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A Poll!
Ok, ladies. This board has been dead. d-e-a-d, dead. Let's try to resuscitate (spelling?) with a poll! If 10 questions is a bit much, feel free to pick and choose your answers!
1. Name and Location, please.
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer?
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever.
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring?
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts?
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him?
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days?
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going?
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun?
9. What book are you reading right now?
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately?
Re: A Poll!
1. Name and Location, please.
Kelly, Indianapolis
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer?
Work, arranging and going to fun events, volunteering for a campaign and heading up the flood relief efforts for my church.
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever.
Dubin, Ireland & some Irish countryside- Rome and Venice,Italy and then Germany (for the world cup) If I could live anywhere, and money was a non-issue, it would be Venice. I absolutely adore that city!
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring?
Teeball is great to watch live and I love going to an Indians game a few times a year... but wathing the majors on TV makes me want to poke my eyeballs out!
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts?
Hmmm... which one to choose? On a rare occasion when he cooks, he uses a MILLION pots and pans and ends up dirtying every corner of the kitchen. Honestly- I don't think I could use as many dishes and/or get the place as messy if I tried! It's my job to wash dishes (he does all laundry), so maybe that's why I'm a little bitter about the clean up!
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him?
(sorry, meant SO adorable you decide to keep him)
When he really laughs an honest "gut" laugh, he squints his eyes and bobs his head and it makes me smile so much on the inside because he is so genuinely happy. I've never told him how much I love that- I'm afraid he'd alter it because he thinks I'm teasing him or something!
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days?
Grill out! Lovin' the fresh veggies on the grill. Peppers, onions, zucchini... doesn't matter! I also have fallen in love with the bacon at Goose the Market. I sneak a piece into many things I cook for an added punch.
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going?
We're enjoying no kids and planning impromptu travel. We're enjoying thinking about planning and trying to figure out when DH is going to graduate so that we can get started.
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun?
Eeks. I hate sparklers and any kind of home firework. I realize it's a little irrational, but they totally creep me out!
9. What book are you reading right now?
Under the Banner of Heaven, about Mormonism. Very interesting book club read.
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately?
No big purchases. Since we may move in about a year or so, there really is no reason to do any major updates or improvements. Just maintenance at this point, really! I am looking for some sort of ecclectic coffeetable/ottoman for the living room.
1. Name and Location:
Christine in Fishers
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer?
Working and getting the house cleaned out/organized/ready for this baby. (Actually, more than getting it ready for the baby specifically, I'm trying to prepare to have a lot less time...)
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever:
Hmmmm... I've got a three way tie and I liked each for a different reason. I loved our Caribbean cruise honeymoon. It was my first vacation with DH and it was so fun to hang out together. (Awesome islands & awesome ship too!) I really liked Maine - so relaxing and beautiful. We stayed at Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor. The area is beautiful and the town had lots of great little restaurants. The last of my three favorites was South Africa. So different than I had expected! The first week was along the coast, starting in Cape Town. Very European feeling and gorgeous rugged coast. Then Durban, Swaziland, and Kruger National Park were much more like I had expected Africa to look like. Loved the Safari in Kruger!
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring?
Fun to watch once in a while. Lots of fun to see in person.
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts?
He snores - really, really loud!
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him?
He's really sweet. He does all kinds of stuff around the house, usually vacuums and mops, takes care of all the yard work. He's really great with my geriatric dog too, especially for someone that doesn't care for dogs all that much...
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days?
Love to grill - did I mention that DH does all the grilling? Well, I do get everything ready and fix all the sides. Earlier this week we had German Potato Salad that turned out pretty good.
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going?
Surprise Baby is due in 8 weeks. Going well. Really excited about this baby and can't wait to see and hold him or her! And I'll be really glad when I'm not pregnant anymore!
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun?
A little of both...
9. What book are you reading right now?
Lots of pregnancy & baby books. Recently finished The Pillars of the Earth and My Sister's Keeper.
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately?
Nothing too major. DH and his dad are painting the baby's room today. Yeah!
1. Name and Location, please. Julie, Westfield
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer? Finishing my clinical hours for my WHNP degree...almost done!!!
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever. I have to list two b/c their each so different....London, England (with a friend) and then our "backup" Honeymoon to Michigan where we traveled along the coast and stayed at B&B's and Mackinack Island.
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring? Very boring unless you're at the game.
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts? He will start the laundry and tell me that he'll keep it going, but then it's like he forgets and I'll end up finishing it, ugh!
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him? He is so kind, attentive and just plain sweet
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days? Anything on the grill really and all kinds of yummy sweets!
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going? TTC #1 after 2 losses in '07
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun? Totally fun, as long as kiddos are supervised.
9. What book are you reading right now? Just finishing up "Bitter is the new black" and it's hysterical!
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately? Not really, we JUST bought our house this year and it's only 4 years old so everything is just like new. I'm hoping that towards the end of summer we can by some front porch & back patio furniture.
1. Eliabeth, SW 'burb of Indy
2. Work - new job and my side business
3. Hm, I don't know if I have a favorite, but so far I really enjoyed our trip this spring to Branson - we went hiking through a gorgeous conservation area that went under a prescribed burn the day before and we saw all kinds of amazing waterfalls.
4. America's past time, but I don't watch it.
5. Doesn't clean up after himself or tracks his motorcycle/car dirt into the house and doesn't clean it up.
6. His big goofy smile and his pretty eyes
5. Nothing? I haven't had the time or the budget these days, but I LOVE to cook a variety of ethnic foods -- Greek, Thai, Brazilian, etc
7. Things are going well. The family plans have been pushed back a bit with the layoff/new job and I need to feel around the new job to see if they will continue to send me off for 3+ weeks at a time if I decide to get pregnant/new mom.
8. Both? I always managed to burn myself as a kid.
9. Nothing fun --- tons of Army Corps reading and other boring work-related stuff. Either that or scientific papers for my master's project.
10. Yes and no. I finally bought the mirror and light to finish off the master bathroom. I still need to get the vanity top and faucet, but I can at least start painting everything and putting in the new fixtures.
If we end up moving to STL, I'll have to repaint some walls and deal with the exterior of the house.
You rock Kelly!
1 - Erika, Southside/Greenwood are of Indianapolis
2 - Trying to get consistant about working out, taking a historical epidemiology class, working on final concnetration project research and arranging..
3 - Hmm... probably Jamaica it was fun to travel with family and be in paradise with Shane.
4 - Bleck! I am NOT a baseball fan but it is the American pass time.
5 - He talks to me when I am doing something I need to concentrate on and then gets sad when I am not engaged in the conversation.... why?!
6 - He's sarcastic, funny, a little biting (think Jon Stewart), and have you seen his eyes?, he gives amazing hugs, and he loves my crazy!
7 - NOT having kids is very nice! We are planning on keeping that way for a good while.
8 - fun! I love them! especially the giant ones!
9 - Lots of Epi stuff for school, my monthly InStyle
10 - Nope.. still renting
I wish we knew where we were going to end up so we could buy something up and I can nest !!
1. Name and Location, please.
Emily, eastside Indy
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer?
a toddler. work. traveling to visit family.
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever.
I guess it would probably be the trip DH and I took to my friends wedding in Las Vegas and then driving 8 hours across the desert to my dad's in Reno- that was a fun trip. 2nd runner up would be our honeymoon to Cancun.
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring?
Mostly long and boring. If I'm AT the game, it's ok- tv, no way.
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts?
I have to name just one? He smells his upper lip (mustache) all the time...scrunches up his face and smells it....drives me crazy.
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him?
He does dishes and laundry (yes, I think that's adorable)- he also is just a great father, which is uber attractive
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days?
Red Velvet cake from scratch with homemade cream cheese icing
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going?
Ashley is fine- getting big (see siggy). She's enrolled in a tumbling class that starts Monday. She's so much fun.
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun?
Both!
9. What book are you reading right now?
Suze Orman, Women & Money
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately?
Well, pulled a Samantha (any SATC fans?) and bought myself a diamond- not a huge one, just a solitaire pendant. DH got a PS3, so it is a trade off.
We are getting ready to redo our bathroom downstairs and did our dining room floors not to long ago (see pic below). We're considering putting the house in the market in the next year or so- so we'll be doing a lot of de-cluttering, small updates and neutral painting! Think "Designed to Sell"- that will be my life for awhile. I've become an HGTV junkie- I am SO a product of my demographic!
1. Name and Location, please. Cynthia, Brownsburg
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer? work and relaxing
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever. I enjoy just about anything that involves the beach and warm/sunny weather.
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring? baseball is fun
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts? hmm...probably not keeping the house clean while I'm on vacation
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him? he can be very romantic and can always get me to laugh
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days? salmon or grilled food
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going?
Still having baby fever but enjoying our time being DINKs.
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun? fun
9. What book are you reading right now? a book about the Dilley sextuplets. Just finished Baby Catcher.
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately? Built a new deck last year. Added stamped concrete porch to it last month. Working on a fireput. Bought patio furniture last week. Getting ready to start on landscaping around the new patio, putting granite countertops in the kitchen, and tiling the hallway and bathrooms.
1. Name and Location, please.
Brenda from Elkhart
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer?
Home improvement, TTC
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever.
Going to our lake cabin every summer. I look forward to it all year. My favorite time was probably last year - the lake was empty and it seemed like DH & I were the only people in the entire county. :-)
4. Baseball - america's pastime or long and boring?
America's pastime!
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts?
He leaves tools laying around.
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him?
He is just such a sweetheart at the exact moments that I need it most.
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days?
Desserts of any variety.
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going?
We're TTC. On our third month trying. So, not going so well. The trying part is fun, but the finding out that you're not pregnant part is devastating.
8. Sparklers - dangerous or fun?
Depends on who's holding it! Generally, fun!
9. What book are you reading right now?
This summer has been all about baby books, but I'm taking a break from those books right now, and reading some romance novels that a girlfriend sent me. :-)
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately?
We are 99% done with a complete bathroom remodel. We knocked all the walls down, moved the tub, toilet, and sink. We just have to finish the trim work on the window and door, then we're DONE, and can actually enjoy our summer. YAY!
Fun poll!!
Brenda
1. Haley, Indianapolis (too close to the ghetto!)
2. KIDS! I'm back at work and this is really the first I've worked a normal job & normal hours in about 2 years....plus having to think about who picks the kids up, making sure DD is pooping on a daily basis, and trying to keep DS from breaking both arms at the same time by jumping off some way-to-high area of the furniture.
3. Myrtle Beach - it's about our 'default' location...we've been a few times but my fave time was when DH proposed to me.
4. nice to go watch in person, but just another waste of a cable channel....it lasts way to long to stay interested if you're not watching in person.
5. DH has really flaky feat. He has an Omega 3 fatty acid deficit (according to my web research!), and he will sit around an pick the flakes. Eww.
6. I love how much he loves me. (Does that sound a bit conceited?) He just always tells me how happy he is with me and how much he loves me and everything thing I do for our family.....it makes me feel so good.
7. I'm not the great chef that some are, but my fave thing right now is whole wheat pasta...I just discovered it a few months ago, and love it. I'm also eager to get some good corn-on-the-cob. That was my main motivation to hit the farmer's market downtown last summer, and now I can't go!
8. We're happily sticking with our 2 kiddos for now. We are not making any permanent decisions yet, but probably are done.
9. Sparklers - loved them as a kid, and think they are fine under normal circumstances, but fireworks in general make me nervous.
10. Book - none....I simply have zero extra time to read..
11. We are getting some repairs done due to the storm about 5 weeks ago. Our roof was done last week, and we're also getting a new window, gutters, screens, MBR - carpet/drywall/paint/baseboard, and pole light. Nice to get new stuff, but its taking way too long for my liking!
Wasn't this 10 questions? - - Kelly you need to work on your counting!
LOL!
1. Name and Location, please. Nancy, Fishers
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer? Work
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever. I love the beach. We are headed to PVR in September for our anniversary. Can't wait.
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring? I go to games mainly for the food. Bad but soooo good.
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts? He leaves his dirty clothes on the floor and is too lazy to dump them in the laundry hamper.
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him? He is an overall good guy, generous, loving, great golfer, wannabe rockstar.
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days? too busy to cook, but since we got a new grill i'm loving grilled asparagus. yum!
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going? No kids (for now) and loving it! Although we love that show Jon & Kate Plus 8
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun? I love sparklers and fireworks!
9. What book are you reading right now? No time to read books but just read two great Obama articles in Rollingstone.
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately? Aside from the new grill, pendant lights for our kitchen/bar area and hardware for our bathroom.
Great poll! Thanks! ;-)
2. What has been keeping you so busy this summer? Teaching summer school, and de-cluttering!
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever? Honeymoon in San Franciscio, followed closely by our annual birthday trip to Chicago. Last year we saw WICKED!
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring? I'm a convert! I used to hate sports of any kind, until my DH took me to a Reds game on Fathers Day(a tradition in his family), I met everybody am d became hooked. Although the food does make it worth my while!
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts? He leaves drink glasses EVERYWHERE! In the car, beside the bed, in the garage, on the patio! He leaves one behind, and gets a new one for each drink. We often end the evening going on a glass hunt!
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him? Ther are 2 things that make me melt! #1 is when he calls our dogs "son" & "daughter", and tells them to "take care of your Mommy." when he leaves for work. #2 is the way he grabs, and holds my hand when we're driving in the car, or walking through a store!
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days? I too have caught the grilling bug! We also got out our ice cream maker out this week, and came up with a mean chocolate chip mint!
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going? TTC#1 for about a year now, while everyone around us is proving their fertility! I'm happy for them, but honestly a bit envious too.
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun? Fun in the right hands!
9. What book are you reading right now? Just started Big Stone Gap, and a friend just sent me The Fertility Journal.
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately? We just put up a new privacy fence alongside the yard, and have a new bistro set. We're trying to decide if we want to add an umbrella or not. My DH just got me a new digital camera, and I've gone crazy in the scrapbook aisle @ Michael's!
I'm new to the boards, and found this to be a great place to start!
Ok, ladies. This board has been dead. d-e-a-d, dead. Let's try to resuscitate (spelling?) with a poll! If 10 questions is a bit much, feel free to pick and choose your answers!
1. Name and Location, please Storm, Southside, near Greenwoood
3. Describe your favorite vacation ever. my favorite was the most recent, honeymoon in Orlando, Flordia. Went to the beach, Disney and to visit some family...IT WAS GREAT
4. Baseball- america's pastime or long and boring? pastime, can't beat a day in the seats with a hot dog and beer.
5. What is one thing your DH that drive you nuts? just one??? Leaves the day Tv after he goes to sleep.
6. And one thing that is just adorable you decide to keep him? he makes the bed with me in it...i know stupid...but he also will do a lot around the house.
5. What's your favorite thing to cook these days? tequilla-lime chicken
7. How are the kiddos and/or How is babymaking and/or How is enjoying the no-kids life going? no kids life goes pretty good.
8. Sparklers- dangerous or fun? fun as long as you are careful!!
9. What book are you reading right now? Twilight, Stephanie Meyers
10. Any major house improvements or purchases lately? starting to look into buying a house for next spring.