Christmas

27 11 2008

Borrowed from my favourite non-traditional student.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Gift bags! I’m useless at wrapping.

2. Real tree or Artificial?
Normally artificial as our dog would hit the tree with her tail and send bits everywhere! This is the first Xmas without her so we might go for real

3. When do you put up the tree?
Around the start of December

4. When do you take the tree down?
Around my Mum’s birthday which is Jan 6th

5. Do you like eggnog?
I haven’t tried it.

6. Favourite gift received as a child?
The one that sticks in my mind was my first mountain bike

7. Hardest person to buy for?
Everyone! I am useless at this present buying thing.

8. Easiest person to buy for?
Probably my brother

9. Do you have a nativity scene?
No

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
Cards. If it has to be email it will actually be a typed message

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
Hmm. A torch?

12. Favourite Christmas Movie?
I don’t really have one…

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
I haven’t yet. I need to get my act together and come up with some ideas!

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Not that I remember

15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas?
My Mum’s amazing dinner. Pringles. Chocolate. Everything basically! Since we don’t have Thanksgiving over here it’s really our one time of the year to go all out food crazy.

16. Lights on the tree?
At least two sets

17. Favourite Christmas song?
Fairytale in New York

18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home?
I much prefer to be at home

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixon, Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? (And no I didn’t look it up!) (Is it cheating if I leave Katie’s answers here?)

20. Angel on the tree top or star?
Star

21. Open presents Christmas Eve or in the morning?
Always in the morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
The insane amount of people going shopping

23. Favourite ornament theme or colour?
White lights and silver.

24. Favourite Christmas dinner?
Turkey. Again we don’t have Thanksgiving so this is the time of year it appears.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
Everyone keeps asking me and I don’t have an ideas to give them. I think I may be getting a Colts jersey though!

26. Who is most likely to respond to this?
Whoever wants to

It took me forever to take out all the strange American spellings in this!





5 Random Things

21 11 2008

I was tagged by Miss Devyl to write 5 fun/interesting facts about myself so here goes:

1) I am (well… was) a trained ear piercer.  I had a certificate and everything but haven’t actually put anything through anyone’s ears in about 5 years so it’s probably safe to say I am out of practice.

2) My previous jobs before getting into IT include bank cashier and a jeweller where I specialised in watches and diamonds.

3) I’m hopelessly addicted to technology. I am rarely more than a foot from my phone at any time. Being cut off from the internet wouldn’t amuse me

4) Foods/Drinks I HATE: Tomatoes, Mashed Potatoes, Mushrooms, Cola Drinks (e.g. Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper etc.) & Coffee

5) Sports Teams I Follow: Manchester Utd (Soccer), MK Dons (Soccer: My local team), Indianapolis Colts (NFL) and Detroit Red Wings (NHL).