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?

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!

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