I have been commanded to post – and so, to a meme… because inspiration is on the wane this week… brain is fried.
Seven things to do before I kark it…
1. Have babies (hmmm, small problem of absence of suitable sperm donor/life partner yet… tick tock, tick tock)
2. Go to Asheville NC (To visit Pash)
3.Sing with a Jazz quartet to a real live audience. (Could happen.)
4. Take an award winning photograph.
5. Speak French fluently
6. Sail off into the sunset.
7. Finish writing my bloody novel (10,000 down 75,000 to go)
7 things I can’t do
1. Tolerate noise well. (Food noise in particular, gratuitous superfluous noise generally).
2. Run (genetically predisposed to avoid overexertion).
3. Avoid getting sucked into crime shows on TV (or medical ones, for that matter).
4. Help but love my nieces and nephews.
5. Wait for my wedding night.
6 Abide people who think they have nothing left to learn.
7 Eat seafood without gagging.
7 Things that attract I’m looking for in my Beloved
1. The fact that he sees way more in me than I do, and knows just how lucky he is.
2 He can tolerate how intolerant I am about noise.
3. The way he smiles at me, like we’re the only ones who know.
4. That he has broad shoulders that could carry the weight of my world with grace.
5. That he loves God more than he loves me. And loves me more because of that.
6 That he is incredible with children and always has time to stoop down into their world.
7. That he knows how to and loves to laugh and includes me in the joke.
7 things I often say.
1. “Bugger!”
2. “Pardon Me?” (looking over the top of the laptop at Flick)
3. “Well thank you”, (instead of ‘Good”)
4. “Could you turn that down please?”
5. “I rock my own world” (well, if no one else will say it… )
6. “I love you” (to my family…)
7. “Really busy” (the general response to “How’s things?” It’s true but I hate that it sounds like I’m pretending to be important or something.)
7 films I would [probably not] walk over hot coals to see again on the big screen.
1. Amelie
2. The Lord of The Rings (ALL of them)
3. Pride and Prejudice (the Colin Firth One)
4. The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (with Alan Rickman as Marvin)
5. Love Actually
6. Life is Beautiful
7. The Passion of the Christ
7 books I have loved.
1. Anne of Green Gables (all of them)
2. The Saturdays series by Elizabeth Enright (ok… there’s a theme… I LOVE kids/young adults books)
3. The Hobbit
4. The Early volumes of the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon (but getting tired of the later ones)
5. The Bible (ok, a cliche but actually it’s awesome)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus (will revolutionise your Christian faith (if you have one!))
The End.

There is a guy in my world who actually goes by the name of “the Saunternator” and he has to be seen to be believed. He can do a Mick Jagger strut and pout that will render you immobile with mirth and not a little afraid of how freaking close it is…He’s loud an proud and completely indifferent to the social niceties of personal space and he’s an ever loving, good old Kiwi boy who loves footy, the real footy, Rugby Union footy. The kind they play in heaven.
It’s the kind of footy I’m a bit fond of too… It’s the Kiwi condition… born and raised steeped in blood, sweat, and the competition of two massive teams fighting for glory and honour. Arrggh arrgh arrgh… Hoo Yah.
Just prior to the beginning of the new Super 14 competition Saunter slings his arm around me at the office and [loudly] invites me to join his tipping competition. You know, the kind of comp where, each week, you pick the teams that are going to win, score points for every win you picked and the odd bonus if you pick a 4 try score. If you’re the biggest scorer by the end of the comp you ‘scoop the pool’ as it were…
Apparently I’m the glamour puss of the comp. Or at least, the only girl…
Anyway [here’s where I get to the point] he also fancies himself of a bit of matchmaker…
And it’s yours truly who he’s currently got in his sights… and so, here I am waiting for the phone call he’s [apparently] setting up…
I could be waiting a while… so until that happens… you can follow Dee’s footy tips if you like…
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Four jobs you have had in your life:
Checkout Chick
Bank Teller/Customer Service Rep
Nanny
Web Princess
4 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over:
Amelie
Dirty Dancing
Pride and Prejudice (the Colin Firth one)
Pretty in Pink (sorry, tragic ’80’s teenager)
4 Places You Have Lived:
London, England
Washington DC, USA
Sydney, Australia
Auckland, NZ
4 TV Shows You Love To Watch:
House
CSI:NY
Law and Order:Criminal Intent
CSI
4 Places You Have Been On Vacation:
Europe
Hawaii
New York City
New Zealand
4 Websites You Visit Daily:
www.ccc.org.au (weekdays only, if I can help it!)
Wibsite
www.singularscene.com
Gmail
4 Of Your Favorite Foods:
Roast Lamb and Kumuara (sweet potato)
followed by cheescake
and served with a Margaret Valley Shiraz
but the daily staple is a skim flat white from Dane’s
4 Places You Would Rather Be Right Now:
At home
In San Francisco en route to Asheville North Carolina
In a Swansea pub meeting the rest of the wibbers
Sailing from Vanuatu to New Caledonia on the Soren Larsen

Went to see Harry Potter … left after half an hour to throw up rather spectacularly in the Hoyts loos… Not because I didnt think much of Harry, possibly because my bod didn’t think much of dinner…
Will be back to decoration posting tomorrow…
Hopefully.