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| From Bianchi - Anniversary Sunday HQ 2007 |
What is his name?
Ken McCoy
How long have you been married?
5 years!
How long did you date?
We dated for 2 years and were engaged for 1.
How old is he?
26 a few months younger than me ;)
Who eats more sweets?
Me! I'm a sugar junkie.
Who said I love you first?
He did. I didn't say it back right away because I wasn't sure. I knew that I cared for him very much, he was my first real boyfriend I was 18 what did I know about love? He was sure though. He'd had past experiences that really showed him it was true love for me. No worries I did say it :) and continue to say it everyday! I LOVE YOU!
Who is taller?
He is. But we're pretty close...especially when I wear heels
Who can sing better?
I don't think either one of us would admit to being a better singer. We're both pretty much hopeless. We do sing though when it comes to our little boy. But there are NO karaoke bars in our future.
Who does the laundry?
Whomever runs out of underwear first.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
I can't remember if we ever had issue with where each one of us slept the only thing we had to deal with was sharing a bed period LOL. A big adjustment for both of us coming from large empty beds for 1. I sleep on the right side he sleeps on the left.
Who mows the lawn?
The lawn company :). The trimming of bushes, and landscaping we do together but he does most of the hard work like hauling mulch and spreading it. I do the fun stuff like trimming bushes with the electric hedge clippers and raking.
Who cooks dinner?
We both do. I guess I cook dinner the most and he picks it up the most.
Who pays the bills?
He does. I tried taking that responsibility over but I never really got the hang of it.
Who drives?
He does. But I backseat drive, so there!!
Who is more stubborn?
Hmm. Not sure if either of us is really stubborn...anyone want to weigh in on this one for me?
Who kissed who first?
He did.
Who asked who out first?
Hmmm probably him (is that horrible I can't remember?) We worked together so we'd do more friendly activities like go to lunch together and hang with friends.
Who proposed?
He did. We knew 3 months after we started dating that we were going to get married. Of course we were YOUNG and just starting college. We knew our parents would NEVER want us to get married so young. He got me a promise ring and we dated for 2 years. He formally proposed to me in the car right before we went to dinner. OOOH goose bumps! What a special special moment :) LOVE YOU HONEY!!!!
Who has more siblings?
ME! He is the youngest of 2 boys and I'm an oldest of 5 girls.
Who wears the pants?
Ultimately he does. Day to day when he's not around oh yeah I'm sporting the pants. I'm a control freak but I'm working on that.
I can't wait to see how my friends answer this one so I'm tagging my cousin sarah, my cousin tina, my cousin becca, amanda, margie , my sil lisa, cousin angela...oh and the rest of you married gals....I can't wait to read your posts.
Okay I’ve been tagged by my cousin sarah to complete this meme. All questions relating to my first child (for me the only child).
1. Were you married at the time? Yes
2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? Excited, Happy, Nervous, Elated!
3. How old were you? 25
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? The first month we tried we tested and it was negative. A few weeks later we were getting ready to go out to dinner with some friends and I had to go pee really bad and thought hey why not just take a pregnancy test for the heck of it we had one left over from the first time. I yelled for dh and we waited and could NOT believe it was showing 2 lines!! What?? We were running late for dinner so we said afterwards we’ll go by Target and get another test just to be sure. Of course that was one of the LONGEST dinners we ever had. Went back home and took the test again and what do you know it was POSITIVE!! We were preggers!! Just writing about it now makes me teary eyed and happy thinking about the pure excitement of finding out. What a blessing!
5. Who did you tell first? We told my mom first. Everyone else we waited until we were 3 months + along.
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Yes…at 13 weeks. I am a planner and just HAD HAD HAD to know the sex as far in advance as I could.
7. Due date: July 26
8. Did you deliver child early or late? 1 week early
9. Did you have morning sickness? Nope. I thank God for the wonderful pregnancy that we had and am believing for the next one to go so smoothly.
10. What did you crave? Only had 1 craving and only had it once…a funnel cake. Had to make it myself but it was worth it and oh so yummy!!!
11. Who irritated you the most? I don’t think I got irritated…maybe I should ask hubby on that one???
12. What was your first child's sex? Boy! Exactly what we were believing for. God is Great!
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? I have no idea. Just remember once gaining 10 pounds in like 2 or 3 weeks and the drs not too happy about it. Of course it was mostly all baby!
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope.
15. Where did you give birth to your child? At the hospital.
16. How many hours were you in labor? not very long 3 am started…7am left for the hospital…2pm the baby was born.
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Hubby with my mom in the back seat
18. Who watched? Hubby, Mom, and sister becca (the photographer)
19. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Yes. I was so flustered and nervous b/c he was a week early I didn’t think I was ready. The first set of drugs calmed me very much. Then I went for the epidural and thank goodness I did b/c he was a BIG boy!
20. How much did your child weigh? 8lbs 11oz
21. Why did you name him/her the name you picked? We had his first name Jack and we knew we liked how it sounded b/c of the character on Law & Order with the same name. For his middle name it took us a long time to figure out what we thought worked with Jack. We would come to each other with middle name options and see how we liked the way his first name and middle name sounded together. Finally while watching L&O SVU the character Elliot Stabler was on and and I said to dh what about Elliott for his middle name? And there you have it our son got his name from the Law & Order series :-)
I going to tag: Amanda, Meg, my cousin tina, my cousin angela,
Saw this on my Cousin Angela’s blog, Cousin Tina’s blog too. Thought I’d go ahead and participate also. You can find out your own personal dna at http://www.personaldna.com/
You are an Analyst
Your attention to detail, confidence, sense of order, and focus on functionality combine to make you an ANALYST.
You are very curious about how things work, delving into the mechanics behind things.
Along those lines, how well something works is usually more important to you than what it looks like.
You find beauty and wonder mainly in concrete, functional, earthly things.
You are very aware of your own abilities, and you believe that you will find the best way of doing things.
Accordingly, problems do not intimidate you, as you believe in yourself.
You trust yourself to find solutions within the boundaries of your knowledge.
You don't spend a lot of time imagining how things could be different—you're well-grounded in the here-and-now.
It is important for you to follow a routine, and you prefer the familiar to the unknown.
You prefer to have time to plan for things, feeling better with a schedule than with keeping plans up in the air until the last minute.
You do your own thing when it comes to clothing, guided more by practical concerns than by other people's notions of style.
Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.
If you want to be different:
Try to embrace the imaginative, creative part of your personality more often.
Try moving beyond the things that you find comfortable—open yourself up to a broader range of experiences.
how you relate to others
You are Encouraging
Your outgoing nature, understanding of others, and directness make you ENCOURAGING.
You want others to do well for themselves, and you generally believe in their abilities.
You often know what's good for people because of your caring nature and your worldview.
When you care about someone, you don't keep it to yourself: you are good at letting people know that you're thinking of them.
Because you trust people, you take violations of that trust very seriously.
You thrive in social situations, and even though you know who you like and who you don't like, you can interact well with many different types of people.
You have a healthy respect for people who have earned what they have, and you strive to be similar to successful others.
You are a loyal friend and a good listener.
If you want to be different:
Sometimes, in the course of being encouraging, you can be a bit judgmental—this can make it more difficult for others to follow your advice.
While you are an expert at getting the most out of the world and taking advantage of many experiences, you might gain some insight by taking the time to be alone, reflect on things, or just observe the goings-on in the world.
My pirate name is:
Mad Ethel Kidd
Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Apparently it is a really popular game kind of like hacky sac but not really. I saw this on the Martha Stewart show. Apparently anyone can do it. Do your kids myachi?
This guy’s myachi video is awesome!!!
Hmm…do you think I’m too square to start???? I think I know what I’ll be getting some young family and friends for xmas this year.
Let me know if you’ve heard of this or tried it.
I love that this is an advertisement for a website, a website that encourages you to go and get offline hehehe!
So do you need to unplug???? Do you know anyone else who needs to unplug??? (yes, besides me) go to http://unplugyourfriends.com and send them alittle note!
Thought I’d pass this along. A friend of mine John C. is a computer teacher in Mexico and he and some friends put together this video to help teach the young children how to use the computer mouse.
Be sure to check out his blog and leave him some love…this video is GREAT!!!
I am a big commenter on people's blog posts. I try to comment on all or most posts I read on friends blogs. It is part of my life motto right now of investing in people. Which is to take time and invest (or give of) my time, life, etc into others. To me that being a better friend.
Sometimes I think hmmm maybe I should slow down and wait for more reciprocation before continuing to comment on everyone else's blogs. That is what I've been thinking about for the last few weeks.
My family did tell me at the reunion that they do read and appreciate getting know what is going on even though they don't email or comment. That made me feel better and helped me see that it is worth it still.
I don't get too many comments on my blog posts but I do very much enjoy reading the ones I get. I like the comments because it starts a dialog between my one sided posts and the people who are reading them. Is it an ego thing??? Hmmm...why are comments soo special???
I have a few questions for you:
Do you read other blogs?
Do you ever comment??
What types of posts make you comment??
Are there any kind of posts you want to see more of on my blog??
I look forward to hearing from you.
Oh and FYI you DO NOT have to register any where to make comments on my blog.
I saw this video on Bethy’s Blog and just LOVED LOVED LOVED IT!!!! If you’re into fonts you’re gonna love it too!!!
Saw this on Stephanie’s blog but the link isn’t available anymore but I absolutely loved this. I googled wordle. You can put in your own words or put in a website or blog url and it will pull words automatically. These are the words that were pulled from my blog. I just kept randomizing it and loved how this turned out!!! I think I might do one with just birthday words and make a card out of it.
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE WORDLE SITE!!!!
OH and let me know if you Wordle something…post a link in the comments and I will go check it out!!!!
Hugs!!!
It belongs to a real H-O-T-T-I-E who stars on a hit TV show. I’m asking this bit of trivia because my sister met him and got her picture taken with him!!!!!!
Okay leave your guess in the comments before you click over to Rebecca’s Blog and find out if you’re right.
TOO FUN!!!!
While watching this incredible video you will sooo want to dance!!!!
Here is my last T-shirt entry for the Cardinal Lake T-shirt Design contest the deadline is tomorrow. The inside of the cardinal image is filled with adjectives about Cardinal Lake I’m really liking this one and really like it in all one color. Not sure when the winner(s) will be announced but I’ll let you know if one of my designs makes it!!!
Saw this on my cousin sara’s blog and thought I’d participate too!!
A is for age: 26
B is for burger of choice: 5 guys!! YUMMY
C is for the car I drive: Honda Odyssey
D is for your dog's name: no dog.
E is for essential item you use every day: comfortable shoes
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: doogie howser (hulu)
G is for favorite game: Scattegories.. Im a champion
H is for home state: Kansas
I is for instruments you play: Keyboard (of the computer variety)
J is for favorite juice: grape, but I don’t drink it often…mostly drink orange juice
K is for whose bum you'd like to kick: my own sometimes
L is for last restaurant at which you ate: hmmm actually in the restaurant????? I can’t remember…take out = 5guys
M is for your favorite Muppet: Ms Piggy
N is for number of piercings: 4 – 2 in each ear
O is for overnight hospital stays: WAY TOO MANY TO COUNT
P is for people you were with today: DH and DS
Q is for what you do with your quiet time: huh??? not sure if i have that.
R is for biggest regret: being to introverted sometimes
S is for status: Married since August 2003 (WOWZERS almost 5 years!!!)
T is for time you woke up today: 7:30 what a treat!
U is for what you consider unique about yourself: I don’t know.
V is for vegetable you love: right now brocoli (especially in pasta LOL)
W is for worst habit: biting my nails in crowded atmospheres
X is for x-rays you've had: head, hips, teeth
Y is for yummy food you ate today: haven’t eaten anything yet…unless you count tooth paste.
Z is for zodiac: don’t know don’t care.
Neil Patrick Harris that is!!! What a cutie...and oh so funny!!! I just finished watching the first 2 seasons of Doogie Howser a couple weeks ago at hulu. He has a new internet only project that premieres this tuesday only at drhorrible.com you've got to check it out!!! Here is the preview video:
The second one is titled: Duck Duck Goose LOL!! If you lived around here you'd know that we have SOOOOO many ducks and geese on the lake Some love them and some hate them but they're here to stay :)
