100 Things about me
Just in case you’re interested, I thought I’d give you a sneak peak into my life. So here, in no particular order, are some random things about me:
- I hate being kept waiting. I think it’s just rude
- Don’t ever crunch an apple near me
- Never slurp your coffee/tea around me either
- I could never live without music
- Jeff Buckley is my favourite musician
- Wassily Kandinsky is my favourite artist
- I think in colour and patterns
- I went through a really shitty, shattering divorce recently
- I lost my feet a while back – I’m looking for them (I think they’re still here somewhere)
- Sometimes my mojo eludes me, along with my sense of humour
- I find it really hard to trust people
- I know three other women going through breakups and/or divorce at the moment – it breaks my heart and I wish I could do more to help them
- I love watching cricket, and soccer
- I currently drive a black Polo 1.6 and I love it
- It’s the first car I’ve bought and I’m proud of myself for doing that
- I’ve always been a loner, I just prefer my own company
- I am an Aries
- I have hazel eyes
- I’m a brunette and I colour my hair to make it even darker
- I have 2 teenage boys aged 14 and 17
- My youngest son’s laugh never fails to crack me up
- My eldest son’s talent never fails to amaze me
- I would die for them, no question, no hesitation
- I have my own business in the web industry – 8 years and still going strong
- My office is at home and I employ 5 people
- I suffer from extreme fatigue and constant migranes
- Most days, my back is on fire and I can hardly see straight
- I have very little patience
- I can be very moody
- I get bored ridiculously easily
- I read whenever I can find the time – currently working my way through all Marion Keys’ novels and short stories
- I believe in God but I don’t go to church
- My gran died in 1999 and I really miss her
- My grandfather was Dean of UCT Medical School
- I have an Xbox 360 and loads of games
- I suck at gaming, but I still have fun
- I can’t watch any movies with animals in, I just bawl
- I love knitting, but I can’t do anything too complicated
- I enjoy making beaded jewellery, but I haven’t done that for a while
- I live in Cape Town, South Africa, and I always have
- Summer is my favourite season, the sun energises me
- I could never survive in the UK, I’d go mental
- My dream holiday is to go on another cruise in the Caribbean
- I haven’t had a holiday for 4 years
- LOST is my favourite tv show
- I don’t drink very often but when I do, I normally have vodka orange
- I also enjoy beer and pina coladas
- I’m not happy with using someone else’s template – I want to design and build my own WordPress theme
- I have 4 dogs – all pavement specials
- I have 2 cats – both Burmese
- I have 2 half sisters – one in the States, one in Italy
- I stay in touch with them via Facebook
- I love Facebook – it’s allowed me to reconnect with the world
- I recently joined a gym – try to go at least 3 times a week and a personal trainer helps me
- I am a secret binge eater
- Grocery shopping is one of my pet hates
- Washing dishes and cleaning is another
- My house is normally in a mess
- Sometimes I stress that I can’t keep up with all the developments in the web industry
- I know I have to keep learning new skills but I never seem to have the time
- I hate telephones
- I’m 37 – sometimes I feel 17, sometimes I feel 77
- Enid Blyton’s “The Magic Faraway Tree” was my favourite book when I was little
- I use to have a phobia about driving – I only learnt when I was 24
- I don’t like fish but I’ll eat any shellfish with great gusto
- I can live without chocolate
- My dad lives in a caravan in Noordhoek – I miss him not being down the road anymore
- My mom lives down the road, and she works for me
- The shrieking kids next door irritate the crap out of me
- I have no desire to have any more children
- I don’t have a middle name
- I smoke Kent Menthol and I’ve tried to quit a few times
- I never smoked during my pregnancies
- I wish I was more creative
- I’m listening to Muse as I’m writing this
- No-one knows how to waste time quite like me
- I’m a procrastinating perfectionist – that’s a real problem sometimes
- I am very hard on myself
- I sometimes think I expect too much from other people
- I know I need to learn to be more accepting and forgiving
- I wear heels every day
- I have a “thing” for socks – I can’t resist a funky new pair
- I love my fireplace in winter
- I love my pool in summer
- I’d have a sea of fresh flowers around me every day if I could afford it
- I have no artwork on the walls in my house – I decided long ago that I would only put up things created by friends and family
- I want to paint again – to create art for the walls and to lose myself in the creative process
- I often dream about my teeth falling out or witnessing airplane crashes
- I wish I had a shower at home
- Sometimes I get too hung up on what people will think of me – it holds me back
- Back in the day, I trained as a chef and cooked for 2000 people at a time
- I now hate cooking
- A big house on the beach is my dream home
- I know that’s never going to happen
- I can be quite pessimistic
- But mostly I think I’m a realist
- Although I do occasionally have spontaneous sparks of blind optimism
- My eldest son thinks I’m “emo”
- I’ve been through a lot of crap and my view of life, people, and the world in general is pretty jaded
- I’m working on changing that