Poll: All about you

jenuine · January 2011

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name

2. Your age

3. Your occupation

4. What your screen name means

5. Something you hate about yourself

6. Something you love about yourself

7. Something not many people know about you

8. Something you couldn?t live without

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life

10. Something you hope to do in your life

jenuine · January 2011

1. first name: Jen

2. age: 35 for a couple more weeks

3. occupation: graphic designer

4. screen name: If I was to have a freelance business, someone recommended that I call it Jenuine Design, because I am honest and it plays on my name.

5. hate about me: lack of patience

6. love about me: determination

7. not many people know: I founded an outdoor club in college that went from 5 members to 100 when I graduated. They are still going strong. That club introduced me to DH.

8. couldn?t live without: hair conditioner

9. wish hadn?t done: been so hard on my body image in my 20's. Looking back on the pictures, I looked darn good!

10. hope to do: be married to my best friend for the rest of my life and help DD achieve all her dreams

shannm · January 2011

1. Your first name - Shannon

2. Your age - 34

3. Your occupation Scientist

4. What your screen name means Random suggestion by nest years ago

5. Something you hate about yourself Indecisiveness

6. Something you love about yourself Laid back nature

7. Something not many people know about you Raised in strict Baptist church for a number of childhood/teen years

8. Something you couldn?t live without Laptop

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life Moved in with boyfriend after college during grad school

10. Something you hope to do in your life Foster parent

bumpuser511563 · January 2011

jenuine:

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name Paula

2. Your age 29

3. Your occupation program specialist

4. What your screen name means: I was such a big Sailor Moon fan and Sailor Saturn was my favorite.

5. Something you hate about yourself: I am fat and too lazy to work out.

6. Something you love about yourself: My patience, I have tons of it!

7. Something not many people know about you: I still think about two of my ex-boyfriends in college and wonder what my life would have been if I went with them.

8. Something you couldn?t live without: cell phone

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: I wish I didn't get student loans.

10. Something you hope to do in your life: I hope we eventually get a house when the housing market is better and settle down. I hope to have two more babies later on. And I hope to get my master's.

CEO1197 · January 2011

1. Your first name Prefer not to say

2. Your age 33

3. Your occupation Operations Manager for capital markets/corporate banking

4. What your screen name means My initials and mine and DH's dating anniversary 1/1/1997

5. Something you hate about yourself I let people's crap get to me too easily

6. Something you love about yourself I don't worry about things I can't control

7. Something not many people know about you every few years I go on a romance novel reading binge and read about 2 dozen before I get bored.

8. Something you couldn?t live without my family

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life I wish I hadn't been so keen on graduating college in 4 years and had taken a semester to study abroad.

10. Something you hope to do in your life learn another language

mrstarawalsh · January 2011

jenuine:
Lots of new faces here, so tell us:
1. Your first name Tara
2. Your age 24
3. Your occupation residential counselor
4. What your screen name means Mrs. My first name then the last name I use online
5. Something you hate about yourself at the moment that I'm unmotivated
6. Something you love about yourself I pick up things on the very first try
7. Something not many people know about you I got married at 18
8. Something you couldn?t live without my kids
9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life moved to California. I didn't know how much I would miss my family later on.
10. Something you hope to do in your life be a role model for my children and the children I work with

worleygirl · January 2011

Lots of new faces here, so tell us: 1. Your first name-Starts with a C

2. Your age-30 3. Your occupation-Corporate trainer 4. What your screen name means-Last name and I'm a girl. Not very exciting. 5. Something you hate about yourself-I'm an anxious person. I worry about worrying. I can't say no. I take on waaaay too much which leads to more anxiety. 6. Something you love about yourself-I'm an accepting person. Hard to explain, I just try to be kind and help people out. 7. Something not many people know about you-I have spent a lifetime wondering why my Dad didn't want anything to do with me. I feel very envious of my friend's relationships with their Dads. 8. Something you couldn?t live without-a planner of some sort. 9. Lots of poor choices due to binge drinking!!! However, I've decided to let that go. More recently, I watched Couples Retreat. Bad choice

10. Raise my son to be a hardworking, educated, and most of all kind young man. All with my awesome DH right there with me. 9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life 10. Something you hope to do in your life

FortMyersBride · January 2011

jenuine:
Lots of new faces here, so tell us:
1. Your first name
2. Your age: 29
3. Your occupation: MD
4. What your screen name means: where we had our destination wedding
5. Something you hate about yourself: my overwhelming sense of guilt, especially over things I can't fix, friends and colleagues joke with me that it's a result of being raised Catholic
6. Something you love about yourself: my efficient, no-nonsense attitude at work
7. Something not many people know about you: my favorite method of de-stressing is long distance running
8. Something you couldn?t live without: my apple electronics, it's sad but true, I live off my iphone and ipad
9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: I have no big regrets
10. Something you hope to do in your life: travel extensively, especially Europe and Asia

makclair · January 2011

1. Your first name-Mary

2. Your age-30

3. Your occupation-pediatrician

4. What your screen name means - made up name that was my first email/aol screen name ever

5. Something you hate about yourself - Sometimes things bother me more than they should and I worry about them, a lot. And I hate when I get angry and yell at my son.

6. Something you love about yourself- usually have a great attitude and pretty upbeat overall.

7. Something not many people know about you - i was a virgin till our wedding night (on purpose, LOL)

8. Something you couldn?t live without- my son and husband and my droid, haha.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life- no major regrets so far, I hope that never changes.

10. Something you hope to do in your life - become a IBCLC

lewis514 · January 2011

1. Your first name - Mel

2. Your age - 35

3. Your occupation - Sales Support Specialist for Healthcare IT

4. What your screen name means

5. Something you hate about yourself - I can't let go of my mistakes

6. Something you love about yourself - I will do anything for family & friends

7. Something not many people know about you - I'm shy

8. Something you couldn?t live without - my husband & daughter

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life - I wish I hadn't stopped rowing

10. Something you hope to do in your life - another baby

luvmagoldn · January 2011

jenuine:

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name - Cindy

2. Your age - 40

3. Your occupation - Human Resources Manager

4. What your screen name means - Love My Golden Retriever (I had her for 14 years before she passed).

5. Something you hate about yourself - my tendency to procrastinate.

6. Something you love about yourself - how I pull rabbits out of hats on a regular basis (figuratively speaking of course).

7. Something not many people know about you - I was a professional ballet dancer after high school.

8. Something you couldn?t live without - morning coffee.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life - oh, there are a few relationship related things I would take back.

10. Something you hope to do in your life - raise my boys to be kind, thoughtful and productive adults.

Temp159135562506975 · January 2011

1. Your first name: Gail

2. Your age 37, for a couple more weeks

3. Your occupation Pharma sales - job share/part time

4. What your screen name means i have blonde hair... friends used to call me goldilocks. I like the number 5.

5. Something you hate about yourself my twin skin flaps of skin.

6. Something you love about yourself my hair

7. Something not many people know about you can't think of anything- i'm an open book.

8. Something you couldn?t live without chap stick

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life got into debt

10. Something you hope to do in your life get out of debt

wendyj · January 2011

1. Your first name Wendy

2. Your age 36 for a few more weeks

3. Your occupation school psychologist

4. What your screen name means very boring - first name, middle initial. Way back when I started the Knot, I was totally clueless about screen names, so it was the best I could do.

5. Something you hate about yourself I am very good about coming up with excuses as to why I can't take better care of myself

6. Something you love about yourself People tell me they can relax around me. I take that as a real compliment.

7. Something not many people know about you I am constantly worrying about something

8. Something you couldn?t live without my son and husband

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life built up so much debt when I was still single

10. Something you hope to do in your life I hope to get to a point in my life where I can have money stashed away so that if something comes up, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to pay for it.

Spenjamins · January 2011

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name: Starts with and "A"

2. Your age 42

3. Your occupation Physician

4. What your screen name means My sons are twins and one fo the boys at daycare called them "Spenjamins" because he couldn't tell them apart.

5. Something you hate about yourself I tend towards chaos

6. Something you love about yourself I am infinately capable

7. Something not many people know about you I love pick-up trucks

8. Something you couldn?t live without Coffee and a good croissant

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life Doing the drag-out with a few losers I dated

10. Something you hope to do in your life Take my boys to Washington DC to see the museums. Have empty drawers and closets.

stromtobe · January 2011

1) Nicole

2) 33

3) CPA- Corporate Controller

4) Carryover from the knot... last name includes strom

5) I wish I could manage my work/life balance better

6) I love my relationship with my little man

7) I had a younger brother who was killed in a car accident when I was 3

8) Coffee

9) I can think of a few mistakes made in college

10)

savannahsmommy09 · January 2011

ash

25

working partime in a doc office

im a mommy to a daughter named savannah and she was born in 09

my stretch marks haha

my blue eyes

i sing in the shower( now u know)

married my first ex husband

become a rn in labor and delivery

KRB8 · January 2011

1. Your first name Katy

2. Your age 26

3. Your occupation Financial Internal Auditor, CPA

4. What your screen name means My initials

5. Something you hate about yourself I can't really think of anything I hate, but I'm definitely not loving the continuing fine lines that are appearing on my face.

6. Something you love about yourself My eyes

7. Something not many people know about you That I have a learning disability

8. Something you couldn?t live without Since it's a 'thing' I'll go with mascara.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life Nothing major comes to mind, but I wish I wasn't so nit picky about silly things with DH

10. Something you hope to do in your life Get out of debt, provide a beautiful life for DD and hopefully a LO#2 in a couple years

LolliLately · January 2011

1. Your first name Alex

2. Your age 29

3. Your occupation middle school teacher

4. What your screen name means it is a play on my last name and the fact that I am always running late

5. Something you hate about yourself that I always run late

6. Something you love about yourself my hair

7. Something not many people know about you I have an older brother who passed away

8. Something you couldn?t live without a ponytail holder

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life skipped sorority rush

10. Something you hope to do in your life run a marathon

xtencornfield · January 2011

jenuine:

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name Kristen

2. Your age 31

3. Your occupation Administrator for a national educational organization

4. What your screen name means xten=Kristen corn field=describes the general area of IL that I live in, LOL

5. Something you hate about yourself I can get defensive

6. Something you love about yourself I love a little adventure

7. Something not many people know about you I was born and lived in Canada until I was 5.

8. Something you couldn?t live without Coffee

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life Racked up terrible credit card debt in my early 20's. It has been long since paid off but I would have been a lot farther ahead financially if I hadn't had to pay those off for several years.

10. Something you hope to do in your life Move to Puerto Vallarta after we retire, even for just part of the year.

arte79 · January 2011

1. Your first name

2. Your age: 31

3. Your occupation: R&D Engineer

4. What your screen name means: arte = italian for art, 79 = year born

5. Something you hate about yourself: procrastinator

6. Something you love about yourself: independent

7. Something not many people know about you: no mortgage; paid off house at age 30

8. Something you couldn?t live without: money? hahaha!

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: can't think of anything

10. Something you hope to do in your life: retire (or able to retire) at 50

FloF9 · January 2011

1. Your first name Lynda

2. Your age 40

3. Your occupation Sales

4. What your screen name means A combo of my last name and where I live

5. Something you hate about yourself My thighs

6. Something you love about yourself I'm reliable

7. Something not many people know about you I used to play the piano

8. Something you couldn?t live without Floss - I'm crazy about my teeth hygene.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life Wasted a lot of my 20's chasing the wrong type of guy.

10. Something you hope to do in your life Mission work.

lizamanelli!! · January 2011

1. Your first name: Liz

2. Your age: 34

3. Your occupation: Teacher

4. What your screen name means: Play on Liza Minelli which is a nickname

5. Something you hate about yourself: I am very self-critical

6. Something you love about yourself: I am genuine and very caring

7. Something not many people know about you: Not sure...I am kind of an open book

8. Something you couldn?t live without: my friends and family

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: debt...a popular choice

10. Something you hope to do in your life: I would like to run a race this spring/summer with my kids (in a stroller, of course) in memory of my dad.

katesmom73 · January 2011

1. Your first name: Holli

2. Your age: 37

3. Your occupation: Marketing

4. What your screen name means: My daughter's name and my year of birth

5. Something you hate about yourself: Lack of patience

6. Something you love about yourself: I truly love to help people

7. Something not many people know about you: I can't think of anything!

8. Something you couldn?t live without: Other than my kids and husband, coffee.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: Waited so long to have my second baby.

10. Something you hope to do in your life: Move to a warmer city.

LyndaCarter · January 2011

1. Your first name - I'd rather not say

2. Your age - 36

3. Your occupation - Computer geek

4. What your screen name means - I love Wonder Woman

5. Something you hate about yourself - My self-doubt

6. Something you love about yourself - My mommy strength

7. Something not many people know about you - I never wanted to have kids

8. Something you couldn?t live without - Oreos

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life - I've opened my fat mouth too many times to think of one.

10. Something you hope to do in your life - Raise 2 strong, happy, capable young women.

AleciaMarie · January 2011

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name- Alecia

2. Your age- 27

3. Your occupation- Operations Manager for a large commercial real estate company

4. What your screen name means- It's my name- creative I know.

5. Something you hate about yourself My propensity for procrastination

6. Something you love about yourself- My green and gold eyes

7. Something not many people know about you- I did classical ballet (pointe, trained in the Checcheti method) until I was 19 and couldn't afford classes anymore. I still miss it.

8. Something you couldn?t live without- Coffee

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life- Rebelled and was extremely irresponsible from age 16-21 after I lost my Mother to Colon cancer when I was 15.

10. Something you hope to do in your life- raise my daughter to be a well balanced and responsible person

Jessys_Girl · January 2011

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name Leigh

2. Your age 28

3. Your occupation Social Worker

4. What your screen name means My Husband's name is Jessy. It's a play on that song "Jessy's Girl".

5. Something you hate about yourself My high level of nuerotic-ness and OCD tendencies.

6. Something you love about yourself My socialble/friendly personality.

7. Something not many people know about you I love reality TV shows and am addicted to things like 16 and pregnant, and teen mom.

8. Something you couldn?t live without My cell phone.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life Used drugs as a teenager.

10. Something you hope to do in your life Travel with LO and show her the world.

thatjessie · January 2011

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name Jessie

2. Your age 21

3. Your occupation Insurance Agent

4. What your screen name means the beginning of my maiden name followed by my first

5. Something you hate about yourself Currently my lack of motivation to get up on time.

6. Something you love about yourself My patience with work, hubby and kids

7. Something not many people know about you How old I am. Alot of our friends (not the close ones) think Im older.

8. Something you couldn?t live without oj. it's a staple in our home.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life I have no regrets...everything happens for a reason and has made my life what it is today!

10. Something you hope to do in your life make H a pt sahd :-) he loves his part time job and in a couple years more of my job we could definitly make it work.

TinaL99 · January 2011

jenuine:

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name
Kristina

2. Your age
30

3. Your occupation
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

4. What your screen name means
Tina-my nickname
L-First initial of my maiden name
99-Year I graduated
I've had this screename for years and was too lazy to think of something else when I signed up for TheNest

5. Something you hate about yourself
I can't stay motivated to lose weight

6. Something you love about yourself
I'm a great Mom and wife

7. Something not many people know about you
I used to be very blonde as a kid. Now I'm a dark brunette....naturally

8. Something you couldn?t live without
My family

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life
Had sex so early in life...was only 14

10. Something you hope to do in your life
Finally get a job that puts my Masters Degree to use (School Counseling)

MrsDeHav · January 2011

jenuine:

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name Christina

2. Your age 27

3. Your occupation meeting planner (medical education)

4. What your screen name means its part of my last name

5. Something you hate about yourself i hold grudges like its my job. i wish i were more understanding and forgiving.

6. Something you love about yourself i'm really loyal.

7. Something not many people know about you i love to research. i'll research just about anything.
8. Something you couldn?t live without my kitchen aid mixer. i don't use it as often as i would like, but it inspires me to be a better baker/cook.

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life slacked off in undergrad.

10. Something you hope to do in your life move to a new place... a really big move. preferably someplace warmer with a slower pace.

KelsoXOXO · January 2011

I'm finally joining this board, so I will definitely take part in this!

1. Your first name: Kelsey

2. Your age: 21

3. Your occupation: Secretary

4. What your screen name means: My nickname and the xoxo is just something stupid I added on lol.

5. Something you hate about yourself: The way I procrastinate.

6. Something you love about yourself: My determination when I'm working on something.

7. Something not many people know about you: I sneeze every time I eat chocolate.

8. Something you couldn?t live without: My husband, daughter, and family

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: Being a lazy, partying, sex-having teenager! I wish I would have cared more in school and was a more honorable person.

10. Something you hope to do in your life: Own/manage a business

kkramer99 · January 2011

1. Your first name - Kristina

2. Your age - ouch, 41 (I'm older than a lot of you guys..)

3. Your occupation - pulmonary/critical care doctor

4. What your screen name means- first 2 letters from my first and last names, along w/ my grandmother's initials and the year I first started checking out the Knot

5. Something you hate about yourself - take things to heart too much

6. Something you love about yourself - I get along really well with people

7. Something not many people know about you - my senior biochem project involved extracting DNA from a mummy

8. Something you couldn?t live without - cleaning lady, gardener and door-to-door dry cleaning pickup (I outsource as much as I can, and we've found strategies that make it economically feasable)

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life - deep regret for severing a close friendship after she secretly started dating an ex-boyfriend...the woman in question died of breast cancer a couple years ago, and I regret never reconciling w/ her. She was a great friend until that happened, and she actually wound up marrying him. I wish I could have just gotten over it.

10. Something you hope to do in your life - travel the world. I have hardly been anywhere outside the US. When DD is older, I have a list of places I would like to go.

rainydayluck · January 2011

1. Your first name: J2. Your age: 263. Your occupation: Behavior Analyst4. What your screen name means: Nothing really, I have always used this for SNs since high school
5. Something you hate about yourself: My negativity6. Something you love about yourself: I am a good friend7. Something not many people know about you: I am petrified about dying. It keeps me awake sometimes. I believe that when we die that's it, we are just done (no heaven, etc.)
8. Something you couldn?t live without: New things to learn9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: Gone into the field I am in10. Something you hope to do in your life: to be successful in having better family relationships than I had growing up

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jenny1980 · January 2011

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name: Jen

2. Your age: 30

3. Your occupation: Marketing Director for a private secondary school

4. What your screen name means: Name + birth year

5. Something you hate about yourself: I give into temptation (eating, spending, etc.) too easily. Need more self control for sure.

6. Something you love about yourself: I'm funny, smart and kind.

7. Something not many people know about you: I have OCD

8. Something you couldn?t live without: Wine

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life: I wish I would have taken more risks.

10. Something you hope to do in your life: Own my own business

poodge · January 2011

1. Your first name - Laura

2. Your age - 31 for another week or so

3. Your occupation - Engineer

4. What your screen name means - I recently changed my screen name. This is a nickname from college. Before it was FutureDH's Last Name, because I made it when I was on The Knot

5. Something you hate about yourself - I am so self critical and worry about what others think of me way to much. I am working on this.

6. Something you love about yourself - I am a funny, smart, nice person.

7. Something not many people know about you - I made a decision to become a SAHM 5 months ago and DH and I were working towards it. It was that decision that made me finally realize I really enjoy being a working mom and I changed my mind back. DH confessed that he always figured I would change my mind just wasn't sure if it would be before or after I quit.

8. Something you couldn?t live without - Besides my DH and DS, my smart phone

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life - The majority of my 20s, until 27 or so. Although it has made me the person I am today so I cannot say I would change it.

10. Something you hope to do in your life - Travel a lot

cindybaf · January 2011

jenuine:

Lots of new faces here, so tell us:

1. Your first name-cindy

2. Your age-33

3. Your occupation-Dentist

4. What your screen name means-First name plus a few letters from my last name.

5. Something you hate about yourself-I lack patience at times!

6. Something you love about yourself-I have a bunch of interests...

7. Something not many people know about you-I love to sing!

8. Something you couldn?t live without-Hair dryer and liquid foundation...

9. Something you wish you hadn?t done in your life-I have no regrets.

10. Something you hope to do in your life-Travel the world.

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