From blue milk.

1) Five names you go by

Mama

My IRL name

Mrs Newman (This is my married name, which I do not use except occasionally I’ll get called it by assumption, but it really isn’t me)

Raye -from friends, diminutive of my IRL name

Squirt - Well I don’t really go by this anymore (fortunately). It was my nickname in highschool because I was a little squirt.

2) Three things you are wearing right now.

Cream coloured shorts (hate them, but need to get some washing done, so its all I’ve got right now)

Stripy t-shirt (Bleach accident has rendered some parts of the navy stripes pink so this is officially a house shirt)

Comfy underwear

3) Two things you want very badly at the moment.

To finish my thesis without too many sleepless nights

To have completed the Christmas shopping as quickly and painlessly as possible

4) Three people who I’d like to see fill this out.

Luli, Hellonhairylegs and the person reading this!

5) Two things you did last night.

Hosted a Christmas party.

Stayed up late drinking cocktails.

6) Two things you ate today.

Party left overs and candy coated peanuts.

7) Two people you last talked to on the phone.

My mum and a well-mannered friend who rang to thank my husband and I for our party. Can I just say that most kids of my generation do not have manners like and this and don’t even RSVP properly - little lone thank the host with a nice phone call.

Two things you are going to do today.

Go to bed early (oops, getting a little for that)

Clean up the house (mostly got done)

9) Two longest car rides.

Road trip from Melbourne (caught the train to and drove back from,  car trip of about 14hours)

As a kid I spent two weeks in a campervan being driven around New Zealand. Does that count as a car ride?

10) Two of your favourite drinks.

Coffee

Gin and Tonic

11) And bold the ones you’ve done.

I have….

1. Started my own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii (actually planning a trip end of next year, there’s a conference there that I plan to attend)

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than I can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world (Have not been to the US yet and suspect this meme to be a little USA-centric)

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sung a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched lightning at sea

14. Taught myself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning (a couple of days before I got married)

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown my own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitchhiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Skied a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught myself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restuarant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance (does travelling with my daughter who was being transported count?)

47. Had my portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling (Both)

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theatre

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp

67. Bounced a cheque

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favourite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had my picture in the paper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chicken pox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Ridden an elephant