Unfortunately I’ve done absolutely nothing this weekend apart from work, and absolutely fail at being a good friend so I’ll skip that and just go straight to the questions (courtesy of Saturday 9) 
1. Where were you the last time that someone welcomed you back?
I have absolutely no idea when I last welcomed someone back. If it was the other way around it’d be when I went back to work over the summer because I’d not seen everyone for about 9 months. As for welcoming someone back, it’s everyday when my mum gets in from work or when my cats stroll in from street wandering. I wish I had something more exciting to tell you…
2. Tell us who is you favorite non-family member to hang out with?
Every single one of my girl friends – I look forward to seeing them because we live so far apart. And you can’t make me choose between them because that’s just wrong and I’ll report you to the… um… friend police. Yeah, that’s right. The best thing is that I get to hang out with a few of them at the weekend because I’m hosting my very first BBQ – eeek, much? Plenty of wine will do the trick.
3. What was the last thing that happened to anger you?
Strangely enough, I was going to write a blog post on this but thought I’d save you from my livid-ness. But to cut a long story short, I booked train tickets last night because I was going out with a friend today. I got to the station to pick them up and the guy said he couldn’t print them. He said it was all fine but they just wouldn’t print. That’s fine, I’ll take a refund and buy some new ones. I have 5 minutes so, y’know, make it fast. Instead he wrote me a stupid note, stamped it with the wrong date, and told me to use that. Mhm, yeah, OK. If it didn’t work I’d have to pay a full fare which I cannot afford four days before payday. So I miss the train. I can’t make the next one. And everything is bad in the world. And that was the short story.
4. What was the last thing that you saw that was shocking to see?
In a literal sense, my dad gave himself an electric shock this evening but it was his own fault. He brought it on himself. You see, we have a bat we use to get rid of flies, and when you press a button it electrocutes them. It goes bang when you catch one and it scares the hell outta me. Unfortunately, and my dad didn’t realise, it’s still live even if you don’t press the button. So him being the big man starts touching it and saying, “See, no shock!” Five seconds later… bang, yelp, grown man with a quivering bottom lip. That’ll teach him.
5. What is your favourite thing to do on Saturday?
When I’m working I love to catch up on TV I’ve missed throughout the week and just do nothing. If I’m not working then Saturday is normally the day I try to do last minute assignments, or web design jobs. My Saturdays are pretty laid back whatever I’m doing…
6. Have you had your summer vacation yet? If yes tell us about it.
I’m not going on one this year but… my parents are – woohoo! I’d much rather earn some extra cash at work than lie about in the sun, which I hate. I do not do sun very well. We’re not friends.
7. Pick out one of your cousins and tell us about them.
I don’t really know my cousins so I could probably give you a run down of them in a sentence. One is married, one is engaged, one is a bum, and one lives in Australia. Oh, and one likes fishing. So yeah, we’re a close family…
8. Do you have any special plans for next week?
On Saturday I’m hosting a BBQ for the very first time. I have a few of my favourite people coming over so we’re going to eat lots, drink lots, and dance lots. All in the comfort of my own home. So Mother Nature. I need to have a few words about rain – save it until Sunday, yeah? Otherwise you and I are going to fall out.
9. At what age will you consider yourself old and why?
When I hit 40 I will no longer consider myself a spring chicken, but you’re as young as you feel sisters!! However, I’m 22 and I feel about 30. It’s not looking good is it?
If you fancy having a go, feel free to comment with your answers or take them over to your blog!
I stumbled across this little meme in a corner of the internet and I’d be interested to see how you answer the questions 
1. How long have you been blogging?
Only since November 2009, but it was more of a return to blogging. I had my first actual blog in 2004/5 for about 2 years but then took a very long break.
2. What made you start?
I just wanted a place to vent and put my words on “paper” I suppose – it’s hard to keep track of my life because it goes so quickly so it’ll be nice to look back and see what I’ve actually done.
3. Who inspired you?
One of my friends always says it’s good to write things down and get your thoughts out, so I decided to do it in the form of a blog and so far it feels good to let it all out!
4. About how many hours a week would you estimate you spend on your blog?
About an hour a day messing around with coding and plugins, but writing can take up another hour.
5. What kind of experience or background do you have with writing?
I don’t have any kind of writing experience – I was always good at English in school and I enjoy writing, but that’s about it.
6. Talk about how you come up with blog topics. Where do you get your ideas?
I read other blogs and see what they’re about, or I look at hot topics at that moment and see if I can make a post about it. Sometimes I might just see a word and it gets me thinking. Other times I go on what has happened to me during the day. I don’t blog if I don’t get the feeling, “I could write about this” because otherwise it’s pointless.
7. What or who inspires you and your blog?
My friends, my family, university… all kinds of things depending on the topic.
8. Where and/or how do your brainstorming for your blog?
I don’t normally brainstorm, I just go from what’s in my head at the time really.
9. Do you have any blogging rules or guidelines you follow?
I rarely mention friends names for privacy reasons, and I try to stay away from talking about what/where I study purely because I don’t want people from university finding me. Other than that, anything goes really.
10. Is there anything you will not blog about?
As above, I won’t mention outright where or what I study – I’ll drop hints but I’ll never mention the name in full because anyone can use a search engine.
11. Do you have any sort of a publishing schedule in terms of day of week or topic?
I’ve thought about having a schedule of things to post a day (e.g. TMI Thursday), but I’ve never got round to it – and I know I wouldn’t stick to it!
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