Five Questions Friday - 3

1. Is there something you've always wanted to try but just can't muster up the courage to actually do yet?

I really have to think of this one.  I am out-going and I talk to anybody,  I have learned to stand up for my children and I do not suffer fools gladly.  My motto is : What's the worst that can happen?  I do not take failure to heart anymore, I just try again.  Don't think this has come about easily...

So right now I cannot think of something I actually need courage to do, is this tempting fate?! lol

2. If you had $100 handed to you in cash without your significant other knowing about it, what would you spend it on?

Clothes or shoes that he would see anyway eventually.  I do not like to be secretive about money with my husband.  I am at Stay at home Mum and he goes out to work very hard.  I am blessed and provided for abundantly.  Come to think of it, I would probably tell him what I got before spending it.

3. What was your favorite piece of playground equipment as a child?

The slide, I would go up and down and  up and down.  You could only find slides in the playground when I was a child.   Swings were easy to come by in gardens but slides only in playground.  And they were shiny.

4. Do you prefer a sweet or hearty breakfast?

 I discovered the Full English as they call it when I came to live in England and at the time I wondered how people could eat a savoury meal for breakfast.  Up until then being brought up in a French family,  breakfast was not that important.  A black coffee, and a croissant would suffice.

These days I looked forward to Saturday with my husband who will cook:  bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, fried bread, black pudding.  It is filling and we are out for the day, it means lunch can be a very light affair.

5. Are you a Neat Freak or a Messy Bessy?

Well if you had asked me that 20 years ago I would have said definitely Messy Bessy.  But being married and having kids has kind of changed my attitude to housework and tidyness.  These days it depends which room and what mood I am in.  I always like coming down in the morning to a tidy clean kitchen, so I will make sure that the night before it is done.

I am learning to let my kids (teenagers) do their own room, that's not always easy!

If I am in a middle of  a project in the lounge it stays put unless I have people coming around.

I like clean and uncluttered rooms on the whole.  But it is not the end of the world if it is messy and we are having fun.


These Five Question Fridays are great hosting by Mama M.

Five Questions Friday - 2

I enjoy answering these questions, they actually make me smile or make me think...

1. Take your pick...date night, girls night out, or night out alone?

Date night:  Good food, my husband's company, chatting or sharing comfortable silences: Priceless...

2. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

No, but somehow 2 of my kids can, exactly like cows,  I find it fascinating!

3. What is your favorite flower and why?

I love lilies, they do not have to be cut just in my garden.

4. If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself?  Don't give it away!  You are worth so much more than what those jerks think of you! I say it to my daughters these days, and to my son don't act as a jerk with girls.  And stick to your first passion with what you want to do with your life!  Sorry that's 2 advices already.  Forgive me I am wearing the lamp of experience that only lights the road already walked (Chinese proverb)

5. If you won the lottery, what is the very first thing you would do?  Scream and deafen my husband!  After screaming, I would probably buy a new digital camera to get ready to go on a world tour!

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Friday Fragments

It is an understatement to say that my week has been bitsy.  I have put on my different personalities (Don't worry I am still whole) and varied attires on and off.

My husband was in Japan/Korea since very early on Sunday morning, which left me to do my mothering role on my own, I do not have a problem with him travelling, I have never minded being on my own. I love my husband but I acquired early on in our marriage the understanding that it is a myth that we had to do everything together. I actually like being on my own, I am still an only child after all. My youngest daughter fares less well, she finds it more difficult not to see her Dad and catch up with him in the evening.  The energy is different and the rhythm is more centered around her activities.

Worship service on Sunday morning was awesome.  And I had a busy afternoon meeting a lovely couple I am doing wedding photos for in July.  Exciting new projects...  Sunday night I went to a talk about "Keep Sunday Special".  The laws in Great Britain seem to more and more allow Sunday to pass as any other days in the week.  I love those talks at our church where the interactions are thoughtful and thoughts provoking.

Monday I went for a beautiful walk in the morning in the woods not far from where I live.  Spring is so much later this year because winter had been so much colder and harder than previous year.  I am enjoying looking at the blossoms and the warmer weather at the same time.

I also went to watch my daughter's last rounders match of the season, later on in the afternoon.  Her team came second.  Well done!

Tuesday I hold my regular Connect Group in the morning.
In blog land I participated in a Tuesday Tag-Along and met lovely bloggers and in the process have more followers.
Also my daughter has extra rehearsals to get ready for her show at the beginning of June in a new location, so a new routine was implemented to be carried out till the end of May.  And I received a "good news" phone call, my husband had had good meetings and was coming back earlier from Japan/Korea.

After a trip to the supermarket in the morning, to fill cupboards and fridge on Wednesday morning,

in the afternoon I went to my neighbour's funeral, an extremely talented watercolour painter and very kind gentle man.  You will be missed J.  I have always appreciated your steadiness and very helpful manner.  And as you would want life carries on...

Thursday I have been baking non stop:  I have made banana bread and fruit cakes, the banana bread recipe is already up and the fruit cake recipe will follow on Tasty Tuesday.  Since my oven was on the go I have cooked a delicious beef stew with barley.

That is for a very busy week.
I am looking forward to the extra day off work on Monday that we are enjoying in England as a Bank Holiday.

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