The Chain that is not A Chain but just Fun.

Published on by ortensia

Rayntbradbury.com nominated me for this Friday Funday Challenge created by AGuy Called Bloke and K9 Doodlepip!

Thank you and ,well what can I say ,thankfully is not a chain because I am totally incapable to keep them up.Plus, I am still traumatized by those awful chains that were circulating when I was a teenager: the scary ones promising the biggest of the misadventures if you broke them.Bare in mind at the time there was no e-mail and no self phone(yes,I am that old!)so everything was sent by post and usually,on top of the cost of the stamp,you were also asked to add a couple of notes in the envelope.And there it was where most of our weekly allowance went.Then,it came the time that I had to pick between break the chain or buy my favorite monthly magazine.Not an easy one but bravery took over:I broke the chain saved the money and bought the magazine!Guess what?Nothing bad happened,not even a bad grade in school.On the other side,not even Tom Cruise ever swung by at one at our party .

What Tom Cruise had to do with the chain?Actually nothing but the most appealing thing of the magazine was the horoscope and what a thirteen/fourteen years old girl looks for in the horoscope ?Love,of course.And what was the object of any teenager girl lust in the eighties?Tom Cruise,of course.I must say me and my friend were quite open minded and could have been more then happy with Morten Harley too.What Tom had to his advantage ,it was that he still had some teenagerly spots that made him closer to our regular boys friends and somehow,to our eyes,more accessible….if only the ocean it was not in between!

Now,after this completely unnecessary digression I am going back to the post I have been tagged on that is not a chain and whose questions I had so much fun answering.Hope you will enjoy them too .

1] List 10 people [alive or dead] you would invite to dinner?
Three couple of friends is always fun spending time together.I know that it makes only six but I never really believed in the motto “the more the merrier!”

2] What are your goals to be achieved in the month of July 2018?
Work on my book and I am already behind my so careful planned schedule…yack!

3] What is your earliest memory?
Pretending to sing with my grandparents curtains rope’s end and with my grandmother scarf pinned on my head to look like I had long hair.

4] What are your views on mainstream music?
Sound is what capture my attention first.

5] Where would you like to be in 7 years time?
Too far ahead to give a realistic answer.

6] What is the colour of your eyes?
Dark Brown

7] Do you like word games – if so which ones?
I like scrabbles and crosswords in general but never understood Sudoku

8] What are your favourite comfort foods?
Chocolate and crisps shoveled into my mouth together

9] What animal would you like to have as a pet?
I suppose by now all my readers know that: a bat

10] Classical music or not?
I don’t listen to it regularly and I am not an expert but I like opera.I went to see a few and every time was a marvellous experience.

11] 5 things about society that annoy you?
Indifference;The incapacity of too many people to be happy with what they have and to be grateful for they have, whether it was given or earned;Judgmental attitude;Bigotry/Hypocrisy.

12] How important is creativity to people?
Essential and we all have it in a form or another

13] Do you have any siblings?
No.

14] Which 3 questions will you be deleting to add your own in?
I’ll delete questions 17 too exposing;questions 19 and 7.
And add for those who will answer: A.sweet tooth or savory one?;B.Soccer,Rugby or Basketball;C.favorite season.

15] Your favourite childhood movie?
The Goonies and ET.

16] What traits do you display when nervous?
I talk and rambles a lot when nervous because not at easy but I snack voraciously if nervous because worried or anxious.

17] Are you healthy eater?
On average, yes, but I don’t say no to food sins

18] Bullet point your day so far.
Wake up, yoga breakfast, school runs, walk the dogs, housework, shower, writing, school runs, making lunch, laundry, writing or mainly taxi duty for my daughters, cooking dinner(from scratch because I am a healthy eater …even if my swimming suit disagree this year), washing up, tv or reading, bed, reading, collapsing exhausted. Now we are on holidays so routine doesn’t exist.

19] What are your 5 most favourite scents/smells?
My perfume(Chanel 5) that I’m wearing for nearly 30years.Sandalwood and anything peppery sweet

20] The three bloggers you are nominating are?
do I really have to?can we not do that whoever feels can share their thoughts?!

Add on questions from Ray:
17) You woke up as a Frankenstein. What will you do?
Buy good full covering makeup
18) You are a chef in the kitchen for the White House. What is on the menu today?
Pigs’ Ears
19) Google your name (only the name, without the last name) – tell us what Google tells you about it.
Apparently my name is also the surname of a Spanish artist ,who I never heard of before,but who fills the first two pages on google.

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59 thoughts on “The Chain that is not A Chain but just Fun.”

  3. I remember those awful postal chains with the terrible threats. I think I threw them in the bin. I didn’t have the money to do it and no access to a photocopier. They were terrible things! This is much lovelier. A bat sounds like a fab pet. I wonder if they can be house trained 😄😄

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  11. Oh my gosh, you reminded me of so much!
    I loved the Goonies, hated chain letters!
    My mother gave me some Chanel No 5 recently…I’m not a perfume girl but shes always worn it and I love it.
    Haha I remember pretending to sing with a jump rope when I was really little.
    This was very interesting! And I love your humour! 😊

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    1. Thank you,☺️my mom on the contrary says I should change my perfume after all these years and I tried but went back as no other perfume is me like this one🤷🏻‍♀️I’m really glad we have something in common😉😀

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  14. We must be about the same age as I could of wrote almost all of these answers myself. The Goonies, chain letters, scrabbles, opera… I haven’t try Chanel 5 yet but no way I’m letting a bat in my house. Love your humour. Good luck with the book.

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    1. I just like them,I find them fascinating creature.they are totally independent.
      Mammal birds,only this alone is enough to make them special,also they are cute.
      We rescued one two years ago .

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  17. Hi Ortensia, thanks for the follow and likes on my blog.
    I’m an 80s child myself and I really loved your post – most of the best movies were made in the 80s after all!! 🙂
    I’ll get round to reading the rest of your posts shortly and maybe even do the personal questions myself. 🙂
    Many regards and all the best, CHRIS

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