Five Things You Probably Didn't Know About Me.

I feel like doing something a little different today. Something light and airy to take us into the weekend.  A little Meme type thing.

1. In My Handbag Right Now

They say a lot can be said by a womans handbag. Mine contains the following:

Mascara, eyeliner, , foundation, finishing powder, eyeshadow, hand cream. hair ties.
A paid bill. An appointment card dating back to June.
A handful of receipts. A prize draw card.
Empty biscuit packets, kids cutlery, plasters. mints, gum, a pen and a toy man from duplo bricks.

Yes it's a mess, yes it needs sorting and whilst it sounds like a Mary Poppins bag, it's not that big.

2. My Favourite Musical

I always surprise people with this one, and I would reward a person who ever guessed this right as 99% of people would not get it. Whilst the fashion is still there,  so many modern theatrical musicals and movies remain popular. My favourite is not. Mine is far from the likes of Grease, Avenue Q, Joseph, Hairspray and the like.

Any ideas yet?

I bet Les Miserables never came into thought did it?

I first saw it many many years ago. I was a teenager living with my parents. One of the tv stations recorded the stage version for television over christmas. This was one of the standout moments I remember. I have NEVER felt such emotion through tv, the love, despair, hurt, sadness, determination, bravery and tragedy surrounding a form of revolution left me in tears. Never has anything fictional since had such a profound effect. Even to this day, it would be the one thing I would pay good money to see in a London Theatre. Even now the songs still make me go cold and bring a tear to my eye. I am such a soppy thing!

On the opposite end of the spectrum I also love Rocky Horror and Avenue Q just for good measure.

3. As A Child I Wanted To Be:

Like many girls, from a young age I decided I wanted to be a nurse. This did not last long. By the time I was in year 4 of school I started to realise I had a love for writing. At the time I was ahead of my class, I enjoyed my English lessons and I had a good imagination. We would often write stories and I always got very good marks for it. I also had a good teacher. By year 6, I had Mr Adams the best teacher ever and he would really encourage me. It was around this age I decided I would like to be a journalist, writing for local papers and the such. By secondary school, there were so many options, so many new paths to try, so many new subjects. I discovered I was also good at Religious Studies where we spent alot of our time arguing over moral issues and again, my RE teacher which coincidently was another Mr Adams told me I should go into pyschology and that I would be good at it. It could open so many doors and he thought I would do incredibly well in life if I set my mind to criminology. Looking back now, he was right. It would be fantastic to do something like that. By then I had my mind set on childcare. But by the end of school, I was signed up for college. I had been offered a childcare course, and a place in college doing A Level, Psychology, Sociology and Advanced English Writing. With my dream of child care in one hand and what I could do well in the other I did neither and went straight into work instead.

I don't regret this decision in the slightest. If I hadn't have had the jobs I had, if I hadn't taken the path I did upon leaving school at 16 then I wouldn't be here with what I have today. I strongly believe in no regrets. Each choice we make is a step on a journey, we don't see it at the time but I like to believe in the bigger scheme of things. Where certain points in life create others. Sometimes I do think though that maybe I should do a criminology, sociology and psychology course. Not necessarily to get a career in it but for something for myself to do. And who knows, maybe with enough knowledge I can become a writer of sorts after all.

4. I Would Love A Return Visit To:

The Tower Of London.

I first visited the Tower in 1989. I remember the year clearly as it was the summer that we didn't go abroad on our holidays. My parents had booked our 1990 holiday to Florida so we were on a budget holiday this year. We stayed in East London with my grandparents (my dads parents) and holidayed like the tourists.

We visited many of  Londons museums and places of historic interest. At the time, I enjoyed it but now older and wiser and a lot more knowledgable in the dark history of the tower, I realise that it's not just the place where the crown jewels belonging to The Queen are kept.

Over the years I've heard more about the jail, that this is the place where Guy Fawkes was imprisoned and sentenced to death. Then there's the tale of the Princes In The Tower. The tale tells of two brothers heir to the throne in the late 1400's. Their jealous uncle felt that he should be the next King of England and it was believed he banished the boys to the tower and left them to die. For many years rumours circulated as to whether it was a grand tale of Royalty or if the truth really was as dark and nasty as it seemed. The bones of the boys were eventually found during some renovating work in the 1600's.

I'd love to go back and experience it as an adult, I know I really would appreciate it that little bit more.

5. Can You Point Your Fingers and Do The Twist? I Can and Do It Regularly!

My big guilty secret in life is that if you were to look through my living room window at various times of the day you could catch me in full song and dance mode as I help to entertain the little people by pretending to be the 5th Wiggle - The Imaginary Pink Wiggle. Ha!

Yes, I shamelessly admit that I am a closet Wiggles fan. I TOTALLY understand why kids love it. It's so bright and fun and full of so much that kids can learn without actually realising they are learning. I love love love it. My kids watch it and love it but that's down to my influence more than theirs. It's not been quite the same since Yellow Wiggle Greg left and Sam (pictured) took over but I still love it all the same (and Sam.does have a certain charm about him that I like. HELP!!!!!)

So, if you don't mind excusing me I am now off to hide my face from the outside world for a bit to hide my secret shame.