Weird title I know and here I go with my challenge set by Jen over at Eternally Huckdoll, this was one of the first blogs I found and have been reading it ever since. I can't remember how I found it though. She is a fellow twin mum, a FANTASTIC writer, witty, heartfelt, raw and addictive. Sound a bit like a stalker don't I, but she is one of the bloggers I'd like to meet...shame she lives in Canada, rather a long way to go huh.
Anyway, Huck randomly chose me the letter R and I have to attempt and I mean attempt to tell you 10 things/places/people/anything I love.
1 Running - actually I don't love it at all, but I am trying to. I have started training/shuffling and had signed up for a 3k then a 5k, the first of which was supposed to be on Saturday and it is CANCELLED due to inclement weather...typical England. Anyway at least I am trying.
2 Reading - I have always loved doing this, I remember so fondly Enid Blyton, Judy Blume and so many others and I still love it. Magazines, crime lit, autobiographies, chick lit, self help, christian and more recently in my adulthood The Bible - this is probably my biggest challenge.
3 Retreat - you may have read before that I belong to a women's bible study group, well every 2 years we get to go on a 'retreat'. We meet on Friday evening in time for dinner and get started on a weekend full of devotion, friendship, worship and great food.
4 Raspberries - most definitely my favourite fruit. I remember going 'picking' with my mum, nan and sis every summer and my sister and I always ate more than we picked. The succulent juicy raspberries bursting with flavour is such a wonderful thing. Great with my mums homemade pavlova.
5 Rings - my engagement ring firstly, a beautiful choice made by my Hubby without my knowledge so a complete surprise and I adore it. Next my wedding ring, plain, simple but full of the promise of our marriage still going strong after 12 years. Then comes my eternity ring, traditionally you get one of these on the birth of your first child. Mine represents Hubbys car, long story cut short...when we moved from US to UK, we did so by ourselves ie: not with any support from a company/job so we sold everything. We had only been married 3 years and we had to sell all our wedding presents (gutting) but we did. The Honda CRX that now sits on my finger was Hubbys first new car all of which he paid for. He couldn't bear to be completely rid of it so surprised me with an eternity ring from the sale of the car just before we moved. Lastly, is my signet ring given to me on my 18th birthday. I love it and have worn it ever since.
6 Romance - we don't go in for presents very much as we are ALWAYS on a budget but when we do Hubby is great with them as you can see from the above. The other thing he does amazingly is cards or what he writes in them. I am useless and can never think of anything meaningful or witty to write but can never wait to open his. I also love anything to do with romance.....chick lit, chick flicks and music..I cry at anything romantic too..
7 Roast dinners - I think I have always loved these. Lamb especially with lots of mint sauce. Since having my children I have even learnt to do them myself. There are so many great combinations and sitting down to eat one as a family is so special.
8 Ribena - blackcurrant cordial, which is always a treat in our house. As children we loved it and it was something we didn't have all the time as it is an expensive one but if we were ill it was always there. It is wonderful as a hot drink when you have a cold. Yummy.
9 Roses - Yellow. They were my wedding flowers, I love them. On our first anniversary Hubby bought me dozens, I can't quite remember how many but he had to borrow a lot of vases from our neighbours to put them in so as to surprise me when I got home from work. Bless.
10 Reality - this is a hard one, as I always seem to be living in a dream world. I love my family, children, husband and however hard it is, reality.. I will always find this a hard one to read especially at the moment while I am suffering through depression but that is all the more reason to live for today and relish my life as it happens.
So, there you go. Hope you enjoyed reading. I have to say it was hard to think of 10 but fun when I did.
Thanks Jen
xx
3 comments:
Fune meme, but I think my brain would go into overload with this one.
I could have guessed at most of them. Reality is the hard one. Raspberries - what fun we used to have going fruit picking. Where have those days gone, now it is your turn to do it with your children. Gosh am I old or what?? Love you. Moomin
Wow! I loved your intro - you are tooooo sweet!! I would love to meet you, also. If I ever make it there, it will happen :)
Running, eh? I totally love running and am training for my first marathon. I think you either love it or hate it. I've had reoccurring dreams of running for as long as I can remember and when I started doing it, I was a natural. Good luck.
PS. This was so much fun to read! Thanks for participating :)
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