Siani tagged me with this a while ago, and it's taken me ages to complete it. It's not easy, as I'm not used to telling people how I feel. Still, for what it's worth, here I go . . . . .
- Eight things I'm passionate about:
- My family
- My animals
- My friends
- Plants and trees
- Wildlife
- Open air
- Singing
- Life!
- Eight things I say often:
- The thing about that is . . .
- But I told you!
- I'm tired!
- I'm hungry!
- Coffee!!!
- What do you want for dinner? (3 people, usually 3 meals!)
- This place is a mess.
- Good dog.
- Eight books I've read recently:
- Temeraire : Naomi Novik
- Knife of Dreams : Robert Jordan
- The Innocent Mage : Karen Miller
- Watchman : Ian Rankin
- Thud! : Terry Pratchett
- Forest Mage : Robin Hobb
- Time to Depart : Lindsey Davis
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : J. K. Rowling
- Eight things to do before I die:
- Hold my grandchild
- See all my children settled
- Become an Irish citizen
- Meet some of my on-line friends
- Visit some of the fascinating places I read about
- Learn (and speak) some other languages
- Sing in Beethoven's Choral Symphony
- Just SING!
- Eight songs I could listen to over and over again: (How on earth do I choose just 8?)
- The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
- A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
- Tears of the Dragon - Bruce Dickinson
- Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins
- Space Oddity - David Bowie
- Beethoven's Ode to Joy
- What is Life to me Without Thee? - Kathleen Ferrier
- Handel's Messiah (OK, that's cheating - it's many more than one song!)
- Eight things that attract me to my friends:
- An ability to make me laugh
- An ability to talk intelligently about anything
- A good sense of the ridiculous
- Understanding
- Gentle tact
- Truthfulness
- Trustworthiness
- An ability to put up with me!
- Eight things I learned in the last year:
- The world is full of caring people
- I have a wonderful family (I learn this anew frequently!)
- I can lose weight, but keeping it off is hard
- I prefer to shop on my own, but I must write a complete shopping list first
- I like window shopping (with coffee breaks!) but it's more fun with a friend
- Now I've lost weight I love buying clothes, particularly in sales
- I've developed a certain amount of vanity
- Blogging is easy - except when tagged with difficult memes!
- Eight people I appreciate enough to tag:
Searching my soul for the answers to these questions has been difficult to me. I know I could have answered off the top of my head, and I did think of that, but I wanted to be as honest with you all as possible.
I don't want to pressure anyone, so I'm chickening out of this part. If you feel you'd like to do this one yourself, please feel free to consider yourself tagged!
