It's Atomic

Today I'm Loving...The Small One's latest Science Project. She tells me it's Fluorine; but as I have to yet to discover my inner boffin, I can't confirm this. I do know that its nucleus isn't all it should be. Due to unavoidable m&m scoffing. Still looks good, though. Coat hangers and orange string can be a tricky combination in a controlled environment.

I'm also loving the fact that I have two more blogging awards to show. What a lovely lot you are! First of all this:

which I received from two lovely bloggers I know. Angela has one of the prettiest headers you are ever likely to see. She is busy planning her wedding and her very stylish picks of the best in wedding everything are well worth a look. She's a talented scrapbooker too. Her celebration pages are going to be beautiful! Now Deb is a new blogging friend of mine. She's funny, she's got a lovely new haircut and she knows a thing or too about chocolate cake (and scrapbooking). Thank you!

And then I received this:

from another new blogging mate. Jo who loves to scrapbook and has a healthy interest in fudge making. I hear she's pretty good on the flute too. Thanks, Jo!

Getting awards means answering questions. And I'm cheating a bit here by running two together. But there's only so much a girl can divulge in one day. Here you go:

1. The Small One and I share a shoe size. She's 11. I'm not. My feet are way too small for their own good and that means most of my shoes are flat boots and trainers from childrens departments. Cheap. But also, well, cheap. The fancy ones don't stay on.
2. I still have my sisters Dundee Cake recipe which I pinched from her many, many years ago. She's only finding this out now.
3. I really, really have a problem with penguins. They just don't like me. And that's okay. It's their choice. But I don't see why they have to use physical violence. You go to the zoo. You see a cute little penguin. You offer it an upturned hand (like your mum told you to do when you meet a dog for the first time) and it tries to take your arm off. If you are ever unlucky enough to get really close to a penguin, watch it very closely. It can't be trusted.
4. My favourite game when I was little was "Employment Agencies". I sat in the office and hired out my brother and sister for extortionate reasonable rates.
5. My cycling proficiency certificate actually belongs to Stan. Not Sian. That "t" made a lot of difference.

That's it for today. Thank you again for the awards. I'm going to save handing them out again for a rainy day. When you're least expecting it. Something nice for the New Year perhaps. Oh, and I've had questions about Edinburgh Rock. Now, how would you describe it?