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48 Things


You should know by now that I can’t resist a cool trend! So I don’t know why you ever thought I’d pass this one up! ;-) I saw this going around a little bit and thought nope…I’m not doing it. Oh, but who the heck am I trying to fool…I love these stupid surveys! I saw this one over at Pink Dryer Lint and refused to pass it up.

1- WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No. I guess I’m not that cool….nope I am still pretty awesome dudes!

2- WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
It is common knowledge that I’m a cry baby! Thursday I cried that talking to Hubby Dearest about a bug I found in the mince!

3- DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
I’m okay with it. I’d say it needs improvement but I prefer to type anyways!

4- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Yoah, dudes. You know that one with the olives and peppers smashed into it. That is the BEST!

5- DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Kids….oh you mean monkeys! Yes, two boys….no people they’re actually kids!

6- IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Totally. I’m like the awesomest person there is! Jeeze!

7- DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Sarcasm no…never….refer to question 6.

8- DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yea! Dudes, I’m like deathly afraid of surgery!

9- WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Completely and absolutely yes! Scared of surgery under a controlled and capable and experienced staff but tie a rope around my waste and have me jump of a bridge…I’m all over it!

10- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Muesli!

11- DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
No….that is just making more work. Once I get the laces where they’re comfortable I want the shoes to stay just like that.

12- DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
That depends….
Physically….I have given natural birth to two children and am training in running so kind of.
Mentally/Emotionally/Spiritually….that depends on the day, but I managed a cross world move for love. So most days I say yes.

13- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Rum and Raisin or Soft serve Vanilla

14- WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
If they have open toed shoes or no shoes…their feet…I have a fetish…not a good one. I hate ugly feet it creeps me out! Otherwise typically they’re eyes.

15- RED OR PINK?
ummm…pink (typical girl!)

16- WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
That I’m not more spontaneous. I used to be but kids took that away. I want to learn it again.

17- WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
That is so hard because I live so far away from my family. I’d say my dad though. I’ve always been a daddy’s girl.

18- WHAT IS THE TECHNIQUE THAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON THE MOST?
Are you kidding me man? What kind of question is this? ….maybe tact or I haven’t practiced breaking down a rifle lately….oh my needlework!

19- WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Brown sandles with turquoise jewels!

20- WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Oh a great healthy breakfast…no literally dudes. Muesli, plain low fat yogurt and honey.

21- WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Jacaranda

22- IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Some kind of greenish blue because it is my favorite color at the moment.

23- FAVORITE SMELL?
A lekker braai! Hubby Dearests body spray! The smell of my kids hair right after a bath. Oh and that smell just before it rains!

24- HOW IMPORTANT ARE YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS TO YOU?
In this country….sadly they have come to mean very little.

25- MOUNTAIN HIDEWAY OR BEACH HOUSE?
Do I really have to choose?? Okay….a beautiful open (lots of windows) hard wood floored and rustic antique décor’d lodge house on the side of a mountain surrounded in trees except one side which over looks an ocean with my own staircase down to the beach ;-)

26- FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
My FIL has gotten me obsessed with Cricket lately. But Rugby, American Football, and Nascar top my lists

27- HAIR COLOR?
Brunette.

28- EYE COLOR?
Blue.

29- DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Heck to the N-O!

30- FAVORITE FOOD?
Pasta…I could eat it everyday!

31- SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Scary movies mostly. As long as I have someone to hold onto!

32- LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Yesterday Hubby Dearest and I held a movie marathon Sunday and busted out the new Spiderman, The Dark Knight Rises, and Snow White (with Charlize Theron…true to our SA!)

33- WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Burgundy (can you believe I had to look!)

34- SUMMER OR WINTER?
Neither…I like the middle of Autumn…not to hot or cold.

35- FAVORITE DESSERT?
Dudes…CHEESECAKE…every variation everyday!

36- STRENGTH TRAINING OR CARDIO?
Cardio…but I do strength training because I need it.

37- COMPUTER OR TELEVISION?
If I have uncapped internet…computer. I can still watch TV that way!!

38- WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW?
Nothing…ooooh bad!

39- WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I’m a terrible computer owner….my mouse ain’t got no pad foo!
40- FAVORITE SOUND?
Laughter first thing in the mornings. Silence!
41- FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC?
one that makes noise….any kind of noise!
42- WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Technically I haven’t now because I am at my home now…but actually South Africa is the farthest from my original home.
43- DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Other than extreme sarcasm….oh that isn’t a talent. Well you just tell that to my mom! Truth be told…I’m once played violin. Sat first chair my entire life.
44- WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
In a barn…okay not really but Hubby always asks that because I NEVER close doors! ;-) DMH people DMH

45- WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW?
In the Valley. Dal Valley!
46- WHAT COLOR IS YOUR HOUSE?
Brick…no not the color it is actually BRICK lol
47- WHAT COLOR IS YOUR CAR?
A Goldish gray…..
48- DO YOU LIKE ANSWERING 48 QUESTIONS?
Oh yea…..

Shana..

TT-Valentines Day

Valentines Day isn’t a holiday Hubby Dearest and I pay to much attention to.

In all honesty, I look at it as a Hallmark holiday and just another reason for couples to end up fighting. It is not significant in our marriage because I feel we should make everyday our love known to each other and not focus one specific day for this reason.

Still, it is a highly marketed industry….Valentines Day.

There was a time though when it was a day that filled my heart with joy and anxiety.

I stressed endlessly about who I would ask to be my valentine and wonder if their answer would be a yes. Significantly, a yes would mean we would date, get married, and live happily ever after.

I would lie awake at night pondering who would possibly even ask me!

My heart would race as I began to peruse the options. My palms would become sweaty at the thought of writing their names on the cards. This was the big day. You made it or broke it on Valentines Day.

I had to find the perfect outfit. Shoes to match. And oh the hair….it had to be in place.

Today my mom would let me wear lip gloss to school. I know she would. She couldn’t let me be embarrassed on Valentines Day!

Oh…I’m talking about the fifth grade of course! ;-)

I remember it like it was yesterday.

In class we spent the days before working on the paper baskets we would hang from the front of our desks. As girls, we naturally gathered together and made extra effort at this task. It was like marketing ourselves. The prettier our basket of course the more cards we would get! ;-)

I had to know what cards everyone was buying. Heaven forbid my bestie and I BOTH showed up to school with the Minnie Mouse Valentines Day cards complete with matching envelopes and stickers!

The teacher allowed us to move our desks into a square shape that day. We could all see each other and gossip. (What we gossiped about at 10 years old I’m not sure of any more!)
But I had it all planned. He couldn’t be watching. He’d be talking to his guy friends about how stupid this day was! I’d saved the special card for him. You know the BIG one that usually was kept aside to give to the teacher.

I made sure to take extra time when writing his name in glitter glue. I’d sprayed just a tad of my body spray over it and sprinkled some confetti inside! No one would ever know his was different but he would see I’d spent the extra time on it!

We walked around putting cards in the baskets. Sighing as we dropped one in ‘that girls’ basket because our moms MADE us make one for every kid in the class. We giggled as we gave them to the boys and smiled (secretly wishing it will bring up our grades) as we handed the teacher hers.

My heart began to race as I walked up to the desk.

This was the moment.

The one single decision that would change my future forever.

This was the…..

The bell rings. The school day is over. WHAT?!?

We read our Valentines day cards at home. Alas…..I never did receive a reply and promptly after February 14 ‘the BOY’ started dating a friend of mine in the class. It lasted a WHOLE SIX days! They even swapped Pokemon cards!

I believe they broke up because he ate more popcorn that she did when they went to see a G rated movie with their parents.

‘The BOY’ is now a high school drop out who has two kids and just recently was released from jail for grand theft auto.

Okay not really but it does make for a better ending right?!?

We were silly back then and subsequently reality struck and I gratefully married a man I never even knew until I was out of school.

Valentines day has, thus, never negatively or positively affected my life. But watch….karma is a cruel mistress. This year Hubby Dearest will decide to be romantic and surprise me leaving me feeling like c-r-a-p for not doing anything for him ;-)

Time to get Lil Mister’s Valentines Day project underway…any good Pinterest ideas?!

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