- I am the daughter of two…
- sister of 3 (all younger)…
- …auntie of 5…4 of them 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 have to make do … my landlord doesn’t believe in pets with fur.
- I spent the majority of my life in organised religion (mainstream Christianity) but I struggle to use that label to apply to myself these days.
- but an All Blacks supporter by religion.
- Which belies my nationality.
- I am a naturalised Australian as well, 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 an apartment I bought with my very own money…
- …with a spare ‘oom, come visit.
- I’ve lived in Auckland, Sydney, Melboourne, 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 expatriates 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 worked full time for a church. That was a time I don’t regret, but which I cringe about now
- I work as a project manager or delivery lead of biiiig web projects..
- … but I prefer the term Web Princess…
- …I loved to tweak html and mess with code – that makes me a bit of a tech head or geek… but I got unstuck when Javascript became mainstream.
- 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 everrrr
- I was supposed to write 50,000 words in the month of November… but only got to 10,000.
- I take photos for fun.
- … 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 myD100 (Nikon) is ‘my Precious’…and my iPod is now my ‘semiPrecious’
- I have played MYST 1, 2 3, and 4 and I’m waiting on the price of 5 to come down on ebay.
- 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 espescially 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 gin and tonic (or gins and tonic)…
- 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…
- … 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 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 98 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 pajamas when I’m going to sleep at someone else’s house. And sometimes I even forget to take them with me…
- 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 10 years…
- …sometimes I still miss it.
- …and so I have one… 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.
- 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 a 1965 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 2 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!