The Four

I''ve been tagged with this Meme created by my lovely penpal Chelle over at Chelle's Place 

The Four. 

(Feel free to add or replace a subject)

Jobs you had:

• Trainee Estate Agent-hated it!
• Nursery Nurse-loved it, really miss my kiddies sometimes, some of my closest friends now were the girlies from that nursery :-)
• Ann Summers Rep-funny job, horrible boss even though I always hit my £500 target every month
• Data Administration Clerk-Current job, I'm in charge of lots of lovely databases and spreadsheets that I don't like people touching and messing up!

Places you lived: I'm changing this to...
Places you've like to live:

• Holland-when things go wrong my first thought is always 'I could always go and live in Holland!'
• Canada-I am slightly worried that when I go to Canada for my holiday in a few weeks I may not want to come back
• Japan-would love to experience such a different culture
• My own flat!

Movies you can't see too many times:

• Step-Up 2
• Dirty Dancing
• SATC
• Any of the Fast and Furious films 

Websites you visit daily:

• Google Reader
• Blogger
• Facebook
• Twitter 

Things you like to eat:

• Chicken
• Sweetcorn
• Lemon Sorbet
• Chips

Places you would like to be: 

• Beach somewhere sunny
• Singing on stage
• Disneyland/Disneyworld
• Dover (I love that going on holiday feeling!)

TV's shows you like to watch:

• Gilmore Girls
• Glee
• House
• Scrubs 

What you dislike:

• Boredom
• Feeling ill
• When my attention span is lacking (usually due to too much going around in my head!)
• Not getting enough sleep
  

Best books you have read:

• Confessions of a Shopaholic
• This Book Will Save Your Life
• The Great Gatsby (loved studying this book at school)
• (this ones a bit of a cheat but its my all time favourite kiddies book) Guess How Much I Love You? 

The rules:

1. Use the subjects above or feel free to add or change any.

2. Fill in your answers and post them on your blog, feel free to copy the logo.

3. Tag two people and let them now you tagged them and send the link to who tagged you.

I'm going to tag...
Heather @ Eggs, Cream and Honey
And
Emma @ Me, The Man & The Baby

And the award for the longest Blog To Do List goes to....

Ok so this blog award has been on my To Do lists for over a month now since I was first tagged by Holly from It's a Mummy's Life back at the beginning of March (Im crap I know! But it was on my list honest!!) and now I've been tagged by My Mummy wrote this for me so I thought I better pull my finger out and actually post it!
Without further ado, here are 7 things you never knew you needed to know about MissSearles

1. I have a scar on my eyebrow and if they are waxed wrong I look very suprised on one eye
2. When I was younger my sister dropped a tin of air freshener on my head from the top of the stairs through the bannisters...I had to go to hospital and get it glued back together...she was about 4...and she laughed :s
3. Christmas 2008 (Christmas 2009 has officially been written off as null/void for obvious reasons) I managed to not wake up until 7am, which is a vast improvment on my othe records of 4:30am, 5am and my second best 6:10am......I get very excited about Christmas and will sing carols and christmas songs from October.
4. My childhood pets were named after beverages, Guinness the rabbit and Tango the hamster
5. I've met and shook the hand of President Obama and Michelle Obama! I got to meet them on their first trip to the UK after he became President, was a very *hush hush* event and security was very tight but they are both really lovely and actually took the time to look you in the eye, say Hello and shake your hand :-)
6. I can't read music but still managed to pass Music GCSE and Music Tech A-level 
7. I can tie knots with my tongue

The rules of the award are these:

1. Copy the award to your blog
2. Insert a link to the person who nominated you
3. Tell us seven things about yourself that you haven't told us before
4. Nominate seven other bloggers for the award
5. Link to their blogs
6. Tell the nominees about their award

I nominate...
Lucy @ A Modern Day Ricky and Lucy
MrsB @ After All The World Is A Beautiful Place
Laura @ Dim But Witty 
Potential Mummy B @ My Baby Adventure
Laura @ Piece of Cake

Plastic Joy Award

I've been passed on this Meme by the lovely Nova from 'Cherished by Me'.
It was created by Tattooed Mummy - here be the rules..

This award is the Plastic Joy Award. Now, I wanted to call it the plastic s*x award but guessed that that would attract bots to my (and your!) pages like blood attracts sharks to a shipwreck so…Plastic Joy. It was created in reaction to the picture above, where action man and an unamed myscene doll were caught in the act in my bathroom!

Here’s the thing, if you are awarded the Plastic Joy award you must list 5 fictional characters that ‘you would’ (you know what I’m talking about! Don’t pretend and stop sniggering at the back, I’ll speak to you after class) these should be the real character not ‘actors’ who play the characters on TV (so no David Tennant!!) but actually fictional characters themselves. You can expand on ‘why’ if you like but you can also just list them. (and leave us to comment and wonder!)

Ok so here goes...

Cook from Skins

Gotta love a bad boy! He's just misunderstood....

Gregory House from House

He's funny, clever, arrogant...He's just House...and he can play the piano *swoon*

Will Schuster from Glee

He can sing, plus he's gorgeous and sweet, whats not to like!

Chase from Step-Up 2

He's a dancer, he's funny and he has an amazing body. If you've not seen the film you HAVE to watch it!

JD from Scrubs

 He's a bit quirky but he's sensitive and funny

I'm not going to tag anyone with this Meme as it seem most people have already done it (I've beena bit slow with getting it done!)
If you want to have a go though feel free to do so!

Stories and Songs Meme / Reason why I know it'll be ok #1

Brits in Bosnia has created a 'Stories and songs Meme'

What I'm after is a song that reminds you of something, that has a story for you. Not necessarily your favourite song or a even a song that you love, but a song that instantly takes you back to that time and place.

My favourite song of all time is 'Years From Now' by Dr.Hook. It has been one of my favourite songs for as long as I can remember and it always reminds me of  being on holiday when I was younger. We never used to be able to afford to fly to go on holiday so we spent a few summers driving down to my Nan and Grandads house in France, we used to play the same cassette tapes in the car for years and from a young age Natalie and I knew all the words to The Beautiful South-Carry on up the Charts tape, Simply Red-Fairground album and Dr.Hook-Greatest Hits.

This song is just perfect, beautifully arranged and sang and lovely words- it was supposed to be the song for my first dance at my wedding and everytime I'd listened to it for the past year or so I could picture that moment in my mind...when that all changed at Christmas I was worried I'd never be able to listen to this song again.

I was sitting in my office last night with iTunes on random and it came on without me realising, I was half way through singing along before I realised what it was, I stopped to think for a second almost expecting myself to get upset but I didn't, I was actually really happy.

"Years from now, I'll want you years from now
And I'll hold you years from now, as I love you tonight

You are my one true friend, always my one true friend
And I'll love you 'til life's end, as I love you tonight

I know this world that we live in can be hard now and then
And it will be again, many times we've been down
But still love has kept us together, the flame never dies
When I look in your eyes, the future I see

Wanting you years from now, and holding you years from now
And loving you years from now, as I love you tonight

I know this world that we live in can be hard now and then
And it will be again, many times we've been down
Still love has kept us together, the flame never dies
When I look in your eyes, the future I see

Wanting you years from now, and holding you years from now
And loving you years from now, as I love you tonight"

I thought it would remind me of the wedding that wouldn't be happening and the life thats changed so much, but it didn't, it made me realise that I will get that special day eventually and one day this song will mean as much to the special person that I'll share it with as it does to me.

I don't think anything can ruin this song for me and thats one of the best feelings ever, knowing that there are always going to be little things that make me happy is one of the reasons why I know everything will be ok.

Thank you for thinking up such a great Meme Brits in Bosnia

My Favourite Photo Meme

Natalie and I at Colchester Zoo in 2005-Pulling an elephant

So here it is, my first Meme!!

Tara over at Sticky Fingers has created a photo Meme and I've spent a few days looking through my photos to decide on my favourite one.

There were lots to choose for (which I'm saving for other posts) but this was the one that stood out as the one that's most important to me at the moment. It's of Natalie and I at Colchester zoo in 2005, I would have been 16 and she would have been 13.

I love this photo because it shows her doing exactly what she's doing for me now, supporting me while im trying to pull the weight of an elephant...metaphorical elephant of course. She's been there for me 100% the past few weeks and I love her so much for it.

 So here's what you have to do- read the rules below and visit Tara and let her know once your done !

What is your favourite photograph. And why?

It's as simple as that.

It can be your wedding day, your children, walking in the park/on a beach/hand in hand. It can be your backgarden on a frosty morning, a holiday photo, the day you met someone famous, the day you met your other half.

It can be a lost relative, a family gathering, a picture of you in your youth.

Post it, say why it's your fav then invite someone else to do the same.

I'm not going to tag anyone in particular so take this as an open invitation to anyone who reads to take part in this Meme!