Only Me

[debris4spike]

I am going to try to do better, allthough as I have said that a few times, I really hope I will stick to it this time.

Last week I actually managed a week of mornings at work ... and(insert cheer here) I managed to not sleep any afternoon.  That is the first time that I have managed that since mid December ... that has been a long time coming, and I am trying to not push thingsas I don't want to fall back again.

Anyway, while I was cooking Sunday lunch, Jiffy asked to sit on his/mum's seat.  Back where it used to be he & mum used to sit in it ... first come, first served!!!!  You can probably see that he has lost weight - yes, he is eating, but sadly still not putting the weight back on.  However he still loves a short potter around, and enjoys dinner!




Well I thought that maybe if I copied out the meme this month I might make it back to LJ more often ... well, let's hope!  So, I have some catching up to do -

1. What Hogwarts house would you be sorted into?
Sorry, but although I have seen the first 3 films, that's as far as my Hogwarts knowledge goes!!

2. What is the first historical event you clearly remember?
I was taken to see the first regular hovercraft crossing from North Wales to Liverpool (we lived locally).  I was 2 ... and yes, I remember watching this building (the hovercraft) suddenly lift up, and we got sprayed with flying sand!!  I remember the basics of the Aberfan disaster as I was 5 and in a Welsh village school ... but I suppose the one I can really remember best was the Apollo 11 moon landings, which has given me a love of all thing space travel.

3 What part of elementary/primary school would you like to incorporate into your adult life?
Regular history lessons ... I love visiting and travel, but would love to be updated as to the history

4 If you could eliminate one thing that you did every day, what would it be?
Housework

5 Your rescue team in the coming zombie apocalypse is the cast of the last tv show you watched. How screwed are you?
I watched part of "Songs of Prasie" as I was getting Jiffy organised for his stroll.  So, not good, although with my singing, maybe I could just scare away the baddies!!

6 What is something you do to indulge yourself?
Reading in bed in a morning when I don't have to get up at a specific time.



7 Have you ever called in sick to work when you weren't actually ill but didn't want to give the real reason?
8 Have you ever talked to yourself out loud in public?
9 Are you a worrier? What’s something you’re worried about right now. Can you do something constructive about the situation?
10 Would you sign up to be a colonist on another planet if it meant you would never be able to return to earth?
11 Do you like having your picture taken? Why or why not?
12 Do you experiment with your hairstyle often, or do you have a classic style you stick with?
13 What’s your favorite childhood story or fairy tale?
14 What are your Top Ten favorite books?
15 Do you plan, or are you flying by the seat of your pants?
16 How did you make a difference for someone else today?
17 If you were given $1M, with the stipulation that you must spend it on yourself within one year, how would you spend it?
18 What do you daydream about?
19 What was the first song you ever memorized?
20 What’s your favorite kind of bread?
21 What’s a big pet peeve you have?
22 Do you have an inanimate object that you have given a name?
23 What’s your favorite Elton John song, and why?
24 If you could choose any animal as a pet (all problems aside), which one would you have and why?
25 What’s something “everyone” knows how to do that you’ve never actually done?
26 What’s one small thing you’ve accomplished today that wasn’t even on your to-do list?
27 If you could eliminate one thing from your daily schedule, what would it be?
28 Is there a book or TV series that you enjoy, but acknowledge that it's not actually very good? What makes you love it enough to keep reading/watching?
29 If you were your own best friend, what piece of unsolicited advice would you give yourself?
30 What television sitcom is your real life most like?

So if I don't post this now another day will have gone by.  I don't really "do" anything on a Sunday so won't be catching up with you all, but hope to tomorrow (fingers crossed)

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Historical event

[(Anonymous)]

The first historical event I can actually fully remember was the presidential election of 1952 when Eisenhower was elected. I remember the campaign and all the candidates' names. I was 8 and a half. I was fascinated. For the first time, I was aware of the wider world. I know that seems late, but I was an only child, and protected doesn't nearly begin to cover the reality of the situation. I was sequestered at home, virtually never playing outside of my own fenced yard and alone until I went to Kindergarten. Sunday school was the wider world for me. My mother clearly deemed the news of the day/current events to be unsuitable for a small child, so nothing of that sort was ever mentioned. The war in the Pacific still raged in my very early years, but it was never mentioned to a small child. When my grandfather had built our house, there were no other houses nearby. A neighborhood grew up around the house, and it began to deteriorate in the 40s. My mother was leery of outside/neighborhood influences on me, and not entirely without cause. Ultimately, we moved in 1954 as the neighborhood worsened, and I had more freedom then. My family bought a TV in late 1952, but even then, I never heard a news broadcast, nor one on the radio. Until I went to school at age 5, my world was very, very small: my immediate family, a few other relatives, and one set of family friends with a child my age, whom I saw rarely. My life had a definite convent feel to it. I learned to live inside my own head and to read voraciously. Neither thing has changed. So first historical event in memory -- the election of 1952.

Re: Historical event

[debris4spike]

Thanks for that

I do wonder if kids now remember less, or more, than that as we see news all the time on TV. I think that's why the Apollo 11 meant so much - to actually be able to look up at the moon and think of people there

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Aww Jiffy is looking his age. Has the vet said he’s got issues with his thyroid?

[debris4spike]

Thanks, and thanks for thinking of a positive medical reason.

Sadly it's mostly lack of food, as he on'y eats about 2/3 of his meals (sometimes less) and never eats any treats/biscuits etc ... so sadly it's mostly old age, aggrevated by his IBS