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:

1. I hate being kept waiting. I think it’s just rude
2. Don’t ever crunch an apple near me
3. Never slurp your coffee/tea around me either
4. I could never live without music
5. Jeff Buckley is my favourite musician
6. Wassily Kandinsky is my favourite artist
7. I think in colour and patterns
8. I went through a really shitty, shattering divorce recently
9. I lost my feet a while back – I’m looking for them (I think they’re still here somewhere)
10. Sometimes my mojo eludes me, along with my sense of humour
11. I find it really hard to trust people
12. 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
13. I love watching cricket, and soccer
14. I currently drive a black Polo 1.6 and I love it
15. It’s the first car I’ve bought and I’m proud of myself for doing that
16. I’ve always been a loner, I just prefer my own company
17. I am an Aries
18. I have hazel eyes
19. I’m a brunette and I colour my hair to make it even darker
20. I have 2 teenage boys aged 14 and 17
21. My youngest son’s laugh never fails to crack me up
22. My eldest son’s talent never fails to amaze me
23. I would die for them, no question, no hesitation
24. I have my own business in the web industry – 8 years and still going strong
25. My office is at home and I employ 5 people
26. I suffer from extreme fatigue and constant migranes
27. Most days, my back is on fire and I can hardly see straight
28. I have very little patience
29. I can be very moody
30. I get bored ridiculously easily
31. I read whenever I can find the time – currently working my way through all Marion Keys’ novels and short stories
32. I believe in God but I don’t go to church
33. My gran died in 1999 and I really miss her
34. My grandfather was Dean of UCT Medical School
35. I have an Xbox 360 and loads of games
36. I suck at gaming, but I still have fun
37. I can’t watch any movies with animals in, I just bawl
38. I love knitting, but I can’t do anything too complicated
39. I enjoy making beaded jewellery, but I haven’t done that for a while
40. I live in Cape Town, South Africa, and I always have
41. Summer is my favourite season, the sun energises me
42. I could never survive in the UK, I’d go mental
43. My dream holiday is to go on another cruise in the Caribbean
44. I haven’t had a holiday for 4 years
45. LOST is my favourite tv show
46. I don’t drink very often but when I do, I normally have vodka orange
47. I also enjoy beer and pina coladas
48. I’m not happy with using someone else’s template – I want to design and build my own WordPress theme
49. I have 4 dogs – all pavement specials
50. I have 2 cats – both Burmese
51. I have 2 half sisters – one in the States, one in Italy
52. I stay in touch with them via Facebook
53. I love Facebook – it’s allowed me to reconnect with the world
54. I recently joined a gym – try to go at least 3 times a week and a personal trainer helps me
55. I am a secret binge eater
56. Grocery shopping is one of my pet hates
57. Washing dishes and cleaning is another
58. My house is normally in a mess
59. Sometimes I stress that I can’t keep up with all the developments in the web industry
60. I know I have to keep learning new skills but I never seem to have the time
61. I hate telephones
62. I’m 37 – sometimes I feel 17, sometimes I feel 77
63. Enid Blyton’s “The Magic Faraway Tree” was my favourite book when I was little
64. I use to have a phobia about driving – I only learnt when I was 24
65. I don’t like fish but I’ll eat any shellfish with great gusto
66. I can live without chocolate
67. My dad lives in a caravan in Noordhoek – I miss him not being down the road anymore
68. My mom lives down the road, and she works for me
69. The shrieking kids next door irritate the crap out of me
70. I have no desire to have any more children
71. I don’t have a middle name
72. I smoke Kent Menthol and I’ve tried to quit a few times
73. I never smoked during my pregnancies
74. I wish I was more creative
75. I’m listening to Muse as I’m writing this
76. No-one knows how to waste time quite like me
77. I’m a procrastinating perfectionist – that’s a real problem sometimes
78. I am very hard on myself
79. I sometimes think I expect too much from other people
80. I know I need to learn to be more accepting and forgiving
81. I wear heels every day
82. I have a “thing” for socks – I can’t resist a funky new pair
83. I love my fireplace in winter
84. I love my pool in summer
85. I’d have a sea of fresh flowers around me every day if I could afford it
86. 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
87. I want to paint again – to create art for the walls and to lose myself in the creative process
88. I often dream about my teeth falling out or witnessing airplane crashes
89. I wish I had a shower at home
90. Sometimes I get too hung up on what people will think of me – it holds me back
91. Back in the day, I trained as a chef and cooked for 2000 people at a time
92. I now hate cooking
93. A big house on the beach is my dream home
94. I know that’s never going to happen
95. I can be quite pessimistic
96. But mostly I think I’m a realist
97. Although I do occasionally have spontaneous sparks of blind optimism
98. My eldest son thinks I’m “emo”
99. I’ve been through a lot of crap and my view of life, people, and the world in general is pretty jaded
100. I’m working on changing that