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Six weird things about me.

we’ve been tagged twice, so shall each do it.
THE RULES

Each player of this game starts with the ?six weird things about you? blog post. People who get tagged need to write their own six weird things post and state the rules clearly. At the end of the post tag six more people and don?t forget to leave a comment on their blog to tell them they have been tagged and tell them to read your blog.

1. I guess I don’t think I am weird at all, and what might be weird probably depends on where you know me from! I guess that I home educate does probably count as the weirdest thing. for this blog ring, that probably doesn’t count as weird at all. Certainly doesn’t seem tht weird to me though.
2. for the blogring, my job is probably the weirdest thing about me. Makes me a very atypical hippy really, and is the thing that defines me but least seems to go with the rest of the defining things, I guess. But I don’t think its weird, but possibly that I’m good at it and made the top seems weird.

3. also eminently sensible and normal is tagging and crossreferencing photos. Thus the flickr tags. Flickr is fantastic for me. I already have all the photos tagged and organised on the ‘pute, and then I get to set them as well on flickr. I can find any photo. A kind of exultant showing off of my list-making tendencies. but not at all weird.

4. Being a fat vegetarian. I keep being told you can’t be a fat vegetarian, and i’m the only one they know. I’m not sure whether being a fat vegetarian is weird, or the fact that people are so keen to be so absolutely crassly rude because of it? Oh, and I’m right with you there on the surgery. ?6000 and slimness. A factor of 5 on what I have spent on diet clubs and food, and I guess when you include gym membership I have not used, it begins to sound almost a bargain.
5. That I still consider myself to be shy. i think its more ‘cos I’m not very skilled at small talk and being, well, friendly. I’m quite boring. but saying that as a reason for being a wallflower is more, well, brutally honest, and being ‘shy’ suggests I might be oK if you give me a chance.

6. I have a degree largely comprising of evolutionary psychobiology. But I think that is cool not weird.

I don’t know, are any of those truly weird, they’re normal for me?? maybe commenters can say what is weird? the other contenders are – i have absolutely no care about clothes. I want to be warm and comfy. it annoys me about being neat for work – which I do badly. And I hate shoes. I love bare feet [but in this cold house, the slippers are fab] I only have 2 pairs of shoes – and they are open toe no heel slip ons. a work pair and a home pair both I have had for > 5 years.

SO there you go.

who to tag? is anyone left?
well

Kath

Katy

Joanna

Barbara can do it in my comments box if aksimet lets her!

Tammy

Kris?

I have to say though, I think you are all normal

well, this is the home-ed resolutions for last year

first view of a mission statement 2006

And this was the summary of how i think we have done

sum up for 2006

so now we need to think how to improve getting to the first, and what changes we might need to do to achieve that.

A relaxing day today. Some home-ed friends came by and M and SB vanished fairly immediately while we grown ups chatted, and H and BB stayed mostly close with lego and wacky wigglers. BB was VERY fond of the guacemole tortilla chips.

Before there was lots of playdoughing and faffing about, and after we have been watching kleine hippo, reading various rome books – best being the lift the flap one, and now watching little house on the prairie.

As Chris says, we are pondering our use of home ed resources!! SB rather likes the look of a DS [thanks Merry for corrupting them both!!] so she is keen to improve her reading to be able to use it, so thats high on her priorities. Also to do more piano-ing. Otherwise we need to look at the rest.

merry and I were the last to get up, but we had had the crappest sleep – well apart from Josie and BB of course!!

SO we had pancakes for lunch – rofl!! The children all danced and played wildly. SB demonstrated several times how to collapse in a heap of wail on the floor for no reason, and then skip away. She is really quite skilled at that billowy heroine fall to the ground. Cocolate gave BB and Josie the perk that they needed to vaguely keep going.

We sang to Merry and Max [poor max] a goodbye, and then a whirlwind of tidying. I still haven’t found my other slipper boot though. They are massive. I just don’t understand where it can have got lost. We played a bit of lego, the collapsed in front of secret life of plants, and then the island bit by titchmarsh. SB really loves these documentaries at the mo, and chooses over all else [i had suggested a film]

We had scraps for lunch and tea. BB didn’t wuite make it to tea. one minute she was looking at decs on the tree and taking off the tesco’s wooden angels [which are lovely!] and the next minute she did an SB fall to the ground. I was brushing SB’s hair at the time so not really paying that much attention, but got SB to look at her face and she was asleep. Fantastic ability to fall asleep while walking.

She was breathing I hasten to add. So SB and I played Uno, Set and Scrabble before chasing her to bed as I am zonked myself.

Ahh, BB just fallen out of bed. so no early night for me. oh, SB down as she has wiggled that tooth free.

edited to add. I just had the sad news that my Uncle Ronnie passed away at 4am Canada time. He was a heavy smoker for 60 years and accepted the consequences fatalistically. he just managed to see the latest grandchild and a last Christmas. A gentle man who loved his family – 4 children and 5 grandchildren a present count -? and put them first. Rather too fond of Canadian brand country and western, but hey, each to his own. I will always picture him in the boots and belt buckle outfits in my mind. Happy singing Uncle Ronnie.

ready to fall

Originally uploaded by Scrumbledelicious.

I remember crying as she broke that tooth and begging the dentist to glue the little bit on.
Now its about to go, and I actually feel really emotional about it.

since we have apparently skim blogged christmas [cheeky!]

Name 3 things

that you had hanging on your tree:

well, we had 3 trees!!

clear,iridescent glass baubles that we bought for first christmas tree,
glass father christmas from italy [from mum],

fimo angels made by me and SB

that you?ve eaten/drunk lots of:

home made fudge

diet coke

pancakes

that you didn?t do this year but hope to do next year:

go to a panto

a father christmas experience like the last year pennywell

lose weight!

favourite presents this year:

fab warm M and S slipper boots [one already missing - disaster!] [mum]
kitchen scales [mum]
fleece covered hot water bottle [from SB for camping - I love the fact she cares]

that you?re glad you didn?t get for Christmas:

clothes

make-up

hungover

Name 3 people to tag:

jax

t-bird
Em

well, we have guests for the new year!

So a mostly where shall we put the toys, contemplating what to put away for ever, and a bit of a clean up. the girls have made some christmas fridge magnets [from FC] and done lots of playdoughing, some shops, cooking [mostly BB].

I have made some thankyou cards for SB to put a minimal amount of writing in – which she has done. I also heard her working out words in a body book. We have read stories, watched some life of plants, the snowman and danced about a bit I am improving my hairbraiding technique. I think that may be it.