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100 things about Rachel

Some things that you probably didn't want to know, but have been shared anyway

 

  1. Born and bred in Tasmania, Australia
  2. I moved to the UK in 2005
  3. Perfect cup of tea = Dilmah, two sugars (raw please) and loads of milk
  4. I learnt to knit when I was 6 years old
  5. I stayed in the ‘knitting’ closet until it became cool again, then I came out
  6. I make jewellery
  7. Once made one of my brothers drink puddle water
  8. I pretty much listen to the Ricky Gervais podcasts on repeat
  9. Karl Pilkington has a head like a f*cking orange.  He’s also a genius and I love him to bits
  10. Guy Sebastian is my mosttttttt favourite musician and singer EVER
  11. My middle name is Atholea
  12. My middle name comes from my Nan, one of the most beautiful women to ever walk the earth
  13. I can freak people out by squeaking my eye
  14. My guilty reading pleasure – Jilly Cooper (particularly Riders and Polo)
  15. My sense of balance is shockingly bad
  16. My star sign is Pisces… I think I’m quite typical
  17. I grew up in a beach town, I could hear the waves crash when I went to sleep
  18. My most favourite sport ever is cricket
  19. I think cricket coverage on UK TV is appallingly bad
  20. I have four brothers and one sister, I’m the second eldest child
  21. My youngest sibling is 29 years younger than me
  22. I am a pretty rife sleep talker
  23. If I was on death row, my last meal would be a slow cooked lamb shank on a bed of mashed potato with roasted root vegetables (beetroot, carrot and parsnip please) with a caramelised onion jus
  24. I can’t hold a tune to save my life, though I love to sing
  25. I love logic puzzles
  26. No one can beat me at Mario.  Fact.
  27. When I’m working, I prefer to listen to music that I know inside out
  28. I can and often do listen to the same ten songs on repeat all day
  29. Ray LaMontagne, Paoli Nutini, Tracy Chapman, Ben Harper and James Morrison rock my world
  30. I have no desire – ever – to gamble in a casino
  31. My biggest, and probably my only real phobia is moths
  32. My mum and brothers used to throw giant moths into my frizzy long hair
  33. I have tonnnnnes of freckles, though they have faded a lot
  34. I used to try and scrub my freckles away as a kid, now I quite like them
  35. Watching movies is one of my favourite things to do
  36. Spitting on the street has to be one of the most disgusting things EVER
  37. It’s one of the things I just can’t get used to in the UK
  38. I’ve always done volunteer work of some kind
  39. My parents were going to name me Jacob if I was a boy
  40. I have no desire to read or watch The Lord of the Rings
  41. I’ve read and watched Harry Potter about ten times
  42. One day I plan to be fluent in Spanish, well, at least be able to hold a conversation
  43. I ditched boys for horses during my teens
  44. I have at least 25 cousins
  45. My dad once cut my fringe off at the scalp because he couldn’t fit it in a pony tail
  46. I’m pretty bloody good swimmer
  47. I got my ears pierced when I was one year old
  48. I once cut mine and my brothers hair off, mixed it with margarine and spread it all over the house
  49. I went to an all girls high school, and loved it
  50. I’m really not a morning person
  51. I passed my driving test on the first go
  52. I broke down and cried during my driving test
  53. My blood type is B+ and I try to donate blood at least once a year
  54. Cooking a big dinner for friends is one of my favourite things to do
  55. I’d like to consider myself a better than average cook
  56. Fungus aka Mushroom… BLEURGH
  57. To this day I maintain someone broke into our house and stole my first cabbage patch doll Thomas when I was 5. That’s all they stole
  58. I’m not allergic to anything… except for seeing people spit on the street
  59. I love being around, in or on the water
  60. Annoyingly to others, I often talk along with the commercials
  61. I love pets, and the best dogs in the world are Border Collies
  62. I volunteered as a telephone crisis counselor for two years after doing a 26 week training course
  63. In an ideal world, I’d one day move to a farm and be fairly self sufficient
  64. Avocado, semi sun dried tomatoes, parma ham, crusty bread = awesome
  65. I sleep with about four pillows, and rarely under the covers
  66. I’m a happy little Vegemite, and I know all the words (you probably have to be Australian to know what I’m on about here)
  67. I don’t tan.  I freckle
  68. I very rarely drink (alcohol)
  69. Much to some people’s bewilderment, I quite enjoy the long haul London to Sydney flight.  I find it peaceful
  70. I think visiting new places and spending most of the time taking photos and checking off landmarks rather than really seeing and experiencing it is a crime
  71. One of my favourite websites for fun is Parent’s Shouldn’t Text
  72. My idea of crafty-porn is Pinterest
  73. I was realllllllly rooting for Google Wave.  Sniff, Sniff
  74. I once did a beginners course in Reflexology
  75. I swam with wild dolphins at our local beach
  76. I think everyone in the world should watch The Cove
  77. I love love love shoes, jewellery, handbags and well… basically accessories
  78. Most especially I love interesting earings
  79. I can be overly emotional and sensitive… I cried during Babe
  80. From about the age of 8, I religiously practiced cord-cursive, and still write like that most of the time
  81. I have 20/20 vision
  82. Everyone looks smarter with glasses, so I won’t be that upset when I eventually need them
  83. Unfortunately, I really don’t have a knack for playing musical instruments
  84. I’d love to visit every country in the world
  85. Public speaking is my idea of hell
  86. It makes my blood boil when media and marketing people use the word ‘exploit’
  87. Loveeeee to people watch
  88. In my heart of hearts, I am a geek.  A crafty geek
  89. I have yet to have a professional massage, and keep meaning to get around to it… I think when I do, I will have an unhealthy love for it
  90. I truly believe that once you go Mac, you won't go back
  91. In my spare time, I am a Trustee of a women’s health charity called Verity
  92. I love learning about and experiencing new cultures
  93. Reallllly love to be taught to cook new dishes from different countries
  94. I wish I could live in London and still be within even a reasonable flying distance of my family
  95. I used to cry myself to sleep regularly, begging my mum and dad to give me a sister.  They eventually listened
  96. I now have the bestest, most beautiful sister in the whole world
  97. My gag reflux kicks in automatically whenever I hear or read people calling themselves social media gurus, evangelists, mavens etc.
  98. I make better smoothies than Tim Gibbon does
  99. I’ve always wanted to have really super duper curly hair
  100. I had a pet tree trunk called Snorky, I used to feed him sand and pine cones every day


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