100 things you didn't really need to know about me!

1. My birthday is March 16th.

2. I learned to read when I was three years old.

3. I don't like wearing dresses or skirts

4. I love wearing low heeled, elastic sided boots.

5. I got my first camera when I was 9 years old.

6. I have never drank milk or milk based drinks.

7. I left school at age 15.

8. My favourite book of all time is Ken Follett's "Pillars of the Earth".

9. I don't watch television.

10. I like plain, gold jewellery.

11. I am married to an American but have never been to the USA.

12. I have very fair skin and sunburn in minutes.

13. I have broken two bones; one in my foot and one in my hand.

14. I would rather wear a cast on my arm than use crutches.

15. I have successfully sued Safeway.

16. My husband, eldest son and youngest daughter all share the same birthday.

17. My favourite fruit is the rambutan.

18. I have no interest in politics at all; local, national or world.

19. I got married for the first time when I was 19.

20. I got married for the second time when I was 39.

21. I consider telephones to be a necessary evil.

22. I like having email buddies and getting emails from them.

23. I am descended from convicts who came to Australia on the First Fleet in 1788.

24. My husband is my best friend.

25. I like coming home from work when no one else is home.

26. My favourite drink is fresh brewed coffee.

27. I love reading newspapers but hardly ever have time.

28. I am estranged from my parents and like it that way

29. I am the only female employee at my workplace.

30. I have visited ten countries.

31. I have no ambitions to be a professional photographer.

32. I live on the longest road in Australia.

33. I live within walking distance of where I work.

34. I hate going to the hairdressers.

35. I don't like buying new clothes or shoes.

36. I don't like science fiction or science fantasy movies or books.

37. The only time in my life I ever had a migraine headache it lasted for ten days.

38. I love eating hot toast with crunchy peanut butter.

39. I was born in a bush nursing hospital.

40. I like Australian country music.

41. My family hates my choice in music.

42. I used to play classical guitar but have not played it in over 20 years.

43. I have a very low opinion of women who seek alimony from their ex-husbands.

44. I like knowing "guy stuff" about computers.

45. I don't like electric kitchen appliances except the kettle and the toaster.

46. I can write neatly and legibly with both hands.

47. My first digital camera was a no-name brand 640x480 piece of crap that I bought for $199 and sold 18 months later for $159.

48. My favourite childhood memories are of staying at my grandparents sheep station in the NSW outback.

49. I don't drink alcohol and yet for three years I managed a liquor store.

50. I am more inclined to treat food as fuel for the body rather than an experience for the taste buds.

51. I prefer silence to inane chatter or background music.

52. I don't like people reading out loud to me.

53. I wear Lou Lou perfume.

54. My second digital camera was a Fuji MX-500 which I bought 2nd hand on eBay and sold 18 months later for the same price I paid for it.

55. I don't like sports of any kind.

56. I love living on a major highway.

57. My website is a great source of pride for me and I keep it updated regularly.

58. I have learned to hang up the phone on telemarketers.

59. I don't like people who interrupt conversations.

60. I would like to live in Tasmania.

61. I have the ability to retain a lot of information about certain subjects.

62. I don't like being dependant on other people.

63. I would rather read a good book or take photos than do just about anything else.

64. I don't like having nothing to do.

65. I have one set of grandparents who are still living and have been married for over 65 years.

66. I have no interest in outer space, extra terrestrials or space craft.

67. I hate shopping and I especially hate browsing in shops. I always know exactly what I want to get, buy it and leave.

68. I have an excellent memory for names and details but I can never remember phone numbers.

69. I am never late for anything and have no patience for people who are.

70. I am not scared of spiders or snakes.

71. My right kidney is located in my pelvis but works perfectly.

72. I am an internet junkie.

73. I don't particularly like other peoples small children.

74. My favourite photography book is Steve Parish's "Photograph Australia"

75. When I'm bored I write really long emails to some of my friends.

76. I love entering online photo challenges, and sometimes I win them.

77. I have none of my photography displayed anywhere in our house.

78. I like visiting Melbourne but wouldn't want to live there.

79. My second favourite book is Bryce Courtney's "The Power of One".

80. All of my four children were born a few weeks early.

81. I love being married.

82. When I was a teenager, I saw Abba live in concert.

83. I used to sell antique china and glass on eBay.

84. My computer gets upgraded every few months.

85. The biggest surprise I got last year was when a friend sent me a Canon 35mm f2 lens.

86. I don't like people calling in unexpectedly.

87. My husband brings me coffee in bed every morning. What a guy!

88. I wear graduated lens glasses, another term for which is bifocals.

89. I started working fulltime at age 15 in a newsagency.

90. I have no sense of direction, get lost easily and can't read a map.

91. My favourite stage show was "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat".

92. I don't cry easily and I am not very sentimental.

93. When I was 16 I appeared on a TV program and decided I never wanted to become an actress.

94. In 2000, I went to a class reunion intending to stay for only an hour. I stayed six hours and had a great time.

95. If I were six inches taller, I'd be the perfect weight for my height.

96. I like buying stuff from online dealers because it means I don't have to go to a real store.

97. I feel less guilty when I order a diet coke with a Big Mac.

98. I have the ability to completely shut out the world when I have my face buried in a good book.

99. One day I waxed my husbands bare leg while he was sleeping in a chair. He levitated.

100. I never, ever run out of things to say ;-)