tag: 7 things i approve of

I have been tagged by London Girl. Praise the Lord for an excuse to blog and distract myself.

See post title: as it says on the tin.

1. Cuddles - A cuddle, big or small, can go a long way. I mean, it may not if you don’t need it - in that case it may not really even register - but if a cuddle is in order, even the smallest, briefest one can help turn a mood around. You might not even realise that you needed one until you get one. And some people think that they are sappy. Well, bugger them.

2. Goats’ cheese - Definitely one of God’s more underrated creations. Although (and Mr Frog, please forget the atheist thing just for now, I am uncertain myself but for the purposes of this point, let’s pretend there is a God), would it count as one of God’s creations? I mean, sure, he came up with the goat, but it was humans that milked the bloody thing and made cheese from it… Incidentally, as an aside, when I was a little girl I always wanted a pet goat. But only a very little one. The Mechanic and I were talking about this only last night, and when he asked me how big I wanted my goat to be, I said “about the size as the little goat I saw at Godstone Farm when I was a kid”. Further questioning revealed that I remembered this goat to be about the size of a domestic cat (not even a large domestic cat). The Mechanic thinks that this is terribly funny as goats don’t come in such small sizes. I am sure that they do. Pygmy goats? Are they small? Or do they just have beards? I think I will need to research this later tonight.

3. Hoodies - By this I mean the actual jumpers rather than the particular breed of thugs and hooligans that have claimed hoodies as their unofficial uniform. Hoodies are just great. They are warm and comfy and allow you to stop worrying about constantly holding your tummy muscles in. You can let your belly go all hangy because the garment hides that particular blobby sin. Hoodies are even better if they belong to a male. Better yet if that male makes your knees go all quivery and if it smells of him (unless he has B.O.). Tip: steal a clean hoodie from the male of your fancy and spray it with his deodorant (probably Lynx, let’s be honest). This way you get a man-fragranced hoodie, but good clean smell rather than whiffy-boy-needs-a-shower smell.

4. Hot showers - When you get in from work soaked from the rain and generally freezing, a hot shower is the only thing for it. Your hair is wet and stuck to your face in that really unattractive matted rat tails manner that rain does to hair, you have to peel your clothes off you, you can’t feel your toes because they are 10 small blocks of ice rather than appendages, and unbuttoning your coat takes about a year because your hands are so cold and stiff that all will power and energy has to be solely devoted to this or you will be stuck in your coat until the day you die. But almost as soon as you are under that spray of hot water (hurrah for my power shower) and you’re thawing out a bit, you feel human again.

5. The Duvet - I have mentioned the love affair that I have with my duvet on many occasions. It is very special to me, to the point that it is referred to on this blog as The Duvet. The Duvet has never cheated on me and never will. It keeps me warm day or night. It is never too busy to see me, it never makes promises that it won’t keep. It never makes me feel insecure. I have had my longest and most meaningful relationship ever with The Duvet.

6. Sleep - As I don’t seem to be getting any, I VERY MUCH approve of sleep.

7. The number 7 - I was actually rather pleased that this was “7 things I approve of” rather than any other number as 7 is my favourite number. Well, joint with 3 and 21. I also find it interesting that 7×3=21 (and any other variation e.g. 21/3 =7). I think this maybe means something as I didn’t choose these as my favourite numbers on purpose or because of the mathematics. It’s just a coincidence. If I think about it for too long, I get goose bumps.

So, you’re supposed to tag another 7 people. I am trying to think of people that might not mind being tagged (and who LG didn’t tag already)
1. Time Traveller
2. Hoverfrog
3. Jvalways
4. Venting
5. Sarah
6. Dom
7. Ella

If any of youse above don’t fancy it, just ignore it. If anyone else does fancy it, pretend I tagged you and do it. x