HomeOfficeMum has tagged me for another photo meme thingy.

I was  going to cheat quite a bit and use one from the file on my computer. My computer is quite new and therefore there are only very recent pics on there. It turns out that the fourth photo from the fourth file on my laptop was photo of Pudding, which I had already used in a blog post a wee while back. SO, I went to the backup hard drive and applied the whole 4th, 4th, 4th rule and this is what we came up with.

It’s Rhubarb, Poss and myself wandering some old Roman ruins. It was taken at Chester’s Roman fort in England. It’s on Hadrians wall. It was bloody freezing and we all wanted to cry. My boots sprung holes and I got wet feet. It was cool but god I was glad to get back in the warm car.

Just below it, I noticed this though:

This was just after a landmark moment for Pudding. He spied these in the gift shop. Minature wooden short swords. We had our backs to him and he picked one up and began charging and attacking things in the shop. None of us had ever seen him wield a blade before. We don’t really know where he picked up the skill. Of course, we had to buy one for him. I think we were in shock. This is him attacking us in the carpark as we made to leave. It was pissing down with rain, Pudding didn’t care. This marks the day he began really getting into violence of all kinds. Everyone say ‘awwww’.

I’m not tagging anyone, but I always love what these things turn up in peoples’ archives so if you do it, let me know.

Katyboo and Home Office Mum both sent me a meme, which involves telling people ten honest things about yourself. I am, if nothing else, an honest person, however I take no responsibility for facts that I may omit in the name of my personal dignity.

Here goes:

1. I have two middle names, both hideous. Actually, all of my names are rather awful but since, in real life and in my  internetty travels, I go by the name of Ali then there is no need for anyone to suffer at the sound of them. In fact, one friend had known me for about five years when she first heard someone use my full name, and had to ask me who it was.
2. I have four tattoos. I love three of them. The first one I got when I was 17, which was illegal. Naughty me. The only one I do not like is one I got myself when celebrating having separated from my first husband. I will have to get it done over, it is one of those Japanese calligraphy jobbies, how original.
3. My tongue is pierced. Many more parts of me were pierced, now there is just my tongue and my ears. Although, I do believe I can still get a ring in my nose, I wore one for so long.
4. I was a vegetarian for around 9 years and still struggle philosophically with not being one. I’m not going to go into detail about this one as it is something I am working through at the moment. I’ll let you know if I reach any conclusions.
5. I love the band Electric Light Orchestra, most devotedly. It is very sad, but there you have it. When we were living in London, my friend emailed me a youtube clip of  ‘Last Train to London’ and it made me cry. Yes, sad.
6. I have never plucked my eyebrows. They grow very sparsely and I am afraid I will fuck it up and will be left with permanently mishapen eyebrows.  I have a friend who has a single line of hairs, I don’t think it would suit me. Also, I sneeze whenever I try.
7. I am addicted to dark chocolate. Really dark so that it almost turns your mouth inside out with the bitterness.
8. I am very clumsy, I injure myself all the time. Beefcake has tried to ban me from using knives (and scissors) but found it pointless as I only came up with new ways to injure myself.
9. I am afraid of boats, which is problematic as Beefcake adores them.
10. My vision is deteriorating. Beefcake finds this hilarious and delights in finding me holding items at arms length so that I can read labels properly.

Now, I believe the original idea was to tag ten people. Katyboo tagged two and I plan to do the same. So, Magic Marker Mom and Badness Jones. Have at it.

Hot on the heels of Super Happy Blog Fodder Monday, I have more fabulously gripping content.

Fe tagged me for a take a photo of your handbag meme. It may be sad but I’ve actually loved  looking at other people’s versions of this post. Handbag voyeurism, baby.

This actually cheating for me as I have recently cleaned out and changed bags. It is usually far more disgusting.

Contents include:

• 1 disposable nappy and empty wipes packet
• Receipts and useless scraps of paper
• A lip gloss thingy
• My gorgeous, much-loved Mimco wallet
• Assorted children’s hats, to suit various weather conditions
• Two bent straws
• 2 pens and 2 Ikea pencils
• My lipstick purse
• A strip of black opaque tights, made into a hair tie
• My diary and four hair ties
• A powder compact from the dark ages that I never use but think I might, so leave in my bag
• A pair of Grub’s socks
• My keys – on Mme Tussauds photo keyring
• Smints and Splenda tablets

I’m not passing it on to anyone specific, but if anyone does it let me know, cos, you know, I like to look.

At times like these, it’s great when you have posts waiting in the wings. Bloody NaBloPoMo.

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Fe tagged me for a meme a wee while ago. I fully intended to do it but then my computer broke and blah, blah, blah. Anyway, I was required to look in my photos, at the sixth folder, then find the sixth photo. It involved a few more sixths than that, due to some “organisation” Beefcake style, before I was able to actually reach a photo but here it is.

It’s the Lloyds building in London. Taken on my birthday last year when my darling husband thought to indulge my love of all things architecturally interesting by taking me on a boozy tour of fabulous London buildings (sans children!). Heaven!

I was supposed to do the same with an online photo thingy and would have if I used such a thing. Being married to a paranoid nerdy type is an odd, odd life sometimes. We have our own nerdy family photo website which he is “changing” at the moment so, there ya go.

I’m not passing it on, for various reasons, but anyone who cares to is welcome to do the memey thing.

I don’t think I’m very good at memes.