As we’re at the beginning of the year, I thought that I’d share some rather random facts about me. I’m sure some of these will provide fodder for future blog posts too, so let me know if you fancy hearing more about something!

• I have lived in 16 different homes (ie houses or flats) in my life so far. These include places I only lived in for a matter of months, like the farm my mum, brother and I lived on for 3 months after my parents separated and the house I shared with 4 other girls in Malawi for 4 months of my gap year. It doesn’t include my dad’s houses. I had already lived in 8 different homes by the time I left for uni and since Sam and I have been married, we’ve lived in 5 different homes. I can sometimes feel jealous of friends who grew up in one house and have a “home” to return to. My mum and stepdad moved out of my last home in Cheltenham just when I graduated and got married. Most of the time it doesn’t bother me but I’d love for our kids to have a main home they grow up in. I could probably write a whole blog post about “home”… maybe I will!
• I have seen an eclectic mix of live music including: Cher, The Eagles, Bruce Springsteen, Girls Aloud, Jay Z, Rise Against, Paramore, BB King, Britney Spears and Coldplay, amongst others!
• I can only wink with one eye and when I count using my fingers I put my pinky up before my ring finger. Sam says that’s weird.
• I have a bright red birth mark type thing under one eye that I randomly developed when I was about 15 (so probably isn’t a birthmark at all). I keep it cleverly concealed under a brilliant concealer, Maybelline Eraser. Highly recommend.
• I am scared of bats, I don’t like eggs, nuts, tea or coffee and have a very low tolerance for spice. But I love hot chocolate and pizza. Probably not together.
• For most of my adolescent/teenage years I was a semi vegetarian in that I didn’t eat red meat but I did eat poultry and fish. This was swiftly abandoned after literal years once I accidentally ate a cocktail sausage. I wish I was joking.
• I have had numerous jobs after leaving university determined to find a job in the charity sector and facing a desolation of job prospects. I’ve worked in retail, dental insurance, childcare (as a nanny and in nurseries), in the charity sector (where I was made redundant after a year because: charity sector) and in a university. If pressed today, I couldn’t tell you what I would want to do for a job. I love being a mum and I’m happy with that being my sole role at the moment, but I will probably look to get back into work in a few years. I love writing but I also love working with people and kids so… The fact is, at 34, I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
• I used to want loads of kids, maybe 4 or 5. Then I had kids. (Jk, I love them of course but also…)

So there you have it, me in a nutshell. I’m a natural oversharer so if you have anything more you’d love to know about me, ask away!