Friday, June 27, 2008

Q & A

I got tagged by Tanna, though I always fear meme's, this is quite a friendly one with easy to-answer-questions...So here it goes...

1) LAST MOVIE U SAW IN A THEATRE?
I don't go the cinema a lot, but the last film was "Winx" that the kids saw during the holidays. (a dreadfull film, the worst animation I ever saw)

2) WHAT BOOK ARE U READING?
I just finished "Duizend schitterende zonnen" ("A Thousand Splendid Suns") by Khaled Hosseini and I started to read "De complete kronieken van Narnia" (The chronicles of Narnia) - C.S.Lewis

3) FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?
Land in zicht (haven't got a clue if that exists or how to call that in english)

4) FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?
"De smaak van Italië", (The taste of Italy) a magazine with all sorts of articles about Italy (including cooking of course!)

5) FAVOURITE SMELLS?
Basil, fresh coffee, sea, pizza

6) FAVOURITE SOUNDS?

sea on the beach, birds singing, coffee gurgling when it's ready

7) WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
a child that isn't home in time and you have no way of reaching it

8) WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN U WAKE?
it's too early to get out

9) FAVOURITE FAST FOOD PLACE?
Mc Donalds

10) FUTURE CHILDS NAME?
Stella or Rosa for a girl and Lucas (or Luke) for a boy

11) FINISH THIS STATEMENT—’IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I’D......
a lot is a LOT right?!
- travel more, short and long trips (Sicily, Apulia and all Italy, New York, Venice, Australia, Grand Canyon, Egypt, Londen at Christmas time, Vienna,... and a lot more)
- give to several good causes (and there are many)
- set up a fund for our kids and my sister's kids (so they can study and more etc)
- I'd enlarge my kitchen and buy the best equipment for it
- buy a very good SLR-camera with lenses
- maybe a new house where my larger kitchen will fit :))
- ........ - ........

12) DO U DRIVE FAST?
Yes sometimes I do, but never with children in the car and only when safe

13) DO U SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
no

14) STORMS–COOL OR SCARY?
Cool, I used to watch the lightning as a kid from my attic-bedroom. Sometimes they are scary but that's also the cool part about them.

15) WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
I never owned one when I was single (poor artists you know), I now drive a Mitsubishi Space Star in dark blue.

16) FAVOURITE DRINK?
Campari on ice or with 7-up

17) FINISH THIS STATEMENT-IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD…
keep in better contact with people that sometimes have to wait too long for a respons or a visit, bake and cook some more complicated new things and do a little more cleaning

18) DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?
no I'm afraid not, I chop them up and feed it to the chickens.

19) IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY OTHER COLOUR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?
dark blond with some stripes in different nuances... so about the same as is it now, but then without the grey hairs that are beginning to appear.

20) NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS U HAVE LIVED IN?
Deventer and where I live now

21) FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Swimming

22) ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
I'm getting to know Tanna a bit better since the Bread Baking Babes sessions, so I don't know all the good things about her yet, but she is clearly a motivator, encouraging, friendly and uplifting. o sorry it says just tell 1 nice thing.... I'd say "warm and caring". Two again... I think she has to many nice things to mention just one... I'm sure I'll discover even more getting to know her better.

23) WHATS UNDER YOUR BED?
the receiver for the RC, to lift up the head or feetpart of the bed... and some dust

24) WOULD U LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN??
Yes, but with some upgrades please

25) MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Night owl if only I can get enough sleep (I get very cranky otherwise) though I'm not bad tempered in the morning...as long as I have slept enough :)

26) OVER EASY OR SUNNY SIDE UP?
omelet

27) FAVOURITE PLACE TO RELAX?
at home, with lovely weather in the garden watching the chickens doing their stuff

28) FAVOURITE PIE?
apple

29) FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOUR?
fresh mango sorbet (hard to choose just one!)

30) OF ALL THE PEOPLE U HAVE TAGGED, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?
Well people who read this can be my guests. I'm not tagging anyone myself, it's not always appreciated and I will only give a few suggestions... Zorra, Gea, Marleen (of buster), Aranka, Monique????

7 comments:

Ilva said...

Lien I enjoyed reading this a lot but I do have a question too: this last photo, to which point/question does it refer?

Anonymous said...

Da's leuk om te lezen...! (En aardig dat je aan me gedacht hebt...;-)))
Enne eeeh in mijn 'kippenboek' staat dat kippen alle groenten mogen behalve.....broccoli....!

Lien said...

@ mar1...ooh, dat wist ik niet, wat krijgen ze daarvan dan?

@ Ilva, well I didn't really have the photo's that are to the point(s), but I wanted to liven it up a little with things I like.
This last one I choose because my sign is Libra, and though I'm not really a believer in astrology, I do tend to be like that; weighing issues and looking at it from all sides. And I'm starting to look a bit like her too I'm afraid :(

Lien said...

..well except my head is bigger ;)

I just have though of one extra point at Q 11)
- I really like to go and eat out in very good (starred) restaurants (in England at locanda Locatelli's, Blumenthal's fat duck,
Gary Rhodes, Michel Caine and Raymond Blanc. And a nice trip to El bulli in Spain....

MyKitchenInHalfCups said...

Oh my goodness, this was totally delightful.
Enjoyed all your answers.
Like your books! More cleaning . . . probably not me.
And I have dust under my bed too.
Love the upgrade idea!!

Gea said...

Leuk om jouw antwoorden te lezen. Het antwoord op vraag 7 is heel herkenbaar.

Bij ons gaan de broccoli stronkjes linea recta naar de cavia's. Ik heb er nog 2 in de aanbieding. Interesse?

Anonymous said...

Pfff, wat een klus om zo eens over jezelf na te moeten denken. (Hoewel, die van het stof onder het bed in mijn geval niet echt erg moeilijk zou zijn ).
Erg leuk om die kanten van je te leren kennen , Lien.