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Spiders and Malt Balls Aside, Anyone For A Friendly Interview?

Margerie
18 years ago

There have been recent reports of boredom. Any takers for a friendly quiz? Just copy and paste the following questions and then fill in your answers. Rated PG please. And ok, I am weird because I like these kind of things!

Biggest phobia:

Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's:

First car:

Favorite saying:

Best sports fantasy:

If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day:

Favorite comfort food:

What your mom never found out:

Best hangover cure:

I am most confident when:

First job:

What my significant other appreciates in me:

What my significant other does not appreciate in me:

Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent

Time you usually go to bed:

Perfect date would be:

Household chore you hate the most:

Where you were born:

Your best friend once told you:

Comments (68)

  • okwriter
    18 years ago

    Mizzou:
    The word Wewoka, means in the Seminole or Creek language, "Barking Waters", because of some tiny falls on the Wewoka Creek just north of the city.

    And I'll have you know that the old Capitol building served as the United States Government Court House before statehood. It also served as a court house for the Seminoles, here they made their laws and enforced them. The trials took place before the Council and if found guilty, the convicted was either seated at the foot of the "Execution Tree" and shot to death or tied to the "Whipping Tree" and whipped according to the sentence. The culprit had his hands and feet tied together, the hands tied over the lower branch of the tree and between his feet was placed a pole. The whipping was done by a Lighthorseman, and the groans and cries could be heard for many blocks. The old execution tree now stands in a room of the State Historical Society located in the State Capitol Building in Oklahoma City, and the bullet marks may still be seen on it. The whipping tree still stands on the court house grounds at the southwest corner of Wewoka's present courthouse.

    So be nice ~ or I'll send you to visit the Whipping Tree.

  • lisa6kids
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia: MICE

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: Big and brown

    First car: Some propane car that my dad thought was cool. I couldn't breathe in it because the previous owners smoked so bad.

    Favorite saying: NO WAY!

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day: Anything to put me to sleep.

    Favorite comfort food: Chocolate

    Best hangover cure: Have never tasted alcohol. I know too many people who have spent years in rehab.

    First job: Weeding lima beans.

    What my significant other appreciates in me: My sense of humor. (sometimes)

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: My mouth!

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent: That's a tough one--probably MIL but I would buy earplugs.

    Time you usually go to bed: 10:30

    Perfect date would be: Hawaii

    Household chore you hate the most: Doing laundry

    Where you were born: Hospital

  • Mizzou_KX
    18 years ago

    And I'll have you know that the old Capitol building served as the United States Government Court House before statehood.

    Whaaaaaaaaaaat????? You mean Oklahoma is a STATE now. When did they slip that one past us.

  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia:
    Big car crash - I know a whole family (parents and 2 college age daughters) wiped out by a watermelon truck. They were going home from a funeral.

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's:
    Just below shoulder length with wings.

    First car:
    1977 Silver Scirroco

    Favorite saying:
    "I love you." I say it numerous times during the day to my DH and DD's. We never end a phone conversation without it.

    Best sports fantasy:
    IPSC = International Practical Shooting Club

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day:
    HGTV and Discovery Channel Home and Leisure

    Favorite comfort food:
    Hershey's Almond bars

    What your mom never found out:
    I skipped school in 8th grade and went riding with 2 girls from my school. The driver did not have a license.

    Best hangover cure:
    I've never had a hangover from drinking

    I am most confident when:
    I have clothes on!

    First job:
    Computer Center at First National Bank

    What my significant other appreciates in me:
    My sense of humor, love for my children and our animals

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me:
    He tells me I'm beautiful and I don't believe him

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent
    Lord, a month in a cheap tent is nothing...I was in the Army Reserve

    Time you usually go to bed:
    10:30

    Perfect date would be:
    Dinner and a movie -romantic comedy

    Household chore you hate the most:
    cleaning bathrooms - my DH does them now

    Where you were born:
    Birmingham, AL

    Your best friend once told you:
    Her husband had two mortgages on their home and had lost all of their savings. They were having to sell their house, lake house and move to a smaller home.

  • sarahmakes6
    18 years ago

    Maybe we could guess how Jason would answer, I miss having him around.

    I'll take the first one:

    Biggest Phobia: Foxes in the hen house. *g*

  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Hairstyle: Mullet (hehehe)

  • Chimeralife
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia: June bugs and other beetles and heights

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: first part long with feathers (remember the comb in the back pocket of those TIGHT jeans?) middle part permed; both light brown-natural at the time

    First car: 1986 ford escort

    Favorite saying: "How Very." Can go happy, umhmmm, or even sarcastic sounding.

    Best sports fantasy: Being able to drive really fast on a track and not crashing. Funny, and I'm not even a nascar groupie.

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day: SCI-Fi and HGTV and DIY, but they know.

    Favorite comfort food: chocolate fudge brownies with nuts and chocolate fudge frosting

    What your mom never found out: Mostly she was oblivious, so lots.

    Best hangover cure: wake up @ 5 am, slam a coca cola, two extra strength tylenol and a glass of water. Then return to bed for at least another hour. I had people hating me in my twenties because then I would be totally chipper and they would be green with sunglasses :)

    I am most confident when: I am teaching and their light flips on.

    First job: Wendy's (my daughter just asked me, they had wendy's back then?haha) They never read over your shoulder till you are filling out a dang quiz.

    What my significant other appreciates in me: He says "everythang." He IS more delusional than me.

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: It has been observed that I can sometimes be a weee bit sarcastic.

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent -it would have to be my mother and dh would leave me with her and live in a cheap tent for a month cause his mom is fantastic and loves me to death. And I hate "roughing it" anymore. Too high maintainance.

    Time you usually go to bed: 11pm

    Perfect date would be: warm beach, sunset, margaritas, dh, no kids or misquitoes.

    Household chore you hate the most: dishwashing

    Where you were born: Flint, MI

    Your best friend once told you: I love you but shut up!

  • ItAintEasy
    18 years ago

    jasons first car: rusty Datsun B210 with ladder racks

  • nokeysyet
    18 years ago

    3 beers, and i'm up late .. been a bad day... i'll play

    Biggest phobia: spiders and flying (they are really =)

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's : N/A (i was too young to really reply- sorry.)

    First car: gmc spirit what a piece of c#%p

    Favorite saying: "oh bloody hell"

    Best sports fantasy : none

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day: E! or DIY network (it's a toss)

    Favorite comfort food: a good roast (or beans on toast)

    What your mom never found out: when i was 14, i scraped up her car by driving it up & down the driveway (pretending i was driving) but smacked it up into a rock, scraping the whole right side. oh, and when i played 'hookey' (i pretended to be at school by sneaking out the downstairs windows of our house when she left for work, and then went out the winows again & pretended to be coming home from school) oh, and forging her signature SEVERAL times to get out of school... whoops ..sorry MUM.

    Best hangover cure: bloody mary & fried eggs, chips w/ A1 (HP) sauce. mmmmmmmmm.

    I am most confident when : listening to music (earphones, really loud)

    First job : retail

    What my significant other appreciates in me : wow, that's a tough one.. that's one for him to answer..

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me : wow, that's an easy one.. my temper.... ha, ha.

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent -????

    Time you usually go to bed: 12midnight

    Perfect date would be: w/ my darling husband in our house (being built).

    Household chore you hate the most: dishes (washing them .. no DW yet). oh, and cleaning the toilet.. I AM THE ONLY ONE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.....

    Where you were born : Crewe, UK

    Your best friend once told you: i can be cold- i cut people right off. (and she is/ was right)

  • okwriter
    18 years ago

    MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent -????

    I'm guessing Jason would take the tent. But who wouldn't?

  • tnlamar
    18 years ago

    What the heck.

    Biggest phobia: Poverty

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: brown mullett like thing

    First car: 1978 thunderbird. What a tank.

    Favorite saying: If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

    Best sports fantasy:Complete cessation of all nascar activity

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day:TOH or Norm Abrams

    Favorite comfort food: Oh Baby! Veal and wild mushroom meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans all covered with a generous load of gravy and lots of homemade biscuits.

    What your mom never found out:I became a very accomplished forger in HS

    Best hangover cure: Sausage and biscuits

    I am most confident when: Building something

    First job: Unloading refrigerators from a semi

    What my significant other appreciates in me: I will sometimes shut my pie hole and listen

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: It isnt often enough

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent MIL. I refuse to spend even one more day of my life sleeping on the ground like some urban outdoorsman.

    Time you usually go to bed:11p-12a

    Perfect date would be: paid for by someone else

    Household chore you hate the most: Getting the wife to clean those bathrooms

    Where you were born: FT. Oglethorpe, GA

    Your best friend once told you: Dont bogart that thing!

  • okwriter
    18 years ago

    LOL@tnlamar! I admit I haven't read everyone's answers, but I read yours and they cracked me up!

  • ItAintEasy
    18 years ago

    who was the actress that jason talked about? that'd be his perfect date

  • okwriter
    18 years ago

    Oh --- what was her name ---- ummmmm, Jennifer something?

  • Mizzou_KX
    18 years ago

    Lopez????

  • energy_rater_la
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia: small enclosed spaces (with or without spiders)

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: straight long brown

    First car: ford pinto w/sunroof

    Favorite saying: teach me to care, and not to care, teach me to be still..

    Best sports fantasy: not a sports fan, would be more of intrest

    if they wore less clothing (whats with those long long basketball shorts??)

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day:

    horror movies, twilight zone

    Favorite comfort food: chocolate

    What your mom never found out: many, many things

    Best hangover cure: more sleep

    I am most confident when: I know the answers

    First job: snoball stand/skating rink

    What my significant other appreciates in me:

    that I am independent & believe that I can do anything

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: lack of orginization, that I am not materialistic,

    & that I do not believe that I can change the world (only my corner of it!)

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent TENT

    Time you usually go to bed: midnight to ?? ....insomnia is my middle name

    Perfect date would be: beach beach beach

    Household chore you hate the most: anything indoors if

    I had to pick it would be cleaning the bathtub

    Where you were born: Folsom, Louisiana

    Your best friend once told you: you touch more people than you know.


    Just so you all know I dreamed of spiders last night. Big spiders that


    got bigger and bigger & were trying to eat my dogs....My dogs are not small!
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  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Love-Hewitt?! That would figure!

  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Energy, don't you just love the TZ where the man has the bug in his ear/head and it LAYS EGGS IN HIS HEAD!?!?!??!?!?? I LOVE that one!

    And the movie where the little troll doll chases the girl around her apartment? It jumps out of her suitcase! I love that movie!

  • Cate_CO
    18 years ago

    Anything to keep me from packing ;-) ......


    Biggest phobia: Creepy-crawly things, spiders, scorpions, wasps

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: auburn short and pouffy on top.... really bad 80's hair

    First car: 1967 Ford Mustang

    Favorite saying: Not funny sonny (I said that to my DS a lot)

    Best sports fantasy: ice skater (like my fav Sasha Cohen)

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day: Animal Planet

    Favorite comfort food: Ben & Jerry's Fudge Brownie frozen yogurt

    What your mom never found out: she knew
    e v e r y t h i n g

    Best hangover cure: maturing .. no hangover since my 20's

    I am most confident when: I'm with my DH

    First job: secretary at a university

    What my significant other appreciates in me: easy going, slow to anger

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: too soft spoken

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent: no contest, cheap tent

    Time you usually go to bed: 11:30-midnight

    Perfect date would be: dinner and a movie

    Household chore you hate the most: cooking

    Where you were born: Houston

    Your best friend once told you: Just recently how much she misses me... left my best friend in Atlanta and it was the hardest thing about moving.


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  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Don't pack up those kittens, Cate!

  • housewitch
    18 years ago

    I think it was Jennifer Grey.

  • okwriter
    18 years ago

    That's it! Bob, tell housewitch what she won...

  • Brittta
    18 years ago

    Yep... Jennifer Grey, BEFORE the nose job.

  • Mizzou_KX
    18 years ago

    HOUSEWITCH!!! ..... you'll be our guest at the BAH Forum weekend getaway retreat in b e a u t i f u l Point Barrow Alaska. Just imagine, oil stained beaches, frigid arctic breezes, mood lighting in the cabin provided by whale oil lamps and a delectible menu including "Sauteed whale blubber in redwine reduction sauce", tundra salad drizzled lightly with Russion dressing, and a delightful dessert of Baked Alaska with crab cakes. Enjoy your wonderful holiday adventure from BAH.

    Fine Print - read really fast so no one can unserstand it:
    winner responsible for all taxes, licenses, transportation, tips, gratuities, and all other expenses necessary for this trip. Insurance is not included and the winner will enter into binding arbitration agreements with the travel promoter. Agreement is AIA, AAA, FFA, CIA, FBI, and KGB approved and the winner may not redeem the trip for cash"size>

  • ItAintEasy
    18 years ago

    "you'll be our guest at the BAH Forum weekend getaway retreat in b e a u t i f u l Point Barrow Alaska. Just imagine, oil stained beaches, frigid arctic breezes, mood lighting in the cabin provided by whale oil lamps and a delectible menu including "Sauteed whale blubber in redwine reduction sauce", tundra salad drizzled lightly with Russion dressing, and a delightful dessert of Baked Alaska with crab cakes. Enjoy your wonderful holiday adventure from BAH. "

    and that's in august....

  • housewitch
    18 years ago

    Ooooo, GOODY! Alaska!!!!

    My parents are going there in September, so maybe I'll just give them my "prize." They're driving. In a pickup truck. To Alaska. From Georgia. And they don't get along all that well. Can anyone say "divorce?"

  • Cate_CO
    18 years ago

    Okay, Allision, I'm a little slow (mentally) this morning. Kittens? Don't make me feel like an idiot ;-)

  • tnlamar
    18 years ago

    mmm... whale blubber....

  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Shoot! Cate Co! I was on my way out the door to the house and I realized Co Lady was the one with the kittens! lol Too funny....

  • Cate_CO
    18 years ago

    LOL that explains it. I feel better... I thought it was some inside joke I wasn't getting ;-)

  • energy_rater_la
    18 years ago

    allison,
    "And the movie where the little troll doll chases the girl around her apartment? It jumps out of her suitcase!"

    I have to admit that I have a problem with dolls,
    demonically posessed or otherwise.
    Last weekend I visited a friend. She collects
    porcelain dolls, and displays them ....
    in the guest bedroom.
    Fortunately, I remembered to turn their heads back
    around before I left.. this time.
    My older sister terrorized me as a child
    with my dolls. She would wait until I was asleep
    and sit the dolls all around me..looking at me,
    get back in her bed & wait for me to wake up
    & freak out.
    Oh the joys of being the baby!
    I think Hellraiser 2, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,
    and the Evil Dead series are my favorites.
    I know just when to hide my eyes!

  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Karen Black stars in the movie. It's called Trilogy of Terror (1975). I need to watch it again and see if it's still scary....I bet it is! I watched The Exorcist a few years ago with my DS and it wasn't scary at all!

    Sorry your sister terrorized you as a child. We have a lot in common. I was the baby also, have an older sister. (My birthday is July 4th, I saw yours is the 10th). I can't stand several dolls in a room either!

  • ItAintEasy
    18 years ago

    oh.....Energy Rater....have you seen the new Dawn of the Dead? its one of my favorites!

    i like the evil dead/army of darkness ones, too....

    i also must admit that i really liked the Return of the Living Dead ones....too funny and classic 1980s movies!

  • lisa6kids
    18 years ago

    Favorite comfort food: Biscuits and Gravy!

  • okwriter
    18 years ago

    Taters, taters and more taters.

  • energy_rater_la
    18 years ago

    Didn't see the Dawn of the Dead yet,
    but I well remember Night of the Living Dead.
    Had nightmares for weeks!
    I like the Evil Dead 2 because it is kind
    of scary, but campy also.
    After all if we are going to be scared,
    get a laugh out of it too!
    Alison,
    My sister and I are best friends now, but she
    really ruled my nights when we were young.
    She didn't do the scare Debbie thing often, it
    has just taken on nightmareish quantity because
    SHE DID IT SO WELL!!!
    It is reassuring to know that I am not the only
    horror movie fan!

  • chisue
    18 years ago

    I'm not allowed to have scissors in here, so may I just try to remember the questions? (That's not true; I just can't "cut and paste".)

    Phobia: Being restrained or unable to move. Probably started when I took three days to be born. Didn't improve when I had sinus surgery with a "partial" anesthetic and the novice anesthesiologist gave me first too little, and then too much. I could see and hear, but not speak or swallow. AWFUL!

    1980's Hair: Dark brown cap cut (also BIG glasses)

    My first car...was a Ford convertible my dad bought for me, which I traded in a couple years later for what I wanted, an Austin Healey 3000.

    Fave saying: "Take what you want and pay for it." (Corollary #1: "You can pay now or pay later.")
    (Corollary #2: "Everything has a price.")

    Sports Fantasy: ANY sport would be a fantasy for me; not athletic.

    Watch all day on TV: "The Lion In Winter"

    Comfort Food: Baked Potato w/butter and salt

    What Mom didn't know: I drove that Healey 100+ MPH whenever I could!

    Hangover Cure: Don't drink too much.

    I am most confident when...I sense a rapport.

    First Real Job: Woman's Page Editor, small town weekly paper.
    (I was also the classified ad taker, receptionist, biller, proofreader, layout gal, and foil between the warring Editor and Display Ad-man. When I quit they hired three people.)

    DH most appreciates...my loyalty.
    DH most dislikes...when I finish his sentences.

    I'm happy to say that my MIL is deceased. I'm almost as happy about that as DH.

    I go to bed...when I'm tired. Could be 8 p.m. or midnight.
    (I get up at 6:30. I also may be up at 2 .m. or 4 a.m. with sinus or asthma.)

    A Perfect Date: Sunset in Kihei, sharing a drink with DH on the lanai before enjoying a carry-in dinner, then watching a comedy or mystery on DVD. (I always was a cheap date.)

    Least-liked Household Chore: Anything involving scrubbing on hands and knees, or a lot of dust -- I'm allergic.

    I was born...in Evanston, IL (a really long time ago).

    A best friend once told me...I dress too conservatively.
    (I'm too cheap to buy "fashion"!)

  • Nancy in Mich
    18 years ago

    1. Biggest phobia: Falling off a tall bridge- or driving off one and having to escape from the car.
    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: I had it cut a bit in the front in the early 80s, so it was flipped back and feathery in the front, then long in the back. I donÂt think I cut it again in the 80s once the perm grew out.
    First car: 1966 Mustang hardtop with vinyl roof and holes in the floorboards. This was 1985-6, and I was 25 when we finally got it on the road.
    Favorite saying: "Who said life is fair?"
    Best sports fantasy: Being able to run. Last time I tried, I was 19 and ended up on crutches again.
    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day: HGTV or Animal Planet
    Favorite comfort food: Chocolate, or Rissoto, or roast turkey, PRETZLES - big sourdough Dutchie ones with lots of chunky salt.
    What your mom never found out: I once hid behind a parked car and thrust my hand in front of a car driving past because I did not believe that getting hit by a car would be as painful as I was always being warned it would. I thought my hand would never stop hurting after the car smacked it!
    Best hangover cure: Darvon allergy! An out-of-body experience at age 14 kept me from ever wanting to feel out of control again - so no hangovers.
    I am most confident when: I can have a bounce in my walk and I think I look good.
    First job: Within family: riding along on DadÂs motor paper route and putting the papers in the tubes. Outside family: clerking at a paint/wallpaper/office supply/bookstore in town. (Very small town!)
    What my significant other appreciates in me: I am warm, kind, sweet, empathetic... I just asked him and thatÂs what he said.
    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: I set things on top of the kleenex box so he canÂt get to it and I ask him to "do" for me too often instead of getting up myself.
    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent: This one is way too easy. She hasnÂt left her house in two years, so I am pretty safe in inviting her over to live for a month!
    Time you usually go to bed: Waaay too late! 11 pm to 2 am.
    Perfect date would be: A jacuzzi tub, chocolate and yummy alcohol drink that makes the chocolate taste even better, DH, a good novel, a view of woods or water, and all food is calorie-free.
    Household chore you hate the most: Anything that means climbing stairs.
    Where you were born: Detroit, Old Grace Hospital
    Your best friend once told you: A very funny story about losing her virginity, then got very hurt when I coud not help myself and told my then-DH. (I didnÂt know about boundaries then.)

  • Katie S
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia:
    Something awful happening to any of my kids. My friend was abducted and murdered when I was a child, and I think about her and what happened to her.

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's:
    I was a kid, and did not get to pick my own hairstyle. It was very, very short, and dark blond It was very light blond in the beginning of the 80's when I was a little kid. That was the only way my mom let me have it. At least toward the end of the 80's I finally looked like a girl when she let me get my ears pierced.

    First car:
    1979 VW Rabbit, in 1992-1993.

    Favorite saying:
    "If I don't defend the galaxy, who will?"

    Best sports fantasy:
    I was not blessed with great large-motor coordination, but worked very hard despite my complete lack of talent and made the varsity hockey team at my little college. (A women's college.) THAT was my sports fantasy to actually play on a real team. I still wear the jacket once in a while to impress my children.

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day:
    Sappy hallmark-channel or lifetime made-for-tv movies. I haven't watched one in years, but did see an ad for one recently and just the ad made me teary!

    Favorite comfort food:
    Hot tart pie and ice cream.

    What your mom never found out:
    I had a passionate fling with a friend of my parents when I was in college.

    Best hangover cure:
    Never need one. I never seem to get a hangover.

    I am most confident when:
    I am painting.

    First job:
    A counselor/instructor at Space Camp. It was the best job I have ever had.

    What my significant other appreciates in me:
    That I do all of the childcare in our house and have never ever complained.

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me:
    That I sometimes use the burners on high. He is very high-strung and likes things done his own way. Sigh. I try not to use high when he is around, but it's not as though it is a very high-powered stove.

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent
    My MIL passed away. the tent might be educattional with the children. My dh would be awful to camp with, because he likes things just the way he likes them, but the children would be fun.

    Time you usually go to bed:
    Whenever I finish cleaning the kitchen and straightening up the downstairs.

    Perfect date would be:
    Anything peaceful.

    Household chore you hate the most: Anything when my dh is watching me do, since I apparently do every single one wrong. For example, I sometimes turn the stove burner onto "high" even though I am not just bpiling water on it. I wish I were making this up.

    Where you were born:
    In a galaxy far, far away.

    Your best friend once told you:
    (On my 19th birthday) "This is it. This is exactly how you will feel for the rest of your life."

  • tnlamar
    18 years ago

    So what's his deal with the burners? The high setting does come installed from the factory... probably in case you need it.

  • chisue
    18 years ago

    Lucky for me I didn't get stuck at "19". Not my favorite year. (I liked 30 a lot.)

    My DH would only notice the stove power if the house caught on fire. If he did "scold" me about how I cook, he knows I'd turn off the stove and call the pizza place -- and HE would have to go get it! That's 'cause I'm a grownup -- well just as grownup as HE is! (We are a couple of S.O.C.s -- that's Selfish Only Children.)

  • housewitch
    18 years ago

    Yep, DH knows by now that in our house, complaining about the way someone does a chore is the absolute fastest way to have that particular item become your chore. DH no longer complains about how I fold his underwear - because I no longer do it. I no longer complain about how DH makes tea - because that's now my job.

  • Country_living
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia:

    Being buried alive!

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's:

    Parted on left side with feathering on right, shoulder length and natural red color.

    First car:

    1972 Plymouth Scamp

    Favorite saying:

    "Pick it up, put it away or it goes in the trash."

    Best sports fantasy:

    4 box seats for life to all professional sporting venues within a 5 hour drive from my house...and for the NHL to get their act together by next season. I miss hockey.

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day:

    TOH Classic reruns

    Favorite comfort food:

    Nachos

    What your mom never found out:

    That I grew up, married and had kids. She died when I was young.

    Best hangover cure:

    From my college days: a quart of iced tea and a bong hit.

    I am most confident when:

    I'm reading to the kids.

    First job:

    Bath house attemdant for Westchester County Parks & Recreation Department. I cleaned public bathrooms with so much bleach that you couldn't stay in the bath house for long. This was a nasty job and I lasted one summer at it.

    What my significant other appreciates in me:

    I will always tell him the truth.

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me:

    I will always tell him the truth even if he doesn't want to hear it.

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent

    Nope. I don't want either.

    Time you usually go to bed:

    10:00 pm

    Perfect date would be:

    Horseback riding on the shore and picnicing on the dunes while the waves crash and salt ladden spray blows in the wind.

    Household chore you hate the most:

    Laundry

    Where you were born:

    Manhattan

    Your best friend once told you:

    That my home perm didn't look "THAT" bad...picture Little Orphan Annie...

  • Katie S
    18 years ago

    I loved your answer about being honest with your dh!

    My dh and the stove burners.... well, suffice it to say that he likes things a certain way. It's just a bottom-of-the-line stove, but he feels nothing except plain water to boil is supposed to be cooked on high. I take deep cleanising breaths and try not to let it get to me. I try to choose my battles wisely.

  • tnlamar
    18 years ago

    If I told my wife how to operate the stove I would shortly be very hungry.

  • jazz_12
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia:
    Heights -and yet we are building a balcony 17' up?

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's:
    short on one side and long on the other. When that grew out long and curled back with a 1/2 " barrel.

    First car:
    Ford Taurus

    Favorite saying:
    You may as well laugh as cry... Quality only hurts once.

    Best sports fantasy:
    That DH does not watch hockey every single night of the winter

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day:
    TLC and HGTV

    Favorite comfort food: What I want:
    Any type of white carb What I have: a cup of tea

    What your mom never found out:
    YIKES! Too long!

    Best hangover cure:
    A tall really cold glass of milk

    I am most confident when:
    I am singing

    First job:
    Rink guard at a local roller skating rink

    What my significant other appreciates in me:
    that I am his opposite

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me:
    that I am his opposite

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent.
    I would love to have a babysitter for a month

    Time you usually go to bed: 10

    Perfect date would be:
    dinner and an arts event. For me that would be a musical for DH it would be a movie

    Household chore you hate the most:
    Hanging clothes on the line

    Where you were born:
    Ontario, Canada

    Your best friend once told you:
    When I streaked my daughter's hair purple "Suck it up! You knew *DH* would be mad that's why you didn't tell him before you did it!!"

  • okwriter
    18 years ago

    Here's how DH and I handle disagreements about how things are to be done in our house.

    He does his own laundry. I do mine.
    He pays his own bills. I pay mine.
    He eats what I cook or he cooks something for himself.

    And I don't take kindly to criticism of my attempts to help, either. Many years ago we lived in a home where he kept a golf course type lawn - beautiful and very well manicured. After vacation one year, I volunteered to mow while he trimmed and edged. He griped about the way I mowed - the lines weren't straight or went the wrong direction or something. I mean, can you really screw up mowing??? I didn't offer to help mow for another 15 years. It's only been in the last year when his health got bad that I have started helping with the yard.

    "Ya don't like my help? Do it yourself or find someone else!"

  • carolyn53562
    18 years ago

    Biggest phobia: Snakes and worms! We live near a pond, and our yard and my garden always have snakes in them in the summer. I hate it when they crawl under the deck while I'm sitting on the deck!! I hate it when I see a snake tail hanging down from under the siding of our house when a snake is lounging on the sill under the siding waiting for a tasty tidbit to cruise by. I'm terrified that one will get into our house! Did I say I hate snakes!

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: Dark blond page boy.

    First car: 1976 Ford Mustang

    Favorite saying: I don't know.

    Best sports fantasy: Being good enough at tennis to play with my oldest son

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day: TLC and HGTV with maybe a Seinfeld rerun every now and then

    Favorite comfort food: Nestles Chocolate Chips--without the cookie around them.

    What your mom never found out: nothing

    Best hangover cure: milk

    I am most confident when: I'm right.

    First job: Cleaning houses when I was 13. First real job was being a lawyer.

    What my significant other appreciates in me: My calmness

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: That I may look calm on the outside, but sometimes I'm seething on the inside.

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent--I love to camp!

    Time you usually go to bed: When the kids are done with their homework.

    Perfect date would be: Dinner at a restaurant that serves great chocolate desserts.

    Household chore you hate the most: Laundry!

    Where you were born: Wisconsin

    Your best friend once told you: Everything

  • Kristy_SC
    18 years ago

    Our house rule is if you want something done a certain way then YOU do it. I've had to learn to let go of some things (like how to fold laundry) but it can be hard too :)

    Biggest phobia: Ground wasps, those buggers are vicious!

    Hairstyle and hair color in the 80's: Long and straight, it just won't curl...sigh.

    First car: A maroon 1971 Granada with one gold door andhood. It sat 7 comfortably though.

    Favorite saying: No worries!

    Best sports fantasy: Winning at anything, not likely though.

    If no one would know, what would you watch on cable all day: The nanny and the Golden Girls - except first we'd have to get cable. I think not having HGTV has helped making building decisions since I don't know about all the cool new stuff out there.

    Favorite comfort food: Mashed potatoes and gravy (which DH had ready and waiting last night after a very long day / week at work :)

    What your mom never found out: What I did incollege...shhhhh.

    Best hangover cure: A big glass of water and two advilbefore bed.

    I am most confident when: I know what I'm talking about.

    First job: Picking beans and tomatoes for a neighboring farmer.

    What my significant other appreciates in me: I'm easy going and calm, I laugh at his jokes, and I like his cooking (but I make better tea).

    What my significant other does not appreciate in me: Mornings.

    Choose one: MIL (or pick an annoying relative) stay with you for 1 month or camp 1 month in cheap tent. Tent. I love my MIL, but I like my privacy - I can only stand living with my DH because he is so dear. I can be anti social sometimes, it's why we live in the woods.

    Time you usually go to bed: That depends on the season. Spring and summer, it's 11, then 3, then 5 (critter feedings). Winter and fall 11:30ish.

    Perfect date would be: Lying in a hammock with a nice breeze to keep the bugs off and someone bringing us drinks. (All the while someone else is in the house cleaning it and doing laundry...)

    Household chore you hate the most: vacuuming, especially in the fall and spring when the live oaks shed their leaves.

    Where you were born: Great Lakes Naval Hospital.

    Your best friend once told you: Dinner's on the table come home! (he's a great cook too)

  • allison0704
    18 years ago

    Hey Mizzou...I had MMB's from Crackle Barrel tonight!