Jessica Raymond tagged me to say six random facts about myself. I will tell you six random things that are on my desk in front of me right now.
1. The receipt for my dress for the Awards Luncheon next week. The dress itself is hanging up on the closet door nearby, so I can admire it occasionally.
2. A tube of E45 and a tube of antibiotic cream. Poor Fecklet’s eczema has flared up with his teething–it’s a big molar coming through and he’s miserable.
3. A mind map of the main characters in Girl from Mars. I like to plan things on paper so I can draw connections between them, and this is one of several.
4. A cheque from my agent! Hooray!!! New frocks all round (see 1)!!
5. A plate designed by Ewan McGregor and sold for charity, and a mounted sketch of a nearby country lane, both awaiting framing/hanging on wall.
6. A post-it note with essential reminders to myself, to keep crows at bay. It says:
B) YOU HAVE SOLD TWELVE BOOKS AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
Occasionally, I even believe it.
I hate to be the end of these chains, but I’m not going to tag anyone because I know people are very stressed right now. But if you’d like to do this, please consider yourself tagged and leave a link in the comments.
You know, you want to keep, mount, laminate some of those mind maps for posterity because a) they’re works of art, I mean, they’re beautiful… and b) they’ll be worth gazillions when you’re world-famous….
Frame them! Save them for auctioning for charity!! Prevent me from drinking more caffeine!!!
My goodness, but you’ve got neat writing, Julie. Please tell me this is a fair copy, not the as-it-came-out-of-your-head original?
*wrestles cup of coffee from Anna* Down girl!!
Jan, no, that’s my normal writing, I am totally anal.
FRAME THE MIND MAPS!!
You have such beeeyoootiful handwriting it is a work of art!
I *might* take you up on the six random things…
New dress? Drat. I really shall be the sad frumpy lady next week! And I love the motivational notes to self.
Thanks for playing, Julie
(a) Where did you get the dress from in the end? (b) Hugs for the Fecklet. Frog has just got his first tooth after many false starts. It is SHARP. (c) Your handwriting *does* look very neat. (d) Hurrah on the cheque! (e) Did you win the Ewan plate?
Umm… I think that’s it.
a) It’s the silk Warehouse dress I posted a link to earlier.
b) Can you see why I quit nursing at nine months?
c) Thank you.
d) Indeed!
e) No, Anna gave it to me for Christmas! Hooray!
Ray-Anne, frumpy? I think not.
The new dress is only because I’ve been shortlisted. Otherwise it would have been something from my closet.