October 2009 Weddings
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Have a lull at work: GTKY Quiz!
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be?
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married?
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names?
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3. 
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like?
And GO!
After 22 cycles and 4 failed IUIs, Serafina joined our family through IVF/ICSI, born 8.28.12
Surprise! The Sequel is due 12.8.14!
Re: Have a lull at work: GTKY Quiz!
Thank goodness. I am so bored!
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? I would knit all day long. I would take a design course and if money was no object, I would design and knit cashmere sweaters forever.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were/have they been married? Yup! They met at the same college DH and I did (aw!). They've been married for 27 years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I have one sister, Caroline.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? We have two cats, Jericho and Branwen.
5. Same as no. 3, silly.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I don't think about this much, since babies are a long way off for us, but for a girl, I really like Aurelia. And for a boy, I want a very traditional, probably Biblical name, like James or Andrew.
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Updated 3-12
I'll go first:
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? A pro-bono defense attorney for those who cannot defend themselves.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? No- they got divorced when we went to college, and sadly, my dad died unexpectedly 3 years later. But, they were married for 17 years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? Just my identical twin sister, Karen.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Nope, just the stuffed green sheep, Peachry and DHs stuffed Snoopy from when he was a baby. We would LOVE to get a Wheaton terrier when we move to SF and we'd name him MoJo.
5. Siblings? Names? Duh, sorry about the duplicate question folks!
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? Ivy Karena and Aidan Anthony.
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1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be?
I would own several homes around the world and spend time traveling between them. I would make every day a "spa day."
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married?
My parents have been married 40+ years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names?
I'm the youngest of four. My older sibilings are Joy, Paul and Dave.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Pugsly (or "Miss Pugsly") is my 3 y/o pug/beagle mix, and is featured in my latest blog post. Here's one of her pics:
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like?
For a Boy: William Arthur (fathers' names)
For a Girl: Lily Ruth
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? I would just volunteer at various organizations.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? 32 years and 1 week!
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? twin: Jessica; two half-sisters: Autumn and Paula
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Someday
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like?
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? buy a huge house well maybe not huge but a nice size one
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? nope they were together for five years I think
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? just two
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? no pets:( I would love to have a dog
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? if I were to have more I like Jace or Kyle for a boy and Ava or Grace for a girl.
And GO!
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Travel the world. And never come back to the lab. MUAHAHA. Oh and buy one of the houses we saw on the tour of kitchens last week.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yes. 32 years
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? None.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Yes. We have a mini goldendoodle, Tucker, and a doberman, Phoebe.
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? DH and I talked about this although babies are not anywhere in our super near future. We like Gwen for a girl. I'm fine with just Gwen, but DH wants that to be the nickname... so either Gwendolyn or Gwynneth. The jury is still out on that one. Boys I think we would give family names... or Thatcher. My family has owned a roofing company for like 4 generations, and since I'm the only child and a girl, I don't want to be a roofer, so the tradition ends with my dad. I'd like to use that name to honor my family.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Open a Performing Arts/Fitness Center that could run on a "pay what you can" basis. I also want to open a Safe House for rescued slaves.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yes! They've been married almost 33 years!
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? Two - Jeremy and David (they're twins and I loved having twin brothers!).
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Two turtles (Crush and Little One), two bunnies (Big Bunny and Mocchi), and DH also has a pretend American Bulldog named Preach (until he can get a real one, he occasionally pretends -- calls him, throws him pretend balls to fetch, etc... yes, we are strange!)
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? The only name I've really been attached to is Skyler for a boy but DH hates that name. I go back and forth with liking Hazel for a girl -- my great grandfather had a sister named Hazel who died when she was very young. I always liked looking at pictures -- something about the way she looked just drew me into those beautiful old black and white photos.
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1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? I would buy a big farm in the country and grow my own veggies and take in dogs from high kill shelters.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were/have they been married? Indeed. It will be 30 years on September 19th.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I have one brother, Anthony (Tony).
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? My little terrier mix, Norton.
5. Same as no. 3, silly.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? We are all over the place on this. Before our BFP we were set on a girl name and a boy name, but now...I'm stuck on Tegan Rose for a girl, DH is stuck on Diego or Liam for a boy (neither of which meet my requirement of being normal but not in the top names in the U.S. list...both are in the top 100 even!)...we've got about 32 weeks to figure it out, thoughpinterest
Such a sweet pic!
I have a very good friend Gwen, who is really named Gwendlin. Just another option for ya. And I think Thatcher is outstanding!
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Move to Mexico and live on a huge ranch.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? No, they were married for 8 years and divorced when I was 7. As a child, I used to throw pennies into a fountain hoping they would get back together.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I have 3 siblings. Older bro Daniel, younger sister Shelby and younger bro Adam.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? We don't have any pets yet... waiting until we have a house with a yard to adopt a doggie.
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? This is so hard now that I am actually preggo. I still love Sofia Adelle or Stella Adelle for a girl. For a boy, I love Xavier or Benjamin. Not sure how hubs feels about those. We haven't started talking about names yet.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Travel to every race track. DH and I are huge rae fans.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yes. They have been married 29 yrs
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I have none. I have 4 SIL's and they are Jenassa, Ashley, Aryn, and Seirra.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Nope
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? Jaiden (hence our sons name) and Brennen for a boy and Hailie for a girl.
I am stuck at home with Bronchitis...so of course I want to play!
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Travel the world, build a huge house in the middle of the country, open an art gallery/personal studio, an antique shop...and a doggy daycare center.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? No, they got divorced when I was a freshman in high school. They were married 20 years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? None, I am an only child.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? I have a dog named Gracie. She is a Corgi/German Shepherd. I also have a black cat named Sierra but she lives with my mom, DH is allergic.
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I really like Ava, Stella, and Violet. I also like Xavier and August.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? I would go on a year long travel jaunt and then come home and volunteer.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yes - they are high school sweethearts and have been married 33 years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I have 2 younger sisters, Emily and Alison.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Yep - a Yellow Lab/Golden Retriever mix named Lucy
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I like Elena and Evelyn for a girl and Max, Henry and Benjamin for boys.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Travel the world.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Nope. They were married for like 3 or 4 years but got divorced when I was just a few months old. They're both remarried - my Dad for 25 years and my mom for almost 13 years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? 1 sister, Kaycee. I have step-brothers though, because of question #2
... Rich, Jim, Mike, Marc. All but 1 is married too, so I have 3 step-sister-in-laws... how's that for disfunctional?!
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? YES! My dog, Beau, is the love of my life. He's a shiba inu and he'll be 5 next month!
5. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? We haven't really talked about this because DH's last name is kind of sucky and doesn't go with many names. Picking a name will be HARD! If we have a boy, I'd like his middle name to be Leo, my grandfather's name... or first name, but I don't think DH likes it all that much. That is, if my sister doesn't do it first!
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Be a SAHM when we have kids and volunteer my time with the MS Society (my dad has MS)
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yes! Married 20+ years!
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? Younger sister, Brittany, and younger (adopted) brother, Malik
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? 18 month old Golden Retriever/Lab mix ... my Gus
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? For a girl, we both really like Kenzie Rose...still no consensus on boy names, I like Carter, but b/c of our last name, DH feels it would sound way too presidential..we'll see when the time comes!
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? I would buy top of the line camera equipment, take a refesher course, buy a studio, and become a professional photographer. Oh, and build a fantastic dog park that has a lake, an agility course, and an area to wash your dog.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were/have they been married? Yep, they have been married 42 years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I'm the youngest of 5; Peg, Dan, Amy, Liz, me! There is a 15 year age gap between me and my oldest sister.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? We have one dog, Nemo (he came with that name). He is a mix of a lot of things, but most of all he is squishy, mushy, and lazy!
5. Same as no. 3, silly.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I'm not gonna lie, have a Word Doc. with all the names we think of (and we are TTA). MH favorite girl name is Michelle, but I like Elliot (Elle or Elly), Jolene, Sarah Elizabeth, Natalie, and Audrey. For boys we like Abner (mostly me on this one), Wesley, and Andrew.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Travel the world and volunteer!
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Nope... my parents were married for 5 years, they divorced when I was 4.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I'm the one and only!
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? No
I've become allergic to cats and dogs!!! I grew up with them all my life and whenever I'm around them now, my throat starts to itch, I get all sniffly and sneezy and I start weezing! I love them though so I hope this passes!!
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I love Emma Claire, hubby likes Michelle, we both like Natalie, middle name will be Claire. For a boy, I like Jack, hubby likes it too... but beyond that we haven't talked about it much. We are going to start trying next month though, so I guess we will be talking about it more...
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Definitely TRAVEL all over the world
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yep, my parents have been married for 53 years.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? 2 older sisters and a younger brother.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? We have 3 cats now, our oldest one just died a few weeks ago.
5. Siblings? Names? (Revised)..My DH has 3 brothers and 2 sisters....
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I don't think there are any babies in our future, but I have always loved the names Collette and Christopher.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Travel! There are so many things I would love to see.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? No, They divorced when I was about 18. They were married 16 years. (he is not my birth father he adopted me when I was 2). I do not know my birth father. I have met him 2x in my life.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? I have 1 sister I know, two 1/2 sisters I know and 1 half brother and half sister that I do not know from my birth father. Names: Jennifer, Christina, Laura, Cody and Nicole.
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? 2 dogs (Roxie & Lilly), 2 beta fish (Bob and Nila)
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I have two children. Paige & Kara. The other names I like are Kaitlyn for a girl and Benjamin for a boy.
And GO!
Oh yeah, ditto this too!
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1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? I would have 3 homes one on east coast which would be a home on lots of land with horses, 1 on west coast(not sure what kind) and 1 in jamaica (were we had our honeymoon). Then I would open a dance studio because I LOVE to dance and have danced since I was 3. I would also travel to all the places I have always wanted to see.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yes, 28 years in July.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? 1 sister (younger) Katie
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Yes American Pitbull Terrier Duke or as I call him Dukey duke lol. I'm a dork I know.
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? Sophia Julia or Mackenzie Sophia, I also like Hayden for a girl. Boy: Bryce David & Ty David.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? Lots of thing but the most basic of which is build a house. Nothing extravagant just something cute and cozy.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Yep they've been together since they were in like grade 9. They been married for 36 years
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? 1 younger sister Alison
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? 2 maine *** cats Faffy and Fang.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? I don't want children but if I were to have any I like Felix and Lincoln for boys and Audra and Ada for girls.
1. If you could do anything at all, money is of no consequence, what would it be? I'm not really sure. There are a lot of things I'd like to do.
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? No, they were married about 20 years. Not positive.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names?
2 - Both adopted. Bridgett and Justin
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
2 Dogs - Susie and Belle
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like?
Don't want babies
2. Are your parents still together? How long were they/ have they been married? Nope. Like Cipolla and Foto - 20 year of marriage and divorced when I was in high school. Both remarried and very happy. Step dad is especially awesome.
3. How many siblings do you have, if any, and what are their names? One big brother (15 months older), Doug. People still ask us if we are twins
4. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Two adorable dogs - Lola, 4 year old Rottie, and George a 2 year old Rottie/Sharpei mix. George looks like Scrappy Do with rottie markings - cutest thing ever!
5. Siblings? Names? OOPS! Same as #3.
6. For those who want to have babies, what names do you like? No babies for us! DH has a 21 year old daughter named Ashley though!
Can I just say, that is the most hilarious censorship I've seen since I was in a chat room in which our discussions of cocker spaniels got censored?
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