Well, that's it. It's over and I did it. It was certainly an experience although not at all what I was expecting. It was fun looking at what other people were doing and finding a couple of blogs that I'll be reading in the future. I managed to stay awake until about 6am, which is very impressive for me, and then I napped in between blogging which didn't make me …

I wanted to be a teacher because I had a really good primary school teacher and I wanted to be just like her. I wanted to be a firefighter, because it seemed like a very exciting and noble thing to do. I wanted to be a housewife because I like to cook and keep house. I wanted to be happy because doesn't everyone? Although I still don't know what I …

I've already mentioned my desire to buy a house and make it solar powered and very eco-friendly. It'll be tough to do that in this country, given the lack of adequate space, and the cost of the space once you find it. The best bet is to move somewhere else, like France. But I want to get a nice big plot of land with plenty of space to sort out …

Recently, I realised that my podcast collection was a bit... lacking. I liked what I had but there wasn't all that much diversity. I was looking forward to finding out some new shows. Thankfully, with 24 hours to fill, I managed to find out some new podcasts, download them all and pretty much get up to date. Actually, that's not true, there are still a lot that I haven't got …

It's almost 12 o'clock and we've just had lunch. A little bit early, but given the complete mess-up of timings, it doesn't really matter, does it? I couldn't really eat too much during the actual marathon event and the staying up throughout the night, because when I eat, I fall asleep. I'm sure there's a biological explanation behind it, but actually, it's quite annoying. When I get home from work …

I think there was a programme on the BBC called It's Not Easy Being Green. I didn't watch it but I am currently reading the book, and it's brilliant. It's all about a family who gave up their home and moved to Cornwall, to set up a much more eco-friendly life. They didn't give themselves up to the land or anything, and are still normal people with jobs and lives, …

We went to a firework display recently. As is our way, we arrived late to the display, but nothing had started yet. We found an empty spot, climbed a fence, got a good view, set up the camera, and were ready to go. The countdown began. 3, 2, 1... Whoosh. The first fireworks went up. We tried to get some pictures, but nothing really worked. The lenses weren't really capable …

A long time ago, I walked past an art shop and saw the best painting I've ever spotted. It was a deserted beach, somehow done in purple, with two lonely figures walking along together. So, actually, they probably weren't so lonely. And I suppose the beach wasn't so deserted. Bad description. The price tag was out of reach at the time, and although still a stretch, a couple of years …

A while ago I was reading a blog that said they were going to 'announce' that they had decided to hold off on the having a kid thing. It struck me as weird when I first read it, that there was some kind of an announcement ceremony that went with this, in the same way there would be if there was an actual pregnancy. But the more I think about …

I am always correcting people. When they talk to me and pronounce a word wrong, I can't help but correct them. When I am reading something they have written, and something is spelt wrong, I have to mention it. I suppose it is not a bad thing to like correct spelling and punctuation, but it often gets on people's nerves. Nobody likes to be picked up on something they've spelled …

I think I see the world differently to how normal people see it. When Mr C and I talk about something complex, like politics, I don't always understand all of the things he is telling me. The answer always seems so simple. Why don't they just give the prisoners back? That kind of thing. But even when the complications are explained to me, I am still adamant that there is …

I often go along with what the people around me are saying. It's not necessarily that I agree with them or that I don't, I just prefer to go along with them. It's not that I am being influenced by them or even being 'under the thumb' about a particular subject. It's just the way I am. My biggest problem is probably also my greatest asset. I can see arguments …

Mr C always says it takes a lot to impress me. Quite often I come home to find he has discovered some new gadget or some piece of news or something that is just so important and he is really excited about it. All too often, I am less bothered about it. Yeah, whatever. The truth is, I don't mind reading about something, or hearing about it, but it's not …

I mentioned somewhen at the beginning of this Blogathon, eons and eons ago, that I jumped out of my skin when I saw a snake. That's one of the few things that scares me. I didn't jump when a scary moment happened in LOST. I don't tend to be bothered by horror films, and ghost trains just don't do it for me. However, when I come home from work and …

One of my New Year's resolutions, as documented on this site, was to try and write some transcripts. I'd had some moderate success doing a couple and wanted to see if there was any future in it for me. Volunteering for a television site, and producing a couple of transcripts a week was a really great thing for me to do. It kept me active, gave me something productive to …

Is everyone still having fun? A lot of people are talking about a second wind or a renaissance in their writing. I am feeling the exact opposite. I was absolutely fine to start with, had a bit of a dip after seven or so hours, because that was my usual bedtime. Then I've been good all through the night. It's now 6am and I'm really starting to feel it. I've …

Something I realised just on Friday of last week - I am beginning to feel comfortable at work. You know how it can take a while to really feel like you're doing a good job, well at this particular place of employment, it's taken a long while. I don't know whether it was one good day, or if it was the start of a new upwards trend, we'll have to …

I dream very vividly. Sometimes it's very scary, and not at all a pleasant experience. But sometimes, just sometimes, I manage to get something out of the so-real-I-could-be-awake experience. Just recently I was having such a convincing dream that I woke up and immediately wrote it down. A couple of hours later and I had the plans for another story. It was quite amazing. I don't know where my subconscious …

My first ever job was actually as a waitress. It lasted four hours before I ran out of there screaming and never went back. So, my first real job was as a "kitchen assistant" in an old people's home. I put the quotes in there, because where it says kitchen assistant, you should read: girl who washes up. It was a part time thing, and I only got the job …

People often ask me why I'm keeping our wedding a secret. Do our families not approve? Is it that we are embarrassed? Do we have something to hide? The answer is none of the above. I want to have a private wedding because that is what I want. I don't want to have everyone we know and lots of people we don't there. I don't want to stand up in …

Just recently it has started to come to my attention that I may not be as good a driver as I first thought. I mean, touch wood, I have not yet crashed. It is bound to happen, but I would rather put it off for as long as possible! I passed my theory test first time, and my practical driving test first time after only six months of driving lessons. …

There are certain jobs I would love to do. For instance, I sent my script to the BBC to have a read through. There's a process that unsolicited scripts go through, which involves being read by certain people and either discarded or moved along the chain. How do you get the job to be the person that reads the scripts? How do you get the job to be the person …

When the window is open, all I can hear is the crickets. They chirp so loudly. Every time we pass some long grass, there are crickets making ridiculously loud noises. The building site nearby has just recently put up two flagpoles. The flags flap away in the breeze and look very swish, but the rope slaps against the pole with a really annoying clinking noise. Mr C says he likes …

I think everyone is OD'ing on the coffee to try and stay awake and focused on this Blogathon. Are you? Unfortunately I don't like coffee, so this option doesn't really work for me. I love the smell of it, and could sniff it all day, but to actually drink it gives me a headache. At work, I don't drink tea or coffee. There's a really nice canteen that serves good …

Having been staring at my very special Blogathon header picture for 12 hours, it is now seared into my brain. I wish that I could make things like that. When it comes to art, I can see exactly what I want to happen in my head, but I can never get it to come out on the paper, or whatever medium I happen to be working with. I remember one …

There's a programme on the BBC at the moment, and it basically involves three "celebrities" going to France and trying to learn the language. It is a reality show, but it's not like Big Brother or anything like that. The celebs are staying in a posh villa in a really nice, rural part of France. They are not allowed to speak English between 9am and 5pm, or something like that. …

When we got back from holiday recently, everyone at work scanned my hands to see if there was an extra ring on a particularly special finger. There wasn't. I really like the fact that they're all interested though. If I was a different person and talked about my wedding non-stop, they probably wouldn't care less. Because I'm keeping my wedding quiet, they seem to be a lot more interested. One …

Is it just me or do some people swear too much? I don't swear very much. It doesn't sound right when I do it, and Mr C has been known to laugh at me when I swear, so I try very hard to avoid doing it. Sometimes, though, it's just necessary. When you drop a hammer on your foot, or when something doesn't work out like you planned, or if …

We have now officially started a new day! I was thinking, earlier, about how rubbish television is. I love watching it and I spend much too much time in front of that grey box in the corner of my living room, but it's actually getting quite predictable. The thing that most dramas are based on know is the lack of communication. The only way soaps can have so many bust …

The last time I did go to the supermarket, and that was a while ago thanks to the all new super-duper home delivery service I signed up for, it was busy, as usual. There was one checkout boy who had a completely clear conveyor belt, so I headed straight to him. I usually try and stay away from the youngsters, particularly when I have alcohol, but this time I was …

While we were in Newquay, we ventured into a club. I don't do this very often, clubs are definitely not my scene, but somehow Mr C convinced me to pay a chunk of money to get my hand stamped. Inside, I spotted a little desk set up in a dingy little corner of the club, that was selling balloons. At first I couldn't figure it out. Then I remembered the …

So, how's everybody doing? I was really having a good time an hour or so ago. I was updating and listening to some podcasts, reading and commenting on some other Blogathon participants, and even sponsoring some other people. I'm actually quite amazed at how quickly the time passes between posts. You just manage to get one written, you surf around to see who else has updated and what they're saying. …

When I was in my teenage years, I pretty much lived in my bedroom. I had everything I needed in there, books, music, television, computers. To get out of the house and to get some well-needed exercise, my mother started dragging me along to her keep-fit classes. I wasn't so sure at first, what with being a body-conscious teenager and all. Actually, they turned out to be quite fun. The …

I don't know much. I am constantly learning things. Geography, politics, history, general things in life. I am constantly learning new things. I love to learn new things though. I like it when suddenly something begins to make sense. Like why the government act like they do, or what happened in the past that makes the present what it is. I actually think I am pretty good at learning things. …

Why is it that being in upper management makes you suddenly believe that you can behave rudely and aggressively and that it's acceptable? I know of someone who is quite nice, really rather laid back and generally an okay guy to work with. Other times he's lucky he doesn't wind up with a pair of office scissors in the side of his head. So, what is it that makes him …

I was on a communications course at work, and learned plenty of interesting things, even about the art of conversation. I was told that the best way to start and maintain conversations with people is to ask questions. Ask about themselves, and when they answer, let it initiate more questions. Apparently, people like talking about themselves and love when someone takes an interest in them. Here's the thing I don't …

Snakes. Last time I was at a zoo, I went into the tropical display and the first thing I saw was a huge, enormous snake. Just thinking about it now makes my skin crawl. At the time, I jumped a mile and hid behind Mr C. Never mind the very thick glass that separated us from the snake, and never mind that it was more interested in the thermostat control …

A colleague and I were discussing the Red Arrows - she was keen to see them, and I was saying it was a lot of effort. She was a bit flabbergasted. The thing is, you see, that we have already seen them twice this year, so far. We saw them at Goodwood, where they were fabulous, although a little lost behind the trees. We also saw them at the Air …

There are building works going on nearby. It's quite annoying, but I think it could be worse. They have certain time restrictions from which they are allowed to work, and it usually manages to coincide with when I am out of the building. Not today, though, and this morning it was loud, loud, loud. People have said it must be awful for us, but I don't think it is all …

Last weekend, I had to catch up with all the television that I had recorded whilst we were on holiday and the recovering week. I basically spent all afternoon watching different dramas. I was busy doing other things at the same time, so it's not like I wasted an afternoon or anything, but it was a lot of television. So many different stories appeared on the screen, that they started …

We met up with a friend a while ago and went for a drink with him. Discussing our jobs, I expressed dissatisfaction with mine, and he said: "What would you rather do?" "I want to be a writer," I replied. Oh. My. God. I said it out loud. I want to be a writer. I went on to talk about how I want to write scripts for television and that …

A few nights ago, I came home to find a little solar panel hanging out the window. How cool is that? We've been talking about green issues recently (more on that later), and now we have our very first solar panel? We sat back and watched in amazement as the camera it was powering spat out a picture that had been picked up using the sun's rays alone. Suddenly, the …

I'm eating chocolate biscuits. It's very bad and useless for the diet but delicious. There's a guy at work who is religiously good at what he puts into his body. He has precisely two cups of coffee a day, and then up to three cups of tea. He will not have any biscuits, cake or anything anyone brings in. He has a salad lunch brought from home every single day …

When I decided I wanted to buy a laptop, I was in the middle of a shop, I saw one I liked, I bought it. When I buy things, it is usually spur of the moment, with some but very little market research, and much excitement. Mr C is the complete opposite. He does not like to buy anything just like that, will research all the possible options ever, find …

Today, for the very first time, I had my weekly supermarket shop delivered to my door. It never really occurred to me to do this before, because how hard is it to go to the supermarket? But they can be difficult places to deal with - too bright, too busy, too much sensory overload. They say that once you've tried shopping this way, you never go back. I'm not so …

It always happens: I go on holiday, taking a week off work, and when I return, they've changed everything. The IT system was completely different, logging on had changed and we were on new servers. I managed to figure it all out but this time they've got a new, stricter internet filter. The only thing I can look at is BBC News and Wikipedia. I have never loved BBC News …

I've noticed, and we're only two posts in, that doing this Blogathon means that I will never be unsure of the time for during the next 24 hours. Each time I write a post, I am checking what the time is, and which particular half an hour I am relating to this time. This doesn't really make a change because I am always aware of the time. It's a rare …

I'm blogging for Diabetes UK. It took me a long time to decide on who to blog for. I thought long and hard: cancer, lifeguards, children, Africa, but decided that I would sponsor something a bit more close to home. My family have been affected by Diabetes, and that's why I've opted to support Diabetes UK.

What have I let myself in for? So, Blogathon 2006 begins and I find myself sitting in front of my laptop, tucked away at my desk, looking forward to the coming hours. When I woke up this morning, I was concerned at the shiny, bright weather outside the window, and that perhaps I would be missing out by staying only half an hour's distance from my laptop. Now it is …

Recently, I have slept a lot, and the more I snoozed, the more tired I seemed to get. Things do not bode well for my 'staying up for 24 hours' attempt tomorrow. One of the most annoying things about the whole experience is that it's based in America, and they are blogging from 6am to 6am the next day. Fair enough. But you have to take into account the time …