I got tagged in one of those Facebook status' the other day, one where you list 14 facts about yourself. I tend not to do them but it seemed like a good idea. So I listed 14 things. After today I figured it'd be better to list 14 things I enjoy and love.
1) It goes without saying but my Son. He really is the light of my life. I didn't give birth to him but it doesn't matter. He is my Son. I love him with every waking moment. Don't get me wrong I'm not one of those parents who cannot see their their child has faults, he's human as we all are, he's not perfect. But he really is wonderful. I love his passion for life, he's so inquisitive, everything is to be explored, discovered, worked out. Yes he flits from one subject to another, it can be difficult to keep him focused for any length of time but when he really gets into something, he commits and can be furious in his thirst to learn. He loves his rugby, has been playing for 2 seasons now. He did that because he was bored of football but I didn't want him giving up sport. He started full contact this season, he has no fear at all, launching himself into a tackle whether to keep or retrieve the ball. He's started to grow his hair recently, it's almost shoulder length. suits him down to the ground. I think in 10 years time he's going to be the new Matt Hopper.
I love his features, when he smiles, properly, showing his teeth. His eyes sparkle when he's happy. They are such a pretty green colour with flecks of grey and brown. I could talk about him all day but I think I've made my point
2) Playing Rugby. I started this season, almost by accident. Hubby has been training the minis (under 6's and 7's) and little one had played a year by then so it was only common sense that when it came to making the float for the Lord Mayors Procession and appearing in it, we should all help and join in. At the end of a very tiring day, we're back at the club having a drink on a gorgeous summer evening when I'm asked when I'm joining the women's' team. I put it off for about a week before deciding I'd give it a go, almost a full season on I'm still here. I play prop, usually loosehead, but I can do tighthead. I've accumulated injuries, which my Son and I have been known to spend hours comparing, much to hubby's despair. He's not allowed to play under doctors orders. He loves watching us play, but naturally doesn't like seeing us hurt.
3) Cooking. specifically baking, but I love to cook. Stews, preserves, cakes, cookies, bread, soups biscuits, pies, you name it I've probably cooked it at some point or other. Sadly I don't have the time to cook as much as I'd like to, having a house hubby and working 9 hours a day means he does most of it. But once in a while I will bake, C helps me, usually makes a mess gets bored half way through and wanders off, but he helps. The last escapade involved triple chocolate cookies and muffins. The one before was cheese bread, bean casserole, beef stew and chocolate biscuits. I'd love to start my own business of preserves, there seems to be a lacking in affordable home made foods.
4) Music. As stated in my previous post, I live with music. If it wasn't for the unbearable protests, I'd happily sell the TV and just have the radio. Although I'd miss films. My favourite is Radio 2, much to most peoples amusement. I'm old before my time, I've missed my favourite era of music by about 15 years. By the time I was born it was nearly over, being a late 80's baby my favourite bands are either no longer together, dead or not what they used to be. Queen will always be my first love. But I like most things generally before 1992 or so.
5) I love to dance. whether its just bopping casually round the kitchen or jiving/line dancing on a Monday in class. There's something about a beat I can't ignore.
6) Nature, both domestic and wild. My pets are my furbabies, extensions of the family. The dogs: Ben in his old grumpyness that now spends his days sleeping, Rusty with her gentleness towards children especially her best friend C. Brian the absolute nutter, who has this amazing doped look about him when he wakes up but is like a firecracker when he wants to play. Pepper, my only rabbit at the moment, inquisitive and boisterous, who will literally take the food from your hand when he wants his pellets. The guinea pigs, Malteser and Skittle who will squeak like nutters when you walk past but if you open their cage they run for cover. Even the fish have personalities. Only 2 have names, the plec, called Plecso, and Nemo the goldfish. So called because of his ability o look like he's moments from death before flitting off like nothings wrong.
I also love wildlife, I love to watch the birds, especially the young ones learning to fly in the spring. I had the pleasure of coming face to face with a vixen and her cubs once when I was a teenager. She'd come right to the edge of the garden, not surprising as we were surrounded but 35 acres of woodland. I was amazed, she was beautiful and to see her was completely mesmerizing.
7) The weather and seasons. People complain if it's too cold, too hot, wet, not wet enough. I don't care, I love it all, something new happens every season, winter brings snow, as dangerous as it can make the roads, its beautiful, everything looks pure and calm. The stunning colour change in autumn, the reds and oranges as the trees change and get ready to shed so that new life can begin again in a few months. Spring, listening to the calls as life starts again, watching birds fly to and forth making nests. We had a thrush nest in a bush in the front garden at our old house, she was beautiful and it was wonderful to see her chicks grow so close. Finally summer, everything is in full swing, days on the beach, dancing in the rain because its warm enough to. The fresh smell after storms.
8) My husband. Obviously. I listen to friends complain how lazy or uncaring their partners are. He's not like that. I come home to tea either ready or being cooked, the house is clean, the animals cared for or at least what little is for him to do as I do most of that myself as that's what I enjoy. He's loving and doting even when I don't deserve it. I'm very lucky
9) Walking. I can walk for miles,always with the dogs, there's some lovely places to walk directly near the house, I can be gone for 2 hours or more. A couple are good to let the dogs off through the woods, others are down the back roads so they have to be kept on their leads.
10) Reading. My favourite author is Stephen King. I love horror, I started reading Goosebumps when I was about 9, by the time I was 13 I'd read the Amityville Horror books and my first Stephen King book which was The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I also enjoy reading Sherrilyn Kenyon and Nora Roberts, including her pseudonym J D Robb. I have enough books to start a library, C is well on his way to joining me, at the moment he likes Roald Dahl who I enjoyed as a child and Andy Stanton.
11) I enjoy spending time in my garden, tending to my beds and shrubs. My favourite flowers are fuchsias and roses. I spend hours weeding, plating, dead heading and arranging. The back garden needs a lot of work, it was a complete mess when we moved in but we've cleared it down, now just waiting for the good weather to weedkiller what we want to gravel and reseed where we want the grass to grow.
12) Camping, getting back to nature as it were. Its a cheap and non fussy way of seeing places. why worry about spending a fortune on a hotel? just find a camp site with a shower and toilet, everything else can be done yourself. We went camping in Skegness last summer. We went exploring down the beaches, found a castle ruins and had a brilliant time.
13) I'm told I'm snap happy, I love to take photos and lots of them. My camera doesn't always suit my needs but I do the best with what I have until I can afford a better one.
14) An open fire. I grew up in a bungalow with no central heating, just an open fire in the lounge at one end of the building (it wasn't a standard bungalow, it was basically a long wooden shed) and a naff electric heater in our bedroom. On particularly cold days you could see your breath in the air in the mornings until the heater kicked in. When I wasn't outside, I spent the cold days of my childhood infront of the open fire, drawing, reading or just lounging. When I moved out I didn't have a place with an open for for 9 years until hubby and I moved here. We installed a wood burner into the fire place about a year after we moved in, the dogs love it, especially Ben, they've never had an open fire before. I've spent many evenings on the floor with one of the dogs infront of it. Usually Indie who is my Father in Laws dog when they lived with us. I find an open fire very calming no matter how stressful a day has been
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