30 question challenge. Complete

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So for this post I wanted to do something a little different. The initial reason I actually started this blog was to try and get back to myself if you like. To realise who I still was, aside from being mummy what my hopes dreams wants needs were. I hoped keeping a little blog would help me.
 Of course this has failed epically as all I write and talk about are my kids!  My entire life evolves around bat man t shirts and bedtime routines. Of course, right now, that's totally fine. My children are all really small and they need me to help and flap around them like a big crazy mother hen. Perhaps it's because I know for sure Evelyn is my last baby, and every time she grows out of something or reaches a new milestone I remind myself of this, the niggling thought of what will I do when Evelyn is older and in nursery /school has been playing on my mind a lot lately.

So I was wasting my evening away on pintrest and came across this, and thought I'll give it a go!

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Okay, so question one. This is a hard one to start with!  A picture of me and 15 interesting facts!? 😂 okay...here goes

1. Okay, we will start tame. I met my partner in crime, Craig, at 14 via MSN messenger ha! We started chatting and well, as they say, the rest is history!  I've never had my heart broken and I have no crazy exs! Sometimes I feel perhaps I've missed out on some big life experience but I met the love of my life (yak) at 14 and that's pretty damn rare and lucky! 

2. Finding this hard already! 😂 I have three brothers and one sister. 

3. My favourite colour is green 

4. I have three tattoos, a sun moon and star on my shoulder to represent the quote "you are my sun, my moon and all my stars" I had this done years ago way before the kids but I like to think it represents them. Angel wings and the sign for guardian on my left wrist to represent my 5 miscarriages, I like to think of them as guardian angels for my children and that the tattoo is a nice way to remember that and keep close to my heart,  without being too in your face. And finally, a stupid paw print on my ankle. I was 17 and thought I was ultra cool getting a tattoo done underage. My cat died so I of course thought getting a paw print tattoo was a great idea. Shame it's a dogs print.... 



  
That one reminds me not to make rash decisions!  Ha! I'd like to get more tattoos some day! I also have my toungue and ears pierced and my tummy, after three kids, is just hanging on in there 😂!

5. I'm usually a pretty calm, chilled person but I totally went to pot when I was learning to drive and failed 6 tests. I passed eventually in my own little car,  a Ford ka I named Zebaddy!

6. I studied law and psychology at college and hoped to become a criminal psychiatrist or a probation officer.

7. I love buying massive over the top, super cheap jewellery from China on eBay. If my daughter didn't yank everything so much is probably wear so much of it I would rattle when I walk! Although that's not really a secret as you can see that from the picture I've used!

8. I have a 'slight' obsession with saluting single magpies. I do it every single time, it drives myself and my kids mad ha!

9. I used to be pretty good at anything arty or painting in general. I did a few canvas, pretty sure they are up in the loft, I'm not sure. Here's a few murals I painted where I used to work.



10. One of my favorite drinks to drink at home is a spoon of coffee and a spoon of hot chocolate mixed together. It's almost like a mocha, Craig thinks I'm gross! 

11. I have a wonky eye!?  

12. I love watching old Adam Sandler movies, they make me feel all cosy! Big Daddy and water boy are my favourite!  

13. I still, at the age of 26,  find telling the time on an analogue clock or my left from right tricky.... I check my hands 90% of the time!

14. My favourite animal is a Tiger 

15. My natural hair colour is this awful reddy brown colour that I hate, so dye it black! 

Phew! That took so long!  Really difficult to think of things about myself, that don't involve the kids! 

Okay, next question. What is the meaning behind my blog name.  "wonderfully terrified." Well, I actually wrote an entire post about that a while back. It's Here if you're interested,  but long story short, it's just a lovely way to describe something that's both exciting and wonderful yet terrifying at the same time, and it's how I've described big events in my life so far. 

Number 3, a picture of your animals. Okay I won't bore you with a million pictures but I've had a huge range of animals so far. A pony, Cats, dogs, hamsters, chinchillas, tropical fish,  budgies.  I currently have a lab boxer cross named Alfie and a tropical fish tank. 

I love animals and would feel a bit weird having a home with no pets. I've always wanted a pet duck, like Joey from friends!  I think a squirrel would be nice too! I'd love a parrot or a giant poodle. My imaginary friend as kid was a black poodle named Benji ha! 

4. A habit I wish I didn't have...

Probably scoffing chocolate and biscuits in the evening once all the kids are asleep, or scab, spot and nose picking!

5. A picture of a place I've been to

Probably the furthest place I've been to is Longleat zoo (tragic I know)  we took the boys last year and it was absolutely fantastic here's my blog post about it in more detail.   Longleat post

6. Favourite super hero and why?

She ra! Princess of power! She's bad ass and rides a unicorn nothing else to say! 

7. A picture of someone who has made the biggest impact on me 

Probably this goon. I've grown from a young girl to a woman with him at my side. My life before him was pretty shit, and without him I definitely wouldn't be who I am today and of course I wouldn't be mummy to our three amazing children. I owe this guy my life really!  

8. Short term goals for this month and why 

We have the easter holidays for the next two weeks so I aim to do lots of fun stuff with the kids, meet up with friends, maybe some cooking and arty bits. To sort out the garden, empty the shed and turn it into a play house for the kids. Cut the grass.... Why? So we don't all go crazy and eat each other over easter break haha!  

Save some money for the wedding that we talk about and nothing else haha! 

9. Something you're proud of from the last few days 

Connor playing really well with friends and noticing a huge improvement in his speech. The fact I'm still going after 4 nights of rubbish sleep, I haven't eaten the kids easter eggs.  

10. Songs I listen to when I'm happy, sad,mad or hyped 

Errrm, I don't really have go to songs for certain moods. I mean Ed Sheeran can pretty much work with any of those moods. I have such a massive eclectic music taste my play lists on Spotify are hundreds of songs long each, I believe a good chunk of my brain is taken up by song lyrics.  I guess I have a playlist for each of those moods rather than just a few songs I can name! 

11. A picture of me and my friends 

These three ladies are my bestest friends. We have been friends forever and I'm so lucky I always have three brilliant women I can always turn to. I don't know what I would do without our group chat! We definitely need more pictures together though!  

12. How I found out about blogger and why I started my own.

My friend Eleanor had her blog the salted tailand I really enjoyed reading it, so I thought hey I'll have a go too,  plus what I mentioned at the beginning of this post!  Just wanting to have a little something about and for me! 

13. A letter to someone who has hurt me recently.  

Well, honestly I don't really know who I could write to. Everyone in my life right now is pretty brilliant, positive and there because I want them to be. I learnt early on not to waste time and energy on those who drain my energy. Feel like I've cheated on this one!  

14. A photo of myself and my family 

This was us on Christmas day. I wanted us to all match in a really cringey way as it was Evelyn's first Christmas and our first Christmas as a complete little family!  

15. Put your playlist on shuffle, first ten songs

Anastasia - not that kind 

Limp bizkit - rollin 

Razzle kicks - mumma do the hump

Stereophonics - maybe tomorrow 

Ed Sheeran - gold rush

Paulo nutini - new shoes

Labyrinth - beneath you're beautiful 

Artic monkeys - baby I'm yours 

Rita ora - poison 

16. Another picture of me

A much older one, back in the day when I had time to dye my hair nonsense colours! 



17. Someone I would want to switch lives with for one day and why.

Craig? To get some peace!?  Haha! I don't know,  someone really famous and rich so I could go a bit wild and crazy,  buy a huge house for me to live in the next day, nice big car, get my hair done, eat some proper posh food, bit of shopping for rhe kids, get myself some decent clothes... Miss the kids all day 😂 or maybe I'd just be anyone so I could book into a hotel and sleep...and eat. Or just a man, because you know....😂 

18. Plans/ dreams and goals I have

This one is a tricky one. Honestly, as sad as it sounds,  I don't know. I mean when Evelyn is older and in nursery /school as well as the boys I will definitely have to fill my time somehow. I really enjoy being around people, learning and helping them. Originally before I had kids I wanted to be a probation officer, that field of work still intrigues me but I wonder how I could work around being mum of three. I mean I know there's lots of variables here, Craig's work hours could change, I could find working around them really simple. I don't know. I have really toyed with being a foster carer too, but the reality of having three children of my own kind of squashes that idea but perhaps I could work with those vulnerable children in a different way. I love alternative therapies and would love to learn the ways of massage, reiki, aromatherapy etc just not sure where to start.  I'd absolutely love to write children's stories too, my ideas just never take off...yet! Hell, I'd even like volunteering with the elderly or working in a shop somewhere I don't know really, I'm excited to see how life plays out for me! Dreams are obviously normal things like getting married,  taking the kids on holidays, owning our own home.

19. Nicknames I have and why

I have none, other than mum mum mum mum mum mum mummy... Why? Because I've birthed three mini humans 😂 

20. Someone I hope to marry/ be with one day? 

Creepy question....but yeah better stick with Craig!  

21. A picture that makes me happy 

All three of my children's hand and foot prints at 6 months old on their playroom wall, surrounded by their drawings. Love that picture so much makes me feel all fuzzy!  

22. What makes me different from everyone else? 

Errrm my weird taste in tacky jewellery, mental footwear ( I generally have a pair of boots with feathers on), social akwardness 😂, baby wearing,  I don't know really.... A lot I'm a bit of an odd ball!!  

23. Something I crave a lot

Chocolate,  coffee, cake,  sleep, more time with Craig.... Lay ins,  Chinese.....basically food and being lazy!!  

24. Three books on my bookshelf 

I really need to find more time to read (perhaps instead of doing massive huge long blog posts!?) 

Harry potter cursed child,  fire bringer (story about deers, sounds crap but it's so good it should be a film) and Charlie and the chocolate factory as I'm reading it to Danny! 

25. What you would find in my bag 

Wet wipes, nappies, used tissues,  clean tissues,  apples and crisp packets,  probably a wet nappy, bits of toys, sticks and picked daisies....

26. What do I think about my friends

Again, stupid question.  I've already spoken about my closest friends. But I have recently acquired a whole new bunch of mummy friends who I adore. Always ready for a costa or a lunch/ play date and I've really lucked out, such a lovely group of mums I'm so happy my sons will grow up with their children as friends. 

27.  Why am I doing this 30 question challenge 

Mainly because i wanted to write a new post and wanted to try something I found on pintrest, that was a bit guided and different to how I normally write. I've found this all a bit tedious after about question 12 as I'm actually pretty boring ha! 

28. A picture of me from last year and how I've changed 

Well, I'm not preggo now! Everything's changed. I have my daughter, my long awaited, deeply wanted daughter is here safe and sound snoring next to me. I've closed that chapter in my life now, I have my children and I'm excited to see what's next for me. 

29. In the past month what have I learnt? 

Amber teething necklaces are awesome, a handful of spaghetti is more than enough for 3 adults 2 kids and a baby to eat, that pigs can get sunburnt!?  

30. My favourite song

Currently... Ed Sheeran's entire divide album! 

Phew! 

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Note to self, have more duvet days

So today I did something I very rarely do. Something that I would feel was a wasted day or where nothing was accomplished.
You see, I'm one of these weirdos who always wakes up with a to do list. Certain things like getting everyone dressed and ready for the day are non negotiable and are true markers of my day. If everyone isn't up,  fed and dressed house tidy and hoovered blah blah by 10am I will mentally write the entire day off as a failure and feel like I'm constantly playing catch up. I'm totally aware of how awful and military like that sounds! But we have always been the same as a family so it's kind of the norm for us. I told a few friends the other week that my sons make their own beds every morning and they looked at me like I was from another planet ha!


So anyway, we had a "duvet day" today and it was amazing!  My sons' budgie died last night, and they were obviously pretty upset when I broke the news this morning. I asked them what they would like to do today to cheer themselves up and they really giggled and said they want to stay in their pj's all day and not wear pants.... This lasted maybe an hour or so before Connor was shouting MUUUMMMM, where's my clothes!? Danny also wanted to walk around with his Chelsea boots on because he likes the clip clip noise they make and makes him feel like a man teacher as he said 😂.

We moved the footstool away from the swivel chair and put a duvet on the floor pillows all the way round for Evelyn and we played all day. We coloured, I mean we seriously coloured. I had no idea how brilliantly Danny's colouring skills have become. I helped him colour the biggest seahorse at the front, but everything else was him!

Connor practiced holding his pen correctly, which is a big thing for him. He's a total man child and sitting colouring really isn't usually his choice thing to do. But look at his grimlock! We cut out bits of his transformer magazine and made new transformers, with two heads. He absolutely loved this, so did I. I don't get to really have a lot of solid one on one time with the boys very much right now so this was so lovely,  just doing something silly together.

We played with plasticine, the top creations were my mermaid, Danny's pumpkin and Connor's super worm. He then smushed the entire lot, about 8 different colours worth all together to make a boat for his kinder egg people and I had to hold in a little scream!

We watched a movie, did puzzles and played buckaroo, snap and operation. Minimal arguments,  minimal effort. Perfect!

So, today I've learnt to slow down a bit more. Colour that picture, make that transformer it's so worth it. I didn't get everyone and everything done by 10am, I didn't even brush my hair today (but that's pretty standard for me these days let's be honest!)  and nothing happened, we had a lovely day and even little miss Evelyn learnt a new skill... She finally sits up unaided, if only for a little while before she becomes a human weeble and ends up with her little legs kicking in the air.

So yeah, that's my little post for tonight, now off to do some eBay shopping for easter for the kids. Nothing major, some new scissors, finger grips for pencils for Connor, some little troll pencil toppers, you know total tatt kids love, maybe I'll write a little post on what I end up with.

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