Liebster blog award

I would like to begin this post by saying that I love being tagged in things! The trouble is that it takes me ages to get to them, although I do get there in the end. This means that I sometimes get tagged in something twice before I've had a chance to respond, and also begin to accumulate a backlog. So here is the latest one - the Liebster blog award. I have 11 questions to answer from two bloggers:

From All-in-One Mum:

1.What is your favourite blog post that you have composed?
I'm quite proud of my Legoland post. That took a long time to put together. I also have a post scheduled for next week that I like very much so look out for it, it's to do with dyed rice!

2.Once you have your blog post topic, how long does it take you to create and finish it?
It varies, sometimes I can bash them out very quickly, others sit in drafts for days. It also depends whether I need to take and edit photographs.

3.What is your biggest achievement/proudest moment?
My children :)

4.What is your favourite food?
For dinner - Pizza. For dessert - Chocolate brownies with ice-cream and chocolate sauce.

5.When you travel, do you stay away from the local food or try experience everything you can?
I have a fussy husband, so we tend to go with what we know!

6.Mac or PC?!
PC, I've never used a Mac.

7.Kindle or real, paper books?
Kindle, although I still have plenty of real books.

8.Do you have a favourite quote or personal mantra?
Carpe Diem.
 
9.If you were an animal, what would you be?
A cat. I often gaze enviously at cats as they sleep all day...

10.What is your favourite room in your home?
The bedroom. Mmmm, sleep...

11.If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing that you did?
Cry with the shock probably! Then book a holiday.

From Entertaining Monsters:

1.How long have you been blogging for?
I started in July 2011, so that's a year and a bit.

2.Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world?
My favourite country is Australia. But I'm quite a homebody really so my favourite place would have to be home.

3.What is your favourite bar of chocolate?
Do Maltesers count? I do like Galaxy chocolate if we're talking plain chocolate.

4.Have you ever broken a bone?
No, the worst I've ever done is sprained my ankle.

5.When was the last time you went on a child free night out with your partner (if you have one)?
Last Saturday, we went to a wedding, lucky us!

6.What was your first job?
I did some photocopying and filing in my Mum's office in the summer. My first job where I was employed was in the library.

7.How many toilets do you have in your house?! (I only have 1 and am very jealous when people have more!)
We have four, it's nice, if rather excessive, to have one each but I'm the only one that cleans them!

8.What is your favourite season?
The beginning of summer when it's starting to get nice and warm.

9.What is your favourite children’s book?
The Hungry Caterpillar. Or for older children I love A Little Princess.

10.Do you get a real or fake Christmas tree?
We have a fake one, I can't be dealing with all those needles.

11.How many siblings do you have?
One brother and one sister.