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A bit about me


I've been sitting here quite a while thinking about who I am and what should be in 'My Bio' -I am surprised at how much of a challenge it is for me.
erm...
Well my eyes are blue
but I am not going to say how old they (or any other part of my anatomy) are.

I am married to a man that I love, known online as HH / Harry Hedgehog.
We have 2 wonderful daughters.

My favourite colour is purple.

I'm a bit of a hippy at heart.

I am a non-fish eating vegetarian
(I never understand how people cay that they are vegetarian but still eat fish).

I have an artistic streak which has manifested itself in various guises but I guess that aspect of me is 'on hold' until the children get a bit bigger. In the past I have drawn, painted and written poetry. Most of which I did when I had 'free / spare' time at college. (Which probably says more about college life than me)

I love the creative aspect of putting together a website, the colours, look and feel are to me crucial to displaying the content (& yes there has to be a lot of that 2).

I really like Science Fiction, including: Dr Who (favourite Dr - Tom Baker), Blake 7, Star trek (favourite series Deep Space 9) and Marvel.

I am very disorganised.- I try but I'm absolutely useless at it.
1 of my biggest fears is that I will become / am a person that 'means well'
I want to make a difference in a positive way
But I have a tendency to be an all or nothing individual, so if I am tunnel vision committed to do something, other stuff suffers.

I am untidy and permanently live in a house of chaos - again despite my / our best efforts to make it better.
Which upsets me.

We were trying for a Baby for years before I was diagnosed with PCOS. We are among the lucky ones. I had an early Miscarriage but got pregnant straight after had daughter 1st January 2005 and when we decided to try for 2nd child became pregnant with our 2nd daughter born April 2007. I am an idealist but I feel guilty about having 2 children when there are lot of people out there who desperately yearn for a Baby. But I hope that I my experiences can provide hope.

My family make me happy.
A mega bumpy ride, challenging and chaotic life that it is.
I would never swap with anyone (yes, even anyone who are organised, with perfectly tidy houses and their own adorable perfect children).

A bit about what I do

24 hour Mum but part time Teacher.
I teach in an Infant School in London where the children are 4-7 years old.

My Epilepsy

I have been diagnosed with Epilepsy since I was about 10 years old.
My last TC sizure was January 1st 2008.
I take Lamictal (Lamotrigine) 250mg twice a day.

Hobbies preChildren

I used to have the time to enjoy sitting at the computer for hours on end, listening to the sound of water trickling down my ying yang water fountain, smelling Ylang Ylang essential oil, making patterns in my Zen garden.

I used to love going out with HH, we used to go to the Cinema, watch TV, have meals.
We used to sit for hours on end, drinking Grande Skinny Latte's with a shot of Vanilla syrup brainstorming ideas about how to make Epilepsy Support Community better. ES really was my Baby.

Those were the days!

Hobbies postChildren

Now we have 2 real Babies (Don't tell the eldest that I called her a Baby tho) ES has been saddly neglected.

I don't get any time to sit at the computer!
When the Children are asleep... I have 2 Options:
1 Sit at the computer
or
2 Try and grab the opportunity of a brief nap.

Sorry Internet but the sleep option is too tempting.

Now, I feel totally out of the loop with ES.
Since ezboard's conversion to yuku, I don't know how to sort my own profile let alone help anyone else. Instead of listening to me bounce ideas off about ES (for hours on end), now HH has seriously taken the strain, sorting out the bumps and bugs of the new yuku regime. (And he secretly relished the challenge, especially working out bugs and ways round them).

Gone are the times when I could indulge my hippy tendances. Even bathtime is part of the military format known as bedtime routine. That said I have managed a couple of baths with a Lush ballistic bath bomb (which I have shared with the Children, like normal) it is only possible now that daughter no.2 is older.

HH & I get our TV fix when the children are asleep. Luckily they were both asleep during Doctor Who. The most TV we get to watch is when the children have gone to bed, although it is not unusual for1 of us to fall asleep before the programme is finished.

I've just thought of 1 extra hobby we share, I got a Nintendo DS for Christmas and whenever either of us get a moment to use it, we do which is normally only when we are on the toilet and that can be very brief if you have a Baby and a big girl checking up on where you are!

So gone are the days when ES was my exclusive Baby, now I have 2 wonderful daughters and no free time.

Would I swap, nope! I love my family.

My yuku Posts

Title Type Date
Re: I See You!! Reply 09/12/09
Re: Hiya Fantastopotamus Reply 09/12/09
Re: I've got a bit of a confession to make Reply 09/12/09
Re: I've got a bit of a confession to make Reply 09/12/09
Re: Riddles Reply 09/12/09
Riddles New Topic 09/12/09
I've got a bit of a confession to make New Topic 09/12/09
Re: Dizzy again Reply 09/12/09
Re: Saw a neuro again, for the first time in *years*! Reply 09/11/09
Re: Hiya Fantastopotamus Reply 09/11/09

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