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ABC Get to know you (long, but fun!)
Saw this on a blog I follow :-)
Age: 32 and 8 months
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Hanging up clean laundry
Dogs: Love 'em, but don't have one...
Essential start to your day: Coffee.
Favorite color: Blue and green.
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'0"
Instruments you play: Mary had a little lamb on the recorder
Job title: SAHM for the time being
Kids: Abby 1 year 3 months
Live: raised ranch
Mom?s name: Mom
Nicknames: JD
Overnight hospital stays: one - delivery
Kids: Abby 1 year 3 months
Live: raised ranch
Mom?s name: Mom
Nicknames: JD
Overnight hospital stays: one - delivery
Pet Peeve:
non use of blinkers, tardiness, intolerance
Quote from a movie: "In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That?s the kind of person who?s worth sticking with." Juno
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: Two fab brothers
Time you wake up: Tim & Abby usually lets me sleep until 7am
Quote from a movie: "In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That?s the kind of person who?s worth sticking with." Juno
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: Two fab brothers
Time you wake up: Tim & Abby usually lets me sleep until 7am
Underwear: uh, yeah....
Vegetables you dislike: Brussel sprouts
What makes you run late: I try never, ever, ever to be late (see pet peeves) but usually trying to get one more thing done at home
X-Rays you?ve had: dental and when I had kidney stones
Yummy food you make: Italian chicken,
What makes you run late: I try never, ever, ever to be late (see pet peeves) but usually trying to get one more thing done at home
X-Rays you?ve had: dental and when I had kidney stones
Yummy food you make: Italian chicken,
Zoo favorite animal: zoo's make me sad because of their captivity, but I love polar bears.
Our Abby Jean
Re: ABC Get to know you (long, but fun!)
Age: 13 days shy of 30
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Putting laundry away or taking out the trash
Dogs: One stinky one! And a cat that thinks he's a dog...
Essential start to your day: Shower
Favorite color: I like most- currently, eggplant I think.
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'7"
Instruments you play: Tapping on my belly? Not talented.
Job title: Medical Social Worker
Kids: besides two 4-legged ones, the one in my belly.
Live: Dreadful townhouse
Mom?s name: Mom
Nicknames: Mauggie (only by certain ppl); DH calls me "frumpy", "Frumpster"
Overnight hospital stays: None
Pet Peeve: Not letting people off the elevator before you get on; rude people
Quote from a movie: I'm not sure I have one!
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister
Time you wake up: alarm goes off at 6am... I get up at 6:30 at the earliest.
What makes you run late: Only late when I don't really care (work sometimes!) and if DH doesn't care to get somewhere on time (if he does, he's freaking out to get out the door).
Yummy food you make: cake!
This one is fun! Good Job!
Age: 32 and 2 months
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Folding laundry
Dogs: have two
Essential start to your day: sleep!
Favorite color: orange, green
Gold or Silver: rose gold
Height: 5'5"
Instruments you play: clarinet, bass clarinet, alto clarinet (in middle school)
Job title: Customer Service Rep
Live: 1890's New Englander in the middle of the city
Mom?s name: Julie
Nicknames: don't really have one
Overnight hospital stays: one - delivery
Quote from a movie: "I feel the need...the need for speed!" and like ten others, Top Gun
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: Twin brother and an older brother
Time you wake up: 520 on the weekdays, whenever Taylor gets up on the weekends
Underwear: need to buy some more
Vegetables you dislike: Brussel sprouts
What makes you run late: Taylor, Chris...or when I underestimate how long it's going to take me to get ready to go
X-Rays you?ve had: yes...when I broke my humerous in 2002
Yummy food you make: lasagna
Zoo favorite animal: I haven't been to the zoo in forever!
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Folding and putting away laundry
Dogs: Henry, chocolate lab (love him, but he is a PITA)
Essential start to your day: Shower.
Favorite color: Magenta/eggplant.
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'4"
Instruments you play: noneJob title: GeneralistKids: Marcus, 19months
Live: Brunswick in a small cape
Mom?s name: Nancy
Nicknames: Meg
Overnight hospital stays: 8 nights for Marcus, 1 night for each of my thyroid surgeries
Pet Peeve: MH grumbling when I ask him to do things
Quote from a movie: can't think of something right now
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: younger brother
Time you wake up: 7am (although 10am today!)
Underwear: yes
Vegetables you dislike: I like almost all vegetables at least a little
What makes you run late: I'm rarely late, probably Marcus makes me late when I am
X-Rays you?ve had: dental
Yummy food you make: Meatballs and sauce, dolmades, I made a delicious stir-fry tonight
Zoo favorite animal: zebra
Age: 33
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Putting dishes away, cleaning the tub/shower
Dogs: Love! Currently have one and thinking about fostering another one.
Essential start to your day: Hitting snooze several times
Favorite color: yellow
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'7"
Instruments you play: Clarinet in elementary school. Saxophone in highschool. I was in Jazz band (huge band geek right here) Was trying to learn to play the bagpipes for a while, but stopped going to practive about a year ago. Have attempted the guitar too
Job title: Marketing Coordinator
Kids: none
Live: 3 bedroom 1 3/4 bath single floor ranch on 3 acres
Mom?s name: Joyce
Nicknames: Annie, Ann
Overnight hospital stays: zero
Pet Peeve: People that mistreat animals,Cockiness, Obnoxiousness, people that don't say thank you when you wait and hold the door open for them, general rudeness, people that drive like d-bags.
Quote from a movie: "You buy furniture, you tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. buy the sofa, then for a couple of years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled, then the right set of dishes, then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things that you used to own, now they own you." Fight Club
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: one younger brother
Time you wake up: 5:30ish during the week. 9 or 10 on the weekends or later
Underwear: yes, I wear that
Vegetables you dislike: Celery
What makes you run late: Hitting snooze too many times, procrastination, laziness. I always run late.
X-Rays you?ve had: dental, back, lady stuff, knees, chest
Yummy food you make: Shrimp pot pie with fennel, Leek and Potato soup, Grilled basil shrimp, Double chocolate cookies, pumpkin cookies, many other baked goods!
Zoo favorite animal: zoo's make me sad because of their captivity (me too). I do like tigers and lions though.
Age: T minus 6 days until age 36
Bed size: King
Chore you hate: cleaning the shower
Dogs: meh
Essential start to your day: Diet Coke
Favorite color: green
Gold or Silver: Gold
Height: 5'5.5"
Instruments you play: I used to play the viola but probably can't anymore
Job title: SAHM and part-time virtual appraiser
Kids: Helen 2 years 10 months
Live: a sort-of cape
Mom?s name: Diane
Nicknames: Kim, but only to my immediate family
Overnight hospital stays: two - bariatric surgery, childbirth
Age: 27, will be 28 in June
Bed size: full
Chore you hate: Hanging up clean laundry
Dogs: not right now
Essential start to your day: shower.
Favorite color: kelly green.
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'6"
Instruments you play: about that....
Job title: Ed Tech III for now
Live: rented ranch
Mom?s name: Cindy
Nicknames: I don't really have one... Kristin isn't really a nicknameable name except for Krissy or Kristy... and thats just not me
Overnight hospital stays: 1 night during pregnancy for high BP and 4 nights for the boys' delivery and recovery
Quote from a movie: "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you are uncool" Almost Famous
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: one younger brother
Time you wake up: 5:15 during the week and 7ish on weekends
Underwear: I like the aerie brand!
Vegetables you dislike: eggplant
What makes you run late: getting lost, not being able to find parking, but I am rarely late, I dislike being late so I try to always be early.
X-Rays you?ve had: dental (fun fact: I have a dense spot in my jaw that is being observed by my dentist and an oral surgeon because neither of them know what it is)
Yummy food you make: cookies, pizza, I am going to start making all of our bread
Zoo favorite animal: the orangutans at the National Zoo in Washington DC, can't wait to see them again!
Age: 26, closing in on 27 next month!
I do sing though
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Vacuuming because it terrifies my kitten.
Dogs: I have one that is really trying my patience with his potty habits! Nothing seems to convince him that outside is good and my floor is not the place to go!
Essential start to your day: Coffee and a shower
Favorite color: Green, blue
Gold or Silver: If I had to choose one forever, silver
Height: 5'4"
Instruments you play: None
Job title: QA tech I
Kids: None yet although my guy has a pretty awesome one!
Live: Teeny tiny apartment
Nicknames: Jacki is a nickname and it's pretty much all I go by
Overnight hospital stays: None, well unless being born counts
Quote from a movie: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: 2 awesome sisters, 1 cool bro in law
Time you wake up: Alarm goes off 5:45 or 6-ish, sometimes I hit snooze. A lot.
What makes you run late: The snooze button.
X-Rays you?ve had: Just dental, I think
Yummy food you make: Mmmm food. Grilled salmon with lemon, pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon, roasted green beans, cookies, and I'm working on increasing my badazz-ness in the kitchen!
Age: 30
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Putting laundry away. Cleaning the bathrooms (DH does this!)
Dogs: Kammie and 2 cats- lucy and harley
Essential start to your day: Always eat breakfast.
Favorite color: Navy blue
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'4"
Instruments you play: Flute and piccolo in high school.
Kids: Adrian -6 months on Thursday
Live: cape
Mom?s name: Debbie-I miss her. It's been 15 years since she died.
Nicknames: Jack
Overnight hospital stays: one - delivery
Quote from a movie: too much thinking
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: one brother
Time you wake up: 4, 6, 7 like clockwork.
What makes you run late: DH...he's never worried and never in a hurry. Wish I had those qualities.
X-Rays you?ve had: dental, foot (running injury)
Yummy food you make: dessert, dessert and more dessert b/c that's what i like to eat
Age: 31 and 3 months
Bed size: Full (we're both on the petite side)
Chore you hate: scrubbing the shower
Dogs: Love them so much!
Essential start to your day: TEA
Favorite color: Blue
Gold or Silver: Gold
Height: 5'4"
Instruments you play: Played the violin for 8 years. I hated to give it up but I have limited arm movement and it became a quality of life issue with the pain.
Kids: none so far
Live: garden-style condo
Mom?s name: Mom (Mummy when I was little)
Nicknames: Jen, Jenny
Overnight hospital stays: three - flu when I was a baby, hernia surgery when I was a baby, tonsillectomy when I was 9
Quote from a movie: I'm taking a pass. I'm not a big movie quotation person.
Right- or left-handed: Lefty!!!
Siblings: One amazing sister
Time you wake up: 6:15 am
Underwear: I'm not answering this on a public forum
Vegetables you dislike: eggplant
What makes you run late: public transportation, my friends
X-Rays you?ve had: Oh, please don't remind me. I had annual or semi-annual x-rays of my arm from ages 4-18. Dental.
Yummy food you make: Asked my husband about this. His favorites are bouef bourguignon (spelling?), nacho macaroni and cheese, bread, banana-peanut butter smoothies, and any kind of white fish.
Zoo favorite animal: Panda bears.
Age: 32
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: cleaning in general.
Dogs: no pups for us
Essential start to your day: shower
Favorite color: purple
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'10
Instruments you play: nada
Kids: nada
Live: contemporary ranch
Mom?s name: Sue
Nicknames: Kris, Krissy, Sissa
Overnight hospital stays: never
Quote from a movie: ?Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.?- Wizard of Oz
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: Little Sister, Four Brother-in-laws and One Sister-in-law
Time you wake up: Depends on the day- between 7-10am
What makes you run late: checking work email in bed before showering.
X-Rays you?ve had: dental and chest x-rays when I had bronchitis
Yummy food you make: i make some pretty awesome food. My grilling skills are awesome.
Age: 27(28 in June)
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Putting away dishes
Dogs: One dog, two fosters. if I wasn't with DH I'd be a crazy dog lady.
Essential start to your day: Coffee
Favorite color: Green
Gold or Silver: White Gold
Height: 6.0
Instruments you play: I can play the piano, but very little
Job title: Staff Accountant
Kids: Not yet!
Live: Cape-ish
Mom?s name: Mom
Nicknames: Wuss (My brother couldn't say my name(Melissa) when I was born so he said "Wussa" which changed to "Wuss" my entire family still calls me it haha)
Overnight hospital stays: Once-when I broke my leg at age 7
Pet Peeve: loud chewers, drama-especially "facebook drama"
Quote from a movie: "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible" When Harry Met Sally
Hahah I SO almost used this one too. I have it on my profile
Bed size: King
Chore you hate: Changing the litter box
Dogs: Like them ok (don't have one)
Essential start to your day: Coffee
Favorite color: Blue
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'5"
Instruments you play: Flute and violin
Kids: Lillian 9 months
Live: One story house
Mom?s name: Mum
Nicknames: Kris
Overnight hospital stays: 3 - pneumonia when I was 12 and then again at 25, and then when I had DD
Quote from a movie: Not sure
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: One sister
Time you wake up: Lily wakes me up between 6 & 6:30, unless she decides to get up around 5 (which happens once a week)
What makes you run late: I have way too much freaking crap to do in the morning
X-Rays you?ve had: a gazillion chest x-rays, my foot, dental, not sure if there is anything else
Yummy food you make: Butternut Squash soup
Age: just over 30
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: All of them?
Dogs: are stinky
Essential start to your day: Coffee.
Favorite color: black
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'6"
Instruments you play: i wish i could play the spoons
Job title: Training and Certification Coordinator
Kids: Abe the Babe = 4 months
Live: small municipality in Maine...by size
Mom?s name: Bonnie Lee
Nicknames: Boo
Overnight hospital stays: Delivery
Pet Peeve: Smokers.
Quote from a movie: "If you're a bird, I'm a bird."
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: A big sister and a big brother
Time you wake up: 5:45 during the week, 6:45 on weekend
Underwear: I wear them.
Vegetables you dislike: Lima beans. Ick.
What makes you run late: My husband
X-Rays you?ve had: just teeth
Yummy food you make: All of it?
Zoo favorite animal: Giraffe
When I was little my parents called me Annie. My brother couldn't say Annie. When he tried to say it came out as "wee-Wee" instead. LOL
When I was little, my brother used to call me Bummy.
Age: 32 and 7 months
Bed size: Queen (but I'd prefer California king and a room that would fit it!)
Chore you hate: Dusting- I don't do it.
Dogs: Someday we'll have a rescued greyhound and maybe a dachtsund- but for now the one cat works for us.
Essential start to your day: Shower
Favorite color: Purple I guess
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'1"
Instruments you play: Handbells, bellydance finger cymbals, and I used to play piano
Job title: Intranet Content Specialist II
Kids: James, almost 20 months
Live: too small Colonial
Mom?s name: Linda
Nicknames: E, Eck, Bean, and formerly EB with my maiden name
Overnight hospital stays: 2- When I was hit by a car and needed knee surgery/ had broken pelvis and When I gave birth via c/s to James
Pet Peeve: clipping nails at the office
Quote from a movie: From 'So I Married An Axe Murderer':
Right- or left-handed: Right (though both of my parents and brother are lefties)
Siblings: 1 brother, 8 years younger
Time you wake up: The work alarm goes off at 7:30, but sometimes the James alarm goes off closer to 7
Underwear: Yes, and no stupid thongs or boyshorts or anything fancy like that- just cotton bikinis thank you very much
Vegetables you dislike: asparagus, peppers (raw ones)
What makes you run late: I have no idea, but something always seems to come up to make me like 5-15 minutes late all the time even when I try so hard to not be that person!
X-Rays you?ve had: lots of dental stuff; broke my wrist in college; knee, pelvis, & neck for car accident; had a weird chest/ lung owie we couldn't pinpoint that ended up being solved with some chiropractic adjustment, and baby ultrasounds, if they count
Yummy food you make: Um, obviously all of it! I'm a pretty good cook, even without a recipe, though beef and sometimes pork can sometimes screw me up. Otherwise I'll cook anything once. I'm a decent baker, but never go wicked far out of my comfort zone and can't work on the fly.
Zoo favorite animal: Big cats (lions, panthers, etc) and penguins
Bed size: King
Chore you hate: Doing dishes
Dogs: Have 2 Choc Labs but there are days I wonder why.
Essential start to your day: a day with no alarm
Favorite color: Orange
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'9"
Instruments you play: Flute, Alto Sax, keyboard
Job title: Cued Speech Transliterator/Behavioral health Professional
Kids: 6 weeks pregnant with our first
Live: in Mars Hill
Mom?s name: Jonna-Lee
Nicknames: Sparky
Overnight hospital stays: none
Pet Peeve: People smacking their food in my ear.
Quote from a movie: "Define Irony: A bunch of convicts dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash" - ConAir
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: One sis, One bro
Time you wake up: 6:30 on work mornings
Underwear: Yes, always.
Vegetables you dislike: Cooked cabbage
What makes you run late: Facebook. I'm addicted.
X-Rays you?ve had: Dental, Knee, back & neck
Yummy food you make: Chili mmmhmmm chili!
Zoo favorite animal: Zebras
Hm, I see an unfortunate trend here. I was "Ka-Ka" to my brother- makes a 9 year old girl feel really special, ya know?
Age: 37 and 6 months
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: cleaning the bathroom
Dogs: Love them, but don't have one
Essential start to your day: Diet Pepsi.
Favorite color: Blue .
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'9"
Instruments you play: Drums & Clarinet
Nicknames: Woody, Kat, Mama Wood
Overnight hospital stays: one - delivery
Siblings: One Older sister
What makes you run late: Ususally something I forget, or on a rare occasion over sleeping.
These will be fun to read today during inside recess! (Erika, love that you are a fan of the movie "So I Married An Axe Murderer." That was my favorite movie in high school)
Age: Just turned 32!
Bed size: King
Chore you hate: scrubbing the shower
Dogs: Absolutely; Buckley is truly my best friend! They love you unconditionally - doesn't get any better than that.
Essential start to your day: Coffee, and lots of it!
Favorite color: Blues and pinks
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'4"
Instruments you play: piano, though not as well as I used to. I also played the flute for a while in 5th and 6th grade.
Job title: Kindergarten teacher
Kids: Nolan, 10 months; Buckley, 3 years, 9 months
Live: mobile home and are building our home on our property this summer - can't wait!!!
Mom?s name: Momma
Nicknames: Annie, Annie-Banannie, Fannie, Honey
Overnight hospital stays: when I was 5 for a tonsillectomy/adnoidectomy and then when I gave birth
Pet Peeve: I also hate when people don't use their blinkers!!!! And slow drivers... When hubby doesn't put the dishes in the dishwasher
Quote from a movie: Pretty much any quote from any movie with Will Ferrell. "Ma!!! The meatloaf!!! I never know what she's doing back there!" "I'm in a glass case of emotion!" "You pooped in the fridge and ate a whole wheel of cheese? Actually I'm not even mad. That's amazing!" He makes me laugh.
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: My awesome sister, hilarious brother, and 2 very fun step-brothers. All older.
Time you wake up: during the week, 6:30: on the weekends, 8:00 or even later sometimes (Nolan is awesome)
What makes you run late: Anything - I'm habitually 5 minutes late; never rudely late, but always just a little late
Yummy food you make: I'd like to think everything I make is yummy!
Bed size: King
Chore you hate: Dusting, going to have to go with Erika on this one.
Dogs: One energetic, magnificent yellow lab named Molly.
Essential start to your day: COFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE - and no way in heck did pregnancy make me quit this. Essential start to a good day - a bowel movement. Just sayin.
Favorite color: Red / Blue
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'4"
Instruments you play: Played the clarinet, can play some piano, and 4 songs on guitar, I leave the music playing to my DH.
Job title: Teacher
Kids: 15 month old Lucas, Soon to be BABY 2 coming in May.
Live: in a townhouse in Kittery, but only for two more months. Then will be living with my parents for 3-4 months, then in my parents rental, then hopefully in a big colonial down by the river built by my dad.
Mom?s name: Debs
Nicknames: Tripin (to you all), Heigz
Overnight hospital stays: One very unfortunate post m/c hemorrhaging incident, birth of my son.
Quote from a movie: I suck at these. They kind of are my pet peeve, sorry ladies
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: One beautiful sis, Two handsome brothers
Time you wake up: 5:30 on work mornings and it greatly varies on the weekends. On a good day 7-7:30, bad days 4 am.
What makes you run late: The saying in my family is that we try to cram 1 gallon of sh!t into a pint sized container.
X-Rays you?ve had: Lungs, teeth
Yummy food you make: My eggplant parm is very popular
Age: 29 and 8 months
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: separating and folding socks
Dogs: Have two, Masen and Weston
Essential start to your day: Coffee and a shower
Favorite color: Green.
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'2"
Instruments you play: I've been learning the guitar
Kids: Kailey, Brooke and Lily. Ages 9, 5, and 3.
Live: a house that my landlord should be paying me to live in
Mom?s name: Wendy
Nicknames: Meg, Megpie
Overnight hospital stays: 3 deliveries and an appendectomy while 6 months pregnant with Lily
Quote from a movie: "The first rule of Fight Club is: you don't talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you don't talk about Fight Club"
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: And older brother, a younger brother and a fab. sister in law
Time you wake up: usually between 5:30 and 6am
Underwear: I'm a big fan
Vegetables you dislike: ones that come out of a can. They just don't taste like vegetables to me...ick
What makes you run late: last minute things that I've forgotten to do earlier
X-Rays you?ve had: dental, ankle, neck, wrist
Yummy food you make: Cranberry walnut stuffed pork chops
Zoo favorite animal: I like the beluga whales at the aquarium in Mystic
LOL! I love that you said this. Because seriously, 100% yes.
Age: 29
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Cleaning the shower
Dogs: 1- Manny the labradoodle who turns 3 on Thursday!
Essential start to your day: Coffee
Favorite color: Pink
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'5"
Instruments you play: Used to play the piano and trombone
Job title: High School Guidance Counselor
Kids: Eli- turning 2 in May
Live: Hybrid Timberframe Modified Cape
Mom?s name: Sue
Nicknames: Mumma, Tibbs, Sista, Bugga
Overnight hospital stays: One - delivery
Pet Peeve: Nail biting
Quote from a movie: "Just keep swimming"
Right- or left-handed: Right
Siblings: Only child
Time you wake up: 5am on weekdays. Usually around 7:30 on weekends.
Underwear: Um...yes. Cotton bikini briefs
Vegetables you dislike: I'm willing to try most, but don't love a lot of raw veggies
What makes you run late: My husband
X-Rays you?ve had: Dental, wrist, ankle
Yummy food you make: Lots of baked goods
Zoo favorite animal: Penguin
Age: 29 and a halfish
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Dishes, I WILL have a dishwasher in our next place!
Dogs: HUGE dog fan, hoping to get one in the next few years
Essential start to your day: Bathroom trip, coffee
Favorite color: Navy blue, Kelly Green
Gold or Silver: Both!
Height: 5'2"
Instruments you play: Nothin'
Kids: Sprinkles, 5 months & 1 week into gestation, Ninja kitties
Live: 3rd floor walkup apartment in an old Victorian
Mom?s name: Jocelyn
Nicknames: Molls, Moj, Mojo
Overnight hospital stays: None to date
Quote from a movie: Too early to think/too many to list!
Right- or left-handed: Left
Siblings: The freaking best older brother on the planet, even if he ass dials me @ 130AM
Time you wake up: Between 7/730 during the week
What makes you run late: Shiny objects, a good song on the radio, lack of attention
X-Rays you?ve had: Shoulder (snapped A/C joint), kneed (effed up miniscus), head (one to many knockarounds from collegiate racing), various dental
Yummy food you make: Soups are the hotness right now
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. -Henry Miller
http://cookthehumbletable.blogspot.com/
Age: 36 and something.
Bed size: Queen
Chore you hate: Most of them...washing dishes probably at the top
Dogs: Love big dogs, don't have a dog, don't like litle dogs
Essential start to your day: Breakfast
Favorite color: Blue
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5;4"
Instruments you play:none...played violin for a couple of years
Kids: Feisty McTumbles 11 weeks, 2 days
Live: Colonial...rental...hopefully moving soon
Mom?s name: My mom's nickname? I don't think she had any.
Nicknames: My dad calls me "Shortcake"
Overnight hospital stays: One, 4 nights when I had Feisty
Quote from a movie: Lots...from the Princess Bride (Inconceivable!) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Nee!)
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: 1 sister
Time you wake up: I wake up for real somewhere in the 6 o'clock hour, depending on the baby's mood.
Underwear: Must be comfy.
Vegetables you dislike: Raw tomates
What makes you run late: Baby...I'm still trying to figure out long it takes to get ready and out the door with her.
X-Rays you?ve had: dental...and maybe one on my ankle when I was a kid.
Yummy food you make: People love my deviled eggs...and my oyster stuffing rocks.
Zoo favorite animal: Penguins
I lurk a lot on this board, miss my Maine days:)
Age: 32 and 3 months
Bed size: King
Chore you hate: Washing the floors
Dogs: two black labs!
Essential start to your day: egg whites
Favorite color: Purple, or navy blue
Gold or Silver: Silver
Height: 5'2"
Instruments you play:Played the trupmet in 5th grade
Kids: None, just 4 legged ones
Live: New England Colonial built in 1903
Mom?s name: Mom
Nicknames: Dewars,
Overnight hospital stays: None
Quote from a movie: It's not a movie, but from SATC, it fits my life right now... "Faced with her own inadequacy, Samantha did something only Samantha could do -- she threw an I-don't-have-a-baby shower, to let everyone know she was fabulous.
Right- or left-handed: Righty
Siblings: 1 sister
Time you wake up: 6-6;30 on week days, 7-8 on weekends
What makes you run late: Traffic
X-Rays you?ve had: dental
Yummy food you make: baked brie
Bed size: full
Chore you hate: cleaning the litter pan and, lately, shoveling
Dogs: nope
Essential start to your day: coffee
Favorite color: red
Gold or Silver: silver
Height: 5'1"
Instruments you play: alto saxophone
Kids: nope
Live: in a wonderfully under-priced rental in a lovely location
Mom?s name: jeanne
Nicknames: lmac, little laura (hate, hate, hate...but so many people from different parts of my life have decided to call me this...and I also have a much taller, very close friend named laura, so...)
Overnight hospital stays: thankfully, none
Quote from a movie: I'm more of a song lyric girl, I think
Right- or left-handed: right-handed
Siblings: 1 brother
Time you wake up: depending on my wacky work schedule, anywhere from 6:00 - 8:00 am on work days...on non-work days, I try to sleep in as late as possible
What makes you run late: over-sleeping, not realizing I have to clean more snow off my car
X-Rays you?ve had: dental
Yummy food you make: a great Italian red sauce, perfect for pasta, pizza, and anything parmesan