Tag catch up - Part Deux!

My Texan neighbour Rhea got me for this one and of course coming from Texas it just had to be bigger!

So here goes...

What was I doing 10 years ago?

I was 31 years old and working as a Personal Assistant to the Divisional Managing Director of Beko UK in Watford. This caused an odd coincidence in my life as he is Turkish, so is the company and my then husband was also a Turk! So I was married to my now ex' and this was about the time I had my one and only maternal urge. For a few weeks there I thought about having a baby, but the timing wasn't right (I know it never is) and I wasn't really sure it was what I wanted. Turns out I made the right decision, as I would probably not be here now and I have never regretted it! Oh and I was also about 50lbs heavier, glad that's no longer the case!

Five Snacks I enjoy:

1. Carrs Water Crackers (by appointment to HM Queen no less!)
2. Chocolate
3. Homemade milkshakes or smoothies
4. Hummus on Pita
5. Black Olives

Five Things On My To-Do List Today:

What list!? LOL Sorry but lists are for work or shopping, here's what I plan to do though:

1. Laundry
2. Gardening - feed roses and deadhead
3. Continue to scrape paint or ragging the guest room!
4. Go for a swim at our outdoor pool
5. Clean the tropical fish tank

Things I Would Do If I Were A Billionaire:

First of all I'd probably pee my pants in excitement and giggle hysterically for a few hours! Then I would do the following:

1. Pay off my brother and my bestfriends mortgages
2. Hire or buy a private jet for all travel around the world
3. I would take a month long first class vacation in Italy
4. I would donate $1m to the ASPCA here and RSPCA in the UK
5. I would persuade the Hubster to retire early
6. I would buy equivalent value homes outright for all my stepkids
7. I would buy an NYC apartment for weekend visits and shopping
8. I would make a $100,000 donation to our town volunteer fire dept
9. I would ensure all our family were out of any debt and comfortable
10. I would pay off any debts we had at the time
11. I would buy an apartment downtown in OKC for weekends
12. I would buy all the shoes and handbags I ever desired!

Five Jobs I Have Had:

1. Dental Assistant
2. Realtor / Estate Agent
3. Sales Manager
4. Office Manager
5. Human Resources Manager

Five of My Bad Habits:

1. Spending too much time on the computer!
2. Driving too fast, although I am slower with gas prices so high!
3. Eating too fast
4. Going to bed too late
5. Starting but not finishing lots of projects!

Five Places I've Lived:

1. Rochdale, Gtr Manchester
2. Chenies, Herts
3. Little Chalfont, Bucks
4. Watford, Herts
5. Oklahoma, USA!

6 People I Want To Get To Know Better (yep, you're tagged!)

Victoria
A Novelist
Jan
Steamed Sponge
Brad
Tom

Five Random Things:

1. I am very freckly in the summer
2. I prefer stockings to pantyhose
3. I bruise very easily due to Graves Disease
4. I refuse to eat jellied eels or calf fries!
5. I love wearing hats

Ok guys if you made it this far - take note, this Brit' Gal is done with Tags and Meme's for a wee while please!

Tag catch up

Sandi McBride tagged me a week or more ago and I finally have time to catch up! So here goes....

The Rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about you in your blog post.
4. Tag six people in your post.
5. Let each person know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know your entry is up.

So now I have to come up with six random things that I haven't already divulged to the hungry masses! Okay digging deep:

1. I have a passion for everything Italian and have visited both Venice and Rome. I love the climate, the history, the architecture, the food and the people...if I could live anywhere that's where I'd be!

2. I am a great believer in friendship and seem to have acquired more female friends than average! I also tend to stay close to my good friends for literally years. However I pick and choose my friends carefully mainly because I am blessed with many already. The quickest way to guarantee losing my friendship, is to be two-faced or not put in the effort to maintain the relationship. Friendship is a two way street and just like a marriage it requires work to maintain it.

3. I am still a part-owner in a Fish, Chip and Kebab shop in Hertfordshire run by my ex-husband.

4. I have one brother who is 4 years younger and has his own business as a Dental Technician. I am extremely proud of him as he is/was very dyslexic and he now runs his own highly successful business, built from nothing but determination and hard work. He gets to consult in hospitals helping rebuild people's faces, works abroad and is well known in the industry.

5. I love henna tattoo's, the arty kind and have a kit here to do them and I am about to have a go at doing my own.

6. I am very blessed with my paternal grandmothers wonderful skin and rarely need to wear full make-up (foundation) unless I just particularly want that look.

Okay now I am going to tag 6 blogging buddies for this, BUT I will totally understand if you want to give it a miss :-)

So your number's up:

Pam OKC
It's Just Me Daring to Dream
Chellie
Teresa
Daryl
Karla

6 Word MEME

Great friends are lifes' cake frosting

http://sherrisreadingjubilee.blogspot.com/ and http://lynneslittlecorner.blogspot.com/ tagged me for this meme. It sounded easy enough, but it's tough!

Here are the meme rules:

1. Write your own six word memoir

2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like

3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere

4. Tag five more blogs with links

5. Remember to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!

I'm Tagging:

Pam - http://pamokc.blogspot.com/

Rob - http://inukshukadventure.blogspot.com/

Carrie - http://eternal-musings-of-the-muddled-mind.blogspot.com/

Stacy - http://hambones.org/blogs/stacy/