a.k.a. Dia...Betty
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I'm balancing life with Type 1 diabetes, a demanding job and an overwhelming desire to be a Mum. I started this blog to record my thoughts and feelings about life, the universe and everything after spending many happy hours lurking around the truly inspiring D-OC (Diabetes Online Community). I would love to be brave enough to de-lurk completely, but I've decided to blog under a pseudonym so that I have the freedom to write about anything and everything without compromising the privacy of my fabulous husband, lovely family, and caring medical professionals. I chose the name a.k.a Dia...betty, because although my name's not Elizabeth, my nickname at home has been Betty for as long as I can remember! Betty + Diabetic = Dia...betty! Then I discovered the Simpsons character with the same name. Not *really* a good image, but I'm sticking with the name all the same :) |
| Interests | Photography, Knitting (still a novice), Reading, Travel, Folk Music, Going to the Theatre, Africa, Cooking, History, Current Affairs, Sustainable/Green living, oh and of course Diabetes |
| Favorite movies | The Colour Purple, Touching the Void, The Big Blue (French language), The Shawshank Redemption, Man on Wire, Scrooge (the musical version), Yesterday (Zulu language), American Beauty, The Nightmare before Christmas, Singing in the Rain, Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources (French language), The Crow, Vertigo, Labyrinth, Biko, The Breakfast Club, Footloose |
| Favorite music | Jim Moray, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Crowded House, Split Enz, Aimee Mann, Kate Rusby, Kathryn Tickell, Neil Finn, The Decembrists, Ed Harcourt, Tim Finn, Martha Wainwright, Keane, A-HA, The Levellers, Midnight Oil, Sting, Sigur Ros, Tori Amos |
| Favorite books | 1984 by George Orwell, American Gods by Neil Gaiman, The Stand by Stephen King, The Corrections by Johnathan Franzen, The Ingenuity Gap by Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Africa: the Biography of a Continent by John Reader, Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido, The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson |
What's the best time you've ever had licking stamps?
Sending out my wedding invitations :)