i have adapted this 'tag it' challenge, these are my thoughts and feelings.

aim - i have none other than to be as happy as i can. it took me some time to realize how simple this aim should be, but how it is overlooked in lieu of other 'important' issues. life is a bitch and then we die. we should try to be happy while we are alive. i believe only we, ourselves, can do it for ourselves. it is a mind set. and it has a hell of a lot to do with choices.

best time of day - morning and evening, specifically, for reasons i cannot divulge here. and i love dusk, just before dark when everything i look at is that same shade of blue...longer after sunset but just before darkness settles.

chores i hate and love - i intensely dislike house cleaning - there are some house cleaning duties i will do and others i really will not do, and i don't care. i love doing washing, especially hanging up to dry in the fresh air and sunshine on a good outdoors washing line - i find it therapeutic.

dessert/drink i love most - i do not have a sweet tooth, i would eat cold meats for dessert. i could eat dark chocolate mousse, but i'll have it for a starter instead and not spoil my mouth with sweet for it's last taste. i love water. living in a country where the water from the tap is good enough to drink is a blessing to be cherished. i freeze water and i cool it and i make ice cubes, i am never without. i make iced tea from red bush tea, which is an indigenous plant and a miracle, healthy, tannin free product that is very freely available here. i make liters of it. the secret of its success is a very tall glass filled up with ice cubes and a straw. i simply adore rock shandy. i have ice in every drink i take, except filtered coffee. i love irish coffee too.

essential start to my day - bathing. and coffee when i get to work.

favourite flower - i love yellow roses (how they smell) and white roses (how they look with the green tinge) especially, but basically i like any flower. i love arranging them too.

gold/silver - silver. and i love pewter and marquisettes and platinum and opal.

heart/brain - i try to let my brain lead my heart, but i would gladly live in eternal poverty with my true love if i had to choose between love and money.

instrument - favourite is sax and i love the sound of huge wooden wind chimes, but they have to perform on their own for i do not play.

jealous in love? - oh yes

kids - no, no, no.

living arrangements - extremely comfortable and sunny, i guess. i'm lucky.

most used word - what??

nickname - gogga

oldest possession - silver and gold ring belonging to my grandmother and enamel kitchen items, one or two antique pieces of furniture.

priority in life - living every day with positive vibes ruling, trying to outmove negative vibes.

quotes - 'truth is one, men call it variously' and 'never miss an opportunity to shut up'.

right/left handed - right. would give right hand to be left handed.

secrets - i am the world's best secret keeper, the best.

time i woke up today- 08h26 - i am seriously a morning person, ask anyone. people wish i would shut up mornings. of course i don't and actually they love my jabbering, i suspect.

unique thing about me - i asked a friend who said my sense of humour is unique, but i don't think it's that unique, seeing as there are people who share it, i mean, how unique can it be then? others said they know no one who has that same dress sense as i.

vegetable i love - all cabbage related vegetables, all orange coloured veggies, cucumber

worst habit - inability to share space and time, said one (wtf). another said i mostly think my way is the only way and that probably ties in with myopinion that i am selfish. those who love me, will admit it too, unfortunately it is all too true.

x-words i know well - xylophone and x-ray

yummy food i can make - chutney and orange juice chicken casserole (my cooking is notoriously bad)

zodiac sign - aquarius (i would not mind being pisces - only. but i do prefer the waterbearer!)

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