MoorielCowparsley

I need to apologise to anybody who is currently awaiting items from me. Due to both health and financial reasons I have been unable to complete swaps before now and also to access the swap-bot site. Any outstanding swaps have now been sent. Mooriel Cowparsley is a 40something, ( I try to forget the something part!), female from North Wales, UK. I live with my partner and two much loved cats in a small seaside village. I've lived here all my life, and live in the house that my grandmother was born in. I love where I live, everybody knows you in a village.

My job is supporting and teaching teens with emotional and behavioural difficulties. I find being creative calms both me and them!!

I've recently had a BIG telling of from my Dr. for being overweight. If anyone has any tried and tested recipes, ideas, regimes or anything that will make the process of losing weight easier - please let me know!

As far as textiles go, free machine embroidery is my first love, hand embroidery next. I've done some jewellery making,card-making and tried crochet.

I enjoy papercrafts, especially collage and I have really enjoyed making postcards and ATC's.

Any classic b/w film. "Rebecca" is a favourite, also anything with Bette Davis or Margaret Rutherford. Love musicals, especially older ones, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific etc I also enjoyed all the Harry Potter films and love the Star Wars series of movies.

This changes as I read something new, I read lots of novels, I like historical settings but will read almost anything. There are some constants, I enjoy John Wyndham and Neville Shute, also Margaret George. I love diaries, looking in to other peoples lives so closely is fascinating. I've now joined a reading group and am having to read stuff I wouldn't normally look at - it's weird having somebody else choose your books!!

Any detective show, particularly Poirot, Miss Marple and Hetty Wainthrop. I also love ANTM, can't believe how some girls are a real caricature of a "dumb" pretty girl. I love CSI (any series) and Criminal Minds.

Some information doesn't seem to fit anywhere else so here goes; I'm an ex-smoker

I hate exercise

I love purples, lilacs and blues

I have a "thing" about buttons, I love 'em.

I don't think I'm very patient but apparently other people do

I love quizzes and puzzles

I play computer games in my free time

I love to cook and to eat

I'm overweight (see above!)

I collect Russian nesting dolls

I love unusual things eg I have a round dice!

I'm very sentimental

I like to read in bed

I enjoy train travel

I enjoy playing board games (and I'm very competitive!)

I drink tea but not coffee, and I only drink "real" tea, that is the good old British cuppa.

I'm ashamed to say that I love a McDonalds or a KFC even though the're not good for me

I love bananas

I don't wear makeup

My favourite students are the ones with Aspergers. (Shouldn't have favourites but I do!)

Racism, agism, fattism etc etc. I consider myself to be fairly tolerant.

I hate cruelty to animals, children and quite frankly anyone/thing.

I despise bullies.

On the lighter side of dislikes, I don't like celery, peas, beans (a bit of a green theme here!)

I hate the taste of gin, whisky and dark rum.

I'm not keen on the "bear-baiting" chat shows that actively encourage guests to be foul and get laughed at.

I don't like "cutesy" animals, well nothing too sugary sweet. This includes most Disney stuff, unless it's vintage Mickey.

I'm not overboard on yellow.

I don't like dolphins, angels, cutesy little girl/boy or animal themes. On their own all these things are OK, its when they get covered in glitter and sentiment that I loathe them!