A SURPRISE FROM "LOST"

I am delighted to have recieved an award from the always interesting Lost in Sicilia. In order to confirm it, I have to write 10 honest things about myself. Hmmm - what can I tell you that I haven't revealed before?

1. Unlike Lost, I'm very much an indoor person. In fact, it would almost be true to say that I hate any activity that happens outside! The countryside bothers me - Ok, it's pretty to look at - but you get descended upon by all sorts of dive-bombing insects and after 5 minutes, I'm longing to be somewhere urban! I feel the same about gardens. They're fine to look at [from a nice spot in a conservatory, perhaps] but I don't want to sit in them, do the work or watch something take years to grow! The few plants I have on my balcony are garden enough for me.

2. Leading on from that, when I moved here, I found the change from big city to small city almost as difficult as the change of country, although I was where I wanted to be.

3. I always put makeup and perfume on first thing. I thought everybody did until I had a contretemps with a friend about perfume. The only day since I was 14 when I didn't do this was the day my mother died.

4. I'm 59 years old going on 16!

5. Having been a teacher all my life, I have come to the sad conclusion that schools are bad for your education.

6. I'm a night person. My Dad [whose bodyclock was similar] used to say that I had "owl's blood". I just concentrate better after midnight and long ago learned that I might as well leave most tasks until after that hour. Otherwise I just find reasons to procratinate.Besides, all sorts of horrible things happen in the morning [the kind of morning that begins at around 8 am]: bills arrive and expect to be paid, cheerful "morning" people go around being cheerful and making plenty of noise about it and layers of dust look worse in morning sunlight.

7. When I was a little girl I smashed a flowerpot over my best friend's head. She always used to break my toys and I got sick of it!

8. As the song goes, "I fall in love too terribly hard for love to ever last."

9. My Dad was my hero and Italy is the love of my life.

10. I'd rather spend time with my dog, Simi , than anyone else in the world.


[That's 11 things!]

Now I have to recommend some brilliant blogs to follow - that's not hard at all!
Lost in Sicilia - the adventures of an American mum in Sicily.
Phidelm - a new friend in France; witty and wise.
Alex the blogging cat - pop over and learn to speak "Alexian"!
Nick's Bytes [Alex's "hooman bean"] - often makes you think and nearly always cheers you up.
Fighting Monsters - sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes political, always interesting; the obsevations of a British social worker.
On my way 2 work and other stuff [Lucia] - entertaining tales from a Sicilian in Canada.
Rochambeau - just beautiful.
Amiga da Moda - for stunning fashion pictures.
Winchester Whisperer - charming anecdotes and delightful observations on life.
Rubber Slippers in Italy - superb food blog.

Chet Baker - I Fall in Love too Easily