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I tag Veronica, Cordelia, and Kimberley!

If you want to participate the chain-letter part works like this: remove the blog at #1 from the following list and bump every one up one place; add your blog’s name in the #5 spot; just check to make sure the links are still attached if you copy n’ paste.
1) Yarn Obsession
2) Yarns and Musings
3) Addicted To Crochet
4) Home Burrough
5) Where is she now?

5 Things I Miss From Childhood:

1. Midnight bedtime stories from Shakespeare from my dad.
2. My cat Polly
3. My crush on Boris Becker (amongst others)
4. The smell of fresh Chapatis my mom made with ghee on them.
5. My long hair

Phew! That’s done, finally! Sorry, Lori, I took so long!

I love the Canadian system! It works!!!
Using only the Internet, we have been able to claim pension for both my parents, and they have been given arrears for 11 months, too. I only wish we could have done it sooner. I am thrilled about all this because I had a hand in form-filling. We only had to snailmail one document each.
My parents lived and worked in Canada from 1967-1972, in Edmonton, Alberta.

Canada

Sorry, Lori, I know you’ve tagged me, it’s just that I still haven’t thought of 5 things yet…I promise I will get to it ASAP. Promise!

I got a postcard from Susan from Kansas City, MO, USA for postcrossing. She has two cats, and is also a member of bookcrossing.

A few days ago, I was nicely minding my own business and lurking around Crochetville, when Kimberley snuck up on me and twisted my arms…As a result, you may or may not have noticed, I am now a member of the Yarn Addicts webring. You’ll find the button on the right somewhere———>

Sniff! It’s not yarn, it’s thread!

I heard from my Doily Swap partner (who’s sending to me) that my doily (her doily?) is ready to be mailed. Yay!

I succeeded in thoroughly confusing her, I think, because she made the mistake of asking me was nice enough to ask me how she should mail it to me. Now, a month ago, she would have gotten a straightforward “I don’t know” from me. But since my foray into the world of Swaps, Wishlists, RAOKs and PACs, I am at a loss to tell her what to do….Remember that PAC of mine that went missing? I’ve since learnt that another has joined it in the stratosphere and was mailed around the same time….Something in the stars, maybe? hmmm. Maybe I should have asked the people in Discovery to keep an eye out for any letters/packages floating around with my name on them. But I guess they had their own worries, right?!

Anyway, I told her regular mail should do fine. Any comments, all you fairies and elves out there?

Meanwhile, on my hook, is that pattern I’m testing for Kathy. Using some of that lovely cream Size 40 Anchor thread that I bought a couple of weeks ago. It involves beads, being the overcautious freak person that I am, I went and strung all the beads that I had bought. Sure enough I ended up tangling the thread. Luckily, the pattern anyway calls for lots of fastening-offs, so my conscience isn’t troubling me too much about the swipe I took with the scissors. Now I’m bead-free until the next time beads are called for…Can you guess this is the first time I’ve ever worked with beads?

Ok, I’ve been tagged (first-time ever!) by Cordelia and Sara and am all thumbs as I try and do this right….

Ok, so here goes:

id•i•o•syn•cra•sy – a structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. Write down 5 of your own idiosyncrasies, then if you wish, tag 5 people.

1. I spend most of my days lounging is what are called “nighties”, which are long loose garments meant for, you guessed it, bedwear! Sridhar hates that 😀

2. I am very opinionated, but if you ask me for my view or advice, I always suffix my words with “But…” (Just trying to cover my butt if it doesn’t work out for you, you know?)

3. I have an uncontrollable urge to constantly play with something with my left hand, whenever it is free (currently it is my Mangalasutram, the sign of marriage, sort of like a wedding ring, except it is a necklace)

4. I always get nervous about being on time for trains/buses/planes, and more often than not (unless I’m travelling with Sridhar) reach before the train has even arrived on the platform.

5. Each time we leave the house I remind Sridhar to take his wallet, I Card, keys and cellphone…

Ok, let’s see…Whom do I tag now? I have a feeling most of them will already have been tagged, but anyway, hopefully, they also read my blog! Sheila, Andrea, Courtney, Drew(gasp!) and Karla, you’re it! (Or should that be “You’re them!”