A simple little A to Z, nope wait, there's no Z ... an A to Y meme!!

I was meme'd by Fizzy ~ I should learn to duck, (lol, purely accidental that one!) I can never avoid snowballs either ... thankfully it makes no difference here in winter as it usually only rains! Anyway, here goes ~ the A to Y meme ...

A ~ Age of your first kiss :: like a "boy" kiss? 14 - Adam Thompson, we were practising!! He had fabulous blue eyes.
B ~ Band you are listening to right now :: The Knack - Hey Sherona
C ~ Crush :: Pineapple and papaya, slightly more pineapple. Delicious - oh and currently Patrick Dempsey! Thanks Fi!

D ~ Dad's name :: Donald, like the duck ... generally shortened to Don or lengthened (by me) to Donaldo.
E ~ Easiest person to talk to :: this lot, in no particular order, we can jaw for hours!!

F ~ Favourite ice-cream flavour :: good quality chocolate ice-cream; not the stuff you buy/keep for the kids! And really sharp lemon sorbet - lemony & sharp enough to give you goose pimples. And I love affogado - good vanilla ice-cream swimming in a shot of really strong, steaming-hot espresso
G ~ Gummy worms or gummy bears :: no, neither, I don't like the whole wine gum thing ... give me a sour cola bottle instead - it's the goose pimples!
H ~ Hometown :: now Gillingham in Kent, previously Swansea.
I ~ Instruments :: A million years ago I tortured my parents and brother with my violin playing ... sorry M and D; not sorry Andrew ~ older sisters are there purely and simply to torture you!
J ~ Junior high :: like when I was 11/12/13/14? Is that junior high? Then it's Ysgol Gyfun Penyrheol, Gorseinon - £5 to anyone who can pronounce that ... other than Maria!! Or any other Welsh lurkers :o)
K ~ Kids :: 26 every day Monday through Friday; aged from 5 to 7. None personally at home ~ yet!
L ~ longest car ride :: Every time I visit my parents (or come back) we do about 10/11 hours or so as they live right down there in the south west of France. I travelled all around southern Africa in a Mitsubishi cattle lorry, but you didn't ask about the longest lorry ride did you?
M ~ Mom's name :: Lavinia, well actually Lavina ... she has just found out that it is incorrectly spelt on her birth certificate and so ALL of her French paperwork says Lavina. But everyone calls her Vin, 'cept I call her la vinaigre or Mammy (never Mummy ~ southern / posh English) 'cos I'm Welsh see!!
N ~ Nicknames :: Tuppence, Gladys (both by my father!), Melons (by Mario Romanello when I was in the 6th form in school ... I'll let you work that one out yourself!)
O ~ One wish :: World peace ... I could be Miss Congeniality!
P ~ Phobia :: spiders *runs away screaming*
Q ~ Quote :: "These are my principles, if you don't like them I have others!" ~ Groucho Marx or Lady Astor to Winston Churchill "Sir, if you were my husband I'd poison your drink." Winston in reply "Madam, if you were my wife I'd drink it!"
R ~ Reasons to smile :: sex, good food, friends and the things children say.
S ~ Scent :: Vanilla or Estee Lauder's Sunflowers.
T ~ Time you woke up today :: 5.32am ... desperatly needing to wee! What? Too much information? But it's a meme - you get to know EVERYTHING!
U ~ Unknown fact about me :: I have double jointed thumbs.
V ~ Values :: I value love, honesty, friendship and my freedom.
W ~ Worst luck with :: Cards; sheesh, poker ~ a measly 80p win tonight ... I'm not giving up the day job to go and wipe the floor with them in Las Vegas!!
X ~ X-rays I've had :: Ankle, wrist & spine.
Y ~ Years since I've been to church :: I go every term with the kids ... we have a groovy priest, he splashes the kids with the water from the font and has a stuffed pig called "pig"!