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GTKY Poll
Thanks for letting me play one of these. I feel like I don't know anything about you guys! Now these are basic questions/categories, some random. Feel free to add your own.
1. First name, age
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally)
3. How did you and your DH meet?
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)?
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex?
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?)
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different?
8. What do you do for a living?
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have?
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars?
Anything else you'd like to share?
Thanks for playing!
Re: GTKY Poll
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally)Texas, by way of Oklahoma and Ohio
3. How did you and your DH meet? eharmony/church
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)?Right now, we'd be grateful for just one but would like to have 4ish. We are dealing with infertility right now and are on hold until January.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? 5 year old male lab, Shrek
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?)SFH rent home
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different?1 older brother. I have wonderful SIL's on both sides so, I now know what it's like to have both
8. What do you do for a living?Special Education teacher (for now) and Scentsy
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have?SAHM/volunteer for lots of different organizations
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? We'd own our own house in a newer neighborhood, nothing fancy. A 4/3 would be great since we want a big family and of course I have upgrades but we don't really live an upscale lifestyle. Cars - practical. DH wants some BMW, I'm good with whatever holds the most people and is NOT a van
I'm thinking Yukon/Acadia.
Anything else you'd like to share? I used to work at Disney World and am very excited to be visiting in December!
Thanks for playing!
PCOS and Endo
Ovarian drilling and endo removed 1/3/12
BFP - 3/27/12
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Sono showed no baby and teeny tiny sac. Waiting to M/C naturally.
1. First name, age: Ebonie, 25
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally: Military child, but I consider Oklahoma home since that's where I grew up. Lived in Hawaii and Germany before that; move to Colorado upcoming.
3. How did you and your DH meet?: He used to live across the street from the house my parents bought in '01. I hated his guts.
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!): We have a little boy, JJ [who will be 3 in December...eesh], and we'll start TTC in December for no. 2.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? My parents have our two family dogs, but I don't have any pets of my own yet.
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) Apartment.
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? I have one sister who is 16 months younger than me. I wonder what it would've been like to have been much older than her...I'm so glad we're close, but it was hard to separate one from the other growing up.
8. What do you do for a living? Academic advisor.
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? I want to be a teacher. Or work for an NBA team.
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? Hawaii. I want to move back and be closer to my mom's side of the family. We'd have a SFH and own some sort of SUV...not sure what.
Anything else you'd like to share? Um...I'm a big sports nut. Like, BIG. And I love cupcakes and brownies.
EDIT: And fun fact - H and I celebrate our 7-year dating anniversary tomorrow.
1. First name, age: Erin, 30
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally): MD
3. How did you and your DH meet? Through mutual friends. We have been together for 8+ years.
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? Well one on the way. I think 2 or 3. Maybe. Let's see how this one goes first!
5. Do you have any pets? Yes If so: breed/age/sex? Great Dane/5/female
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) We own our TH (well eventually when we pay it off!)
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? 2 brothers Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? Well I have an awesome SIL but I have always wondered what it would have been like to grow up with a sister.
8. What do you do for a living? I am in banking
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? Working with kids or animals.
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? I think we'd still live here. What type of house would you own? A SFH with a good amount of land. And a large garage for DH. He loves tinkering with cars. What type of cars? Nothing too fancy. I like the Range Rover and the 7 series BMWs.
1. First name, age Stephanie, 35
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally) TN
3. How did you and your DH meet? Online
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? One, but I would love to have two.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? Stanley/Dachshund/9 and Cocoa/Dachshund/13
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) SFH
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? One brother. We are 12 years apart. I wondered what it be like to have a sibling close to my age.
8. What do you do for a living? Accountant
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? Full time animal rescuer
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? I would live in the same area. I would love our same house on a bigger lot. I need a new car, and would like some sort of SUV.
Anything else you'd like to share? I own way too many cloth diapers and woolies.
1. First name, age - Jennifer/Jenny - 34
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally) Live in TX, originally from the Chicago area
3. How did you and your DH meet? Walked into a bar one night to meet my best friend and some of her friends for a drink and he was there. The little sneak had gotten her boyfriend (DH was his roommate) to invite him along. We left that night thinking he'd gone home with some bar slut. She later found out he hadn't, and convinced me to give him another shot.
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? Amelia is 18 months and we're expecting a boy the end of January. DH jokes that he wants a bunch of kids, but we'll see how this pregnancy goes before we decide if we're going to have more.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? Sadie - 10 yro Golden Lab; Mya - 7 yro Bull Mastiff/Husky mix
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) SFH we rent from my parents
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? I have a younger brother and sister. Never wondered about having it differently.
8. What do you do for a living? I do AutoCAD drafting for a local mall.
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? Honestly, I don't really know. I know I'd like to be a SAHM, but I'd want to do a little something on the side.
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? I'd live anywhere, but Texas. Seriously though I'd love to have a house in IL close to my extended family for the Summer and Winter, and a house here close to my parents for the rest of the year. I'm not really a car person, so there's no particular car I lust after.
Amelia is going to be a big sister!
Also i am not 28, but only 26- Oops... it's been a long day! Although seeing that for the most part i am younger than everyone makes me feel normal while all you girls are TTC or popping out babies. YAY!
1. First name, age Pam, 31
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally) PA
3. How did you and your DH meet? At a bar, lol. Introduced by a mutual friend. And actually we supposedly met a year before what I count as our first meeting, but I don't remember.
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? Used to say 2, now I'm not sure if we'll have more, lol. Give me time
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? Nope
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) I guess it's a duplex. Connected to one other house.
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? older sister, younger brother
8. What do you do for a living? sr admin asst for a college president
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? Book editor or publisher.
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? Money's not a factor and I have magical powers?! I'd shrink the state to be close to my family and DH's family. We'd have a nice-sized SFH on a nice-sized lot without too many close neighors. We'd have a beach house somewhere. And a mountain house too, I guess, to keep the boys happy. I'd have some type of SUV that I could pay cash for and I'd get to pick the color.
Anything else you'd like to share? Can't think of anything except my new nephew at the moment
1. First name, age: Alison, 26
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally) Currently live in MN, moved from MO, grew up in FL
3. How did you and your DH meet? online. I'm amazed how many of us met this way!
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? we have one, and I think we're one and done. We'll see.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? We have a 4 yr old rat terrier, Maya, and two cats, Chloe and Zak
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) SFH
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? I have 2 1/2 brothers that are way older than me and lived in a different state (MO). So I basically grew up as an only child, and I always wondered what it would be like to actually have siblings living in the same house.
8. What do you do for a living? I review medical records for clients going to social security disability hearings.
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? Librarian, or veterinarian but I'm not good enough at math and science
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? I'd love to move back to St. Louis if we could find good jobs there. I'd like a newer home on 10+acres with a barn with nice pastures and an indoor riding arena for cold weather. I'd like an SUV, but not something huge. Like a Ford Edge or Toyota Venza. DH wants a Subaru.
Anything else you'd like to share? DH, MIL, a cousin and I all work for the same small company. We're slowly taking it over. I was supposed to start classes this semester to start my Master's in Library and Information Science but I dropped them due to having LO here. Classes started today
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I'm more of a lurker these days, I don't really have time to post during the day anymore, but am trying to get on in the evenings
1. First name, age Ashley, 24 (am the youngest here?)
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally) LA
3. How did you and your DH meet? Through friends, many moons ago, we make 10 years on Halloween.
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? 2 or 3
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? No
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) We live in an apt, a 4 plex.
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? 1 brother. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? I've always wanted an older sibling. I'm not a fan of being the oldest, my brother gets away with murder...I tell ya.
8. What do you do for a living? I am the business assistant at a school. I handle tuition and stuff. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? A party planner or if I had small children a SAHM
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? Somewhere in Central FL. Just have to take my fam with me!
What type of house would you own? A pretty one... 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. big kitchen. What type of cars?Anything that would tug a family around comfortably.
Anything else you'd like to share? H is the morning meteorologist in Baton Rouge...lately people have been driving me batty with the hurricane/trop storm questions. But I guess that's to be expected.
Thanks for playing!
1. First name, age: Larissa, 41
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally): NJ
3. How did you and your DH meet? In an Irish pub in the city. I was out with girlfriends, and he actually started talking to one of them until he decided she was a ditz and asked me out instead.
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)?: Zero, now & future.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex?:
Dog: half sheltie/half eskimo, 13, Female (Megaera)
Cats: grey tiger tabby, 8, Male (Hunter); white house cat, unknown, Male (Neptune); grey/white house cat, ~4, Female (Catimus)
Fish: 3 flagtails, one mandarin, one Bengaii cardinal
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?): Single family house, rented.
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different?: One sister & BIL on my side, 3 BIL & 1 SIL on H's side. Never really thought about a different situation.
8. What do you do for a living?: Lawyer, face painter, soapmaker.
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have?: Artist... though really not sure.
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live?: In a much fancier town in the same county & state we're in.
What type of house would you own?: Tudor.
What type of cars?: I have a list, but a sampling: Saleen S7, Ford GT40, '67 Camaro SS, '69 Stingray, pretty much every generation of Mustang (including the Mach 1 and Shelby Cobra) except the foxbodies, 25th anniversary edition Lambourghini Countach... oh, and a Jeep for rain/snow.
Anything else you'd like to share?: Eric and I got married one year to the weekend from when we met (we met on a Saturday and got married 364 days later on that Saturday). We were engaged in under 4 months. And I never, never move that fast.
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Great poll, love reading things that I know and haven't thought about in a long time.
1. First name, age Vikki 38 and 7 days (i'm not really happy about that age yet)
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally) CT
3. How did you and your DH meet? match.com
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? none yet, would like at least one.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? no furbabies...my kitty passed away last week.
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) apt for know but we're house hunting.
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? I'm an only child, I always wanted a sibling, but honestly I don't know how it would've worked.
8. What do you do for a living? Job title. Asset Managment Administrator, actual job customer service rep for a postage meter company, we go and hunt down the machines and meters when people don't want them anymore.
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? My dream is to own my own yarn shop....real brick and mortar store in a cute little downtown area somewhere in CT
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? Beach house on the shore, and I'm happy with my car at the moment.
Anything else you'd like to share? If you didn't guess by one of my answers I'm a knitter...it's a bit of an obsession. And you can tell by my siggy I'm a big sports fan.
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5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? no furbabies...my kitty passed away last week.
OMG, Vikki, I'm so sorry! I don't know if you posted this here before or on FB; I've been awol. But I'm so sorry.
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I'm also sorry to hear this!
2. Home state (where you live and, if different, where you're from originally)- MD
3. How did you and your DH meet? We actually went to the same middle school, but I didn't know him then. We didn't officially meet until high school and started dating in the 10th grade.
4. How many kids do you have or want to have eventually (if any!)? We have 1, but we want another 1 or 2. We won't be TTC until another 2 years or so.
5. Do you have any pets? If so: breed/age/sex? No
6. Do you live in a SFH? TH? Condo? Apt? (Did I forget anything?) We built our TH in 2009 right after we got married.
7. How many brothers/sisters do you have? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have something different? I have 2 younger brothers. One is 16 and the other is 11. Yes, I always wondered what it would be like if my brothers were closer in age to me. Also, I've always wondered what it would be like to have an older sis.
8. What do you do for a living? Budget Analyst Technician
9. If money wasn't a factor what job would you ideally have? SAHM
10. If money weren't a factor where would you live? What type of house would you own? What type of cars? We are going to build a house oneday. I don't want anything huge just big enough for us. I'm not big into cars, and I'm loving my car right now. I would buy hubby a Truck of some sort. Like a big pickup or something.
Anything else you'd like to share? I have a pen fetish. I buy all different types of pens all the time! I even have certain pens that I use for certain things - bills, writing checks, making lists and etc. I know its silly, but I love it!
Ali, I just reread responses and your dream jobs made me laugh... you want to be either my sis (vet) or BIL (librarian)!
Oh, and I want to add to my dream job list: I'd stay a lawyer, but would like to do 100% pro bono and pick and choose my cases. All family law and criminal defense. Or party planning. Another answer reminded me. Don't forget, since Jill left, I'm the group fossil. I forget things.
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Anything else you'd like to share? I have a pen fetish. I buy all different types of pens all the time! I even have certain pens that I use for certain things - bills, writing checks, making lists and etc. I know its silly, but I love it!
I love this! I have favorite pens, though, and only try out a new variety when they stop carrying my faves or they change to a different style. Right now, they are semi-fat Papermate med ballpoint clickies. I get very annoyed when Rodgers wanders off with them! I use black for official things like checks, and fun colors for grocery lists. I never use blue. Right now I don't know where any of my black ones are.
Probably in Rodgers' car...
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Thanks guys, I did post it on FB since I know we're all on, just not everyone sees everything. She had a bad case of fleas and she's an inside cat so i have no clue where they came from. But I think she had a bad reaction to the flea medication because she was fine one day and two days later she was dead.
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