Since this board isn't that active I figured we could post some information about us in here... Maybe liven things up a bit? ?=)
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Name:
Are you named after anyone??
Birthday(leave off the year if you want :
Significant Other's Name:?
Location:
Hometown:
Favorite/Least Favorite food:
Are you sarcastic??
Tell us about your child(ren):
Tell us something interesting about yourself:?
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If anyone has anything to add, like other fun questions or something, feel free! ?Ready, set, GO!?
Re: Getting to know you?
Name: ?Katie
Are you named after anyone? ?My first name is actually Katharine and that is after Katharine Hepburn.. I share a middle name with one of my aunts.
Birthday: ?December 10th?
Significant Other's Name: ?James
Location: ?Right now we are in Bellingham, WA waiting to catch a ferry into Ketchikan, AK.?
Hometown: ?South Carolina
Favorite/Least Favorite food: ?Steak, salad and baked potato/LOTS; I'm a picky eater
Are you sarcastic? ?Sometimes.
Tell us about your child(ren): ?J and I are actually expecting our first in May or is it April? ?When I get final word, I'll share, haha!
Tell us something interesting about yourself: ?I was in a wreck on 6-6-6 that landed me not walking until 7-7-7 and J and I started dating on 8-8-8. ?The trend stopped when nothing significant happened on 9-9-9.
Name: Krista
Are you named after anyone? My middle name, Maureen, is after a dear friend to my parents. His name was Maurice. (pronounced Morris)
Birthday: July 13
Significant Other's Name: None
Location: Valdez, AK
Hometown: Circle, AK
Favorite/Least Favorite food: My favorite food changes almost daily right now. For today it's french fries... Yeah, I know that's not so good.
Are you sarcastic? Yes but usually in a fun way, not in a hurtful way
Tell us about your child(ren): My first babies are two lab/mutt mix dogs, Sam and Katie-bug. Sam is 11 and Katie-bug is 4 and she is still a holy terror but tons fun! She keeps the old guy young.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I'm 39, still single, clock was ticking LOUDLY, haven't found my S/O yet so I've decided to take matters into my own hands and start my family using a donor before it's too late for me. That's not very interesting but it's current.
Name: Samantha
Are you named after anyone? Nope, and I was going to be named Linda but when I was born my dad looked at me and told my mom, she doesn't look like a Linda, she looks like a Samantha. My mom had to ask the nurse how to spell it.
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : Aug 3
Significant Other's Name: Hans
Location: Anchorage
Hometown: Anchorage / Palmer / Wasilla
Favorite/Least Favorite food: I love pasta / lots of least favorite's I too am a picky eater.
Are you sarcastic? Sometimes
Tell us about your child(ren): Jacob - he will be 6 months next week!
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I have 4 siblings but yet I am also an only child. (I know it sounds weird, but I am the only child that my parents had, my siblings are all half siblings or step siblings.)
Name: Kat
Are you named after anyone? My mama - we have the same exact name!
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 10/25
Significant Other's Name: Tim
Location: Eagle River
Hometown: Elkton, Maryland
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Right now i crave anything Pumpkin.
Are you sarcastic?
Tell us about your child(ren): This is my first one. (2 fur baby kitties in maryland though)
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I am into all sorts of things from rock shows to history museums to baseball.
DUE DATE: 01/10/10
Very nice to meet you ladies
Krista-- we are very close in our pregnancy.. should be fun going through it all, haha!?
Name: Amanda
Are you named after anyone? My middle name is Louise, after my mom's middle name, and if we're having a girl, she'll get it too
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 9/21/83
Significant Other's Name: Kevin
Location: Wasilla
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Chocolate would have to top my favorites list, and any seafood other than crab would be my least favorite.
Are you sarcastic? Very much so IRL, but I tend not to be on the boards because it can be so easily misread.
Tell us about your child(ren): This our first,a nd we find out what it is on the 29th!
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I never know what to say for questions like this! Can I pass?
Name: Megan Marlene
Are you named after anyone? My first name is uniquely my own (my Daddy liked that it meant "Great") while I share my middle name with my Momma and Granny. Our first girl will be named Samantha Marlene.
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 07/18/1987
Significant Other's Name: Micah
Location: Anchorage!
Hometown:For me, the South in general. I was born in FL, raised in GA, then went to college in TN before marrying my AK boy and moving up here
Favorite/Least Favorite food:Fave food: Italian and Southern Cooking, Icky food: No one cuisine, just certain things like carrot juice, raw sushi, fish egg soup, and country fried steak.. gross!
Are you sarcastic? Who me? Naw.... never!
Tell us about your child(ren): First one on the way! I'm due March 19th! And it's a surprise (hubby's one request... *sigh*)
Tell us something interesting about yourself: Um... I'm a 5th generation preacher's kid, I love to read anything and everything, write stories, scrapbook (though right now it's Scrapblog-- digital scrapbooking!), can cook up a mean homemade tomato sauce, and am a Gilmore Girl at heart!
Name: Meghan
Are you named after anyone? Nope
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 9/23/82
Significant Other's Name: Timothy
Location: Juneau
Hometown: Juneau
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Favorite - it depends on the day, but I like ethnic foods. Least - pickles
Are you sarcastic? Yes...
Tell us about your child(ren): DD is 1. She's got lots of attitude, loves to toddle everywhere, and gives me hugs all the time.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I'm not really an interesting person. I love writing, being spontaneous, and using my brains. I'm opinionated, but try to avoid conflict unless it's in support of something I truly believe in.
If anyone has anything to add, like other fun questions or something, feel free! Ready, set, GO!
Name:Mary
Are you named after anyone? My grandmother
Birthday(leave off the year if you want :7/28/78
Significant Other's Name: David
Location:Sitka
Hometown:Orange County California
Favorite/Least Favorite food:Favorite (thai) least ( italian)
Are you sarcastic? Very
Tell us about your child(ren):We have one baby girl Quinn who is 6 months old and just found out we are expecting number 2.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: my husband and I move every year or so for his job. We have lived all over the country and were in Hawaii before this.
Name: Christie
Are you named after anyone? Nope
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 8.9.1985
Significant Other's Name: Aaron
Location: Anchorage
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Favorite/Least Favorite food: I love spaghetti, I'm not a big fan of many dairy products.
Are you sarcastic? In more of a silly sort of way, but not as much online because it always is misinterpreted and people take what I say seriously (this is especially the case in my FB statuses and on my blog)
Tell us about your child(ren): We have a daughter, Harper, who will be 7 months old just after Christmas and just started TTC #2 this month. Yep I'm one of those crazies who is actually trying for 2u2!
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I've been to almost all 50 states, I think there are only 7 or 8 that I haven't been to yet.
Name: Keely Rose
Are you named after anyone? My parents argued over my name until my grandma stepped in and said to name me Keely since no ones been named that. But my middle name, Rose, is after that same grandma. :]
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : June 15th.
Significant Other's Name: Michael Lee
Location: Currently: Hollis, Alaska
Hometown: Born in Owatonna, Minnesota but adopted and moved to Petersburg, Alaska.
Favorite/Least Favorite food: My moms homemade lasagna and her delicious buttermilk pankcakes with her own syrup (secretly it's only the maple extract with A LOT of sugar! ) / Sooo many things... I'm such a picky eater, it drives Michael crazy. But if I had to pick one... Casseroles
Are you sarcastic? Very, haha.
Tell us about your child(ren): This will be our first, so our fingers are crossed! :]
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I've played piano since I could walk (literally), my partner, Michael, and I met through my best friend, from whom I, innocently, stole him. I've gone to college for Culinary and Fashion Design, both of which didn't stick very well. I've settled on wanting to be a high school band director and teaching piano lessons. :]
Name: Caitlyn Candice
Are you named after anyone? Some aunts on my dads side.
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 5/8/87
Significant Other's Name: Lyle
Location: Delta Junction
Hometown: Delta Junction
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Favorite- Lots of things, Pizza, cheap mac and cheese, chocolate, bacon.... Least- seafood
Are you sarcastic? Sometimes
Tell us about your child(ren): Candice Kaylou, one word ATTITUDE. Smart, headstrong, very beautiful, 3 years old. Her name came from all of the moms middle names. Mine Candice, my mom Kay, my ex's mom Lou.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I hate cooking. I do not cook at home. But I am a cook at work. Its weird, I can burn water at home but at work everyone loves my food.
We would probably get along. I am a music teacher.
Name: Tasha Renee'
Are you named after anyone? Not that I know of... My MIL actually named me!!
Birthday: July 28
Significant other's name: Adam Charles
Location: Wrangell, AK
Hometown: Wallowa, OR
Favorite/ Least favorite food: I like food. That is all there is to say.
Are you sarcastic? Sometimes.
Tell us about your children: This is #1... *Hoping for a sticky baby after a miscarriage on 8-8-09*
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I married my friend from childhood... He quite literally has known me from day 1.
Name: Chelsey
Are you named after anyone? My Great Grandma
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 05/22/88
Significant Other's Name: Brandon
Location: Ketchikan
Hometown: Ketchikan
Favorite/Least Favorite food: I love a lot of food / I hate beets
Are you sarcastic? Yes
Tell us about your child(ren): We are expecting our first! She was due Feb. 2nd but doesn't want to come out yet! She is being stubborn like her mamma
Hi! I just found this board tonight! It seems like it's not very active though. There's got to be more AK Mommies out there! )
Name: Blaire
Are you named after anyone? My mom got the idea for my name from The Facts of Life! lol
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : August 18th
Significant Other's Name: Brian
Location: Anchorage/Elmendorf AFB
Hometown: Owensboro, KY
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Fave: Just about any ethnic foods and seafood; Least Fave: Right now, Wendy's. It's been my only food aversion.
Are you sarcastic? No, not really.
Tell us about your child(ren): This is our first! We're newlyweds. My LMP was 10/23, we got married on 10/24 and I got my BFP 11/30. Hello honeymoon baby!
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I don't know what to say here...
Name: Sheree
Are you named after anyone? My aunt
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 4/20
Significant Other's Name: Josh
Location: Kodiak
Hometown: Bridgewater, CT
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Favorite is fetuccini and least favorite is crab
Are you sarcastic? sometimes
Tell us about your child(ren): I have one little boy who is 3 years old and we have another on the way due 8/5.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: My husband is in the Coast Guard and we are stationed in Kodiak.
Hi everyone!
Are you named after anyone? Middle name is same as aunts mid name. Family tradition, should have been moms but jennifer marie sounds dumb! so its jennifer michelle
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 10/24/89
Significant Other's Name: Tom
Location: Big lake, Alaska
Hometown: Willow, Alaska
Favorite/Least Favorite food: hmmm meat! lol i love meat, and salad, and fuit, and chocolate... I don't think thats a fare question to a prego.. lol
Are you sarcastic? Who isn't?
Tell us about your child(ren): I have one angel baby, 3-4-9 Alexandira Jessie G. She was still born at 37 weeks. And am currently cooking my second little one, am 24 weeks now and hope to hear this one cry, due June 22nd.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: Hmmmm not good at "bragging bout my self", I have 6 brothers no sisters?? is that interesting? hmmmm yeah i dunno. lol
Name: Miss Reza
Are you named after anyone? Nope im an original.
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : March 11th.
Significant Other's Name: Leonard but he's not in the picture.
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Hometown: *same*
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Favorite food is a turkey sandwhich or ice cream. Least, artichokes.
Are you sarcastic? Extremly, life is way to short to not make it comical!
Tell us about your child(ren): Well she will be here on June 10th and she loves to kick me at night..hehe.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I love to sing, im no celiene dion but can carry a tune..haha!
Name: Megan
I am not named after anyone
August 12th
Jacob
Homer Ak
Sterling Ak
Favorite food-Spaghetti, least fav.-seafood
I am not sarcastic.
I have one 8 month old baby girl and am expecting another child in November.
I figure skate.
Name: Amy
Are you named after anyone? the book Little Women (my middle name is Beth, too!
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 11-8
Significant Other's Name:Zack
Location:Anchorage
Hometown:Same!
Favorite/Least Favorite food:right now? Fav-bacon cheeseburgers from wendys/least favorite-chocolate
Are you sarcastic? too much
Tell us about your child(ren): This is my first!
Tell us something interesting about yourself:We are having the first grandchild on both sides of the family and our parents are going to be ridiculously excited!
Name:Chandra
Are you named after anyone? My middle name is after my grandma who passed away when my dad was 15
Birthday(leave off the year if you want :04/19/1990
Significant Other's Name: Kade
Location:Valdez
Hometown:Hermiston OR
Favorite/Least Favorite food:Favorite food: Devil eggs(: Least Fav: Fish
Are you sarcastic? Very
Tell us about your child(ren):This is the first and he isnt due till July 1st
Tell us something interesting about yourself: Can i pass?
Name: Nichole (Nikki)
Are you named after anyone? Nope. My mom wanted me to be a boy and was going to name me Nicholas....
Birthday(leave off the year if you want :12/24/84
Significant Other's Name: Tallun
Location: Anchorage
Hometown: Silver Lake, Wa
Favorite/Least Favorite food: I love all food!!
Are you sarcastic? Extremely
Tell us about your child(ren): None yet.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I'm a high risk pregnancy. Diagnosed with FVL and had 2 PE's in 7-09
No fertility care this time, and post cancer treatment! Hooray!
Total Thyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer in 2013
Name: Jami
Are you named after anyone: My grandfather (James Kimbrell)
Birthday: January 5, 1985
Significant Other's Name: Joe
Location: Anchorage
Hometown: Athens, Georgia
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Most favorite....PIZZA!!!!!!! Least favorite....onions....
Are you sarcastic: Most definitely! Sometimes i have to bite my tongue because people don't know how to take me.....especially with my southern accent on top of it!
Tell about your children: My husband and I are expecting our first one February 21, 2011
Something interesting about me: I never know what to put here....I am a special education teacher....I have two dogs who are very much like miniature humans....i like to laugh a lot....i am usually surrounded by books....
Name: Kassie
Are you named after anyone? Nope
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 9-1-82
Significant Other's Name: Zach
Location: Anchorage
Hometown: Aberdeen, WA
Favorite/Least Favorite food: I love Thanksgiving dinner.. no thank you on the Liver and onions.
Are you sarcastic? I can be, but no for the most part.
Tell us about your child(ren): I just had my first on 8-27-10 Her name is Makaia and she is the light of my life.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I sing well, I didnt know I was pregnant til I was 29wks and 1 day.
EDD- 06/13/2017
**Stinkerbelle-8-27-10 * Mr.P's 2nd Mama 7-27-07**
Are you named after anyone? No
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : May 29
Significant Other's Name: Julius
Location:Wasilla
Hometown:A small town in Michigan
Favorite/Least Favorite food: buttered noodles/ meat; but the problem is the squid wants to eat meat.
Are you sarcastic? me, sarcastic???
Tell us about your child(ren): we have a cat that is our current child
Tell us something interesting about yourself: something interesting about me could be i was never going to get married and was never going to have children and now i am both of them. i am also always reading and working with young adults with disabilities. and i have just finished my first full marathon, of which i was 4 months along.
Name: Naomi
Are you named after anyone? Yep, My first and middle names are all from family
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : 5/30
Significant Other's Name: Jason Location: Anchorage for now.... Eagle River eventually
Hometown: Ummm Any military base
Favorite/Least Favorite food: No particular favorites at this time, but that may be because this little girl has me sick every time I eat something.
Are you sarcastic? Nope, not at all
Tell us about your child(ren): 2 boys, girl on the way and a dog
Tell us something interesting about yourself: Life needs to slow down... That is all
A Frog, A Monkey and a Ladybug
Name: Viola
Are you named after anyone? I am named after m great-aunt Vi, and my 2 grandmothers.
Birthday(leave off the year if you want :August 21, 1982
Significant Other's Name: George
Location: Anchorage
Hometown: My heart will always be in Chugiak, I miss that house!
Favorite/Least Favorite food: Tomatoes and McDonald's Big and Tasty's except while preggers cause the tomatoes arent agreeing with me
Are you sarcastic? never
Tell us about your child(ren): Jasmine is my first and my ex-husbands fourth child, she's gonna be an auntie in a couple weeks and a big sister in about 8 months. She's really excited.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: Anyone that knows me, knows I am a great friend until you screw it up.
Name:Stephanie
Are you named after anyone? Yep, both of my Grandfathers
Birthday(leave off the year if you want : Sept 7th
Significant Other's Name: Layne
Location: Ketchikan AK
Hometown:Consider Anchorage home.
Favorite/Least Favorite food: any food that stays down is good
Are you sarcastic? Yes
Tell us about your child(ren): have 1 fur baby who's 8 (dog named Auska) and have one on the way! A little girl.
Tell us something interesting about yourself: I am pretty darn boring.