Archive for the ‘trivia’ Category

1. I am an Aussie who should have been born European, as I hate the sun and sand which Australia is famous for.

2. I am a brunette, but I’ve been blonde before for a couple of years. That was hard work – and I had to bleach the crap out of my hair to get it past that orange stage. I came to my senses eventually and although I don’t have anything to blame any stupid cockups I make on now, I much prefer my dark hair.

3. Speaking of dark hair, I now have three dark hairs which spring up regularly on my chin. I have to pluck them out but most of the time one of the kids have pinched the tweezers, so I end up walking around like looking like I’m taking testosterone supplements.

4. I prefer baths to showers and only take a shower to wash my hair, which I do once a week as it is just frizzy and flyaway if it’s washed more frequently.

5. I have a teeth brushing phobia – I hate watching people brushing their teeth and seeing foam in their mouths. It makes me gag. I have to look away when a toothpaste ad comes on tv. When I brush my teeth I’m careful to switch my brain off and not dare to look in the mirror as I can’t stand the sight of it. I think it stems from my mum washing out my mouth with soap when I was young for ’swearing’ (ie saying something like ‘bum’ or ’shut up’)…

6. I went to a Catholic school for most of my education. I am an ex-Catholic but parts of the brain washing still lurks inside my head.

7. I met my husband, a professional musician online.

8. I met my ex-husband at Ayers Rock, in the centre of Australia. He was rude to me when I tried to make light talk. I should have learned then and there.

9. I twirl my hair alot – I’m a nerve wracked person. I get it from my grandma.

10. My pop was my all time favourite person in the universe. He died about 6 years ago from leukemia. If there is life after death he’s the one person I am looking forward to seeing again.

11. My nose is crooked. You can notice it in photos like on my driver’s license.

12. My best features are my ears – that’s scraping the bottom of the barrel for you!

13. I have very sweaty palms at times, I presume because of my nerves. When I was a teen I used to be really embarrassed and asked the doctor if there’s an operation to stop it – there is but it’s a dangerous one so I opted out of it.

14. I like meeting new people, but don’t like being the ‘new’ person in a group of people who already know each other.

15. My favourite colours are purple and yellow.

16. I like interior decorating, and especially love the challenge of decorating on a budget.

17. I cannot paint to save my life. I am hopeless at seeing colours and reproducing them on canvas.

18. I used to be a Mrs Beaver super-mother type when the kids were young. I was pedantic about keeping the house clean and looking good – I even colour matched the pairs of clothes pegs when I hung out the washing.

19. Now I’m a depressed lazy slob. I’ve learned there’s more important things in life than having matching clothes pegs.

20. I love to write but don’t think I practise enough.

21. I think I’ve got ADD, hence the above point.

22. My second eldest daughter looks exactly like me, so I’m told, only prettier, slimmer, and younger.

23. I went to uni when I was 32 but had to defer for a couple of years when I fell pregnant.

24. I did the same course twice, at two different unis, accidentally, and only realised it when they started talking about meanings in texts etc.

25. I studied anthropology, Roman history, and journalism for one semester before deciding it wasn’t for me.

26. I skipped many of my lectures as I didn’t have the patience to sit through them. I passed uni down to my dear friend coaching me before exams and giving me the notes in dot points.

27. When I was a baby, I got around by wriggling on my bum instead of crawling.

28. I grind my teeth at night, and sometimes bite my tongue.

29. I have a very sweet tooth, and don’t like savoury things much.

30. Consequently, I like sweet alcoholic drinks such as baileys, midori and malibu rum.

31. My favourite foods are chocolate and cherries.

32. My favourite animal is the gorilla, and maybe the elephant.

33. My dad was a sailor in the Australian navy where he met my mum, a nurse in the navy.

34. My dad is now semi-retired, and my mum is a teacher. They are both in the Falkland Islands right now, where my mum is teaching.

35. I became a teacher and teach primary school – from prep to year 7.

36. The second from the biggest toe on my right foot is slightly shorter than the others.

37. I like to sleep on the right side of the bed, on my right side. Sometimes I’m sure I’ve slept all night in the one position.

38. I love gadgets – new mobiles, computers, etc. My latest purchase was an infra-red room measuring gadget from ebay.

39. I have a heap of photographic studio equipment which I hardly use. I wanted to do children’s photography but I’m not motivated enough.

40. I had gestational diabetes during my last pregnancy.

41. I had a tubal ligation during the c-section when I had my last baby.

42. I am missing wisdom teeth – I wasn’t born with any. That could explain things…

43. I drive a 15 year old car which is falling apart, and I still have two years of paying it off.

44. I lost my virginity at age 18 at my sister’s house. I told her about it years later and she was shocked and amused.

45. My ideal home would be in a cottage in Scotland, somewhere where it snows and doesn’t get so stinking hot in summer!

46. I have Scottish, English, Irish and German ancestors. Somewhere back there was a plantation slave owner too. No convict ancestors though.

47. I don’t like cats after my ex kept a particularly horrid one which kept shitting and peeing on the floor, and I was the one who had to clean it up all the time.

48. I own a heap of power tools and would do woodworking (just like my dad and my pop) if I had a good shed to keep everything in.

49. I love the pokies, and I’ve won $1200 in the lottery once. My dad won a $40,000 car in an art union a few months ago, and my folks have won a couple of ‘biggish’ prizes ($3000 – 5000).

50. I am trying to write a novel, unfortunately, it won’t be before I turn 40 – which is only 2 months away now.