100 Things
- I am the daughter of two...
- sister of 3 (all younger)...
- ...auntie of 6 (soon to be 7!) - 5 of them (so far) boys...
- stepdaughter of one...
- sister-in-law of 3...
- step-sister of two...
- ...wife and mother of none (sniff...).
- I grew up on a farm, a real live cow farming farm
- and had lambs and calves as pets.
- I prefer cats to dogs but would prefer either of them over fish...
- but with fish I had to make do ... until Chino came on the scene.
- Chino's no longer with us, but before long there will be another cat 'round here...)
- I am a Christian by faith
- but an All Blacks supporter by religion.
- Which belies my nationality.
- I am actually also a new-ish Australian, because everyone knows that two nationalities are better than one...
- ...and so I can vote - I'm socially responsible like that.
- I get chiropractic - I have a very crunchy back and neck.
- I live in a garden flat...
- ... alone. Except for the cat
and Otto the fish. - I've lived in Auckland, Sydney, London and Washington DC at different times in my life.
- But I call Australia home when I'm in NZ...
- ...and NZ home when I'm in Australia. Trippy... I know - it's the expatriate's condition.
- I was born in the '60's but I don't remember them.
- I was born in April which makes me an Aries - but I think horoscopes are rubbish.
- I am a singer... for fun not for profit, though I have an advanced diploma as a singing major... I'm pretty good at it actually, but I get well scared of singing solos.
- My favourite perfume is Coco Mademoiselle - but that could change at any time.
- I work full time for a church. That's a good thing but it has it's challenges.
- I work as a website administrator...
- ... but I prefer the term Web Princess...
- ...I love to tweak html and mess with code - that makes me a bit of a tech head or geek... but I think I need to learn a whole lot more until I can really be called that.
- I've travelled Europe and the Continental US...
- ... and hardly travelled Australia...
- ...or New Zealand, for that matter.
- I speak high school French and would love to get fluent.
- I have been blogging for about 3 years and in 2005 I started my first novel.
- I was supposed to write 50,000 words in the month of November... but only got to 10,000.
- I take photos for fun, and am hoping to make a bit more money out of it...
- ... now that I have a digital camera.
- My laptop was a gift to me from a great friend... I love it all the more because of that...
- but my iPod is 'my Precious'...
- I have played MYST 1, 2 and 3,and 4, I'll play 5 once I've cleared my calendar...
- I love ebay.
- I have a really messy bedroom most of the time.
- I put that down to my inherently creative nature.
- I blame that too for the fact I HATE listening to people eat... I'm especially sensitive to noise...
- ...my shrink calls it skinlessness...
- ...apparently creative people have heightened senses - that makes it sound like a good excuse to me.
- I drink Coronas with lime...or tequila (Margarita's preferred)...
- or red wine actually...
- ...and if I had to pick a last meal it would be Roast NZ lamb with mint jelly and kumara and all the trimmings...[or maybe Kirk's corned beef]
- ... with cheesecake to follow.
- ...all washed down with a Barossa Shiraz.
- I'm comfortably upholstered...
- ...and waiting for will power to be bestowed on me from above to reduce the depth of the upholstery...
- ... it does occasionally but never lasts for long.
- I regularly have trouble sleeping.
- Mostly due to excess computer use.
- I listen to jazz and I love it.
- I listen to occasional gospel music and love that too.
- I used to go to sleep listening to my Dad playing his guitar.
- He still plays the same songs and they make me smile still.
- I'm an excellent aunty...
- ...I'd be a great mother too, but I make do with babysitting just to keep in touch with children...
- ...ok, so the cash doesn't hurt.
- I love apartment living.
- I have long-ish hair, but didn't grow it that way until my 20's. (Mother preferred it short.)
- I left home at 19, NZ (for the 1st time) at 20 and stayed away for 3 years.
- It was the best thing I ever did. It meant I missed the worst of the parental marriage breakdown...
- ...but coming home to 2 households was a bust...
- ...It's taken 10 years for it to be ok.
- My paternal grandmother is 99 and still looks after herself in her own home.
- I'm not sure if I want her genes or not... I guess it's better than my maternal grandmother's record. She died when my mother was 3...
- ...she died of breast cancer...
- ...she might have lived longer if she'd chosen to have treatment...
- ...but she didn't. She chose my unborn mother.
- I am most proud of [old fashioned] my middle name, because I share it with my mother and her.
- I only wear pyjamas when I'm going to sleep at someone else's house.
- I only wear my hair up on days I need to wash it.
- I walk for exercise. But clearly not enough..
- I have been a smoker. But have been clean for more than 15 years...
- ...sometimes I still miss it.
- ...and so I have one... and it totally grosses me out.
- I have had my writings published in a national magazine and an international e-magazine.
- I kill plants unless they are cacti and don't need watering above once a fortnight.
- I love all things French... thus, I am a francophile...
- ... I often wish I lived there.
- I love sailboats. One of my warmest memories is sailing in the Greek Islands.
- ...part of the warmth of the memory was kissing the ship's captain (who was old enough to be my father...*blushes*)
- I prefer staying in to going out.
- Being with too many people in one place makes me exhausted...
- ...but I actually don't mind meeting new people and I know how to have good conversation!
- I had to sit my driving licence 3 times before I passed.
- My first car was a1965 Riley Elf . It was green though.
- I am still bummed I sold it (for a profit too).
- These days I drive a Toyota (practical but boring).
- I don't tell anyone that I love Teddy Bears still (but only keep
24 on my bed). - I love to meet up with people I've met online. I have such a broad range of friends I would never have met otherwise.
- I could never be a vegetarian.
- It has taken me a week to come up with this list.
- Now you know more about me that most of my family!
