Liebster Blog Award

Hi!

I hope you're all enjoying the Summer? Thank you for all the comments and kind words after my down in the dumps posts recently - Gran continues to be the same, but I've managed to see and speak to her a few times.

 I disappeared for a while there but I'm back. Lots of things have got in the way of blogging but I failed to photograph most of them and if I just write about what's been happening

 it may turn into a very loooong post!

Anyway a little while ago Christina from A Colourful Life passed the Liebster Blog Award to me, thank you very much Christina, I'll do my best!

The Liebster Blog Award is a blogger- to- blogger nomination which promotes blogs with less than 200 followers. I know some people prefer to be award/list free, but I'm really happy to receive it.

It's also reminded me that I was passed The Sunshine Award by Tammy (who's blog link seems to be broken just now) a while back and although I produced the required post I didn't attach the award to my sidebar - I'll put that on my to-do list.

This task is as follows -

1) Write 11 random facts about myself

2) Answer Christina's 11 questions

3) Nominate 11 bloggers and ask them 11 questions

Gosh number 3 just ain't going to happen, Please take the baton if you feel you have time and would like to, I'd love to read your lists. I'll complete the task in bits , starting with my 11 random facts - this part seems easy!

Here goes..... (I did a random 10 list a while back so I'll apologise now if I'm repeating myself!)

1) I love live music, although don't go to as many concerts as I'd like. From one a couple of years ago I sent a text to Number 1 son saying "Mum's in the mosh pit" to which a fast reply came "how can that even be possible?"

2) I've always had long nails, even in school. I hated having them cut and they're as strong as, well, nails!

4) I wanted to be a make up artist for TV in London, but before I got the chance I met my husband and the rest is history.

5) I have a huge phobia of losing touch with people. I would write to someone I'd only sat next to on the bus if I could.

6) I love to swim, the only sport I'm really willing to do!

7) I absolutely do not understand the rules of cricket, despite sitting on the boundary for approximately 35 years! It doesn't help my addled brain that the rules are slightly different in every age group; and I have people IN every age group!

8) I'm a bit strange when it comes to hanging out my washing. I will not hang any underwear on the linen line, and socks can only hang if they're in pairs and all facing the same way. I once left my best friend alone in my house while I popped out for 10 minutes and returned to find she'd hung all my bras on the line!

9) I think I could easily live in a health spa!

10) Where I actually want to live is in a house not far from the beach, in more sunny climes.

11) My love of reading comes, I think, from an inspirational and very dramatic English teacher at High School; similarly my hatred of Maths comes from a very useless teacher at High School.

Not the most interesting of lists I'm afraid, I'll do the next part where I answer

Christina's questions as soon as I can.

We're in Lincolnshire tomorrow as Number 1 son has his debut in the Under 19's County Squad.

I have never been more terrified in my life!!