Sunday, August 25, 2013

A few things you maybe wanted to know and a shit ton more you didn't.

In the spirit of my first time participating in the ICLW I thought I would throw out some random facts about me.  I am making this up as we go so watch out!  (I am giving factual answers, I just have no idea what I'm going to say!)  If you want our official background in quick nitty gritty form then click Here

Facts:

1)  I am named after my grandmother and my aunt.  My sisters all got really cool Gaelic names, still bitter about that.  My husband came up with my favorite nickname for me years before we were a couple and it's my alter ego.

2) When I was two and my sister was one day old, I squatted and peed on her face.

3) I recently (last Nov.) broke the first bone ever broken in my body.

4) My top 5 favorite foods in no particular order are: Avocados, cheese, chocolate, pesto, orange cherry tomatoes.

5) According to my blood type, A+, I should eat a vegetarian diet and what do you know?  I AM a vegetarian already!  Been one since I was 18 so it's been...14 years!

6)  I have only been to 10 states.  Technically I had layovers in NJ and GA but that probably shouldn't count.

7) I have been to 10 European countries.  And I have been to Canada.  I actually grew up so close the boarder my husband calls my hometown Canada. 

8) I am a total dog person, OBSESSED with Pit bulls.  At some point in my life (hopefully not too long from now)  I will be a Pit bull foster parent and be more involved in Pit bull rescue and adoption.  Right now I have a 10.5 yr old Pit/Aussie shepherd mix and a yr old Pit bull.  They are incredibly spoiled. 

9) Lost my virginity at 16 and did not use a condom....so dumb.  Thank god I don't have stds. 

10) I really do love to read but I am so lazy about it.  I tend to go through phases of being sucked into a book or a series and then not picking one up for months.

11)  I love physical activity.  I am a dancer, have been my whole life.  I went to college for dance and continue to perform.  I became a Pilates instructor in 2008 and love doing/teaching Pilates.  I took up running several years ago and although it sucked balls for months and months, I now love it and wish fucking IF didn't fuck with my regular running routine.  I love swimming and wish I could do it more often.  I taught myself all the strokes and got really good at side breathing...I was super proud of myself.  I walk my dogs everyday.  I love going to hot yoga!  It is the most miserable experience and I love it.  I really want to learn how to paddle board...I think I would be great at the balance aspect of it.

12)  I also love to be lazy and not do shit all day long.  But then it makes me depressed because I feel like I "wasted" my time by not taking full advantage of my day off.

13) Although I think I eat a very healthy diet compared to the majority of Americans, I LOVE fatty, creamy, sugary, salty, carby foods and constantly have to keep myself in check...or not.

14)  In addition to being a wine/cocktail lover, I also smoke weed.  Now before you get all Judgy McJudgerson on me, first let me say that I truly believe that it's no different from drinking alcohol.  I was upfront and honest with our RE and she wasn't concerned.  She said there is no data about marijuana use in women and a connection to IF.  Just like alcohol she said to limit it when I can.  Just like my nightly glass of wine (or two) I use it to help me decompress from my day and it tames my crazy bitch beast that lurks to get out from time to time.  Everything in moderation is my motto.  It is also legal where I live.  Thank god!  Also, just for the record I have quit said alcohol and marijuana to get more serious about the prospect of IVF.  I want to be totally sober for at least 3 months before egg retrieval if that is indeed where we are headed.  Now you can judge me. 

15)  I love to shop.  Clothes and shoes mostly but also jewelery or accessories.  I also love to grocery shop.  I think I just really enjoy spending money that I don't have.

16)  I have been accused of tail gating people when I drive although I dispute this wholeheartedly.

17)  I have 7 piercings but no tattoos.

18)  My husband proposed to me on top of the Empire State Building.  It sounds so cheesy but it was 1am and the place was empty, no one was there.  We were tipsy and it was simple and romantic.  I cried.

19)  I am 100% agnostic and 99% atheist.  My husband is 1,000% atheist.  With a passion.  I believe in ghosts so I have to acknowledge there may be some sort of afterlife?  Lapse of time?  I like to think I am a spiritual person but really I am full of shit.  I don't think there is a higher power sitting up in the heavens helping to guide me through this life.  I think I am just a pile of cells shuffling around a bunch of other piles of cells.  I don't think things happen for a reason.  I think you can find reasons out of accidents.  

20)  I am 32 and my husband is 33.  We have been TTC for about 36 failed cycles.  Never seen a BFP...ever.

21)  Elliot Smith might be my favorite musician.  I also love Bob Dylan, Fleet Foxes, Queen, Alicia Keys, Rolling Stones, Selda and a shit ton more.

22)  Breakfast is my least favorite meal.  Give me a croissant or maple bar at 10:30 and I'm happy.

23)  As much of a cliche as it may sound, the best vacation my husband and I have been on was to Maui, Hawaii.  It was AMAZING!  Want to go back so badly.

24)  I am the oldest of five girls.  My sisters are all taller than me.  When I am an old lady I will probably be 4"8'.  No joke.

25)  I played the flute pretty seriously until I was 16.  I quit to focus more on my dancing.  I regret not keeping up with it on my own and really want to buy a flute and start taking lessons again.  I loved being a musician and especially playing in a symphony!

Okay, I think that's good enough for now.  Hope that gives you more of an idea about who I am!    

23 comments:

  1. You sound like someone I'd love to know IRL! My husband is also 1000% atheist and I'm just like you.

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  2. Woman, you and I are two very similar humans. Similarities include (but are not limited to): (1) dog foster wannabees (I just completed my application and sent it in YESTERDAY, no joke; and i also love pits and have an aussie shepherd mix), (2) physical activity/healthy diet (but also eat lots of unhealthy things, too), (3) mj and hot yoga and running and agnosticism and elliot smith and vegetarianism. Also, the pee on the face story is, well, the funniest thing I've heard in perhaps forever.

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    1. Well lady lentil, I am glad we share so many similarities...now if only I can get knocked up with twins it would be perfect!!! And hellz yeah to mj and hot yoga, or dance class, or walking dogs, or shopping!

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  3. I think #1 should have said, grab and cocktail or glass of wine to sip while you get to know me. But then I guess it would have been spit out after reading #2. Makes me wonder about why your parents told you about this when you were older. haha.

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  4. Very informative! You sound fun. Because we have a lot in common, and obviously, I'm fun. I've never peed on anyone's face though. Not yet at least.

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    1. You should try it...cathartic if I remember correctly. I think it was a ritualistic sister initiation that was embedded in my 2yr old subconscious from a past life time....or something.

      Glad you are a fun person too! Although I hear once you're knocked up you start to lose fun points... ;)

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  5. You sound like such a fun person! We also have a lot in common, like the dancing and having a free spirit :)

    I hope you end up pregnant with twins, just like Lentil :)

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    1. I hope we both end up with twins! I think you are a lovely person as well :)

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  6. You know what's funny, you and I have very little in common. (I love breakfast! I could live on breakfast alone) But I still like you a whole lot and I think you're hilarious. So I hope we can still be friends, haha.

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    1. Thank you and I totally want to be your friend BBT! Its funny we are so unalike. Opposites attract!

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  7. This was fun to read! And informative...didn't know I should be vegetarian.

    Wishing you all the best and your dreams to come true!

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    1. Thanks! I don't know if I really buy the eat right for your blood type diet but it is interesting...what ive gathered from the little ive read about it is its based on how each blood type has a different amount of stomach acid and it affects how you digest and burn your food. A+ can eat meat but should limit it to a bare minimum because supposedly our body has a very hard time digesting it.

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  8. I can't beleive I discovered two athiest/agnostic bloggers in one day! I'm also a swimmer, who took up the sport late in life. I failed swimming lessions when I was younger, then in college I recieved some hands on lessions from my boyfriend who was on the swim team. After deflowering him, he informed me that he could not longer be involved with me as i was "interfering with his relationship with God"

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  9. This post just cements my thought that we need to be IRL friends. I can see so much of myself in what you wrote...except for the dancer part, that's my youngest sister. I'm not graceful enough to dance.

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  10. You don't have to be graceful! You can be funky! :)

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  11. Beware of "Chretienne Ouellette" of comatised.com She has a long history of cyberbullying, pretending to have cancer also she doesn't have any children.
    Proof here: http://dailychristinearmstrong.blogspot.com/ and here http://christinearmstrongishere.tumblr.com/

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  12. YES! YES! YES! I have so much in common with you!!!!
    #1- I was named after my grandmother on my dad's side and an aunt on my mom's!
    #2- LOVE LOVE LOVE pit bulls- Like LOVE them!
    #3- LOVE being lazy- but feel bad when I "waste" a day
    #4- I tailgate-
    #5- Piercings and no tattoos
    #6- Weed (we live in the NW for Pete's sake!)
    #7- It is 9:39am and I have no desire for breakfast!

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  13. Its amazing we are so alike! I love it and can't wait to meet you in person...I know this will happen sooner than later!

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