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8 things I want to do before I die
1. See real glow worms
2. See polar lights in Norway
3. Travel to all the temples in the world (which is getting more and more of a challenge)
4. Have a big house with a big garden and my own library in the west wing
5. Do temple service with Dan Horne again
6. Learn to play the violin and the piano (I started with piano lessons, poor Paddy)
7. Learn to paint
8. Let our happy family grow and make it an eternal one

8 Things I am passionate about
1. Being a wife and mother (best thing in the world!!!)
2. Sewing! Can’t do without. Going to fabric stores gives me an adrenaline rush
3. Planning – I still print my own kind of “blue planners” haha
4. Family history – it’s highly addictive
5. The Gospel – there’s always more to learn
6. The Young Women in my ward – I love working with them
7. Travelling – there is no such thing as going to new places and meeting new cultures
8. ICE CREAM and food – buying, cooking /baking and eating all kinds of food

8 Common phrases
I don’t really use any. I just got the hang of the Dutch language… Oh, yes, I do…I ask: is that a word or what does that mean all the time. ;)

8 Recently read books
1. 7 habits of highly effective people for teenagers (never got through the grown-up version – waaaay too boring)
2. Baby food recipe book
3. Chronicles of Narnia
4. Chicken soup for the expectant mother’s soul
5. Great expectations by Charles Dickens
6. Fire of Faith by John Groberg
7. To draw closer to Christ by Henry B. Eyring
8. A Mother’s Influence

Characteristics of my friends...
Positive, happy, loyal, honest and trustworthy people. And they like to eat ice-cream…

8 of my album covers...
1. anything Josh Groban
2. John Legend
3. Coldplay
4. Radiohead
5. Movie soundtracks
6. Weezer
7. MoTab of course!
8. there are so many …all kinds of happy and upbeat music

8 Random things about me
1. I can’t stand small villages…I am a city girl. And guess where we live: yes, a village.
2. I so wish I could go to the mission reunion in April. It kills me that I can’t beam myself over there.
3. I LOVE to brush my teeth
4. I love to eat frozen peas
5. I miss going to church dances, actually planning them, we had THE BEST dances ever in my ward
6. I wish I could live in an IKEA store
7. I watch “Project Runway” every week
8. I still get mission homesick during General Conference

Whoever feels called to be next - go for it! :)