Tagged and tagged

Tagged #1

First, Sarah tagged me for the five favourite blogs meme a while ago. This is so hard! Which is why it’s taking me so long.

• mollychicken — Lyn’s softies are simply to die for and they come very well equipped! And her japanese craft books collection leaves me weak in the knees.
• yarnstorm — I really enjoy Jane’s writing on just about anything. And her gorgeous photos and creations don’t hurt either 🙂
• tutti fruiti — I love the stuff that Belinda makes, she’s very creative with the fabrics. Also she’s very good at finding good links, whether links to shops for me to buy stuff, or links to fellow crafters 🙂
• grumperina — Kathy’s knits are very inspiring, and I like her nothing’s-too-hard-to-tacke kind of attitude that makes me want to stretch myself further and further.
• whip up and craftzine — Yeah, that’s two, but I guess they’re a bit similar in a way. I love these two blogs because they have an abundance tutorials, book reviews, links to crafters, and other crafty resources.

Okay that’s five already, but I just have to give a special mention to Loobylu. Claire doesn’t blog anymore, but it was her blog that got me interested in knitting in the first place and then sewing, and introduced me to the world of crafting blogs. I started reading her blog when I was pregnant, with no interest in crafts whatsoever. Then she mentioned knitting one day, and linked to the Stitch ‘n Bitch book. I was intrigued, and the rest is history.

Now I’m supposed to tag people, so I tag Belinda, Corrie, Jade, Michelle, Meg, and Donna, if you would like to play along.

Tagged #2

I’ve also been tagged by Jade and Belinda for the random things meme. The rules are:

1. Start with 7 random facts/habits about yourself
2. People who are tagged have to write their 7 things on their blog
3. Then choose another 7 people to get tagged and list their names

Ok here goes:

1. I like to have coffee in the mornings, and tea in the afternoons. And I don’t mind whether my coffee/tea is instant or brewed.
2. I like a lot of milk with my coffees. A friend likes to joke that I have “a bit of coffee with my milk”.
3. So far I have met only one other person named Claudine. I was in the hospital after giving birth, still dazed from the painkillers after a C-section, and a midwife came in and said, “Hi I’m Claudine”. I thought that she must have said “Are you Claudine”, so I replied, “Yes I am”. And then she looked at my chart and said, “Oh you’re Claudine too!”.
4. I actually like airplane food and hospital food. I guess I’m just happy when someone else is doing the cooking for me 🙂
5. I have a morbid fear of caterpillars and worms. Even just looking at pictures of them would fill me with fright. In junior high school once I shrieked loudly when turning my biology textbook to the page on worms, to the alarm of my classmates. I have no fear of spiders or most other insects, though.
6. Before motherhood, I used to work as a computer programmer, where my biggest pet peeve was manual repetition. If there was a task that required me to repeat it over and over again, I would try to write a little program that can automate it. The irony is not lost on me that now I like nothing better than making stitches after stitches repeatedly. I still wish, though, that house cleaning could be computerised.
7. I have been on the cover of a magazine. Oh yeah! I wish I could say that I have the looks of a supermodel (those who have seen me in person must be giggling right now), but no. I was three or four years old at the time, and our family was holidaying together with Dad’s close friend and his family. My dad’s friend, a professional photographer, took a really nice photo of me and submitted it to a photography magazine, and it was printed as the front cover! My parents still keep a copy of that magazine in their home. So now you know that Annette inherited her cuteness from her mother! Hahaha! Yeah right.

Okay now it’s your turn. I’m probably just about the last blogger to do this, but if you haven’t done it and would like to, please join in!