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Theres a tagging chain letter going round. Someone writes 5 things you might not know about them, and passes it on to 5 friends with blogs by tagging them.

A meme.

I got tagged. And if i’m to play the game, I need to respond to Dom and Nico with five things you might not know about me.

1. I was Tyne & Wear Table Tennis champion 1991-1993.
My nemesis was a girl called Sam Goldberg, who was a dangerous cheater and had a nervous twitch that involved sliding her gold earring in and out of her ear.

2. I used to have my tongue pierced.
It lasted around 8 months.I finally took it out because it got boring and wasn’t appreciated by the opposite sex.

3. I have an eyebrow scar.
When I was about 2 years old, in a spanish restaurant I sat, food all around my face. I started clambering out of my highchair, reached towards my dad, who, seeing the mess I was in, stepped away… Spanish tiled floor - my face.

4. I was almost lost as a child.
This involved ‘hide and seek’ with my dad at the Quayside in Newcastle, a police search, and the dredging of the river Tyne.

I was eventually found playing happily with two kids at an indian wedding.

5. I am genetically my father’s daughter, and my uncle’s daughter.
Work that one out.

And thus having completed my task, I pass the gauntlet to:
1. James
2. Mamma-muu
3. Maria
4. Toby - a pictorial response?

Nico’s dad is the human duracell bunny! He is super-gino! With a sparkly-eyed italian and a love of spaghetti, he just winds himself up and gets down to work.

This time it was our new floors. Lovely brown oiled wood from Kährs that were extra special because of their beveled edge. Now I never took myself for being one that got excited about bevels, but these bevels are tasty!

So after a rather hectic week, what with nico driving nights in sweden, Death Cab gig and new job drinks, Gina et mamma muu’s plane was delayed and they arrived way past my bedtime. However, there they were, at the crack of friday, with nico, ready to do the floors.

During the laying nico found a hole in the wooden floor and in true nico-style quickly wrote a time-capsule letter and popped it down there. It was titled “Hello I’m a note from 2006″. If you find the wee thing in the future, do give him an email. Apart from the note, the nuzzaci’s adopted a ‘ferrari’ - a sir ken of hover (who is sans bag!)

Saturday saw me take a girls day out shopping with mamma muu. I don’t know what it is with these nuzzaci’s but, as nico agreed, she is to shopping what gino is to laying floors. So while we were playing cowgirl shootemup in john lewis, the men were back at home watching the football and tackling to trickiest part of the floor. I did purchase some lovely new trousers from BEUK off carnaby street. Its got to be my favourite, and therefore most dangerous, shop in london.

A MASSIVE thankyou to Gino, Mamma muu, nico and Gustav for all their hard work and careful laying skills.The flat is now a completely new being. I think gustav is especially pleased as he has a trendy new loft bed which will require dexterity of sleeping and strong jumping skills.

My only worry is that I will turn into one of those screaming home-owners who is constantly nagging people to remove their shoes and awakens, hot and sweaty at night from a nightmare where a massive hamster is making scratches on their floor. Oh well.. should that be, I will embrace it. Monica-dom here i come!

Check out nuzz’s blog for further details on flooring.