ABOUT YOU
1. What is a typical day like for you?
I get up, take a cup of coffe...or two... read our lockal paper.
Give my budgie fresh food and water and open the cage door so he can fly out.
Start my computer, check emails. Cooking and cleaning.
Back to my PC and working with psp.
Spending time with my husband.
If the weather is fine I go out in the garden at summer or a walk.
In winter I take a skiing tour if it not so cold.
Watch TV.
2. Do you work outside the home and if so, what do you do?
No
3. Do you have any children? If so, what are their names and ages?
I have a daughter Anna. She will be 30 in July 2006.
5. What is your favourite pastime or hobby or craft?
I enjoy photography and webdesign very much.
6. What inspires you?
When I can help people and they be happy.
Honesty and kindhearted people.
7. What irritates you?
Rude people, liars, people who hurt animals or children.
8. What is your favourite thing in life?
My family
9. What is your favourite color?
Red
10. What is your favourite type of music, song, singer or group?
Alanis Morissette - Uninvited, The Cranberries - Dreams, Enya - Only Time,
Helloween - A Tale That Wasn't Right, Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Leonard Cohen - Susanne and Barbra Streisand - Mother.
11. What is your favourite movie? Actor? Actress?
Notting Hill - Julia Roberts
12. What is your favourite food? Are you a good cook?
Baked salmon,potatos,lemon, sour cream with dill. My friends and family think so.
13. What makes you laugh?
A good movie and little children who laughing.
14. Name an event in your life that you will never forget.
The birth of my child.
15. If you had a chance to be one person for a day, who would that person be, and why?
A very rich person, so I could give money to all in need.
ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE
16. What part of the world are you in?
Northen Sweden
17. What traditions are unique to where you live?
9 December - Nobel prize festivity. December 13th, Lucia.
Midsummer celebrations - We raise a "Midsummer pole,"
or a maypole, which is decorated with leaves and flowers,
flags and fetishes. We dance and sing around the pole,
play traditional games, consume enormous amounts of food and drink,
18. Are there any famous people—past and present—from your City or Country?
Yes.
Past
Dag Hammarskjold - he was named secretary-general of the United Nations,
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) The children's book writer enjoyed international fame as the creator of Pippi Longstocking
Alfred Nobel (1833-96) -- This 19th-century Swedish industrialist and creator of prizes that bear his name.
Present..ABBA, Ingmar Bergman...
19. Are there any famous Landmarks or Historical Events from your area?
Yes,
but it is difficult to explain in English.
20. What is your favourite food that is unique to your area?
Roast elk meat with potatos, cream sauce with lingonberry.
For dessert...cloudberry with cream
21. What is the main language spoken in your area?
Swedish
22. Is English your primary language?
No
23. If the answer to the above question is “no”, then how have you learned to communicate with others who speak English?
Scool,contact with people from other countries, RPG video games
24. What do you like best about where you live?
The nature and it is quietly
25. What do you like least about where you live?
Long way to drive to the nearest town where my daughter live.
26. Is there anything else you’d like to share with our Members about your area?
It can be very warm in summer and very cold winter.
ABOUT YOUR ONLINE LIFE
27. How much time do you spend online and how does your family feel about it?
We have broadband, so I am always online and I spend many hours on a day in normaly case.
We have two computers and my husband also do so.
28. How much experience do you have on the computer?
Some years
29. Have you taken any computer classes, online or off?
A beginner class there I live.
30. Did you create your site yourself?
Yes
31. Why did you originally create it?
I have always wanted to make a homepage, but never know how,
but one day my husband show me a book about html and I started my first try.
32. Would you like to share your link with us here?
http://www.birgittasplace.com/
33. What do you do away from the computer? For example, do you go fishing or camping?
I'm a member of a theatre group and we have performed a musical and reviews,
so I spend a lot of time for rehearsals and perfomance.
ABOUT YOU AND GOF
34. When did you first join GOF?
I joined GOF on May 8, 2003
35. How did you find GOF?
Someone invited me...I think...
36. What committees are you involved with in the Garden?
The welcoming Committee, Photographic Group and Tutorial group
37. If you had a chance to be a Garden Keeper for the day, what would you do?
I don't know...
38. Is there anything you would like to see added or changed in the Garden?
I don't want to change anything. Everything is perfect!
Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions!
It was a pleasure!
Happy 6th Birthday GOF!!
