100 things (Part 2)

21. I do like the corniness of 1950s technicolour Hollywood musicals.
22. Seeing the ironing basket empty is a fulfilling (if rare) feeling. Although not when it has been emptied onto the floor by a hissy-fitting child.
23. ScottFest rediscovered my camping mojo. Perhaps less bedding next time.
24. Tomato and onion tart is my new favourite 'easy-go-to' meal. Spinkle of salt and a dash of pepper - yummo!
25. I like popular music. Not just that of a 'popular modern beat combo' but music that lives in the Top 40 - Meatloaf, Billy Joel, Cold Chisel, Pink, David Bowie, Elton John, Beyonce, etc, etc. I 'am' a music saddo.
26. My base body temperature is lower than 'normal'. And so is my blood pressure. Doctors rarely believe me and of course I only usually tend to go visit them when my temp is up.
27. The background to my life is BBC Radio Four.
28. I spent several years learning to play both the cello and the trombone. I was better at the trombone but I still really sucked.
29. The ability to read music remains a mystery to me.
30. According to CK I have 'craftability' but am still banned from using sharp power tools.
31. While conversing during a family meal recently both my children asked me who I had got cross with that day. I may need a temperment adjustment it seems. (And for the record it was an ITV film crew.)
32. Social history intrigues me.
33. Photography fascinates me.
34. If I had to choose one era in which to live I would have been an Edwardian (but I would have quite liked the option of antibiotics).
35. Small fluffy domestic animals that stay small give me the creeps. Kittens and puppies - good. Gerbils, hamsters and rabbits - bad.
36. Cake and baking - definitely good.
37. Organised religion seems to fly in the face of the face of its own basic premises.
38. No really, cake is very extremely good.
39. Animal pattern fabric will never be out of style.
40. I am perpetually amazed by how much fur and undercoat results when brushing my big black dogs coat.

100 things (Part 1)

1. I am crubbish at getting my haircut. I love having it done but never seems to happen more than two or three times a year.
2. I am a geek at heart. Unsurprisingly I was never in a cool gang at school.
3. My UK driver's licence says I was born in 'Warnambod', I think it is cool and have never corrected it.
4. I am probably too old to be using 'cool' in general speech. Even worse, I think it highlights my age. Oh Fonz you have a lot to answer for! Not that 'cool' is cool anymore anyway.
5. Discovered on Facebook the other day that a school friend and I have given our border collies the same name! Mrs Hunt was right apparently and we really ARE twins!
6. I haven't replied to most of the requests to befriend people from school on Facebook. Not that there have been that many (ref. #2).
7. I heart blogging. Fascinating people, places, pictures, stories, occasions and events.
8. Blogging and an internet highspeed connection are bad things and take up too much of my time. They really are far too compatible with my inherent laziness and apathy. I love it!
9. My deafness is wavering again. I really need to get my ears checked.
10. I taught myself to crochet when back in Australia in April. Now I know how I need never pick up the evil hook again.
11. Eddie Izzard, Top Gear, Michael McIntyre, Shappi Khorsandi make me laugh. (A little swearing involved on the Eddie Izzard link.)
12. If 'Gibbs' knocked on my door I wouldn't even wave CK goodbye.
13. I love my garden but I HATE gardening.
14. I haven't been to Scotland.
15. If I find the poles for my tent I WILL take my children camping at 'ScotFest2010'.
16. I find Peter White's voice even more irritating than Fi Glover's (BBC Radio 4).
17. I'm fine with bugs, insects and spiders but don't want to get too close to frogs, mice and other small creaures.
18 And birds.
19. I am a crubbish swimmer but love being in the water.
20. I have a different surname to my children.