I haz been tagged. In fact I’ve two meme duties to fulfill, so let me get this one out of the road first (it was way easier than the next one).
The idea of the meme is to list five things in your life now that you would have never thought would be in your life when you were 25.
1. A cat
Louise and I both grew up with dogs. That is we both had dogs in our families, we weren’t raised, Mowgli-like, by packs of wild canines. However as we both have full-time jobs, and are out of the house during the day time, we knew it wouldn’t be fair to get a puppy. However we both like cats, entertaining a neighbourhood white persian on occasion, and the possibility of getting Ollie came up we jumped at it.
Last night I fell asleep with toasty warm feet, and the soft purring lullaby of our little black kitten (he’s not even 5 months old yet, even though I think he’s older).
2. A posh car
Having spent a fair number of years commuting by train, I switched jobs and needed a new car. Something reliable and functional, and bigger than our previous car (a great wee Peugeot 206). The Honda Civic wasn’t the first choice but other than a few minor niggles I have to admit that it’s been brilliant. Yes it is a little more expensive to run but I gain on fuel economy (it’s a diesel and I’m fairly economic when I drive, most of the time).
Note: it’s not THAT posh but it’s the first time I’ve had cruise control, A/C and other ‘nice to have’ stuff. Plus it’s easily the most expensive car we’ve owned, and by FAR the fastest… er… allegedly…
3. A Mac
Well I HAD to have a techie thing in here, didn’t I.
Nine years ago, Apple were a bit of a laughing stock, and whilst I’d always been impressed with their software, I wouldn’t have gone near it with someone else’s bargepole. Roll back to last year and I was positively itching to get a MacBook. I’ve been loving it ever since. I only wish I’d decided earlier and gotten a MacBook Pro to replace my previous PC. Still, there is always next year…
4. Jogging
I hesitate to list this one but the long-term aim is to get back out there and, considering I’ve been through various spells of trying ways to lose weight and get fit, jogging is the one that I’ve enjoyed the most. To be fair that is all down to jogScotland as I still don’t really enjoy going out alone but twice weekly sessions with a group of people sharing the same desires and abilities (plod on!) made a huge difference.
God I really need to get back to it, come on knee, get with the programme!!
5. All of you
OK OK, it’s a little twee but I spend so much of my time writing this blog, and reading yours, that I have to list you guys and gals that take the time to read what I write as I waffle on. It amazes me that, as I head for my tenth year of online publishing (that CAN’T be right!) I still have people willing to read what spews from my head. Thank you. Sincerely.
And, being a meme I now get to tag 5 people. How about Lyle, NML, Jane, Cat, and Bob. And yes, that is a very carefully chosen list!
25 is along time ago. I did however have
1) a house built by my husband
2) a lovely son
3) a dog (poodle which I NEVER thought we would have)
4) a business (hairdressers in partnership with my mum)
5 Very little money but no mortgage which through the years has been a huge blessing!
At 60
1 Same house
2 Lovely son
3 Lovely daughter in law
4 cat (which I never thought we would have)
5 2 Labrador ‘grand children’
6 Yacht ( for which we did have a mortgage for a while)
7 cabriolet car which like you is first ‘posh’car but also diesel and eco friendly.
8 a job!!
9 and finally and amazingly SAME HUSBAND
And lo, mine’s been done.
Good, innit.
Boring I know, but you don’t know just how grateful I am for all of these!
1)A husband who survived a heart attack.
2)My very own family that we created after a few false starts
3)A house with no mortgage
4)The same friends
5)Memories of amazing holidays (ME on a gondola in Venice)
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