Re: Finding out Time...

[Guest guest]

Okay everyone...... was complaining of not much mail/gossip to read so

I thought this would liven things up a bit and help us get to know each

other even better than we do already!! So, all you need to do is change the

answers to your own and send it back to the list and we all get to find out

a bit more about each person.......have fun!!!!!!! It's meant to be fun not

really serious!

Name - (without an 'E'!!)

Living Arrangements - me and my dh , my gorgeous son (4), 4

goldfish named Woody, Jess, Buzz and Zurg and 2 loaches (who suck the algae

off the tank!!) called Bullseye and Stinky Pete ( named them!!)

Favourite T.V. show? - Friends, any kind of birth documentary, Casualty

What's on your mouse pad? - a picture of a formula 1 racing car (chosen by

obviously!!) and somewhere I have one with a picture of me which I

had done at a conference I organised back in the days of working!!

Favourite Magazine? - don't buy one regularly....get whatever I fancy at the

time, the one with the juiciest gossip....I like Hello and Okay, but never

bother to read the words just look at the pictures!

Favourite smells? - you all know this one already.....cleanly washed

sheets, dh's aftershave, bacon being cooked by someone else for me in the

morning! (a very very very rare occurence!) and chocolate!

Worst feeling in the world? - Wanting chocolate and not being allowed any

cos I'm on a diet!

Best feeling in the world? - There are far too many to mention.....here are

a few.....being in love with my husband, seeing accomplish something

for the first time, hearing say " I love you Mummy " , eating chocolate

without guilt!!......The one that stands out the most though is probably

that feeling you get as your baby is born and put on your chest after all

those months of waiting. I have only experienced it once but it is " THE

BEST "

What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - is awake yet

and " must remember to take my thyroxine tablet " !!......after...... " Oh, no,

is it morning already....I want to stay in bed " !!

Do you get motion sickness? Yes......boy, I hate those airplane

sickbags...I've had my nose in them many a time before I discovered

Stugeron!!

Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary, don't like them, won't go on

them. Yes I'm boring!!

Pen or Pencil? - Pen

Favourite foods? - mmm chocolate chocolate and more chocolate....especially

chocolate mints. I also love crispy peking duck and deep fried shredded

crispy beef

Chocolate or Vanilla? Definitely chocolate

Storms - cool or scary? Very cool......I love to watch a good storm as long

as I am in the dry, huddled up with a duvet watching it out the window!

What type was your first car? - a red Mini Mayfair!!.....I had a sports

steering wheel instead of one of those bus type ones!! It was great fun

even if it did break down a lot!!

Is the glass half empty or half full? - half full of course

What is your favourite snack? - Chocolate of course!! Also love cashews

(one of the nuts I am not allergic to), pringles (sour cream and

onion).....actually anything really, I'm not fussy!!

Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - yep...touch typist over

here!! Probably the most useful skill I learnt at sixth form whilst doing

my a-levels!

What's under your bed? - Sheets, crafty stuff and junk

I think that's enough for now, especially as most of you are off to

conference and won't really have time!! Looking forward to seeing some

replies!!!

x

[Guest guest]

Have inserted my responses

" A. Lavery " wrote:

> other even better than we do already!! So, all you need to do is change the

> answers to your own and send it back to the list and we all get to find out

> a bit more about each person.......have fun!!!!!!! It's meant to be fun not

> really serious!

>

> Name - Lesley *not* or Les (yuck)

>

> Living Arrangements - me, dh, Iain(5.1/2), (3 on 3rd July),

> Bonnie/Bonbon/Dagbum (all names for our fluffly cat), Iain's pet snail in its

> jar.

> Favourite T.V. show? - Hospital dramas, Taggart, Dalziel and Pascoe, Star Trek

> Voyager, Stargate, Earth Final Conflict, Babylon 5, Come Outside, Blue's

> Clues, Little Bear - do we watch too much TV, do you think?

> What's on your mouse pad? - pic of interior of Boeing 777 cockpit

>

> Favourite Magazine? - ComputerActive!, Internet Advisor (hate the word

> " advisor " - I'm a BFC after all!), That's Life (totally addicted to the " I

> gave birth in the public loos " type of story).

>

> Favourite smells? - bonfires & barbecues - no I'm not a pyromaniac, honest.

>

> Worst feeling in the world? - sensitive teeth while eating an M & Ms ice cream

> cone.

>

> Best feeling in the world? - submitting my BFC portfolio (Ahh, 3 months rest

> while it gets processed! - if only)

>

> What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - " I'm not really awake

> so don't tell anyone else "

> Do you get motion sickness? seasick on a mirrorlike English Channel

>

> Roller Coasters - definitely cool. Me and DS2 are the adventurous ones.

>

> Pen or Pencil? - Propelling pencil, if you please.

>

> Favourite foods? - how long can an email be? I'm not pregnant - I'm fat.

>

> Chocolate or Vanilla? Definitely chocolate

>

> Storms - cool or scary? Absolutely cool - can't sleep while a storm is

> beginning to brew - too much electricity buzzing around.

>

> What type was your first car? - Battered, rusty old mini - white. Handmedown

> from my brother.

>

> Is the glass half empty or half full? - find me a bigger glass and a top-up

> for goodness' sake.

> What is your favourite snack? - crisps, crisps, pringles and bombay mix (when

> I don't spill it on the keyboard, of course.)

>

> Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

>

> Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - touch typist (HND

> secretarial studies with languages in my distant past). Sure helps in the

> chat room!

>

> What's under your bed? - dust

Lesley Moor

[Guest guest]

- Challenge Accepted!

Name -

Living Arrangements - me and my dh Colinl, my son 12 and daughter

Clare 10

Two black cats aged 13 called (imaginetively) Sooty and Sweep >

Favourite T.V. show? - ER (even without Clooney) Pride and

Predjudice (Colin Firth as Darcy graces the back of on of my kitchen

cabinets!) >

What's on your mouse pad? - A picture of the Tiny logo (boring). However

the backgroud to my initial screen is the 'Coke Man' All muscles and a six

pack!>

Favourite Magazine? - I'm a sucker for anything about homes and cooking. I

devour Hello and O.K. at my best friends house cause buys them weekly!>

Favourite smells? - fried bacon and onions, wood fires, line dried shirts.>

Worst feeling in the world? - Serious one this, when my Dad died 21 years

ago and when my son had a ferbrile convulsion at 12 months, in my arms.>

Best feeling in the world? - being hugged and kissed by my children even at

their great ages! knowing I can still reduce my husband to a quivering wreck

just by looking at him (after 18 years) Cadburys chocolate buttons sucked!

What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - Oh god do I have to

get up?>

Do you get motion sickness? Yes.... but not as bad as when I was a child.>

Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary, unfortunately married to a roller

coaster freak, I watched him on the 'Oblivion' a ride at Atlon Towers last

year. Shood right by the virtical drop and watched him go down a black hole.

Told him I never want to see him do it again!>

Pen or Pencil? - Pen

Favourite foods? - CHoclate, chinese, indian, lamb anything really!

Chocolate or Vanilla? Definitely chocolate

Storms - cool or scary? Cool - love them!

What type was your first car? - Ford Anglia brought off a 'friend in the

business' drivable only for about 4 days during the year I owned it!>

Is the glass half empty or half full? - half full , naturally!

What is your favourite snack? - Pringles, Celebration chocs, bacon

flavoured crisps etc!>

Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - lefty>

Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - Nope, but I am getting

quick!

What's under your bed? - trashy novels

Anybody else going to join in?

H

[Guest guest]

In article , A. Lavery

writes

>Okay everyone...... was complaining of not much mail/gossip to read so

>I thought this would liven things up a bit and help us get to know each

>other even better than we do already!! So, all you need to do is change the

>answers to your own and send it back to the list and we all get to find out

>a bit more about each person.......have fun!!!!!!! It's meant to be fun not

>really serious!

>

>Name - Debbie

>

>Living Arrangements - Me, DH, Mike, Ds's and

>Favourite T.V. show? - Coronation Street

>What's on your mouse pad? - Wallace & Gromit

>Favourite Magazine? - Vanity Fair

>Favourite smells? - Too many to mention

>Worst feeling in the world? - Having a row with Dh or DS's

>Best feeling in the world? - Feeling proud of my family

>

>What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - Oh God - I had

too much to drink last night, or Thank God I didn't have drink last

night.

>Do you get motion sickness? - No

>Roller Coasters - Hate the thought, but afterwards - great

>Pen or Pencil? - Pen

>

>Favourite foods? - Seafood

>Chocolate or Vanilla? - chocolate

>

>Storms - Love them

>What type was your first car? - Rover 216 (Company car I'm afraid)

>

>Is the glass half empty or half full? - Depends on my mood

>

>What is your favourite snack? - Spring Rolls

>Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

>

>Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - No, but over the

years have got better

>What's under your bed? - clothes, Scalectrix

--

Debbie Slater

A/N Teacher, Co-Chair, Aylesbury & District Branch NCT

[Guest guest]

>

>Name - Angi (without an E!!)

>

>Living Arrangements - me, Dh Tim, DDs Georgi & Susy, no pets just family!!!

>

>Favourite T.V. show? Friends Hospital/doctor dramas, Cold Feet>

>What's on your mouse pad? don't do mouse pads!>

>Favourite Magazine? - She, Marie Homes & Gardens

>

>Favourite smells? - bacon, Chanel Allure and Allure for men, Tim

>

>Worst feeling in the world? seeing your kid in hospital

>

>Best feeling in the world? 30 secs post natal, huggie children, being

married to Tim>

>What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - " which one is that

crying? " >

>Do you get motion sickness? Yes

>

>Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary, >

>Pen or Pencil? - Pencil, 2B at least

>

>Favourite foods? -indian,italian, japanese (new one that!!) seafood

>

>Chocolate or Vanilla? talking ice cream? vanilla

>

>Storms - cool or scary? cool

>What type was your first car? - Vauxhall Nova

>

>Is the glass half empty or half full? - half full >

>What is your favourite snack? -anything savoury

>Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

>

>Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? -no but fast

>

>What's under your bed? - books,shoes fabric & junk

[Guest guest]

> > Favourite T.V. show? - Hospital dramas, Taggart, Dalziel and Pascoe, Star

Trek

> > Voyager, Stargate, Earth Final Conflict, Babylon 5, Come Outside, Blue's

> > Clues, Little Bear - do we watch too much TV, do you think?

Just had to get this in after seeing your bit about blues clues......when me, dh

and

some friends were at barcelona airport coming home from the grand prix we were

standing in the queue behind kevin, the man from blues clues!!! We chatted to

him

about it all and he was really nice!!.....my claim to fame!!!

> > Do you get motion sickness? seasick on a mirrorlike English Channel

> >

> > Roller Coasters - definitely cool. Me and DS2 are the adventurous ones.

How can you do this if you get sick on a mirrorlike english

channel?......strange!!!

> > Chocolate or Vanilla? Definitely chocolate

that's my kind of friend!!!!

> > What type was your first car? - Battered, rusty old mini - white.

Handmedown

> > from my brother.

Yeah, another mini owner.....i wonder if this will be the most popular!!!?

Great answers Lesley!!!

x

[Guest guest]

> What's on your mouse pad? - A picture of the Tiny logo (boring). However

> the backgroud to my initial screen is the 'Coke Man' All muscles and a six

> pack!>

mmmmmmmmm, sounds lovely!!

> Best feeling in the world? - being hugged and kissed by my children even at

> their great ages! knowing I can still reduce my husband to a quivering wreck

> just by looking at him (after 18 years) Cadburys chocolate buttons sucked!

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, a woman after my own heart.......they are even better when you

have two together with the flat sides facing.......yummy!!!

Great ....thanks....it's fun isn't it!!!

x

[Guest guest]

-----Original Message-----

From: A. Lavery So, all you need to do is change the

>answers to your own and send it back to the list and we all get to find out

>a bit more about each person.......have fun!!!!!!! It's meant to be fun

not

>really serious!

>

>Name - Sally [not Sal unless you know me very well!]

>

>Living Arrangements - me and my dh Colin for 4 months on/4 months off,

Eleanor 6 and 5 and 4 stick insects - Loosey and Fred, Stickers and

Sticky [ I'm not an animal person but this is a concession for the kids so

they can claim to have pets!]

>Favourite T.V. show? - Frasier and the late lamented Northern Exposure.

Memories of watching it late at night in bed rubbing oil into my first

pregnant belly [no stretch marks!]

>What's on your mouse pad? - a picture of CHOCOLATE! with a corner -bite

shaped - snapped off

>Favourite Magazine? - dont have time but devour the DT to keep my brain

>

>Favourite smells? - Lamb Balti and Chardonnay but not simultaneously!

Ozone and fresh seaweed!

>Worst feeling in the world? - Terror in pit of stomach when child in

imminent danger.

>

>Best feeling in the world? - Well the most attainable is sailing in the

morning sunshine down the River Dart [ the most beautiful place in my world]

gentle breeze increasing to a decent blow [!] anticipating a speedy trip

across the Channel for a weekend in Guernsey.

Best baby related feeling was after both of mine were born lying in the bath

on the labour ward, knowing it was all over and my newborn safe and well

back in the delivery room snuggled up with Dad having a private cuddle.

>What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - here we go again!

>Do you get motion sickness? No, luckily, hence the love of sailing although

my daughter does and delighted in telling everyone after our last trip

across the Channel she was sick 8 times!

>Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary, water slides my limit now.

>Pen or Pencil? - Nice thick pen!

>

>Favourite foods? - smoked salmon, olives and that Lamb Balti again but

again not all together!

>

>Chocolate or Vanilla? Depends on mood and Devon Dairy vanilla icecream with

clotted cream unbeatable!

>

>Storms - cool or scary? Cool if on dry land - scary when in midst of one

e.g. Irish Sea about 10 years ago with a cracked mast!

>

>What type was your first car? - Marina - embarrassing even then!

>

>Is the glass half empty or half full? - half empty at 7 p.m. - half full

at 11 p.m. when I know I've had enough but cant bear to tip it down the

sink!

>

>What is your favourite snack? - Olives until I feel sick then dairylea

triangles!

>

>Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - right, daughter of a lefty!

>

>Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - yep except I have a

malformed left pinky so my wedding ring finger has to work overtime

>

>What's under your bed? - Silly shorts and tshirts from wacky places we cant

bear to chuck and occasionally revive for bbq's

P.S - Glad I'm not the only one not going to Conference - have to work on

Saturday!

Sally Shoolbraid

Torbay & South Devon

Br/Mem/Bookings Sec

Eleanor 6 and 5

[Guest guest]

> >Name - Barbara, to family, Barbie, but deffo not Babs unless its Miss

Babs (at work jokingly)

> >

> >Living Arrangements - me, Dh , DDs Eleanor(9) and (6), & an

empty hamster cage which I tried to sneak in the garage but the girls were

having none of it.

> >

> >Favourite T.V. show? The League of Gentlemen (role model is ine for

when I teach AN classes (not!), 'V', Countdown

>

> >What's on your mouse pad? The hippo from Learning Land (DD2`s mag and CD

never-ending 'partwork')

>

> >Favourite Magazine? - The Practising Midwife (honest, not being a girly

swot), the day it lands on my mat, I know I will get half an hour to myself

with a coffee with no feeling of guilt!

> >

> >Favourite smells? - DD1 and DD2 (v diff smells), freesias, cows and pigs

(born on a farm), DH when nice and fresh

> >

> >Worst feeling in the world? realising Wham farewell concert was same day

as Status Quo 'farewell (not)' concert which DH had already got tickets for.

Being at M/way services on the day....and having to get back on the Quo

coach.

> >Best feeling in the world? A night of Ceroc! 'Pure Addiction' (just got

back, sighs dreamily....)

>

> >What is the first thing you think of in the morning? -do I have to work

today?

>

> >Do you get motion sickness? No. DD2 was car sick last w/e, I was driving,

....first I knew was something warm hitting the side of my head

> >

> >Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Cool. Go 5 times, to practice and then

buy the pic as a fridge magnet. Nothing too scary though.

>

> >Pen or Pencil? - Pencil, one of those plastic ones with nice thin leads,

no sharpeners.

> >Favourite foods? -anything I haven`t cooked myself. Miss going home to

mum for roast dinners, she died in 1992.

> >

> >Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla, a very underrated flavour ice cream - but

nothing beats Pistache in France.

> >

> >Storms - cool or scary? cool

>

> >What type was your first car? - Triumph Herald 13/60! Drove it round

fields to practice.

>

> >

> >Is the glass half empty or half full? - drink up, mine`s a pint >

>

> >What is your favourite snack? -crisps or Flake

>

> >Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - lefty (party trick: can do

mirror writing neater than proper writing). 2DDs are lefties too.

> >Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? -yes.

> >What's under your bed? drawers full of old Tour T-shirts - Police 1983,

Marilli*n (various),Yes (90124, Toronto1984) It Bites (fave ever group) and

.....my bezzie t-shirt: Wham 84.

[Guest guest]

> Name - Sue (actually nah but the only people who call me that

are 'customer service' people who assume they can call m`e by my first

name)

> Living Arrangements - Me, my part-time DH and Steffi aged 3.5y

> Favourite T.V. show? Don't do TV now I have egroups...

> What's on your mouse pad? - Don't do mouse pads

> Favourite Magazine? - Red cos they don't airbrush the models; House

and Garden for home ideas, Stuff, techie toy mag aimed at men with

women on the cover - looks and sounds more like soft porn.

> Favourite smells? - CLean sheets, Sure Active Sport deo-ode

(reminds me of NZ oliday years ago); Coco brings back memories;

autumnal mornings;

> Worst feeling in the world? - Hearing about a disaster and knowing a

loved one might be involved

> Best feeling in the world? - Getting sense of calm and knowing all

is right with my world

> What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - Where's the

remote control (to put TV on and delay having to wake up properly for

another 20mins)

> Do you get motion sickness? Not generally although I don';t travel

in the back of cars much either these days

> Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - DOn't do roller coasters these

days (former addict)

> Pen or Pencil? - Pen

> Favourite foods? - SOmething with lots of chocolate and cream or

roasted veggies

> Chocolate or Vanilla? Definitely chocolate

>

> Storms - cool or scary? Cool without a doubt

> What type was your first car? Citreon Diane previously owned by

Central TV and used by Dawn French in Girls on Top

> Is the glass half empty or half full? - Depends what's in it!

> What is your favourite snack? - cheese

>

> Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - Lefty

>

> Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - Nope.

> What's under your bed? - Drawers with bedlinen and some clothes

(recently de-junked)

[Guest guest]

>

> Name - - sometimes Jools to those who know me well or those who

don't know me but fancy having their heads bitten off!

> Living Arrangements - me, dh Luke, Caitlin almost 4, Mia 1 in 10 days, mad

Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Millie and Sylvester the cat ('I thought I

saw a pussy cat a creeping up on me........')

>

> Favourite T.V. show? - Friends, ER (what to watch now they've both

finished on Sky - why old repeats on C4 of course!!!)

>

> What's on your mouse pad? - Pro Divers, Maldives - brought back from hols

by mum & dad

> Favourite Magazine? - OK - just love the gossip!!

> Favourite smells? - freshly cut grass, rain on dust (am I weird?) bacon

and chocolate

> Worst feeling in the world? - having car accident when 9 months pg, with

dd1 in back of car and thinking 'what if.....'

> Best feeling in the world? - big cuddles from the girls, Caitlin saying 'I

love you mummy'

> What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - wheres the snooze

button on the alarm

> Do you get motion sickness? Yes, although I dont often actually throw up.

Just get that horrible queasy feeling and turn a peculiar shade of grey

(according to dh)

> Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary,

> Pen or Pencil? - Pen

>

> Favourite foods? - chocolate, bacon, chinese, any flavour of my homemade

ice cream

> Chocolate or Vanilla? depends on mood - best is chocolate chip cookie

dough ice cream - best of both worlds!!!

> Storms - cool or scary? Cool

> What type was your first car? - red Fiesta

> Is the glass half empty or half full? - usually neither - either full or

empty, I'm not a girl to sip my drinks!!!

>

> What is your favourite snack? - Chocolate anything or if I fancy savoury

has to be Pringles - preferably paprika flavour

> Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

>

> Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - Um, sort of! Some of

them are right but not entirely! Can go pretty quick though.

>

> What's under your bed? - dust

>

[Guest guest]

> Name - ina, also known as Tom

> Living Arrangements - me, my husband Iain, who is 3.5 and Emma who

is 1.5.

> Favourite T.V. show? - ER, Always & Everyone, Casualty, any birth

documentaries, Friends, Star Trek - Deep Space Nine/the next generation

>

> What's on your mouse pad? - Dipsy and Laa Laa

> Favourite Magazine? - New Generation, Good Housekeeping,

> Favourite smells? - bacon, garlic, my children's hair, bread

> Worst feeling in the world? - when one of my kids is ill/in trouble

> Best feeling in the world? - just given birth to Emma

>

> What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - " I must go to bed

early tonight "

>

> Do you get motion sickness? - yes, on boats.

>

> Roller Coasters - I don't like!

>

> Pen or Pencil? - Pen

>

> Favourite foods? - bacon sandwich, smoked salmon, ' blackened

chicken, pasta, red wine, garlic,

>

> Chocolate or Vanilla? vanilla with chocolate sauce

> Storms - definitely cool

> What type was your first car? - maestro - red and rusty

> Is the glass half empty or half full? - half full usually

>

> What is your favourite snack? - crisps, biscuits

>

> Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

>

> Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - yes. Most useful part

of my education

>

> What's under your bed? - clothes, magazines, books

ina

Mum to 24.10.1996 & Emma 15.11.1998

NCT trainee breastfeeding counsellor

ina.@...

[Guest guest]

> >What's on your mouse pad? - a picture of CHOCOLATE! with a corner -bite

> shaped - snapped off

Ooooh, where did you get it? I want one now!!!

> >Best feeling in the world? - Well the most attainable is sailing in the

> morning sunshine down the River Dart [ the most beautiful place in my world]

> gentle breeze increasing to a decent blow [!] anticipating a speedy trip

> across the Channel for a weekend in Guernsey.

>

oooh, this sounds wonderful!

> P.S - Glad I'm not the only one not going to Conference - have to work on

> Saturday!

Yes, this list is going to be sooooooo quiet this weekend.

Very interesting Sally, thanks for joining in!!!

[Guest guest]

-----Original Message-----

From: A. Lavery

>> >What's on your mouse pad? - a picture of CHOCOLATE! with a corner -bite

>> shaped - snapped off

>

>Ooooh, where did you get it? I want one now!!!

Was a Christmas pressie with a CD shaped disc of chocolate - says Van

Ltd on the mat- have to say the choc wasnt very tasty and its actually not a

good thing to be staring at chocs all night!

Sally Shoolbraid

Torbay & South Devon

Br/Mem/Bookings Sec

Eleanor 6 and 5

[Guest guest]

Name - . Spent all my life until I met my DH being just

, but he calls me Rach...Racheykins (!) to my friends Liz

and Dawn

Living Arrangements - me, DH , Verity 18 weeks, 2 cats -

Henry (black and white Felix cat) and Hamish (very fat orange

cat).

Favourite T.V. show? - The Fast Show, ER, Cold Feet, things with

babies being born, or anything with horses in!

What's on your mouse pad? - It's a special exciting padded-wrist

job, with 'evolving to e-business - Attachmate' on it (DH works

in IT, we get loads of freebies)

Favourite Magazine? Arabian Link (monthly mag about Arabian

horses!)...I read it in the bath

Favourite smells? - Verity's neck, DH's neck, the smell of a

horse's........yes, neck! A stable full of clean shavings.

Woods after rain. The smell of wet earth (brought up in the

country, can you tell?!). Freesias (smell of Crabtree & Eveyln

Freesia perfume reminds me of my wedding day)

Worst feeling in the world? - My baby horse Kara getting loose

at her first horse show and crashing through a gate and me being

powerless to stop it happening. Realising as I ran towards her

that her leg had broken and that she'd have to be

shot...horrible.

Best feeling in the world? - having Verity and us being a family.

Being happy (which is basically all the time now :-)

What is the first thing you think of in the morning? -

must...eat......food.......

Do you get motion sickness? - Yes, horribly. It got even worse

when I was pregnant...my all time record is throwing up 3 miles

into a 400 mile journey!

Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary!!! I hate heights!

Pen or Pencil? - Pen for writing, pencil for drawing

Favourite foods? - cheese, any exotic fruit, avocadoes, salmon,

unsalted butter on anything (particularly soft pretzels from

germany)

Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla with cookie dough <droool>

Storms - cool or scary? Cool

What type was your first car? - red Seat Marbella - it's outside

the house! Passed test last December!

Is the glass half empty or half full? - Half full...but I'll

have a refill if there's one going!

What is your favourite snack? - Really good olives. Or

chocolate. Or cheese on crackers. Or bananas. Or anything with

unsalted butter on!

Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - Lefty - Verity is

showing signs too, picks everything up with her left hand

already!

Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - Yes (taught

myself with the aid of Mavis Beacon on a CD)

What's under your bed? - suitcases, a lot of dust and a pile of

books and magazines (I feel guilty now!)

[Guest guest]

> Name -

(not val except in extreme circumstances would prefer V if

you have to shorten it)

>

> Living Arrangements -

me, dh(marc), ds1aged 6(matthew), ds2 aged 4(alexander), dd

aged 2(charlotte-ann). Part-time Sasha aged4

> Favourite T.V. show? -

Friends & ER when it's on. Hollyoaks when I remember about

it(blame my 18yr old sister for that one) and QVC when I feeling

lazy

>

> What's on your mouse pad? -

www.blackstar.co.uk of course !! (dh is customer care manager)

>

> Favourite Magazine?

don't buy any but if I did it would probably be a slimming one

>

> Favourite smells? -

fresh flowers - when I am rich (!) I will fill the house with them

> Worst feeling in the world? -

failing my chemistry A-level, 'failing' at bf ds1

> Best feeling in the world?

Getting married, hearing people say how beautiful/clever/etc my

kids are, feeling that I have really made a difference when talking to

mums about breastfeeding on postnatal wards

>

> What is the first thing you think of in the morning?

Is Charlotte-Ann in the bed or what time is Sasha coming?

(sometimes she comes at 7am, sometimes at 12.15pm)

>

> Do you get motion sickness?

only in extreme circumstances -used to be much worse

>

> Roller Coasters - cool or scary? -

Very scary - don't trust all those nuts and bolts. Went on one to

try and impress dh when we were first dating but it back fired when

he had to carry me off shaking :-(

>

> Pen or Pencil?

Pen

>

> Favourite foods? -

chinese - anything with chicken & cashewnuts in it

>

> Chocolate or Vanilla?

Vanilla with sauce

> Storms - cool or scary?

Cool as long as I am inside with someone!

>

> What type was your first car? -

blue vauxhall chevette - many happy memories involve that car &

dh ;-))))

>

> Is the glass half empty or half full? -

try to keep it half full but depends on the situation

>

> What is your favourite snack? -

peanut M & M's, prawn cocktail crisps

>

> Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous?

righty

>

> Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? -

sort of but I am quicker doing it my own way.

>

> What's under your bed? -

don't look very often but hopefully just a carpet!!

>

[Guest guest]

>Name - Joanne McVeigh (nee ), Rae to family and close friends,

Pog to my husband, Mummy to DS, Waaaah (in a hungry voice) to DD.

>

>Living Arrangements - Me, Rob, aged 2 yrs 9 months, Caitlin

aged 5 months, the puter aged 17 months in very small, very messy 3 bed semi

>

>Favourite T.V. show? - Don't know really. Have I Got News For You,

Creek maybe.

>

>What's on your mouse pad? - Very boring Mesh computers

>

>Favourite Magazine? - Oh definately something like Woman, Woman's Own, Take

a Break rather than anything intellectual!

>

>Favourite smells? - My baby, fish and chips at the seaside, fresh bread,

Rob's aftershave, Lenor fabric conditioner, honeysuckle on a warm summer

evening

>

>Worst feeling in the world? - What if.....?

>

>Best feeling in the world? - Coming down from putting children to bed to

find house has been tidied... Summer evenings in the garden with my husband

and a glass of wine... The ring on the doorbell that you know is the pizza

delivery man... A hot bath on a cold day, a cool shower on a hot day...

Pulling back the curtains to discover that it snowed in the night

>

>What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - My children.

Usually don't have any choice as it is one or the other that's woken me!

>

>Do you get motion sickness? Yes, even lifts make me feel queasy

>

>Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Terrifying!

>

>Pen or Pencil? - Pen.

>

>Favourite foods? - Anything I don't have to cook! My Mum's roast potatoes,

chips from the chippy, duck and pineapple from the Chinese, anything at all

cooked by my MIL

>

>Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla if ice cream

>

>Storms - cool or scary? Scary.

>

>What type was your first car? First I drove was a Ford Anglia. First I

owned was a rusty red Austin Maestro!

>

>Is the glass half empty or half full? - half empty :-( Rob's the half

full type, so someone has to bring him back down to Earth

>

>What is your favourite snack? - Marmite sandwiches, marmite on toast (yum

yum)

>

>Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

>

>Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - No cos I'm nearly always

NAKING!! Can go quite fast when using both hands, but have to watch the

keyboard!

>

>What's under your bed? - Monsters

McVeigh

Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District

SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff) DOB 19/9/97

& Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin), DOB 12/1/00

Photo Album:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=697874 & a=5085964

[Guest guest]

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: A. Lavery So, all you need to do is change the

> >answers to your own and send it back to the list and we all get to find

out

> >a bit more about each person.......have fun!!!!!!! It's meant to be fun

> not

> >really serious!

> >

> >Name - Cerys

> >

> >Living Arrangements - me and my dh and 4 1/2 and Kieran nearly

18 months - no pets we're allergic.

>

> >Favourite T.V. show? - Cold Feet

>

> >What's on your mouse pad? - Wallace & Gromit

>

>

> >Favourite Magazine? - Radio Times is the one I buy regularly - does this

make me sad?

>

> >

> >Favourite smells? - That lovely smell you get after it has rained and -

in total juxtaposition - walking past an open pub door on a Friday night.

Plus my children when they've just had a bath.

>

> >Worst feeling in the world? - Fear for my own or other people's children

> >

> >Best feeling in the world? - , totally engrossed in what she's

doing, turning and smiling at me and then going back to her task.

>

>

> >What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - just 5 more

minutes in bed

>

>

> >Do you get motion sickness? Yes yuck. Cars, boats, planes you name it -

I managed to chuck on the Isle of Wight ferry, my mum kept saying " but we're

not even on the sea " .

>

>

> >Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Cool & Scary

>

> >Pen or Pencil? - Fountain pen - black ink

> >

> >Favourite foods? - smoked salmon, Champagne, Steak

> >

> >Chocolate or Vanilla? Usually choc but you can't beat a good vanilla ice

cream

>

> >

> >Storms - cool or scary? Cooooool

> >

> >What type was your first car? - Pugeot 205, but I wanted (and still

want) a Midget

> >

> >Is the glass half empty or half full? - usually half full - life's too

short. (If you're talking real glass & it's full of alcohol it's not full

for long)

> >

> >What is your favourite snack? - Pringles or Tortilla chips

> >

> >Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

> >

> >Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - Yes (unless the glass

is empty)

> >

> >What's under your bed? - It is the one place we don't have any junk as we

have built in drawers which store bed clothes and are where I hide the

Christmas pressies.

[Guest guest]

> >> >What's on your mouse pad? - a picture of CHOCOLATE! with a

corner -bite

> >> shaped - snapped off

> >

> >Ooooh, where did you get it? I want one now!!!

>

>

>

> Was a Christmas pressie with a CD shaped disc of chocolate - says Van

> Ltd on the mat- have to say the choc wasnt very tasty and its actually not

a

> good thing to be staring at chocs all night!

>

> Sally Shoolbraid

i got one of these for brother ib law for xmas. Got it from Lakeland Ltd.

[Guest guest]

>

> Name - Lynda Garland

>

> Living Arrangements - me and my DH Stuart, (Jiminy) 7,

(Dander) 5, Fraser (Frizwell) 2, Callum (Calumbo) nearly 6 weeks, part-time

(just finished work for the week - yippee) Joe (6), Eddie (4). Oh, and 2

guinea pigs, Peanut and Raisin - girls to keep me company.

>

> Favourite T.V. show? -ER, Have I Got News For You

>

> What's on your mouse pad? - tropical rainforest scene, photo of the boys

is background on the puter screen

>

> Favourite Magazine? - GH, Mid-Northumberland NCT branch newsletter (well,

that's the one I spend longest with!)

>

> Favourite smells? - bacon frying, nail varnish, Cerruti 1881

>

> Worst feeling in the world? - finding out my unborn baby had an

abnormality

>

> Best feeling in the world? - giving birth to my children, a full night's

sleep

>

> What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - who is in bed with

me this morning? - could be anything up to 6 men!

>

> Do you get motion sickness? - Yes, spent half an hour in Boots this

morning trying to find travel pills which are OK for me while breastfeeding

and for the under 3's

>

> Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary, don't like them, won't go on

them. DH went on the big one at Blackpool Pleasure Beach last year and says

it was the worst experience of his life!

>

> Pen or Pencil? - Pen

>

> Favourite foods? - marmite and coleslaw sandwiches, plain chocolate,

lasagne, hot and sour soup from our local Chinese and (got to agree with

here) my Mum's roast potatoes

>

> Chocolate or Vanilla? - chocolate every time

>

> Storms - cool or scary? - Cool

>

> What type was your first car? - a red Nissan Micra

>

> Is the glass half empty or half full? - Mine is usually half full, DH's

is always completely empty!

>

> What is your favourite snack? - pistachio nuts

>

> Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

>

> Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - no, only use about 3

fingers

>

> What's under your bed? - oh God, this is really shaming: 1 scalextric set,

2 Hornby railway sets, the last 7 years worth of branch newsletters and New

Gens, about 500 Persil nearly new carrier bags,1 box of sexy underwear I

can't fit into any more, 1 set of Rocky Horror clothes, a portable bidet, a

box of duplicate Christmas/birthday presents waiting to be recycled, 7 used

tissues (well, I've thrown them away now!), our wedding photograph album.

Everything covered in about 2 inches of dust!

[Guest guest]

>> What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - who is in bed with

>me this morning? - could be anything up to 6 men!

Who's the 6th?

[Guest guest]

Name -

Living Arrangements - me, DH called , 4 and Barney 2 - not pets ..

not since we got rid of the mice and May Bugs anyway!

Favourite T.V. show? - Royle Family, Cold Feet, anything with home or

gardenimprovements, Ready Steady Cook ... compare with " most watched " TV

shows ...

Tweenies, Bear in the Big Blue House, Beachcomber Bay

What's on your mouse pad? - I have a " children's channel " mouse pad with a

cartoon cat on it. This is from my work days. I doubt that Children's

Channel exists any more. Despite all those years of marketing multichannel

TV, we don't have it at home!

Favourite Magazine? - Living etc

Favourite smells? - jasmine, lemon curd, Palmer's coco butter cream, milky

babies

Worst feeling in the world? - I still have a dream where I've done really

bad pre-exam question spotting and when I turn over the paper I can't answer

ANYTHING at all on it, so I spend 3 hours writing rubbish, then when the

results come, I've failed, and the exam must have been my A levels because

now I can't get onto the degree course that I wanted, and I kept secret from

my parents that I'd given up one A level half way through, so now I don't

have enough points to get in anywhere.

Best feeling in the world? - I wake up from the above dream to remember that

I did pass all my A levels and my degree, and I don't have any more revision

to do. Seeing DH when I wake up! It must be love (not a pretty sight).

Kids sneaking into bed in the morning for a cuddle - even though it is 10

past 5.

What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - It can't be morning

already, oh it's not, it's 10 past 5.

Do you get motion sickness? No

Roller Coasters - cool or scary? - Scary, hate anything that makes my

stomach fly about.

Pen or Pencil? - Pen

Favourite foods? - Tortilla chips dipped in greek yogurt. Crispy duck.

Those fab homemade crisps in the American Bar at the Savoy. Mango chutney

and plain poppadums. Feta cheese. Pickled onions. Venison (sorry) stew.

Tiger prawns. Cheesy Wotsits. Any type of satay. Malay/Thai coconut milk

curries. Avocado. Home grown tomatoes with lots of basil and olive oil.

Pasta tossed in garlic, butter and olive oil. Really ripe peaches.

Blueberry coulis. Huge green olives. Egg mayo and salad sandwiches. That

really crusty bread that you get in Italy, which is all crust and no middle

and you can stuff it with salad and drip olive oil all over it. Bread and

butter pudding.

All of which goes to prove why I'm on the slimmers list!

Chocolate or Vanilla? Definitely chocolate for me too, but not with chips

in.

Storms - cool or scary? I don't mind storms at all, as long as I'm not

driving in one on the M4!

What type was your first car? - I had a bright red Citroen 2CV special. It

had a black roof that undid from the outside and you could take the back

seats out for a picnic. It was a good London car, as it had a nippy first

gear. Very slow after that of course! It came to a sticky end when I drove

it into the back of a transit van on the Embankment. The 2CV was a

write-off and the van had a broken number plate. NB lots of these first

cars seem to be red!

Is the glass half empty or half full? - half full every time

What is your favourite snack? - crisps

Are you a lefty, righty or ambidextrous? - righty

Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? - Typing is one of the few

things in my life at which I have excelled! I have RSA stage 3 with

distinction! By far the most useful thing I have ever learned and kept me

solvent whilst I was at college.

What's under your bed? - nothing, it's bad feng shui to have stuff under

your bed

[Guest guest]

,

> Favourite foods? - Tortilla chips dipped in greek yogurt.

Crispy duck.

> Those fab homemade crisps in the American Bar at the Savoy.

Mango chutney

> and plain poppadums. Feta cheese. Pickled onions. Venison

(sorry) stew.

> Tiger prawns. Cheesy Wotsits. Any type of satay. Malay/Thai

coconut milk

> curries. Avocado. Home grown tomatoes with lots of basil and

olive oil.

> Pasta tossed in garlic, butter and olive oil. Really ripe

peaches.

> Blueberry coulis. Huge green olives. Egg mayo and salad

sandwiches. That

> really crusty bread that you get in Italy, which is all crust

and no middle

> and you can stuff it with salad and drip olive oil all over it.

Bread and

> butter pudding.

oh YUM!

You just made me even hungrier!! Can I say a big 'me too' to all

of the above!

>

> All of which goes to prove why I'm on the slimmers list!

and to this bit ;-)

[Guest guest]

Lynda wrote>>>What is the first thing you think of in the morning? - who is in

bed with

me this morning? - could be anything up to 6 men!<<

ok, dh plus 4 children...who is the other man?

SAHM 6, Olivia 2, 1, 15/3/00.

Editor Wallingford and District

[Guest guest]

" A. Lavery " wrote:

> > > Do you get motion sickness? seasick on a mirrorlike English Channel

> > >

> > > Roller Coasters - definitely cool. Me and DS2 are the adventurous ones.

>

> How can you do this if you get sick on a mirrorlike english

channel?......strange!!!

>

Funny you should say that. In fact I find the smaller, kiddies'

rollercoaster rides

scarier than the big ones (eg the little dragonride at Legoland) as they

seem

insubstantial and rickety. I feel safer on the big ones - I know,

wierd, that's me.

Lesley M

Home for a night's kip before returning to conference