Jan 27

“Mooooommy, come and take the 8-random-facts dictate!” - That´s what I was told immediately after breakfast, spoken in perfect toddler-babble.

The background: Luis has been tagged by Soma and his secretary Swordmama to complete his very first MEME. Today the busy toddler found time and dictated me 8 random facts about himself:

[all pictures in this posting were taken in January 2008]

“Hi, darling bloggie people! My name is Luis-Franklin and these are 8 random facts about me:

1.) I´m a bookworm. I love any kind of books but I prefer picture-books, especially those so called “touch-and-feel”-books.

Textbooks, or anything looking like a book is okay for me, too. Magazines, newspapers, the telephone-book, user manuals… I love to “read” everything.

Some books I read only once, but several others are worthy to be re-read. When I´m tired about a book it will definitely meet its fate: I´ll eat it!

2.) Referring to food I am definitely not hard to please. I give everything a try before I decide to want more or not. Those things I already know and like can be served on my plate. I´ll eat them with my little fork or spoon.

If there´s anything new I prefer to be feeded with chop-sticks. Yeah, right. Chinese chop sticks.

3.) I ♥ phones, any kind of phones. Calling people is great fun, whether it´s my granny Miss Elli or a stranger, I love to dial numbers. St Nicholas brought me a Sesame Street mobile and Santa Claus gave me a Winnie Pooh mobile and a cordless phone with answering machine. I love my own phones, but I also love to call people with my parents´ phones… especially Japanese people sound funny. My mommy seems to be a bit nervous about the upcoming telephone bill.

4.) The best things in life are free… or forbidden, like stealing pinching chocolate or cookies.

I don´t care too much about those rules, especially when I feel unobserved I launch into the huuuuge bowl filled with sweets.

My parents try to kid me by placing apples and other fruits on the plate… but I only grab cookies or chocolate. It´s all about the shiny wrapping, you know.
Kinderschokolade is my favorite.

5.) The playground is my favorite place to be outside.

I love to go on the swings. up and down, uuuuuup and doooooown, til my little face turns green.

There´s also a water-playgroud located near our home. This one is great (and pulpy) fun, too.

6.) It´s fun to play with toys, but I´ve always favored addult stuff over my toys. Great things to play with are e.g.
- tissue boxes
- wire wisks
- remote controls
- DVDs
- bread baskets
- digital cameras
- notebooks.

Yes, I prefer technical stuff. Did I mention phones already???

7.) Back in those “baby”-days I didn´t like blankets. I hated to be tucked in.
This habit has changed some weeks ago. Blankets are great.

I love to be tucked in when my parents put me to bed. When we´re cuddling on the couch I tuck us all in.

Blankets are also a great utility when playing hide-and-seek.

My favorite blanket is this hand-knitted colorful one.

8.) Jersey, the furry diva is my beloved woofie. She´s the reason why I began to eat / drink while mommy and I were in hospital after I was born. I refused food until my mommy told me we will be allowed to go home and meet my woofie when I drink.
Thereafter I drank like a world-champion. 2 days later we went home.
Today Jersey is the one to be feeded… by me. ;)


Let the little one´s take over the Blogosphere leadership -

- Georgia @ Blog That Mommy!
- Tyler @ CrAzY Working Mom
- Yohan @ Heart of Rachel
- Shorty @ It´s Always A Production (Happy Birthday!!!)
- Luz @ Insanity Prevails

Happy weekend, folks!”

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say ‘Yo Goober! Where’s the meat!?’. I’m trying to impress people here Lisa. You don’t win friends with salad.


Jul 25

[You´ll find my Wordless Wednesday entry here]

Yesterday´s mo-licious Mo-Show was all about MEMEs - featuring a Special Guest: the one and only Mimi, Queen of the MEMEs.

I can´t imagine this, but… just in case you missed it… (*ssssshhhh* don´t tell) you can listen to the archived version of the MEME Mo-Show (secretly).

In the MEME - time I´m going to amuse you more or less with 3 MEMEs I held back for “the day after”:

8 Things MEME - Part #271:
by courtesy of the inimitable Ian

1. I have to post these rules before I give you 8 more boring facts about me.
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.
6. There is NO rule 6.
7. Failure to follow through with this meme will result in being run over repeatedly by the karma bus.
8.) Added by me: Since everyone has done this one at least 2 times, I will ignore the rules and tag no one. Feel free to tag yourself =)

Here are eight more random facts/habits about Sanni:

1. We´ve been to the Frankenheim Open Air Cinema in Duesseldorf, Germany recently - I enjoyed watching Quentin Tarantino´s “Death Proof”… I´ve always been a huge fan of tarantino´s morbid sh!†…

2. Speaking of Tarantino: I’m usually not attracted to John Travolta but I think he’s hot in the movie “Pulp Fiction”.

3. I knew how to read even before I first stepped into school. Thanks Mom.

4. When I was about 8 I won a contest: “Who could scream the loudest?” I won without finishing… most of the hundred+ adults present were sticking fingers in their ears, so the presenter ran up shouting: “You win, you win!” just to make me stop.
Today I ask myself: “Who sound of mind comes up with a screaming-contest for kids???”

5. I´m anti-manual, but I love having the manual when I can´t figure it out.

6. I´ve kissed a girl once. We met in a disco - she came over asking me:”Wanna kiss me?” and I did… better to say: we did. I guess our kiss made some people feel lustful. There was a photo-strech of us published in 2 party magazines =)

7. If I wear lingerie it has to be beautiful, e.g. with lots of laces

8. My “real” name is Sandra - some of my blogging friends already now this, especially those I have email contact with. Since I was a little one everybody named me Sanni… my parents, friends, teacher, co-workers, university professors… everyone. So when you would meet me anywhere, calling me “Sandra” to get my attention, I might probably not react to you - just because I don´t realize you mean me.


Seven…
… is brought to you by the unique Ian as well.
Seven…

…Things I plan to do before I die
1. Send a message in a bottle
2. Take my son Luis to New York City
3. Learn to speak a 7th language (fluid)
4. Grow my own vegetables after moving to a sunny country
5. Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack for a Blogosphere Meet&Greet (& *SMOOCH*)
6. Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty
7. Fly a kite

…Things I can do
1. Web design
2. Paint
3. Lock my legs behind my head (seperately)
4. Speak 6 languages
5. See-saw my nose
6. Love unconditionally
7. Organize

…Things I can’t do
1. Lick my ellbow
2. Knit
3. Pilot an airplane, better to say: pilot anything
4. Back-Flips
5. Resist shopping
6. Imagine to cut my hair off
7. Listen to music without singing

…Things that attract me to the opposite sex
1. A nice piece off ass
2. Neat hands
3. Bright eyes
4. Intelligence
5. Fine sense of humor
6. Deep voice
7. The size of his… heart! =)

…Things I say the most
1. “Ich liebe Dich” (I love you)
2. “Oh, ich brauche dieses Paar Schuhe!!!” (Oh, I really need these shoes!!!)
3. “Ich komme 5 Minuten spaeter” (I´ll be late… about 5 minutes)
4. “Fein gemacht, Luis!” (Well done, Luis!)
5. “Jersey, sitz! - Ich blog das…” (Jersey, sit! I´m so going to blog that…)
6. “Die Internet Verbindung ist schon wieder fratze!” (The internet connection sucks big time!)
7. “Scheisse” (shit)

…Celebrity Crushes
1. George Clooney
2. Robbie Williams
3. Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
4. Jude Law
5. Zinedine Zidane
6. Angelina Jolie ;)
7. Matt-Man

…Songs I can’t get out of my head
1. Paint It Black ~ The Rolling Stones
2. Chasing Cars ~ Snow Patrol
3. Summer Wine ~ Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon
4. 1979 ~ Smashing Pumpkins
5. Since I Don’t Have You ~ Guns N Roses
6. My Immortal ~ Evanescence
7. The Sweet Escape ~ Gwen Stefani

…Things I do in the middle of the night but shouldn’t
1. Blog
2. Work
3. Watch the moon
4. Go skinny dipping
5. Smoke
6. Have nightmares
7. Grind my teeth

…Things I’d bring to a deserted island
1. My inner circle
2. DIY-guide: How to survive on a deserted island
3. All-in-once device suitable for every purpose
4. Coffee
5. Notebook
6. I-pod
7. Tons of books

…Shows on TV I follow
1. 24
2. CSI “where ever”
3. Boston Legal
4. House, M.D.
5. Nip Tuck
6. The Simpsons
7. Muppet Show

…Reasons the world is better off that I don’t carry a gun
1. I watched “Falling Down” - can you hear me, Burger King guys???
2. I have a short temper with assholes
3. I think most people are assholes
4. I don’t think you should kill something unless you are going to eat it…
5. I watched “Falling Down” - can you hear me, Burger King guys???
6. Manolo Blahnik shoes quite expensive
7. Luis might find it…

…Things I can’t do without
1. My inner circle
2. Coffee
3. Cigarettes (altough guilty to say)
4. Music
5. www
6. vacation every now and then

…Things that make life worth living a little longer
1. Once again: my inner circle
2. Getting pregant again (”Come on, sweets - let´s try making a baby girl this time…”)
3. Adventures waiting
4. Exploring new places
5. Dreams to come true
6. Becoming a granny some day
7. see “…Things I plan to do before I die”

…Things I used to do when I was younger but no longer do
1. Go to school - obviously
2. Wait for “Mr Right” (found him… or did he find me???)
3. Hang upside down from a tree
4. Wear belly tops
5. Base jump
6. Smoke weed
7. Overdraw my account

…Things that make it hard for people to like me
1. I got a strong willpower
2. I am lippy
3. Sometimes I´m bitchy
4. My sarcasm (Imagine a cute House, MD in high heels)
5. For the girls: my boobies =)
6. For the guys: I´m taken =)
7. My honesty: If I don´t like you, no fuss, you´ll know it

…Stages I’ve gone through in my life
1. Sweet (baby) doll
2. Pretty cool teenager
3. Got my cherry popped
4. Excited student
5. Girl with eating disorder
6. Selfemployed workhorse
7. One hot Mommy

Go on and tag yourself, darling bloggie people. This one´s easy and FUN!


The Archive MEME
sponsored by the incredible Travis:
This is how it will work:

Go back through your archives and post the links to your five favorite blog posts that you’ve written. … but there is a catch:

Link 1 must be about family.
Link 2 must be about friends.
Link 3 must be about yourself, who you are… what you’re all about…
Link 4 must be about something you love
Link 5 can be anything you choose.

Post your five links and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintences so that you get to know each other better…. and don’t forget to read the archive posts and leave comments!

About FAMILY: {Goodbye 2006!} - contains a Month-By-Month Review of… guess what: our year 2006

About FRIENDS: *F*R*I*E*N*D*S* - honoring 33 wonderful blogging friends on my 33rd birthday.

About ME: Bonds of Love: Crohn & Me - I´m an open book to most of my readers, but one thing only a few now ab out me. My live isn´t always good… let me introduce my personal Lord Voldemort: Crohn´s Disease

About SOMETHING I LOVE: Dominican Republic - I´ve got the travel bug. Got your toothbrush with ya? Good! Let´s hop over to the Dominican Republic!

About ANYTHING I CHOOSE: Guess who´s One - a little bit of everything… family, friends, me, something (someone) I love…

Who to tag?

The “old-timer”:
- Queen Mimi, because her blog´s full of wonderful posts… and hey… she´s the Queen of MEMEs
- Mo, because he´s only 40+ MEMEs behind *snicker*
- Bud, so he doesn´t have to steal it on Sunday… Oh, I did missunderstand the “Sunday Stealing”? Hey, I´m German ;)

The (not so) “newbies”:
- BAAAHHH!!! - I know Maria is very busy - BAAAHHH!!! is about to start soon at the NY International Fringe Festival… (WOOOOOOO! Go and get your tickets today, folks! This ought to be great!) but I´d love to read her answers…
- Danielle - she´s got 300+ super-postings and I haven´t read all (yet)

Congrats, you made it. Espresso anybody???

Catch ya,

Sanni

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Mmmmmmh… beer!