I bet you didn't know that....

QUOTE(Tasha @ Jun 18 2007, 02:27 PM) [snapback]297116[/snapback]
- We conceived our twins in Maui on vacation, and they were the only souveniers we brought back for the family.
LOL, us too!!!! How funny. We blame it on the mai tais.

 

Bet you didn't know that:

I met my DH thru dating online service

Go to casino always thinking I will win (and always come home a LOSER)

Smoke even though I know it is soooooooo bad for me (Always outside away from babies)

Went to Disneyland last year and that was where we planned & did conceive the babies

Sorry no one famous in family but I did meet Big Bird as a kid!!!!

 

QUOTE(LisaGoeke @ Jun 18 2007, 12:06 PM) [snapback]297172[/snapback]

• I have been on 40+ cruises.

Wow, Lisa!! That is A LOT of cruises!!

 

I bet you didn't know...............

1) I was engaged to 2 different men in one month.
2) I spent my honeymoon with Kenny Chesney.
3) I have never moved in my life (33 years, no I don't live with my parents).
4) People who have actually met me would never even consider referring to me as the "thought police".

 

This is fun and interesting

I bet you didn't know that:

I am a certified scuba diver and earned my open water diver cert when I was 16 years old. I have dived all over from the Caribbean to the Great Barrier Reef.

I have had the same best friend since 1st grade.

I earned my masters degree in nursing as a pediatric nurse practitioner when the twins were 18 months old.

I hung out (flirted) in a dance club when I was 21 in NY city with Mark Messier..(Hockey player)

I sunbathed topless in Mykonos (Greek Island) I had way too much to drink!!! LOL

Ok I'll stop there this is getting too revealing!!!

 

You all have some very interesting things.

I bet you didn't know that:
*My great-grandfather is famous in Nigeria. He was a politician. Herbert Macaulay

*I have never met any relative on my dad's side of my family.

*My parents used to own a health food shop, we lived over the top of it, but it ended up going bust.

*I decided I wanted to be a nanny at age 11 and never changed my mind.

*In my generation of my family (me, sisters, first cousins) I am the only one who hasn't gone to university.

*I never drink coffee and only very occasionally drink tea.

 

QUOTE(mandylouwho @ Jun 18 2007, 06:07 PM) [snapback]297067[/snapback]
~I have a BIG crush on William petersen...the older dude from CSI Vegas



Oooooh, ME TOO!!!

 

I bet you didn't know:

* My parents were Baptist missionaries to Seoul, Korea and I lived there for a year in junior high.

* I had a guy stop a bus in Ireland to give me his phone number.

* Paris is my favorite city.

* I met my DH at church and he is an identical twin and our names rhyme - Dannen & Shannon. His twin is Brannen.

* I was a Delta Zeta in college.

* I have a tattoo of Mickey Mouse on my backside and my mom didn't find out until after my son was born which was 12 years after I got it.

* My favorite restaurant is Bob's Steak & Chop House in Dallas.

* DH & I went on a cruise on our honeymoon to St. Thomas, St. John, St. Maarten & other places in the Bahamas.

* I love to roller skate and had my 30th birthday party at the local roller rink. My friend DJ'd all 80's music and me & all my guests dressed in 80's clothes.

Next???

 

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~ I am mortally terrified of frogs


How funny...I LOVE frogs...and have a HUGE collection of frogs (stuffed, ceramic, glass, posters, etc...you name it and it has frogs on it...I have it!

I bet you didn't know:

*I have been running a cash register since I was 8 years old (parents had a convenience store for 18 years...I worked in it for over 10 years)

*I went to Japan when I was 6 months old and was there for 7 months (biological dad was in the Air Force)

*My mom has been married 3 times...the latest for 22 years (my current step-dad is who I refer to as dad)

*I am a HUGE Beatles fan!

*I am sooooooooo addicted to TS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I bet you diddent know

I met Stephen Tylor (lead singer of Arosmith) at the hopital in Boston where my dad was having his hip replaced.
I am the worst speller in the world (hahaha maby you already know that )
I met my husband Eric on a White Water Rafting trip in Main in 1998 Been together ever since!
Bought my first horse when i was 19 with my own money.
Got preggos with the twins while on BC, hahahaha what a suprise!

 

How Fun!!

I bet you didn't know:

I married my HS sweet heart, and in August will have been with him half of my life (16 years).

I have a bachelors and masters degree in social work, and have worked in a state mental hospital for 6 years.

I am some how realted to Peter Cooper, the man that invented the locomotive steam engine (there has been a Cooper in every generation of my family since him, the newest being Sam)

My siblings and I were all born in August, I am the middle child.

My younger sisters are identical twins, but one died in a car wreck when she was 15.

I have played the piano since I was 5, but had to move my piano into storage to make room for a nursery for the twins!

I'm still kinda afraid of the dark, and something being under my bed.

I quit smoking cold turkey before conceiving the twins thru IVF, and haven't started back :Clap:

 

BTW, I was in the marching band, but I was totally COOL. B)

And I've been on 0 cruises. And I've met countless famous people but I'm not related to any.

 

~I am an organization freak
~I was in a terriable jet skiing accident when I was 19 yrs old and got RSD.
~We adopted our first dd
~When my dh and I met we didn't like each other

 

QUOTE(BellaRissa @ Jun 18 2007, 11:45 AM) [snapback]296881[/snapback]
My prom date was with Mark Miller, the lead singer of the country band Sawyer Brown.

Ok, I have to ask... could he dance back then???

 

I bet you didn't know that:

* I've traveled to over 60 countries all over the world - I've been on safaris in 4 different African countries

* One Saturday before getting pregnant, DH was working and I was bored. I decided I wanted to go skydiving. I drove to a place I'd heard of, took a class and jumped out of a plane only a couple hours after making the decision (tandem of course!)

* I have the world's longest toes, seriously, they are like a second pair of hands

* I am a member of Mensa and my DH is the only person who knows! (well until now)

* I am a huge klutz - I am usually covered in bruises from walking into walls and tripping on stuff

* I found out I was pregnant on the day of my 9th wedding anniversary

 

Ok, I bet you didn't know...

-that after I graduated high school I went to Norway to a 'folk high school' for a year.

-that I had one friend during high school.

-that I just gave 'notice' at my job of 13½ years and will be a FT SAHM after mid July.

-my first job was in a greenhouse.

-my sister & I only traded places once because we don't think we look alike. It was advisory class on april fools day in middle school. I got away with it she got caught. (honestly, I think the teacher knew but played along with it.)

What can I say, I'm boring!

 

QUOTE(hot2trottt4u @ Jun 18 2007, 04:44 PM) [snapback]297336[/snapback]
I met Stephen Tylor (lead singer of Arosmith) at the hopital in Boston where my dad was having his hip replaced.
Excuse me?

*thunk*

 

QUOTE(avaoliviamom @ Jun 18 2007, 03:52 PM) [snapback]297244[/snapback]
I hung out (flirted) in a dance club when I was 21 in NY city with Mark Messier..(Hockey player)

The player from the NY RANGERS!! I HATE YOU!!! LOL...One of the best hocky players in history! ... Did I say I hate you??

 

* I have a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, but quit work 3 1/2 years ago to have more kids (got pregnant with the twins).

*I work part time from home

*I have been to Italy, Austria, and Germany

*I have partied with the entire group of Depeche Mode (for those of you that were ever into alternative music)

* I met John Cusack when he was doing a movie in Pittsburgh

* Jim Furyk's (tied for 2nd at the US Open last week) grandfather lives 3 doors down the street from me

* I quit smoking cold turkey 4 years ago

* DH and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary and our 12 anniversary of meeting each other on July 12th of this year

* I met DH at a bar while I was standing with a friend and I said "UMMM, does someone here have on CK One?" and my DH turned to me and said "I do". We always joke that his first words to me were "I do".....we have been together ever since!!!

 

I bet you didn't know that....


I have moved 20 times and lived in three countries in 25 years....

I hate to sweat....

I was homeschooled my entire life except for my freshman year of highschool and graduated magna *** laude with my bachelors in 2004....

I speak two languages fluently and studied two more....

I love hot baths....

 

I bet you didn't know that...

I love the color pink

I love ICE CREAM!!!!!

I watch Guiding Light

My Irish ring got stuck under Pres. Clinton's wedding ring when I went to shake his during a PA visit.

 

QUOTE(Dianne @ Jun 18 2007, 07:46 PM) [snapback]297238[/snapback]
4) People who have actually met me would never even consider referring to me as the "thought police".


:rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo:

I remember that!

These are awesome! I am amazed at what everyone has done, who you've met, who you're related to, etc.

 

I bet you didn't know that...

• when I was 2 my family went to Mexico (we lived 20 miles from Mexico in Texas) and a guy offered to buy me from my dad. I was a blonde haired, blue eyed little girl and he really wanted me.
• My step-mom and step-dad use to be married to each other. My step siblings are the same on both sides.
• I am either the youngest of eight, eighth out of nine, 10 out of 12 or 10 out of 13 kids depending on how you look at it. (I have a half-sister on my dad's side and 4 step siblings).
• I am very very afraid of lady bugs. I once called into work because I couldn't leave my house due to that fact that there were lady bugs swarming outside my house.
• I think feet are the grossest things. :bad:
• One of my dreams is to open a bakery.
• I do not like male doctors one bit.
• Herbert Hoover was a second cousin to my grandmother. Other than that I don't have any famous relatives that I know of.
• Some of my mom's anscestors were gypsies.

 

QUOTE(RondaJo @ Jun 18 2007, 08:13 PM) [snapback]297599[/snapback]
[*]My step-mom and step-dad use to be married to each other. My step siblings are the same on both sides.


That is the neatest thing! Do they find it neat too?

I wanted to add.. famous relatives:
Evelyn "Champagne" King is my first cousin on my dad's side.
BB King is a relative like twice removed or something again on my Dad's side.
Martin Luther King is a relative however he is removed more times than it counts but Dad is closer than I am obviously.
My Grandmother on my Mom's side had relatives that came over on the Mayflower then settled in Puerto Rico.

More interesting things:
My husband and I traveled in the same social circles when we were married to other people but we never met. When we started dating everyone was confused since they knew us with different spouses.
I was named after Erica Kane on All My Children and Tiffany from One Life To Live. My DAD is a huge Soap Opera fan.
My son Nick is a car genius and since the age of 18 months he can name every make, model and horse power of EVERY car manufactured US and abroad.
I was on the Ananda Lewis show with my xh.
My twins were conceived nine days after we were married. I told dh he had "old sperm" and I guess he wanted to prove a point...

I think that's all the public secrets I'll share. This is a ton of fun!

 

QUOTE(Erykah @ Jun 18 2007, 08:10 PM) [snapback]297669[/snapback]
That is the neatest thing! Do they find it neat too?


Not really. My step-mom is a huge WITCH, her and my dad had been having an emotional affair for over 15 years. It's all sorts of screwed up. But anyway, I think it's kind of cool to tell people about it (not the affair, just the switch) because it freaks some people out.

 

There used to be a local program called Hatchy Milatchy and they used to give away a trip to DisneyWorld each year and I won when I was 8

My cousin owns a sub shop in Burbank CA (Santoro's for those from the west coast) and caters to the NBC studio's and is a friend of Brad Garrett (of Everyone Loves Raymond)

I'm Italian/Polish and my parents own a Mexican Restaurant (don't ask)

I met DH online - my AOL personal ad was the first and only one he ever answered

I've only been out of the US once (honeymoon to Jamaica)

I was previously married :bad:

I shared an elevator once with Mike Farrell (BJ Hunnicut from MASH)

I was a band geek also - was Drum Major my senior year

 

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Herbert Hoover was a second cousin to my grandmother. Other than that I don't have any famous relatives that I know of.


Cool! I guess I can add:

I bet you didn't know:

*I am related to Pres Ulysses S Grant

*I went to college for a total of 5 years and never graduated

*I went to 3 different kindergartens--we moved quite a bit that year!

*I am mostly of Irish, Scottish, and English descent...with a little bit of Cherokee Indian

 

Bet you didn't know:

I have 2 different size feet; about a 1 1/2 size difference and I have to buy 2 pairs of shoes.

DH and I have the same birthday, and I've met at least 4 others that share our birthday (6-20).

I was also a band geek, in HS and in college.

I played soccer in high school and was the goalie.

I'm 4'8", DH is 6'2"

I was born with congenital scoliosis and had a spinal fusion when I was 2 1/2.

We went on an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon.

I love to organize! I loved moving into our new house because I was able to organize and find a home for everything. (Never mind that I remember where things were in the old house and can't find them here!)

I have my MAT in Reading and Language Arts and have taught grades 3,5,6, and 7 in the last 10 years.

My sister and I talk on the phone at least once a day (usually more) during the week. All before our husbands get home from work...they think we're crazy!!

 

This is sooooooooo much fun!!

I bet you didn't know (although some of you might ):

I wanted to drop out of highschool when I was 16 but my father convinced me not to and I went on to get a Masters degree in Elementary Education

I was raised by my father

I was rated # 5 in kata (forms) and # 10 in kumite (fighting) in the U.S. and #1 in kata and #1 in kumite in the Tri-State area in karate (Tri-state being NY, CT, and NJ) when I was 15-16 (I did this up until brown belt, never finished to get my black belt <_< )

DH and I are such huge Lord of the Rings fans that we named our daughters from it

Billy Joel is my favorite all time artist (although I much prefer his 70's and 80's stuff)

I have a 14 yr old step son

My father is the Real Kramer (not Michael Richards, the actor but Kenny Kramer, the guy the character was based on)

 

QUOTE(Sharon with J & N @ Jun 18 2007, 06:55 PM) [snapback]297163[/snapback]
I lived in Cairo for a year teaching English, during which time I travelled a lot with friends but did the following BY MYSELF:

Climbed Mount Sinai after a gruelling 9 hour bus trip a restless sleep on a concrete bed.

I took a 12 hour bus ride to Israel and stayed at a hostel within the walls of the Old City in Jerusalem. I climbed Masada and I swam in the dead sea. I waded in the Jordan River.

I had to flirt with an Egyptian border administrator to get back to Cairo in time for my flight home (I didn't have my passport stamped in Tel Aviv.)
As far as fame--Hmmm, my great uncle was a finance minister of Canada (my grandfather--his brother was the black sheep of the family because he married an ACTRESS (my grandmother) because she was pregnant with their love child (my mother). They never had a lot of money, but they made all of it in the Arts. My grandfather was a painter and pianist/organist and my grandmother was actually on an entertainment/news program in Detroit, as well as doing stage work. They both died before I met them.

Next...

How many of you have been to Isreal?

QUOTE(Melis @ Jun 18 2007, 09:25 PM) [snapback]297399[/snapback]
~I was in a terriable jet skiing accident when I was 19 yrs old and got RSD.

I'm sorry to hear that. What's RSD?


I bet you didn't know that...

I studied in a school in Manchester, UK for 2 years and then ended up being a counselor there.

I've visited Scotland, London, Manchester, Gateshead in England. I've also been to Belgium, France, Israel, Switzerland and my dream is to visit Italy and other European countries.

Dh is the only guy I ever kissed and vice versa.

I went from being a size 6-8 at my wedding to a size 18 now. :angry:

I have 11 siblings, all from the same mom and dad.

I have over 35 nieces and nephews on each side.

I have WAY over 100 cousins just from my mom's side alone.

My very dear aunt died in the #2 bus bombing in Isreal a few years back.

 

I thought of a couple more....

*growing up I always said that I would have twins one day (never thought that day would actually happen)
*I had been told I would never be able to have kids, then went on to have an unexpected pregnancy 6 months later and then twins
*I have been proposed to by 4 guys, said yes to 2, and been given 3 rings (only gave 1 back)
*my brother who is 17 months older than I am and I have always said we are twins, and have convinced most people of that

 

QUOTE(RondaJo @ Jun 19 2007, 12:13 AM) [snapback]297599[/snapback]
[*]One of my dreams is to open a bakery.

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Me too!!!!!!!


QUOTE(double-or-nothing @ Jun 19 2007, 01:55 AM) [snapback]297773[/snapback]
My father is the Real Kramer (not Michael Richards, the actor but Kenny Kramer, the guy the character was based on)


Too funny! I'll have to tell my parents that, they love Seinfeld.

Let's see, things you might not know about me ...

1. I was named after someone who ordered Tupperware from my mom about 5 years before she became pregnant with me.

2. I've wanted twins since I was little!!! If I only knew how much work they would be!!

3. I failed Chemistry and Geometry in high school but faked my report cards so my parents never found out. I was so good at it I charged other kids $50 to alter their report cards, hahaha!!!

4. I'm not married, that's why I call him my "honey" instead of DH, or if I say DH for time's sake, I mean "Dear Honey" ... not hubbie.

5. Now I think I'm the only one who never met anyone famous! I wrote Beverly Cleary when I was little and she wrote back, my honey lived next door to Sara Evans growing up ... my brother lives in Hollywood and works out with and sees famous people all the time. He gets enough for the both of us, I guess.

6. I graduated high school at 16, floated around college for like 7 years as a psych major, nursing major, then switched schools and discovered baking and pastry arts!!!! I love to bake, my biscotti won a blue ribbon! My chocolate chip cookies are infamous!

7. I used to model for a photographer and I tried out for Playboy when they came to town but I wasn't 18 (I would have been when the issue came out but not when I would have been photographed ... I never tried again and now I wish I had.

 

I bet ya didn't know that:

• my dad was the us ambassador to norway under Carter
• both my parents are dead
• i spent 21 days in the grand canyon
• tiffani amber theissen stayed at my house
• i wish i was an ex-pat
• i built my own cabin and lived "off the grid" for 15 years
• jim harrison is my favorite author
• i love "law & order"
• my twins have different birthdays, different last names and were a vaginal and c-section

 

QUOTE(double-or-nothing @ Jun 18 2007, 09:55 PM) [snapback]297773[/snapback]
My father is the Real Kramer (not Michael Richards, the actor but Kenny Kramer, the guy the character was based on)


WOW! That's pretty wild. I've MET HIM!!

I used to go to the "International Soup Kitchen" you know, that the "Soup Nazi" episode is based on and I guess he used to do promotional stuff for his Seinfeld bus tours there. He came by bike. Interesting dad to have.

 

QUOTE(double-or-nothing @ Jun 18 2007, 09:55 PM) [snapback]297773[/snapback]
I was rated # 5 in kata (forms) and # 10 in kumite (fighting) in the U.S. and #1 in kata and #1 in kumite in the Tri-State area in karate (Tri-state being NY, CT, and NJ) when I was 15-16 (I did this up until brown belt, never finished to get my black belt <_< )


Oh, while I'm at it with you...I have gotten to my brown belt and high red belt (different belt system, always the one next to black) at two different schools (in Taekowndo) -- it's totally a life ambition for me to get black at some point. I take it you don't plan to continue?