Crazy Eight

"Thursday Thirteen" is one post below! Still no winners of the challenge!

Crazy Tag

I was tagged by Mitchypoo

8 Things I’m passionate about

1. My kids! They are the two reasons that make my life worthwhile. Well, most of the time anyways... LOL

2. My fiancé because he is the third best thing that ever happened to me in my life! I love you Simon!!!!

3. My cats! Even if they wake me up at six o'clock every morning by walking all over me...

4. Music! Without Music life would be so dull! Thank you Dad for introducing me to so much of it!

5. Writing Poetry, without which I would quite often lack for a way to say things!

6. Singing! Two me it is the second best way to express feelings and emotions!

7. Painting! I love to paint! Just don't do nearly as much of it as I would want to!!!!

8. Family! Old and New, nearby and far away, close and estranged! Family is the most important thing in the world! (Should that have been #1?)


8 Things I want to do before I die

1. Marry my fiancé! With our track record of postponing it for one reason or another it might not happen until I am old and grey...

2. See my daughters happy and successful with their life!

3. Travel the world! Or at least as much of it as I can, specifically Bhutan and Nepal!

4. Work on a Peter Jackson Movie (Even if it is only as 25th Make-up Artist Assistant!)

5. Finish a book! The one I started years ago, or the one I started this year or one I may start in the future... I just really want to finish one of them...

6. See may name in Print on the cover of said book!

7. See the world in peace, even if it is only for a day!

8. Have my own house! Or at least rent one that feels like my own!



8 Things I often say

1. "Duh!!!"

2. "Weißt Du?" (You know...?

3. "Stop that, ....Now!!!!!"

4. yelling: "..." (first daughters name)

5. yelling: "..." (second daughters name)

6. yelling: "..." (both their names)

7. "Time to get up. ... Come on, you need to get up. ... You're going to be late. ... Get up now!!!!!!!"

8. "Stop biting my feet!!!!!" (to Gaya (cat) in the mornings when she has not yet been fed"


8 Books I’ve recently or currently reading

1. The five books of "The Belgariad" by David Eddings

2. The five books of "The Malloreon" by David Eddings

3. So far the first five books of the "Deverry Series" by Kathrine Kerr (at the moment I am reading "A time of exile"

4. "Harry Potter - The deathly Hallows" J.K. Rowling

5. "Magyk" and "Flyte" by Angie Sage

6. "The Bartimaeus Trilogy" by Jonathan Stroud

7. Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" series and I am anxiously awaiting the next one!!!

8. All sorts of poetry by many different authors


8 Songs I could listen to over and over (as we are talking songs I won't mention the numerous pieces of classical music)

8 Things that attract me to my best friends

1. Honesty

2. Loyalty

3. Humor

4. The Differences

5. The Similarities

6. Authenticity

7. The fact that they actually want to be my friends...

8. That I can be myself with them, without having to worry about whether they will still talk to me tomorrow...


8 People I think should do Crazy 8s

1. Ramblings of Sahm because I have not kept up with her Blog much and feel guilty...

2. Living Hope because she is simply a great person I would find her answers very interesting

3. Opinion Minions for the same reason as #1

4. Toms' Hideaways because I think he needs to post fewer pictures and let us know more about him :-)

5. Two Write Hands I have to admit that it is the same reason as #1 and #3

6. By the Way because I think that she is almost as nuts as I am ... :-)

7. Writer Cramps because she is German and I live in Germany...

8. For all the world to see because I had promised her a long time ago to do something for her and then never got round to it... So this is my way of saying "I am sorry" and at the same time giving her the opportunity to send a few choice words my way for being tagged! And because I think she is a fantastic writer!

Me tagged - You tagged!

Stephanie tagged me with this meme:

“8 Random Facts About Myself”

First I have to post the rules. Here they are:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Then I have to post eight random things about me that you may or may not want to know...

Ready or not, here I go:

1. I am actually Borg! I have this in me:

and it looks like this:


2. I love everything music and I sing quite well (I think). I used to sing in the "Mainzer Bach Choir" and I took classical voice lessons. My favourite though is musical and "The Blues"!


3. I hate my hair! My head was shaved twice due to brain surgery and ever since then, it just does not want to do what I want it to... The fact that last time I was at the hairdressers, he cut it way too short, does not help...


4. I am a cynic owing to circumstances but I am desperately trying to hold on to my "believe in the good in people". I guess I want to believe that people are good and life has taught me different although lately, I have met a few "angels"!


5. So far, Simon and I have set a date for our wedding 4 times. Every time something came up which made us postpone... Oh well, five times lucky then...


6. My secret ambition: To be famous! Not as in everybody knows my face, celebrity style famous, no! I just want my name to be known, maybe for my poetry or my book (if it gets finished) or for my make-up artistry or my paintings or something like that...


7. It is hard work for me to stay focused on something! Partially because of my illness and partially because I simply loose interest. Can be really annoying, especially for others. One minute I fly sky high and the next I plummet to the ground...


8. I hardly ever wear make-up. People think this is really strange, because I am, of course, a make-up artist. I guess it is because I am a perfectionist and I can't be bothered to "do it right" every day. However on the rare occasions that I go out, I do put the "war paint" on.



The 8 I tagged:
Tom's Hideaway
Ramblings of SAHM
By the way
Suburbian Queen
A little piece of me
Glamorous Redneck
Jen's Horde
Two Write Hands