Not a great start to the week so far, the weather has been awful and I've been walking around like I still have the coathanger in my coat for days, I over did the digging on the allotment at the weekend and have hurt my back, my collegue is off work with pneumonia which somewhat over shadows my complaints, so I've just had to put up with it. On a brighter note the party I've been organizing is finally coming together, I have a venue at last so I can now relax a little and the invites went out last night. There is something so satisfying about posting invites, off they go all over the country, bringing their recipiants back here, together again.
I've knicked the following off Anne-Maries blog (thanks Anne-Marie), I've changed the answers obviously, thought it looked fun.

7 Things I want to do before I die.
1.) Have a hot air balloon ride.
2.) Learn how to play the Guitar and/or Drums.
3.)Go to Mexico. (This is due to a dream I had a few years ago where I was stood, looking up into the sky, waiting for an answer, when the answer came out of the sky, 'Go to Mexico' I realised I didn't know the question, always thought if I did go to Mexico it would become apparent, a touch Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy I think.)
4.)Gain forfilling and creative employment.
5.)Move to the countryside.
6.) Join a folk band called 'Maris Piper'. (Maris Piper for those who don't know is a variety of potato, I've always thought it makes a smashing name for a folk band, just need to convince others of this!)
7.) Learn a dying craft/skill.

7 things I cannot do
1.) Drive.
2.) Play an instrument (properly.)
3.) Public speaking. (I've managed to avoid this for 27 years, pretty good going if you ask me)
4.) Lie. (This posed a problem when my friends 30th party was going to be a surprise I could barely speak to her for fear she'd mention her birthday, it worked out much easier to tell her of our plans in the end.)
5.) Play sports that involve a racket. (I have awful spacial awareness and always look such a fool trying to hit a ball with a racket/bat, best avoided)
6.) Get a mortgage.
7.) Touch my toes (need to start yoga, I'm slowly seizing up altogether)

7 things I admire in others
1.) An ability to make people laugh.
2.) Good taste (in music/books/films etc.)
3.) Nice Hair. (Just because I have such shit hair, thank god for GHDs)
4.) Confidence.
5.) Artistic/ creative abilities.
6.) Get up and Go.
7.) Selflessness.

7 things I most often say
1.) "Yeah, no." (someone pointed out that I say this alot and ever since I've realised just how much, very annoying)
2.) "Have you got your library card" (this is one of the things I have to say about 50 times a day at work and it drives me mad.)
3.) Okey-doke (this also annoys the hell out of me)
4.) Hiya
5.) Seeya
6.) Ooohya (the leicester accent is horrid, lots of yas, ooohya would usually be finished with either bleeder, or if you are particularly surprised fucker, an example would be if someone said to you " My mum's won £250 worth of Bob the Builder toys (as my friend did today) you would reply "ooohya fucka!")
7.) Mick...Mick...Mick..MickMickMickMickMickMickMick

7 books I love
1.) Billy Liar- Keith Waterhouse (this book has the added dimension of having really good memories of the time I read it, it was read in a field whilst camping, also love the film, if I see the film or the book I get a warm feeling inside almost as warm as the sun in that field in Birchover.)
2.) Wind in The Willows- Kennethe Grahame (find me sat by the river reading this, in heaven)
3.) Dear Boy- Tony Fletcher (the best biography I've ever read)
4.) Watership Down-Richard Adams (can't believe I only read this for the first time last year)
5.) Each Peach Pear Plum-Alan and Janet Alberg (a childhood favourite, I know off by heart, though this isn't difficult as it's very short.)
6.) Man and His Symbols- Carl Jung (actually still reading this, taking it in slowly, fascinating stuff that makes perfect sense to me.)
7.) In Vogue- Georgina Howell ( a book I bought last week with some fabulous pictures from Vogue magazine from the 20's to the 70's.)

7 Movies I have watched again and again
1.) The L-Shaped Room (never fails to make me sob)
2.) Georgy Girl.
3.) Whistle Down The Wind.
4.) The Kids are alright.
5.) Billy Liar.
6.) How to steal a million. (perfect Sunday afternoon viewing)
7.) Star Wars.

7 Favourite Albums
1.) Leige and Leif- Fairport Convention (must be my most listened to album.)
2.) Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
3.) Another Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan
4.) Tommy - The Who (although it was a toss up between this and Sell-Out.)
5.) The Great Destroyer - Low
6.) Espers-Espers
7.) Agaetis Byrjun- Sigur Ros (once experienced what it's like being born to this album, no kidding!)

Eeek I've got carried away again, better get home. Bye!