Meme – A Bit of This A Bit of That

October 11, 2016

Questions for kids

A friend posted these questions on FB and I grabbed them for my kids.

Starting with Faith

What is your name? Faith
How old are you? 5 and a half
When is your Birthday? December
What is your favorite colour? I don’t know. Blue or pink
What is your favorite food? Sausages and chocolate ice cream and Choco (chocolate milk drink)
Who is your best friend? I don’t know I have a lot of friends. Noa.
What is your favorite song? Something on a minecraft video and Let It Go
What is your favorite animal? Lions
What are you scared of? I don’t want to tell (whispers snakes and spiders)
What makes you happy? My taggies and stuffed doggy
Where is your favorite place to go? To the Gymboree
What do you want to be when you grow up? I don’t know. I want to do everything
What does love mean? That you love people.

And now for Aaron

What is your name? Aaron. Jacobson.
How old are you? Do I say 8 and a half or 9? Ok 8 and a half.
When is your Birthday? 5 November
What is your favorite colour? Red
What is your favorite food? Pizza!
Who is your best friend? Noam
What is your favorite song? I don’t know what it’s called. It’s a Minecraft song. I think it’s called I’ll Make A Cake.
What is your favorite animal? Hamster
What are you scared of? The internet dropping
What makes you happy? That I see Noam all the time
Where is your favorite place to go? Uncle Matthews house
What do you want to be when you grow up? That’s very hard. Oh easy! Youtuber!
What does love mean? For me? I dunno. Nothing.

September 21, 2016

Me me meme

So I’ve seen this floating around Facebook recently and since I havent posted anything this week, I figured why not…

Are you named after someone? Yes, I am named after my dad’s late sister, Natalie. My actual name is Gina-Natalie.
When was the last time you cried? I actually cant remember the last time I had a real snot en trane (snot and tears) cry. I do tear up at least once a day because of something I’ve read online or because something reminds me of someone I’ve lost, but no real tears.
Do you like your handwriting? Sometimes. If I’m not rushed.
What is your favorite lunch meat? Thin sliced turkey breast.
Do you have any kids? Aaron and Faith 🙂

Do you use sarcasm? Me? Use sarcasm? Never!
Do you still have your tonsils? Nope.
Would you bungee jump? Hell no!
What is your favorite cereal? I don’t really eat breakfast and never cereal. It gets soggy and that’s just yuck.
Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? No.
What is your favorite ice cream? Plain ol’ vanilla.
What is the first thing you notice about people? Their smile and if its genuine or not.
Red or pink? Red.
What is the least favorite thing you like about yourself? I am not patient enough with my kids.
What was the last thing you ate? Mac & cheese for dinner last night.
What are you listening to right now? The sound of the aircon in my office.
If you were a crayon what color would you be? Something in the blue range.
Favorite smell? The first rain of the season.
Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? The mom of one of Faith’s friends.
Hair color? Really? I have no idea. Reddish, brown with blondish tips??
Eye color? Green.
Do you wear contacts? No.
Favorite food? Sushi.
Last movie you watched? Captain America: Civil War.
What color shirt are you wearing? Black with a white lace pocket.
Summer or winter? Neither, I prefer Autumn and Spring. But if I HAD to choose it would be summer. I hate being cold!
Hugs or kisses? Depends who’s giving them.
What is on your phone lock screen? A picture of my family taken a year ago at Rosh Hashanah.

What did you watch on T.V. last night? Star Trek: The Next Generation. Season 5 Episode 18 to be precise.
Favorite sound? Gentle rain on a tin roof.
Rolling Stones or Beatles? Stones!
What is the farthest you have traveled? Between South Africa and Israel.
Do you have a special talent? Not letting the stupid drive me crazy?
Where were you born? Johannesburg, South Africa.

August 14, 2016

#Zombieprompts – Share some old family photos

I have a whole wall full of family photos (and a whole bunch of much more recent family pics that need to be printed and put in frames and hung up).

My absolute favourite photo is this one.

We are not entirely sure who he is. We think he may be my moms grandfather. I found the photo when I was going through my grans old photos. She had photos from her wedding, photos of her brother and other important family photos and then this one. There is no writing on the back and Paul is convinced its just the photo that came with a frame. But…

I dont think frames came like that back in the day. It wasnt in a frame when I found it, just tucked in loose with the others. And, he looks like my grans brother. Definitely family!

July 21, 2016

#ZombiePrompts – Whats in my handbag?

I’ve done this before, take a look here and here.

I currently have the following items in my bag:

Wallet (the Knomo wristlet purse from the first handbag post above, a little worse for wear but still going strong).
- My ID
- My bus/train card
- Various store club cards
- Bank Card
- Medical Aid cards for me and the kids
₪1 in coins (now in my wallet).
House keys.
Cell charger and adapter.
Headache and tummy ache pills, just in case.
A broken plastic ring that I told Faith I would try fix.
3 random pieces of paper.
A card with 4 hairbands on it (I tend to lose or break them at an insane pace and I cannot have my hair loose).
Sunglasses (when they are not on my face).
Deodorant because its hot as hell and I don’t want to stink.
A bottle of water because its hot as hell and I don’t want to dehydrate.

Not so much stuff and I’m pretty proud of myself for not having too much junk in there either.

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016

#Zombieprompts – If I won the lottery…

Oh boy. I can spend hours and hours fantasizing about what I would do. Mostly I think I would be practical though.

First off, I would buy/build a house. I would make sure it was perfect. Specifically the kitchen. I have a kitchen fetish and a huge board on Pinterest with many, many clever ideas I would like to include.

Then I would put away money into a trust for the children. A nest egg for them. For their education, weddings, first home, travel, whatever they need/want.

I would pay off all our debts.

Then, I would take a holiday. We would go somewhere fun, lots of site seeing, lots of food, lots of relaxation.

And then I would put what was left into an investment for our retirement and I would go back to work and living my life.

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016

#Zombieprompts Week 19

Keep a gratitude journal for a week and share the entries.

Oh man, not only am a waaaaaaaaaaaaay behind on these posts but I need to keep a journal for a whole week? Nope not going to happen.

I will tell you what I am grateful for right now.

Summer
2 beautiful healthy children
A surprise visit from my mom last week
A good job
Being able to order sushi for lunch at work
Awesome public transport
My new bra ((boooooobs))
My husband who made dinner last night
The beautiful city I live in

May 18, 2016May 19, 2016

#Zombieprompts Week 18 (so so very behind!)

If you were to run a Kickstarter campaign, what would your project be?

Right now it would be to manage a down payment on a house in Israel.

You need 20% cash (minimum) down payment and the housing market here is insane.

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016

#Zombieprompts Week 17

What are your biggest long term dreams?

So Im a week late with this one but I have a good excuse, its been Pesach and my mommy in law was here and I’ve been on holiday.

My biggest long term dream? Living completely debt free. Simple.

Photo of the Bahá'í Gardens in Haifa by Paul — Photo of the Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa by Paul

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016

#Zombieprompts Week 16

Show your readers 5 different ways to decorate pumpkins.

Whoops, a bit late with last weeks prompt 🙂

So I have only ever decorated/carved a pumpkin once. It was messy and fun and easier than I expected. This is what it looked like.

I was pretty proud of it. You can see the entire ‘how to’ here.

If I were to decorate more pumpkins I wouldn’t carve them. Way too messy and gooey.

I would rather do something like the images below.

April 13, 2016

#Zombieprompts Week 15

Write the beginning of a scary story and let your readers decide what happens next.

The rain was coming down harder, the icy pellets stinging her bare arms. She stopped walking at the cross roads, her eyes darting to the sides, into the dense bushes along the road. She knew she wasn’t alone, she just didn’t know what else was out there, watching her. A loud crack of thunder sounded at the same time the lightning struck, illuminating the road ahead. Nothing but a long dark road, flanked my tall trees, bending almost double in the wind and rain. She started walking again, a little bit faster. The sharp staccato sound of nails on tar made her heart beat faster. She didn’t turn around, just started to run.