Answers in a blog post...

The wonderful Jennifer's Jumbles tagged me in one of her posts recently, she had some questions which she needed answers to.

I don't normally like these sorts of things as I find it so hard to come up with one answer and then I over-think it all and probably miss the point of it anyway. But, seeing as it was Jennifer doing the asking, I didn't want to let her down, and so here are my answers. And as I was answering hers, I thought I may as well answer the Copy and Paste's questions from their birthday party a few weeks ago.

As suspected I dithered and dallied over the questions and my answers are probably vague and slightly nonsensical. So I don't know what that says about me... that I'm indecisive and fickle, hmm, maybe.

So here goes, Jennifer's first:

1. Do you blog on a laptop or desktop?
Laptop, (I think it's technically known as a notebook). I'd quite like a nice new desktop screen as I end up squinting at my baby one.

2. If someone offered to buy you a plane ticket to visit a country you've never been to before, where would you go? (I'm not offering though - sorry!)
Too many choices!!! Africa, Russia, Japan, Canada, Newfoundland, ANYWHERE!!!

3. What do you most like to cook from scratch?
Prety much everything from cakes to curries. I suppose my favourite cooking is something that is simple and delicious and that I mostly make up as I go along. LIke the other day I threw some asparagus spears, tomatoes, olives and a little white wine into a dish and warmed it in the oven for 15 minutes with some fresh rosemary. Then I served it with salad, potato wedges and sweet chilli chicken kebabs. Delicious. So basically, if I'm cooking, it's starting from scratch. Pizza being the only exception because my bloke tends to buy them. Ready meals, I do not do.

4. Which animated movie is your favourite?
I had to think about this for days and days and have narrowed it down to these: Aladdin and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. But of course there's also Toy Story, Shrek, Lion King... the list is endless. Depends on my mood, and the time of year... and look... next question!

5. What craft project / scrapbook layout etc are you most proud of? (Share a photo if possible!)
I was quite pleased with my party scene (see first post), but I also compeleted a scrap book for my brother as his wedding present, which detailed his relationship with his (now) wife. I was really pleased with that and I know they were touched and I've even seen it on their coffee table and I know they show it off to family and friends. Unfortunately I have no photos, so you'll have to take my word for it that it was brilliant.

6. Do you still have a teddy bear / soft toy that you love? If so what's it's name?
I love all my soft toys and teddy bears. Don't make me choose! Some of them I've had since I was a baby (such as Eeek-eek the mouse and Sarah Snow my rabbit).

7. What's your favourite online store? (Does not need to be craft related but can be!)
Ummmm, I don't know. I don't tend to buy a huge amount online. I suppose the ones I use the most are amazon and ebay.

8. What's your earliest memory?
Ummmm, I don't know. I have lots of memories but no idea how old I was when I had them. One of my most interesting memories, is lying in bed - my dad has just tucked me in and as he goes downstairs I suddenly realise that he carries on existing when I'm not there. I remember trying to imagine him walking down the stairs, lifting the latch to the front room , walking across the living room and sitting down on the sofa next to my mum. It blew my mind to realise that people existed even when I wasn't around!

9. Picnic or posh restaurant - which would you choose right now?
Normally I'd pick a picnic everytime. But actually, right now, this exact moment in time, I would love a fancy restaurant with nice food and lots of wine and candle light and being utterly indulgent.

10. What have you done recently to make someone else feel happy? (Can be as simple as listening when they wanted to talk).
Babysitting!

Phew! You see how dithery I am? Right, now for the Copy and Paste project's fill in the blanks...

1. Everyone knows that I love reading and writing but you'd never guess that I secretly write trashy romance novels when I'm feeling blue.
2. I'm proud to admit that I enjoy eating healthy food but my guilty pleasure is raw cake mix.
   
3. I'm inspired by art and going to new places and it surprises me when other people have no curiosity about the world.
4. I'm always moody but I'm never satisfied.
5. I've got lots of big ideas but I've always wanted success.
6. I tried to live my life through someone else and it didn't make a lot of sense.
7. If I never stop dreaming it will be always interesting.
8. I didn't really know what I was doing and now I still I don't know.
   
9. It's not that I am unhappy. but I'd really rather be somewhere else.
   
10. Doing things makes me smile.
    
11. Someone once told me that I was good at something and then I couldn't stop doing it.
    
12. I'm happy to say that I have no big regrets and even when I am feeling blue I have wonderful people to help me smile again.

Ok, that's me then. Hope you found that interesting. I would reccomend answering some of these yourself. It can be quite revealing.

Now, I'm concious that's there's a lack of visual stimulus on this page, so here's a knight in shining armour that I happened upon in Lulworth Castle to keep you amused until next time.

Bye,

Rosie xx