25 Things About Me

Got tagged by a friend on facebook and thought I'd share it here too... for all of you who have not yet been sucked in by facebook! ;)

It was quite interesting filling in 25 random things about myself...didn't think I'd get to the end but I did! :) So here's 25 things about me.

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I consider myself a dog-person but have ended up with two cats and no dogs.
2. I'm not sure I have 25 (23?) even slightly interestning things to share...
3. I love the smell of little babies.
4. I used to have the patience of an angel, not many things would get me worked up. That's until I had children...they have a funny way of pushing all my buttons at once. It takes a big effort to keep my cool nowadays.
5. I dreamt of a spring wedding with soft sunshine, newly sprung buds on the trees and flowers at my feet. I got bare nature and pouring rain but it was still the most beautiful day! :)
6. I hope for and work towards becoming a teacher. I think I'd be a good one, just hope I have the time and money to see it thought 'til the end...
7. When I was little I wanted to grow up to be a minister and the lives of nuns really fascinated me.
8. I'd love to learn how to speak arabic.
9. Stephen promised me a puppy if he still had a mark left on his arm after a stupid cheese-cutting accident 5 years ago. This year he's to fulfull that promise (he was left with a "huge" scar!) but I think I might want another baby "instead" (in a couple of years!)...we can get a dog when the kids have moved out...? :)
10. Giving birth to Erin was one of the coolest things I've done in my life. I was so THERE! Anton's was the opposite, scary and confusing and mostly and out-of-body experience.
11. I love history...there's just something about things old that makes me want to know more. :) Who? What? Where? Why??
12. My feet are huge, I have great difficulties finding "ladies" shoes in Sweden. I mainly have to have unisex (man!) sneakers (summer) of boots (winter).
13. I'm terrible at tidying, I hate doing it but love it after I'm done...why is it such a chore??
14. I'd love to have a "library" at home...a room filled with books, floor to ceiling with all my favourites.
15. I don't have a driving license, but I'm working on it... :) Is one of those things you REALLY should have before turing 30...? ;)
16. Autumn is my favourite time of year. The colours, the smell, the air is cool but not cold - hats and scarfs are for fun rather than a must. :)
17. Talking about hats. I "miss" us not using hats anymore...why did we stop? There's something charming with old people with proper hats. Love the cloche hats of the 1920's and 30's! (see pic below)
18. For some reason "people" seem to assume that I know what I'm doing and that when I state my opinion on something that I'm dead set on it and expect everyone to agree... I really don't know why, most of the time I don't have a clue what I'm doing and I'm always willing to have a good discussion about anything and everything. Just because I don't like polka dots doesn't mean that you can't...
19. I should be working on a school assignment right now...
20. I like (need!) order, organisation and good plans of what comes next to feel inspired and "safe" when I study. I hate not feeling prepared and not knowing what is expected of me or my work...
21. I love crispy clean bedlinen, I sleep like a baby! It's just a shame that feeling only last for a day or so...
22. Without my extended family I'd be lost. My sisters, parents, aunts and uncles are there for me if/when I need them and I feel truly blessed to have such a large group of people to draw strenght from.
23. If I didn't have such a large and supportive family here at home, Stephen and I would probably live somewhere in Scotland...near Edinburgh.
24. I dream of having a summer place in Scotland or possibly Ireland.
25. I love swimming! Pools are ok, but prefer to swim in a lake. Not in the ocean, really don't like that salt water smell on my skin.