I’ve not done one of these Q&A things for a while, in fact probably not since I filmed my 73 Questions last year. So when Sophie from Life As Mrs D was looking for people to pass on this tag to I thought it might be fun to have a go. The eagle-eyed among you may notice as you read through that a few of of the questions are missing – I’ve decided to surreptitiously skip a few of the racier questions, seeing as this is a family friendly blog….and my mum reads it!

So anyway, here we go – stick with me, I’ll try and keep it snappy…

The Basics

1. What’s your name?
Sarah. Well Sarah-Jane really but no-one calls me that

2. Any nicknames or aliases?
Nope. Unless you count Mummy. Oh and occasionally my brother calls me Squatch (short for Sasquatch)

3. Your gender?
Female

4. Your star sign?
Gemini

5. How old are you?
39 (and 8 months – not that I’m counting down to 40 at all)

6. Your relationship status?
Married

7. Any children?
Two boys – Toby is 4 and Gabe is 2

8. Any pets?
No

9. Any tattoos or piercings?
I’ve got my ears pierced once, and my nose but I never wear anything in it any more

10. What do you like about yourself?
That I’m organised

11. What do you dislike about yourself?
My teeth

12. Righty or lefty?
Right

Lasts

13. The last thing you drank:
A cup of tea

14. The last thing you ate:
Omelette and potato wedges

15. Your last phone call:
To my Mum and Dad this afternoon

16. Your last text message:
To my brother about plans to meet up this weekend

17. Your last email:
That I sent? A work one about catering at an event I’m helping with

18. The last song you listened to:
Errm – The Go Jetters Theme tune!

19. The last book you read:
I’ve just finished Great Small Things by Jodi Picoult

20. The last time you cried:
Last Friday when Gabe clobbered me on the head with a wooden sauce pan.

21. The last blog you read:
This one about a day in the life on a family ski holiday from The Mummy Adventure.

22. The last person you spoke to:
My husband

23. The last place you visited:
The World Museum in Liverpool

24. Your last holiday abroad:
We went to France in 2014 when Toby was 10 months old. We’re finally having another foreign holiday this year – France again in the summer but a different part of the country this time.

Have you ever?

25. Have you ever gotten back with an ex?
Yes, briefly

26. Have you ever been cheated on?
Not that I know of!

27. Have you ever cheated on someone?
No

28. Have you ever lost someone special to you?
Not really – the only person I’ve been close to that died was my Grandma but she was 94.

29. Have you ever been so drunk you threw up?
Loads of times – I was rather wild in my 20s!

30. Have you ever fallen out of love with someone?
Yes

31. Have you ever met someone who changed you?
My husband with his unfaltering faith in me

32. Have you ever been in a situation where you found out who your real friends are?
No, I don’t think I have

33. Have you ever kissed someone you probably shouldn’t have?
Yep (remember those wild 20s)

34. Have you ever found out people were talking about you behind your back?
No

35. Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
When I was 14 I was going out with one of my dad’s Scouts. I dumped him for his friend and when he saw us holding hands he spent most of a week long camp sat up a tree. I wasn’t allowed to go to Scout camp again after that!

36. Have you ever kissed a stranger?
Yes

37. Have you ever had your own heart broken?
Yes

39. Have you ever been arrested?
No

40. Have you ever been attracted to someone that isn’t the gender you usually find attractive?
No

41. Have you ever done something you regret?
Plenty (those wild 20s again)

43. Have you ever embarrassed yourself in public?
Yep

44. Have you ever misjudged someone?
Not that I can think of

Your beliefs and opinions

45. Do you believe in God?
No

46. Do you believe in yourself?
Ooh, probably not as much as I should

47. Do you believe in Santa Claus?
No

48. Do you believe in ghosts?
No

49. Do you believe in aliens?
Yes – in that I believe that there probably is life on other planets somewhere

50. Do you believe in miracles?
No

51. Do you believe in the power of positive thinking?
To a point, yes

52. Do you believe in love at first sight?
No

53. Can money make you happy?
It can definitely help

54. Would you describe yourself as a feminist?
No, but I probably am I think

55. Are you pro-life or pro-choice?
Pro-choice

56. Do you have strong political beliefs?
Sort of. I know what I don’t believe in politically but I don’t feel like I’m informed enough these days to have strong political beliefs

57. Do you have strong religious beliefs?
No, I have no religious beliefs

58. What do you think the most important thing you can give a child is?
Love and safety

Right now

59. Are you eating anything right now?
No, I’m four hours into my daily 20 hour fast!

60. Are you drinking anything right now?
No

61. What are you listening to right now?
Dr Michael Mosely on ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’

62. What are you thinking about right now?
If I’ll get this post finished before bedtime

63. What are you waiting for right now?
A video I recorded this afternoon to finish encoding

64. What are you most excited about right now?
Going to see The Band in Liverpool next week. And our holiday to France in the summer

65. What’s your pet hate right now?
The number of times I put the washing machine on and then forget to put the clothes in the dryer!

66. What’s your favourite thing right now?
My mustard yellow endless scarf – it’s so cosy

67. If you weren’t answering these questions, what would you be doing right now?
Getting ready for bed

Firsts

68. Your first best friend:
I had three best friends at primary school – Jayne, Zoe and Diane

69. Your first kiss:
He was called Chris. We were 12 and I’d known him since I was 4

70. Your first celebrity crush:
Erm, probably Jason Donovan when he was in Neighbours

71. Your first holiday:
I went on my first Scout camp at 10 weeks old. First holiday abroad was to Sweden when I was 2

72. Your first pet:
A goldfish that we won at the fair. It died a few days later

73. Your first regret:
I’ve no idea!

74. Your first job:
A paper round when I was about 12. And then I worked in a newsagents when I was 14

75. Your first childhood memory:
I can remember bits of that holiday to Sweden when I was 2

Which would you choose?

76. Love or money?
Love (and money)

77. Twitter or Facebook?
Facebook

78. Hook up or relationship?
Relationship

79. Dogs or cats?
Cats – but I’m allergic to both

80. Coffee or tea?
Tea

81. Beer or wine?
Wine

82. Sweet or savoury?
Sweet

83. Introvert or extrovert?
Extrovert

84. Vampires or werewolves?
Neither – stupid question!

85. Seaside or countryside?
Countryside – but I’ve always lived near the sea and it would seem weird not to

86. Summer or winter?
Summer

87. Books or movies
Books

88. Horror or comedy
Comedy

A few random questions to finish on

89. Do you wish you could change your past?
No

90. What’s your dream job?
Astronaut

91. What’s your guilty pleasure?
Home & Away

92. What are you afraid of?
Balloons popping

93. What was the first thing you wanted to be when you grew up?
A teacher (and I finally became one when I was 32)

94. If you could have any super power, what would it be?
Infinite patience

95. If you could change anything about your life what would it be?
Not to have to worry about money

96. Would you want immortality?
No, I’d like to get old and then die peacefully in my sleep

97. If you could interview anyone alive or dead who would you choose?
David Attenborough – he’s seen so much of our Planet and I’d love to ask him about it all

98.  Would you say you are happy?
Yes

99. What one piece of advice would you give to yourself at age eighteen?
Trust yourself to make the right decisions

100. Where would you like to be in five years’ time?
Where I am now really. Hopefully in five years we’ll have done some more of the improvements to our home that we want to do, I’ll still be contributing to the family finances one way or another, and I’ll be happy with my little family

Phew. Well done if you’ve made it this far – 100 is a lot of questions! I hope you enjoyed finding out a little bit more about me.

I’m going to tag some other bloggers to answer these same questions so, over to you guys…

Hannah – What Hannah Did Next
Emily – A Mummy Too
Stevie – A Cornish Mum
Rachel – Rachel Bustin
Natasha – Mummy & Moose

1 What’s your name?
2 Any nicknames or aliases?
3 Your gender?
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?
Lasts
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:
Have you ever?
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 had a threesome?
43 Have you ever embarrassed yourself in public?
44 Have you ever misjudged someone?
Your beliefs and opinions
45 Do you believe in God?
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?
Right now
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?
Firsts
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:
Which would you choose?
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
A few random questions to finish on
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 If you could interview anyone alive or dead who would you choose?
98 Would you say you are happy?
99 What one piece of advice would you give to yourself at age eighteen?
100 Where would you like to be in five years’ time?