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Showing posts with label Questions and Answers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Questions and Answers. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Questions and Answers- Part 2

Here is the second set of the questions. :)

Katie asked, "Do you see yourself as a working mother or a SAHM?"

A stay-at-home mom definitely. That has always been my dream. My mom stayed home with us until I was in first grade, and I loved having her home with us.


"Are you saving your first kiss for at the alter?"

Hmm, I don't know. Probably not. I've never been kissed as of yet, but that's mostly because I have never had a boyfriend. I definitely don't want to kiss too much, but I doubt that I'll actually save my first kiss for the alter. I guess it depends on my future husband's thoughts on the matter.


"What is your favorite book (other than the Bible, that is a given)?"

Oooh, another good question. I have so many! Really any of my Christian romance books. :) I'll just go with the one I just finished reading for the second time, Every Storm by Lori Wick.


"If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?"

To be able to snap my fingers and have my homework done. Okay, so that would only be for this time in my life. I don't know what I would want for the rest of my life. Christa and I thought of a really good one the other day, but now neither one of us can think of it. Oh, I know, to be able to never get headaches. Can you tell what I have right now?!



Sally asked, "Have you never had a boyfriend because you didn't want one/weren't ready for one, or have you been asked but just never cared enough for the guy?"

Or option three- have you never been asked. That would be the right answer. Actually, there was one guy hinting around and was definitely leading up to asking me, but I could see where the discussion was going and made it clear that I wasn't interested. He was going about it in all the wrong ways. After the fact, I realized how he had been leading up to that the whole conversation. I still don't know if he actually liked me or was just desperate for a girlfriend. He asked out quite a few girls before finally having one accept him. Lol.


"When did you know you wanted to be a teacher?"

I just had to answer this question in my interview last week. I think I first started thinking about it when my mom went back to teaching when I was in first grade. Plus, I had a really awesome teacher that year that probably influenced me, too. Growing up I spent so much time in my mom's classroom, helping her out and seeing how she did things. It is incredible how many kids come up to her, saying what a difference she made in their lives or that she is still their favorite teacher. I love the passion my mom has for teaching. I want to be able to make that kind of difference in kids' lives. I really started doubting teaching, though, in later middle school/high school. I prayed about it a LOT. Then I did my cadet teaching my senior year, and that confirmed things for me. I knew then and there that I was supposed to be a teacher!


"Have you always loved kids?"

Yeppers. Even as a baby, I had baby dolls that I loved to carry around/hold/play with. We have sooooo many pictures of me as a little girl with all of my babies. Jen and I played house/Barbies/Polly Pockets all.the.time. We took our dolls everywhere with us: to grandma's, shopping, on vacation, church, everywhere! I have always loved babies and kids. I'd rather spend time with them than adults half the time. Haha. I started baby-sitting in 4th grade (with my sister along- we tag-teamed), and I've been baby-sitting ever since! I didn't start baby-sitting on my own until middle school sometime.



Melissa asked, "Who do you most admire?"

Ooh, tough question. There are so many people that I admire! I'll go with only people that I personally know. My mom, my grandma, Teresa (mentor and youth pastor's wife), and many others.

"I think you've posted this before, but what are the top five things you want in your future husband?"

Actually, I haven't posted that before. I've been asked to, but I've never gotten around to it. As I mentioned in another answer, I will be posting the complete list in the next few days. Weeeeell, I was going to post five things, but upon looking at my list, I don't know which five to pick. Haha. So I'll just post the whole list in the next day or two. I'll tag you in it, so you can see it.


"If you could trade lives with anyone for a day, who would it be?"

Ahh, another one that makes me think! Hmmm, I suppose someone who lives in a big city, just to experience life there for a day. I'm definitely a small-town kinda girl, but I'd like to know what just one day living in a bigger city would be like. I don't ever want to truly move to a big city, but it'd be interesting to see the difference! I don't really want to trade lives with a celebrity because I wouldn't like the popularity and everyone poking into your business.


"What do you think is your biggest weakness/strength?"

Biggest weakness: procrastination or shyness. It's a toss-up. Biggest strength: kindness??? I don't know.


"Favorite physical feature on yourself?"

Definitely not my nose or my toes. Haha. I'll just go with my overall thin-ness because I know I won't stay like this forever.


"What do you think is the most important thing your parents did to help shape you into the wonderful person that you are today?"

Awww, thanks for that compliment. That's a tough question. They did so many awesome things that I would like to repeat with my own children some day. There are two things that really stand out to me, though. Obviously a huge factor is raising us in the church and "making" us go when we were younger. I noticed a huge shift in our family life when we switched churches for the who-knows-what-th time to the church where we still are today. That's when we really started living out more of our faith at home. The other is stressing how important family is. We have always made it a huge point to support each other in whatever we do. My mom has always placed a huge emphasis on spending time together. Dinner every night was a family affair. We didn't grab our own thing and go separate ways. We have always eaten together. We do family game nights as much as we possibly can. We make sure to get away at least once a year, even if it's just a few days, as a family for vacation. It doesn't have to be anywhere spectacular, as long as we are spending the time together. We also pray together as much as possible, read together, even watch TV together. Anything that will bring us closer as a family.



Lisa asked, "Would you ever move away from home? (Like if your husband wasn't from the same state? - I did! )

Yes, I would if my husband was from a different state. There wouldn't be many other reasons that I would leave this area for, but that would be one that I would. I think it's slightly odd when husbands and wives stay married but live in different states because of jobs. I always thought that the spouses should follow each other wherever the other was going. Isn't that the way it should be? *Just to clarify: I know that Lisa didn't mean that last part by her question; I was just going off on my own little tangent since that other point came to mind. *



Becky asked, "Did you have braces when you were younger?"

Yep, two sets! I got the first set when I was in third grade because I had a cross bite. We had never noticed it until the orthodontist mentioned it, but looking back at pictures now, we wonder how we could have possibly missed that my jaws were not lined up! I had that set for a year just to correct the cross bite at the same time that Jen had braces. Then once all of my teeth were in for good, I got a second set in middle school. Mom and I got our braces put on at the same time the same day. I only had that set for a year, too. I still have a permanent bottom retainer, and I wear my top retainer at night. I know most people don't anymore, but I think it's ridiculous not to after spending thousands of dollars to get these puppies straight. I'll probably be sitting in a nursing home someday, still wearing my hot pink retainer at night. Haha!


I left the picture at home that I was going to use for my first set of braces, but you can kind of see them here.
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And here is my second set of braces.
28-November 2002


"When did you become a believer?"

I was raised in the church, so I pretty much always assumed that I was a Christian growing up. I don't remember if I ever actually prayed that prayer when I was little. Then when I was in 7th grade on September 22, I officially rededicated my life to God or dedicated it for the first time if I hadn't already.


"Who is your favorite feminine role model and why?"

I'm going to have to go with Mary, Jesus's mother. I can't imagine having a faith like her's. The movie The Nativity Story really shows just what kind of faith she had. It's incredible.


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Questions and Answers

This is just copied over from my other blog. :)

I finally have enough free time to do this Q&A post. I'm sorry it took me so long to get around to it! I noticed a ... trend going with these questions. Many were centered around a couple particular topics. I was impressed with all the questions, though! They are very interesting to think about.

Candi said, "I'd like to see pictures of your bedroom and kitchen."

I'm actually going to do a house tour picture post sometime since I never did it back when Katie asked us to, but for now here is our kitchen...

My dad and grandpa totally redid it several years ago. I should do a before and after post. Haha, so many big ideas that I never get to for months.
Kitchen 5 Kitchen 4 Kitchen 1 Kitchen 3 Kitchen 2


I don't have pictures of my bedroom right now since I haven't cleaned it up yet. :) I'll put those in the house tour. But here is what my bedroom used to look like before I totally finished the "make-over" back in 2004-2005...
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I have a lot of the same things in my room, but I have a different border, wall color, some different knick-knacks, the pillows are gone, and other things.


"And what are three things on your bucket list?"

I just randomly picked three from my list: get married, visit New York City, and learn "The Pledge of Allegiance" in sign language.



Tina asked, "To be completely childish, but in honor of February, any love interests? No names of course, but do you have a 'crush' on anyone?"

Haha, Tina, you crack me up. Uh, no, I'm afraid I don't. There are plenty of cute guys here, but I don't know any of them well enough to have a "crush" on them. Sorry.



Jenny asked, "Have you ever been in a serious relationship?"

Nope. Never. Not that I haven't wanted to be, but I'll get to that in some later questions. :)


"What are you looking for in a guy?"

I actually have been asked in the past to post the list of things I want in a husband, so I have been working on it over time. I am continually adding to it. The poor guy will have a lot to live up to. Lol. Even though I haven't been in a serious relationship, I have been mentally taking notes of all the experiences my friends have been through. I have learned a lot from their mistakes. I've also observed my parents' relationship and the many marriages around me, which has helped me form my opinion. I'll mention a few things in a later question, but then I'll do the full list within the next few days hopefully so that this entry doesn't get ridiculously long.


"What kind of car do you drive?"

Well, I drove a 1992 blue Astro van for a few months my senior year of high school before it died for good. We'd had it since I was 4, so it was about time for it to die. It was still a sad day when my dad drove Bessie the Big, Blue Boat Bus away for the last time. We called her "Bessie" for short. Jen and I had already named her Bessie, but Alicia and I added on the whole description to the name while it was still Jen's. Haha.

Then I didn't have a car of my own until this past summer when I no longer could get away with borrowing my family's cars. I bought a white Chevy Cavalier, I think??? Haha, I don't even know what I drive or the year for that matter. The rest of my family knows, but I don't. It was the first car Dad and I test-drove. We had driven all the way to Columbia City to look at several auto sales places, but we didn't even stop the car- just drove through the parking lots and knew none of them would work. We came back to Huntington and found this car right down the road from our house. LOL! We then had to leave for a wedding before I made up my mind for good. I ended up feeling super sick at the wedding. After we got back home, we got a call that the guy was taking the car to an auction the next morning, so if we wanted it, we had to hurry over there before he left with it. I was still feeling so sick that Dad and Jen went to pick it up for me. Here is a picture...

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"Ok, now you have to tell how he got the name 'Boppa' since I noticed Jen called him 'Grandpa'. "

Tis true. We call him both. When we are talking about him, he is always Boppa. When I think of him, I think Boppa. When we are actually talking to him now that we are "older", we alternate between Boppa and Grandpa. How did he get the name? My mom called her maternal grandparents Nana and Boppa. She isn't really sure where the name Boppa came from; that's just what they called him. So when we came along, our maternal grandparents became Nana and Boppa. I don't know if my cousins called them Nana and Boppa at one point because they are so much older than we are. But now my cousin's kids call them Nana and Boppa since they hear us calling them that. :) Technically, the names should be carried on with my parents when I have kids, but I just can't picture them as "Nana" and "Boppa". That just seems strange. Lol.



Rachel asked, "What country would you most like to visit?"

Italy. My great-grandpa on my dad's side was born in Rome, and I love Italian food. We eat a lot of it on Dad's side of the family. Plus, I have always had a fascination with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, for some reason. I can't even tell you why, but ever since I heard of it in first grade, I've always had this fascination.


"What were your second and third choices for college?"

Honestly? I really didn't have any. I just knew I wanted to go to Huntington University. I never even did official college visits anywhere else. I informally visited Taylor with a friend from high school and stayed with another friend from church who went there. I considered Olivet and Anderson, too, but they were too far away for my liking.


"If you were a boy, what would your parents have named you?"

My parents didn't find out our genders until we were born. I was going to be Matthew. Jen was going to be Eric, I believe. I'm not sure what my middle name would've been.



Melissa asked, "What is your biggest pet peeve?"

Hmm, I have a lot of little ones. The first one that comes to mind is people smacking their gum or making loud noises while chewing their gum. Drives me nuts.


"What is something that frustrates you about yourself?"

Good question! How shy I am. My procrastination on everything. Staying up way too late reading.


"What was your best present ever?"

Oooh, that is a tough one, too. I have had SO many good ones. Graduation gift- my laptop from my grandparents. Christmas gift- I'll just go with my iPod or my digital camera. When I was little- my swingset or my Barbie dollhouse that Boppa built for me.



Kellie asked, "What are some names you like for your future children someday (boy and girl)?"

I really will get back to this one, as well. I have had many people ask me that, but I've always wanted to do a separate post about that. So I'll quit putting that off, too, and get on that SOON. So stay tuned for that one.


Since I have so many questions, I'll stop there and finish the questions in my next post. :) Feel free to ask more if you think of them!

 
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