50 Questions Thing!

1. NAME: Karin Wagner
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? I don't think so. It was the only name mum and da could come up with that they both liked! Pretty sure it was dad's idea seeing as it's the European spelling
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? At my cousin's funeral
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? No! It's horrible scrawl that I can't seem to fix
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? BBQ chicken or left over roast lamb
6. KIDS? Not at the moment!
7. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID? When I was four, a tennis player! Then a vet or a cartoonist for Disney (even though I can't draw!)

8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? No. Tried to keep one for a while at school, but they never lasted long
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? I think I do, even though I probably shouldn't
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes, but I wish they would take them out!
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No way! I'm not hurling myself off a brigde with a piece of string attached to me for anything!
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? I eat Apricot Weet-bix Bites things, but, like everyone else, I would prefer Coco-pops! Or Froot Loops!
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Mostly I don't bother to untie the laces (No wonder I need new shoes all the time!)
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY? Neither! That's a hard one for me to judge myself on....
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Choc mint or boysenberry. Gelato is better than ice cream though

16. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Whether they attempt to be friendly or not. In physical appearences, their smile (or lack of)
17.RED OR PINK? Neither! But if I have to pick, maybe a fushia type pink (Pink like Zarna's bridesmaid's dresses)
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My lack of fitness and skin
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Whoever is not with me at the time that I want them to be
20. FAVOURITE ACTOR AND ACTRESS? At the moment (my tastes change from month to month, depending on good movies!), Johnny Depp and Julia Roberts (only coz I can't think of anyone else at the moment!)
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? Dark blue, rustic jeans and no shoes
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Purple of course
23. FAVORITE SMELL? Rain, Clean sheets, Chanel No 5 (coz mum wore it when I was little) and roast lamb!
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Mum, coz I was on a break this morning and was bored, so I annoyed her before church. Liv was too busy getting ready to talk to me!
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?Nobody sent it to me, I stole it! But I like all the people who have it one their blog that I stole it from!
26.FAVORITE DRINK? Golden Circle Tropical Punch soft drink, Coke and Cherry Cheer

27. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Gymnastics, Ice skating and NRL
28. HAIR AND EYE COLOR? Red/auburn?! and bluish/grey (blech!)
29. FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD TV SHOW? So many: Snorks, Art Attack, Sesame Street, SuperTed, Freakazoid, Animaniacs, and almost any cartoon (I will also quietly add A Country Practice and MacGyver too! But I was little!)

30. MUSIC CONCERT OR THEATRE? Both, but concerts have more audience participation!
31. FAVORITE FOOD? Mum's baked dinner, pizza, nachos and lamb korma
32. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy endings
33. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Dodgeball at last night's open air cinema down by the river, here in Bathurst
34. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Pale blue
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer (when it's in the mid 20's degree range!)
36. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Trifle and chocolate sponge pudding with custard
38. ARE YOU TICKLISH? Anybody who know's me will know the answer to that!

39. WHAT SUPER POWER WOULD YOU WISH FOR? To be able to move things with my mind 40. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? I very rearly only read one book at a time. At the moment, I'm slowly ploughing my way through 'U2 by U2' and 'San Sombrero' (If you haven't heard of it, it's a hilarious book that rips off travel guides. The pictures and captions are very funny!)
41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I'm mouse pad-less
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST ON TV LAST NIGHT? I watched a DVD - Blackadder II
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Summer bugs, birds (whip- and bell-birds especially), rain on a sleep-in morning, the clicking sound my clock makes when I disable the alarm!
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Adelaide (how depressing!)
46. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I don't think I do...unless you count being late for EVERYTHING (even if the event is in the afternoon) and being the last one to leave as some sort of talent?! (Probably more annoying actually....)
47. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? 11th December 1984, in the Maternity unit at Orange Base Hospital.
48. TRAVEL THE WORLD? I'd like to (just gotta get over my irrational fear or aeroplanes)
49. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? You know, the usual: Earn lots of money without having to work too hard, be able to buy lots of nice things, get married, kids, etc, etc. Have enough money stashed away to be able to retire early and go caravaning for the rest of my days!
50. HOW DO YOU FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT? Listening to soft music and the fan, trying to push all the thoughts out of my head that are keeping me awake, and I usually only end up falling asleep once I've laid on my side and back numerous times, before I give up and just sleep on my stomach!

Monster Name Decoder!

My friend sent me an email the other day. It had an attachment to a website where your name is decoded according to your initials and the type of picture you choose to go along with it. Anyway, I was mucking around with the monster name decoder and this it what my name stands for:


!!!!! I was so amused by that! I guess Liv could vouch for the redhead-injuring part! Anyway, that was the only reason I decided to post this. It's pretty accurate (I love Kitties and would abduct them all if I could!). Chucked about my name meaning for WAY too long (think I'm over-tired!)

If you want to give it a go, here's the site - http://monster.namedecoder.com/

Enjoy!

This is for Naomi!

I don't really have anything interesting to post, but to keep Naomi occupied, I will write something!!! ;)

Work has been going ok, but it's been killing me coz it's been so hot!! Most of the client's don't have air conditioning in their homes, and the only refuge I get is in the office, so I don't actually mind hanging around there at the moment!!

I caught up with my friend, Tanya, today. Didn't do much - just went to the movies and then had dinner down by the river, which was nice (but hot!)

We saw 'The Holiday' at the movies. It was pretty cool - one of those romantic comedy things. Liv would've love it!! ;p Again, it was nice to be in air conditioning for a couple of hours!
If you haven't heard of the movie, it's basically about 2 women (one in L.A, one in London) who are unlucky in love. One has just broken up with her boyfriend and the other is in love with someone who doesn't love her. Anyway, long story shot, they end up meeting on the net and swap houses for the holidays. As it's a romantic kind of movie, you can pretty much guess the ending. Not real exciting, but good enough to spend a couple of hours watching. The fact that Jude Law was in it also helped (don't like him in real life, but he is a good actor and oozes charisma!).

Anyway, that's about it for me (it'ds past my bedtime now - stupid morning shifts!). Thought I'd keep you up to date with my oh-so-exciting life!!

2006 survey

Ok, so I'm a little late with the quiz, but here it is anyway, just to fill in time and combat boredom!! I seem to have lost a question too somewhere along the line in my copying and pasting - if you find it, let me know!! ;)

1) Where did you begin 2006? Hanging at Amy C's place with liv, Amy G and Katie.

2) What was your status by Valentine's Day? *sigh* single

3) Were you in school (anytime this year)? Nope, glad that's all over!

4) How did you earn your money? Working in different places during my post grad - St. Vincent's hospital, Macquarie Care Centre, and St Cathrine's Aged Care Facility in Bathurst.

5) Did you have to go to the hospital? Everyday! :) Only once as an inpatiant though - sedation is fun! I acted so drunk after it. Mum said I kept saying 'I don't remember putting my shoes on' and then laughing histerically!!

6) Did you have any encounters with the police? I got breath tested once, but that was routine!

7) Where did you go on holiday? Sydney and Canberra a couple of times. I can't remember going anywhere else!

8) What did you purchase that was over $1000? My furniture package from Fantastic Furniture. It may have been just under actually.

9) Did you know anybody who got married? Seth and Claire. I think that was the only wedding I went to!

10) Did you know anybody who passed away? Yes, my cousin's husband just before Christmas.

11) Have you run into anybody you left high school/primary school with? Yep, often in the most bizaar places!

12) Did you move anywhere? Only partly to Bathurst!

13) What sporting events did you go to? I don't think I went to any.

14) What concerts/shows did you go to? Lee Kernagan (Or however you spell it. In my defence, I was guilted into going by a friend. On the upside, I got a free roadtrip!), and, more importantly, U2! They were awesome! Also went and saw 'Pirates of Penzence' at the Canberra theatre.

15) Are you registered to vote? I am in Parkes, but lately Bathurst has been trying to get me to enrol in their electorate!!

16) Who did you want to win Big Brother? Didn't watch it.

17) Where do you live now? Bathurst, NSW (mostly!). Not for long though!

18) Describe your birthday. Had to work - was my first day with district nursing. Liv and mum came up that afternoon and stayed the night. Went out for dinner and spent the arvo playing with our new digital cameras! Was pretty good. Went ut for dinner (again!) later on in the week with friends.

19) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? Probably everything! It was a tough year for me but I made it!

20.) What's something you learned about yourself? I can actually get up at 5:30 in the morning and cope well enough to not need a nanna nap in the arvo! Not bad for a night owl!

21.) Any new additions to your family? Nope

22.) What was your best month? December - birthday, Christmas, and everyone is in the holiday mood!

23.) What music will you remember 2006 by? Scissor Sisters - I don't feel like dancing and anything from U2, coz I saw them in that year!

24.) Who has been your best drinking buddy? Don't really have one. Probably Liv coz it tends to be at home.

25.) Made new friends? Not really. Everyone at work is in the 'older' adult bracket!

26.) Best new friend? Don't have a best friend - I like spending my time with all my friends.

27.) Favorite Night out/in? I'll take games nights with the crew over anything, everytime!

28.) Any regrets? Nope

29.) Did you get ur nails painted? Not professionally, no. I paint my nails every week though - only with nail hardener coz my nails are so darn soft, they break at work all the time!!

Ok, that's it! Hope this year brings better surprises!

Hooray for games nights!

There is nothing better than stuffing you face full of delectable goodies and beating friends at random games all night!!

On monday night, Deborah organised a games night at Nick's place (thanks Deb!). Well, actually it was supposed to be a movie night to check out Nick's awesome plasma TV, but we all felt in the gaming mood instead! It was also a 'bring a dessert to share' night as well which ment there was lots of yummy chocolates, ice cream, sticky date pudding and wafer sticks!! Talk about over indulgence! But what are games nights for?! I was gonna put a photo on here of all the cool food we got to eat, but Amy didn't want me to put it on coz she's in it! It's a cool photo though!

We got to play 'Cranium', which was cool for me coz I hadn't been able to play it since Liv got it for Christmas. It's an awesome game! For someone with my attention span (or lack of it!), it's the perfect game coz you've gotta have general knowledge, use english and puzzle skills, use your creative side and you get to act stuff out and hum tunes!! Needless to say, it makes for some very entertaining scenes during the night!

It was also cool for me coz I got to catch up with Katie, which I hadn't really been able to do while she was at home over Christmas. Our team for Cranium consisted of me, Liv, Amy and Katie. We did very well for ourselves during the night - we managed to bet Naomi, Deborah and Nick twice!

After Cranium, we moved onto 'Absolute Balderdash'. While I can't say I'm a huge fan of the game (it involves too much creativity and thinking for me!), there are always memorable moments created by playing it (For those of you playing at home, remember the hilarity created by such initals that turned into 'Peas And Corn', and the meanings created for the word 'natterjack'!). I'm always amazed at how bizaar some of the answers can be (it is illegal in texas to drop candy on the ground?!).

Ok, so when is the next movie/games night?! :) Make it a night that I can get to - I've missed too many fun nights this year!!!

I need your comments!!

Ok, I know that sounds needy, but I have been fiddling with my blog settings (as you can see by my much cooler colour change!) and now when I look back at all my older comments, they all say they are from 'anonymous'!

I don't know what I've done and I'm not sure how to fix it, but if somebody comments now at least I'll be able to tell if it just applies to my older comments or whether I'm gonna have to delve deeper into the technology world to try and fix it for future comments!!

Cheers!

Belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

G'day all! I know this is late, but I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year!!

I had a great Christmas - Santa was very good to me!! The whole weekend before Christmas
was great as I had if off and got to catch up with friends who had returned from uni, etc. The Christmas Eve service at church was also very nice, as it is every year. Just a great time to relax, enjoy the meaning of the season and catch up with old friends. We got to have candles in this year's service too - that was exciting!! I didn't get to Christmas lighting this year after the service though coz I spent too long afterwards chatting to people!! Oh well, I had seen most of the lights the night before (even though it was pouring rain!) and talking and lazing around is always better!!

Woke up later than I usually do on Christmas this year, probably coz Liv slept in too (She seems to be my alarm clock when it comes to things like birthdays and Christmas)! It was a great day, even though it went far too quickly as I knew I had to head back to Bathurst that night to go to work on Boxing day. None of our family live around our area so we did our usual Christmas thing and caught up with family friends for a huge, traditional Chrissy lunch. It is really the only day of the year I turn into a complete carnivore - turkey, chicken, ham, lamb, pork.....Mmmmm, I love it! Plus all the yummy roasted veggies!! And lets not forget that extra pocket your stomach grows just for dessert! There's nothing better than trifle and ice cream christmas pudding!! The rest of the day was just spent milling around, reading my new books and watching my new dvds!!
I managed to convince (guilt?!) Liv into coming back with me to Bathurst so I had some company in the car, so the trip back was prety good too, except I probably left Parkes a little to late to get sufficient sleep for a 7am start! We didn't get back to Bathurst til midnight, but I was able to struggle through the next day alright!
For those of you who may not know, I have now started my district nursing component of my post grad - my final rotation! I've only got a little over a month left to go, and then I get holidays, yeay! Anyway, I turned up to work on boxing day and the girls asked me how my Chrissy was. I said it was good except for arriving back at midnight, and they said I should've taken the day off as I was only an extra anyway! How annoying! If they had told me before I turned up, that would have been helpful! Anyway, we ended up having a good day as most of the patients were away and we managed to finish at 1:30, which ment I could hang around with liv for a bit before dad came up to take her back. So while it wasn't my normal boxing day, it was still pretty good.

New years eve was a bit of a bust for me too this year as I had to work new years day. It was also annoying because I actually had plans this year. So I missed out on the party at Zarna and Justin's (Sorry Zarna) and from reports from Liv, it was a fun party too! :(
But, I managed to entertain myself. My friend, Tanya, was having a BBQ get-together at her place for new years eve, so I tagged along. My intention was to basically just go for dinner and be home by 10, but of course that didn't happen! After an evening of milling around, talking and watching the fireworks, I managed to see the new year in with little side effects present for the next day at work!

Work has been going ok. Today was my first day unbuddied, so I had to try and remember all the little things I needed to do by myself, but it went ok. I thought I was going to be running very late but I manage to finsh on time, surprisingly! I wonder who I missed....!

Anyway, that's about it for me. Catch ya later!

PS I know I said in the last blog I'd write about the rest of my 2 week holidays but I never got around to it! We went to Canberra the second weekend to take mum to the theatre for her birthday. We saw 'Pirates of Penzence'. Very daggy operaetta type thing but very funny and purposefully over-the-top. Was even funnier that the main pirate dude was ripping off Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribean! Good for a giggle. Also did a large bulk of my Christmas shopping while we were there! The Canberra Centre is huge - took us two days to get through the whole complex! To the shop-a-holics out there, it's worth the trip!