1. I was born on
2. Diaries used to list that date as The Glorious 12th (the start of the grouse hunting season, apparently. When I was a little girl I thought it was glorious because it was my birthday.
3. My real name is Michelle.
4. I have 2 daughters aged 21 and 16 and a son aged 19 I love all three to bits and am very proud of them although we don?t always get on.
5. I share my home with three cats. Merlin (a chocolate Tonkinese), Harry Potter (a fluffy dinner jacket pus) and Pru (a smoke Egyptian Mau).
6. I miss having a dog. Magic, our border collie, lives with my ex and Kizzy, my little mini pin at almost 18 years old a couple of years ago.
7. I have two sisters and a brother, all younger than me.
8. I was brought up, for the most part, by my paternal grandmother.
9. I have only met one of my sisters a dozen times at most.
10. In September 2005, I began studying a four year degree in fine art at a local university.
11. I feel a passion, pleasure and fulfilment never experienced before when I am painting.
12. I learned to ballroom dance as a child and passed all my exams. I adore all kinds of dancing although I cannot really participate any more.
13. I use a walking stick.
14. I have a back problem, spondylolytic spondylolisthesis.
15. I am on a waiting list for a five hour operation on my spine. It won't cure the problem, but there is a 75% chance that it will provide worthwhile pain relief.
16. I smoke.
17. I cannot have that operation until I have stopped smoking for at least 3 months. Apparently nicotine prevents bones from knitting together properly.
18. I have been a mental health service user for several years.
19. I had my first depressive episode at the age of 9.
20. Early in 2004 I took an overdose and spent several days in hospital.
21. I am divorced. Most of the time my ex and I are good friends.
22. I was born in the
23. I am 5' 4" tall.
24. I have brown eyes.
25. I dye my hair. Grey is definitely not my colour.
26. I have no intention of growing old gracefully.
27. I was once a runner up in a Miss Great Britain heat.
28. I have been introduced to the queen and have a photograph to prove it.
29. When I was small, I had an imaginary friend named Mary.
30. I enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy.
31. I have yet to find a genre that has absolutely nothing to offer.
32. Situation comedies make me squirm with embarrassment.
33. I am probably the worst housekeeper in the known universe.
34. I love Christmas and birthdays and look forward to them with all the excitement and anticipation of a small child.. Somehow these occasions never lived up to my expectations.
35. I have never been too hot.
36. I detest being cold.
37. I could eat strawberries, cherries and mushrooms ( not together), until I feel sick.
38. I have a weakness for thick, whipped or clotted cream and given the opportunity will eat it straight from the carton with a spoon.
39. I taught myself to design and make beaded jewellery through the Internet.
40. I love the sight, smell, sound of the sea.
41. I do not get sea sick.
42. I have no sense of direction. It is more than possible that I would become completely lost inside a small cupboard.
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44. I write poetry and sometimes short stories.
45. My favourite colour is red. Except when it is turquoise, purple, emerald green...
46. If there were a national award for hoarding, I would win it.
47. I like driving fast to no particular destination.
48. I do not own a car.
49. I could quite happily spend a week locked into Tate Modern or the Pompidou Centre.
50. My current favourite artists are Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and Odilon Redon.
51. I cannot resist high heel shoes but unfortunately cannot walk in them any more.
52. Daughter #1 says that I am a hippy. except when I am being a goth!
53. My house resembles a library.
54. Candles, joss sticks, smellies of all sorts, I could never have enough.
55. I love bracelets and rings.
56. I frequently wear too many bracelets and probably too many rings.
57. I wear 4 rings regularly. One belonged to my grandmother, One to my mother, one was a gift on my 16th birthday and the fourth I bought for myself in
58. I love noisy jewellery and often wear an ankle chain will bells on it.
59. I am mad about Art Deco.
60. I enjoy watching cartoons.
61. Cherry Liquors are my favourite chocolates, but I only get them at Christmas.
62. My favourite tipple is Baileys.
63. I quite often go to the theatre and the cinema alone.
64. If I had the money I would buy all the latest toys. Isn't technology wonderful!
65. The first major purchase I made after my divorce was a reproduction four poster bed. Something I had wanted since I was a child.
66. I am impulsive.
67. I have experienced homelessness.
68. I never know when to stop. I read until the final page, paint until I am lightheaded and stay on the computer until the birds begin singing.
69. I like playing Final Fantasy on my son's PS2
70. I am competitive by nature.
71. I constantly make lists.
72. I drink far too much coffee.
73. I love to eat breakfast outside.
74. I am a news junky.
75. One of my favourite ways to spend time is to walk bare foot along the shore at night.
76. I like both Indian and Chinese food.
77. I cannot spell very well. Thank goodness for spell checkers!
78. I taught myself to type on a manual typewriter when I was 14.
79. I finally learned how to use predictive text on my mobile last year (2004)
80. I like all sorts of music from jazz to pop.
81. Along with my ex, I was self-employed for around 10 years.
82. Going bankrupt, loosing everything including my home, was one of the worst experiences of my life.
83. I have been in care although I was never fostered with strangers.
84. I like being single - most of the time.
85. I have a passion for silk.
86. I would really, really, have liked to have had one more child.
87. I spend too much time living in my imagination.
88. I get on well with, and enjoy the company of teenagers.
89. I often put red or green highlights in my hair.
90. I am not ticklish.
91. I cannot bear having my head massaged.
92. Although I love having my hair brushed.
93. Approaching thunderstorms always give me a bad headache.
94. I have a head full of useless bits of information.
95. I forget important things like appointments, names, dates and if I have eaten yet.
96. I once had to phone directory enquiries so that I could call home!
97. I still own a dress that cost me a weeks wages when I was 16.
98. . Buying perfume for myself makes me feel incredibly guilty
99. I was convent educated. And finally...
100. I am half Irish
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