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Meme Rules:
1. People who have been tagged must write the answers on their blog and replace any question they dislike with a new, original question.
2. Tag six people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

01. Make a list of 5 things you can see without getting up.
-My Cat Willow
-The tv remote
-The television
-My mp3 player
-my cup of tea

02. Name one weird quirk about yourself.


03. What are you wearing now?
A black pair of combats and a green and white top

04. What's your occupation?
I work as a classroom assistant. Its my new job :D  

05. What do you hear right now?
My cat washing herself, the tv and my fingers clicking on the keyboard

06. What's your favorite guilty pleasure treat?
Chocolate of course!  

07. What is your favorite holiday memory?
Going to Paris and standing on the top of it and staring out into the distance with my friends on my first holiday away from parents.

08. Write the first word that comes to mind.
Writing

09. If you could punch someone in the face, who would it be?
Anyone who irriates me or someone who upsets my family or friends!

10. What song is currently stuck in your head?
“Silly Love Songs!" -The Warblers  

11. What was the last thing you bought?
I can't remember lol it's been so long- oooo I'll say petrol haha

12. If you could afford to go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Canada!

13. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Working hard in a job I love, Hopefully with a nice guy and still being me.

14. Ever met any of your online friends in real life?
Yes once.

15. What are you doing this weekend?
Watching the football on saturday after going food shopping, reading and watching tv the same as usual really lol OH and talking to my friends on msn :D

16. If you could play any musical instrument, which one would you play?
Piano or guitar. I'd love to be able to play something to relax too or a favourite song such as The Scientist by Coldplay

17. How are you?
A little teary over this show called "Long Lost Family" it's amazing how they actually do find out so much information and reunite families from across the globe. Other than that good I guess.

18. How do you view the world?
It's an amazing place that's diverse and wonderful but sometimes it makes you wonder what those of us who are good people deserve to live with some selfish and horrid people. We should cherish this planet and what it gives to use yet people disrespect it every day.

19. What are you looking forward to the most?
Starting out in the big wide world and the day someone looks at me and sees me and wishes to be with me forever. Sounds daft right?

 

20. I'm tagging: 

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 I thought well as I'm here I'll be posting a short blog!

WOOOOO it's the day before Christmas Eve and then it will be Christmas Day!

I'm looking forward to Christmas Eve. I love the preparation and the smell of food cooking it's always my favourite part of the whole christmas tide celebrations.
Our first relative popped over tonight my Cousin and his wife and they stayed for an hour. I would of thought they would have liked to have stayed longer but the weather here and our estate is pretty awful.

My Auntie and Uncle probably will come over tomorrow night and that should be nice but then the rest of the holidays we'll be alone just the five of us!

Can't wait.

Hope everyone has a lovely time. Hope you all eat loads, drink and be merry.

Ok so today was the day I decided to be brave and finally join fan fiction. net. I'm a little worried no one will like my work or it will get completely eaten by other fan posts but I'm feeling as though it is time to spread my wings a bit and post my work elsewhere other than the forum. No one is reading my stuff of late so it's a little depressing.
I don't really know how I feel about opening myself out to other people as I'm used to only a few people commenting or appreciating my work so I guess this will be the time to see if I'm any good or not.
There is only one way to find out and maybe it will be successful and maybe it won't but I do believe I can give it a good try. *nods*
Anyway who ever reads this... give me a bit of a thought as I'll be posting a fiction there in two days so we'll see.

Last year I joined a local volunteer group called Volunteer Reading Help. This charity works within schools providing support for children who need that extra help with their reading.
This charity doesn't just help with the reading side of learning but aiding the child's confidence to read out loud. Quite often a child will not have help from their home due to parents working and just needs that extra support. As well as that sometimes English is not the child's first language within the home and they often have to work that bit harder.
I attend a local school twice a week and have six children altogether that I work with. Each children receives half an hour reading support and that doesn't just involve reading books but working with games that include discussion as well as them contributing too.

Today I met some new volunteers and they asked me a few questions regarding my experiences as a volunteer as well as how I approach each session. What my thoughts were on my first day and how did I go about getting the children to take to me as their new volunteer etc.
I was nervous when I got there first because I am quite shy and talking to a lot of people and all of them strangers is quite difficult but as soon as I started talking I couldn't stop. I felt at ease discussing something that I am passionate about.
A lot of the women there in the room were surprised at how I was discussing volunteering and how excited and happy I was working there. One joked that I had been paid to speak about volunteering in such a positive manner but how could I say anything bad about a thing I am enjoying a lot?
The charity has been the first thing that has acknowledged me as a person and given me a chance to prove myself to myself and give me some confidence that I had lacked and was losing in myself.

Working with children and giving them confidence to pick up a book and read it by themselves is just so wonderful. You get so much satisfaction from seeing the transformation and hearing that the child has gone up a reading level in a reading comprehension test and you have been a part of that it’s wonderful.

I’ve always been a reader and I’ve never been without a book of some description within my life and I could never imagine not being able to enjoy reading or choosing a specific book. The reason I decided to join the charity was simply because I have so much enthusiasm about books and I hope that working with these youngsters I can make them love books as much as I do and always have.

The charity as I mentioned before was the first place to give me a chance because I’ve been so unfortunate in looking for work and I was starting to lose all faith.

The meeting today made me more aware of how much this group has given me as well as what it really does for children who receive this help within schools.

I just thought I would say this with anyone who reads it. I love my volunteering and I will always be grateful to help the school and the children I work with even if it’s only a small way I’ve at least given my time and my experience.

www.vrh.org.uk/Page.aspx

Age difference is nothing. Age is just a number after all. What is between two people should be all that matters!

Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. I guess it's because I'd like to have experienced different things you know like in 1940s to see how my Grandmother coped especially with her working in the land army. That would of been interesting.
Probably the 60's too maybe. I honestly don't know.

Ok so I'm a big fan of these guys :D The Merry Sisters of Fate : Tessa Gratton, Maggie Stiefvater and Brenna Yovanoff are holding another awesome contests of totally EPIC PROPORTIONS!! Simply follow these instructions...

community.livejournal.com/merry_fates/95549.html

But prizes include a signed copy of Linger by the awesome Maggie Stiefvater, a signed ARC of REPLACEMENT and A Merry Fate Tote Bag...

In order to be included in this contest you need to write either a story, a poem, a flash fiction, a paragraph vignette, anything that involves words for the following prompt..."The Princess and the Pea" By Edmund Dulac.

Here is my entry for the little poem entry....

"On a pile of mattresses she lay,

A pea beneath,

Twenty down,

A bad night's sleep she had,

A princess found."

Awesome challenge guys :D

Well do books count? I seem to collect those! I am an avid bookworm and if I really love an author I have to get everything by them lol

Oh and I also collect things to do with my favourite show Supernatural. I have pictures, magazines and comics as well as books. I guess that's a good collection too hehe :P

Well I guess I was pretty pleased with the fact I graduated from University in English and History. I guess that was a big deal. I mean I'd worked so hard I probably could of worked harder but it's one of those things.
I also am proud that I passed my driving test when I did about I think four years ago and I had to work really hard at passing it because I'd taken numerous tests and my nerves got the better of me until I just got so annoyed at myself I went and passed the last one lol :D  Oh and when I've just recently become a volunteer for a charity called Volunteer Reading Help and I go into schools and listen to kids read and although it's not work exactly I've done all it by myself and now I feel as though I've worked hard and helped the kids and I'll continue to do so. I guess that's a thing to be proud of! Because there is nothing better than reading a book and I want to share that joy with others.

I have to say when I feel down I go for the Disney films! I mean there is nothing better than a sweet film that has some laughs in it too. Sometimes though it does help to have a cry at times and they do tend to make me cry and I find it relieves a lot of stress!