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Hmm, where to begin?


1. I'm born on the cusp of Cancer and Leo, which means I'm bossy as all hell, but if you tell me that I'll cry. It also makes me a rather good organiser (of other people)
2. It takes me ages to fall asleep at night. It has ever since I was a child. Unfortunately it looks like the girls have inherited my trait.
3. I was born with jet black hair and dark brown eyes. My eyes never changed colour and are still dark brown (although do change a bit between dark and lighter brown).
4. M&M was born with brown eyes, and still has them. Kiki was born with blue eyes and at nearly 3 still has them
5. I have a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in Management and minor in Politics & International Studies.
6. I nearly finished my Education degree before M&M was born, but due to pre-eclempsia she was induced 3 weeks early, and I never finished.
7. My senior subjects at school were English, Maths B, Drama, Physics, Legal Studies & Chemistry for year 11, and switched to Economics for year 12.
8. I went to a rather exclusive, expensive private boarding school, despite having no money.
9. I am an only child
10. I have 4 step siblings, two step brothers (37 and 21) and two step sisters (34 and 23).
11. I spent 3 months in Germany when I was 15 on a student exchange.
12. In the first 17 years of my life, I lived in 3 houses.
13. In the last 10 years (yeah, I'm 27, oh, wait, I'll make that one it's own) I've lived in 9 houses,
14. I'm 27 years old.
15. I've had grey hair since I was 21. Shhh!
16. I've had 5 jobs in my lifetime: receptionist at a car dealership, check-out-chick at Woolies, Accounts at a charter boat company, typist at a law firm and executive assistant at a surveying company.
17. My first pet was a bitchy white cat called Anna.
18. Unless you count the fish I had when I was 13 - his name was Jelly and he lasted a whole 48 hours before I killed him.
19. I am NOT a gardener.
20. I really really dislike gardening.
21. Despite the fact I watched Burke's Backyard every Friday night when growing up.
22. I was born at the Royal Darwin Hospital
23. When I was living in Darwin, there were two channels, ABC and Channel 8.
24. We watched a lot of ABC.
25. There are 11 years between Hubby and me.
26. Our parents are roughly the same age (within 6 years of each other).
27. We both grew up watching classic English tv like 'Ello 'Ello, Bread, Open All Hours, To the Manor Born, The Good Life, Are You Being Served?, Yes Minister etc.
28. I still love all those old shows, but my favourite would have to be The Good Life.
29. Hubby and I would like to try one day to be self-sufficient.
30. I met Hubby while ballroom dancing.
31. My Dad met my step-mother ballroom dancing.
32. My Dad met my step-mother first.
33. My Dad met my mother at a ball, and they took ballroom dancing lessons together.
34. Hubby and I don't dance well together.
35. The last time we tried our teacher stormed out on us saying "I'm a dance teacher, not a marriage counsellor"
36. Hubby and I haven't danced in 4.5 years.
37. Despite this, we took part in a competition in Machester earlier this year.
38. We didn't win.
39. I wanted to be a stage manager when I was at school.
40. I'd still like to, in a volunteer capacity.
41. I prefer to be backstage rather than on-stage.
42. Despite this, I have had the lead in 2 local productions in the last 4 years, and performed in 1 other.
43. I have also directed a production, and produced another one.
44. I miss the work, but not the stress or dealing with egos in the theatre scene.
45. Including mine.
46. I am a drama queen.
47. So are my girls.
48. I did calisthenics from when I was 3 to when I was 11.
49. I competed twice at the national championships (1990 & 1991).
50. My mother was the wardrobe mistress for both competition teams, among others.
51. I don't sew.
52. Yes, I've tried.
53. I assume it skipped a generation.
54. My girls sound exactly like me on the phone.
55. I however, have a slightly larger vocuabulary.
56. I was never taught to cook
57. My husband is a better cook than I am.
58. I specialise in "basic" recipes. Apricot Chicken, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Sausage Casserole.
59. I like to read.
60. A lot.
61. As a child I read Baby Sitters Club books
62. It was an obsession.
63. I'll read just about anything now, but I prefer fantasy, historical fiction and anything that is a series with the same characters.
64. I don't read chick lit
65. Except Mills & Boon.
66. But only when I'm desperate.
67. My favourite series would either be Hitchhikers Guide, or the Axis Trilogy by Sara Douglas.
68. I also love David Eddings Elenium series.
69. But I don't like the follow on, Tamuli
70. I can't help but read them anyway.
71. Despite not liking chick lit, I'm a sucker for a good chick flick.
72. My favourite movies are hard to narrow down, but those I can watch over and over include: The Princess Bride, Love Actually, 10 Things I Hate About You, any Jane Austin movie, Notting Hill, Shakespeare in Love, The American President, Dead Poets Society.
73. I sleep on the left side of the bed.
74. With my back to Hubby.
75. Not because he smells, it's just how I sleep.
76. I also usually sleep on my stomach.
77. When I'm not pregnant.
78. I will probably be a perpetual student.
79. I enjoy studying.
80. My soft drink of choice is Lemonade
81. Except when pregnant, when it's Coke.
82. I have never smoked a cigarette.
83. I have never used drugs.
84. I drank regularly from the age of 16.
85. I blame my great aunt - she used to pour me a beer while we watched the cricket.
86. Yes, I watch cricket.
87. She would crochet while we watched. I would knit.
88. I have very few friends, but those I do have are very dear to me.
89. I am a very loyal friend.
90. Until you piss me off. Do I need a language warning for that?
91. I love my internet groups.
92. I spend way too much time on the internet.
93. I honestly don't know how to spend my time if I'm not on it.
94. I love Christmas.
95. I love celebrating birthdays.
96. I'm not a morning person.
97. I blame my mother for letting me sit up and watch car racing with her while Dad was on ight shift.
98. I have a slight Tupperware obsession.
99. I blame my mother for that too.
100. This post has taken me 10 hours to compose. I'm pretty sure that's a record for me.