Random thoughts in my head - Xanthe

Some important things I've learnt - by Xanthe

My summer list by Xanthe

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things that make me feel grown up - by xanthe

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Xanthe's favourite smells

jasmine

tutti fruittis

after the rain in the summer

inside bake-a-boo

luke’s neck

nag champur insense

as you step outside the airport doors in bangkok

sunday roast chicken

cocoa butter

lavender

breast milk baby poo

ky’s school (reminds me of beckford)

bonfires and bbqs

pear drops

freshly squeezed oranges

clean bed sheets

sweet pea flowers

Xanthe's top 5 magazines

1st - easy living
2nd - elle deco
3rd - psychologies
4th - living etc
5th - weekend (sat guardian)

Xanthe's Guilty pleasures

getting in bed at the end of the day when it's still light.
grazia.
using slug pellets.
pedicures.
habitat.
fresh cut flowers.

Random lists no. 6 - The first ever list, 8th November 1999

Here's the first list that Xanna ever sent us. Yes I had to trawl through many a hotmail archive to find this! (click on image to make it bigger)

Xanthe's Coulda woulda shoulda...

shoulda brought that flat on nightingale lane n8, 
back in 2001.
coulda dated john gordon sinclair, if I'd so desired,
been that desperate or hadn't already meet luke.
shoulda swam more when I lived in asia.
shoulda stopped eating chocolate a long time ago.
woulda got my belly button pierced before I had 
children, if it had been a good
idea.
coulda been a prima ballerina, if I'd continued 
dancing as a child.
shoulda spent less time worrying, doesn't really 
get you anywhere.
shoulda had more lie-ins back when I coulda.
woulda eaten more pizza and cream teas, if i'd 
known that i would have to give
them up.
shoulda won a large amount of money by now.

coulda been a contender, not sure what for, 
but its a great line.

Xanthe's "I secretly love..."

jonathan ross and clive owen (some old faves never ever ever will die)
zac braff
jamie oliver
gordon ramsey (there is something about chefs, i probably could've included more)
vanessa feltz and anna reaburn (only on the radio, a sad reflection of my life)
peter jones - dragons den (i'm loving the dragon debate)
dom jolly
horatio from csi miami
hugh laurie as house
yehudi gordon
chris martin (only when performing on stage)
kate winslet - i'd like her to play me in the film of my life (perhaps a new list idea?)

Xanthe's Desert Island Discs

music
baby, now that I've found you - alison krass.
the song for all my boys.

scientist  - coldplay.
because nobody said it was easy.

dreams - gabrielle.
because my dream came true when I met luke.

billie jean - michael jackson.
will always get me on the dance floor.

sugarman - don't know the artist.
just love it.

my way - frank sinatra.
my theme tune and karaoke favourite.

california dreaming - jose feliciano.
warms my heart.

my love is your love - whitney.
great singalong.

would save
baby, now that I've found you - alison krass.

book
the heart of yoga - t.k.v desikachar.
always inspiring.

luxury item
a radio.

Xanthe's "All I want for Christmas is..."

...for my children to like each other
...a cleaner
...to go to thailand

Xanthe's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

• I never iron anything…ever.
• When I was younger I’d hide used custard cream biscuits minus the creamy centre under my parents bed.
• i’m enjoying watching hell’s kitchen USA and adore Gordon.
• I can’t spell.
• I haven’t worn black for 6 years unless the occasion required it.
• I worry that toddlerdom is an insight into my children’s teenage future.
• I don’t like being ‘hard’ xanthe, but I can’t help it.
• I think about Thailand every day.
• I like to flick through each page of a magazine first, before going back to read it.
• I’ve never had mumps.
• A boy at primary school held a potato gun at me in the outside toilets of the infants playground.
• I spent a whole day in a thai prison, and didn’t pee once.
• I don’t like breaking rules or the law, for fear of being told off, but will happy cheat at any quiz, if possible.
• I don’t like planning the future.

Xanthe's 'i don't understand...'

Why Ky won't let me use his scooter
Limescale
Why teleportation hasn't been invented
So many channels, but nothing to watch
Why it always rains on the weekend
What Scott does for a living
Violence and arguing
Why my children always have to stamp in puddles
The obsession with football
Why it has to get dark at 4pm
Cosmo's obsession with Adam, his baby
Why there is nothing nice to wear in my wardrobe
Those late night phone-in quiz shows, where 
no-one gets the right answer
Why money doesn't grow on trees

Xanthe's i like list

i like...

no 73
sushi with luke
summer days and evening picnics
the heath
questions from the boys - "why do we have to grow?” "what is the sky?” “how do you make a fridge?” "what noise does an eagle make?"
early nights in clean sheets
silence
boys eating ice cream – more silence
dianna the osteopath
‘House’ with hugh laurie
it when a plan comes together
the laughter of my boys playing rough n tumbs
the smell of jasmine
the ‘parking angel’
boo’s cakes
ray la montagne
driving listening to the radio
thursday night yoga
i like and feel very lucky to have such amazing people in my life