About Me

I was going to use my list of 100 Things About Me here but decided I would try and be original and write something new.  What do I think people want to know about me?  Here’s my top ten 45.

1. I love shoes
2. I live in Melbourne, Australia
3. I am obsessed with taking photos
4. I love to go on holidays
5. I am gulp 45 years old
6. I live with my husband and our cat, Teddy Westlife and our dog Rambo.
7. I work for the Victorian Government
8. I am tall and blonde, with green eyes
9. My hobbies are blogging, photography and watching sport on TV
10. Going out for breakfast is one of the great joys in my life
11. I hate housework, and I have a lovely cleaning lady who takes care of it for me
12. I am a very good cook
13. Did I mention I love shoes?
14. I used to be a good tennis player.  Now, not so much
15. I like reading.  A lot.
16. Polar bears are my favourite animal and I am lucky enough to have seen them in the wild
17. George Michael is the best performer I have ever seen live
18. My favourite pet was my rottweiler Maxine
19. I have one sister, no brothers
20. If I could justify paying someone to do my ironing, I would
21. I Facebook, but I don’t do games.  Stop asking me to feed your pets in Farmville
22. I have an iPhone and three iPods, two iPads, an iMac and a MacBook Air
23. You might say Steve Jobs was my god
24. I’ve been to Antarctica
25. I’m pretty sure I said this already, but I love shoes
26. I do not eat peas and beans.  I will pick the peas out of fried rice
27. I finished school in 1990, completing Year 12 at 16 years of age
28. My degree is in Information and Library Management
29. I don’t work as a librarian, and haven’t for over 15 years
30. I still haven’t decided what I want to be when I grow up
31. I don’t drink beer
32. I didn’t attend my 10 or 20 year high school reunion
33. I am a champagne snob.  I only like the expensive french stuff
34. We do not have any children, and do not intend to have any children
35. This infuriates my mother, who takes it as a personal slight that I will not make her a grandmother
36. She’ll get over it one day
37. I get along very well with my mother-in-law
38. I’m quite obsessed with real estate, even when I have no reason to look
39. You can have all the chips in the house, but if you eat all my chocolate I will cut you
40. I’m pretty sure George Clooney would adore me if we met.  The feeling would be mutual
41. I’ve mentioned the shoe thing, right?
42. I wish I could play the piano
43. I know that easter egg chocolate is different from regular chocolate, and better
44. I went to see the ballet once and was bored senseless
45. My favourite comedian is Ross Noble

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