Tagged Again

So whilst chatting with my buddy Absolute Vanilla recently, I mentioned that I'm having a hard time thinking of things to blog about. We're back to my missing Moos again! Being the fabulously generous woman that she is she tagged me … twice. I had actually done the first one earlier in the year. You can find it here if you're interested. But I am delighted to do this one. So these are the rules:

*Tagged bloggers post answers on their blogs & replace questions as they wish.
*Tagged bloggers state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by.

I just used the same questions as Vanilla.

1. What do you do before bedtime? Generally I just watch TV or read - the former being followed by me waking up around midnight on the couch with a neckache.

2. What is your favorite sound? I do love the howl and crashing of a good thunderstorm. Hubby and I have been know to stay awake into the wee small hours just listening to the rain bashing off the windows. I love hearing the sounds of nature - so being by the coast or walking in the woods are two of my favourite things to do. Of course the laughter of my children is pretty hard to beat.

3. What were your childhood fears? I remember being absolutely paralytic with fear of the devil - and all things pertaining to evil and evil-doers. There's nothing quite like being taught religion by an ageing nun on the verge of a mental collapse to put the fear of the bogie-man in you. I spent quite a few years periodically suffering from nightmares and being scared of the dark. Luckily when I am asleep I am generally comatose. The weird thing is that now I can't bear any form of artificial light when I go to sleep. I loves the dark - it's the best way to see the stars.

4. What place have you visited that you can't forget and want to go back? I haven't travelled much really but I have to say that New England and The Pacific Northwest of America are two places I will definitely visit again (and again!). But there are many places on my 'to visit' list that I simply have to go to first - New Zealand, Italy, Alaska (I want to see the Northern Lights there), Scotland (I know! How could I have not been there?), Cuba, Mauritius and the South Pacific Islands - and these are just top of a very, very long list.

5. What has made you unhappy these days? Missing my good friends from my old hometown (I moved away almost a year ago now), the way that the greed for oil is screwing up the world we live in - environmentally, politically, financially and most importantly the way the human race is becoming fractured in face of it all.

6. What websites do you visit daily? Facebook, Blogging buddies, Google and my e:mail account.

7. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is? Ah Vanilla! (I'm now humming the back beat to Vienna by Ultravox) What can I say except that she is the business. Through her I have made contacts in the writery world (it's probably down to Vanilla that I've cyber-met most of you) and have learned so very very much. When I was a wet-behind-the-ears blogger, unsure of what I was doing, Vanilla extended the cyber hand of friendship and encouraged me to keep on writing and to join SCWBI. Honestly she's been like a little angel sent down to guide me and I can't thank her enough. Aside from all this generosity she is highly intelligent, warm, funny, immensely caring and talented. Oh yes- she is very, very talented. Her blog is one of my favourites because you will always find excellent posts - whether it's talking about the vagaries of writing and trying to get that book deal, the political troubles in South Africa, the wise words of an alien chicken (no you read that right), lots of light-hearted humorous anecdotes and the most amazing photographs you will ever see. I've never been on safari or indeed to Africa but I feel as though I have. She is a beautiful person, a wonderful writer and I am blessed to call her friend.

8. What’s the last song that got stuck in your head? Well now it's Vienna (doo-doodoo! Tsh!)

9. What’s your favorite item of clothing? Jammies - the ultimate clothing for the laid back (and permanently knackered) woman.

10. What is your dream for the future? I am a very happy and contented woman but even I, who am blessed with so much, have a dream - to finish my book. I just want to see if it'll be any good. And if it is - I'll get a new dream. At the moment there just doesn't seem to be enough time for everything. I need to figure out a way.

My Hubby and I also have a joint dream of paying our mortgage off. Man, that'd be nice!

So who to tag? I know that quite a few of you have done this one already. So …

Whirl, Mom-in-Scrubs, McKoala, Robin and Pete.

But only if you fancy it!