Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing 


Name a product you buy mostly because it has a cool package.  I like to buy nice food. Not own brand... I'm attracted by Big Companies who know what they are doing. 

What flavor cake do you like for your birthday?    I'm not fussed about cake - But if you are going to buy me cake, it would be Lemon Drizzle cake.

Have you ever been in love with someone much older or younger than you?    Pft no.  I love only one. My husband - who rather amazingly, I met on this very day, 29 years ago.

Have you ever had a job you loved?   I quite love my job right now.  It's a nice mix of things I know, things I'm always learning. I have a very clever boss who I've learnt loads of, I have another boss who is so chilled that he is a good reflection on me.   There are a small number of us - I've been there since there were 8.  Now there are 31. 

Have you ever been in a building that was on fire?    Nope! O Oh oh  oh Yes, yes, I have.  Our very own building when we lived in Edinburgh, there were neds who prowled outside and drunk meths and sniffed glue - they dragged a sofa into the close (a communal stair) and set fire to it.  We all sat in the flat and said "what have I burnt?"   Then we opened the front door and all the smoke came in. I ran back in to call the fire brigade and Si and Boris ran downstairs with buckets and kettles.  By the time 4 fire engines, two police cars and an ambulance arrived, the fire was out.  But we had locked ourselves out the flat so the kindly fire men climbed in the window and opened the door for us.   This is the building - after we moved out - and it was "refurbished".

Are you in an argument with anyone right now?    Yes. 

  Would you change your hair color to something outrageous if you would get paid to?    I change my hair colour every weekend.  Last weekend it was "golden".  My friend thought I had done it for "summer".  Hmm, So this weekend I am brown. 

Have you ever written a poem for someone?    Yes I have. Called More Than. Guess who I wrote it for?  I also wrote a poem for my son's teacher who was leaving school and he cried when he read it, and asked for permission to frame it.   The first line read "Steven came home from school today, what was the matter, he could not say.... " 

What is a place you’ve vacationed at and would like to go back to?    Mount Olive, where my Boy Lives.  Edinburgh Where my girl lives. 

Do you eat samples at the grocery store?    yes i do. Unless they are tomato. 

What do you absolutely have to have to make your birthday feel special?      Nothing.  My birthday's are not of any great importance to me, I have lied so much about my age, my daughter was confused about how old I was when I met her dad. 

What’s the last tourist area you visited?    Hmm, France.   Mount St Michelle

Where do you go out to eat for a special occasion?     Lido in town, or somewhere in Glasgow? 

When was the last time you went to a post office?   I go quite frequently - there is a little post office near my office - it is very old.  One man works there.  Is a lovely little olde worlde place. 

 Is there an item you are saving up to buy right now?    Flights to 'Merica

Are you psychic in any way?    Yes.  I have a dowsing pendulum.

Do you prefer a laptop or desktop? Which are you on now?    Am on a lappy. I want to stop.  I feel my life is control by electric - laptops, smartphones, pc's. 

Have you ever received a gift and truly did not know what it was?    I received a pair of granny slippers from someone i considered a friend.   They were grotesque. 

What’s your homepage? http://www.blipfoto.com/dogwithnobrain

Is there a thing you enjoy doing, but quit because you are not good at it?   I'm good at everything. :-)  pah ha ha ha ha ha Banking. I wasn't good at banking.  I hated banking. Hated everyone in the bank.  I walked away. 

Sunday Stealing

Taken from Sunday Stealing



Are your nails painted a dark or light color?  My big toes on both feet are painted half painted dark.  It's a lovely dark red, very schexy.  I painted all my toes for our holiday at the end of May.  I just haven't done them again and all

that's left is all that is on my toe.   I used to be quite lazy about my toes and only used to paint the bits you could see outwith my sandals :-) 


Have you ever order pizza online?  Yes I have, because until recently there wasn't a pizza shop in town. So we would order on line, and then drive 8 miles to go and fetch.   They were usually always wrong :-)   Now in town we have a lovely pizza shop - Dough Pizza.  Gourmet Pizza for the connoisseur.  They are a bit lush.  So now we phone to tell them what we want, and go and collect.  




What color was the last candle you lit?   It's pink, with little blue and white lumps on it.  It's called Fairy Dust, and I lit it because some disgusting fag smoker smoked walking past the house and it came in the open windows. 



Is there something written on your shirt right now?    No, only the size.  I'm all in black today.  Schexy look. 

Is there a bookshelf in your room?   There are several bookshelves.   We just created a wee book nook, in the dining room.  I love it, I even order decals to decorate, they say, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Do you own a treadmill?    I don't own a treadmill, but I did hire one once - I was going to run a 10K, and hired the treadmill for practise; the hiring of the treadmill coincided with my diagnosis of asthma.  Was a complete waste of time - I keeled over every time I tried. 

  
Have you ever signed up for a gym membership?   Yes, for a while I did.  When I worked in Glasgow I went to the gym on the way home for an hour.  Sadly the instructors were all 18 year old unemployed gals who had no idea.  One wee lady who had arrived to "thin her calves down" and ended up with bigger ones - they just had her lifting weights with her ankles, crazy bonkers.


Is there a garbage can in your room? What color is it?  Yes, it's a white bin with a white bin bag in it. 

Have you ever read in the bathtub?  It used to be my favourite place to read.  Candles, lights, wine, book.  heaven. 



Have you ever had to wear a hairnet?  Yes, sometimes I wear hairnets just because. :)  Nah, not really, i did buy one just for fun.  It was grand.  My hair is a big wooly mess. Hairnets are cool.
       (not a hairnet, a crown) :-)


Do you know how many pages the last book you read had?    No, about 340 I think.  When you read a kindle the pages are kind of irrelevant. 


What day of the week does the laundry usually get done?    While our daughter is at home, every flipping day, I have no idea how she generates so much washing...  When we are alone (i.e., when she goes back to Uni)- Friday night! that's it!


Do you use the Facebook chat often?   Yeah, all the time, to speak to my son, he lives in "merica!


Do you have any baby pictures of yourself on your computer?   Yeah, I do!

Do you eat onion rings?  Yes, I love onion rings - I had them last week at Handmade Burger Company. Nom nom.


What flavor of tea did you last have?  Just regular. Regular tea is my favourite, Teapigs regular tea is the very best. 

Do you own a bathrobe?   No I don't - I threw it out last week.  Hmmm, Better get a new one in case I have to be presentable.


Did you/will you have coffee or some other form of caffeine today?   I have had a chilled coffee, and several cups of instant.  We don't do filtered the way you to in USA. 


Do you have a mailbox or do you collect your mail from the post office?  We have a letter box.  Mail delivered once a day by lovely postman.

 
What was the last animal you saw, and was it a pet?   Beanie - she is my wee cat.  Beau is setting next to her; she is much bigger :0



What was the last documentary you watched focusing on?  Hmm, I feel that the world is so awful right now - I steer away from Documentaries.  I like escapism.



Is there anything you need to remember to do before the day ends?  Go to bed :-) 

Is your car messy, or do you like to keep it clean?  Hmm, my daughter is driving my car just now and I cycle.    I looked in it the other day. Is a MASSIVE mess.  


Are you the type to wake up before the sun has even risen?  Ha ha ha ha ha No no no - I love sleep.  I like to sleep for as long as possible.  The cats sometimes wake me up, that does not make me happy.



Do you get uncomfortable when people stare at you?  Paranoid, Yes.  Although sometimes I am just generally happy, and I know people are looking because they are jealous because they want my happiness.


Have you ever been admitted to the hospital for a long period of time?  I have been in hospital for : Mole removal in my groin... that was unpleasant, but not overnight.  Mole removal from  my face, not over night, not under general anesthetic.  that was very unpleasant.    Laparoscopy - over night. drugged. Very nice.  Tonsillectomy overnight, drugged, amazing.  Hysterectomy, drugged, overnight, and in for 5 days.  That was horrific

It was Wee Eck what done it, It was.

So one year ago, i started slowly to go out of my mind.

The spectre which haunted me was that fat face of Wee Eck.     His gloating, smug-self-satisfaction in trying to rip the British Isles asunder drove me to the point of dementia.

As a Scottish born Brit, married to an English Born brit, I have been subjected to more Anti-English racial abuse that you would believe possible.    The worst part is, that people don't even realise that they are doing it.  

You are sitting in your office at work, and someone comments, "I hope those English bastards get hammered at the football today".  

You are in a pub, and someone screams at the TV "Fk off English Scum if the English Football / Rugby / Cricket team come on.

Yes, I know they aren't directing it at me, I know it's bravado and "boyism", However, my husband is English and by default are my children.    I say, "My husband and Children are English", and they say "aye, but "not that type of English".

Pray tell, what other type of English are they?

To have this gloating wee git in power in Scotland, and revelling in the "uprising of the saltire" - was too much for my emotive heart to deal.   I watched, and deteriorated day by day, as I watched scum scream Yes yes yes yes at cameras, in people's faces, on TV, in the street.

"Normal" Scots, retreated into themselves; afraid to show their feelings  -  We kept our heads down, below the parapet.  Announcing you were "no" was like waving a match at petrol.   We were not allowed to say no, and at the same time we were not allowed to say anything to the yesser.  And the yessers were allowed to say what ever they wanted to, to demean the no's.

Sunday Stealing

I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly Meme

Stolen from: Gabs survey

1. Have you ever had a pen pal?  Yes I have, several.  It was always the same thing.  Get a pen pal, write nicely back and forth several times. Then Have a sleep over with your pal, who also has a penpal.  Write letters together; letter which together make you giggle your pants damp, letters which reveal the real you - the you she would meet should she ever visit.  And then you post it.  And then the letters stop. 

2. What’s your favorite breed of dog?  Springer Spaniel, A springer was the original dogwithnobrain. :-) 

3. Can money buy happiness?  No but it can buy you things to make you happy! 

4. Do you listen to music when you’re down?  Yes I do, ad it always does the trick.  Takes me to another place

5.What is one thing you spend way too much money on?  Mmmm, mmm mmm wool.

6.Can you honestly say you’re okay right now?  No - I'm actually under a councillor just now - I have to go and talk to her once a month, that is just joyous.  Better I talk it out to her though, than murder someone in the street. :-)

7.What was the last thing you spent money on? A dish washer?  I take it you mean something other than groceries. :-) 

8.Is your current hair color mostly your natural hair color?  Ha ha ha ha ha ha h ha No.  Today, I am "Golden brown". Like the stranglers.   Last month I was blonde, this time last year, I was dark, dark brown.  I think I am salt and pepper in real time. 

9.Who have you texted in the last 24 hours?   No one.I like to put my mobile out of reach at the weekend. 

10.Were you in a good mood last night?   Yes, I was.  No alcohol, busy day. All good. 

11.Do you have a reason to smile right now?  Yeah, I'm happy. 

12. How often do you hold back what you want to say?  All the time. Part of the practise of Mindfulness.  Don't say it immediately.  Hold it in, think of the consequences, and then think about saying it again.  If you have thought through the consequences and you feel okay about it, go for it.  

13. Do you think that in the end, everything will fall into place?  Yah, I do. mostly. 

14.Are you currently looking forward to anything?   A week off in September.   Also- A party next week. We are hosting a party for my daughter's 21st.

15.Do you have any TV shows on DVD?  Nope.

Voices in My Head

Can you hear me breathing?

Is my breathing annoying you?

Nose... why are you making that noise?  Breathe quieter, you are annoying everyone.

Elvis : It's all in your head babe.

Sunday Stealing..

Sunday Stealing...... 

      stolen from surveysurveysurvey

1. Do you like your movies and books to be more lighthearted or serious?   Lighthearted.  I like my escapism to be make my heart happy, my mind empty and occasionally my feet tap. 

 2. What’s more important, first impressions or lasting impact?   Lasting Impact …. Although my head is able to determing the lasting impact someone will have on me; It’s not often wrong.

 3. Order these areas of psychological health from what you need the least improvement into what you need the most improvement in: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, environmental, spiritual   :    Social- I don’t need improvement in the social side of this.  I’ve learnt how to fake confidence, and how to make OTHER people feel comfortable in a social situation, Spiritual – I’m at ease with what I believe, and am happy to let other people  believe in whatever makes them happy.  Intellectual, I don’t think I could get any smarter … that doesn’t mean I’m really smart; it means that I’ve learned as much as my brain can cope with and I am happy with that.  Environmental; I’m happy in my environment, is that what that means?   , physical – Physically I need work.  Quite a lot of work.  Ha ha ha;  Emotional – my brain is a bit confused in this area.  Several years of medication balancing one area of my head, confused the other side.   Sorry situation.

4. Do you react appropriately to things and control your feelings?   Ha ha ha – see above.  When I was taking medication I was very controlled and happy.  When I stopped taking the pills, everyone around me needs to take care; I tend to explode with increasing fury.

5. 

Do you have stable relationships?   Very; the best.  A patient,kind, caring man who loves me despite my instability

6. Do you need to be in a relationship to feel good about yourself?   Nope.  I’m happy to sit in a corner and watch. 

7. Which is the clearest and most concise, your thoughts, your speech or your writing? Which is the least clear and concise?    My writing.  

8. Are you always trying to learn new things?  Yes. Creative things, knitting, crochet, craft, drawing, sewing, writing.

9. Do you feel at peace?   As much as my busy head will let me.

10. Do you have strong morals and ethics that you believe in and adhere to?   The parables of Thumper.  “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”

11. Do you think of the needs of all humanity or just the needs of yourself and those you know?   The needs of myself and those closest to me.  – Might sound selfish, but you know what, if we all took care of ourselves, and those closest to us – people might not be in need of other people. 

12. Do you recycle?   Yes I do. Currently cutting up and stitching my daughters old clothes into a quilt.

13. Are you active in your community?   No  I used to be, but it turns out that if you volunteer for one thing – everyone expects you to volunteer for everything. 

14. Are you sensitive to the needs of others?   Yes.  But try not to react all the time. We ALL need time for ourselves. 

15. Do you dress up to go out?   Ha… my idea of dressing up probably isn’t the same as you.

16. What could make you lose respect for someone?   Lying.  Pure and simple; I someone lies to me, nothing left. 

17. If you won $1,000 every week until you die, would you still go to work?  Yes, part-time 

18. What trend has been getting on your nerves lately? adverts!   Moneysupermarket What is that all about (UK only folks)

19. Do you forgive yourself when you make a mistake?   Always.  Mindfulness!! Always. 

20. Is ignorance really bliss?   For some yes.   If I don’t know  I get agitated. 

21. What can be described as ‘even better than the real thing’?  A sunset over the sea on a warm night, with a pink sky and someone you love by yourside.

22. What’s in your wallet right now?   MONEY

23. Do you write letters that you never send?  Nah, I send letters. 

24. Do you ever get the feeling people are laughing at you?   If I did, I would be even more paranoid than I am now.  Are they?????

25. Who’s the one person you’d like to drop a house on?  There are two of them currently.    They are in the Scottish Press,  I’m not giving them a name check, because they are publicity hungry , knob headed twats. 

Do You Believe in Love after Love?

The original was posted here

Have you noticed that I haven't posted about migraines lately? 

I haven't posted about them since August last year, because in August last year, they stopped happening. 

What miraculous thing happened to stop that blight which was probably a week of difficult behaviour building up to a migraine, a day lost to pain and blindness followed by a day feeling as though I had been kicked in the head? 

I stopped taking medication for another problem.  

Yes, for 10 years I have been taking medication which although did the trick in other areas, had been blighting me and costing me at least 3 days a month, every month.    

It was only as the doctor tried to convince me that re-starting the medication I had stopped taking, that I made the association - as soon as I started a new dose - head fuzz. 

And then one of the doctors said "oh yes, that can be an associated side effect. 

I've considered long and hard, and I've decided to not restart it - I'm enjoying the clarity I feel in my head, and of course the lack of pain.  On the down side, I'm slightly of kilter in other areas.   But as my virtual friend told me (and this is a real person, not a voice in my head), told me - if I wasn't a bit bonkers I wouldn't be me. 

:-) 

Sunday Stealing -

I Want To Be Famous Meme

Stolen from: Surveysurveysurvey

1. Would you like to be famous? In what way?   Would I?  Hmm?   If I wasn't me I think.   As me, I prefer anonomity - I like to watch people,not be watched; and there's always the danger that as a famous person you say the wrong thing... in the wrong pleace, at the wrong time. 

2. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?   Nope.  I don't make that many telephone calls. I like to use email for EVIDENCE!!!

3. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?   Today, was pretty perfect.  We got up late, I didn't have a hangover (I had the first one in forever on Saturday and that kind of spoilt Saturday);  We went to mum's and helped demolish a shed.  Si hit me on the head with a plank and he kissed it  better.  We came home, and I did the garden, and painted the window ledges.  We had coffee and cake in the garden and did some home baking for our Nant; whose 86th Birthday is tomorrow!  Then we had the perfect Roast dinner - my husband knows how to cook...  and now we are feet up on the couch..  enjoying the last of the weekend.

4. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?   I sing quite a lot.   To myself, to anyone who is passing.  My last singsong though was just after I spotted Obama singing Amazing Grace - that' s my party piece... and so I gave it laldy a lot that day :-) 

5. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?  My mind,.. definitely my mind.   My 30 year old body isn't much to talk about any ways ha ha ha

6. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?   I don't even want to jinx by saying.

7. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?   That I have a husband who adores me.  and children who tolerate me, and appear to love me. 

8. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?  I am what I am as a result of my upbringing.  People seem to quite like me, so no I won't change it. 

9. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?   The ability to be calm, and no have panic attacks.

10. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?   How happy are my children? 

11. What does friendship mean to you?   A lot.  Especially one who is barking mad, but makes me LAUGH out loud LOTS. 

12. What roles do love and affection play in your life?   A massive role.   A hug and a kiss and a "i love you" makes every day easier. 

13. When did you last laugh?   This afternoon.  My husband hit me, accidentally with a plank, I needed a plaster.  My new dad said I looked like a fanny. 

14. Are you a morning person or a night owl?   Morning I think (once I get up).  I'm a sleepy person. I like sleep 

15. Seen anything weird lately?  You know what, we have... but it was me and Tooli, in the car, and we drove past, and both of us took a double take... but guess what?  I can't for the life of me remember what it was. 

I Want To Be Famous Meme

Stolen from: Surveysurveysurvey

It's been a Long time....

Last week, I took a post-work trip to Edinburgh.  It took 2 hours in the car (it would have been shorter, but for the rush hour traffic); I was meeting up with some friends I knew, and have met, and also a friend who I have never met. 

Tooli (Daughter) dropped me off and she headed to meet up with her mate; I bimbled along the street to where I knew they were waiting. 

The one friend, whom I have never met, was sitting at the edge of the table and as I approached, she turned round, looked at me and squealed "OH MY GOD It's Helen". 

The internet is a terrifying thing.  For four years we have ribbed each other, laughed at photos, been thoughtful and sad about things, but we had never laid eyes on each other, other than in photographs.  

She seen me,and knew it was me immediately and the minute I sat down, I wasn't sitting with a stranger, I was sitting with a friend who I had shared stories with, laughed, and cried with.  There was no strangeness and no awkwardness.    Weird eh? 

Our short time together was full of laughing and almost crying with laughter, and too soon we had to head our separate ways again. 

As I walked along the street, I looked at the mass of people in the street, laughing, playing, kissing, holding hands, I looked at the beggars taking up their "prime evening" seats and holding their cups out.  And I contemplated the strangeness and unfairness of the world. 

I noticed one disheveled chap place cardboard down carefully, away from the thoroughfare, and layer torn material on top and the settle himself down carefully.  He wasn't on the busy part of the road, nor on a part of the road which might be busy and he certainly wasn't looking around for a would be benefactor. 

I never give money to beggars; typically because the ones around here are junkies, alcoholics, and people on the make for an easy buck.  

I object to having worked my whole life while they choose to sit on the ground and just ask to have money given to them.   I made that decision years ago when, after having spent 10 hours away from my 7 week old baby, I was shouted at for being a selfish git by a drunk beggar who had been sitting in the same place when I arrived for work, and was still sitting, sodden with piss when I went back to get on my bus home and he gave me a mouthful of abuse and swearing for not acknowledging him. 

But something about this chap made me think.  He wasn't playacting for anyone.  He was looking for a quiet spot to sit down and sleep, maybe think, maybe be alone.  As I walked along the quiet part of the road towards him, I went into my bag and checked what change I had.  I found a note, and thought about it for a moment.  And then I decided. 

I took the note out and diverted towards him.  He looked up at me, aware that someone was coming in his direction and he moved his cardboard in, not wanting to take up more space than was necessary.  As I got closer I held out my hand.  He looked up at me again, and looked at my hand, and then back at my eyes. 

"Take it", I said, and as well as taking my money, he held my hand, in both hands; the warmest hands I had felt; and said "thank you ma'am, thank you very much".  

I refrained from saying "don't buy booze, don't buy drugs".  It wasn't for me to say that; I had made the decision to give him the money - it was up to him to do the right thing. 

As I walked away, I glanced back at him, and he was sat, holding the note in his hand, looking at it, and then he glanced up at me, nodded and put the money inside his jacket. 

I hope he spent it wisely. 

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17 Meme

Stolen from: Survey Haven

Are you a jealous person?    I once dreamt that my husband was having an affair - right in front of my eyes. When I woke up, I slapped him and stopped speaking to him for four days :-) 

When is the next time you’re traveling out of state?   May, May I am.  "out of state" for me, is out of Country.  We are travelling to France!  So I shall be in England, and France, as well as Leaving Country Scotland

Can you write your name in a foreign language?   Helen, Helen, Helen, Helen, that's my name, in French, Spanish, and Greek. 

When you’re getting ready for something, do you listen to music?   Yes, I like to listen to La Vida Loca.  Takes me back

What is your favorite day of the week?   Thursday, because tomorrow is Friday.

What is something you did yesterday and wish you could’ve done today?   tidied up,  But I'll probably tidy up some more today.

If you woke up tomorrow and knew/spoke a different language, which language would you want it to be?   French I think, it sounds so good. 

What did you last order online?   Clothes. I needed a replacement top for work, I killed one.

Do you have any specific hobbies?   TAP DANCING!!!! TAP DANCING!!!  I started again after a break for six years


What’s a song you recently discovered that you want to tell everyone about?   UpTown Funk... Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars

Favorite fall or winter accessory?   Furry Collar. 

What did you last eat?   Poached Eggs

Look to your left. What’s there? The WIndow and the great outdoors

How long does it take you to fall asleep?   No Long I am a SLEEP monster

Is there a TV in the room you are in?   Yes, And Sunday BRunch Is on.

What comes to your mind when I say red?   Blood

Name something you think is pointless?   Wars over religion.