The A-Z of me – Mummascribbles

There’s always lots of posts doing the rounds where you get tagged by a fellow blogger and requested to join in. One brilliant one that is spreading at the moment is the A-Z of me. A gorgeous post in which, you guessed it, we match the letter of the alphabet to a fact about us. I’ve been tagged by the lovely Louise at Little Hearts Big Love, Stacey at Mums Blind Love, Helen at All the Beautiful Things and Eimear at Chirps from a Little Red Hen Thank you to the three of you for this nomination.

A is for Arachnophobe. Yes, you guessed it, I HATE spiders!

B is for blogging. My other half would say it has taken over my life, but I adore it and it has brought so many fantastic opportunities so I cannot complain!

C is for Connor. My 12 year old nephew who taught me how to be a mum. Don’t get me wrong, my sister was around full time for him, but I was around a lot of the time too and he was the first regular experience I had of looking after a young child. I wouldn’t have known how to change a nappy if it wasn’t for his pooey bum!

D is for Dean. My other half. My beloved. The father of my child! I couldn’t have asked for a better half.

E is for eczema. Something we have had to deal with on Zach since he was a baby. Sadly he got mummy and daddy’s dodgy skin and we have had periods where it has flared up real bad and periods like now where we thankfully have it under control.

F is for Film, tv and radio studies. The subject my degree is in!

G is for gardening. Something I thought I hated until I got my own house with a garden! Suddenly I’m all green fingered!

H is for home. It is where I love the most. We’ve only been in our own house for a year now (I wrote about it here) and it is where I am most happy. At home, with the two men in my life.

I is for Institute of Physics, which is where I worked for ten years before leaving last year. It was my first ‘real’ job and I am still thankful for everything they taught me. I always knew it would be hard to leave and there are days when I do actually miss it (or I should say, the people I used to work with).

J is for Jumanji. One of my all time favourite films!

L is for laser eye surgery. I had it done 4 years ago!

M is for mum. Not me but mine, What she does for us is incredible and I don’t thank her enough. If it wasn’t for her looking after Zach for us three days a week, we would never have been able to get the mortgage for our house as our nursery fees would have put the banks right off! Thanks mum

N is for nuisance. Which is what I was when I was younger! I wasn’t the easiest child for my parents…often called a bull in a china shop, and also for my sister who I annoyed hugely on a frequent basis!

O is for Olympics. We managed to bag some tickets to the Olympics when they were held here in 2012. At the time, we lived ten minutes from the Olympic stadium so I think it was only fair that we managed to get tickets. We went to the showjumping and saw Team GB (including Zara Phillips), get their medals. I was also 7 months pregnant at the time and our seats were way up high in the stands. The stairs were really steep and of course I needed to pee frequently. Every time I went back to my seat, I had to stop for a rest half way up!

P is for Piano. The musical instrument I have always dreamed of playing, even though I am pants when it comes to playing music. I am often jealous of my nephew who at 12 is an amazing piano player!

Q is for Queen. The band. I recently remembered how blinkin awesome they were and are probably my all time faves!

R is for reading. I love reading and the only good thing about working is that I have to commute and therefore I get time to do it!

S is for Scorpio, my starsign. I am the fiercest, most possessive, jealous sexy lady ever (pahaha). I am right at the start of the Scorpio timeframe though which means I am also slightly Libran…very indecisive!

T is for theatre. I love the theatre and even though I don’t get to go very much (if at all), I just love it. Phantom of the Opera is my absolutely favourite, closely followed by Wicked.

U is for unpaid. I used to volunteer at a riding school for the disabled. Every Sunday I would get up at 7am to go and help muck out, groom and assist on lessons. I did get to ride the horses which was amazing as I love horse riding (how chuffing expensive is it?!) The only reason I stopped was because I fell pregnant and I sadly don’t have the time to go back. My weekends are filled with spending time with the toddler that I hardly get to see during the week. I do so miss my William though.

V is for viola. I played this when I was younger. They didn’t have any more spaces to play the violin so a viola it was!

W is for working mum, which is what I am. I work five full days a week as an event manager. It’s a pretty cool job but I hate being away from my boy so much.

X is for xylophone. I learnt to play the frog song (by Paul McCartney) on the xylophone back when I was little and we were doing a school performance. I can still play it to this day and it’s one of the only songs I can actually play on the piano (it is soooo easy!).

Y is for YMCA. My sister and I used to go to the YMCA holiday camps when we were younger. They were amazing and I have fond memories of the times we spent there.

Z is for Zachary, my gorgeous son. He is my world and I’m so glad he has that name as I have no idea what Z would have been for otherwise!

And that is me! I hope you’ve enjoyed and feel like you know me a little better!

I now tag The Twinkle Diaries, Mrs H’s Favourite Things and Lupin Girl if you’d like to join in/haven’t already taken part!