I'm not sure what a Meme is but I've stolen this from Buffy's blog who in turn copied it from Cop Car’s blog, who got it from BogieBlog, who got it from Jim at Parkway Rest Stop.
What I was doing fifty years ago: 4 years old and being passed from relative to relative for some months while my mother was having an extended stay in hospital and my father..., well at that time men just didn't look after young children.
What I was doing twenty-five years ago: Commuting from Woking to London to work in an office outside Waterloo Station. Living with my parents. Knitting, crocheting, embroidering reading and sewing for relaxation.
What I was doing twenty years ago: Still working for the same employer in London. Moved into my own flat in a village the next station to Woking. Lots more craftwork, including my knitting machine.
What I was doing fifteen years ago: Moved to another employer in London in the same line of business. Still in the same flat and doing the same craftwork. Going to Dorset regularly to visit parents.
What I was doing ten years ago: Married and moved to Essex, having acquired two wonderful stepkids in the process (aged 6 and 10 when I married their Dad 12 years ago). In same job but commute to London is more complicated. Still going to Dorset to see parents. Craftwork in the cracks, although the knitting machine got packed up and put away.
5 years ago: More of the same. Father has cancer so more visits to Dorset. Working towards MCIPS.
1 year ago: I've achieved my MCIPS, can't say it's made much difference to the work I was doing, just gave me more status. Just told I could have Early Retirement from work. Highly delighted as I couldn't stand the commute to London any more. Joy tempered by the asthma I'd developed in the February which is causing a lot of problems. Much support from Husband and Stepkids. Father has died and mother has gone into a nursing home. Now I am visiting Wales to see her.
Yesterday: Took a 10 minute walk into town to buy a few groceries we needed, plus 2 x 100grm balls baby yarn to crochet more baby blankets for charity. Got very puffed indeed and felt real chest pains when I breathed. Got home (slowly) and took it very, very easy the rest of the day (the asthma feels better after a good nights sleep and lots of Ventolin).
5 locations I would like to run away to: the English countryside, the seaside, Tuscany, a big and peaceful park, a lake or pond where I can sit in peace and watch the plants and insects
5 bad habits I have: Untidiness, procrastination, too many nibbles (especially when I am not really hungry), putting off writing to my friends and family, reading or on the computer when I should be doing the housework.
5 things I like doing: Knitting, crochet, cooking, reading, going to the cinema.
5 things I would never wear: Animal fur, fake leopardskin anything, a tattoo, culottes, fluffy mules.
5 TV shows I like: Doctor Who (the new series), New Tricks, X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Northern Exposure
6 Biggest joys of the moment: The Husband, both Stepkids, the cats, my craftwork, the English countryside, my friends online.
3 Favorite toys: My computer, my books, my crafting equipment.
Rather than send this to five people I offer it to anyone who wishes to copy and run with it. My thanks to Buffy, Cop Car, Bogie and Jim from Parkway Rest Stop for sharing it.
5 comments:
OK, Ms English Ma'am, what in the world is MCIPS? (Most Coveted Internet Practicing Sylph?)
I did like watching Northern Exposure when it was on, here. I haven't found it in re-runs or I'd be watching with you.
Your knitting machine intrigues me. I think that I should prefer to weave, but either sounds like fun!
Cop Car
I am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, a UK-based organisation which serves the purchasing and supply profession. I am a procurement specialist who, when working, bought goods and services for the organisation I worked for and managed the suppliers/contractors. (I really wish I was a Sylph - too heavy for that!)
I originally found Northern Exposure on one of our TV channelsa while ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Then, the other week I found a a DVD of the first series in the sales for very little. I so enjoyed it that I've just bought the second series from Amazon, it arrived this morning and I'm really looking forward to watching it too.
Believe it or not I won it in a competition some time ago now. I find it a completely different thing to hand knitting but for me emotionally satisfying watching it grow so quickly. It meant learning a completely different technique but great fun.
So you were what I would call a Contracts Manager? Shall I be cheeky and accuse you of being certifiable?
(In our own minds, we are allowed to envision ourselves and our friends in any way we wish to do! If you saw the American movie The Poseidon Adventure, do you recall Shelley Winters's commenting about her being a skinny lady in the water? We are all skinny ladies in my mind.)
Cop Car
I'm DEFINITELY a skinny lady, in my mind. Too bad it doesn't extend elsewhere.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that you'd done the meme, too! *G* We seem to be in agreement about the leopardskin! lol
Tuscany.....I could do Tuscany. Mind you, I'd rather be walking through the waves coming up on a beach somewhere....but Tuscany comes in a nice second!
Hey....don't worry about the housework! There's MUCH too much to do that is more interesting.
Buffy
Yes, I too think of myself as skinny. Then I look in a mirror and get a terrible shock!
Cp Car - yes, Contracts Manager is part of what I used to be But in addition to administering the contract I also bought it too. A humungus task given the rules to be followed on procurement in my field over here.
Buffy - Walking along a beach early in the morning with no one else around is one of my favourite memories of past holidays. Tuscany I remember from my honeymoon (Venice then Florence and the surrounding countryside). Over here at the moment there is a great enthusiasm for sellig up and moving to the continent. I doubt very much if I would ever do so - but if the opportunity came up (say the Lottery) I would want to move to Tuscany. Truly beautiful countryside. Have you read Frances Mayes' books on her moving to that area?
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