1. If there was one thing about your body you could change, what would it be?
My celulite, I absolutely hate it.

2. Would you rather lose 10lbs or 10 points off your IQ?
I would rather lose 10lbs because I'm currently about a stone heavier than I should be.

3. When you look in the mirror, are you happy with what you see?
Sometimes, but mostly I wish I was about a stone lighter.

4. Have you ever dyed your hair?
More times than I can remember, it's had a whole rainbow of colours in it at this point.

5. How often do you weigh yourself?
Generally about once a month if I can be bothered but it will be every week once I start my diet.

Once again I'm doing the thefridayfive

1.What story did you love reading, as a child?
One of my most favourite ones was Mrs Pepperpot. It's about an old lady who wakes up one day and shrinks to the size of a pepperpot and then she has all these little adventures. I loved that book.

2.What remains to be your all-time favorite book?
Oooo, this is a hard one... I think probaby the Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix, or anything by Terry Pratchett.

3.What book do you usually recommend to people?
Depends on what they like, if I was recommending sci-fantasy then it would have to be the Abhorsen Trilogy or if they didn't like that kinda thing I would recommend A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

4.If you were a character in a book, who would you be?
Another tough one... I would love to be Eragon, how much fun would it be to have your own dragon :D

5.If you could write a book, what would it be about?
It would probably be sci-fantasy because that's my favourite kind of book but I'm not much of a writer, I'm better at the reading.

So since the last entry my life has been both very hectic but very boring. Just the usual day to day stuff, except that Greg and me finally have a date for our wedding booked!!!! Don't get too over excited, it's not until June 2011, at least it's booked.

Other than that it's the usual shite. I'm still waiting for my appointment with the dermatologist to sort out the state of my hand. It's very sore, my skin keeps coming out in little blisters which burst and then open so I have lots of little open cuts all over my fingers :( I've been waiting for over a month now to hear about an appointment and I'm starting to get a bit irritated about it. Still having loads of headaches too but I've given up any hope of ever getting that sorted.


So have some more thefridayfive before I go:

1. If you can only hear one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Hmmmm, this is a tough one as I change my fave song form one month to the next but I guess the one that always sticks is Green Day - Basket Case.

2. What one song would you like to be played on your funeral?
I really don't wat to be cliche here but I have to say it's gotta be somethin upbeat, I don't want a depressing funeral, maybe The Killers - Mr Brightside.

3. What one song that is best to describe your feeling right now?
I'd probably have to go back to Green Day - Basket Case for this :D

4. What one song would you like to hear when you're sad and depressed?
See above, it always makes me feel better.

5. What one song that you wished you have written?
Imagine - John Lennon, purely because it's a fabulous song that more people should take advice from.

thefridayfive is back baby!!!
( To the friday five questions )

Ok so now for an update on my real life.
I turned 28 on the 18th of May, I feel like I'm getting so old!!!
For my birthday me and Greg went and stayed in a really nice hotel in Edinburgh, The Queensferry Hotel and then went to the Deep Sea World. It was a lot of fun and really nice to get away fromt he house for a night. There will be a picspam of Deep Sea World when I can be bothered sorting the pics.

I got lots of great pressies but especially my pressie from wonderwhatif. She got me a signed Michael Shanks pic (Daniel Jackson from Stargate). I love it soooooo much, it's a really fab pressie.

Other than that I've been working my ass off with AVON as usual and looking after my animals. I've also got to go and pick up my 2 new pairs of glasses next week so I'll post pics when I get them. I had to have my eyes tested and the optician said I needed new glasses so I had to get them.

I think that's about it for now, nothing too exciting happening, oooooohhhhhhh, except that thiskindalove and my mum and dad are all moving back to Scotland next month. I can't wait, I hate having to go over to Ireland to see them.

Wow it's been ages since I've posted anything substantial, wonder if there's actually anyone who still reads this.

Well I haven't been up to much exciting, got some new furniture for my living room and started a new icon comm scifi_icontest so I've been spending a bit of time on that.

Watched the new Disney movie Bolt which was actually quite funny and entertaining. The hamster is hilarious and it has the usual soppy, happy Disney ending. Well worth a watch though.

Have started following the WeightWatchers plan again as I'm back up to 11 stone! It may not sound like a lot but I feel like a blimp so I'm determined to lose some weight again. If I can get back to 10st I'd be happy, if I can make it down to 9.5st I'd be exstatic. This is my first week and I'll be weighing myself on Monday so I'll post how it goes then.

Yup it's thefridayfive time again:

What is your favorite food from each food group?
1. Bread (Grain) Group:
Pizza, pizza is just soooooooooo tasty.

2. Meat (Protein) Group:
I'm vegetarian so I don't eat meat.

3. Vegetable Group:
Oh this is a hard one, it depends on what mood i'm in. I love most veg but I guess I really like broccoli or peppers the most.

4. Fruit Group:
I definately prefer tropical fruits and my fave at the moment is Galia melon

5. Sugars, Fats and Oils:
Do you even have to ask, it's chocolate of course!

Once again with the thefridayfive

1. If you could give out Best Picture, Best Actor/Actress and Best Director Oscars to any movies (not necessarily all from the same year) to people/films that haven't won, what would they be?
I'm not sure this is a tough one but I definately wouldn't have given so many to Slumdog Millionaire. It was an entertaining enough film but not as great as tehy made out at the Oscars.

2. What is your favorite genre of writing (short stories, novels, nonfiction...)?
I like science fantasy writing. Terry Pratchett is one of my fav authors.

3. Are there any CDs to which you know every word? Movies?
Not really, unless I'm actually singing along to a song I could never remember all the words and while there are some films that I know a few lines from I couldn't quote the whole film.

4. If you could write and cast your own movie, what would it be about and who would you cast?
It would totally have to be a horror movie of some description adn I would mostly cast unknowns because there's just too much of an expectation with big hollywood stars.

5. What's the best song to wake you up? Put you to sleep?
To wake me up I guess it would have to be some Green Day. I've fell asleep quite a few times listening to the What Dreams May Come soundtrack, it's very relaxing.

Ok so now that's done I'm off to bed before I collapse on the keybooooooooooooooooooo *snores*

Haven't done much today I've mostly been sorting things for the comm I mod birthday_celebs. I have to say I love Imageshacks new look, it's so easy to upload multiple photos and get the codes for them now. It's only taken me half the time to upload pics for birthday_celebs now.

Other than that I'm having quite a quiet weekend, not much on. Watched Tropic Thunder last night and it was actually quite funny. I mean if you wanted to take it seriously you could get all offended and say it was highly racial and discriminatory and all that crap but lets face it, it's just a movie meant to be taken lightheartedly. I enjoyed it because I just let the laughter out and didn't dwell on the fact that it's totally politically incorrect.

Anyway I have way more movies to watch and lots of cross-stitching to get on with if I ever want to finish my boss' birthday pressie. I'm making her a cross-stitch of a rottweiler and it's quite big. so far I've finished stitching 2 pages of 10 and her birthday is in May so I really need to get moving with it.

From thefridayfive

Stranded!
It's the "stranded on a desert island" question! You can only take one thing from each category. What is it and why are you taking it?

1.A food that can be planted and regrown.
Man this is a tough question, since chocolate doesn't grow on a plant. I'd probably take potatoes since they are quite versatile.

2. A person you haven't seen in a long time.
I guess if it wasn't a member of my family then I'd bring my friend Ger from Ireland. She's a great laugh and will always provide a bit of light fun on the island.

3. A book you (were) read as a child.
Mrs Pepperpot. I loved that book and actually still have it. It's about a little old woman who shrinks to the size of a pepperpot and has all these little adventures.

4. A celebrity.
It would have to be Michael Shanks who plays Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG1, he is HOOOOOOTTTTT!!!

5. The entire episode run of a television show (it's a very nice desert island).
Oh this is a toughy, do I bring Farscape, battlestar or Stargate???? I'd have to just do a random pick of one of those although I think maybe Farscape might be the choice since I haven't watched it in a while.


Ok so now that's over with on to other things. thiskindalove is coming over for a visit next week and I can't wait. I haven't seen her in ages so there will be lots of squeeing and silliness.

I'm off for the entire weekend!!!! This happens very rarely now since my bosss keeps putting us in to work Saturdays. I'm seriously starting to think about finding a new job, it's not that I hate my job but it's not exactly ideal the way it works. Because there are only 3 of us there it means that if someone is sick the other 2 have to work their asses off. My boss was off for about 2 months after an operation and me and Nicola were absolutely knackered. Now Nicola is going on maternity leave so it's just gonna be me and my boss. It also means that I can't take holidays when I want and when my boss wants to take a day off I have to take it too because I can't work there on my own. I also have to get up at 6am to be able to be in work at 9am, it's crazy. If I got a job here in Hamilton then I wouldn't have to get up so early everyday.

So that's my whingeing over for now maybe some more later.

So I got my tattoo done and I like it...except the colouring on the leaves. She, for some unkown reason decided to colour the ends of the leaves yellow! I couldn't really see it at the time she finished doing it becuase those bits were bleeding like mad but I'm thinking I'm gonna go back and get that colour changed to more green. Other than that I'm quite happy with it but I think I'll try elsewhere for my phoenix tatoo as I really want that to be amazing and I'm not sure they can pull it off in there.

So without further ado here's the ( pics )

Give me your comments on it and be honest.

Have some more random pics of the dogs and me and Greg and pics from When we went to Inverness at New Year which for some reason I never got around to posting:

( Random Picspam )

Hope you enjoyed the picspam. The last thing I'm gonna say is: For the love of God don't watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I almost died of boredom watching it.

Went to the craft fair today and it was fab but I had nowhere near enough money to get all the stuff I wanted. There were so many gorgeous cross-stitch kits and loads fo cool card making materials. I did get the cards, envelopes and stickers for my wedding invitations though.

Other than that I haven't done a lot today, didn't get around to watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button yet but I did watch the 2 National Treasure movies. They aren't what I'd call fantastic movies but good for some light entertainment.

So I was hoping that I would get my tatoo done today but it wasn't to be so I'm booked in on Monday instead. Im getting a slight variation of THIS design on the outside of my calf.

I just watched SEVEN POUNDS. Strange film to watch but definately worth it. Will Smith is such a versatile actor and this just proves it. I don't think I've ever seen him in a bad film and this one was great too.

( Spoilers )

Fab film all round I would highly recommed this one. I'm gonna be watching THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON later so I'll let you know how that goes.

Some more from thefridayfive

1.What tastes best covered in chocolate?
More chocolate, you can never have too much chocolate :D

2.Why do you eat chocolate the way you do (or don't)?
Because it's tasty and I want to savour it for as long as I can.

3.Do you know how chocolate is made?
I know that cocoa is somehow involved. If it's gross then I don't wanna know.

4.If you knew you would live 5 years longer if you never ate any chocolate again, would you give it up?
I'd like to say yes but it's just not that easy to give up.

5.Have you ever had carob?
I don't even know what that is so I'm gonna say no.

Meme which was totally not swiped from wonderwhatif :D

( To the Meme )

So Greg being the wonderful man that he is let me use his credit card to pay for my LJ account :D

I've spent the weekend with my mum and Lorna since they came for a visit and we all went to the wedding Fayre at the SECC, Greg was dragged along with us for good measure. It was good to get an idea of what things are gonna cost for the wedding and a list of places where we can find things that we need. There were a lot of freebies and so many people crammed in to the hall.

We also visited Dalziel Park to view it as a wedding venue and we were all very impressed. It was very nice and had plenty of space and not too pricey so it's definately top of the list so far. We have another few places to visit but I think we'll have somewhere picked out in the next month. All in all it will shortly be all go for the wedding planning.

Oh Noooooooes, my paid account and extra userpics have both expired. Why cruel world, why???!!!

Brought to you by thefridayfive

1. If you were to have a scholarship created in your honor, what qualities would you look for in applicants (leadership, service, GPA, etc.)?
Honesty, hard working, someone who wants to make a difference to the world in a good way.

2. Who would be eligible to apply for your scholarship (members of a certain major, ethnic group, sexuality, etc.)?
Anyone who felt that they were deserving of it.

3. Would it be need-based or not? Why?
Definately, I don't believe in helping those who can help themselves, you should look after the people who need it the most first.

4. What would you call it?
Change the World Scholarship

5. If you made applicants write an essay, what would the topic be?
How they could change the world to make it a better place.

So there you have my friday five for this week and since I have a headache again that's all you're getting for now.

I just had the most fun I've had in ages. I went out into the garden in the dark with the dogs and had a snowball fight... Ok so it wasn't really a fight it was just me lobing snow at them but it was fun! Sheeba was having a great time but I don't think Ben was too chuffed about being covered in snow. It's so good to just act like a complete kid, it's one of the few thing I love about winter, playing in the snow like a child. It makes me feel all bubbly inside...or maybe that's the beer :D

Anyway I love the snow and I think that everyone should revert back to being 5 years old when it snows, it's so much fun.

This weeks questions from thefridayfive

1. What activity can you not believe you survived in your childhood?
Visiting my Grandparents. Not only was it like a fumigation tent in their living room due to all the smoking but it was exceptionally boring.

2. What activity can you not believe kids get away with today?
Getting a lift to school every day. We had to walk unless it was like a tropical storm.

3. If you could be anyone else in the world live or dead, who would you choose to be?
I don't know if i'd want to be anyone else, I'm not a fantastic person but I'm not sure i'd be comfortable beuing someone else. If it was only for a few days then I think I'd like to be Cleopatra, you know... before the whole suicide thing.

4. A lot of people think they've been in love at 15 or 16 years old, do you think you now look back and think you were a stupid kid or do you believe that you were old enough to know what love is?
The first guy I loved everyone told me that it wasn't really love but looking back now I know it definately was. I had some stupid crushes when I was younger that I thought were serious but it's different when it's really love, you can feel the difference.

5. Do you think it is possible to remain in love with someone you once loved, but haven't seen in a year?
Of course. Love isn't something that goes away just because you don't see the person. You may move on but it doens't mean that you don't love them anymore.

Well things are going slightly better thankfully. My wrist is healing up nicely and my AVON money is slowly going up.

Tonight Greg is up staying in Aberdeen so I have the house to myself and I'm off work tomorrow. This all adds up to me getting drunk on my own(I have no friends to get drunk with :( ), listening to music, signing at the top of my lungs (this is not good because I'm tone deaf but at least I don't have any neighbours) and generally making a complete arse of myself in the comfort of my own home. I swear if anyone could see me i'd be locked up. I'm not actually that drunk yet, just chilling out and enjoying myself. It would be nice however if on occasion I had a friend to act like a nut with.