Tag: 30

In honour of my birthday on Monday, here are 30 things you may or may not find interesting about me…

1. By the age of one I could speak in full sentences.

2. I was born bald and only really got hair around my second birthday.

3. I was an only child until just before my seventh birthday when Matt was born (Cliff was born 15 months to the day later).

4. I used to dance ballet, modern and tap.

5. I broke my nose in standard 5 jumping on a trampoline.

6. The only thing I hate more than snakes is lizards, they are snakes with legs…

7. I have a ‘thing’ for vampires.

8. I was that kid in primary school that everyone teased, sometimes affectionately.

9. I never finished varsity.

10. My first job was working in a toy store, I think I lasted a month.

11. I can sing, badly.

12. I could never be a vegetarian, I love meat too much.

13. I could have done better at school but I was too lazy.

14. I am very uncoordinated, I drop things a lot, ask Paul.

15. I tell people I am 5 foot but really Im shorter than that.  Just.

16. I spent just over 8 months on a kibbutz in Israel.

17. I tell myself stories when Im lying in bed to put myself to sleep.

18. I almost always fall asleep after Paul.

19. I can read a novel in about 3 days, I don’t speed read.

20. I love salt!

21. I had naturally blonde hair as a child.

22. I have died my hair pretty much every colour except black.

23. I hate wearing make up.

24. I dont like touching anything fluffy (mohair, lint from the tumble dryer etc…)

25. I gag at the thought of wet paper.

26. I have been held at gunpoint in my own home, been smash and grabbed and been hijacked.

27. I LOVE South Africa.

28. One day I will live in Israel, maybe sooner rather than later.

29. I am beginning to be happy with who I am, I am a work in progress and thats ok.

30. The thing I love the most in the whole world is my family!