Me meme…

Ok, found this here, here and here!

Age – I will be 32 this year.

Bed size –King size extra length.  I used to have a regular double, then I moved in with Paul and I will never be able to sleep on anything smaller ever again!

Chore you hate – Cleaning the bath tub.  It never comes clean enough no matter what I do.

Dogs – 3 Daschunds, Salami, Bandit and Stuart.

Essential start to your day – I am not a morning person, it takes me at least an hour to thaw out, regardless of what time I wake up or how I start my day.

Favourite colour – Black.  It goes with everything.

Gold or silver – Platinum, white gold or silver.

Height – I am just shy of 5 foot.

Instruments that you can play – I took piano lessons as a kid with the intent to play the harp.  I sucked at it.  I cannot read music!

Job title – Card Controller

Kids – Aaron, 3 years 5 months old and Faith, 4 months old.

Live – Jozi!

Mom’s name – Lindy

Nicknames – G, Gi, Geen, GMama, Gnat (an amalgamation of my full name, Gina-Natalie)

Overnight hospital stays – So many, where to start… Tonsils as a child, many many teeth taken out as a child, 2 burst eardrums as a child, fixed a broken nose as a teenager, stayed for two nights for IV antibiotics due to a HS cyst on my lip, the birth of each of my kids and there are possibly more I have forgotten about…

Pet peeve – People who pull out to the right to turn left (and vice versa), kids not strapped into car seats, people who chew with their mouths open or talk with their mouths full, bad grammar and some more pet peeves here.

Quote from a movie – Martin Riggs: “Flied lice?” Uncle Benny: “Flied lice? It’s fried rice, you plick.” – Lethal Weapon 4

Righty or lefty – Righty.

Siblings – 2 brothers.

Time you wake up –Whenever the baby wakes up.

Underwear – G-strings during the day, boy shorts to sleep in.

Vegetables you dislike – I eat pretty much anything.  I dont like peas though unless they are the Koo baby peas out the tin.

What makes you run late – Paul! He runs on what we call Jacobson time… drives me nuts!

X-rays – Nose, teeth, hips.

Yummy food you make –I bake pretty well and I make a pretty mean roast chicken.

Zoo favourite animal – I like the primates and the elephants.

A meme by any other name…

I found this over at Wenchy’s blog!

1. Something that makes me a great friend is my loyalty.  I am there for my friends, no matter what!

2. I am tired.  Two weeks of sick kids is taking its toll on me.

3. I am not a smoker.  I quite about 10 years ago.  I still have the occasional craving for a Camel Light!

4. If I had to describe myself in 3 words, honest, clumsy, determined.

5. Something I’m really cheap about is shoes.  I am really hard on shoes.  They don’t last me more then two seasons regardless of if I buy cheap shoes or expensive shoes.  So I usually go for the cheap ones.

6. Something I’m willing to splurge on good food.

7. I would trade my ‘African’ bum for a C cup chest.

My first Vlog…

I hate hate hate being in front of a video camera.

It all started in Std 7 drama class.  I loved drama, I was actually pretty good at it.  Until the day we were given a random topic and told to create an advert/news clip for it.  Then we were asked to sit on the stage while the teacher pointed a video camera at us and the whole class watched.

I froze.  Dead.  Deader than dead.  I started to sweat.  I forgot my own name.  I felt dizzy.  My tummy was in knots.

I didnt take drama in Std 8…

The thought of doing this vlog left me feeling slightly nauseous and shaky and my tummy started knotting.  Then I remembered my resolution to push my bounderies and decided to just do it!

So, here it is, my very first (possibly my last) vlog.

Be gentle please.

<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/22018752″>Untitled</a&gt; from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user6634242″>Gina Jacobson</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>

You can find Jenty’s post here 🙂

Oh and Sass did one too!

5 things I’m tired of…

Marcia from 1, 2, 3, Blog asked us what 5 things we are tired of.  Since I havent done a meme in a while I thought I would do this one, just not sure I can stop at 5 things O_o

  1. Whiny children! I know Aaron is only 3 but Oh. My. Hat! He has lost the ability to talk and can only whine. It is driving me insane!
  2. Being vomited on.  Faith is still having reflux issues despite being on Losec.  The pead suggested going onto Nestergel or Thick and Easy to help settle her tummy before a feed.  Hopefully that works because having to change 3 or 4 times a day (both of us) is becoming old.
  3. Being hungry all the time.  Really I know I need more calories if Im breastfeeding but I can eat 2 lunches and 2 dinners and still be hungry… WTH?
  4. My car.  It is almost 12 years old and is starting to show its age.  It needs a service so badly it might just drive itself to the mechanic.  I really want a new car, a Honda Jazz would be great 🙂
  5. My neighbours.  They are so fracking loud.  At 10pm on a Sunday night you dont need to have a conversation at the top of your lungs in you driveway, which is right outside my bedroom window. No really, you dont!

So, what 5 things are you tired of?

Rock on dude!

I found this on Facebook and decided to do it on this here blog 🙂 I have changed a few things so that the photo I used is not a copy right image etc…

  1. ‎Go to Wikipedia and hit random article. The title of the first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
  2. Go to Quotationspage.com and hit random word. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
  3. Go to Random Word Generator. The word listed under “Random Verb” will be used as the search term in step 4.
  4. Go to FlickrCC and enter the verb from step 3 into the search box. The third picture on the top row that comes up (no matter what it is) will be your album cover.
  5. Use photoshop or similar (picnik is a free online photo editor) to put it all together.

* I have done something similar before, check it out here 🙂

Dinner Date

Megan posted this today and asked us who we would invite to dinner and who would cook.

Here goes…

  • Nelson Mandela (yes I know its a cliche but the man is an inspiration)
  • Sean Connery ( I could listen to that man talk for hours)
  • Princess Diana (I would love to hear her side of the story)
  • Albert Einstein (so he could explain to me, in baby talk, the theory of relativity)
  • My dad (I miss our conversations, also he would have come up with some great questions for my other guests)

As for who would cook, I think I would get take out, lots of different stuff, Chinese, Italian, Mediterranean, South African, sushi, shwarma, pizza, mezze, pap and gravy, hot dogs, borsht.  Why?  I think it would be interesting to see what my guests woud choose to eat 🙂

So, who would you have over for dinner and who would cook?

Another meme, yes Im being lazy!

I found this meme on Twistygirl’s blog and like she says, I quite liked knowing what to blog over the last 30 or so days.  So here goes, a 10 day meme this time!

Day 01: 10 things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day 02: 9 things about yourself.
Day 03: 8 ways to win your heart.
Day 04: 7 things that cross your mind a lot.
Day 05: 6 things you wish you’d never done.
Day 06: 5 people who mean a lot to you (in no order whatsoever)
Day 07: 4 things that turn you off.
Day 08: 3 things that turn you on.
Day 09: 2 smileys that describe your life right now.
Day 10: 1 confession.

Day 30 → A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

*You can find the list of links of my full 30 Days of Truth here.

Dearest me,

I love that you are carrying our 2nd child.

I love that you have an amazing family.

I love that you are brave enough to talk about PND and depression in general and that you have the courage to do something about it.

I love that you were able to finish this meme, even when some of the questions were a bit naff or redundant.

I love that you are becoming comfortable with yourself, including all your flaws, both physical and emotional.

Most of all I just love you!

Love always,

Me 🙂