Friday, 11 February 2011

50 things about me


  1. married since 1992 to a Danish guy

  2. mother of a son born 1992 and a daughter born 1998

  3. a miracle that the daughter exists,as the PAIN and AGONY from giving birth the first time resulted in effective birth control for a looong time

  4. have a very low pain threshold

  5. Norwegian citizen

  6. lived in Denmark since 1990

  7. have also lived 3 years in Belgium and 1 year in Switzerland

  8. grew up north of the polar circle

  9. have a younger brother who is hilarious - and soon to be father of twins!

  10. love to laugh

  11. see my brother way too seldom

  12. good thing my son is growing into an hilarious young man; we laugh a lot!

  13. worst fear: that my kids aren't happy. content, safe, sane .. and alive..

  14. love to read good books

  15. love to watch good movies

  16. like travelling, but LOVE to come back home

  17. conscientious and hard working, always on time

  18. when off work; lazy and relaxed at times..

  19. love christmas

  20. and winter

  21. and autumn

  22. and cuddling in front of the fire

  23. coffee with warm milk, yes please, or a cup of black tea

  24. a pleaser, but have grown limits over the years

  25. can get really angry with a bang

  26. ½ an hour later forgot what it was all about

  27. have a big dog - a bull mastiff - and love him being so big

  28. and cute and adorable and fluffy

  29. If I win the lottery I will go shop amok in buying books and clothes - online..

  30. hate dressing rooms, and skinny meddlesome sales women...

  31. love comfy clothes and shoes

  32. enjoy baking bread and cakes... and to eat them...

  33. and to light candles and play cards or games

  34. speak Danish, Norwegian, English, French and German

  35. would like to learn Italian and Spanish

  36. love music, many genres, from classical Bach's "Air" to soft heavy like Def Leppard, Scorpions and Whitesnake. But also Prince, Backstreet Boys, Anastacia and many more

  37. International concerts attended in chronological order: Rod Stewart - Nik Kershaw - Pink Floyd - Prince - The Backstreet Boys

  38. love sushi

  39. have so far used the word "love" ten times

  40. and the word "hate" just once - that's a good thing ;o)

  41. don't like big hairy spiders

  42. get a hair cut every 6 weeks, and think it is too often..

  43. you can give me a hug, but no kisses

  44. A fan of respecting one's private space..

  45. favourite day off: no plans and a good book

  46. amazed at anyone reading this far..

  47. love wide open spaces.. and the ocean..

  48. get easily sea sick though..

  49. am fortunate to have a BFF!

  50. and a wonderful husband.

6 comments:

Anette said...

What a great list!! I particularly like nr 49! Ditto my dearest BFF!

Jocelyn said...

This is my favorite post of yours--you give self disclosure and help fill in many blanks for me. I beg you: write about yourself more often! I lufffff it.

Unknown said...

Love this post too! So interesting to find out so many things about you...wow! Amazing that you speak so many languages!

I love comfy clothes too and am constantly grateful that my job as a writer working from home means I can stay in my pyjamas all day!! :-)

Hsin-Yi

Marjie said...

5 languages? Amazing! What a wonderful list. Thor is glad Bundy made the list, and deservedly so.

Pearl said...

Very interesting! Have been lurking from Jocelyn's blog...

Pearl

monica said...

Anette: woop - woop

Jocelyn: it's just that some people are more interesting than others! The challenge was actually 100 things, and I had to..er, narrow it down..

Honey:thanks :) Hm - maybe I'll try coming to the office in my PJ's - see if anyone notices...

Marjie: it was difficult keeping Bundy in only 2 points...

Pearl The Lurk !! LOL - sorry... I've been lurking over at your blog too... might just comment one day...