I do love me a blog award – it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and it ABSOLUTELY fills my love tank. Thank you to Louisa, Sharon and Tam for awarding this to me. Gosh, Louisa and Shaz said the loveliest things about me. I was sitting in my office at my desk and smiling at my screen. Am sure my colleagues thought that I was losing it. But anyway.
My 7 things:
1. I can’t eat off paper plates (or even Styrofoam and newspaper etc) because it grosses me out. I am usually the person at a picnic who brings my own glass plate along. I am also the person that will transfer my takeaway meal into a glass plate instead of eating out of the box which is why you’ll never find me sitting in a McDonalds or a KFC where they don’t serve things in plates. I also can’t stand plastic utensils and especially plastic forks and spoons. If I really need to then I manage to eat off a plastic plate and drink out of a plastic cup (I’ve had to train myself to do this) but that’s it. ONLY if I’m invited somewhere. I think it would be rude to bring my own plate to kids parties so I don’t. But I wish I could.
2. I passed my driving test only on the 3rd attempt. It was the first time that I ever failed at anything in my life and I was devastated and so embarrassed. Thank the anti-crime gods that I passed on attempt number 3 because I really would have bought myself a licence if I had to fail again – I honestly was not going to put myself through that trauma test again.
3. I don’t order something in a restaurant if I make it at home. You would never find me ordering things like butternut soup or spaghetti or even chicken. I NEVER order chicken in a restaurant. I only ever order things that I don’t make at home e.g. a rare steak or sushi or prawns or even crayfish.
4. In my fantasy life I have A LOT of staff. I have au pairs, chefs, cleaners, nannies and a housekeeper who does shopping and meal planning. I even have a driver and a holiday planner and therapists coming to my home to treat my kids. And I live on the beach. Can you tell that (at heart) I am a lazy bum?
5. I have a secret talent. I find jobs for people. Seriously. Every single person in my life usually calls me up and emails me a cv if they are looking for work. Even friends of friends. They tell me exactly what their requirements are (area, earnings, type of position etc) and I go and hunt for them or I keep my ear to the ground and tell them who exactly to hook up with. I have a VERY high success rate (I’ll have you know that it’s 90% and I’m not even a professional recruiter doing this for a fee) and I actually LOVE doing it. Now if only I could be this successful with my own job hunt. Interestingly enough, I have never been able to help my DH find a job at any point in his life.
6. I don’t eat olives. I’m always game to try new things and acquire different tastes but I just cannot acquire this particular taste.
7. I’m really bad at recycling. We don’t have something in the area so I need to keep it together and drop it all at a point. I do it if I remember to do it. Otherwise, I just toss it all in the bin. Sometimes I feel bad about it. Mostly I don’t. I am working hard at trying to change this.
I am not going to nominate anyone for this award as the entire blogosphere seems to have been tagged already but I think that you can answer a question for me in the comments. I’ll do a follow-up post later this week on what’s going on in my head about this subject. Here’s the question:
Is this a Mommy Blog?
To answer your question, no! I also know why you’re asking it
I have SUCH a lot of thoughts about these competitions swirling around in my brain – it’s actually a good thing it’s my bday and the USA things are foremost but I will get around to blogging about awards and stuff eventually.
And I’m similar with the styrofoam (it sets the little nerve endings in my ears on edge) and I do the same with number 3 BUT if the place makes better stuff than I do, I will order it. D told me my pasta is tons better than some restaurants and I say thank you to that
I don’t order the ones I normally do at home.
PS is mine a mommy blog? I want to know if I need to bribe someone to nominate me – I”M JOKING!!!
I have eaten your pasta once and I have to agree with D!!! Yummy. I still talked about it this week and I have attempted to make it!
Now thanks to you I like other types of pasta (considering I usually only eat spaghetti)
Funso, you are SO very kind. I really should make some NICE pasta for you then. That one was not one of my better ones……………….
I had a bit of chuckle on no. 1
I’m with you on no. 3, except I’m at Na.ndos (obviously) and I refuse to pay so much money for pasta. Maybe I’m just a cheapo
After reading your first point, I can totally understand where you are coming from. From now on, when we have a smaller gathering, I will only use my ceramic plates. Big gatherings (30+) are another story.. particularly if we are only serving up Boerie Rolls!
Ooooh now see, I LOVE your fantasy! I have often thought along a similar vein. I’d just like to have someone brush my hair .. Mmmm…. paint my nails…. *sigh*
I was horrendous at recycling, but am now so fortunate (and super-stoked) that Durbanville has a recycling initiative. They collect the recycling on a Thursday. Ironically, the recycling bins that we are provided with are so tiny – and now that we recycle, our usual rubbish is about a quarter of what it used to be and our actual recycling is the balance (if you know what I mean??) – so nine times out of ten, we have bags of recycling next to the bin!
Yes, I’d put you in there with a mommy blog – but also under the lifestyle category too.
xox
You are a mommy blogger -you are a mom who blogs? I dont see why so many people hate that title :-/
I would say yes, you are a mommy blogger – for the same reasons Laura said it.
Not because that’s the only thing you blog about (which you don’t).
Hahaha! I don’t have hang ups about disposable plates of any form. I’m not mad about plastic cutlery, only cause it doesn’t work properly, but if i don’t have anything else i’ll use it. I’d probably eat with the back of a ruler if I had nothing else too though.
I also got my license on the third attempt. On the first one the motherfluffer flunked me with one point for observation, and the second time round my foot slipped and I almost killed the invigilator so that was fair enough that he flunked me.
Why don’t you turn your talent into a job opportunity for yourself?
You are a Mom who blogs so yes you are technically a Mommy blogger. However, you blog about a diverse range of subjects and not just about your kids so I would stay whilst you fit into the technical mold that you are more of a “blog blogger”.
xxx
3 times to pass your test! That’s nothing it took me 9 times!!! AND i had to move countries, lol.
I don’t know what different categories there are to blogs, but i wouldn’t have said yours was a mummy’s/mommy’s one. I think your blog is philosophical, analytical and honest.
Is that a category?
You speak the words on your lips ; ) and that’s why i like it.