02 Jul
Mission Blogcation Accomplished Part II
Apparently the post below stopped working (what is up with that?!?!?). Don’t worry if you’ve already commented, they are all still there and I can access them and see your links. I’ll work on trying to figure out how to solve the problem, but in the meantime I thought it would be best to put up a second post where people can introduce themselves if they are so inclined. To quote from my last post:
Comment below and tell me a little bit more about yourself (as Mandy urged her readers to do). There are so many of you that comment on an almost daily basis, but I don’t know much more than your screen name! I would love to hear things like:
- Age
- Location
- Hometown
- Profession
- Marital status
- Children?
- Likes or dislikes
- How you found That Wife
- One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland)
- Anything else you think I should know
A la CJane, if you comment below with some or all of that information, and leave your own blog address, I’ll stop by and comment on one of your posts. And my comment will be a real one, not just “Hey, you are awesome!” because I believe the only good kind of comment is a genuine one. Maybe I’ll like what I find and I’ll subscribe and say hi every once in awhile from here on out (but no guarantees on that one, I only have 24 hours in each day, and I swear T1 wants to take charge of like 20 of them). I’m hoping that this post will turn into a place where I can refer back to when I read through a particularly insightful comment and realize I want to know more about the person who left it. Did you know that sometimes I talk about you guys with TH? One of you will say something and your name and comment will be the topic of our dinner conversation that night.Now I’ll be able to be really specific when I say things like “She’s the one who said this” or “She’s the one who did that”. Super cool.
Anyone good with coding and such have any idea why that post could have stopped loading? I suspect it has something to do with the comment count but my OBGYN post only has 3 comments less than that one and it is working fine…
Also:
I'm a farm-raised almost-crunchy stroller-pushing picture-taking lifestyle-blog-writing gastronomy-obsessed divine-seeking thrift-store-combing cheese-inhaling pavement-pounding laughter-sprinkling lover of individuality and taking chances.
* Age - almost 32
* Location - Houston, TX
* Hometown - Bremond, TX
* Profession - Marketing/graphic design
* Marital status - Married almost 12 years
* Children? - nope sadly…trying to conceive
* Likes - all things awesome: Unicorns, rainbows, hubby
Dislikes - liver, annoying people, not being able to eat
* How you found That Wife - Not sure- it’s been so long
* I grew up being raised by both sets of grandparents and my graduating class was 28
* Anything else you think I should know: nah - I’m pretty much an open book on my blog…
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1Age: 30
Location: New Hampshire
Hometown: also in NH
Profession: Education Administration
Marital status: married
Children? nope
Likes: A good book, long walks on the beach, sunsets. all of those cheesy things, but I really do like them. Dislikes: Unfriendly people
How you found That Wife: Google recommended you!
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I can almost touch my tongue to my nose and I used to be a bouncer in a bar.
Anything else you think I should know: I’m clearly not a good blogger because these easy questions are stumping me!!
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2Age: 29
Location: Hershey, Pa (chocolate! yum!)
Hometown: I’m a military brat, moved every 3-4 years before residing in PA in 1995. Although Hawaii will always be close to my heart (moved to PA from Hawaii).
Profession: Photography (full-time for the U.S. Air Force, part-time portrait & wedding photographer)
Marital status: Married
Children? 5 year old step son. Been trying, no luck. :o( Starting the adoption process.
Likes: chapstick, sanrio, sushi, reading novels, crayons, art, all things colorful
Dislikes: soda, mustard, wet socks, cigarettes (ew), close minded peeps
How you found That Wife: Jenna is my fellow bee. ;o)
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I can blow bubbles off my tounge. ::shrugs:: I lived in 3 different countries and 2 different states before the age of 14.
Anything else you think I should know: I’m the best procrastinator. Ever.
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3I’m so glad you are back! I have fallen in love with reading your blog although from the outside we would seem not to have much in common. I found your blog through getting into photography blogs and love reading about you life and opinions!
Age- 23
Location- Guntersville, AL
Hometown- Fairhope, AL/ Yazoo City, MS
Profession- Artist/ Part-time Art Teacher
Marital Status- Newlywed! 1/2/2010
Children- none and planning on keeping it that way till late 20′s early 30′s…very interested in adoption
Likes- art, learning about random things, fashion, antiques, old houses, reading
Dislikes- non-ice cold milk, tackiness, judgmental people
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Ann Ever Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 1:20 pm
ooops! forgot my rando fact: I’m addicted to nutella on oreos. don’t start, you will not be able to stop!
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Age 32
Location Baltimore
Hometown New Orleans!!!!
Profession
Marital status: married 1 1/2 months!
Children? not yet…
Likes or dislikes: i like naps, spending time with friends. I dislike anything that keeps me from those activities
How you found That Wife through another blog? can’t remember which
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future:
I really love anything that has to do with New Orleans.
Anything else you think I should know:
My blog is Nerds need love too @ bamcakes.blogspot.com
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5* Age - 32
* Location - Georgia
* Hometown - Georgia
* Profession - Assistant Director at Ga Tech
* Marital status - Married
* Children? - one on the way due 11/10
* Likes or dislikes - Love traveling, reading, decorating, and photography.
* How you found That Wife - I cannot remember. I am sure through another blog.
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland) - I was obsessed with Jem and the Holograms growing up. I still know every song by heart. Every song.
* Anything else you think I should know - I will soon be a SAHM and we are going for a water birth also. Thanks for all your information on the subject!
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Vee Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 10:13 am
I loved Jem & the Holograms too!!! I had the dolls and the videos and everything!
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Mrs. R Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Well I consider you to be my honorary sister!! Ppl did not understand my obsession with Jem unless they watched the show!!Jem was the greatest!! Truly, truly, truly outrageous! LOL!
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Age: 29
Location: Northern Neck of Virginia
Hometown: Montana
Profession: Wildlife Biologist/Engineer
Marital status: Blissfully Wed
Children?: Bun in the oven
Likes: Cheese and the outdoors
Dislikes: Olives and not being able to get my point across
How you found That Wife: Weddingbee
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves every day when I was in grade school
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Jackie Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Shanna, your post is pretty similar to what I was about to write!
Age: 24
Location: Montana
Hometown: Virginia
Profession: Jesuit Volunteer working at a homeless shelter, soon to be grad student
Marital status: Almost wed…5 weeks.
Children: Nope!
Likes: Knitting, being outdoors, baking
Dislikes: Pickles, olives, mushrooms
How you found That Wife: Weddingbee
One quirky thing: I’m Catholic, but I was a religious studies major and couldn’t work a class on American religions into my schedule which I was bummed about, so I like learning about LDS!
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Jackie Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Oops. I meant to write the last thing as my “anything else about me.”
My one quirky thing is I know the first 60 digits of pi by heart.
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Age: 27
I’m not mormon (evangelical Christian), so we have many differeng views, but I’ll keep my opinions to myself and pray instead (said truthfully, but without meaning any offense)
Location: Michigan
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Profession: Computer Programmer
Marital status: married for 2 years
Children: none yet
Likes: baking, reading, tennis, watching movies.
Dislikes: being too busy, vacuuming, having my plans changed
How you found That Wife: i honestly don’t remember, but it was recently, right when you had T1
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I have a black belt in taekwondoe
Anything else you think I should know: I really like your blog
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8* Age - 26
* Location - North-Central rural PA
* Hometown - South-Central rural TX
* Profession - Writer/Editor
* Marital status - Married for 6 days and counting
* Children? - None, still undecided…
* How you found That Wife - I honestly can’t remember anymore! I am a ‘Bee reader though.
* One quirky thing about yourself: Though I grew up and now live in small towns, I’ve lived in Austin and Houston. I skipped 3rd grade and finished high school in 3 years, putting me at 16 when I went to college.
* Anything else you think I should know - Part of the reason I read your blog is because I am still trying to decide whether or not to have kids. =) (Is it weird that I’m a mommy-blog addict who is undecided on being a mommy?)
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9* Age – 19
* Location – Virginia
* Hometown – Virginia
* Profession – Student, Nanny, Receptionist
* Marital status – Married
* Children? – none
* Likes or dislikes – i love photography, reading, my pets, rainstorms. Dislikes - loud talkers, most every green food
* How you found That Wife – on another blog, Newlyweds Next Door.
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland) – when I was a young kid, I relieved myself from the side of a moving van when my gymnastics team and I were stuck in the tunnel from New Jersey to New York
* Anything else you think I should know – I am still kinda new at the marriage thing, it doesn’t help that it’s military as well… but I really enjoy reading your blog and getting helpful advice on anything I can.
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10* Age - 24, 25 in a month
* Location - Gainesville, FL home of the Florida Gators and if you ask me the best mid-sized city in the state
* Hometown - Sarasota, FL a sleepy city on the gulf coast south of Tampa. It’s full of rich old people and white sand beaches (for now).
* Profession - analytical chemist and microbiologist for an environmental water quality laboratory
* Marital status - married almost 2 years.
* Children? - Give me two more years to fight off this baby fever and pay off our debt and we’ll have one of our own.
* Likes or dislikes - I like the art and design world and if I hadn’t been a scientist, I would have loved to go to art school. I dislike airplane travel because I always throw up. As a kid it’s ok, as an adult it’s embarrassing.
* How you found That Wife - through weddingbee, your October wedding was a week before mine!
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future - I love tattoos. People don’t assume I am the type when we first meet if I’m dressed more conservatively, but I have 3 larger tattoos (right sholder/back, left hip/side, and right calf) that have been completed in about 16 hours of total work.
* Anything else you think I should know - I love reading about your life because we are almost the same age and were married at the same time but so much about our lives is so different! I’m an atheist so reading more about the real lives of people who follow different faiths helps me keep from being judgmental or making assumptions about what I don’t know. Things we have in common are our beliefs about money/debt and natural childbirth. I’m loving all your posts about parenting so far, we seem to have a lot in common there too.
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11I’m Jenn, or Mrs. Magnolia in the WB World!
Age - I turned 31 yesterday!
Location - Atlanta, GA
Hometown - Manchester, VT / Greenville, SC
Profession - Educated to work in politics and did so for ten years. After being laid off, I spent a year and a half selling wedding dresses. However, I was recently hired as the Executive Director of a Non-Profit. VERY exciting!!!
Marital status - Happily married!
Children? - No babies, but I do have the best scottie dog ever
Likes - red wine, uga football, weddings, homemade quiche, bad reality television, wearing dresses, twizzlers, scary movies
Dislikes - bananas, poor grammar, horses
How you found That Wife - Weddingbee, of course! And we actually met about a year and a half ago, when Jenna came to Atlanta!
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future - It is physically impossible for me to keep my car clean. Seriously.
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12Age- 31
Location- Minneapolis
Hometown- Lake Tahoe, NV
Profession- full-time stay-home mother
Marital status- married since September 2006
Children?- one lil man, born August 2009
Likes or dislikes-I love working out, reading, hanging with my husband, and dreaming big dreams about our life together
How you found That Wife- gosh, now I don’t remember! It was probably a “this site links to that site…links to this site…”, and here I am.
One quirky thing about yourself- I have odd tastes, like I only like PLAIN yogurt, I love sour candy, and I actually *like* eating aspirin and letting it dissolve on my tongue. I KNOW.
Anything else you think I should know- I grew up wanting to be a single entrepreneur and live in a brownstone in New York. I didn’t live in NY, but I traveled a LOT and lived in 5 major cities before I did get married at 28. I never wanted to get married until I met my hubs, and then… there was no stopping it! Once married, I didn’t really want to have kids-our son was an “oops”, but now that we have him I can’t imagine a better, more fulfilling life. I quit my (very successful) job 3 days before he was born, and I have NEVER looked back! I’m ridiculously happy.
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13Age: 25
Location: Vancouver, BC
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Profession: administrator for large non-profit, social service agency in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Canada
Marital status: Married
Children? Not yet… hopefully in the next year or two.
Likes: Small things, books (oh, books!!), Jeopardy, running, family.
Dislikes: Pickles, olives, green peppers, people who don’t understand public transit etiquette, slow walkers.
How you found That Wife: I’ve been following since your ‘Bee days.
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I’m a Brownie leader (like Girl Scouts) and it is probably one of the greatest sources of joy in my life - 7 and 8 year olds are smart, funny, and just TACKLE life in this really amazing way.
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14I wanted to comment on the last post so I’m glad you re-posted this thingie. Welcome back!
Age: 30
Location: Mid Atlantic
Hometown: NY via the Old Country
Profession: Nerd
Marital status: Married
Children? Not yet
Likes or dislikes: I like books, vino, gal pals and now, running. I dislike texting and rice pudding.
How you found That Wife: Weddingbee. You had just gotten married and I got sucked in by your recaps and the new-to-me information about the LDS church.
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I failed my driving test twice. I am now a stellar parallel parker.
Anything else you think I should know: My worst job was when I had to dress as an (abstract) orange and hand out Tropicana samples on NYC sidewalks in the middle of winter.
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15* Age: I turn 25 in two weeks
* Location: Austin, TX
* Hometown: suburb of Houston
* Profession: speech-language pathologist
* Marital status: celebrating 3 years of marriage next week…July is my most favorite month
* Children? Not yet
* Likes: oh goodness, love miniature schnauzers, any combination of hazelnut + chocolate, peonies, plumeria, and bougainvillea (husband and I have a nice little flower garden on our porch)
* Dislikes: red/yellow/green pepper, fish, loud chewing, smoking, inconsiderate drivers
* How you found That Wife: on Weddingbee
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I’m the baby of a somewhat large, rather crazy blended family. My dad will turn 80 this year. People who don’t know us usually assume he’s my grandfather and that my mom, who is 18 years his minor, is his daughter.
Also, when I bring up something you’ve written on your blog, my husband refers to you as “onion girl” since you so kindly sent me some organic onions as part of your pay it forward. Hope you don’t mind. I guess that’s the “quirky fact” he remembers you by. =)
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16Age: Almost 24 (my birthday is in one week!)
Location: Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Profession: currently a full-time early childhood educator, about to go back to school for my Bachelor of Education (middle and high school)
Marital status: Newlywed!
Children: not yet, but hopefully we’ll grow our family in the next two or three years
Likes: Poodles, The Beatles, choral music, going to church, Musical Theatre, baking, experimenting with vegan and vegetarian recipes, shopping at the Farmer’s market, kissing my husband, acting, fingerpainting, playing with play-doh.
Dislikes: cilantro, corn as a vegetable, intolerance, having IBS, living so far away from my family, anything to do with twilight.
How I found That Wife: another weddingbee reader!
One quirky thing: I once ranted about tampons on a Canadian consumer awareness program aimed at teenagers. I wish Street Cents was still on the air.
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17So glad you are back – but even more glad that your bloggy break was a good one.
I will remind you that I’m one of the people who read you back when you were That Girl, when I was newly into wedding-planning blogs. Don’t remember how I found you, but I’ve read you through That Bride and now That Wife. I am in it for the long haul.
I’m 29, living in the midwest, but grew up in a town of 10,000 people in the Great Plains. Lots of people don’t think that’s small, but my town was the biggest one for hundreds of miles.
My husband is a medical resident; I’m a freelance writer. We have no kids and no pets at this point. I like poetry, Chopin, Bravo reality shows, contemporary fiction, spicy food, snow, grammar, and guacamole. I dislike text messaging, tomatoes, rudeness, and germs.
Something that you (and TH, perhaps?) might find interesting about me is that I have been to Poland twice – once to Warsaw and twice to Krakow. Beautiful cities, full of history, and filled with some of the kindest people I’ve ever met. My husband spent a month in Krakow teaching at the medical school. He loves languages and we both truly enjoyed our time in Poland, so now we say the Polish version of “bon apetit” before dinner each night. (I don’t know how to spell it, but it sounds like “smahch naygo.”)
It’s so fun to read through everyone’s comments. Welcome back to the blogging world!
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18•Age - 30 (eek!)
•Location - Chicago
•Hometown - Ohio
•Profession - Interior Designer
•Marital status - Married!
•Children? - 2 Stepchildren!
•Likes or dislikes
•How you found That Wife - Through you, my favorite Avocado every
•One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future - Oh gosh, I don’t know! I am deathly afraid of birds. Yep, I’d say that is pretty quirky.
•Anything else you think I should know - That I can’t wait for you to move to Chicago. Have I already mentioned that in the past??
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Kristin ~ Bien Living Design Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:19 am
Likes/Dislikes: Mac-n-cheese/Eggplant
& you’re my favorite Avocado ever, not every
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Hey Jenna, I’m Cara; first time commenter, long time reader!
•Age - 29
•Location - Vancouver, WA (soon to be Newport, OR as the hubs is starting a new job today!)
•Hometown - Vancouver, WA
•Profession - I work at a non-profit that advocates for low-income and homeless families to obtain self sufficiency (and am soon to be unemployed - eek!)
•Marital status - married
•Children? - none yet!
•Likes - antiquing, travelling, volunteering, trying new restaurants (easy to do when living near Portland).
Dislikes - racism, bad drivers, rainy weather in July!
•How you found That Wife - blog hopping a few months back while searching for natural childbirth options.
•One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future - I’ve attended 10 Alanis Morissette concerts and met her once!
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20Age: 21
Location: College Station/Austin, TX
Hometown: Austin
Profession: Currently a student, but I’ll be a special education teacher when I graduate in December!
Marital status: Engaged - wedding’s in January!
Children? Nope
Likes or dislikes: I love to bake and cook, and I love to read. I hate most vegetables and I hate being interrupted
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I’m terrified (TERRIFIED) of fire, because when I was 4, my house was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Now, I won’t go anywhere near fire if I can help it!
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21a repost:
Age: 26
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Profession: Mental Health Care
Marital status: SINGLE but in a long-term committed relationship
Children: none at this time
Likes or dislikes: like chipotle burritos and pedicures, dislike (like you) unsolicited advice. Had a doozy this weekend from my sister that strengthened my resolve to keep my mouth shut when it’s not my place (something I strive to do but is REALLY HARD sometimes)
How you found That Wife: I think from Weddingbee. I found Weddingbee a year or so ago and Mrs. Avocado was one of the bloggers I read in entirety in about a day
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I can’t get enough of hair bands (Guns N Roses, Poison, Def Leppard, etc.)
Anything else you think I should know: You chronicling your pregnancy and birth experience with a midwife/at home has seriously made me consider that as an option when the time comes for me. The statement you made to the tune of “the more interventions you have, the more interventions you have to recover from” really hit a chord with me. I still don’t know what I will do and I am years away from having children but now I consider this more of an option. Oh and it made me realize you are one of the bravest people I have encountered – putting all of that out there is kind of amazing!
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22Age: 27 years old
Location: Hurst, TX
Hometown: A handful of small Texas towns
Profession: Environmental scientist; photographer
Marital status: Blissfully married to my best friend
Children: Two basset hounds (Turco and Bacon). Human child number one (dubbed “Pod”) is cooking – due in August (SO stoked!)
Likes or dislikes: I love anything with a fat vintage owl on it, bread products, a clean kitchen, and chocolate chip cookies. June bugs and crickets will send me into a crazy pre-teen shrieking girl fit even though I can deal with spiders, reptiles, and amphibians just fine.
How I found That Wife: Found you while admiring your wonderful photography work. Stumbled on your personal blog and was intrigued to find another fellow LDS photog in the Dallas/Fort Worth area who had so much in common with me (becoming first time mommies within months of each other, cloth diapering, overall view points, etc.). I love your writing and your blog and am inspired by your posts to educate others on our faith. I look forward to your posts and I hope that one day I can expand my writing to include more interesting topics (as well as do better about taking photos of daily going-ons).
Quirky stuffs: I was born with two sets of adult teeth, so I was losing my adult chompers in high school (can you say “hottie”?). Heh. Jellyfish and octopi are two of my favorite animals.
Anything else you think I should know: Just wanted to reiterate my appreciation for your blog and your ability to express your thoughts. I realize it’s a hard thing to do and that people have differing perspectives on deep issues such as faith, parenting, etc., but it’s great to get snapshots of your experiences as well as how you interpret them and I think you are doing a great job of presenting and repsonding to information. My personal blog = http://lackeyantics.blogspot.com/ ; photo blog = http://www.redbrickphoto.com
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23Age: 26
Location: Orange County, CA
Hometown: same
Profession: Marketing Writer (stressful!!!!!!!!!)
Marital status: Married (same day as you)
Children: Not yet!
Likes or dislikes: I like reading, writing, biking, gardening, photography, playing piano (although I do not have one). Dislikes: rude people, cars that honk at bicyclists, my job, the cost of housing in CA!
How you found That Wife: Weddingbee!
One quirky thing about yourself: I can wiggle my ears? I really love rain and kicking wild mushrooms out of the ground.
Anything else you think I should know: I do have a blog other than my photo blog! I have an adorable dog; my husband and I might be buying a house soon; I was an English major; I’m really excited to have a baby; I wish I had a money tree; my motto is “to each his own” and I try very hard to stay out of other people’s business and not judge their choices.
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24Age - 33
Location - Atlanta, GA
Hometown - rural Alabama
Profession - ecommerce
Marital status - Just celebrated our 1st Anniversary
Children? - Not planning on having kids, but we love our fuzzydog as if she were
Likes - traveling, crafty stuff, milk glass, vintage “junk”, paper, and meeting fun new people
Dislikes - snakes, spiders, lies, fake orange foods, root beer, milk, being told what to think or believe, and the color pepto pink.
How you found That Wife - via Google when I was trying to learn more about an LDS friend’s upcoming wedding and why we only invited to the reception. I ended up following you over to Weddingbee around the time my husband proposed, which ended up being a great help in planning our wedding. So, Thanks!!
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I learned how to drive on a vintage blue Ford tractor, and was once on a flight where the pilot had a heart-attack during take-off.
Anything else you think I should know - I have commented under so many screen-names & email addresses it’s insane. I have a case of online identity confusion. Hopefully the upcoming one will be the l.a.s.t change!
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25* Age:49
* Location: Vancouver, Washington
* Hometown: Born in England, raised mostly in central California
* Profession: SAHM
* Marital status: happily hitched
* Children: Four, ages 14, 15, 27, 28
* Likes or dislikes: kids, writing, photog dislikes: lying and disrespect
* How you found That Wife: My daughter told me about it
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland): I was a pre-school teacher but never left my kids with a sitter or have them attend preschool
* Anything else you think I should know: I am disabled (paralyzed in a wheelchair) and have many serious illnesses/conditions. Life is interesting and a constant revelation. I am continuing to learn how to be the best parent i can be, as a disabled mama.
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26Age - 26
Location - Baltimore, MD
Hometown - don’t have one
Profession - PhD graduate student
Marital status - Married!
Children? - Nope
Likes or dislikes - Likes: sugar, motorcycles, Russia/n, photography, flying, sewing, reading, baking. Dislikes: smoking, cheese, cockroaches, and the leggings-as-pants trend.
How you found That Wife - through Weddingbee
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future - I’ve lived in 6 U.S. States, London, England; Aberdeen, Scotland; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and St. Petersburg, Russia. Um… I play violin and piano? I’m a Biophysicist? I ride a motorcycle?
Anything else you think I should know - I love photography, so quite enjoy reading your posts about that (here and on Jenna Cole). My sister once joined a Mormon choir in high school (we’re not Mormon). Also, my husband has bright red hair and I love it
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27Age
Location
Hometown
Profession
Marital status: Married for almost a year(have been with husband for almost 11.)
Children? One due Oct.2nd.
Likes or dislikes: Likes: Artisan foods, music,gardening,photography,friends,animals,the cottage. Dislikes: Shellfish(except crab cakes.)capers, mean people…uh I’m pretty laid back so that is really all I could think of!,
How you found That Wife: From when she was a Bee.
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I’m a lucid dreamer. I’m having a home birth, I’m 6 inches taller than my sister, 5″ taller than my mother and 4″ taller than my dad.
Anything else you think I should know: I’m an avid researcher on anything I’m passionate about. I don’t have cable but own two large flat screens. I have a dog and a cat. I have been blogging since 2002 in various spots.
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Brandy Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Oops forgot those top 4:
Age: 33
Location: Toronto, Canada
Hometown: Just outside of Toronto.
Profession: I work with music and cellphones.
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Age: 26
Location: Austin, TX
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Profession: Education and Training Coordinator
Marital status: Engaged
Children?: Not yet!
Likes or dislikes: I like college football, wine, cheese, and travelling. I dislike tomatoes, mushrooms, and really long fingernails on women.
How you found That Wife: weddingbee!
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: My worst job ever was as a “Santa Elf” at the mall in high school. I got punched, kicked, puked on, screamed at by other peoples children. It was the worst job ever, and I always tell people I picked up future parenting lessons from that job.
Anything else you think I should know: I actually consider myself agnostic/atheist. I love reading blogs about people who have different religious beliefs than I do, because I like to know about all different types of experiences!
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29Age: 25
Location: Tulare, California (Though I hope not for much longer!)
Hometown: Tulare, California
Profession: Currently a legal office assistant at our District Attorney’s office.
Marital status: Married
Children: One day, hopefully soon : )
Likes: Vanilla Coke, proper grammar, blogs, pretty things.
Dislikes: Mountain Dew, office gossip, people who are mean spirited.
How you found That Wife: Jenna’s my name-twin Bee! : ) I remember watching her on BeeTV before I applied, and I thought she was super cool (/blush)
One quirky thing about yourself: Hmmm. I live in a house that was purchased from the Sears Catalogue, and is apparently haunted by a woman who was murdered by her husband years and years ago. Also, I taught my puppy to sneeze when you say, “Bless you!”
Anything else you think I should know: I admire you for always staying true to yourself and for having the courage to speak your mind. I also think T1 is pretty stinkin’ adorable! I hope we’ll be able to meet at a Bee Meetup one day!
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Steph Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:05 pm
I must know your puppy-sneeze secret! I tried teaching my dog to bring me her leash but she just learned to bite it.
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Hey Jenna, OMG that picture is AMAZING. Seriously, I need to see more
You kinda already know me through Lauren, your MRR wedding in October.
* Leila
* 27
* North texas area
* Married since 2008
* 9 months pregnant, only 2 weeks to go!!
* I am half persian, my dad moved here from Iran when he was 17 to go to college.
* I love to blog stalk… seriously I think its a problem that I might need to seek help for. HA!
* I found you through Lauren, who thought I would enjoy reading about all your pregnancy stuff, and I do! Although you have kinda scared me… I am thinking my daughter can just stay in there forever if she wants!
* I started a blog a couple months ago to document me and my husband’s story for our daughter. Also to help update family and friends… I would love for you (and some of your readers if they want) to check it out!
http://www.happilyeverafter-ourstory.blogspot.com/
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31Age: 27
Location : Boise Idaho
Hometown : Reno Nevada
Profession : Recreation Coordinator (no, this is not a fancy way of saying that i play all the time, I’m really a Rec. Coordinator for a municipality)
Marital status :Married
Children? : Not yet, probably in 3-5 years
Likes or dislikes likes-turtles, trees and tatoos. Dislikes: people who refuse to understand that everyone is different.
How you found That Wife -Through Healthytippingpoint.com. Caitlin said “congrats” when you had T1.
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland) -My left leg is 12 mm shorter than my right leg.
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32* Age- 28
I told her about how doctors have treated you about your home birth. It infuriates us both!
* Location- So. Cal (OC)
* Hometown- Same as above
* Profession- HR
* Marital status- Married
* Children?- Nope, not yet.
* Likes or dislikes-
* How you found That Wife- OMG Mom or Frenchie
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland)- I was born at home!! And my mom planted the placenta in the back yard under some fruit trees (which we like to tease her about now and she always says “I got SO much fruit off those trees! It’s not gross!”
* Anything else you think I should know- Keep your chin up. You seem like a really sweet and genuine person. And T1 is adorable!!
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33* 29
* NYC
* Houston, TX
* Recruiter
* Married
* Not yet
* Likes: dogs, puppies, strawberry pie, cooking, tex-mex
* Dislikes: people who stop walking in the middle of the sidewalk for no reason
* I found That Wife on weddingbee
* Hmm, right before we got married, I graduated from the full-time MBA at UT (good luck in Chicago, TH)
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34* 30
* Cleveland, OH
* Chardon, OH
* Admin work, future teacher
* Married
* Not yet
* Dogs, wine, cheese
* WeddingBee
* TERRIFIED of frogs. Really, really terrified. Anything that jumps makes my uneasy, but FROGS?! ::shudder:: But, I love stuffed frogs, cartoon frogs, pictures of frogs…
* I don’t have a blog, though I have thought about it and a few people have told me I should. I just don’t deal with nasty people very well :/ Speaking of, I am glad you are back from your break. Just know that there are many more people that like and respect you than there are trolls.
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35* Age - 26
* Location - Austin, TX
* Hometown - Austin, TX
* Profession - Photography & Graphic Designer
* Marital status - Married
* Children? - none yet
* Likes or dislikes - Likes: photography, massages, reality TV (certain shows, Biggest Loser, ANTM, Top Chef - etc), reading, traveling, hanging with my husband, sleep! Dislikes: rude people, anxiety/worries,
* How you found That Wife - I can’t really remember… probably through photography somehow? The Weddingbee?
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future… I have no idea… haha, I ate a June bug when I was REALLY little and my dad still talks about it when the June bugs come out - ha! weird!
* Anything else you think I should know - we should hang out if you’re ever in Austin
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36•Age - 25
You’re great — definitely keep on blogging!
•Location - Missoula, MT
•Hometown - Pullman, WA
•Profession - Fundraiser/Development for University
•Marital status - Married
•Children? - Not for a little while
•Likes or dislikes - Likes include: Travel, Cooking, Wine, Vogue Magazine, BBC News, Fashion and Spicy Food.
•How you found That Wife - I found Weddingbee and you immediately became one of my favorite bees!
•One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future - Hmmm — I grew up in the Palouse hills and my husband would eventually like to return to Pullman and farm. I have visited over 20 different countries and I LOVE spicy food — so much so, that I often SWEAT through my meals!
•Anything else you think I should know: I love your blog for your honesty, intelligence and they way you tend to surprise me, in terms of bucking what I would predict you to do or believe
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37* Age – almost 27
* Location – Los Angeles, CA
* Hometown – Pasadena, CA
* Profession – Lawyer
* Marital status – Married almost a year!
* Children? – in a couple of years
* Likes – reading mystery novels, hiking
* Dislikes – close-minded people
* How you found That Wife – through WeddingBee
* One thing to remember me by - I started reading WeddingBee way back in 2007 because my best friend was Mrs. Peppermint
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38Age - 28
Location - Currently Gainesville, FL and we loathe it with a passion. Looking to move to Seattle potentially soon.
Hometown - Moved all over the country growing up, but I count my home as San Francisco, where I once lived and it really shaped me into the person I am today.
Profession - Professional Student and Domestic Goddess (somewhat relating to the poor Florida job market). Going to school to be a Social Worker and Counselor.
Marital status - Happily married (2 years as of tomorrow)!!
Children - Hopefully within the next five years.
Likes - Silliness, music, food (!!), originality, photography, reading, politics, philosophy, hiking, simple living, and volunteering.
Dislikes - Flakiness in people (only in biscuits - lol), gossip, text messaging, and when young women treat themselves with disrespect by not representing themselves as ladies.
Quirkiness: I love every vegetable, but if it’s a crunchy vegetable, it HAS to be cooked first. Also, I’m a Humanist. I’ve noticed it’s pretty hard to find other Humanists, especially in my region.
I love reading your blog because you are fresh, insightful, have real heart, don’t sugarcoat, and are different. You are completely different from me, and that’s okay. I relate in your ability to be forthright. That and I’ve always been genuinely interested in the intimate stories of others, from an individual place and a sociological one; it’s very fascinating to me.
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39Hi Jenna,
Sorry, I just sent you an email with all of that info after reading the last post, before reading this one! I guess I was just too impatient to respond. Again, apologies for adding to your inbox. Also, one more thing you should know: it was through your blog that I found all of my favorite bees’ blogs. Thank you so much for that! (Also, I really wish Mrs. Toucan would start blogging again. I super enjoyed reading hers!)
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40* Age: 24
* Location: Denver
* Hometown: Washington State
* Profession: Admin Assistant, Homemaker (my true passion)
* Marital status: Married 1 year
* Children? not yet but I really want them!
* Likes or dislikes: Like: Cooking, dancing, reading, home decorating, etc. etc. I am also really interested in personal finance (boring to many, fascinating to me!)
I REALLY dislike the following: spiders, flying on airplanes, tomatoes.
* How you found That Wife. Through weddingbee!
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland): The first conversation I had with my husband (before meeting him in person) was on facebook.
* Anything else you think I should know…I LOVE your blog! I am not LDS so I cannot relate and or/agree with your theology all the time. However, I love your fresh view on marriage, family, and motherhood. You seem very mature and focused, I love it!
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41* Age – almost 32
* Location – Houston, TX
* Hometown – Fond du Lac, WI (but currently living in Anacortes, WA)
* Profession – High School Social Studies Teacher
* Marital status – Married for one year! Hubby is a Naval flight officer and is currently deployed.
* Children? – not yet, but one fur baby… a black lab puppy named Tally
* Likes – reading, Cheerios, ice cream, paper crafts, learning new things
Dislikes – peas, spelling mistakes, air travel
* How you found That Wife – through WeddingBee
* Unique Tidbit - I’ve never had a cavity.
* Anything else you think I should know: We’re probably not very similar, but I’ve found that it’s way more interesting to read about (and meet) people different from yourself. And TI is adorable. But you probably already knew that
My blog is MarryingtheNavy.com if you ever want to stop by… I’d love to have a comment from a “blog celebrity.”
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Meaghan Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Wow - I’m really terrible at cut and paste! I totally missed the age and location part of the survey.
I am NOT 32 yet… just 28. And sadly, I’m not living in Houston, but rather a small town in northwest Washington (Anacortes). Sorry!
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age-28
location-Miami Beach, FL
Hometown-Cranford, NJ
Profession-Foreign Service wife
Married-one year in August
Pregnant with our first
My best friend used to read you on Wedding Bee and told me you wrote about natural childbirth and other cool stuff
I like extreme weather, doomsday scenarios,reading, cooking, yoga and not working a 9 to 5 job
I dislike black licorice and when people misuse the apostrophe
Random thing about me: I got bit by a bat when I lived in Madagascar
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43Hello!
I am 27.
Live in Los Angeles.
Teach preschool.
Got married in 9/09
No kidlets yet.
Found you through the ‘bee! (I’m Mrs. Sprinkle!)
I talk to animals allll the time like they are real people and for some reason others think this is odd, or, quirky!
I love your writing! Even if I don’t agree with some things, I can still appreciate that you put yourself out there and have a great blogging voice!
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44Age: 28
Location: Houston TX
Hometown: Raleigh NC & San Jose CA
Profession: Paralegal
Marital status: Happy married for 2 years, 2months and some
Children? 7 furry ones - cats
Likes or dislikes: I like to sleep and friends and my babies, I dont care for my job
How you found That Wife: WeddingBee
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland: I want to go into wedding planning
Anything else you think I should know: Hmm…I’m also LDS
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45- I’m Alison and I’m a 27 year old nurse in the Air Force in Texas. I have 110 days left on active duty! WooooT! - I’m originally from Virginia.
- I married my high school sweetheart in September 2009.
- I am pregnant with my first baby - apparently conceived the night before my husband left on a one year deployment. **cough**woops**cough** She is due on our first anniversary weekend in September.
- I found you when Mandy mentioned you on her blog (love you both!)
- I love flipflops and summertime. I also love sandwiches which is random but I do.
- I dislike lima beans to the point that I gag when I look at them or think of them.
- I can blow bubbles off my tongue that look just like they’re coming off a bubble machine and I have a double jointed big toe.
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46* Age: 25
* Location: Birmingham, AL
* Hometown: Columbia, MO
* Profession: ICU RN and nurse anesthesia student
* Marital status: Married
* Children?: working on it ;o)
* Likes or dislikes: I like people who try to improve the world through everyday action. I dislike people who create unecessary controversy.
* How you found That Wife: I followed you from WB
* One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future (this is the point where I always say that I raised pigs in my front yard growing up, or that I can blow milk out of my eye, or that my husband grew up in Poland)
I moved around a lot as a kid. I lived in 8 different states. I think it helped me to adjust fairly easily and more aware of personal differences from a young age.
* Anything else you think I should know. I like reading your blog, but you probably guessed that.
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47• Age: 20
• Location: Currently working a photography internship in the Cayman Islands, chosen home/permanent address is in Brooklyn, NY
• Hometown: Albany, NY (The capital, contrary to popular belief, New York is a state, not just the city!)
• Profession: Student / Internet Reader / World Traveler / Aspiring Photographer / Professional Real Life Putter Offer
• Marital status: Single in the married sense, not in the available sense
• Children: I often feel that I am still a child
• Likes or dislikes: Likes learning obscure facts, reading Lonely Planet guides to countries I have no immediate plans to visit, a good night out, a good night in. Dislikes vegetables.
• How I found That Wife: Um. Well this might be awkward but I had started a love affair with the show Big Love, which I think is awesome television and actually depicts the Barb, a lapsed LDSer, very respectfully, and started poking around on the interwebs to learn more about mormonism. So I came for the funny underwear rumors and stayed for the honest writing, great photos and strong personality.
• One quirky thing about yourself: Your husband is from Poland, my longterm boyfriend is from Scotland. I can relate to your posts on cultural differences and I loved your Halloween t-shirts and may recreate them myself some day.
• Anything else you think I should know: I blog at http://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/ and I’d love it if you would stop by! Its a little blog with big aspirations but I’m doing tons of photography posts lately so maybe you’ll like some of those. Its primarily going to be my travel/photography blog and I started it last year when I went traipsing around South East Asia by myself and met my boyfriend there.
Jenna, my life could not be more different than yours. I’m a diet coke guzzling atheist living the Sex and the City life in Brooklyn and the hippie life on the road, and at only a few years older than I you have a whole list of things I don’t want (a husband, baby, permanent address, minus the nice lenses, wouldn’t mind those!) but I can’t stop reading your blog! Maybe I like peeking into a world so different from my own. Maybe I like another strong minded person to voice opinions opposite my own. Maybe I just like pretty pictures. Either way, keep doing what you’re doing. As for the negative comments, remember, its better than zero! I’d kill for a readership like yours even if it meant some people told me they hoped my air turned off while I was scuba diving. Chin up!
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48Age: 28
Location:atlanta, ga
Hometown: i’m one of those rare peaches born here raised here
Profession: trying to start a business;homemaker
Marital status:married
Children?: not yet but Im trying to convince husby now is the time…
Likes or dislikes: I like vanilla coke, anything potato-really, cant get enough of chips and fries, reading, shopping and coming up with creative stuff to do or creating
How you found That Wife: another marriage blog
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: um lets see, once in class i stood up to say the pledge and my skirt due to static stuck to my shirt in the back, so throughout the pledge the guys in back of me got a good look, until towards the end someone noticed told me to pull down my skirt, otherwise it would have stayed like that!….What a way to honor the flag!!!
Anything else you think I should know: i totally love your blog!
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49Age: 23
) and photography tips. I have a really simple little Canon with somewhat adjustable settings, but I’ve been fighting to take better pictures for a while now and I love learning more about it.
Location: Central Florida
Hometown: Twin Cities, Minnesota
Profession: Stay at home mom and freelance writer
Marital status: married, 1 1/2 years.
Children: a daughter, almost 7 months.
Likes or dislikes: likes - reading, classical music (listening and playing piano), creative homemaking (cooking, sewing, gardening), family history, games. Dislikes - bad grammar, runny eggs, unnecessary violence/sex/cursing in movies or in real life.
How you found That Wife: Followed you from Weddingbee.
One quirky thing about yourself that might help me remember you in the future: I can touch my nose with my tongue, and I graduated from college summa cum laude.
Anything else you think I should know: I’m a conservative Protestant (Presbyterian), and I really have enjoyed learning more about the LDS religion from your blog. I’ve also really enjoyed every time you’ve posted recipes (hint hint
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