31 Days of blogging days 10 and 11

I went searching for different topics rather than the original list I had chosen, and came across this: http://30daychallengearchive.tumblr.com/post/99654289893/alyssiarose-im-taking-part-in-this-blog

Obviously it's not October, and I chose to focus - for this post - on what I'm grateful for.

I'm about to go and start dinner, so the first thing I'm going to mention is crispy chicken skin. Om nom nommmmm.

Rainy nights where I have nothing better to do than browse Netflix.

Netflix.

Kittens (see also: cats)

A healthy spawn

Musical soundtracks (I recently discovered Hamilton)

I know there's more, but that's not a bad start.

Given this is supposed to be catching up on two days of posts, let me see what else that list has ...

H'm. Nothing is catching my eye right now, so let's pretend the photo of Sophie up there counts as ... something, shall we?

Excellent. :D

Sunday post; It's Monday; 31 days of blogging day 7

The Sunday Post - a chance to chat and catch up - is hosted by Kimba here: http://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/ and It's Monday! What are you reading? is now over at Kathryn's: http://bookdate.blogspot.co.nz/

Well, I've made it to day seven of the 31-day blogging challenge I set myself, using a list that I found on the world wide webz. It's an interesting exercise but it feels like I'm not putting a great deal of thought and effort in and the posts feel throwaway. I'll persist (hopefully) and see how I go.

I might put together my own list of subjects and then take the 30-day blogging thing out for another spin later in the year. Hmmmm ...

Otherwise it's been much the same around here. Work and stuff.

I started The Crow Girl, which the boys got me for my birthday, but it's rather large and heavy-going so I'm slipping it in here and there among other books. I read Apple Polisher by Heidi Belleau yesterday and today which was a nice, light read. And I also started The Library at Mount Char, which is not what I expected at all, but is very good. Creepy, and a bit gory, but also very good.

I've been doing a bit of stitching as well, and I'm on track *fingers crossed* to finish my Grey Wardens motto chart this year. My stitching goals for this year - if I can call them goals - are to finish that, and Circe, finally. If I remember this week, I'll try and do a post about both charts.

I still need to do a short reviews post and the list for that keeps getting longer, so I really do need to do that this  week, among bumbling along with the 31-day challenge.

How about you?

How's your week?

What are you reading?

31 days of blogging - days five and six

I missed yesterday because I turned my computer off out of habit and went and watched a movie.

Yesterday's topic was 10 songs I'm loving right now.

Hmmm ... I've been listening to musicals a bit lately. I finally listened to Hamilton so let's start there ...

1) Alexander Hamilton
2) One Night in Bangkok
3) Ghost Town
4) Youth
5) I Can't Feel My Face
6) Cake By The Ocean (I know. It's growing on me.)
7) Rock the Casbah
8) The Western Approach
9) Leliana's Song
10) Empress of Fire

Today's topic is the five senses right now:

1) Taste - garlic bread. We had Pizza Hut for tea, and I can still taste the garlic bread.
2) Smell - nothing in particular right now.
3) Sight - computer screen
4) Touch - computer keyboard ;)
6) Sound - cars going by on the road outside - a sound that invariably makes me sleepy.

31 days of blogging - day 4

Day four's question is: What is your biggest fear?

My biggest phobia is worms - to the point where I had to ask someone else to lay out a page about a worm farm once. I lock down and go into fight or flight. It's irrational but there it is.

My biggest fear? Something happening to spawn.

31 days of blogging - day 3

Day 3 is your favourite quote.

I have two.

The first is from Groucho Marx: "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

The second is from Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

31 days of blogging - day 2

Day 2's topic is 20 facts about yourself.

Here goes.

1) I'm the youngest of five children
2) I've been married once before
3) I live in the same city I was born and raised in
4) I have a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
5) I am extremely short-sighted
6) I only learned to ride a bike when I was 17
7) The only overseas place I've ever been to is Melbourne
8) I've met three famous people in my life - Neil Gaiman, Adam Lambert and Witi Ihimaera
9) Both of my parents have passed on
10) I started playing video games in 2014, at the tender age of 43. Now I can't imagine NOT playing
11) The only video games I've played are the Dragon Age franchise
12) My favourite movie of all time is All About Eve
13) My favourite book is a dead-heat between The Lord of the Rings and Station Eleven
14) My favourite colour is red
15) I love wet, windy and cold weather - especially when I'm lying in bed and I can listen to it
16) I had a cat called Scout, who was named for Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
17) My son is named after my Dad
18) I love scarves, but I buy them and then never wear them
19) My dream destination is Paris
20) I love reality TV (some. As I said to a friend when she asked if I was going to watch Married at First Sight, I said "I have standards. Low standards, but still.)

:D

30 days of blogging - let's dance

Oops, I mean a 31 day blogging challenge! I googled, and chose this list: http://boyboyandme.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/31-day-blog-challenge-whos-with-me.html so let's crack on with day one, and see if I can blog every day for 31 days ...

Day 1: A recent picture, and introduce yourself.

I have to admit, I'm not fond of pictures of myself - all I ever see are the seven chins, and dinner lady arms. Having said that, I don't hate my smile in pictures with spawn. So here is a pic of me and spawn:

The other part of today's challenge is to introduce myself. For some reason, the Pina Colada song is playing in my head ...

Um. I'm 45, as of Sunday, and have one husband, one son, and 9.5 cats. Currently I'm working as an advertising features writer on a temporary contract, which runs out at the end of July.

I like books, movies, TV, Dragon Age, cats, cross-stitch and some iPad games.

And with that .... let the blogging shenanigans begin? I guess?

Tomorrow's topic is 20 facts about me. I'll need to put my thinking beanie on for that one.