About Me

100 things about me...
1. I’m a transplanted Kiwi, living in Scotland
2. I am married to a man who is devoted to the study of gravel (he mathematically studies river sediment) but gravel is usually more of a conversation stopper. My mother said I should have married someone useful, I guess she could tell by looking at him, that despite his deep and insightful knowledge of little pebbles, laying a decent path or doing anything useful with them is an acheivement we are unlikely to see in this lifetime
3. I am a proud-owner driver of three Mc-Kiwis, none of which were planned, still if they had been they'd have been assembled wrong and have all their little bits and a few more in wierd and wonderful places...
4. The three little McKiwis are getting bigger and scarier day by day
5. We have two pet rabbits called Theophilus and Rachel. Rachel is the only planned addition to our family
6. All the rest of my family live back home in New Zealand
7. I love my family very much, they are quirky, cranky and kind of crazy and I am profoundly grateful for it
8. My sister is the bravest person on earth
9. She is also one of the kindest
10. I was a complete pain in the arse as a little sister (and possibly still am)
11. I am seriously left-handed
12. My first ambition as a little chick was to grow up to be a plant
13. I am now in my early 40s and have given up the idea that one day I will be a grown up (so the likelihood of turning into a plant seems somehow remote)
14. Most days when I wake up I am surprised I am no longer 8 years old
15. Knitting is the only thing I do right handed
16. I am a Medical Librarian/Information Officer
17. People often tell me I am not what they expect from a librarian
18. I have no idea of what a librarian is supposed to be like (see comment above)
19. I talk a lot when I get going
20. I am seriously dis-organised
21. I wave my arms a lot when I talk about things that excite me (hang on tight to your coffee mug or tea cup)
22. It takes an awful lot to get me cross
23. I have a ferocious temper but a really long fuse
24. I get over it really quick
25. I get irritated by sulkers
26. I don’t like manipulative bullies
27. For that reason I don’t like the husbands mother or father
28. Judgemental people irritate me too, especially if they never take the time to know what/who they are judging or apply judgement to themselves and are harsh in their judgements of others
29. For that reason I don’t like the husbands sister either (this is after many years of playing guess the reason for the sulks)
30. People who are rude irritate me, see number 27 and 29
31. My method of dealing with people that drive me crazy is to disappear
32. I find it really hard to argue with people as I can almost always see their side of the argument, and part of me is a compulsive people-pleaser
33. I also find it really hard to be rude back, hence point 31
34. My husband doesn’t seem to like his family either
35. I hadn’t met any of my husbands family until just before we got married, if I had, I would not have married my husband
36. I am very antisocial and like my own company, but when I am at work or with people for a reason I can chat away as much as anyone (maybe more); but given the choice - often I like to be by myself
37. I hate the telephone (like, really HATE it)
38. My other pet hates are bananas and kiwifruit. I don't understand the concept of either as foodstuff
39. Apart from the three little McKiwis, my big passion is knitting
40. I also love baking, patchwork, reading and music and walking and creating stuff (I am particularly good at creating mess, oh yeah, I do REAL, GOOD messes)
41. I love plants and gardening, just the smell and feel and sound of being outside in my garden can calm me right down
42. I get very obsessive about things that interest me and totally shut off from everything around me
43. I take a lot of time to get around to doing things and when I do I am a pootler
44. Which means I always start my next Big Project at 3.00am
45. I am not a natural early riser
46. I love lettuce
47. My favourite meal would be lettuce and mashed potato or anything my mum cooks
48. I also love sushi
49. I would like to be a raging yarn-snob and only knit the best
50. Although I would like to knit with only fabby yarn, I have a librarians wage to limit me, posh yarn and a librarians wage don’t mix
51. It took me almost 40 years on this planet to realise that yarn like kidsilk haze and hummous do not mix
52. Nor does tomato soup and kidsilk haze
53. I love Bob Harris on BBC Radio2
54. I am seriously skint because of Bob Harris
55. I am very short sighted
56. But I am extremely good at memorising colour and matching it up
57. There are not 100 hundred things about me