Versatile Blogger Award

Being nominated for an award is always really fun, especially when you get to nominate on as well. I have been nominated for the Versatile Blogger award by the lovely Sarah at mumturnedmom. My favourite scottish american mummy blogger!

The rules are (i think) that i have to share some facts about me and then nominate some other fabulous bloggers!

So first things first. Fun facts about me:

1. I hate being cold….really..i get grumpy when im cold. Having been a student for a while living in houses that are wind tunnels with a few bits of furniture i feel like i am well done with wearing layers and layers of clothes around the house..but alas we are among the ‘energy poor’ society and we actually don’t have our heating on that much because we can’t afford to. So I am back to the thick socks, slippers and layers of jumpers and blankets….AGAIN!

2. I am a sucker for a good inspirational quote. I love browsing those on pinterest. Words are powerful aren’t they and sometimes they can really lift you. I have a whole folder on pinterest dedicated to advice to my little ones. Can’t help myself.

3.I sleep wearing socks nearly all the time. There are a few times throughout the year where this will change..but mostly when the temperatures have been pretty darn high throughout the day. There is something about having bare feet feeling cold in bed that makes me unable to fall asleep. I know. weird.

4. When we were on our honeymoon we lost our camera..well it was stolen from our room. So we got one of those one time only use cameras..yes..i know classy! We then left it in our hire car when we returned to the airport…we got in touch with the car hire company and they had it and very kindly sent it back to us but only after the cheeky beggers finished off the film with a couple of interesting shots they had taken!! cough cough.

5. I cannot read in bed. There was a time when i could..now it just sends me to sleep. I actually dont remember the last time i read an entire book. Thats really bad.

6. I have developed that annoying parenting habit of waking up a stupid o’clock in the morning regardless of whether there are any children up or not! bleugh.

7. I am a qualified and certified teacher of the art of equestrian. Thats a riding teacher 😉 But i havent been near a horse for a long time. Seems to be a little boxed off part of my life right now although my girls are trying very hard to change that.

8. I did half a term of a radiography degree before I realised that actually there is a lot of physics in it and the scientific mind in me is hiding somewhere in the back with the dust and the dirt.

9. When i was revising for my finals i had the film ‘the firm’ on a loop. My theory was that i had to have something else going on otherwise the silence just about killed me and i had to go off and find something else to do. It pretty much kept me in my seat and working for 90 minutes. Did it work? hmmmm…well i could probably still quote most of the script! 😉

10. I have had one occasion to be in a court in my life, it was just getting documents certified and i hadn’t done anything wrong..but did have to resist the urge to shout. “IM NOT GUILTY!” and fall to the ground sobbing.

So there you have it.

Now to nominate:

These lovely folks may have already been nominated and so if you have just bask in the glory glory!

1.a new discovery blog of mine..and new baby pictures too… Learning lessons in Mummyography 

2. One of my fav daddy bloggers and supremo runner! Mutterings of a fool

3.One of my besties and one of the first mummy bloggers i ever came across..other than me! Original Britgirl 

4. And the lovely and super wonderful City Girl at heart