10 things

In preparation for when (or if) I manage to attract any readers to this little blog of mine I thought I'd divulge 10 random (and kind of strange) things you may not know about me:

1. I have a pretty intense dislike of Sunflowers.  I don't mind the smallish ones too much but the ones that grow so large with the big fleshy middles.....Urgh!  I'm screwing my face up just thinking about them!  My revulsion is so great I crossed the road to avoid having to look at a bunch which were creepily peering over someone's fence on my way to work once.
2. I used to be a Contortionist.
3. I am probably one of the most laid-back people you'll come across, not much ruffles my feathers and it takes a fair bit to upset me but my easy-going nature is unfortunately marred by my occasional bursts of red-headed rage.  Almost always, my temper is directed at myself, mostly in frustration when I fail at something.  It is never usually directed at another person, so don't stress, you're spared from my inner psycho behaviour!  Unfortunately I can't say the same for my Christmas Eve shortbread dough which wasn't turning out as planned.  This ended up stuck to the wall on the opposite side of the kitchen........
4. I am a little superstitious at times with certain things.  I never leave the radio or television volume on "13" as I feel it's bad luck.  And whenever I hear a siren I have to hold my belly-button and find a piece of wood to touch.  It's ridiculous I know, I don't why or how this began to be honest.
5. I travelled around Europe for 6 weeks on my own in my early 20s.  Well I spent my first 3 weeks in Paris as a Nanny for a family who was (and still is) very dear to me.  The next 3 weeks I ventured off completely on my own to do a Contiki style trip around other parts of Europe.  This was an amazing experience which I am so grateful to have had.
6. My above-mentioned trip spurred on a slight travel addiction however I never seem to have enough time or money to do and see as much as I'd like.  My current tally of countries visited to date stands at 12 but there are still a million other places in the world I'd love to see.
7. Growing up I had an extremely odd obsession with chicken pellets.  The full story is probably best left for another day, when you know me a little better and realise that I'm not a complete weirdo!
8. One day I'd like to have 3 pet chickens which will be named Primrose, Daphne and La-Fawnduh.
9. My Husband and I were together 12 years before we were married and he proposed on my 30th Birthday which was the 12th December 2012. 
10. I have a thing for numbers.  8 and 12 seem to pop up a fair bit in our lives, 12 obviously from our engagement date (12/12/12).  My Dad's lucky number is 8 and it was the number of my family home growing up.  8 is also the number of our current house, my car-park at work and the day in which we were married.

So there you go, 10 completely bizarre facts about me you may not have known.

I hope we can still be friends......

Oh, and just because there are no pretty photos in this post, here's a picture of a little muffin I made over the weekend.

You can find the recipe here if you're interested.  I used brown sugar, because brown sugar makes everything taste better!

xox