I'm a big ol' copy cat.......

So there is this questionnaire going around at the moment and I thought I would join in on the fun - especially since my list of followers is growing. I thought it might give them a little extra on the person they are reading about. Thanks to the Jen, Alexis, Angie, Tamara and IamSweetpea who have already put one up - I love reading them!!

Getting to Know You...

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A
- Age: 44 - as of today - eek!!
- Annoyance: Kids who don't pick up after themselves and being woken early from a sleep-in (cos they are rare lol)
- Animal: Cats
- Actor: Denzel Washington

B
- Beer: Never drunk it
- Birthday/Birthplace: November 5 1965 - Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia
- Body Part on opposite sex: Eyes and hair
- Been in Love: Yes
- Been bitched at: Yes
- Believe in yourself?: Haven't for the longest time - but am starting to
- Believe in God: Not in the usual sense
- Before weight: 113.3 kilos (249.26 pounds) before my Optifast liquid diet - As of today 88.7 kilos (195.14) - almost a 55 pound loss so far. And not there yet!!

C
- Car: Metallic blue Ford Falcon X-pack sedan
- Candy: Werther's butterscotch
- Color: Purple (how many of us like this colour - amazing!)
- Cried in school: no
- Chocolate/Vanilla: chocolate
- Chinese/Mexican: Neither - Thai
- Cake or pie: Cake
- Country to visit: France - I almost made it to Paris but the train lines were frozen and no-one was getting in or out for three days - and we only had a few days left of our hol - so went to Amsterdam instead.

D
- Day or Night: Day
- Do the splits?: Used to - wouldn't like to try now lol

E
- Eggs: any which way
- Eyes: Dark green

F
- First crush: Mel Woods - 1st year high
- First thoughts waking up: Gotta pee - baaaaaaad
- Food: Almost anything goes

G
- Greatest Fear: Losing someone close to me - especially my husband or children
- Goals: To lose this extra weight and become the butterfly I always knew was inside
- Get along with your parents?: no
- Good luck charm: My family

H
- Hair Colour: Blonde
- Height: 5'6
- Happy: Yes!
- Holiday: Christmas break - great now the kids are older and it's not such hard work (they are off school for almost 8 weeks over summer)
- Health freak?: I wish - I'm just enjoying where I am now.. conscious of food yet not spastic about it
- Hate: Don't really hate anything

I
- Ice Cream: Butterscotch brittle
- Instrument: I used to play the piano - did lessons for six years

J
- Jewelry: Lots of gold and love sapphires
- Job: Fiction writer

K
- Kids: Four sons - Mitch 19, Mason 16, Jake 13, and Riley 9
- Kickboxing or karate: Used to watch my kids do karate - does that count?
- Keep a journal? Yes and I have this blog as well

L
- Longest Car Ride: 18 hours to move up north
- Love: feeling settled and happier
- Laughed so hard you cried: Not so much over the last few years but am re-learning this one
- Love at first sight: Lust perhaps - love.. hmmm verdicts not out yet

M
- Milk flavor: Brownes Coffee Chill (of which I have not had one in months and months.. wow.. that's actually amazing - I used to live on these)
- Movie: Man on Fire
- Mooned anyone?: No
- Marriage: I'm a big believer - it helps I have a great one
- Motion sickness? Never
- McD’s or BK: Neither

N
- Number of Siblings: One sister three and a half years younger
- Number of Piercings: Three in one ear (one up top) and two in the other
- Number: 18

O
- One wish: That my children all grow up to be good honest people and productive citizens

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- Place you’d like to live: The country - but where theres high tourism in summer - I love the buzz
- Perfect Pizza: Is there such a thing? Not big on pizza
- Pepsi/Coke: Coke - rarely

Q
- Questionaires: Love them
R
- Reason to cry: Any reason is a good reason
- Reality T.V.: Don't mind Beauty and the Geek
Roll your tongue in a circle? No - sounds like it would be a handy tool though

S
- Song: Insatiable
- Shoe size: 8
- Salad Dressing: something tart and flavorsome
- Skipped school: No
- Smoking: yeah - been there, done that
- Sing well?: What does a scalded cat sound like - that's me!
- Strawberries/Blueberries: Strawberries

T
- Time for bed: In bed by 10:30ish, asleep by 10.31ish
- Thunderstorms: EEK
- TV: Don't watch much

U
- Unpredictable: Can be sometimes - but try to live a calm life

V
- Vegetable you hate: Corn
- Vegetable you love: Baby English Spinach
- Vacation spot: Bali

W
- Weakness: Red pepper, parmesan and cashew dip
- When you grow up: Always wanted to write - living that dream
- Which one of your friends acts the most like you: Thought about this one - not sure any do - we are all so different
- Wanted to be a model?: For about three seconds when I was 16

X
-X-Rays: Had a few over the years

Y
-Year it is now: 2009
-Yellow: My mood - tis my birthday and I'm going shopping.. whoo

Z
- Zoo: Great learning tool for children
- Zodiac sign: Scorpio