- I am the daughter of two…
- sister of 3 (all younger)…
- …auntie of 9 – 8 of them boys…
- stepdaughter of 1…
- sister-in-law of 3…
- step-sister of 2…
- …wife and mother of none.
- 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 he has was well succeeded by Lulubelle (Lulu for short) who is also no longer with us… so now I live with Sailor.
- I was once a Christian by faith
- but am still All Blacks supporter by religion.
- Which belies my nationality.
- I am actually also an Australian, because everyone knows that two nationalities are better than one…
- …and so I can vote – I’m socially responsible like that.
- I get osteopathic treatment – I have a very crunchy back and neck.
- I live in a first floor flat that I own, and I am embarrased about how long it took me to enter the property market.
- I’ve lived in Auckland, Sydney, London and Washington DC, and Melbourne 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 a degree as a singing major… I’m pretty good at it actually, but I after years of reflux, and stress, it doesn’t come so easily these days.
- My favourite perfume is Coco Mademoiselle – but I hesitate to wear it because of a salesperson’s ageist coments the last time I tried it on in Duty Free.
- I spent years working full time for myself. I loved being my own boss, but it wasn’t very secure, so I went back to being an employee.
- I work as a website project manager…
- … and coined the moniker the Web Princess when I was a solopreneur…
- …I loved 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 traveled Europe and the Continental US…
- … and hardly traveled Australia…
- …or New Zealand, for that matter.
- I speak high school French and would love to get fluent.
- I have been blogging since 2004.
- I can write gud but don’t do it very often lately.
- I take photos for fun, and once was hoping to make a bit more money out of it… hah
- My iPhone was ‘my Precious’… until I lost it. But I got a new one – and have had so many since then, that I can’t imagine life without one.
- I love to play video games, and bought a Switch during the pandemic… and then a PS5, becuase I’m now hooked.d
- I gave up ebay for FB marketplace.
- I have a pretty 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 gin and tonic and have a tidy gin collection.
- I drink red wine too actually… and white…
- …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 Cab Sav Merlot.
- I’m comfortably upholstered…
- …and while waiting for will power to be bestowed on me from above to reduce the depth of the upholstery… to this end, I joined a gym.
- … it didn’t last long…
- I used have trouble sleeping then I got old, or self-accepting…
- which is still a work in progress.
- 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 love apartment living.
- 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 took 10 years for it to be ok.
- My paternal grandmother passed away at 101 and only moved to a rest home in her 102nd year.
- 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 my [old fashioned] 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 years than I can count…
- …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 used to kill plants unless they were cacti and don’t need watering above once a fortnight. However, I currently have 3 plants and none of them are dead!
- I love all things French…
- … 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 license 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 4 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 than most of my family!
