2010)
The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells (2006, 2008, 2010)
Dracula – Bram Stoker (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Time Machine – H.G. Wells (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde (2006, 2008, 2010)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson (2006, 2008, 2010)
Daniel Deronda – George Eliot (2006)
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
Les Misérables – Victor Hugo
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell
Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Brontë
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
Agnes Grey – Anne Brontë (2006)
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen (2006)
Persuasion – Jane Austen (2006)
Emma – Jane Austen
Mansfield Park – Jane Austen
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift

Each picture links to it’s source.

What’s your name?
Lacy Young

Where do you live (country is fine)?
San Jose, California USA

Where do you blog?
Lacy Like

What made you start blogging?How long have you been blogging? Has it always been in the same place?Wordpress, Blogger or other?
In 2008 I’d just come through a 4 year journey to breathe. I had unexplained scar tissue growing in my trachea. I started a Caring Bridge page in 2007 to keep my family and friends updated on the progress of a series of serious surgeries. I feel in love with having a place to express, to write freely and feel so much love and support. After the big surgery that “fixed” me and allowed me to breathe with ease I missed writing and decided it was time to begin a blog! I’ve been blogging ever since at lacylike.com (a Blogger blog)

Do you have a day job or is blogging your main thing?
I have a couple.
I help to design and run yoga studios. I am now at Breathe Los Gatos which is amazing if I do say so myself. I also have an herbal line that I sell from my blog and in the yoga studio. AND my very favorite thing I do for money is health coaching. I run 6 month programs to help people find optimum health and vitality through food and lifestyle. Everything I do is centered on building health and happiness. As I see it we only get one shot at life so we might as well live the one we want, inspired and empowered!

Do you have specific blogs that inspire you?
Totally, I am a blog hopper, little of this, little of that to find inspiration.

Leigh at Curly Girl Design blog is at the top of the list for all things good.

Kelli at the Zinnia Patch always has amazing photography

Elisa at enJoyit. always inspires creativity and my love of all things paper.

If you could ask me one question (and I answer it) What would it be?

What’s the big dream? The if you could have anything of this life dream… what would you be doing? Or are you already there?

Piece of advice for bloggers out there?

Blog for you. Plain and simple.

In answer to Lacy’s Question

What’s the big dream? The if you could have anything of this life dream… what would you be doing? Or are you already there?

Wow! Big question – I’m not really sure lol. As much as hanging around at home and with friends not doing a job seems like a good idea I think I would get bored. So actually I’d love a job that I enjoy – you know get up in the morning and want to go to work rather than it feel like a chore and like you’d rather do anything but go to work – you know thinks like clean the toilet!

I’m so indecisive with what I want to do I’m surprised that I lasted in my current job over 3 years then again it looks good to new employers – if and when I look for one.

Being my own boss seems like a good idea but at the same time I don’t have an idea or a product to create and sell to be able to pay the bills – i could always go back to college and train to be an accountant – I could then do the accounts/admin stuff that my Mum does.

I start writing the next part only to then gain new links! A few weeks back I found a blog called Yellow Song Bird. Originally the post I wanted to post about was this one because I was going to post my own WIWW post (WIWW is What I Wore Wednesday) but then never got round to it.

On the other hand, I want to tell you about the giveaway that Kim (from Yellow Song Bird and also from Oh, Sweet Joy)is hosting with Leonora from Yellow Heart Art. You can find out more here. You can enter to win any 8 x 10 print from Leonora’s Etsy Shop.

My favourite is this one.

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