The number one thing I look for in seeking out new blogs to follow is a relatable blogger; which is funny because I feel like I don't really talk about myself here very much. So what better way to rectify that than with some facts about me. Inspired by Jess at Our Baby Blog, here's my 50 ever-so-interesting facts about me...
2. I've been blogging for around 10 years. And this isn't my only blog (oh, cryptic!).
3. I'm pretty tall. 5'11" to be exact.
4. My favourite bands are Busted, Fall Out Boy, Funeral For A Friend, The Used & My Chemical Romance.
5. I'm absolutely rubbish at replying to emails & texts. Apologies too anyone waiting to hear from me...
6. I was a major emo-kid in High School. (Explains the musical choices...)
7. I'm a bit of a computer geek who's particularly obsessed with HTML.
8. I've had every hair colour under the sun. I even won Most Frequently Changing Hair in our school yearbook.
9. My favourite films are A Clockwork Orange, Trainspotting, The Great Gatsby & Step Brothers.
10. My favourite animals are donkeys.
11. My Mum is my best pal. (Aww!)
12. I've my whole wedding planned. And have done since I was, like, 10. (C'mon, Iain!)
13. I always wanted sons. I grew up with two sisters so have had enough girls in my lifetime!
14. I only speak to one person I went to High School with. The rest I can happily blank on the street.
15. My first job was in a florist/cafe. For years I wanted to train as a florist (& still kinda want to...)
16. I'm pretty anti-social, really... Nah, really I just prefer my own company.
17. The first time Iain & met, I was quite drunk, running around the street with no shoes on. He was in a Santa costume, also quite drunk. Although we don't count it as our first meeting.
18. I get really bad sleep paralysis, especially when pregnant. In fact, I was my first 'symptom' with David & prompted me to do a pregnancy test.
19. I met McFly back in 2004 after designing the program cover for Live & Loud. Tom chose my design as the winner.
20. I've got a bit of a stationary obsession.
21. I couldn't ever leave Scotland. It's the most perfect place in the world to me.
22. I am addicted to Diet Coke. And Cadburys.
23. For someone who is pretty unsociable, I have no issues with getting on a stage and talking to masses of people. Alter-ego, perhaps?
24. My favourite books are The Catcher In The Rye and Trainspotting.
25. I dream of living in an old house on Portobello Prom.
26. My future pet is a retired racing Greyhound.
27. I use coconut oil for everything. Iain thinks I'm a touch mad because of it.
28. I love Scottish & Irish accents. Any other accents are likely to annoy me.
29. My favourite meal is lasagne. I could eat it by the bucket load.
30. I moved in with Iain within a few months of knowing him. We've lived together ever since.
31. I'd love to learn to speak Arabic.
32. I have 14mm stretched ear lobes and my belly button pierced. All my other piercings have now been removed.
33. My feet are a huge size 9. For years I couldn't get nice shoes, although it's becoming easier now.
34. My alcoholic beverage of choice is a fruit cider. Kiwi & Lime or Raspberry & Mango, please!
35. Overall, I love my job.
36. I love them smell of my boys heads. Even though they've long lost the new baby smell.
37. My blood type is B+, the same as my Dad.
38. I had laser eye surgery in 2009. Before that I was considerably short sighted.
39. I'm a registered organ donor, stem cell donor & blood donor. 'Give what you'd take' is my outlook.
38. I had laser eye surgery in 2009. Before that I was considerably short sighted.
39. I'm a registered organ donor, stem cell donor & blood donor. 'Give what you'd take' is my outlook.
40. I have a scar through my left eyebrow. I fell when I was 9 and smashed my glasses over it.
42. I used to be obsessed with Busted. Particularly James Bourne.
43. I don't drive. Public transport & my legs get me everywhere I need to be.
44. My first camera was from Boots & was lime-green with a tiger on the front. It came with a matching bum-bag.
45. I'm voting Yes.
46. I'm a dab hand with a sewing machine. I've even considered using my knowledge & skills to start a business.
47. I don't do well without sleep or food. (Hint; avoid me if I'm hungry or tired. Or y'know, feed me & let me sleep...).
48. I used to love shopping but now that I have kids, I can think of a million & one better things to do with my time.
49. I want to start vlogging but I'm too self-concious about my acne to do so.
50. For most of my teenage years I wanted to be a model. I even got to the regional finals of GMTV's Search for a Curvy Supermodel & was on TV!
Um, is it creepy that I think you may be my long lost Scottish twin? Just sayin...'tall, ex-emo, started in a flower shop, likes to be alone and too shy to vlog' girls unite!
ReplyDeleteHaha! I've always wondered where my long lost twin was, Megan... *hi-five*
DeleteSo many similarities, it's actually a bit spooky!! Nice to know a bit more about the person behind the blog :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steff. I love these kinds of posts from other bloggers so thought it was apt that I do one myself. xo
DeleteGreat post. This is my first time commenting but I've been reading your blog since around January when I was pregnant. I have a wee boy who was born 16th April in ERI's birth centre so it's been good reading a blog from another boy mum in Edinburgh (most of my friends have girls).
ReplyDeleteHi Lesley! Thanks for finally commenting. It's always nice to hear from a new reader, particularly when they're local too!
DeleteAnd how amazing is the birth centre? I was there for both boys but only David was actually born there.
I occasionally do some posts on Edinburgh so stick around, you might even see something familiar! :) xo
So glad I stumbled upon your blog I think Im going to relate to alot of your posts from what Ive seen so far. So many of these point would be in my 50 facts too! X
ReplyDeleteThe birth centre was great. I wasn't planning to go there (I'd planned an epidural because it was my first baby and I thought it was probably best), but I'm happy it turned out the way it did. I had a very quick labour with contractions starting 7pm, waters breaking at 11pm and by the time I arrived at the hospital at midnight I was 9cm so was wheeched straight through to the birth centre and Sam was born at 1:54am. I only had gas and air and water in the end but it was a good birth experience :)
ReplyDeleteI live in the Haymarket/Fountainbridge area so any Edinburgh related posts are of interest to me :D