ABC's of me

10 things was clearly not enough...

 

A. Age: 25

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore you dislike: Dishes are the worst but I generally dislike all chores.

D. Dogs: Just Miss Bretta

E. Essential start to your day: A bowl of cereal and the news so that I can find out what the weather will be like.

F. Favorite color: Pink or Red

G. Gold or silver: Silver

H. Height: 5′8"

I. Instruments you play(ed): None

J. Job title: Registered Client Service Associate

K. Kids: One in the belly and our pup

L. Live for ______: Family

M. Most embarrassing moment: Ummm too many to pick just one. I'm a clutz and get nervous in new situations so they happen often.

N. Nicknames: They all involve my first name.

O. Overnight hospital stays: None yet.

P. Pet peeves:  Mouth breathing into the phone, chewing with your mouth open and talking to me with food in your mouth.

Q. Quote from a movie: I am serious and don't call me Shirley

S. Siblings: 6 brothers and 1 sister. 5 older, 2 younger.

T. Time you wake up: 5:30

U. University attended: None so far

V. Vegetables: My favorites are carrots, broccoli and green beans.

W. What makes you run late: Anything that is out of my normal routine. I am not well prepared for anything unscheduled. Should make having a baby interesting!

X. X-rays you’ve had:  Other than dental x-rays I've only had x-rays done on my back and hips for Scoliosis.

Y. Yummy food you make: Meatloaf, cupcakes. Cookies.

Z. Zoo animal favorites: The apes. But it makes me sad that they have to live in the zoo.

10 things

10 Things you may not know about me:

1. I love to iron.

2. It annoys me when the back of someones pant leg gets tucked into the heel of their shoe and they don't fix it.

3. If a towel falls on the ground it is dirty. Whether it just fell out of the drier or not.

4. People that don't care if their socks match freak me out.

5. I always shake milk in a cardboard carton before pouring it.

6. I love the feel of new socks.

7. I get excited about new toothbrushes.

8. I hate mice. I don't know why anyone would want them as pets.

9. I met Mr. T a year before we ever actually spoke. We sat in the back seat of my BFF R's car for a whole mile next to each other while I talked about my loser boyfriend. He said nothing.

10. My BFF N was actually trying to set Mr. T up with another friend of ours when she re-introduced Mr. T and I at her birthday party. N told Mr. T to "speak french to" me and left us. He had me at Bonjour.

Added later: I'm realizing that this list could also be called "things that qualify me for obsessive compulsive disorder" go figure.

30 Day Challenge! Day 1

I've been keeping up with my friend Mrs. A's 30 day challenge and now another friend is doing one over on Butterball Happenings is also doing one so I'm jumping in. Today will be the first post of my 30 day challenge!

About Mrs. T:

I grew up in a super small town with 6 brothers and 1 sister. My parents are separated but still live in a close vicinity of each other which is convenient for us! I really loved growing up with a large family and extended family. I truly believe that it takes a village to raise a child because I was raised by one!
I moved out of my Mom's house when I was 17 to go to school in "the big city" which was pretty thrilling for me. I absolutely loved college but found it really difficult to juggle full time classes, life and full time work. Eventually work won out and I have been lucky enough to work for 3 great companies since I stopped going to school. I've also been really fortunate in finding some great mentors that have really taken care of me in my career, including my current boss.

I met Mr. T through my roommates (and his best friends) in 2004 for a brief second and then sort of "re-met" him the following year at my BFF N's birthday party. N was trying to fix up Mr. T and another mutual friend. Luckily for me that plan didn't work and Mr. T and I started dating in the Spring of 2005. Unluckily for me Mr. T and I started dating two weeks after he was accepted at an out of state university. So began our two year long distance relationship after only four months of dating. The only thing I can say for long distance dating is that your communication skills will be EXCELLENT afterwards and its a great test of trust. I couldn't have done it if I didn't have complete faith in Mr. T. Mr. T graduated in May of 2007 and moved home. He proposed in December of 2007 in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle in Disneyland (one of the pictures is in my header). We were married and moved in together in May of 2008.

Bretta, our bull dog, was born October 1 of 2008 and we adopted her December 13 of 2008.

 10 weeks old

So far marriage has been very similar and very different than I thought it would be. Two years later I can say that I am very happily married to a wonderful man and I wouldn't trade him for the world.

As far as interests go I'm pretty eclectic. I love baking (obviously) and crafts. Next month I will be learning to sew and quilt on a machine and I am really looking forward to that. I love babies and kids in general, I can't wait until Mr. T and I can start adding to our family with human kids. I love weddings and everything that goes into them, I used to want to own my own bridal shop. We'll see if that wish ever comes true. I love music and dancing, my taste is pretty eclectic from Country to Rap, R & B, Classical, Alternative, 80's hair bands and even some Disco.

I love where we live but I do miss my family a lot. I would love to live closer to home so that I could see my siblings, their kids, and my parents more often. Two of my best friends (N and my HLM Maddy) also still live in our home town so that makes it hard to be so far away!

I think that just about covers it. Let me know if I missed anything ;)

Couldn't resist one more picture of Baby Bretta.