My Junk Drawer

For today's blog I have no finished projects, no baking, and no fantabulous things lists to write up, so you get something utterly random. The contents of my junk drawer.

I actually don't have a junk drawer. Every drawer/shelf in my place is as organised as I can possible make it. When I move, I plan to have a zillion more shelves and be even more organised.

The "junkiest" place in my flat is probably the shelf by my bed. There's a rather eclectic mix of stuff to be found there...

... AA batteries
... a mini Lynx deoderant
... USB mouse
... green paper
... a bookmark
... assorted hair bands
... an eraser
... cellotape
... pens
... a smiley face charm
... sewing needle
... a small ball of yarn
... tea light candles
... an empty deoderant can
... shot glass
... scissors
... bulldog clip
... condoms
... craft knife
... mini pad
... antihistimines
... nail file
... mints
... post its
... nail clippers
... some buttons
... drawing pin
... darning needle
... lighter
... laser pointer
... blue tac
... a teddy applique thing
... crochet hook
... frankincense scented simmering granules

There. I've successfully wasted a minute of your life. What's in your junk drawer?

The 21st Tattoo

Those paying attention will have read my 10 Random Facts About Me blog yesterday. You'll also have noticed that I only managed to remember 20 of my 21 tattoos.

Runes around my wrist (they say "to be normal is an act of cowardice")
A jigsaw piece on my other wrist
Morse code for "believe" on my left forearm
A little angel on one shoulder
A matching devil on the other shoulder
A monkey on my right forearm
A monkey on my left shoulder blade
Klingon for "wordsmith" on my right shoulder blade
A Guiding trefoil on my back
An entwined red heart and purple star on my back
Wingdings for "pleasure" and "pain" separated by a pair of handcuffs on my back
A Mario mushroom on my left forearm
A Mario Goomba on my left forearm
A bitemark on my neck
A star on my face - by my left eye
An imp on my collarbone
A sun and two moons (representing my mum and my two sisters) on my right forearm
"Llama" in mirror writing on my right wrist

Last night I finally remembered the 21st tattoo. It's a little question mark above my left breast. Can't believe I forgot about that one - it was the first one I ever got!

10 Random Facts About Me

Another random blog to fill up a day (that last Fantabulous things one was for yesterday).

1) My shoe size is 8.. but I can wear 7 and 9, depending on the type of shoe.

2) I went to three different high schools.

3) When I was a kid I used to think I was allergic to garlic because I didn't like it. Now I can't get enough of it.

4) I have 21 tattoos: runes around my wrist, a jigsaw piece, morse code, an angel on one shoulder, a devil on the other, a monkey on my arm, a monkey on my shoulder blade, klingon, a Guiding trefoil, an entwined star and heart, wingdings (with a pair of handcuffs), a Mario mushroom, a Goomba, a bitemark, a star on my face, an imp on my collarbone, a sun and two moons (for mum and my two sisters), "llama" in mirror writing,

5) I can never, ever, EVER, list all of my tattoos at once. I always forget one or two.

6) Despite the three cats I have currently, and the three I've had in the past, I'm actually more of a dog person.

7) I love the rain. I'm sat on the sofa at the moment watching the heavy rain outside. I wish I had the confidence to go outside and dance in it. At my old place I had barely any neighbours, and would go right out and dance in the rain. Here there are too many eyes.

8) I collect frames. If you've been to my house, you've seen that my living room walls are flooded with assorted and random photo frames holding postcards and photos and funny pictures and my cross stitch work.

9) My entire right side is dodgy. It's my right ankle that has the problems, my right eye that can barely see straight (and goes a-wandering when it's tired), and my right boob is slightly bigger.

10) I have body dismorphia. I have trouble with dieting and losing weight because I don't think I'm as big as I am. I don't feel as big, and I don't think I look as big as some of the big people I see on tv and in town.

There, aren't you glad you took time out of your life to read that. Learn anything you didn't know?

Labels Reboot

I have too many blog labels. Some of them are now redundant. So I'm rebooting them. I'm only going to use a few blog labels from now on.

If you follow one of the older labels, you'll be able to find all the new posts for them under the following headings:

FAMILY & FRIENDS
- family
- friends
- lovelife
- pets
DEPRESSION & HEALTH
- depression
- health
- weightwatchers
STITCHING & COOKING
- baking
- etsy
- HaR
- HSKS
- patterns
- stitchwork
- twt
YEARLY CHALLENGES
- 2012 fantabulous things
- discworldathon
- new things
- one day one sentence
- photography
- project 200
- purpleocity
- year of the circuses
WRITING
- 30 day meme
- writer's inklings
OTHER
- edumacation
- geek out
- interwebs
- lists
- Maine
- random ramblings
- videos
- wow