101 Random Things About Me

1. I’m a Pisces. SlowCoach is a Leo. Our eldest child is Pisces. Our second child is a Leo. See a pattern emerging? Our third child is Aquarius…
2. I’m allergic to dust.
3. I was born in Hobart. I left when I was three. Came back at 8. Left at 12. Came back at 19. Left at 22. Came back in 1997 … I think I’m here to stay now!
4. I’m a soprano.
5. My favourite colour is green.
6. I’m 5′7″ (169cm) and I feel too tall. I hate being tall. I’d like to be short. High heels look nice on short people … They look nice on tall people too but then they’re even taller…
7. I’m the eldest of three children. Although I had another sibling who died from cot death at 5 weeks of age. I was nearly three at the time.
8. My grandfather is one of seven sons. I have three sons. I stopped at three…
9. I’m right handed.
10. Tinned asparagus makes me vomit. Just the thought of it makes me feel queasy. Cooked fresh asparagus can make me queasy as well. It needs to be crunchy or I’m staying far away.
11. I’m a cat person – not a dog person. If I’m going for a walk and I see a dog not on a lead I’ll cross the road. If it looks particularly mean (most of them do) and there’s no-one else around, I’ll turn around and find another street to walk down.
12. My grandparents are still alive. They’re 90 years old. Or is Grandpa 91? Not sure… They separated in 1971.
13. There are only two types of music – good music and bad music. I prefer good music.
14. I was 10lb 10oz at birth. My mother and grandmother both had enormous babies despite being tiny women. I’m not a tiny woman but I still had huge babies – two 10lb and one 11lb. In fact first born son would have been 12lb if he’d been full term. It’s no fun having huge babies. No – none of us are diabetic…
15. I drink no caffeine at all. I only drink herbal tea and don’t drink coffee at all. 
16. If I want caffeine I eat chocolate. 
17. The only things I ever drink are cammomile tea, water or alcohol. 
18. I rarely consume alcohol…
19. I first performed on stage when I was six. I was a fat little ballet dancer in a pink tutu. No doubt I looked like a graceless pig … 
20. My first memory of performance is reciting the Ugster Buggle poem at a variety concert.
21. My fingernails always break and chip and look terrible.
22. I get severely constipated every time I go on holiday. This should be interesting when we go to Asia for a month next year …
23. My father is an identical twin. His mother had identical twin brothers. My mother’s grandfather was a twin. I always wanted twins. Too late now…
24. I’m obsessed with the number three. When I’ve got nothing else to think about I count in threes – inside my head. I spell words in my head and rearrange the letters/spelling so it’s a multiple of three and that if you were touch typing you wouldn’t use the same finger twice in a row. Stupid huh?!
25. I have thick red curly hair. 
26. My brother, sister and father have jet black dead straight hair. 
27. My mother has wavy brown hair. I must have taken after my great aunt!
28. My husband is a red head (well technically a bald head now) and our three children are all red headed.
29. We cook at home every night of the week. No takeaways. Ever. Seems like such a waste of money and calories…
30. I can’t remember not being able to read music. It’s like I’ve always known it…
31. Ditto with swimming. I don’t remember learning and I can’t fathom why my children can’t float. How can you not float?!
32. My favourite TV show is All Saints. I was very upset when Mark Priestly (the actor not the character) committed suicide recently. Tragedy…
33. I am obsessed with books. If I’ve read it I have to own it. Books can NEVER be thrown away or sold or exchanged … I couldn’t sell my children. I can’t sell my books. I have a lot of books…
34. I adore food
35. I was bulimic in my early 20s
36. I love musicals
37. I use a macintosh computer and I LOVE it!
38. My first car was a bright red holden gemini
39. My father’s twin brother was moderately famous in the 80’s. Dad was constantly asked for autographs when I was a teenager and I hated it. Leave famous people alone.
40. I’m a greenie
41. I have a lot of difficulty getting to sleep
42. I have restless legs syndrome
43. I cannot knit
44. I have a post graduate music degree and a masters in journalism
45. I was named after Simone de Beauvoir
46. I started learning Spanish once
47. I love to dance
48. I’m not very good at dancing
49. I wish I could dance more – especially with my husband who refuses to dance at all
50. I adore Christmas
51. I love watching cricket
52. I can’t draw. Even my stick figures are bad …
53. I’m allergic to ironing
54. The only illicit substance I’ve consumed is one hash cookie. When I was pregnant…
55. I love bushwalking. Should do it more.
56. I started teaching the flute at age 14
57. There is a history of addiction in my family
58. I’ve fostered a child through Plan Australia since I was in university
59. I was born in 1966
60. I was born in the year of the horse
61. My poison of choice is gin and tonic. Tall glass with no ice thanks.
62. I am an E cup
63. My ultimate fantasy is to be surgically reduced to a C cup
64. I was married in 1992
65. My other fantasy is to spend our 20th wedding anniversary renewing our vows on a beach at sunset in Fiji
66. I don’t believe in God
67. I do believe in Angels
68. Yes Grandma – it is possible to believe in Angels and not believe in God
69. I own a black velvet ballgown
70. I’m not a solitary person
71. I have been having annual girls weekends with three best friends since 1988
72. I drive quite fast but not aggressively
73. My spouse drives fast and aggressively and it stresses me out no end
74. I always buy expensive shampoos and conditioners. In my hair they make a BIG difference
75. My favourite book genres are fantasy and biography
76. I love doing volunteer work
77. I am the eternal optimist
78. I have an ‘innie’ belly button
79. Morphine makes me hallucinate
80. I can taste preservatives in food – so we try not to eat foods with preservatives
81. All my children were born by caesarean – this was not a choice but a necessity
82. I can’t function properly in mess
83. My house is eternally messy
84. I think tennis is boring and pointless
85. I love to travel
86. I don’t understand quantum physics
87. I don’t care about quantum physics
88. I love chick flicks
89. My ears are pierced twice
90. Nearly all earrings make my ears red and itchy – pure gold only for me
91. I have never had a broken bone
92. My blood pressure is normal
93. My cholesterol is extremely good – whatever that means
94. I was born to be a mother
95. I’ve got green eyes
96. I’ve started wearing reading glasses
97. I have an exceptionally good sense of smell
98. I am clueless about wine. Red. White. Bubbly. What else is there?
99. I don’t have a lot of friends, but I usually keep the friends I have forever.
100. I love wasting time on the internet
101. I love to do random quizzes