{Tell me about yourself...}

I've been given an award by Melksham Mum...wow!! *blushes* Thank you very much for the tag.

And here it is... (do I need to do an acceptance speech? lol)

The rules are to share 7 secret things about yourself and then tag 15 other bloggers to do the same. 

Sounds simple? Well, I've fairly recently done a Seven Things post, I've also done the A-Z of me and I did Kate Takes 5 listography on 5 random things I like just the other day so I'm not sure how many things I've got left to share at the moment.... but here goes...

1. I had a pet hamster called Bart (I also owned the Bart Simpson CD album...I was a Simpson's fan back in the day!!) but I was a bit rubbish at looking after him. Thankfully I'm better with my children!

2. I ripped my sister's favourite skirt that I borrowed (accidentally when I was drunk on a night out) but then hid it from her in the back of my wardrobe for a number of years. She knows the truth now. Sorry Ali.

3. My taste in music is not great (you could probably have guessed this secret by my answer to No.1)... my CD collection includes The Spice Girls, Steps, Venga Boys, Hanson... 

4. I love online shopping... (Mastercard will be aware of this secret, as is my hubby!).

5. My favourite chocolate bar is a Crunchie, just like Melksham Mum who tagged me. However, I cannot eat this quietly (drives hubby insane) and so my second favourite is a Double Decker (much quieter!)

6. I have a thing for red-heads. My first proper boyfriend was a red-head and hubby is strawberry blonde.

7. Despite being a bit clever and having a PhD, I am rather lacking in common sense! That's not really a secret though!!

Right, and now to pass the award on and tag some other bloggers...

Love in the Nest

All About The Boys

....katie and the kids

Storm in a K cup

Loving the Little Things

Not sure I have 15 to tag, so hopefully 5 will be acceptable?

{Seven things...}

So, I've been tagged by @SAHDandproud to write a meme.  I didn't have a clue what this was... and had to google 'meme' just to be sure!! (I'm very new to blogging, Twitter etc). I've checked back with @motherventing and here are the rules:

• Thank the blogger that tagged you and link back to them
• Share SEVEN things about yourself. 
• Pass the award along to 15 other blogs.

I've just recently started using Twitter (feel rather clueless still...) and started following @SAHDandproud. Really been enjoying his blog posts, in particular a recent one on 'The A-Z of Me' which I might do myself at some point... So thank you for following me in return & for tagging me for this meme.

Right, onto the seven things... I'm not sure that I'm that interesting to be honest, but here are a few things that you won't know about me, in no particular order.  I'll let you be the judge if it's interesting or not!!

1. I'm a scientist (currently on maternity leave with baby #2) and have a PhD.

2. When I was a child my family moved abroad & I went to an international primary school for P5 and P6.

3. I wish I told my mother how much I loved her. Now it's too late & I didn't even say goodbye, even when I knew she was dying. I regret this so much.

4. I'm not a natural blonde.

5. I love spreadsheets. I created the most amazing spreadsheet for my wedding planning & love nothing more than creating address labels using mail merge. One of my best Christmas presents as a child was a box of stationery - notepads, pens, hole punch, stapler.. I'm a stationery geek.

I bought this mug for myself... sad, I know!

6. I like to learn new things.  I've completed a number of night classes since moving to Glasgow... Interior Design, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Cooking with Style & Presentation, Digital Photography 1 & 2 and also a Studio Photography class. I'm going on a Cupcake Masterclass this weekend too!!

7. I have Crohn's Disease.

Finally, I need to tag a few more people to complete the same meme... Not sure I have fifteen that I could tag, but here are a couple:

@Melaina25

@JMBTompson

@mammasaver

Looking forward to reading some more Seven Things...