100 Truths Blogger Tag
I was tagged in a new blogger tag by the wonderful Jaki from https://jakijellz.comIt is ages since I did a tag thingy and it’s great to come across new ones.
I would love to know what you knew already and which bits surprise you!
1 What’s your name?
Alison – that’s your first surprise
2 Any nicknames or aliases?
Sherlock, Clogger, Snuggle Bum
3 Your gender?
Female – not such a surprise
4 Your star sign?
Saggitarius
5 How old are you?
One year younger than I will be tomorrow
6 Your relationship status?
Married
7 Any children?
3 aged 17, 13 and 12
8 Any pets?
2 dogs – a Beagle and a Shepherd/Collie cross puppy.
9 Any tattoos or piercings?
As if!
10 What do you like about yourself?
My passion, creativity and my values. My caring nature. My wicked sense of humour.
11 What do you dislike about yourself?
My sense of humour can be quite harsh. I am good with words so can go for the jugular in an argument. I am too much the shy, introverted scaredy-cat!
12 Righty or lefty?
Hands or politics? Left wing politically. Right only in writing.
Lasts
13 The last thing you drank:
Coffee and lots of them
14 The last thing you ate:
Chocolate out of the Advent calendar
15 Your last phone call:
Pointless one with former manager
16 Your last text message:
I rarely text – in fact it would be fun to have some text buddies. I remember an embarrassing one sent from my last college reunion but it was funny too.
17 Your last email:
From a tooth whitening company.
18 The last song you listened to:
Can’t actually remember – that needs to change. I love music but gave up listening much years ago when husband complained about the volume.
19 The last book you read:
Different Genes
20 The last time you cried:
A little yesterday about my brother Michael who I lost in August.
21 The last blog you read:
Mummy Harris
22 The last person you spoke to:
My 17 tear old son
23 The last place you visited:
The bar
24 Your last holiday abroad:
France
Have you ever?
25 Have you ever gotten back with an ex?
Nope and I only have one anyway or one real one anyway
26 Have you ever been cheated on?
Oh yes and in different ways!
27 Have you ever cheated on someone?
No
28 Have you ever lost someone special to you?
Yes – some alive and some dead
29 Have you ever been so drunk you threw up?
Yes rarely but also not that long ago
30 Have you ever fallen out of love with someone?
Yes
31 Have you ever met someone who changed you?
Lots of people
32 Have you ever been in a situation where you found out who your real friends are?
Yes but also I think some real friends are still friends who don’t know what to say or how to help in a given situation.
33 Have you ever kissed someone you probably shouldn’t have?
Do husband’s count?
34 Have you ever found out people were talking about you behind your back?
Yes but only for good reasons
35 Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
How can we ever be sure on that one? I hope not because mine has been shattered and it is no fun.
36 Have you ever kissed a stranger?
Yes. That’s how good strangers become good friends – joke!
37 Have you ever had your own heart broken?
Yes and played a part in that myself too
38 Have you ever had sex on the first date?
Still waiting to have what I would call a first date. OK, yes but it was hardly a date and I was in a very bad emotional state at the time and it was hardly sex or not by my standards anyway,
39 Have you ever been arrested?
No. I am a very good girl!
40 Have you ever been attracted to someone that isn’t the gender you usually find attractive?
Once.
41 Have you ever done something you regret?
Yes including losing a sense of power and self.
42 Have you ever had a threesome?
I find it hard enough to get a twosome!
43 Have you ever embarrassed yourself in public?
Yes.
44 Have you ever misjudged someone?
Yes including at least one occasion of getting my facts completely wrong.
Your Beliefs and Opinions
45 Do you believe in God?
Hard to say but probably or at least I hope there is one.
46 Do you believe in yourself?
More and more as the years go by.
47 Do you believe in Santa Claus?
Of course and the children know never to question his existence. I still look in the sky every Christmas Eve believing I will see the sleigh one day.
48 Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes – living and dead
49 Do you believe in aliens?
It’s not something that really interests me. I have enough issues with so called normal people.
50 Do you believe in miracles?
Yes and have experienced them
51 Do you believe in the power of positive thinking?
Yes. It is so powerful and life-transforming.
52 Do you believe in love at first sight?
No but it does not take me long to get there sometimes.
53 Can money make you happy?
Not as such. Lack of worry about it makes you happier and it can facilitate fun memories but there is also a lot of stuff that is amazing and free.
54 Would you describe yourself as a feminist?
Yes
55 Are you pro-life or pro-choice?
Prefer not to say as could argue strongly for both options
56 Do you have strong political beliefs?
Yes and of the Left Wing otherwise known as let’s be fair kind.
57 Do you have strong religious beliefs?
Not easy to answer. I was brought up with strong religious beliefs and still need to work out what I think.
58 What do you think the most important thing you can give a child is?
Security and love.
Right Now
59 Are you eating anything right now?
No although chocolate is calling my name.
60 Are you drinking anything right now?
No but another coffee is on my agenda.
61 What are you listening to right now?
Karen Brady – shoot me now!
62 What are you thinking about right now?
How to navigate my birthday tomorrow as my husband will not make a fuss and it disappoints me every year.
63 What are you waiting for right now?
An interesting book in the post
64 What are you most excited about right now?
The off-chance that my birthday will turn out well with messages and gestures from the right people.
65 What’s your pet hate right now?
Constant housework which always falls on me.
66 What’s your favourite thing right now?
Reflecting on changes I have planned for next year.
67 If you weren’t answering these questions, what would you be doing right now?
Walking the dogs
Firsts
68 Your first best friend:
Hayley or the first important one anyway.
69 Your first kiss:
Blackpool trip, Met in a pub. Lad from Sunderland called Dean. Never got as far as the surname.
70 Your first celebrity crush:
Orinoco from the Wombles
71 Your first holiday:
Bridlington where I crawled off with all my clothes on to the sea. Repeated the same experience on a school trip many years later.
72 Your first pet:
Benji the Jack Russell sadly put down when he bit me but there were good reasons for the bite and my parents regretted having him put down and I was so sad to lose him.
73 Your first regret:
I guess losing my birth family has to be the first one.
74 Your first job:
Babysitter aged 17 and used to make what I thought was a fortune thanks to the Maguire family.
75: Your first childhood memory:
Being in the garden with my Mum. Busy Lizzies, pet graveyards, rockery and the outside kitchen my Dad built for me. Red steps from the back door with Mum saying I would never jump off the highest. Said a lot about me then and still does.
Which would you choose?
76 Love or money?
Both. Mainly love but enough money to not worry.
77 Twitter or Facebook?
Used to be Twitter when it was creative. Now FB as brings old friends back.
78 Hook up or relationship?
What would I be hooked up to exactly?
79 Dogs or cats?
Dogs if pushed but like both.
80 Coffee or tea?
Coffee. Not a tea-drinker except after fish and chips.
81 Beer or wine?
Wine. Fond memories of Old Peculiar though.
82 Sweet or savoury?
Love both as a real foodie but probably savoury if pushed.
83 Introvert or extrovert?
Introvert to the nth degree.
84 Vampires or werewolves?
No idea!
85 Seaside or countryside?
Seaside. Will live right by the sea one day.
86 Summer or winter?
Spring or Autumn preferably as not good with extremes.
87 Books or movies
Both but if pushed books.
88 Horror or comedy
Comedy. Don’t get the horror thing at all
A few random questions to finish on
89 Do you wish you could change your past?
Oh yes!
90 What’s your dream job?
Novelist
91 What’s your guilty pleasure?
True crime
92 What are you afraid of?
Being rejected
93 What was the first thing you wanted to be when you grew up?
A barrister
94 If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Time travel
95 If you could change anything about your life what would it be?
To see the people I care about more often
96 Would you want immortality?
Perhaps if you could stay in good health
97 If you could interview anyone alive or dead who would you choose?
Freddie Mercury
98 Would you say you are happy?
On the whole.
99 What one piece of advice would you give to yourself at age eighteen?
Should you fall in love, it is a really good idea to tell the person.
100 Where would you like to be in five years’ time?
Living by the sea or in the mountains. Successful novelist. Children still with me or close by. Friends close by and travel to see others.
How to Join In
Just follow the simple rules below. Feel free to use the image from this post if you don’t want to create a new one.
Rules
1 Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog
2 Answer the questions honestly (skip any you don’t feel comfortable answering)
3 Tag 10-20 bloggers to take part (let them know on social media)
4 Post the questions without your answers at the bottom of your post so that they are easy to copy and paste for the people you tag
Enjoy!
Grab the questions below if you would like to take part:
The Basics
1 What’s your name?
2 Any nicknames or aliases?
3 Your gender?
4 Your star sign?
5 How old are you?
6 Your relationship status?
7 Any children?
8 Any pets?
9 Any tattoos or piercings?
10 What do you like about yourself?
11 What do you dislike about yourself?
12 Righty or lefty?
Lasts
13 The last thing you drank:
14 The last thing you ate:
15 Your last phone call:
16 Your last text message:
17 Your last email:
18 The last song you listened to:
19 The last book you read:
20 The last time you cried:
21 The last blog you read:
22 The last person you spoke to:
23 The last place you visited:
24 Your last holiday abroad:
Have you ever?
25 Have you ever gotten back with an ex?
26 Have you ever been cheated on?
27 Have you ever cheated on someone?
28 Have you ever lost someone special to you?
29 Have you ever been so drunk you threw up?
30 Have you ever fallen out of love with someone?
31 Have you ever met someone who changed you?
32 Have you ever been in a situation where you found out who your real friends are?
33 Have you ever kissed someone you probably shouldn’t have?
34 Have you ever found out people were talking about you behind your back?
35 Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
36 Have you ever kissed a stranger?
37 Have you ever had your own heart broken?
38 Have you ever had sex on the first date?
39 Have you ever been arrested?
40 Have you ever been attracted to someone that isn’t the gender you usually find attractive?
41 Have you ever done something you regret?
42 Have you ever had a threesome?
43 Have you ever embarrassed yourself in public?
44 Have you ever misjudged someone?
Your Beliefs and Opinions
45 Do you believe in God?
46 Do you believe in yourself?
47 Do you believe in Santa Claus?
48 Do you believe in ghosts?
49 Do you believe in aliens?
50 Do you believe in miracles?
51 Do you believe in the power of positive thinking?
52 Do you believe in love at first sight?
53 Can money make you happy?
54 Would you describe yourself as a feminist?
55 Are you pro-life or pro-choice?
56 Do you have strong political beliefs?
57 Do you have strong religious beliefs?
58 What do you think the most important thing you can give a child is?
Right Now
59 Are you eating anything right now?
60 Are you drinking anything right now?
61 What are you listening to right now?
62 What are you thinking about right now?
63 What are you waiting for right now?
64 What are you most excited about right now?
65 What’s your pet hate right now?
66 What’s your favourite thing right now?
67 If you weren’t answering these questions, what would you be doing right now?
Firsts
68 Your first best friend:
69 Your first kiss:
70 Your first celebrity crush:
71 Your first holiday:
72 Your first pet:
73 Your first regret:
74 Your first job:
75: Your first childhood memory:
Which would you choose?
76 Love or money?
77 Twitter or Facebook?
78 Hook up or relationship?
79 Dogs or cats?
80 Coffee or tea?
81 Beer or wine?
82 Sweet or savoury?
83 Introvert or extrovert?
84 Vampires or werewolves?
85 Seaside or countryside?
86 Summer or winter?
87 Books or movies
88 Horror or comedy
A few random questions to finish on
89 Do you wish you could change your past?
90 What’s your dream job?
91 What’s your guilty pleasure?
92 What are you afraid of?
93 What was the first thing you wanted to be when you grew up?
94 If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
95 If you could change anything about your life what would it be?
96 Would you want immortality?
97 If you could interview anyone alive or dead who would you choose?
98 Would you say you are happy?
99 What one piece of advice would you give to yourself at age eighteen?
100 Where would you like to be in five years’ time?
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Kate Davis-Holmes
Award-winning writer, blogger, social media consultant and charity campaigner. Social Media Manager for BritMums, the UK's largest parent blogging network Freelance clients include Firefly Communications and Save the Children UK. Works with brands on marketing projects. Examples include Visit Orlando, Give As You Live, Coca-Cola and Kodak. Cambridge Law graduate with many years experience working across three sectors in advice, media relations, events, training and project management. Available for hire at affordable rates.
11 Comments
Nicole - Tales from Mamaville
Lovely to get to know you more as a person than just a blogger, Kate. Oops, I mean Alison;)
Was a lovely read…thanks for sharing x
#ThursdayTeam
Emily
I’ve seen a few of these tags floating around and love reading everyone’s answers. Thanks for linking up to #ThatFridayLinky
Morgan Prince
What a fantastic tag! I learned so much about you, it’s a great way to get to know someone. I’m a total introvert too!
Thanks so much for sharing with #pocolo
Tracey Bowden
Great answers, I loved reading this tag. It’s so nice to find out more about about other bloggers #blogcrush
Kim Carberry
So lovely to learn more about you….Alison? lol #PoCoLo
Jaki
Yay, I love your answers! Thanks for taking part! Thanks for sharing this with us at #TriumphantTales. Hope to see you again on Tuesday for the last linky of 2017 🙂
Kelly Edwards
Love reading these 🙂 Thanks for linking up to #fortheloveofBLOG
Lucy At Home
I’ve read a few of these tags now and they’re a great way to know more about the people behind the blog. Also, your name is Alison?? Talk about a curveball! Haha – I wasn’t expecting that! I hope you have a lovely birthday #blogcrush
Lisa Pomerantz
Lovely getting to know more about you, lovely! #fabfridaypost Happy Holidays! xoxo
Sarah
I love these posts its always so nice to get to know the blogger behind the blog. I had to giggle at the alien one ‘I have enough issues with so called normal people.’ Same! Thanks so much for linking this to #thursdayteam x
Su {Ethan & Evelyn}
Very interesting. I have to say I had to Google: Orinoco from the Wombles. lol! I have no idea who/ what this was. lol! Thank you very much for linking up with us on #FabFridayPost x