Seven times Seven meme

Ruth/Roxy have both tagged me with this and I have finally got around to doing it. It will also help out my SP as well to some degree, how much I wouldn't like to hazard a guess but here goes nothing:

Seven things to do before I die:-
1. Use up all the stash.
2. Get to Egypt
3. Get to Greece
4. Swim with dolphins.
5. Retire before I hit 50 (as if!)
6. Get a new dog in fact several.
7. Buy a house, clear all debts and live happily ever after.
8. Make sure I've got clean underwear on if it involves a bus (that's what I was always told as a child).

Seven things I cannot do:-
1. Touch my nose with my tongue.
2. Speak French
3. Drive.
4. Yoga
5. Make filo pastry.
6. Fry eggs.
7. Read a book and then analyse it critically.

Seven things that attract me to blogging:-
1. Everyone I knew seemed to have one.
2. Being able to share my knitting with people who appreciate my output and recognise exactly what has gone into it.
3. Something to encourage me to develop a working HTML knowledge.
4. Meeting other knitters online via other people's blogs.
5. Being able to give vent to what I wanted to without needing to find a captive audience.
6. Knowing that people read my blog and appreciate what I post.
7. Its cheaper than buying your own website lol

Seven things I say most often:-
1. Banta poodoo (Star Wars quote)
2. Hello Moto
3. Bored!
4. Exsqueeze me (another Star Wars quote)
5. Frell.
6. Hello Trouble
7. Bbbrrrrrmmmm (I use this when talking to Lara)

Seven books that I love:-
1. Great Expectations
2. And Then There Were None/Ten Little Indians/Ten Little Niggers
3. Little Woman
4. Mazes & Monsters
5. Harry Potter
6. Doctor Who
7. Enid Blyton

Seven movies I watch over and over again:-
1 Great Expectations
2 Doctor Zhivago
3 Inn Of The Sixth Happiness
4 Star Wars Sextet esp Revenge Ot The Sith - its the Yoda thing.
5 Diamonds Are Forever
6 House Of The Long Shadows
7 Dracula 1972 AD

Seven people I want to join in too:-
If you want to, join in.

Know Your Friends meme (with some ammendments)

1) What time did you get up this morning?
8.60

2) Diamonds or Pearls?
Emeralds.

3) What was the last film you saw at the Cinema?
Harry Potter & Goblet Of Fire

4) What is your favourite TV show?
Dr Who

5) What do you usually have for breakfast?
Lunch!

6) Favourite cuisine?
I like food generally but if I had to choose a particular country would be Indian.

7) What food do you dislike?
Badly cooked or snails. I found snails to be tasteless rubber. The crunchy shells were a bit naff too.

8) What is your favourite CD at the moment?
I don't really follow music as such but I must get the new Kate Bush.

9) Morning or night person?
Most definitely night. Its lovely as you don't get stupid telephone calls asking you if you want to buy something.

10) Favourite sandwich?
Medium Cheddar cheese and blackcurrant jam.

11) What characteristic do you despise?
Arrogance. Also dislike those are intellectually lazy and refuse to work things out for themselves especially after showing them x times. I used to be an onsite IT support person and you always got the same people asking the same questions.

12) Your favourite item of clothing?
My fur lined..... oops no better not this is a public site ;) Failing that a green checked shirt I have had for 12 years.

13) What colour is your bathroom?
Half wooden panelling and half cream/ivory tiles.

14) If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be?
Egypt keep MM quiet as long as Dr Al-Hawazi doesn't appear. Is in all the programmes about Egypt, pharoahs etc.

15) Favourite brand of clothing?
Warm for winter.

16) Where would you retire?
St Mary Mead. It would be great having read all the books being able to beat Miss M to the murderer!

17) What was your most memorable birthday?
I have two. Either 4/5 can remember which for definite when I was living in Luton. The other is 22 when I got a labrador pup for my pressie :)

18) Favourite sport to watch?
None I absolutely loathe all of them.

19) What is your favourite shape?
Slim.

20) Chocolate or cheese?
Chocolate yummmmmmmmmmmm

21) What was your first car?
Never driven.

22) Any exciting news you'd like to share with us?
I'm off to meet my mother-in-law for the first time after being today 5 1/4 years at the end of February.

23) What did you want to be when you were little?
Big!

24) What is your favourite flower?
Scented rose without a doubt.

25) What date on the calender are you looking forward to?
24 February.