About Me
Updated for 2019! Seemingly I'm not forty any more!
My name is Shell, or Mrs G to my friends. I am 43 years old, and I am very happily married to Mr G, we've been together for 20 years, married for 18 of those next February. We have four children. Our eldest is 23 and parenthood is still a steep learning curve! I am an ASD Mum, both parent and personally.
We live in North Wales. I love to cook, although my kitchen is impractical. I love to read, and although I do like the classics (especially George Orwell and James Joyce) I'm no book snob. I just as much love sinking my teeth into Chick Lit and I'm a bit of a self help/self improvement junkie. I love music, it always has been such a huge part of my life since I was a toddler.
I'm into happiness, even if the tone of my blog posts don't always support that theory ;-) I believe in the Law of Attraction, whichever angle you want to pursue it from, spiritual, biblical or scientific - the end result remains the same. It's there in black and white from Matthew 21:22 to Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill to Martin Luther King. Shakespeare to Buddha. Focus on the positives in life because what you think about and pray about and talk about you attract back to yourself. If you're happy and positive and grateful - you'll get more opportunities to be happy and positive and grateful for. If you complain and gossip and moan - you'll get a main course full of that. Most importantly - BE GRATEFUL!
I suppose you could say I'm spiritual. I'm not 'religious' in a church-going way, but I do believe in God. This is something that's very private to me, and I won't blog about any of this.
I collect Maneki Neko, which are the Japanese waving cats you might see in restaurants or takeaways.
I love football, I am a passionate Manchester United fan. I love watching Darts, especially Michael van Gerwen, but I also have a soft spot for Peter Wright, Mensur Suljovic and Gary Anderson. But my main sporting love is going to watch our 'local' professional Rugby League team - North Wales Crusaders. Although, playing in Wrexham, they're not exactly local...
Celebrity crushes - Adam Levine. Adam Pitts. Johnny Vegas. Howard Webb (YES the referee...). David Tennant. Michael Chiklis. Greg Davies. Ben Thaler (YES the rugby referee...) and last but by no means least, Andrew Scarborough.
Favourite TV Programmes - I don't watch television any more...
Favourite Music - So, so many, too many to name them all. The Pierces, Kylie, Tegan and Sara, The Beat, The Beatles, HAIM, Maroon 5, Jessie Ware, Semisonic, Simply Red, Disclosure, Sarah McLachlan, and Lawson. Oh my goodness, Lawson. I love Lawson. I am too old to 'fangirl' over them, so I suppose I 'fanmom'?
Best Gig - The Pierces with El May as support, Manchester Academy, September 2014. Both fantastic.
Favourite food - Avocado on toast and Pizza (Ham, mushroom and pineapple, FYI) (No, it's not wrong...)
Hobbies - Camping, comping, cooking and cleaning.
I have also (via NaNoWriMo) written six (count 'em, six!) books since November 2015! Go me!
What a life I lead!
So that's me, I'm a wife, mother, friend, daughter, sister, cousin, auntie, great auntie (!) and I am very blessed with what I've got :-)
My name is Shell, or Mrs G to my friends. I am 43 years old, and I am very happily married to Mr G, we've been together for 20 years, married for 18 of those next February. We have four children. Our eldest is 23 and parenthood is still a steep learning curve! I am an ASD Mum, both parent and personally.
We live in North Wales. I love to cook, although my kitchen is impractical. I love to read, and although I do like the classics (especially George Orwell and James Joyce) I'm no book snob. I just as much love sinking my teeth into Chick Lit and I'm a bit of a self help/self improvement junkie. I love music, it always has been such a huge part of my life since I was a toddler.
I'm into happiness, even if the tone of my blog posts don't always support that theory ;-) I believe in the Law of Attraction, whichever angle you want to pursue it from, spiritual, biblical or scientific - the end result remains the same. It's there in black and white from Matthew 21:22 to Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill to Martin Luther King. Shakespeare to Buddha. Focus on the positives in life because what you think about and pray about and talk about you attract back to yourself. If you're happy and positive and grateful - you'll get more opportunities to be happy and positive and grateful for. If you complain and gossip and moan - you'll get a main course full of that. Most importantly - BE GRATEFUL!
I suppose you could say I'm spiritual. I'm not 'religious' in a church-going way, but I do believe in God. This is something that's very private to me, and I won't blog about any of this.
I collect Maneki Neko, which are the Japanese waving cats you might see in restaurants or takeaways.
I love football, I am a passionate Manchester United fan. I love watching Darts, especially Michael van Gerwen, but I also have a soft spot for Peter Wright, Mensur Suljovic and Gary Anderson. But my main sporting love is going to watch our 'local' professional Rugby League team - North Wales Crusaders. Although, playing in Wrexham, they're not exactly local...
Celebrity crushes - Adam Levine. Adam Pitts. Johnny Vegas. Howard Webb (YES the referee...). David Tennant. Michael Chiklis. Greg Davies. Ben Thaler (YES the rugby referee...) and last but by no means least, Andrew Scarborough.
Favourite TV Programmes - I don't watch television any more...
Favourite Music - So, so many, too many to name them all. The Pierces, Kylie, Tegan and Sara, The Beat, The Beatles, HAIM, Maroon 5, Jessie Ware, Semisonic, Simply Red, Disclosure, Sarah McLachlan, and Lawson. Oh my goodness, Lawson. I love Lawson. I am too old to 'fangirl' over them, so I suppose I 'fanmom'?
Best Gig - The Pierces with El May as support, Manchester Academy, September 2014. Both fantastic.
Favourite food - Avocado on toast and Pizza (Ham, mushroom and pineapple, FYI) (No, it's not wrong...)
Hobbies - Camping, comping, cooking and cleaning.
I have also (via NaNoWriMo) written six (count 'em, six!) books since November 2015! Go me!
What a life I lead!
So that's me, I'm a wife, mother, friend, daughter, sister, cousin, auntie, great auntie (!) and I am very blessed with what I've got :-)
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