I recently read a post from Babi a Fi sharing her responses to the Vogue 73 questions which inspired me to join in too – it’s taken me a while to finally get around to answering them all but here they are!
1. What Is Your Favourite Movie?
The Sound of Music.
2. Favourite Movie In The Past Five Years?
Into the Woods.
3. Favourite Hitchcock film?
Rebecca.
4. A Book You Plan On Reading?
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee.
5. A Book That You Read In School That Positively Shaped You?
The Silver Sword by Ian Seraillier.
6. Favourite TV Show That’s Currently On?
Call the Midwife.
7. On a scale of one to ten, how excited are you about life right now?
That’s a tricky one to answer – excited is the wrong word for me really with the future always being a bit uncertain. That said, I’m quite content with how my life is at the moment so I’ll say eight.
8. iPhone or Android?
iPhone.
9. Twitter or Instagram?
Instagram.
10. Who Should EVERYONE Be Following Right Now?
I love Instagram feeds that are beautiful snapshots of daily life and @baby_chaos11 is one of my favourite feeds to follow.
11. What’s Your Favourite Food?
Chinese – crispy duck and pancakes, yum yum!
12. Least Favourite Food?
Oat cakes – they bring back too many memories of trying to get through morning sickness – at one point they were the only thing that helped!
13. What Do You Love On Your Pizza?
Tomatoes, sweetcorn, peppers and olives.
14. Favourite Drink?
Currently Chai Latte.
15. Favourite Dessert?
Apple and rhubarb crumble.
16. Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate?
Dark chocolate.
17. Coffee or Tea?
Coffee.
18. What’s The Hardest Part About Being A Mum?
Accepting that there are so many things you have no control over.
19. What Is Your Favourite Band?
The Mamas and the Papas.
20. Favourite Solo Artist?
Eddi Reader.
21. Favourite Song?
It’s Getting Better – Mama Cass (it was one of the songs played at our wedding).
22. If You Could Sing A Duet With Anyone, Who Would It Be?
I’m quite happy to just sing duets with my hubby – can’t really think of anyone that I’d rather sing with to be honest!
23. If You Could Master One Instrument, What Would It Be?
I already play the piano reasonably well, but I’d like to be able to play the flute well too.
24. If You Had A Tattoo, Where Would It Be?
Nowhere – I have no desire to ever have a tattoo.
25. To Be or Not To Be?
That is the question.
26. Dogs or Cats?
Dogs.
27. Bird-watching or Whale-watching?
I’ve never been whale-watching and think I’d quite like to try it.
28. The Best Gift You’ve Ever Received?
So hard to choose as there’s been so many wonderful gifts over the years but I’m picking two for different reasons – my piano because it’s still loved and played on thirty years on, and the prayer shawl I received when I was pregnant with Jessica because it’s a physical representation of all the love and prayers that supported us during that time.
29. The Best Gift You’ve Ever Given?
My mum loves fresh flowers – for the last few years her Christmas present has been a promise from me to buy her a bouquet every month throughout the year.
30. The Last Gift You Gave A Friend?
A pocket letter with little sachets of tea and miniature chocolate bars.
31. What’s your Favourite Board Game?
Settlers of Catan.
32. What’s Your Favourite Country To Visit?
France.
33. What’s The Last Country You Visited?
Scotland.
34. What Country Do You Wish To Visit?
Austria – I’d like to do the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg!
35. What Is Your Favourite Colour?
Aqua.
36. Least Favourite Colour?
Beige.
37. Diamonds or Pearls?
Pearls.
38. Heels or Flats?
Flats these days although in my pre-children days the answer would definitely have been heels!
39. Pilates or Yoga?
I’ve never done either.
40. Jogging or Swimming?
Swimming definitely!
41. The Best Way To De-stress?
Shut myself up in the bathroom and sing.
42. If You Had One Superpower, What Would It Be?
Healing.
43. What’s The Weirdest Word In The English Language?
Can’t think of any particularly weird words right now but I hate the word “lisp” because if you have one, you can never say it!
44. What’s Your Favourite Flower?
Roses.
45. When Was The Last Time You Cried?
A couple of days ago when I was tired and stressed out.
46. Do You Like Your Handwriting?
Yes.
47. Do You Bake?
Yes, occasionally and I love baking with the children.
48. What Is Your Least Favourite Thing About Yourself?
My mercurial temperament.
49. What Is Your Favourite Thing About Yourself?
My eyes.
50. Who Do You Miss Most?
My dad.
51. What Are You Listening To Right Now?
Le Petit Cordonnier by Lucienne Vernay which is on my children’s playlist (I’m sneaking a few moments to myself while they’re playing happily together!)
52. Favourite Smell?
Vanilla.
53. Who Was The Last Person You Talked To On The Phone?
My husband.
54. Who Was The Last Person You Sent A Text To?
Someone else on my HR course.
55. A Sport You Wish You Could Play?
Tennis.
56. Hair colour?
Brown
57. Eye Colour?
Hazel.
58. Scary Film or Happy Endings?
Happy endings – I don’t like scary films.
59. Favourite Season?
Spring.
60. Three People Alive or Dead That You Would Like To Have Dinner With?
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and my dad.
61. Hugs or Kisses?
Hugs.
62. Rolling Stones or the Beatles?
I’m not particularly keen on either – if I had to choose one though it would probably be The Beatles.
63. Where Were You Born?
Portsmouth.
64. What Is The Farthest You Have Been From Home?
Moscow.
65. Sweet or Savoury?
Savoury – the only time I’ve ever really had a sweet tooth was when I was pregnant with Jessica and I craved cake and ice-cream!
66. Lipstick or Lip Gloss?
Lipstick.
67. What Book Have You Read Again and Again?
Anne of Green Gables.
68. Favourite Bedtime Story?
Guess How Much I Love You.
69. What Would Be The Title Of Your Autobiography?
Holding on to Hope.
70. Favourite Sound?
My children laughing.
71. Favourite Animal?
Dogs.
72. Who Is Your Girl Crush?
I don’t think I have one.
73. The Last Photograph You Took?
Jessica with Lorraine Pascale at yesterday’s Innocent Sow and Grow event (more about that coming up on the blog soon!)
I’m not tagging anyone else to join in but if you’d like to answer the questions for yourself then please consider yourself tagged!
This is such an interesting read. I kept reading it thinking you’re a classic kind of girl 🙂
Thank you – it was fun taking part 🙂
I love reading these almost as much as writing them! 😀 That’s such a lovely Christmas gift idea, I’m going to remember that one. And that photo of Moscow is amazing! I definitely want to make it there for a visit some day. x
Moscow was such an interesting city to visit. Glad you enjoyed reading my post – I enjoyed reading your answers too – thank you for inspiring me to take part.
Great responses – I loved learning a little more about you!
Thank you Kyles 🙂
Ahhh I also did this tag too – it’s a fun one isn’t and great to read and find out more about you Louise! #BloggerClubUK
Thank you – these tags are fun to join in aren’t they and I love reading more about the bloggers behind the blogs too 🙂
Lovely to read this! Ah, I really want to do the Sound of Music tour too but my husband has zero interest. I reckon I can persuade my mum though! #BloggerClubUK
Thanks Katy – glad there are other Sound of Music fans out there too! I have a few am-dram friends I could persuade if hubby wasn’t up for it! 🙂
I love reading these posts! Everyone has so many interesting answers! I love the photo from Moscow, how exciting. Thank you so much for mentioning my Instagram, I am so glad you like my feed – it has become my favourite Social Media recently!
Thanks Jenni – I enjoyed your reading your answers too and I do love all the photos of Boo on your IG feed 🙂
Great answers Louise! There’d be some of these I’d have real trouble answering. I love the title of your autobiography, I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to come up with anything for that. I’ve never heard of The Silver Sword before, but I just Googled it and it looks really interesting, adding to my reading list.
The Silver Sword is a great book, I’ve re-read it a few times as an adult and still really enjoyed it. I found the question about the autobiography title hard to answer too!
I love reading posts like these (I am quite nosy I think!) and also love answering questions. I may have to give it a go, although not sure what I would answer to some of them. Love #33, Scotland is my home country 🙂 x #BloggerClubUK
Thanks Yvonne. Scotland is a beautiful country – I have friends who live there and it is always lovely to go and visit them 🙂
What a great tag, I have seen this doing the rounds but not actually read one yet. I must admit I can relate to most of your answers as I would also pick them especially the option questions. Its great to find out more about the blogger behind the blog. Thank you for linking up to #BloggerClubUK hope to see you again next week x
Thank you – it was fun to take part although some of the questions were a little more tricky to answer! 🙂