What is your current obsession?
Cheese. Mmmmmmmmmm lovely stinky cheese.
What is your weirdest obsession?
Cheese? No, chickens. And ducks. I loves me poultry. Unexpected, but true.
What are you wearing today?
Lovely icebreaker underwear, gap bootcut jeans, green polypro, Rieker boots…studying mother at home wear. *sigh*
What's for dinner?
Home made pumpkin soup, delicious lamb from Waiora Lamb and if I can be bothered, home made pita bread.
What would you eat for your last meal?
Must ditto Miss Martha on this one: Gusto's premium Angus rib-eye w Manchego butter, hand-cut fries & jus followed by one of their cheese plates. Fave treat restaurant – who needs
What's the last thing you bought?
25kgs of layer pellets…see above.
What are you listening to right now?
Children chirruping outside as they dig up the garden, hum of the fan oven roasting the pumpkin. Oh and cars and trucks.Welcome to the Hutt.
What do you think of the person who tagged you?
Oh, she is a delight. Funny and groovy and design-y (but not in a wanky way), creative and adventurous. V cute family too.
If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Lunch at Madame Murat’s. En famille. Wonderful village restaurant in Pomarede, five generations of women who have run it, five delicious courses, lashings of wine, 12 euro fifty. What more is there to say?
Which language do you want to learn?
Spanish, ‘uno cortado por favor’ will only get me so far
What is your favorite colour?
Green (I know, anyone could have guessed black)
What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
Greying, formerly black lovely cardi with little sparkly bits on it,
What is your dream job?
Cheesemonger. This week (until I actually give it a go, possibly…) surrounded by chickens cooing softly.
What's your favourite magazine?
Good. Cos it makes one feel so GOOD reading it.
If you had £100 now, what would you spend it on?
School fees. The hazards of entrepreneurship in a recession.
Describe your personal style?
Unadventurous, convenient and comfort – jeans, boots and a range of ageing tops. Scrub up a little better.
What are you going to do after this?
Make said pumpkin soup and be mummyish for at least two more hours.
What are your favourite films?
Recently the Grocer’s Son.
What's your favourite fruit?
Persimmon. Mmmmmmmmm. Perfect with cheese.
What inspires you?
Making what one love into what one does. Still working on it but getting there, bit by bit.
Do you collect anything?
Nothing collectable – paper composts in corners, it seems. Oh, and poultry.
Your favourite books?
Anything by Mo Willems. The man has captured the essence of pigeon and made it entertaining. How likely is that?
What are you currently reading?
The Lieutenant. Struggling with that one. Before that loved the latest Mary Moody book, and before that loved Omnivores Dilemma and In Search of Food.
Go to your book shelf, take down the first book with a red spine you see, turn to page 26 and type out the first line:
Lesson 5: Here together are two of my favourite things – minestrone soup and…
By what criteria do you judge a person?
Warmth and humour. Oh and a positive outlook on life, of “I can do this”.
Where would you go if you had three months and $10,000 to travel, and why?
Southern Spain and
The rules:
1. Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own.
2. Tag eight other people (or four in this case...). Mikey Mike; Emily; Edith; Tom
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All meme'd up over on the blog - thanks ;-)
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