1. What do you do when you have time to yourself?

Well, after I’ve caught up on the housework, I tend to go online to update my blog, go blog hopping or procrastinate on Facebook or Twitter.  Away from the computer, I like to do an exercise DVD or Zumba, or perhaps do the Wii Fit.  However, when I feel less energetic, I like to just flop down on the sofa in front of the telly and watch a favourite programme in peace, without Hubby moaning that there’s some football on another channel that he’s missing, and without the distraction of the girls.

2. When you look out your kitchen window, what do you see?

I see my garden.  I have quite a big back garden, but sadly we don’t really have lots of lovely plants and flowers (yet).  Most of the garden is laid to lawn.  We have a small patio and path at our back door, and beside that is our huge rabbit hutch and run.  I like to watch our two bunnies hop about while I wash up.  We have lots of outdoor play equipment for the girls (swings, slide, seesaw, trampoline, etc…) as well as a little wooden playhouse at the top of the garden, next to our deck.  It’s good to be able to keep an eye on the girls outside, while I potter in the kitchen.  

3. Who/What would you want to be reincarnated as?

This is easy-peasy!  I ALWAYS maintain that I am coming back as a cat!  I envy their laid-back lifestyle!  They seem to spend their days lounging in a warm comfy spot or eating.  Bliss!  You can be sure that I’ll be one of those fussy felines who will only eat the best of food too! 

4. What is your biggest pet peeve about other people’s kids?

Ha!  Sorry!  I have a confession to make:  I must admit to being very easily irritated by other people’s kids!  The biggest annoyance has to be rudeness.  I hate cheeky wee brats that ask nosey questions or answer back with a smart Alec response.  I also hate whining!  “He did this / that!”; “She won’t give a shot of…” I find that very irritating!  My own girls are very well behaved, and I can honestly take them anywhere and know they won’t give me a showing up!  Therefore, I resent having to put up with bad behaviour from other kids!

5. Regular or Diet soda?

I’m a Diet Coke girl!  Asides from the calorific reasons, I much prefer the taste of diet drinks.  Regular ones taste far too sweet and syrupy to me!

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The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Family

Today I have to write about someone I know who is not related to me, but is like a family member.

As a child, Thursday nights meant three things to me:

1. Top of the Pops on the telly
2. A visit from Auntie Lena, and
3. Sweeties!!  (Courtesy of Auntie Lena!)

Auntie Lena is not really my aunt, but rather she is a friend of the family.  She is the younger sister of my Mum’s best friend from her school days – Margaret (who now lives in Maryland, USA, and has done most of her adult life).

Growing up, we saw my “Auntie Lena” just as often, if not more than, my ‘real’ aunts and uncles.  Today, Auntie Lena still attends all our family parties and celebrations.  She has never married and has very little ‘real’ family of her own in the UK, but she is most definately a cherished part of our family!!

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The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Wind


Today I am the wind’s interpreter:

Let me breeze in amongst the garments hanging on your washing line.
With my breath and the sun’s rays it’ll be dry in no time.

Let me whistle through the branches with their leaves all turning brown.
With my persistent whipping all the leaves will soon be down.

Let me whip up all the litter that the humans have tossed aside.
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The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Pet


Today, I have to describe an everyday scene from the point of view of a pet.

Yikes!  I nearly bounced through the roof of the run there!  I wish The Nice Lady would get that noisy back door fixed.  Every time the humans open or close that squeaky door, my sister and I get quite a fright.  Us rabbits are nervous creatures, you see.  That’s on account of us being prey animals.  Our fight or flight responses are finely tuned.

We soon calm down when we realise that it’s just The Nice Lady coming out of her home.  Then we watch her to see what she’s up to.  Yes!  She’s opening the trunk with all our rabbit goodies inside.  It must be feeding time.  Yippee!

“Race you to the bowls, Sis!”

Hop, hop, hop!…

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Before setting out on a long plane or train journey, I make sure I have ample reading material with me.  There is nothing that will make my journey pass quicker than a good book.  I like to completely immerse myself in the story.

However, if my long journey is by bus,coach, or as a car passenger, then I would have to make do with an audiobook on my MP3, as I tend to suffer really bad motion sickness on these modes of transport.Similar Posts:

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1. Do you have any nicknames and if so how did it come about?

 

Yes I have a few variations on the same theme!  My name is Annette, so it gets shortened to Netty and I use this as my name of my Mii on the Wii!

At school I was very thin – incredibly thin! – and so I used to get called Netty Spaghetti, with reference to my ‘spaghetti legs’!  This was preferable to my other nickname at school – Hector Spector the Four-eyed Projector or Specky for short!   – This was of course referring to the fact that I wore glasses!  (Children can be so cruel!!)

Sticking with the spectacle theme, my friend Liz affectionately calls me Annetticles!  LOL

Hubby sometimes calls me Netsy, my friend Oi Hang sometimes calls me Netta, and former colleagues used to call me Nutty Netty!!

 

2. What is your birth order amongst your siblings?

 

I am the firstborn, and therefore got the toughest time from my parents, while growing up!  My (one and only!) wee sister got an easy ride!  She’s six years younger than me, so by the time she was a teenager my parents had mellowed somewhat.  I mean she was allowed to go on holiday to Lanzarote at seventeen with her sixteen-year-old friend on their own!?!  I can just imagine asking my parents to allow me to holiday abroad with my friend at that age!…..Not!!

Interestingly, my hubby is also a firstborn, wheras my sister’s hubby is the youngest!  Weird coincidence or what?

 

3. In a movie of your life, who would play your significant other?

 

Ooooh!!  I’d love to say Daniel Craig!!    However, more than a few people have commented on the similarily between Hubby and Woody Harelson!!  (I’ll need to get a wee Photoshop thing to illustrate this at some point!!  LOL)

 

4. What is currently your favorite song?

 

“Pack Up” by Eliza Doolittle is my fave track in the UK charts at the moment.  I just can’t stop myself from singing along to it!

 

5. Are you saving your money for anything right now? Big or small purchase?

 

Yes I am, or rather I hope to be, but in a back to front fashion!  I NEED a new desktop PC, cos my laptop is ancient at 4.5yrs-old and my newer netbook is useless!! :S   I’m starting a new uni course in a few weeks time, and I will need a decent computer to work on.  However, I can’t afford to splash out that amount of cash upfront, so…… I’ve come up with a cunning plan…. Dell are offering a Buy Now Pay Later (interest free!!) deal on some of their computers and I’ve got my eye on a desktop package at just over £700.  This special offer is simply too good to miss!  I NEED that computer!!  It just means I’ll be saving in reverse, rather than paying interest on credit!

 

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The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Overindulgence

In what way is 21st century society the most overindulgent?

We live in a very overindulgent society.

Single people and couples are living in large executive houses with a lot more rooms than they need.  Many of these people have huge modern kitchens with all the latest mod-cons, but they never use them!   They may have a gleaming stainless steel range cooker, but they never cook!  Instead, they eat out, buy take-aways or perhaps pop a ready meal in the microwave!

People are regularly replacing items such as televisions, mobile phones, computers and furniture, when they are still in good working order.  They do not need to replace these items, but simply want the latest model or just fancy a change.

Many mothers are not dressing their second child in hand-me-down clothes, but buying everything from scratch again!  Clothes are being replaced, rather than mended.

People buy too much food at the supermarket, resulting in fruit, vegetables and bread being thrown out, having gone off!

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This is an inspiring story of a couple who are rebuilding their marriage after finding themselves on the brink of divorce.  Their newly-strengthened relationship is put under strain by problems at work and a catastrophic event which not only tests their relationship and their faith, but also shakes the entire community.

This was the first piece of Christian Fiction I have read and I did not know what to expect.  The book focussed on the characters’ relationships with God and the power of prayer.

I thought the book was okay.  It certainly wasn’t something I would normally choose to read.  Much of the storyline revolves around High School (American) Football of which I have no knowledge or interest. 

I think this book would be an inspiring read to someone going through relationship problems, or to a Christian who is perhaps struggling with their faith.  The book certainly made me reflect on both my marriage and my faith.

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