-What was your first job?

 

Working in the local pub filling shelves when I was 10, then when older collecting and washing glasses.

 

 

-Which of your jobs was your favorite?

 

The one I have now, very flexible for me especially since I had my kids and great people.

 

-Which (if any) job did you hate?

 

First one after leaving college, travelling for hours every day to get there then not being appreciated

 

-What was the longest you held a single job?

 

The one i'm in now......so far 21 years!!!!

 

-What was the shortest?

 

I guess a couple of weeks.

 

-If money was no object, what would your dream job be?

 

I probably work less hours where I am now...no need to change where I'm happy :)

1. Favourite gift?

 

A lovely diamond necklace from my hubby.

 

2. What desserts were eaten after the Christmas lunch?

 

Christmas pudding with Brandy butter, Yule Log for the kids then lots of different cheeses with port.

 

3. Any snow?

 

Not this year

 

4. What was the funniest thing that happened that day?

 

All the cousins playing and arguing ages ranging from 12 to 25, it was great to see them all together :)

 

5. What time did you get up on Christmas Morning?

 

The boys got up and opened their stockings about 8 then woke me up..hubby was already cooking for our guests :)

 

6. Who got the most gifts in the family?

 

The boys as usual!!

 

7. What was your favourite part of the day?

 

Watching the boys open their presents then when all the guests arrived and we were having dinner.

 

8. Visited Fun Trivia that day?

 

No way far too busy entertaining

1.) What is your favorite inspirational quote?

 

I'm smiling cos I don't know what the hell is going on :) by Me lol

 

2.) How long have you been a member of funtrivia?

 

I joined the forums almost a year ago before as I googled trivia forums.. found the trivia about a month later!

 

3.) What is your favorite category on funtrivia?

 

Brainteasers I'm running out of them please write some for me lol

 

4.) How often in an hour do you come on funtrivia?

 

After my kids have gone to bed I'm on constantly and at work if my boss isn't about lol

 

5.) Do you like funtrivia's blogs?

 

I read the interesting ones....missing Downscope if he's watching :)

1. What is the best day of the year for you?

 

My sons birthdays because I can spoil them.

2. What is the best book you ever read?

 

I can't pick a favourite..I read all the time and many different authors.

3. What is your slogan that you live life upon?

4. Do you vacuum or sweep?

 

Vacuum all the time....I hate it!

5. Honestly here, and it shows for some, how long do you go on your computer each day?

 

My kids are on it until bedtime then I grab my time for maybe 3 hours....I also sneak on at work most days but only for a short time.

6. What is the strangest dream you've ever had?

 

When on my honeymoon the hotel was overrun by giant cockroaches....that has haunted me since and I often have nightmares about them and wake up screaming!!

7. Your biggest life accomplishment?

 

Having my boys and my own Business :)

8.  Do you wish we were back in the 80's?

 

Hmmmm I do at times but could do without the fashion sense then..  and maybe some of the music!

9.  The thing that you most regret that you did in your life?

 

I wish I worked harder at school but really don't think it has affected my life.

10. How fast can you type?

 

I used to type 50wpm but think I'm faster now from all the typing I do, oh and the trivia rooms lol.

What are the contents of your junk drawer? 

 

Just that junk!  Honest it's full of old batteries, matches, bits of Lego etc.!

 

 

 

Ok, if you dumped out your wallet or handbag or backpack on the table, would it be a frightening sight? Are there any interesting things in there?  (please remember family site guidelines!)

 

Yes very frightening, hundreds of keys for properties I look after (my handbag weighs a ton lol) then old wrappers from the kids sweets, old receipts and chewing gum wrappers. Old bank statements I hide from hubby lol.

 

 

 

 

 

What's under your bed?

 

I dread to think.  But I have a divan is that good?

 

 

 

 

Have you ever performed a defrag on your computer?  

 

I did one on both my computers today actually... I had a virus on my works computer a few days ago so was getting paranoid scanning and defragging all the computers I use!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who is your role model or hero?

 

My dad, I have always looked up to him and hubby does too.

 

Highlights of my life

 

Meeting my hubby, then having my boys.

 

Imaginary wishes

 

I wish I could move to Canada to be near my cousin but family and business keep me here :(

 

Most unusual places visited

 

Hmmmm went to Tucson Arizona...meant to be the hottest place and it snowed!  Was flying to the Grand Canyon, a blizzard started so couldn't land.

 

Famous friends

 

If I had a famous friend I wouldn't say here.

 

Major venues visited

 

I've been to many concerts at Wembley and elsewhere around England,  football matches too, but you can't beat a Sunday morning watching my son playing football :)

 

Remaining ambitions

 

To see my sons do well in school, then I can relax and enjoy my life.

 

HAVE YOU EVER...   Played spin the bottle?   Not yet   Been tickled so hard you couldn't talk?   Not for a long time   Liked someone but never told them?   No, I always say what I feel   Walked in the rain without an umbrella?   Depends, if I'm not dressed up then I love the rain and splashing in puddles with the kids...but if  I’m dressed up to go out definitely not!   Been in a talent show?   Years ago, which was very embarrassing.   Burnt yourself with a curling iron/straightener?   All the time and yes it's painful...ouch!   Cried during a movie (what movie)?   I cry all the time watching movies and tv programmes...I was crying tonight and my son was laughing at me lol.   Been to an island?   Yes.   CAN YOU....     Unwrap a starburst with your tongue?   Never tried yet, now that makes me want to do it.   Sing in front of a crowd?   Never, I've got the worst voice ever!   Multitask?   Of course I’m a woman lol.   Sleep with the lights on?   No way, the room has to be pitch black for me to sleep.   Walk in really high heels?   I usually do, but dancing all night is a no no.   Ice skate?   Always on my bum when I try.   OTHER STUFF     What are some of your hobbies?   Trivia, reading, dining out and friends.   Do you have any special talents?   Multitasking and some I cannot mention here!   Who is your all-time favourite teacher?   When I was at school years ago it had to be my photography and art teacher, Mrs Anderson   What website are you on most often?   This one of course...and BMC, Ebay, anything to do with shopping.   Who is your best friend?   I have about 5 best friends that I have known for years and hopefully will always know :)   Do you have any siblings and how do you feel about them?   I have 3 brothers and 1 sister all older, I work with them and love them all.  I'm closest to my eldest and youngest brother...oh and my sister if she's reading this!

 

You suddenly have five million dollars.  What one thing about you, or your life, would change?

 

I'd find a nice place to live, preferably Canada to be close to my cousin who is my soul mate and where my boys can grow up in a safe place.

 

What is the very first thought in your head when you wake up in the morning?

     Pleaseeeeeeeee not the school run again!!!  It's a 10 minute drive but takes almost an hour for the trip because of the traffic...and if we have an inch of snow ho hum it's like 2 hours arghh

 

Who do you seek advice from?

 

My father....ok i'm a daddy's girl but he just talks sense and so far has made my life a better place :)

    

Say one nice thing about the town you live in:

 

Great for the boys fishing, river and lake nearby....ohhh and 3 pubs.

 

Who would portray you if a movie was made based on your life?

 

Not sure yet give me a few more years.   

 

Name an album that is good from start to finish:

 

White Ladder - David Gray    but I have to name my best song Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen :)

 

What was the last insulting thing somebody said directly about you?

 

My dad says I don't work hard enough at my job...that hurt.

 

 Do you live by the standards written in The Holy Bible?

 

 I don't think so, I'm not bad though, honest :)

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Were you popular in high school?

 

I was sent to a school away from my brother, who was my best friend, and suprisingly I made some great friends.  So I guess yes.

 

What's the drawback in living to be 100?

  

 

Alzheimers springs to mind!  Many of my family have had it in their 90's.

I phoned my Mother-in-law  to thank her for my birthday card, but instead of her answering the phone I got the dreaded Father-in-law.  After 15 years of marriage this is the second time I have spoken to him on the phone! (Ok the first time was embarrassing, he phoned me and said "It's John" I said "Who? I know lots of Johns"  I didn't recognise his voice.)  So anyway I said thanks for the card and he said oh Vi (Mother- in-law) had  a stroke last weekend.  He didn't even phone my husband to tell him! 

 

I used to get along fine with them before we married, my husband was adopted and was treated really badly by them whilst growing up, he went into the army to escape.  Then the kids were born and we would go and visit them until his dad started on my eldest boy.  He was 6 and his dad would say "you're just like your father"  he once threw his gameboy across the room things like that.  My husband is obviously still scared of him because he wouldn't say anything and when I tried to would stop me.

 

So my boys haven't seen them for 7 years now I don't think they will again which is sad.  They send money for my youngest on his birthday but not the eldest.....that is the way they treated my husband with his brother. 

 

 I just can't see how you can treat children differently in such a way.  Ok all children are different, as mine are, but you still love them the same.  But I guess as my husband was told we wanted to adopt your brother and had to have you as part of the package thats why they treated him in the way they did.

 

My husband now thinks of my parents as his own because they treat him as parents should....

 

He did finally find his birth mother but thats another story!