I'm not a good sport

I really think I was never any good at playing tag - you know the type - the first to get caught and then unable to catch anyone else. Nothing has changed accept now it's blog tag and I don't have to physically run anywhere.
MMcT tagged me so I'll do my best to play along, but since I've borrowed all of her blog friends to become my blog friends, I'm in the same old boat. No one left to catch. We'll see.


1.What are your current obsessions?
Ans: Reading, mostly Agatha Christie. Marketing and publicity for our business which is under a strain from the "global financial storm".

2. Which item from your wardrobe do you wear most often?
Ans: Yep, knickers. I never go anywhere without them. Then jeans and shorts. I'm pretty basic.

3. What's for dinner?
Ans: We just had crumbed pork steak with cole slaw, tomato, minted pineapple followed by cheese and crackers.

4. Last thing you bought?
Ans: Eggs benedict at a breakfast business meeting. Before that it was a duplo garbage truck yesterday for Lion and Dragon. I promised it to them months ago and I can't remember why.

5. What are you listening to?
Ans: The sound of my computer fan whirring in the background and teenagers gathering in the park at 10PM.

6. If you were a god/goddess who would you be?
Ans: The goddess of children so that no child would have to suffer abuse or disease or starve or die.

7. Favorite vacation spots?
Ans: Tasmania. All of it.


8. Reading right now?
Ans: Mostly my typo's in this post, but also a collection of Miss Marple short stories.

9. Four words to describe yourself;
Ans: TIRED, complex, blessed, optimistic

10. Guilty pleasure?
Ans: Staying in bed till 9am on a cool (we don't do cold in North Queensland) morning with the quilt over my head.


11. Who or what makes you laugh until you’re weak?
Ans: The funny things kids say and do. Situations and people who (unintentionally) remind me of TV sitcoms.

12. Favorite thing to do in the summer?
Ans: Go to Tasmania for a holiday. They think it's hot if it gets to 25 degrees C in Summer.


13. Planning to travel to next?
Ans: Maybe Brisbane to visit family or Tasmania in 12 months or so for a holiday.

14. Best thing you ate or drank lately?
Ans: Mr Sunshine brings me porridge and coffee in bed every morning (except on breakfast meeting mornings). It is the best meal every day.

15. When did you last get tipsy?
Ans: About 10 years ago one of my friends kept giving me a fresh wine cooler every time I finished mine and it was a very hot day and I was drinking them like cordial. I couldn't stop giggling.

16. Favorite ever film?
Ans: The same as MMcT - The Princess Bride. It's got everything except swearing.

17. Care to share some wisdom?
Ans: Smile at strangers - it's more contagious than swine flu.


18. Least favorite thing about driving in the Boondocks?
Ans: Dirt roads that fill every nook and cranny of the car with dust.

19. Least favorite part of your day?
Ans: Trying to wake myself up in the morning.

20. Favourite Christian author.
Ans: John Dickson. He's an Australian author and writes in a very down to earth Aussie way. He makes difficult subjects easy to get a grip on. I recommend If I Were God I'd End All The Pain.

Rules of the meme.
Respond and rework. Answer questions on your own blog. Replace one question . Add one question. Tag 8 people.
Now let me see...
Can I tag tomorrow. I need sleep. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I've been tagged, now you have to.

Now I've been tagged by Chimera when I thought I had escaped. So here goes (tune out now if you want to, surf the web, check out eBay or the weather. This could get boring.)
1. name: Grannysaurus, Sweetheart, Darling, Princess God Botherer, Father Ted, Grandma, Mungma (2 y.o. Dragon's version of Grandma), Grandma Excavator, Grandma Thunderbird 3, Grandma Frog (etc from imaginative 4 y.o. Lion)
2. birthday: 2 May 1955
3. wear silver or gold: prefer gold, but wear either when I can get it
4. favorite restaurant: anything with decent food and good service. Maccas does not rate!
5. favorite junk food: Chocolate of course
6. favorite candybar: Cherry ripe usually, but it varies as long as it has chocolate in it.
7. favorite candy: Licorice allsorts
8. favorite store: Myers
9. favorite online store: The great thing about online stores is the variety - who wants to pick one out as special.
10. do you collect anything: I have a small collection of fine china. My favourites are Hummel figurines. NOT figurines of Hummel autos - figurines of little children. Hummel is the artist. She was a German nun.
11. favorite movie: Maybe "To Kill a Mockingbird" with Gregory Peck, but I have many favourites and they are mostly G rated.
12. favorite book: Like Chimera it's more like favourite authors. Grisham, Ellis Peters, Peter Tremayne, Terry Pratchet, Terry Brooks, St Paul . . .
13. something you could never get enough of: Tasmanian scenery (I love it)
14. favorite band: The Monkees music is still catchy (I'm a 60's child, remember)
15. favorite indulgence: Can I say chocolate again? But then there is good quality wine, solitude, all day with a good book, acting like a kid with my grandkids.
16. something you never buy yourself but want: more photographic gear, but I think I have plenty, more than enough really.
17. favorite color: Depends on my mood, but never orange, rarely yellow; mostly lavender.
18. something you are wishing for right now: sleep
19. favorite symbol: Believe it or not, I have often thought about this. No, really I have, because I think that the symbol of the cross (as special as it is to Christians like me) is not the only, or the best symbol to represent Christians. If we could come up with something that represented and reminded us of the empty tomb, it would be more central to what our faith is about. If Jesus had died on the cross, but not come back alive from the grave, our faith would be for nought. So I don't have a symbol of an empty tomb, but if I did it would be my favourite.
20. who are you tagging: If you are reading this, consider yourself tagged. Since the blogs I follow are generally very busy mums, I don't want to put pressure on anyone even though I would love to know your answers. If you are not one of the blogs I follow I would still like you to consider yourself tagged, but please stop by to introduce yourself and leave me a link to see your answers.