25 Things

Heres one i prepared earlier


1. I like to say I'm 5ft but to be honest I think I think I am shorter

2. My favourite colour is green (and I hate red)

3. I can get from one end of my house to the other in 10 steps (and I have short legs)

4. I don't like lollies, fizzy drinks, pancakes, doughnuts - they make me sick.

5. I have never broken a bone although I have dislocated my elbow twice.

6. I have had my learners license for 7 years now....

7. I am addicted to taking photos!

8. I make big babies - and make it look easy getting them out.

9. I know all the words to Hi-5

10. I wish I could cook better!

11. This last week I have become the shortest in my family, I think I am shrinking.

12. I got married at 18 - 6 months after meeting Mark and 6 months before Keira was born. And we are still really happy!

13. I spend way more money on the girls clothes thank I do on my own.

14. I have never been stung by a bee (or wasp)

15. I am a sucker for anything chocolate!

16. I am scared of birds.

17. I can't stop plucking out my leg hairs with tweezers - I hate shaving.

18. I LOVE SAND!

19. I get excited when something grows in my garden, when I successful cook a yummy dinner, when Keira goes on the toilet, when Maddi sleeps.

20. If you make me laugh too much I will probably just pass out.

21. Im scared to move away from home.

22. I love it when Mark plays the piano and sings to the girls - awww

23. In school I topped art and sewing - and haven't done a thing since.

24. This year I plan to travel somewhere! Even if it is just to the South Island - I cant believe I have never been there before.

25. I have the 2 cutest little girls in the world!!!! They are mine and I love them!

Edited by Daizy

Lol Daizy are you on facebook by any chance?

1. My husband & my daughter are my dreams come true. I'm so stoked to have my wee family.
2. Friends rock my world. People make life what it should be.
3.We have a poodle... and I actually like him :)
4. I gave up caffeine when I was pregnant
5.I have a one track mind when I want to do something. However that something can change from day to day
6.I love orange and it all started with a plaster cast
7. I get on with my inlaws
8. I'm learning to take photos - then actually print them.
9. Gerbera's are my favorite flower
10.I had a kermit birthday cake when I was 3
11. I'm moving to the country in March/April (when our house is on its site) and I can't wait!
12.Straw bale construction is really cool
13. I learned Japanese from form 1 to 4
14. I'm currently eating a banana
15. I don't remember the last time I went to the hair dressers
16.My youngest brother is 5
17. wish I had seen more of NZ, so we are going campervanning around the south isl. in winter
18. I have a nasty fear of driving
19. I rode a horse a year ago for the first time in about 8. I rode for 10 years before that.
20. Jandals are the best footwear
21. My cat, womble, has been through 4 generations of women
22. I'm a clean freak
23. I'm learning to enjoy being in the kitchen.
24. I have to learn by making my own mistakes. And plenty I've made!
25. I am a true FB nerd

Edited by Flake

1. My daughter currently has red hair.
2.I secretly hope its going to change (I couldn't stand for her to get teased)
3. I love butterflies - but don't have enough of a garden to attract any
4. Im 5 foot and 1 and a half inch. The half inch matters!!
5. I adore cadbury tiramisu chocolate - and sit down to eat an entire kingsize block on my own once a fortnight.
6. My favourite colour is purple.
7.I hate folding laundry.
8. But I love washing it and hanging it out on the line!
9. My favourite hobby is reading (can be even better if done while doing #5)
10. I really enjoy making baby food.
11. My dog is 3, and I've never had him registered.
12. I'm still afraid of the dark.
13. I think I'm addicted to bebo.
14. I believe that we have a mummy tummy so our children have somewhere soft to cuddle.
15. I hate making my partner's morning coffee. I still can't have 1 or my daughter won't settle for her morning nap.
16. Because pre-pregnancy I drunk an average of 8 cups of coffee a day.
17. I was living in australia while I was pregnant.
18. My mum visits me at least 3 times a week.
19. I'm worried that my SIL doesn't like me.
20. I'd like to become a nurse - but don't know if I'm strong enough to.
21. I never thought I'd still be breastfeeding at this point in time.
22. I wish my daughter slept through the night so I could leave her with her dad for a few hours and go out to catch up with my mates.
23. I've been afraid of spiders since I was bitten 7 times as a child.
24. When I was 7, my cat brought me an eel and put it under the bed - when I got up and told Dad that I was scared of the eel and could he please come and get rid of it, he told me I was dreaming.
25. I love horses, but can't ride.

1. I love doing things like this
2. I hate my husbands new job & the hours that he's away from home
3. I think I might need to go back to work this year
4. I helped my son buy a laptop yesterday, it's flasher than mine
5. I brought myself some pretty summer pjs today
6. I'm sitting here in my pj pants because they are comfortable
7. I have closed the curtains and turned the air con on to cool the house down
8. I have blue eyes
9. I don't know what my natural hair colour is
10. I love American Idol
11. I am addicted to Black Forest Chocolate
12. I'm addicted to Coke Zero too
13. I love watching Reality TV shows
14. My children are my life
15. Cooper needs a haircut but I don't want to cut it
16. I dont know what number I'm up to
17. I'd love to get a tattoo but I'm too chicken
18. I have a canary called Monday and a cockatiel called Willow
19. I walk everywhere or catch the bus
20. We are going to Fiji in 6 weeks *woot*
21. I haven't got anything out for dinner yet
22. I'm going to be an aunty in 5ish weeks
23. I have 2kgs to lose and then I've lost 10kgs since having Cooper
24. My husband is 7 years younger than me
25. I think this is number 25

Wow random things.

1. I've had a crush on DF since I was 16.
2, I miss the puppy I got with my ex.
3. I'm scared sh**less about having these babies.
4. DF keeps finding reasons to not give up smoking and it annoys me.
5. My partner's family is absolutely amazing and without their support I probably would have lost my mind by now.
6. I have 5 siblings, 13 nieces and nephews and 1 great-niece.
7. I really want lamb for tea.
8. I'm not looking forward to my hen's night.
9. Mum ran over my favourite cat Ginger (and it devastated her).
10. I'm a daddy's girl.
11. I hate Jacka$$.
12. I would love to go back to work part-time after these babies are born, or study instead of working.
13. I can't wait until we start our renovations.
14. We have rats in our ceiling that won't go away no matter how much bait we put down.
15. I don't get on with my next oldest sister at all (my only full-sister).
16. DF's sister is my only bridesmaid.
17. I get on really well with DF's ex.
18. My favourite drink is cranberry juice.
19. I like eating Milo straight out of the packet.
20. I need some pyjamas before Thursday.
21. I love old school hot rods, speedway and V8s.
22. This is kind of hard.
23. I played hockey for 11 years, including at representative level.
24. I also played netball, basketball and tennis.
25. I'm glad this is 25

This is great, I really enjoy reading everyone's

Gosh its quiet around here today.

Am loving reading though peoples lists. And glad Im not the onlt crazy one who eats all the milo before it makes it into drinks

1. I spent the day making ice cream
2. Tomato ice cream is now my new favourite
3. I hate reaching into a bag of pototoes because the sprouts scare the heck out of me
4. I completely suck at console games
5. I feel guilty that I drop Zoe at daycare 3 times a week while I'm a sahm.
6. I love being in the kitchen. It feels really comfortable.
7. I was born in Greymouth
8. I went to school in Napier
9. I study part-time
10. I've almost been married for 3 years
11. I put on 30kgs when I was pregnant with Mia
12. I've got 18kgs to lose
13. I don't have a middle name
14. My favourite movie is Labyrinth
15. DH and I are looking at buying a house
16. We wish we could afford to build
17. I live up the road from my in-laws. I love them to bits, but sometimes wish we lived further away
18. I can eat a whole block of chocolate without feeling sick
19. I have every Nigella Lawson cookbook
20. I love chocolate, but don't like chocolate favoured things like milk, cakes etc.
21. I love vanilla milk shakes
22. I love going to the supermarket.   Somes I go every day.
23. I like Christain Bale, even after his rant
24. I'm addicted to buying cook books
25. I love english creme eggs more than nz creme eggs

Missy_girl - tomato ice cream??? Tomato???
I guess I shouldn't knock it til I've tried it *lol*

1. I'm English and have been in NZ nearly 3 years.
2. I would NEVER move back 'home' (this is my home now)
3. I love the sax - I own own one but I'm not very good on it.
4. I can't wait til baby is out and can have a McD's chocolate milkshake
5. I'm worried about our finances now I'm not working
6. Red is my favourite colour.
7. Roses are my favourite flower
8. I'm a positive person (most of the time!!)
9. I laugh wierd - straight from the belly, all belly and shoulder shaking!
10. I'm an ex-adrenalin junkie - bungee jumping and skydiving were 2 of my favourite things
11. I have learned to ride a motorbike but never sat my full test on one
12. I'm crap at parking my car
13. I love the smell of washing that's been dried on the line
14. I'm sad that my mum and my 18 year old sister won't be able to visit me any time soon
15. I'm currently mad keen on experimenting in the kitchen (unfortunately sometimes with disastrous results - I've never been a cook haha!!)
16. I hate my hair and haven't found anyone in NZ who can give me a manageable cut
17. I'm very overdue for an optician check-up
18. I'm terrified of the dentist
19. I hope baby gets my small ears and nose, not DH's ones!
20. So does DH.
21. Christmas is my favourite time of year (although it's not quite the same without my family)
22. DH's parents are applying for NZ residency at the moment - I am praying they are accepted.
23. I miss fine wine...NZ wines are the best.
24. My love affair with NZ started 10 years ago when I was backpacking
25. I LOVE Lionel Richie and am gutted I can't go see him later this month. (okay that one might be slightly embarrassing - I don't tell people in real life *lol*)