This is all about me (is that why they’re called Memes?)
I had read Make Tea’s meme and thought I was on safe ground when it turned up at Wanda Harland, and unfortunately didn’t look away before I got to the “Consider yourself tagged” bit. So now I am tagged - here goes.
What was I doing 10 years ago?
Hmm, this is a bit sad. I was doing what I am doing now, that is, working part-time in a not-for-profit org (yes, the same one as now), and working part-time for the business I have a half-share in. Had not started on the babymaking saga at that point, although it was on the plan. Had been in NZ two years by this time, was just starting to get onto an even keel. Had not, at that point, discovered tatting 
also was not a diabetic. Am now, clearly, an old lady
Five snacks I enjoy in a perfect, non weight-gaining world:
I’ll take this to mean a “non-diabetes aggravating world” as well:
- Pastry. Miss pastry, particularly puff pastry
- Coke. Can’t help it, I love it. A lot of readers might find this surprising as I’m so anti-Coca Cola and never have a good word to say about any of the products, full-sugared or “diet.” It’s astonishingly bad for you, and I really really miss it.
- Christmas pudding. I do have this at Christmas time, but only in small amounts.
- Potatoes. Funnily enough, in the ten years leading up to my diabetes diagnosis and for about two years afterwards, I hardly ever had them. Now I crave them and have them way too often than is good for my health.
- Bread. Large quantities of bread. Love bread.
Five snacks I enjoy in the real world
- Strawberries (in season)
- Satsumas
- Peas. Big bowl of peas
- Choc-ice. I think they call them Eskimo Pies here, which always sounds a little cannibalistic to me.
- More satsumas
Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:
- Buy a nice house with a decent-sized indoor swimming pool, a full-sized kitchen with an Aga and a huge bedroom (yep, me first)
- Make sure my immediate family and friends were mortgage-free
- Fund textbooks in university/poly libraries for part-time students
- Have all my teeth replaced by titanium implants
- Offer this to any of my family and friends that wanted it
Five jobs that I have had:
- Saturday girl in a corner shop (dairy/superette)
- Mortgage centre administrator
- MBA programmes secretary
- IT support person
- er, that’s it
Three of my habits:
- Fiddling with my earrings when I’m listening to someone talk directly to me (especially when I’m sitting down, for some reason)
- Checking my email on my phone surreptitiously, ie I think no-one knows I’m doing it.
- Staying up too late
Five places I have lived:
- London, UK
- Plymouth, UK
- Basingstoke, UK
- Westfield, NJ, USA
- Coventry, UK
- Wellington, NZ
OK that’s six, but now you’ve got the complete set.
Five people I want to get to know better:
- Dave wot I work with
- James May
- Clive Owen
- My nephew and godson
- Wagner (his music, anyway)
Gosh they’re all men.
I will go easy on you, and not say “consider yourself tagged” but “you can consider yourself tagged if you like”
Ha, gotcha!
If I were diabetic I would really, really miss custard slices and muffins and dutch rings and biscuits and ice cream and chocolate and…
At least, if your sugar intake is really low, your immunity isn’t being compromised by it.
I was just saying that they should via cloning or stem cells or something that they should be able to make a new pancreas for diabetics.
Martha: yes, one day I’ll get you back
Violet: if you were diabetic you could still have these things, but probably less often and in smaller portions.
I have to say I don’t know what a dutch ring is and it sounds rude.
Nigel: I believe there is work going on in this area – type 1s will benefit first I imagine as they have no insulin at all and their diabetes is not their fault (there’s a lot of blame politics going on in diabetes at the mo). But type 2s will get some respite eventually, hope I live long enough
[...] Satsuma Salad [...]