Like to get to know me a bit better? Thanks to Laura from Musings of a Tired Mummy (LoopyLouLaura), I’ve been nominated to take part in 100 truths after Laura published this blog post featuring 100 truths.
It was really interesting to see what her answers were – and I found out that we have more in common than I initially thought!
But before you get to read my answers and learn more about the person behind Home and Horizon, I have a little confession to make…I changed a few of Laura’s initial questions.
Why? Well, there’s good reason; now that my kids are a bit older (and have started to take an interest in my blog and YouTube channel), there are some things that my kids don’t need to know….so, I’m ‘keeping it clean’.
1 What’s your name?
Lauretta Wright.
2 Any nicknames or aliases?
Molly, Lolly, Lulu, Little – depending on who’s calling me.
3 Where do you live?
In Kent.
4 Your star sign?
Cancer.
5 How old are you?
42.
6 Your relationship status?
Married.
7 Any children?
Two – a 12-year old and 10-year old.
8 Any pets?
Two rabbits – Jessie & Bo. They’re soooo cute.
9 Any tattoos or piercings?
Ears pierced, an old belly button piercing and a failed daith piercing. No tats.
10 What do you like about yourself?
My kindness, emotional intelligence and ambition.
11 What do you dislike about yourself?
I’m too sensitive, sometimes impatience and I get anxious when I have a messy house.
12 Righty or lefty?
Politics or as in left/right-handed? 😉
Lasts
13 The last thing you drank:
7up Free.
14 The last thing you ate:
A nice meal with friends at Giraffe on London’s South Bank.
15 Your last phone call:
To my mum about my daughter’s craft supplies. Enough said.
16 Your last text message:
To my brother asking him if he was back from his cruise in the Caribbean!
17 Your last email:
To a PR letting them know I had included their clients in my weekly newsletter.
18 The last song you listened to:
Christmas in Hollis (Run-D.M.C) – love that tune.
19 The last book you read:
I read for a living so tend to stick with ‘dip-in, dip-out’ books. I’m reading Timothy Ferris’ The 4-Hour Work Week. Hoping to pick up a few tips.
20 The last time you cried:
Last night when I was laughing at something on the telly. When I really laugh, the tears come!
21 The last blog you read:
Laura’s from Tired Mummy and Zac Zone.
22 The last person you spoke to:
VIP who is sat watching Gogglebox with me as I fill this in.
23 The last place you visited:
South Bank in London.
24 Your last holiday abroad:
Hamburg last month for a few days.
In Hamburg
Have you ever?
25 Have you ever gotten back with an ex?
No.
26 Have you ever been cheated on?
Probably.
27 Have you ever cheated on someone?
Yes – in my wilder days.
28 Have you ever lost someone special to you?
Yes.
29 Have you ever been so drunk you threw up?
A few times.
30 Have you ever fallen out of love with someone?
Yes.
31 Have you ever met someone who changed you?
Yes – for the better.
32 Have you ever been in a situation where you found out who your real friends are?
I sure have.
33 Have you ever kissed someone you probably shouldn’t have?
Quite possibly.
34 Have you ever found out people were talking about you behind your back?
No, I’d hope that people could be honest to my face anyway.
35 Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
I think so.
36 Have you ever kissed a stranger?
Yes – on both cheeks.
37 Have you ever had your own heart broken?
Yes, but it made me stronger.
38 Have you ever had sex on the first date?
My mother reads this – no!
39 Have you ever been arrested?
Nope.
40 Have you ever been attracted to someone that isn’t the gender you usually find attractive?
No, but that doesn’t mean to say I don’t appreciate attractiveness.
41 Have you ever done something you regret?
No – not enough to impact my life.
42 Have you ever won some money?
I once won £170 on the lottery. I’m holding out for the big win!
43 Have you ever lied to get out of a night out to stay in and watch TV?
Yes – and I would do it again.
44 Have you ever pulled a sickie when you weren’t sick?
See answer 43.
45 Have you ever binge-watched a series?
Most of 24 and Prison Break. Oh, and Dexter, Breaking Bad, Suits…..
Do you or have you?
46 Do you believe in yourself?
Abso-bloody-lutely.
47 Do you believe in Santa Claus?
I believe in the magic of Christmas.
48 Do you believe in ghosts?
I believe some people see things – I just haven’t.
49 Do you believe in aliens?
Yes – we can’t be the only ones ‘out there’!
50 Do you believe in miracles?
Sure – otherwise I wouldn’t play the lottery!
51 Do you believe in the power of positive thinking?
Definitely.
52 Do you believe in love at first sight?
Yes – I’m a romantic at heart.
53 Can money make you happy?
No, but the choices that money allows us can make us happy.
54 Would you describe yourself as a feminist?
If you believe in equality for men and women, then you’re a feminist, so of course I do.
55 Are you pro-life or pro-choice?
Pro-choice.
56 Do you have strong political beliefs?
No, actually I don’t. And I’m happy about that.
57 Do you have strong religious beliefs?
Same answer as above.
58 What do you think the most important thing you can give a child is?
Unconditional love and support.
Right now
59 Are you eating anything right now?
No.
60 Are you drinking anything right now?
Cup of tea – I usually have one on the go.
61 What are you listening to right now?
Gogglebox is still on!
62 What are you thinking about right now?
Putting my daughter to bed.
63 What are you waiting for right now?
A win on the lottery 😉
64 What are you most excited about right now?
The fact that it’s Saturday night. It’s my favourite night of the week when I get to relax with my family and I don’t have work tomorrow. Amazing.
65 What’s your pet hate right now?
Time moves too quickly.
66 What’s your favourite thing right now?
I’m starting to look forward to Christmas – I’m still a big kid.
67 If you weren’t answering these questions, what would you be doing right now?
Writing a blog post on perfect presents for Interior fans (yet to do!)
The kids
Firsts
68 Your first best friend:
Sarah Brady (now Lawley).
69 Your first kiss:
Actually, I don’t remember!
70 Your first celebrity crush:
Donnie from New Kids On The Block.
71 Your first holiday:
Probably to Turkey.
72 Your first pet:
My most memorable pet was Sadie, our German Shepherd. She was beautiful.
73 Your first regret:
Not starting my blog years ago.
74 Your first job:
Mucking out horse stables every day after school for £1 a week. Talk about child slave labour!
75: Your first childhood memory:
I have such a bad memory but I think it was at my grandma’s house in her garden.
Which would you choose?
76 Love or money?
Love every time.
77 Twitter or Facebook?
Twitter.
78 Hook up or relationship?
Relationship.
79 Dogs or cats?
Probably dogs.
80 Coffee or tea?
Tea just pips it.
81 Beer or wine?
Neither – vodka.
82 Sweet or savoury?
Sweet.
83 Introvert or extrovert?
Extrovert.
84 Vampires or werewolves?
Not into either.
85 Seaside or countryside?
The seaside.
86 Summer or winter?
Summer – all year long!
87 Books or movies?
Movies as I read for my job so need a break!
88 Horror or comedy
Horror.
A few random questions to finish on
89 Do you wish you could change your past?
No. I wouldn’t be who I am today.
90 What’s your dream job?
Chief pic n mix tester.
91 What’s your guilty pleasure?
Watching the Real Housewives of Cheshire – it’s another world out there.
92 What are you afraid of?
Pitch black. Really.
93 What was the first thing you wanted to be when you grew up?
An airhostess I think.
94 If you could have any super power, what would it be?
To stop time.
95 If you could change anything about your life what would it be?
Other than having more time to do the things I enjoy, I’m really happy with my lot and I have so much to be grateful for – above all, the love and support from all my family.
96 Would you want immortality?
No.
97 What TV show are you into right now?
Designated Survivor (on Netflix).
98 Would you say you are happy?
I am!
99 What one piece of advice would you give to yourself at age eighteen?
I’d describe how technology had changed – and to invest in Costa Coffee!
100 What’s your favourite outfit?
My PJs! Hey, at least I’m honest!
So here are the rules if you want to take part
1 Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog
2 Answer the questions honestly (skip any you don’t feel comfortable answering)
3 Tag some bloggers to take part (let them know on social media)
4 Post the questions without your answers at the bottom of your post so that they are easy to copy and paste for the people you tag
Enjoy!
Here are the questions:
1 What’s your name?
2 Any nicknames or aliases?
3 Where do you live?
4 Your star sign?
5 How old are you?
6 Your relationship status?
7 Any children?
8 Any pets?
9 Any tattoos or piercings?
10 What do you like about yourself?
11 What do you dislike about yourself?
12 Righty or lefty?
13 The last thing you drank:
14 The last thing you ate:
15 Your last phone call:
16 Your last text message:
17 Your last email:
18 The last song you listened to:
19 The last book you read:
20 The last time you cried:
21 The last blog you read:
22 The last person you spoke to:
23 The last place you visited:
24 Your last holiday abroad:
25 Have you ever gotten back with an ex?
26 Have you ever been cheated on?
27 Have you ever cheated on someone?
28 Have you ever lost someone special to you?
29 Have you ever been so drunk you threw up?
30 Have you ever fallen out of love with someone?
31 Have you ever met someone who changed you?
32 Have you ever been in a situation where you found out who your real friends are?
33 Have you ever kissed someone you probably shouldn’t have?
34 Have you ever found out people were talking about you behind your back?
35 Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
36 Have you ever kissed a stranger?
37 Have you ever had your own heart broken?
38 Have you ever had sex on the first date?
39 Have you ever been arrested?
40 Have you ever been attracted to someone that isn’t the gender you usually find attractive?
41 Have you ever done something you regret?
42 Have you ever won some money?
43 Have you ever lied to get out of a night out to stay in and watch TV?
44 Have you ever pulled a sickie when you weren’t sick?
45 Have you ever binge-watched a series?
46 Do you believe in yourself?
47 Do you believe in Santa Claus?
48 Do you believe in ghosts?
49 Do you believe in aliens?
50 Do you believe in miracles?
51 Do you believe in the power of positive thinking?
52 Do you believe in love at first sight?
53 Can money make you happy?
54 Would you describe yourself as a feminist?
55 Are you pro-life or pro-choice?
56 Do you have strong political beliefs?
57 Do you have strong religious beliefs?
58 What do you think the most important thing you can give a child is?
59 Are you eating anything right now?
60 Are you drinking anything right now?
61 What are you listening to right now?
62 What are you thinking about right now?
63 What are you waiting for right now?
64 What are you most excited about right now?
65 What’s your pet hate right now?
66 What’s your favourite thing right now?
67 If you weren’t answering these questions, what would you be doing right now?
68 Your first best friend:
69 Your first kiss:
70 Your first celebrity crush:
71 Your first holiday:
72 Your first pet:
73 Your first regret:
74 Your first job:
75: Your first childhood memory:
76 Love or money?
77 Twitter or Facebook?
78 Hook up or relationship?
79 Dogs or cats?
80 Coffee or tea?
81 Beer or wine?
82 Sweet or savoury?
83 Introvert or extrovert?
84 Vampires or werewolves?
85 Seaside or countryside?
86 Summer or winter?
87 Books or movies?
88 Horror or comedy?
89 Do you wish you could change your past?
90 What’s your dream job?
91 What’s your guilty pleasure?
92 What are you afraid of?
93 What was the first thing you wanted to be when you grew up?
94 If you could have any super power, what would it be?
95 If you could change anything about your life what would it be?
96 Would you want immortality?
97 What TV show are you into right now?
98 Would you say you are happy?
99 What one piece of advice would you give to yourself at age eighteen?
100 What’s your favourite outfit?
I’m nominating Anna from Anna Nuttall, Kerry from Kerry, Life and Loves, Su from Ethan and Evelyn and Zena from Zena’s Suitcase – Go girls!
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27 comments
My word it must have taken some time to write this. Christmas in Hollis – good tune.
Ha ha – it did John, but I was sat in front of the telly so didn’t seem that bad. Yeah – love Christmas in Hollis. Bit of a hip hop/rap fan, me. 🙂
I always have a blast reading these, I think our dream jobs are very similar 😀
I’m going to come say hello at the next blogging event I see you at! 😉
Such a lovely way to get a glimpse into the person behind the blog. love it! Might have to try this one myself
You should do! It has been great reading other people’s too – so if you do, let me know!
What a fun way to find out more about others. I enjoyed reading this.
Thanks very much – I enjoyed answering them! 🙂
Ahaha these are always so much fun to do. I want to ask what a daith piercing is! I really have no idea – and a failed one sounds awful!
Well, it’s a type of ear piercing and I had it done to try and cure my migraines – I made a video – https://youtu.be/kaQkU_YsHWs ….it failed because the earring fell out and the hole closed up in 3 days, which means I’ll have to have another one done 🙁
This is such a fun idea. I think I might have to get in on this act. Loved all of your answers
In that case Zena, you’re up for nomination! 😉 xx
That’s a comprehensive list of questions, always nice to find out a bit more behind the blogger
Thanks Kara – some of the questions were a tad on the personal side which is why I had to switch them up!
What a great post. I loved reading your questions and answers. Your just a couple of years younger than me then. I love tea and Twitter too 🙂
Yay – a 40s blogger too! Sometimes I feel like I’m in the minority! Yes – all hail tea & Twitter! lol
This is such a fun way to find out about the person behind the blog a little bit more 🙂
So many questions yet I am having fu reading it! I had a small grin after reading the question if you cheat and you answer probably in you wilder days. Lol!
Well, we all do crazy things sometimes in our life, right?!
Ooh I love these, mainly because I am so super nosy! I also love Giraffe, delicious!
It’s great isn’t it? And also really good for kids 🙂
This looks like such an interesting challenge, I love reading challenges like this
Thanks Taslyn – it took me long enough to write it! 😉
It was good to get to know more about you by reading this, I was answering the questions myself as I was reading xx
I was doing that when I was nominated too! 🙂
I’m with you when it comes to PJ’s being the best outfit! You can’t beat comfort 🙂
That much is true!