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Thursday Poll
Can you tell I'm avoiding work?
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin?
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living?
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose?
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be?
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met?
6. What book do you think everyone should read?
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Re: Thursday Poll
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? I peel them and DH thinks I'm crazy, hence the question. But he doesn't eat peaches, so I don't know if he's weird or I am.
2. What do you do for a living? I'm a DoD contractor. What would you like to do for a living? Be a travel writer.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? JK Rowling
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? My health, which I'm working on. Also: my impatience, moodiness, and how judgmental I am.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? I thought he was handsome but reserved. He's often uncomfortable meeting new people, which I found out later.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? Outlander. I just think Diana Gabaldon is a genius and it's an incredible story. And Harry Potter, of course. I side eye anyone who's seen the movies but never read the books.
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? Peel them!! Ugh, eating an unpeeled peach is like licking a cat.
2. What do you do for a living? Project Manager, Consulting Co What would you like to do for a living? Refurbish and resell old furniture, or a nutritionist
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? Janis Joplin (dec) or Robert Plant (living). I would just like to hear all about their life of rock and roll excess.
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? I would manage my time better, stop procrastinating, and be more organized.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? I found him slightly obnoxious (he was not my preconcieved type) but strangely attractive
6. What book do you think everyone should read? Charlotte's Web1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? It depends. If I'm serving them on a plate or something I peel them. If I'm just eating it myself like an apple then I don't peel.
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? I'm an attorney. I work for the government as an attorney-analyst. I am not wild about my job (mindless, no contact with people, same thing every day) but I recognize that I have great hours, good benefits, and good promotion potential. My job allows me to work to live, not live to work, and that has become increasingly important for me.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? Um, is this a joke? Stevie Nicks, duh. But I'd also love to have lunch with Jackie O.
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? Less judgmental.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? He said I was tall and pretty lol.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? Zeitoun by Dave Eggers about the aftermath of Katrina. There's another book that I adore and think everyone should read but to tell the truth, I can't remember!! I have it on my goodreads so I should go check but I can't access it at work. Damn it....
Oh! I thought you asked if we liked what we did for a living! I would like to be a food critic or a famous author lol.
ETA and OMG. My brain is fried today. I thought you asked what impression we made on SO when we first met.
When I first met H I thought "wow, he is very attractive" followed by "I'm sure he has a girlfriend."
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? Eat the skin
2. What do you do for a living? Government Affairs What would you like to do for a living? Something that involves animals, sewing, reading, cooking and traveling. Basically I'd like to get paid to stay home and practice my hobbies.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? Elvis
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? Be more motivated to keep up an exercise routine. I get bored and slink back into my lazy ways too easily.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? He was quiet when I first met him but I thought he had pretty eyes and a cute smile.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? Tough one. The Book Thief is the last truly moving book I can remember reading.I'm with you here, and I side-eye the people who are all "oh I hate Harry Potter, I would never read it" but have never read a single book from the series OR seen a movie.
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? Until the last week or so, I never realized peeling a peach was an option. (I live in a hole apparently). I've also pretty much avoided eating fresh peaches for the last 20 years b/c I'm grossed out by the peel Peeling them opens a whole new world for me!
2. What do you do for a living? Conflicts Manager for a law firm. What would you like to do for a living? I'd like to work PT - like 4 hours a day, maybe as a children's librarian - I wouldn't mind working retail PT either.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? Tina Fey
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? I'd be better organized and stress over less.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? I thought he had beautiful eyes and a really good smile.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? Hmmm - I really can't think of one.
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? eat the skin
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? teach; I'd love to volunteer at a dog shelter or be an interior designer/professional organizer
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? Oprah
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? my weight
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? I thought he was weird (we first "met" in high school)
6. What book do you think everyone should read?The Catcher in the Ryemiscarriage on 11/26/09 at 5w6d
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? - I'm a teacher (or, well, was... I'm a SAHM now). Ideally, I'd love to go a little younger than what I have been teaching and move into a preschool/pre-K teacher position.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? - Is it bad that I really don't have any idea who I'd choose for this? I guess I've just never really considered it, and there's no one jumping out at me currently... But hey, I DO know who I'd want to have lunch w/ that's not famous, so at least I'm not totally indecisive!
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? - I'd stop stressing over the little things! I've been making a conscious effort not to as much, but it's tough.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? - I thought he was irritating. We met at a freshman orientation session in college, and it was wayyyyy early on a Saturday morning. He was totally chipper and talking to EVERYONE in our group, and I was over the orientation activities and therefore was not interested in being overly social, and he would.not.stop.talking. I walked out and complained to my roommate (who had been in a different group) about the "annoying guy." Good thing opinions change.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? - Oh, where to begin?! I've got a lot that I could list here, but I'll stick to two - The Giver, b/c it makes you think, and Outlander, b/c it's a fantastic book.
... every single day of forever.
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? Eat the skin, I've never seen anyone peel them. Plus most of the nutrition is in the skin (I tell DH this as he peels apples and complains about it).
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? I work for an animal sanctuary, out of a shelter, saving pit bulls. I love what I'm doing so I'll stick with that as what I'd like to be doing.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? I will be the lame one, I can't think of anyone and have spent too long trying to decide..
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? My temper, I can go from 0 to 100 on DH in no time. Also my inability to just say "no" to people, especially if animals are involved.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? That he was incredibly shy but very nice.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? The Art of Racing in the Rain oh and I wouldn't be me if I didn't say The Lost Dogs.
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? I usually peel them.
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? I'm currently a grad student/researcher who is hoping to find a good job ASAP. Like Becky, I really want a job that will allow me the money and hours to do the other things that I love.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? I'm going to skip the famous part and say my grandparents. I miss them and wish I could tell them about my life now.
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? I wish I wasn't so emotional about work related things.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? He was funny and a little goofy.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? Hmm, really no idea. I have must read dog books though.2. What do you do for a living?? What would you like to do for a living? I'm a Customer Service Supervisor for an airline. My dream job would be a traveling photographer/journalist.
3.? If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? That's tough! There's so many... I think I have to go with Shakespeare.
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? My weight
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? Haha sadly, my first thought was that he had money. He was dressed nicely and had a super expensive watch. I found out on our first date that his parents are jewelers and the watch was a HS graduation present. But that was just the first visual impression, before I talked to him. My first impression of his personality was that he was old-fashioned and polite.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? I could name a thousand books. I'll just name a few that had lasting effects on me: Native Son, The Color Purple, Watership Down, The Canterbury Tales, and of course the entire HP series.
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? eat the skin. Unless they are going in a fruit salad or something, then I peel them.
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? - I'm a engineer. I work as a consultant. I'd like to run a small farm with my sister, she'd run the horse end of the operation, and I'd have a small mixed herd/flock of sheep and goats and make cheese and yarn.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? - Oh jeez...I really don't know. Is it weird that I just have no interest in meeting most famous people? I'd like to have lunch with my one semi-famous relative, but that's just because I haven't seen him since the holidays and I miss him.
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? - motivation/procrastination
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? LOL...my overwhelming impression can be summed up in one word..."damn." He's not really conventionally handsome (sorry honey!), but there is something about that man that has made my knees weak since the first word I ever spoke to him. We were on a project team together and I had a boyfriend at the time. I practically drooled on him. And he knew it too.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? This is hard. I don't think I have an answer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is the only think that I can bring to mind, but if i think about it I can probably come up with another 2 dozen. Everybody should read more.
My Goodness...another food blog. Featuring: Macarons from a old post with a photo taken by my mom for a break from my crappy food photos!
Julia Child. I bet she'd be fun to eat with.4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Hmm...physically or mentally? I'd like less cellulite on my thighs... :-) I also will I had more self-motivation.5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met?
A really, really good one.6. What book do you think everyone should read?
Harry Potter! I get sad when I hear of people who refuse to read it.
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1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? I usually say a prayer that it's just the right amount of ripe and bite in skin and all...but if it's not it's like nails on a chalkboard. I should really just start peeling them.
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? I'm a corporate attorney focusing on mergers and acquisitions - particularly public company. I would *love* to take a step back from this in the not-to-distant future, spend some time staying at home with DS, and develop a career in writing.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? Maddox. The 2 1/2 weeks I had off were blissful and I miss him terribly right now.
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? My patience and temper - especially with DH these days since we're so overextended.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? Well, I was 15 and he was the hot 23 year old brother of my cousin's new wife. He also had Elvis-style sideburns - so I thought he was dreamy in an untouchable, 1950's sort of way.
6. What book do you think everyone should read? The HP Series is the first thing that comes to mind.
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BFP#2 1/12/12 ~ Missed M/C 8w2d
1. If you eat peaches, do you peel them or eat the skin? I eat the skin. I'm way too lazy to peel them.
2. What do you do for a living? What would you like to do for a living? I'm a software programmer. I'm not sure what I'd like to do for a living - that's my current problem. I think I want to do something organizational or administrative. But since my one and only job since graduating from college is my current job, I think my options are limited.
3. If you could meet someone famous, living or deceased, for lunch today, who would you choose? JK Rowling
4. If you could improve one thing about yourself, what would it be? My health, including my weight and eating habits.
5. What kind of first impression did your SO make upon you when you met? We met on Match.com so my first impression was based on his profile and I thought it showed him as cute, smart, and a little on the dorky side. After meeting him in person I loved that he was cute and shy
6. What book do you think everyone should read? The HP Series. The movies don't do it justice!
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w -- BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w -- BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d -- BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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