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I am a full-time mama with a passion for writing and talking to fascinating people. I live in a one horse town with a Cowboy and my son. Thank Lord for cyberspace! I lived a colourful life in Sydney for a number of years. Working in advertising and journalism for FPC and the Sydney Morning Herald. During my time in Sydney I competed in a Dragon Boat race, choreographed a dragshow, used the Share Accomodation advertisements as a way to meet men and was told by Noiseworks frontrunner Jon Stevens that I was a bitch! Then came the decision to move back to country for 3 months to help out my Father with newspaper business while he was having treatment. Convinced I was a city girl I was caught by surprise when I fell in love with a farmer (and no, he didn't want a wife... still doesn't it seems!) convinced him that we needed to see the world, popped off to Vietnam to teach english in Saigon - before realising that the "food" in Nam didn't agree with me... turned out to be Monte - my son who is now with the Cowboy and I back in country NSW! I am in a wonderful stage of my life where I am focusing on the things that really make me tick. Including writing these chronicles.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Ten Unique Things

When I asked for assignments the other day, one was for me to tell you "Ten Unique Things about me"


OK THEN.

1) When I was seven I won a local competition to come up with a slogan for Tidy Towns.

It was "Be like Mr. Sheen and keep Hay Clean" hahaha, I was so excited I wrote a letter to Mr. Sheen himself and I was so chuffed when he wrote back, though a bit sad that he addressed it to "Master Sharni ......" Damn Mum for giving me boy haircuts

2) I completed a Television acting course in Melbourne.
You think I would have AT LEAST got myself the gig on the NRL Ad after all that training. NUP.
(for the record - the NRL people are still considering coming out to Hay to do more screen tests) 

3) I once called in sick to work from a nightclub at 6am
(not one of my prouder moments - it was in a former life, future employers) 

4) I was mates with the very posh and proper concierge man at the Sydney Morning Herald.
I think I was the only person who ever spoke to him.
 He was the ultimate professional.

He was quite sad when I was leaving but still only referred to me as Ms Montgomery. I must confess the main reason we became so matesy was because I lost my security pass many times.

5) I used to suffer really badly from anxiety attacks.

 They seem to have disappeared off the face of the Earth since I left Sydney and became a Mother - I believe my body was protesting because I was taking the wrong path - and now I am on the right one, everything is coooool.
My organs can relax.

6) When I lived in Bondi I lived next door to Paul McDermott, and across the hallway from Annaliese Brakensiek - (so not her surname) but you know, she is a model - she used to come jogging up the stairs in a teeny weeny bikini while I took the lift a couple of floors up.

7) I have lots of projects going on at once and finally understand what people mean when they say "There just aren't enough hours in the day" - trying to find a life balance at the moment.

While my cyber life is kicking goals, the laundry life is failing miserably.

8) I am struggling with the sugar addiction still. Need help.

9) I can't sleep unless I have my pillows in a certain arrangement.

10) Cowboy is THE best cook and I must have some good karma owing to me because he cooks for me and I don't know how I would cope if I had to cook on top of everything else. Since its Valentines Day (which I resent, you know me and commercial things) but since it is - I thought I'd add this one because he is the most thoughtful Cowboy I know.

And I know a few.

10 comments:

  1. Wow, you are such an interesting person. Thanks so much for sharing - if you ever get stuck for blog ideas, more posts like this would be great!

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  2. I've done the nightclub call... so not cool. Makes perfect sense at the time though, right?

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  3. Oh I love Paul McDermott!! I've never heard of the model woman though!

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  4. oh you would big boobs - she was on Fat Pizza - i so haven't got her name right haha

    Course it made sense at the time Karls !!!

    Kelly Thanks for the interesting wrap. I'll take it :-)

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  5. I do that with my pillows. And my laundry's gone all to hell, too.

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  6. Love it :)

    Also love Paul McD.... you ever think you might interview him?

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  7. Always make friends with the concierge and the cleaners. They turn out to be interesting people.

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  8. My dear Sharni...I have a little MORE sunshine waiting for you over on my blog. I couldn't help it..I love all you do!

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  9. Ha, Ha, Sharni! I don't even KNOW you and I think I love you! You're a hoot (that means really really funny in the U.S., hope it's not an Aussie insult). I thank Kathy for leading me to you, and I can't wait to read more. Guess now I gotta back up and do just that. Oh, boy another aussie friend, yay :)

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  10. I want a t-shirt that says 'While my cyber life is kicking goals, the laundry life is failing miserably." BRILLIANT!

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