GTKY Jan. 10th Edi.

2MamazInSeattle

Happy Friday! This is our weekly thread where we get to know each other a little better. Please join in!

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?
2. How do you like your eggs?
3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?
4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun
5. What are you up to this weekend
Bonus: PIP us something! Anything Maybe a pet photo? Childhood home? Dinner last night?

healz413

1. @Manada and I met on OkCupid, the free online dating service. Our first date way an uneventful GTKY at an Ethiopian restaurant. I dropped her of at home after because it was snowing and I had a car. Within an hour, she'd texted to ask me on a second date. Our second date was four days later. We went to dinner at a Japanese restaurant and then went to a really bad theater festival thing. Afterwards we went to a lesbian bar and sat in the back on a couch to talk while a singer songwriter performed in the front. We really connected on this date but were both a bit chickensh*t so the closest we got to making a move was sitting increasingly close to one another, letting our legs touch, and touching hands when we were using our hands to make a map of the U.S. so I could show M where something was. I finally drove M home because she had to get up early the next morning to take her final driving test (that would move her from a temporary license to a permanent one). Finally after talking in the car for two hours and a false-start goodbye where we only hugged, I asked if I could kiss her. She took forever (it felt to me!) to say yes. After we kissed for a bit, she got out of the car and I drove home. We texted a bit when I got home and while M was trying to book the auto share car she was going to use for her driving test the next day. It turned out that since that was the day her temporary license expired, they wouldn't let her rent a car. So I told her she should borrow mine. Since her test was so early in the morning, we decided it only made sense for me to go pick her up that night and for her to sleep over. So I did and she met Frannie the dog Id had for 3 weeks. And she spent the night. We talked and made out for quite a while. It was while we were lying in bed talking that I thought to myself "I could fall in love with this woman." I'm not sure that there was a particular moment when I knew she was the one but the moment when I knew I could fall in love with her stands out for me as very special.

2. Mature, Retrieved and fertilized. oh wait, that's not what you meant? Over easy or poached.

3. A cat/kitten that loves dogs.

4. A house on the north side of Chicago in a residential neighborhood where we good play outdoors and visit the neighbors. I played with my brothers and the neighborhood kids. We played a lot of baseball.

5. I babysit this evening. Tomorrow morning we are going to Costco. We don't have any other specific plans. M's sister might come on Sunday.

PIP: I don't know how to pip from my phone

ball.and.chain

@healz413, I had the same thought about eggs! IF screws us up...

KH826

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?

Well, I already shared this story a few months ago in a different thread, but I will share again for all our new friends (and myself, because I really do love sharing our story!)... here goes...

J (my wife) and I met in college. We were in the same sociology class (Spring of my sophomore year, and her junior year). I always showed up to class early (for every class - like really early - I don't know why...). On the first night of class, I walked into the classroom 25 minutes early, fully expecting the room to be completely empty and there J was sitting at a desk with her notebook out ready to get started. We made eye contact and quickly said hello and then never spoke to one another again all semester. Our professor always encouraged discussion, so we put the desks in a circle at our first class and they stayed that way all semester. J's seat was directly across the circle from mine. I would often look up and she would be looking at me. It made me uncomfortable, and I didn't know who she was. I was always very outspoken in class, and she rarely ever said a word. I asked a friend of mine about her and he told me who she was and that she was the captain of the tennis team and that she had just come out earlier that year. Interesting.

Well the semester ended and we each went our separate ways for the summer still having never spoken to one another. When we came back in the Fall (my junior year, her senior year) she suddenly started coming to Pride meetings (I was the president of our college's Pride organization that year). I saw her in the back of the room week after week starting in September, but she never said a word. Well, one night in late September she went out to a gay bar with a group of people, one of which was the friend I mentioned above who I had asked about her the year before. Well, she apparently knew that this person was a good friend of mine, and they had both been drinking and were hanging out at the bar and my friend made a comment about fixing J up wilth a cute girl at the bar. J said to my friend that she already had her eye on someone else. My friend asked who, and J said my name. My friend almost spit out his drink (apparently, I wasn't there!). He came back to campus totally plastered and came knocking on my dorm room door at 2am to tell me that J "liked me" and that he thought I should do something about it. HA!

I thought the whole thing was crazy, and I at first had zero interest. I had been burned pretty badly by another relationship a good year before, but it left me bitter and not wanting to be hurt again. I also had decided that I wanted to move back to Boston after college, so I didn't want to get involved with anyone from PA who had strong ties to PA.

Well, long story short (which at this point, I know I haven't made this short!), J and I started IMing on AIM (ha - remember that?) and then we started emailing. Within about a week, we knew sooooo much about each other and had shared pretty much every thought in our heads with each other. My resistance was fading at this point. Well, it was a Monday night in early October 2004 and it was the first presidential debate between George W Bush and John Kerry. I remarked on AIM that I was about to watch it and was very interested in it... J said that her roommate was watching something stupid and she couldn't watch it and she was bummed. Without thinking I said "you can come watch it in my room..." 20 mins later she was at my door with my favorite kind of ice cream (which I had told her about in one of our many conversations). We sat on the floor and watched the debate in my room eating Reese's peanut butter cup ice cream. It was the first time we had hung out 1:1 ever. Well, after the debate she stayed and we literally stayed up all night talking. She left at 7am and I went and showered and started my day having not slept a wink, but not minding. The rest is sort of history... things moved fast from there and when she graduated in May, I moved off campus for my Senior year and we got an apartment together.

Fast forward 8 years, and on our wedding day, the professor who taught the sociology class that we met in was our wedding officiant. She and her partner have been together for 25 years, and have a 10 yr old son. J used to babysit their son when he was little and I would go hang out there with her. They were the first lesbian family that I ever knew, and I thought they were amazing. Still do. We called that professor right before Thanksgiving to tell her that we are expecting. She cried and said she will be the best "Auntie" ever.

2. How do you like your eggs?

Scrambled

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?

Well, I don't really want another pet to be honest. My wife would love to get another dog, but I am super content with Reese, and especially with adding a baby to the mix in a few months, I just don't think it is a good time for another dog. In a few years, once we move to a larger house with a big fenced yard (hopefully) we will probably get another dog. Likely another small dog so that Reese will have a playmate her size. At this point though, I am totally happy with just our one love pup -- my heart is complete with just her right now!

4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun?

I was born in Bangor, Maine, and moved to a suburb right outside of Boston when I was 6 years old. It's a relatively small town (in the sense that everyone knows everyone else in town -- and their business!), but as part of the hustle and bustle of the booming MetroWest suburbs, and located just 15 miles from the city, it never felt suffocating (as many small towns do). My mom still lives there, and I go back a few times a year to visit. We had two houses in Massachusetts when I was growing up -- we moved my Junior year of high school, but stayed in the same town. The first house is the one I think of as my childhood home. It was big and contemporary, but comfy. We had giant cathedral ceilings that allowed for a 25 foot Christmas tree every year (I still don't know how my mom put up with that -- it was massive and the set-up and clean up from a real tree of that size was a massive undertaking). Anyway, the house was very 90s (considered very modern at the time, but is probably horribly dated now -- there were lots of mauve things in that house...). Anyway, the second house (where my mom still lives now) is a huge colonial in a relatively new development. It was the model home, and it was converted to be 100% handicap accessible for my brother. The house is 5200 sq ft and has four finished levels and 7 bedrooms. It's ridiculous. Now it is just my mom and my youngest sister living there, but my youngest sister will be going away to college next year, and then my mom will be an empty nester. My mom plans to move in the next couple of years and downsize to a large condo or a ranch style home. That will be a tough move. I do not look forward to all of the family drama that will surround my mom selling her current house and getting rid of 75% of what is in it in order to downsize.

5. What are you up to this weekend?

Tomorrow morning we have an appointment with an accountant who specializes in LGBT families to talk to him about doing our taxes this year. With fertility costs, attorney fees for 2nd parent adoption process, new DOMA implications for taxation of health benefits, adding the baby as a dependant in the future, plus all the improvements we ended up doing on our house this year that might be deductible (energy efficient appliances, waterproofed our basement and installed a filtration/ventilation/de-humidifying system, etc.) ... our returns this year are going to be complicated and I think it is time to throw in the turbotax towel and graduate to a professional. So, we are meeting with the accountant, then I have to run some errands (bank, groceries, etc.), then home to work on house projects. We will be making our to-do list tonight, and I am hopeful that this weekend will be as productive as last weekend was. Trying to get the house more ready for baby (which is a big undertaking for us b/c we are moving several rooms around -- we are about 50% done with everything we want to do before baby arrives)... that's about it. Hopefully there will be a small amount of relaxing in there as well.

trisholio

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?

The short version is that we met at work.  We started the same job at the same time and were in training together for 3 months.  We made many excuses to be together outside of work.  Finally we sat in my car one night for 7 hours before my wife finally kissed me :-)  A few months later she moved in with me and that was all she wrote :-)

2. How do you like your eggs?

I used to like them over easy (dippy eggs) but these days I have scrambled eggs (which are my close second favorite)

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?

my wife is always wanting to adopt more dogs, but i tell her its a dog or baby....well we have a baby on the way, so no more dogs until we have a larger house with a yard!
4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun

I grew up in lower middle class suburbs of Columbus, Ohio.  I moved 5 times in 5 years in elementary school, so I was always making new friends.  In Middle school we moved out to the country and I actually enjoyed it.  In high school we moved to a city again and always lived in apartments or rentals.  I always like to hang out with my friends, listen to music in my room and read a lot. 
5. What are you up to this weekend

We are babysitting tonight.  I just got a last minute call to watch one of my babies (well 9 month old).  He is a bit fussy, but goes to bed by 8pm, so that is a bonus.  Tomorrow I am going to have a long honey do list of cleaning for my wife to do while I organize some areas of our home.  Sunday I hope to relax and gear up for next week.  I am back to working 13 hour days, ugh

newmompeanut

1. I work with her brother and sister and had become really close friends with her sister.  For the first two years at work B's brother and sister would tell me over and over how I was basically their little sister because we acted exactly alike.  One night her sister asked to to come to bingo and that's where I first met B (early May).  Unfortunately, I really didn't like her the first night I met her.  I'm not sure if it was just an off day for her or what, but she wasn't someone I even wanted to hang out with.  The second time (two weeks later) I went to bingo was a different story.  B and I completely hit it off and realized how much we had in common.  We're both kinda sarcastically sassy.  By about late May we were completely inseparable and when I wasn't with her I couldn't stop thinking about her and how much fun we had together.  That's when I knew she was the one.

2. I don't like eggs at all.  I'm a VERY picky eater, so there's many things I don't like; eggs are one of them.

3. B and I want a dog so badly.  We are trying to wait until summer since B's a teacher and we will be able to potty train the puppy easier.  When I was married we had two dogs, one was mine and one was his, but we got both of them together.  When I moved out I took with me the dog that was "mine".  Unfortunately, she didn't do very well without the other dog there and literally started to go crazy.  So now my ex-husband has both dogs.  It sounds like we might get to watch them for a week while he goes to a work conference in March though!  I can't wait.  I miss them more than I thought I would.
 
4. I grew up in a pretty small town of about 10,000 people.  It was small enough that everyone knew everyone else's business.  We lived in 3 different houses, all within the same city, while I was growing up.  My last house I lived in from age 11-18 and that's what I consider home.  I loved the house!  My parents built it and it was perfect in my eyes.  While I was home for Christmas my mom told me about how much she hated that house.  Apparently, when my parents started building the house bad things started happening to them, and the bad things didn't stop until they sold it and moved out.  I guess they see that house as a decade of bad luck.
Growing up, I feel like we were always outside.  It wasn't uncommon in our city to go biking or rollerblading without parents to the park or library even if it was blocks away.  Looking back, it seemed like a really safe little town

5. My work Christmas party is tonight.  I've never gone, even though I've worked here for 4 years, so I'm excited to be able to go tonight.  I'm also pretty nervous though.  Most of my department knows about my divorce and about B, but not everyone in the office knows.  I've never really had to come out to the big of a group and I'm terrified.  Some people here are really closed minded. 

JGY

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?

Ugh, our story tends to be embarassing.  I didn't behave very well at times.  But here it is:

We met in passing when she consulted with my rugby team, leading us through some conditioning drills, and then her girlfriend at the time became a teammate.  I remember being completely blown away by how beautiful I thought she was.  Her eyes were (and are) stunning.  Fast forward a few years, and she decided to join our rugby team as well.  She joined the team in April, and I was getting married (to a man) in June.  I definitely remember having some big "Uh-oh" feelings.  But I got married, she attended as the guest of one of our other friends, and as she tells it she fell in love with me while watching me dance at the wedding.  My marriage lasted 3 years and while there are many reasons why we broke up that are completely unrelated to S, I know that I was battling strong feelings for her much of that time.  We started dating immediately after my seperation, though it barely felt like "Dating" as we had gotten extremely close over those 3 years.  I can't remember when I realized I was in love with her, I think I somehow always was.  We began living together in 2005, and were legally married in 2010.

2. How do you like your eggs?

Only my Mom can make them exactly the way I like them, but ... poached and placed on top of a piece of toast that has been cut up into little squares.

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?

Another dog, a mutt from a rescue or from the Humane Society, that would help to calm Duncan down and give him someone to play with on a daily basis.  But our house seriously can't accomodate another dog, especially not one that would have as much energy as this one would require.

4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun

I grew up in New York City.  We lived in the same apartment that my parents are still in.  They've been there about 45 years.  I love it there.  There weren't many kids in our neighborhood, and you can't really send your kids outside to play on the street.  So I did a lot of after-school activities.  I started competing in gymnastics when I was 10.  It MOSTLY took the edge off of my high energy level.

5. What are you up to this weekend

Swim lessons tomorrow morning for Gabe.  Then meeting up for coffee with some friends. Then another friend is hosting a "Booze 'n Craft" event which I'm excited about.  There will be people there to chase after my kid, while I finally get some thank you notes written.  Sunday I have choir rehearsal and S has a basketball game.  And football!!!  Can't forget playoff football!

Bonus: PIP us something! Anything Maybe a pet photo? Childhood home? Dinner last night?

S bought a bunch of toys to occupy Gabe on the plane ride out to NYC for X-Mas.  I took this pic just by chance, but I love it.

 

 

lamaitresse

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?

We met through a mutual friend (I'm pretty convinced it was a set up). A group of us went out for dinner and Smurf and I pretty much dominated the conversation to the point of discluding our friends. Oops. I knew she was the one because we both write femslash fanfics and admitted to it in that first ever conversation... We're nerds. LOL

2. How do you like your eggs?

Any way I can get 'em. I love eggs. I usually have a soft-boiled egg with breakfast.

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?

If Smurf weren't allergic to feathers, I think I would get a quaker parrot. Growing up, we had one, named Henry. He was a riot and had quite the vocabulary. Unfortunately he died about 2 years ago and I was devastated. I definitely miss the company.

4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house like? What did you do for fun

I grew up all over the place. I was born in England and lived in very rural Scotland (on a sheep farm!) before my family moved to Calgary in '94. We also never lived in the same house for more than a couple of years... after we moved to Canada, my parents started to buy fixer uppers and then flipped them. 

5. What are you up to this weekend

Hopefully, recovering from this cold I've just developed. I also have a teleseminar on Saturday and a piano lesson on Sunday... although if I still feel rotten by then I'll cancel as my teacher is pregnant. And I hate it when sick people show up to my house so I try not to do the same to others.

PIP: Here is Henry with my mother. This photo was probably taken in 1999 or 2000.

Mystjava

@lamaitresse -- love the picture. I used to have parakeets but I don't want to own any more birds.

Gosh...
1. Short version, I met my partner at a community college, where we both were students and I was a tutor for one of her classes. She knew before me that I was the one and she had to persuade me that I was it. We've been together for 16+ years.
2. Don't tolerate eggs well. If I eat any, it has to be hard boiled/poached.
3. Don't want any more animals at the moment since we're still recovering from two recent loss and adapting to a kitten (since October).
4. I grew up among the mountains/forests of Santa Cruz, California.
5. Not much, the kid and I are going to watch football on both Saturday and Sunday. We're big Seahawks fans! My partner is on a spiritual quest this weekend. Also, LB and I plan to work on legos too! (While I'm cleaning up and some organization.)

shelly2314

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"? We are what I like to refer to as the stereotypical lesbian story.  We met on the softball field.  I did not know she was the one right away (and her the same) as I was in a long term relationship (10yrs) and she had just ended hers (12yrs). We were great friends and then I began to realize that she meant so much more to me.  She has changed me in ways I could never imagine and allowed me to realize myself again!

2. How do you like your eggs?  It all depends on my mood.  Either scrambled with sautéed mushrooms or over-medium with rye toast

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?  I run a veritable zoo here and tend to rescue anything and everything I can.  I am interested in a sugar glider or something else small, furry, and cuddly

4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun  I was born in Miami, FL but only lived there for 2 years.  I was raised in a small town with family close by. We were close enough to Disney for us to visit whenever we wanted but far away enough that we could enjoy the small town life. We lived in an older 3 story house. It had a basement that was strictly for my sister and I to play for hours on end.  We would play outside riding bikes, swimming in our pool, on the playset, and one of my favorites...fishing
5. What are you up to this weekend  I have nothing to do! It will be glorious
Bonus: PIP us something! Anything Maybe a pet photo? Childhood home? Dinner last night?   I have PIP one of my sister, mother, and I from a family reunion

2MamazInSeattle

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?

J and I met on match dot com. We wrote back and forth, lethargically, and then met by chance at an event I was volunteering at and she was attending. She set up our first date and while it was not love at first sight, it was (as we both joke) "not a no" which at the time for both of us was very refreshing! Just to get to a 3rd date was a win. A few weeks after we met there was a huge ice storm and I was stranded at her place for about a week - that is when things really cemented themselves. We just passed 7 years together, and got married last year a few months after it became legal!

2. How do you like your eggs?
Poached!

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?
J has been hinting for a dog lately, which sounds like a lot of work with 3 cats and 4 hens! So, if we decide to get rid of our hens (we're considering this, and have a fabulous home for them if we do) - we will likely get a 40 lb mutt of a dog. I'm sure the cats will be delighted.

4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun

I grew up in a godawful 1 square mile town with an equal number of bars and churches in rural northwestern PA. We had 1 stoplight, and 'in town' the roads were paved. I rode my bike everywhere, we hung out in the am/pm parking lot in high school (yes, that was as good as it got). I do remember being outside morning to night in the summer, and we lived in a snow belt so we were always playing in the snow in the winter. My dad was a funeral director, and we lived above it until I was 14 - we had a parking lot and the plow would come and create a massive mountain of snow in the back corner. We'd build forts and paths and all kinds of stuff. In the summer we'd roller skate since our 'yard' was asphalt. At 14, we got a real house and I had my own room! That was life-changing, and good timing. Overall it was a, um, safe place to grow up - but not something I'd have chosen for someone with my personality. When we moved there, I was 7 - I cried all the way and my mom said she lied to me when she said "don't worry, you'll be happy here." She even knew I am not a small town girl.

5. What are you up to this weekend
Prental yoga followed up by the Seahawks playoff game tomorrow! Sunday is Yin Yoga, and I have to work a little. Hopefully a date Saturday afternoon with J. We've taken to 4 p.m. movie followed by dinner, so we're still in bed early for her 5 or 6 a.m. weekend alarms.

Bonus: PIP us something! Anything Maybe a pet photo? Childhood home? Dinner last night? ]]

J took this photo a few minutes ago. It is entitled "Poor Manny"

ball.and.chain

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?

We met online, like many of you.  Emailed for a while.  Met for coffee IRL and I was like, "Hmmm, maybe."  We started to get to know one another and I decided I'd rather be friends.  She persisted and it worked.  I'm not sure when we knew, but I just know we're happy now!

2. How do you like your eggs?

I love eggs and I'm also jealous of @2MamazinSeattle's hens, but we can't have them here (and my wife would never go for it).  Ideally I like anything with a runny yolk -- fried over easy or poached -- so that I can dip toast/potatoes in it OR let it run all over whatever it's sitting on (hamburger, pizza, hash, English muffin, whatever).  Not supposed to eat them that way now, but I like scrambled and hard-boiled too.

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?

We considered getting another cat and I'd consider it again, but I think with a baby on the way I'd like to keep things simple.  I love dogs, but they are too much work for me.

4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house like? What did you do for fun?

I grew up in a suburb of Boston, in a 1920's Colonial that I actually live in now (we bought it from my dad when he was ready to downsize).  As a little kid, I did the normal suburban stuff -- running up and down the street and through yards and playing games with the neighborhood kids, especially in the summer.  As a teenager, I rode the bus to Harvard Square to buy CDs and hate the world.

5. What are you up to this weekend?

Not a lot.  My wife has a bad cold so I think we're cancelling our plans with friends.  I could use a couple of days of resting, cleaning, and getting organized.

StacyLH24

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?

C and I met through an ex-boyfriend of mine.  He wanted a threesome, I wanted to see what it would be like to be with another woman and she is who he picked.  It never happened as he got insanely jealous when she and I started talking on FB.  We talked on and off for a year before we actually met in person.  I went to see her shoot pool on her pool league and that was it.  It will be three years on February 15.  I knew before we even met in person and that night confirmed it for me.  I looked her up and down that night and said to myself, "yep, I can do this forever". 

2. How do you like your eggs?

Over easy, every single time. 

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?

Does a moose count?  It technically wouldn't go in the house, but I would love to have one in our yard...a buffalo too.  I think they are beautiful animals. 

4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun

I grew up literally down the road from where I live now.  We live outside of Ellicottville, NY (Holiday Valley Ski Resort for anyone who might ski).  We are very rural and not far from Amish communities if that gives you any idea.  The road I grew up on, and live on now, used to be dirt.  Now it is just chipped and oiled...no lines or anything fancy like that   My parent's house is a small ranch.  Nothing fancy or out of the ordinary I would say.  For fun...hmmm...not a whole lot to do out in the middle of nowhere.  Bonfires were a highlight. 

5. What are you up to this weekend

Well...this weekend is holding an extra activity that I certainly wasn't planning on.  Our original plans were to go shopping tomorrow so I can get some new clothes that fit better.  My dad's 70th birthday is Sunday, so we planned to have a party for him.  Saturday night bowling is a fixture until the middle of April.  Two wrenches have been thrown into the plan...1. I haven't been feeling well.  Not sure what is going on.  It isn't constant, but I periodically just feel ill.  2.  CD 1 appears to be today...potentially why I'm feeling ill.  Now that was a surprise.  That makes this past cycle a whopping 18 days.  My RE said that Gonal-F could shorten my cycle, but he said to expect CD 1 around 10dpo.  So, that being said, we are back to Buffalo at 7:45 Sunday morning for CD 3 blood work and u/s.  While I'm excited to get moving again, I'm nervous for what this means for our future IUI cycles.  I'm going to be asking about being put on progesterone for this next cycle.  Had we done an IUI, there is no way any fertilized eggs would have had time to implant.  This makes me nervous for an even more rocky road ahead of us.  What will be will be.  I am hoping my RE doesn't put up a fight when I suggest progesterone.  So, now I think we will be going to the RE Sunday, shopping on Sunday, and having my Dad's party on Sunday.  We were planning to go shopping in Buffalo and I definitely don't want to make any more trips than what is going to be necessary. 

Bonus: PIP us something! Anything Maybe a pet photo? Childhood home? Dinner last night?

Here are our babies...they were cuddling with me last night on the couch.

ATXmommas

1.  Short version - One of Z's exes started dating my friend.  Unbeknownst to me, they decided to set us up.  When we met, neither one of us thought a whole lot of each other, but we started hanging out.  Z started falling for me, but I told her for months that I did not want a serious relationship and that I didn't see us being together long term.  There wasn't a single moment that I realized I was in love with her - it was a million little things over the course of a few months.  I told the officiant of our wedding (and she worked it into the ceremony) that when I put pen to paper, Z was not at all what I was looking for.  But, in the end I didn't really know what I wanted until what I wanted showed up.

2. When I eat eggs, I want organic, free-ranged (pastured if I can find them) eggs either scrambled or over easy. I love a runny yolk.  When I'm not pregnant or BF, I adhere to a vegan diet and don't eat eggs at all.

3. Oh, hell no.  There are two ladies (with long hair), 2 cats, a 75-lb dog, and a baby in our 1000 square feet condo.  But, once we get into a bigger house, I would explore the option of adopting an older, mellow dog.

4. I grew up in a suburb of Jackson, MS.  Population 25,000.  Just typical suburban living, I guess.  Very conservative and very religious.  My stepmom told me that one of her "friends" told her how sorry she was when she heard that I was getting married to a woman.  And, some nasty kids in my little sister's school gave her a hard time too.  Sheesh.  I hoped more had changed with the younger population.  Though I will say that the majority of folks I went to high school with are very tolerant.  I took Z to my high school reunion a few years ago and people were awesome to her/us.  Hopefully those kids my sister's age will grow up too.  I digress, but those are just some of the reasons that I left.  Not that Texas is a haven of tolerance and liberalism, but Austin is.

5. My best friend's wedding is tonight.  Yesterday we went to the spa, then had rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.  Wedding is this afternoon.  Busy, busy day.  Will PIP later in the week.

My bonus PIP is from 2009.  We had a puppy shower for Bama.  Yes, we're "those" people. 

Jazibel

1. Tell us your love story. How did you meet? When did you know she was "the one"?
EV and I met in college (a small women's college in upstate NY), we became friends freshman year.  We had a dramatic start to our relationship since it began in secret toward the end of Sophmore year as we were both seeing other people (*blush*).  I broke it off with my boyfriend and she with her girlfriend, and craziness ensued - it could have been a made for tv movie... The drama led to us breaking up (instigated by me- I remember asking her when she was going to start taking care of herself (instead of other people). I was heartbroken.  I had fallen in love with her early on after having a profound epiphany when I was looking into her eyes that she was the one.  For the next few years I dated men and women but never forgot or "got over" her. We reconnected Senior year of college and talked on the phone and wrote letters regularly (she had moved out to California). She visited the East Coast in December 1999 and we met up for a long weekend with mutual friends. We reconnected on all levels and have been together since. I moved out to California with two suitcases in March 2000.  We were 22  and 23 when we moved in together and our relationship had a lot of growing to do (still does ;-). We had a wedding ceremony 9.5 years ago and made it legal this past December the 27th. 
I feel so lucky to have shared so much of my life with the love of my life. We've now known each other for nearly 20 years.  

2. How do you like your eggs?
I love eggs over easy, with a runny yolk for toast dipping. But unfortunately I'm moderately allergic   We just figured out that Kaden was getting a rash for eating eggs.  And luck would have it EV is also allergic. So we're trying to stay away from eggs. I miss them

3. If you could add 1 (more) pet to your household, what would it be and why?
To be honest I've had pets at various times in my life. Right now we're pet free and I kind of like it. My life is pretty chaotic with my Tasmanian devil toddler.  Not to say that a day doesn't go by when I think about having a dog or cat (though I'm allergic to cats.... It would be totally worth it for their cuteness).  I think in a few years when we hopefully buy a long term home in the area where we want our kids to go to school we'll get a big dog, like a lab or golden retriever.


4. Where did you grow up? Describe it for us... Big city or small town? What was your house luke? What did you do for fun
I grew up in a small suburb in Northern NJ.  Our town had 20K people, 3 or 4 elementary schools and 1 highschool.   I loved the town I grew up in. It was quiet, safe, super kid friendly. We used to ride our bikes everywhere as kids growing up and never worried or felt unsafe. Same with trick or treating, caroling, selling girl scout cookies. In the summer we went to the pool a lot, when I was older I was a summer camp counselor for several years.  My only "complaint" is that it was a fairly conservative town, and pretty homogenous.

5. What are you up to this weekend
Well... It's already Saturday night :-)  Today we hung out at the house mostly.  I put away a huge pile of newborn things in the nursery/Kaden's room. This afternoon I made Aloo Gobi and Chicken Tikka Masala for dinner and it was delicious. This evening K and I went to the gym for a little bit.  Tomorrow we're meeting up with our friend(s) (Not sure S's wife can make it). for frozen yogurt.

Bonus: PIP us something! Anything Maybe a pet photo? Childhood home? Dinner last night?

Jazibel

Whoops forgot to say I grew up in a 1920s colonial, my parents lived there until after I moved out. It had 3 bedrooms so my parents converted the attic into my room. It had a big skylight and lots of windows. I loved the privacy and the fact that it was like a little apartment complete with couch. I moved up there when I was 5 and had a corner of the room dedicated to my little Playmobil village :-). My parents later added an addition on the house and an extra bathroom.

PIP - my parents with Kaden when he was just a couple months old - taken by their hotel pool.

ball.and.chain

Jazibel said:

Whoops forgot to say I grew up in a 1920s colonial, my parents lived there until after I moved out. It had 3 bedrooms so my parents converted the attic into my room. It had a big skylight and lots of windows.

(Quotes are screwed up, but...)

Weird, my parents also converted our attic in our 3br 1920s Colonial into a bedroom for me -- but I shared it with my sister.  AND I went to a small women's college...but didn't meet my wife there!

Jazibel

ball.and.chain said:

Jazibel said:

Whoops forgot to say I grew up in a 1920s colonial, my parents lived there until after I moved out. It had 3 bedrooms so my parents converted the attic into my room. It had a big skylight and lots of windows.

(Quotes are screwed up, but...)

Weird, my parents also converted our attic in our 3br 1920s Colonial into a bedroom for me -- but I shared it with my sister.  AND I went to a small women's college...but didn't meet my wife there!

@ball.and.chain - sweet!! How did you like going to a women's college? I loved it - it was very small so our classes we're more intimate and everyone knew everyone (kind of). The school offered a lot considering how small it was. Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like going to a big university, living in/near a city rather than out in the country. Oh well :-). We had a lake and midnight skinny dipping made it all worth it!! Lol

What are you doing with the attic space now that you own the home?

ball.and.chain

@Jazibel -- I loved my women's college.  It was also tiny and everyone knew each other.  It was in a suburb so we did have access to a city but otherwise it felt like a little bubble.  We had skinny dipping too. 

Oy, the attic...right now it's just storage.  My sisters still have some stuff up there that we haven't been able to get them to deal with.  We need to replace the carpet and wallpaper and do a few other things in order to actually use it for anything, but it will either be a guest room or a kid's room in the future.