Old Bloggers Award

So, as I said in my previous post (notice how I didn't say "my last post" there), I was reading Expat Mum's post about old bloggers, and she gave me an award. Just like the old days. The award is the Dragon Award for Loyalty, and it's only for people who've been blogging since 2010. I don't really get it. Are dragons known for their loyalty? Or just for being old? Anyway, here it is, and thank you very much.

I then have to tell you seven things about myself that you may not know. Here goes:

I like listening to The Archers, but I'm not obsessive. If I miss it, I miss it.

Husband has the masculine version of my name (think Paul and Pauline, Richard and Ricarda, Justin and Justine - that kind of thing). I like it, not least because it often provides a really easy conversation opener at a social occasion.

I always hated being tall, and seldom wore heels in my teens and twenties. Husband is my height, so when we first got together, and for many years, that "seldom" went down to "never". Then I bought a pair of heels for a fancy-dress do, and really liked them. The next time I was thinking of wearing them, my daughter (aged about 9 at the time) was watching me dress. I made some comment about not wearing the shoes because they made me taller than Daddy, and she said she didn't think that mattered and I should wear them anyway. That comment completely changed my attitude. I now wear heels if I want to, and I enjoy them. It's not just that I want to model to my daughter a more confident attitude than I have had (it looks like she is going to be tall too) - though that is true. Something in me just shifted, the moment she said what she said.

I don't have lots of favourite films that I can watch over and over. I'd always rather watch something new, because there is so much good stuff out there. However, I do have a very few favourites... Hang on a minute, I think I've shared this in a blog post before... that's the trouble with being an old blogger... you're bound to repeat yourself... but in case you missed it last time, my old favourite dvds are Billy Elliot, The Blind Side, The Full Monty, and Elf (but only the first half where it's just ridiculous and politically incorrect, not the schmultzy second half, and I know you'll disagree with me, Potty Mummy, because you enjoy Zooey Deschanel singing Santa Claus is Coming to Town).

I am a big advocate of the split infinitive, because it's only pedantry that has made it unacceptable over all these years.

I have a colleague at work who shares my taste in names, and we have lots of conversations slagging off other people's choices. We always pre-fix what we say with "of course taste is very personal, but...". I realise this is going to end horribly badly, because one day we're going to be in full raucous humour about a name, and someone is going to come into the room and be offended.

That's six, not seven, but quite enough.

Now I have to name some old bloggers to pass the award on to. Very hard, given that Expat Mum has picked lots of the ones I would pick. But here goes. It's awarded to you, Paradise Lost in Translation, Reluctant Memsahib, Happy Homemaker UK, Motherhood the Final Frontier, Rosie Scribble, Is There a Plan B?, Kelloggsville, Sticky Fingers and Pig in the Kitchen. Blimey, I didn't realise I knew so many old bloggers. Maybe some of you could emerge from blogging mothballs and manage a post.
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