FOUR THINGS MEME.

Okay dokey, here I go with a post inspired by Jenners over at Life .... With Books. Named the Four Things Meme, amongst other things, we get to know 4 places Jenners has lived,4 books she would recommend and 4 of her favourite foods ...... click HERE for her remaining 4 'things'.

Four jobs I have had in my life....

1. Bingo caller. Enough to have put me off the game for life. I lost count of the number of brawling pensioners I had to deal with.
2. Adult Training Centre Worker. My favourite job working with the group of people we then referred to as mentally handicapped.
3. Play scheme Worker. See I don't hate children ..... I just couldn't eat a whole one.
4. Teaching Assistant. Ah the stories I could tell you.

Four books I would read over and over....

1. Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore. A wonderful poem, perfect for Christmas Eve.
2. John Barrowman's autobiographies. Not spectacular reads but, hey, any excuse to drool over JB is good enough for me. 
3. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom.

Four places I have lived....

(very boring when you consider they are all within a 20 mile or so radius of each other)

1. Ryton. Not that I remember living here as I was only a baby when we moved.
2. Wardley. much of my childhood was spent here.
3. Houghton-Le-Spring. I started married life living here.
4. Longbenton. My home for the last 14 years.

Four books I would recommend ....

1. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. Like Jenners I also adore this book.
2. Balthazar Jones And The Tower Of London Zoo by Kim Edwards.
3. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett. Even though I'm not a huge fan this is one of the most beautiful books I have ever written.
4. Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot. Even if you don't really like poetry the cat illustrations are delightful.

Four Places I have been ....

1. Germany. 
2. Kos (Greece).
3. Istanbul (Turkey)
4. Venice (Italy). 

Four of my favourite foods....

1. Chocolate.
2. Husband dearest's vegetable lasagne.
3. Three cheese pasta.
4. Ice-cream. At the moment I'm especially keen on Ben And Jerry's cookie dough ice-cream.

Four of my favourite drinks ....

1. Hd's freshly made banana milkshake.
2. American style (the kind that is so thick you can hardly suck it up the straw) strawberry milkshake.
3. Ice Tea - if in Greece.
4. Fentimans rose lemonade.

Four places I would rather be right now ....

1. Visiting some of my blogger buddies.
2. Germany/Kos/Turkey/Venice.
3. The library.
4. Anywhere there isn't a telephone.

Four things that are special in my life ....

1. Hd (goes without saying)
2. Books.
3. Hedgehogs.
4. The Sunday night quiz.

Four bloggers I hope will do this meme ....

1. You.
2. You.
3. You. 
4. You  - but only if you leave a link to your post so that we can all read your 4 favourite things meme.

John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood - As I said any excuse.