Oh-oh, I know I should have stayed close to my own patch this evening! Trust me to go meandering. Now look what’s happened! I’ve just stumbled upon it. I didn’t realize until I got to the bottom, of course, but there it was…

Three people you would like to see take this quiz:
1.
2. My friend from New Zealand, Judah (hey, can't help but rope someone else into this — )
3.

Drat! Now what am I to do?

Well, my friend from Toward-the-Goal did have me laughing with some of his responses. I was trying to imagine him sitting there in plaid flannel pajama pants seriously typing away at his keyboard, but somehow plaid flannel pajama pants and being serious just don’t go together too well in my mind. Sorry John, but what a hoot! Now I shall think of you in that get-up whenever you turn up online anywhere. Hehehe. Well, I did have to get you back for getting me into this, didn’t I? Hey folks, hop on over to his site and read the rest of his answers. And while you are there, some of the other stuff he posts to his blog is quite interesting also.

Well, it looks like I shall have to rise to the challenge. Just imagine a kid jumping into the swimming pool, eyes squeezed tightly shut and one hand holding nose. Here I go splash…!

Three names you go by:
1. Judah.
2. Mum-girl
3. Q (no, I’m not filling you in!)

Three things that scare you:
1. Islam
2. What teenage boys get up to when their Moms are not there
3. Big cats - lions and tigers, I mean

Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Granny naps (not that I’m a granny but I believe in getting in a little practice)
2. Food
3. Medication (sigh).

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Navy tee-shirt
2. Denim jeans
3. Gold Medic-alert bracelet - and my wedding ring

Three of your favorite drinks:
1. Water
2. A classy NZ white
3. A smooth Aussie red

Three of your favorite songs — at the moment:
(Not really being into songs, I have the following to offer instead)
1. Jean Sibelius ~ The Lemminkainen Suite Op.22
2. Beethoven ~ Symphony #7 in A, Op.92
3. Smetana ~ The Bartered Bride

Three things you want in a relationship (besides true love):
1. Companionship ~ especially in sharing the chores
2. Humour ~ the kind that makes you laugh yourself silly
3. Trust ~ complete

Two truths and a lie (you guess which ones are which):
1. I am a South Island Kiwi
2. I used to own and ride a motorbike and can tell a sheep truck 10 miles further up the road
3. I love the way moths dart everywhere at breakneck speed to land in your drink just as you raise it to your mouth, oh and finding a fly floating in your coffee after you wondered what that thing was touching your lips. Grossed out yet? I’m sure I can find some more such things I absolutely love…

Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. Quilting
2. NZ Symphony Orchestra concerts
3. Writing

Three things you really want to do badly right now:
(I think John means “really badly want to do”, don’t you John?)
1. Call in my fairy godmother to clean house
2. Instill 25 years of maturity into my son’s brain
3a. Finish quilting some of my quilts
3b. Become less pedantic about adverbs (sorry - just teasing!)

Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. Oman
2. Norfolk Island (again)
3. Bozeman, Montana (again)

Three things you want to do before you die:
1. Tidy up
2. Empty my In tray - have nothing essential unfinished
3. Use up my fabric stash

Three ways that you are stereotypically a chick / guy:
1. I peck sweetly (and eat whole grains as well)
2. I once laid an egg - he hatched a while back
3. I don’t crow like the roosters.

Three people you would like to see take this quiz:
1. Shakespeare
2. William Wordsworth
3. The Southern Hermit (yep, your turn now!)

Phewwwww! I got to the end of it. Well John, how did I do? Does anything there look as good as your plaid flannel pajama pants? Blame it on Micah. He can blame it on his brother.

There, now I have shattered my image, not that I am sure what it was in the first place. But a little silliness is sometimes a necessary antidote to the serious stuff. There has been plenty of that happening of late, and I for one find the current world news and the stories behind it is enough to scare me witless when I think of how things could become if the trend is not halted.

If the worst comes to the worst, let’s laugh while we can.