*I love food and am a self-professed food snob. I am pretty adventurous and really love ethnic food. I am not a fan of chain restaurants and usually seek out local places in any city. Brent and I have been known to plan entire vacations around the restaurants we want to visit.
*I loved being pregnant all three times. Seriously, love. the. belly. If I could go back and get a different degree, I would be a labor and delivery nurse or an ultrasound technician. I love listening to other people's birth stories and just love the whole pregnancy process so much.
(preggo pics from left to right: Ethan, Eva, Emerie)
*I have always been an early riser but would not consider myself a morning person at all. I usually don't sleep past 7:00--not taking into account the early wake-up call from the kiddos.
*I hate going to bed with a messy kitchen...and whenever I do, it makes me grumpy to see a mess that I have to clean first thing in the morning.
*I consider myself a good cook, but I make crappy pancakes. I cannot for the life of me get it right. Brent however makes amazing pancakes and is the Saturday morning pancake maker.
*I have always been an early riser but would not consider myself a morning person at all. I usually don't sleep past 7:00--not taking into account the early wake-up call from the kiddos.
*I hate going to bed with a messy kitchen...and whenever I do, it makes me grumpy to see a mess that I have to clean first thing in the morning.
*I consider myself a good cook, but I make crappy pancakes. I cannot for the life of me get it right. Brent however makes amazing pancakes and is the Saturday morning pancake maker.
*My mama intuition stinks. We never found out the gender of our kiddos, but I guessed wrong all three times. Even when the old wives tales proved to be a good fit, I still stuck to my (incredibly wrong) guns.
*I (we) named my kids all 'E' names but it wasn't on purpose. The names just stuck. Eva was supposed to be Avery, but the name just didn't sit well. Emerie would have broken the mold and been 'Miles' had she been a boy. We affectionately refer to our brood as the 'Trifecta' or 'E to the third power'.
*I can't handle the smell, taste or texture of eggs. They make me gag. Eggs and I will never be friends.
*I always wear either leggings or sweat pants to bed year round because I don't like the feeling of my legs rubbing together in my sleep.
*I don't like chick flicks...I'm more of an action/adventure/comedy gal.
*I love reading, but I totally cheated and did the cliff's notes version of most of the required reading in all of my literature classes during college.
*I've never had a cavity.
*As a kid, I was an extra on a dumb Steven King movie called, "Sometimes They Come Back." Seriously, a horrible movie. More cheesy than scary. My sisters and I were in a scene set up as a hometown parade/festival.
*I had to wear glasses beginning in second grade until three years ago when my optometrist said I shouldn't be wearing glasses at all.
*I have been asked by strangers (more times than I can count) if we've met before or am told by others that I look familiar or look like someone they know. Maybe this happens to lots of people, but it seems to happen to me all the time.
*I have been asked by strangers (more times than I can count) if we've met before or am told by others that I look familiar or look like someone they know. Maybe this happens to lots of people, but it seems to happen to me all the time.
*I always wash my hands and make my kids wash theirs when we get home from church or public places...I am a moderate germaphobe.
*I do not like alcohol of any kind...it just tastes gross to me. If I have to acquire a taste for it, then it isn't worth the calories.
*My favorite drink is a non-fat chai with vanilla. Brent makes an excellent true Indian chai that I can never say no to.
*I'm afraid of heights. Like absurdly afraid. I have tried several times to overcome my fear, but once I'm at the top, I freeze and it takes me forever to get back down.
*I have this weird fear of knocking out my two front teeth. I once hit them on a slide as a kid and since then, if I trip or slip and fall, I will sacrifice any body part to save my teeth.
*I love to travel, but really hate to fly (that's probably a 'duh' since I'm afraid of heights). I can't relax on a plane and don't feel completely at ease until I've landed.
*I love to travel, but really hate to fly (that's probably a 'duh' since I'm afraid of heights). I can't relax on a plane and don't feel completely at ease until I've landed.
*I am really outgoing and make friends in the weirdest places...like on vacation. It always shocks me a little by the depth of what acquaintances are willing to tell me (though, I really enjoy listening to others). I guess I have a trust-me-with-your-life-story kind of face.
*Brent and I have known each other since the fourth grade. We had huge crushes on each other in middle school but never dated. That means we've known each other for 24 years, been together for 14 and married for nearly 12. I've always thought he was super-attractive, but I think he gets hotter with age.
*I don't like regular jelly beans, but my favorite candy is Jelly Bellies. I even have a Jelly Belly dispenser on my desk at work.
*For the better part of the week I am a vegetarian, but when the weekend comes I give myself the freedom to eat meat. I do not champion a vegetarian lifestyle because of morals and ethics...no, my reasons are pretty shallow. I do it because it's cost effective.
*When I was pregnant with Emerie all I wanted was meat...which is why 'Meatless Monday' posts were shelved for nine months. I felt like a hypocrite posting meatless recipes while regularly devouring a juicy burger in secret.
*I don't like messes or clutter. I have a hard time functioning when there is chaos...but with three kids, that means I'm having to learn to both relax a little AND task the kids to pick up their own stuff. It's GLORIOUS (the kids picking up, not living with clutter).
*I hate doing laundry, it will always be last on my long list of things to do. Seems a bit out of place considering the above confession.
All right...now it's your turn! Tell me all about you!
All right...now it's your turn! Tell me all about you!
