Two posts in one
Way back before Christmas whitehousemom tagged me with this and nominated me for the Honest Scrap Award,
I almost forgot about it, then when siftng through friends' page posts I found it again.... so what better way to describe the joys of a bountiful Christmas and deal with this at the same time?!
ANYway... here's the bit I cut & pasted straight from her post (sorry, but why waste time reinventing the wheel?)
What is the Honest Scrap Award? It is an award given to those who tell it like it is.
"Scrap means left over, fragments, discarded material. Many times truth and honesty are discarded material, considered fragments and left over. People like us need to tell it like it is, and let the scraps fall where they will. There are 2 guidelines for receiving this award. One, you are to list 10 honest things about yourself. Make them interesting, even if you have to dig deep. Two, present the award to 7 other bloggers."
Ok this might be difficult. Especially the bit about 7 other bloggers..... for all I know I only have 3 people who read this regularly and they have probably already done it! Ah well. The fun is in the telling... or something like that.
Here goes..... lets see if I really CAN find 10 new things about myself.
1. Christmas is over. I am kind of relieved. I am sick of eating crap food, too much chocolate and not enough fruit and veg. I want normality back again! I was excited briefly on Christmas Eve but the reality of it hit me when I got in from work at 2 pm and thought 'this is it, no outside world for at least a week - oh GOD'. So I watched my Christmas films, I cooked my traditional scampi dinner, i drank Snowballs and you know what? Nothing happening. NOTHING. I didn't feel Christmassy. I didn't feel excited. I just felt.... old... and a bit sick. Oh and I was in bed by 10.30 pm as there was bog all on tv and no-one online to talk too. Obviously everyone else was out having the fun I SHOULD have been having. Oh god. I think... I think I'm turning into a Grumpy Old Woman!!!
2. On Christmas Day I didn't get out of bed until 10 am. fmd was even later at approaching 11 am. What's the rush? It's not like I needed to be up at 7 am to open my presents. I think we eventually opened everything around midday. I had a lot of really cool stuff - a lot of jewellery, some money, books, toiletries and a DVD - and the best thing of all was a replacement pendant from my Beloved. He bought me one when we very first met, nearly 10 years ago and I somehow managed to lose it. It's not fancy and it's not even that expensive, but I love it. It's a love rune and wearing it makes me feel happy.
3. I went to my parents for Christmas lunch. It was nice. Mum cooks a mean Christmas lunch. The best ever. It was good to be with family.... My dad had 3 glasses of wine and was as drunk as I have ever seen him. It was funny to watch such a quiet man suddenly lose it and start laughing until tears rolled down his face. And the reason? Mother exploded the custard in the microwave. It's the little things that amuse us.
4. Ok this one isn't a Christmas related thing. I just realised that I skip through more songs in my ITUNES library than I actually listen to. I have no idea why they are on there as I obviously don't like them. A New Years Resolution will be to thin it out to only have songs I actually enjoy listening to!
5. I am a sucker for musicals. I LOVE them. Especially Les Miserables. It's one of my favourite things ever and one of few albums I never skip through. And I think I know every single word. Of every single song, for every character. I could happily sing it for you word for word. Also? I'm listening to the original concept album which is in French.... I can't understand a word but I'm still singing along AND can picture each scene. I think I may suffer with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder!
6. I went to see Snow White & The Seven Dwarves at the cinema a few years ago. And complained because there were so many children there and they were all TALKING. It only occurred to me afterward that it was in fact a child's film. Still, they should have been paying attention. Their parents had paid for them so by god they should be enjoying themselves!
7. I very rarely watch TV anymore (apart from Dexter and BG!) and find adverts annoying to the point of violence. I don't watch the news as I find it depressing so if anything earth shattering has happened in the last couple of days I'm afraid I don't have a clue. I figure if its important, someone will tell me eventually. Life is depressing enough without watching other people's misery.
8. I love stop-motion animation and think Ray Harryhousen is a God of Cinema. I have seen Jason & The Argonauts more times than is healthy and will always watch it if I come across it on tv. The skeleton fight is still one of the finest pieces of fantasy film you will ever see. In my humble opinion.
9. I have way too many books to read, but can't resist a new one. I must have at LEAST 40 books waiting in a pile. I need to spend less time titting around on the interwibble and more time reading. But I don't. Another New Years Resolution in the making methinks. My lovely SIL just gave me a bag crammed full of new and exciting titles for me to fill my head with, and what do I do? Start on one that has been in my pile for over a year. *sigh* I need more hours in the day.
10. Finding 10 interesting, honest things is really quite hard! I must be the worlds most boring person. Ummm ummmmmm how about this? My first boyfriend proposed to me at the top of the Eiffel Tower. I nearly threw him off and the ring with it. Or this: I don't know why, but I used to tell people I was adopted and one of my teachers believed me and asked my parents about it. They were not impressed.
Ok so that is technically 11 things but who's counting? I tag anyone who hasn't already done it and wants to play. Oh and I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday wherever you are in the world.
Next up: New Years Eve. And OH how I hate that particular holiday!
Bah Humbug.
I almost forgot about it, then when siftng through friends' page posts I found it again.... so what better way to describe the joys of a bountiful Christmas and deal with this at the same time?!
ANYway... here's the bit I cut & pasted straight from her post (sorry, but why waste time reinventing the wheel?)
What is the Honest Scrap Award? It is an award given to those who tell it like it is.
"Scrap means left over, fragments, discarded material. Many times truth and honesty are discarded material, considered fragments and left over. People like us need to tell it like it is, and let the scraps fall where they will. There are 2 guidelines for receiving this award. One, you are to list 10 honest things about yourself. Make them interesting, even if you have to dig deep. Two, present the award to 7 other bloggers."
Ok this might be difficult. Especially the bit about 7 other bloggers..... for all I know I only have 3 people who read this regularly and they have probably already done it! Ah well. The fun is in the telling... or something like that.
Here goes..... lets see if I really CAN find 10 new things about myself.
1. Christmas is over. I am kind of relieved. I am sick of eating crap food, too much chocolate and not enough fruit and veg. I want normality back again! I was excited briefly on Christmas Eve but the reality of it hit me when I got in from work at 2 pm and thought 'this is it, no outside world for at least a week - oh GOD'. So I watched my Christmas films, I cooked my traditional scampi dinner, i drank Snowballs and you know what? Nothing happening. NOTHING. I didn't feel Christmassy. I didn't feel excited. I just felt.... old... and a bit sick. Oh and I was in bed by 10.30 pm as there was bog all on tv and no-one online to talk too. Obviously everyone else was out having the fun I SHOULD have been having. Oh god. I think... I think I'm turning into a Grumpy Old Woman!!!
2. On Christmas Day I didn't get out of bed until 10 am. fmd was even later at approaching 11 am. What's the rush? It's not like I needed to be up at 7 am to open my presents. I think we eventually opened everything around midday. I had a lot of really cool stuff - a lot of jewellery, some money, books, toiletries and a DVD - and the best thing of all was a replacement pendant from my Beloved. He bought me one when we very first met, nearly 10 years ago and I somehow managed to lose it. It's not fancy and it's not even that expensive, but I love it. It's a love rune and wearing it makes me feel happy.
3. I went to my parents for Christmas lunch. It was nice. Mum cooks a mean Christmas lunch. The best ever. It was good to be with family.... My dad had 3 glasses of wine and was as drunk as I have ever seen him. It was funny to watch such a quiet man suddenly lose it and start laughing until tears rolled down his face. And the reason? Mother exploded the custard in the microwave. It's the little things that amuse us.
4. Ok this one isn't a Christmas related thing. I just realised that I skip through more songs in my ITUNES library than I actually listen to. I have no idea why they are on there as I obviously don't like them. A New Years Resolution will be to thin it out to only have songs I actually enjoy listening to!
5. I am a sucker for musicals. I LOVE them. Especially Les Miserables. It's one of my favourite things ever and one of few albums I never skip through. And I think I know every single word. Of every single song, for every character. I could happily sing it for you word for word. Also? I'm listening to the original concept album which is in French.... I can't understand a word but I'm still singing along AND can picture each scene. I think I may suffer with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder!
6. I went to see Snow White & The Seven Dwarves at the cinema a few years ago. And complained because there were so many children there and they were all TALKING. It only occurred to me afterward that it was in fact a child's film. Still, they should have been paying attention. Their parents had paid for them so by god they should be enjoying themselves!
7. I very rarely watch TV anymore (apart from Dexter and BG!) and find adverts annoying to the point of violence. I don't watch the news as I find it depressing so if anything earth shattering has happened in the last couple of days I'm afraid I don't have a clue. I figure if its important, someone will tell me eventually. Life is depressing enough without watching other people's misery.
8. I love stop-motion animation and think Ray Harryhousen is a God of Cinema. I have seen Jason & The Argonauts more times than is healthy and will always watch it if I come across it on tv. The skeleton fight is still one of the finest pieces of fantasy film you will ever see. In my humble opinion.
9. I have way too many books to read, but can't resist a new one. I must have at LEAST 40 books waiting in a pile. I need to spend less time titting around on the interwibble and more time reading. But I don't. Another New Years Resolution in the making methinks. My lovely SIL just gave me a bag crammed full of new and exciting titles for me to fill my head with, and what do I do? Start on one that has been in my pile for over a year. *sigh* I need more hours in the day.
10. Finding 10 interesting, honest things is really quite hard! I must be the worlds most boring person. Ummm ummmmmm how about this? My first boyfriend proposed to me at the top of the Eiffel Tower. I nearly threw him off and the ring with it. Or this: I don't know why, but I used to tell people I was adopted and one of my teachers believed me and asked my parents about it. They were not impressed.
Ok so that is technically 11 things but who's counting? I tag anyone who hasn't already done it and wants to play. Oh and I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday wherever you are in the world.
Next up: New Years Eve. And OH how I hate that particular holiday!
Bah Humbug.