Working Moms

~*~*~ POLL TIME ~*~*~*

1) Have you read The Hunger Games?

2) What are you wearing?

3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

5) Weekend plans?

6) What are you favorite magazines?

7) 2 things you love about you home.

8) 2 things you hate about your home.

9) Favorite TV Show

10) What is your best skill? Hobby?

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? No- honestly I've never heard of it until last week (yes I live under a rock)

    2) What are you wearing? Black cotton shirt and grey dress pants

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!- prepare the night before, and stay organized.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

    5) Weekend plans? Gymnastics and Soccer, trip to the Zoo if it doesn't rain- going to see The Lorax if it does rain.

    6) What are you favorite magazines? none

    7) 2 things you love about you home.- the layout and the yard

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.- the size and the work that still needs to be done

    9) Favorite TV Show- The Big Bang Theory

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby- I enjoy tiling- I've done several bathrooms, a kitchen, laundry room and two foyers.

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  • I never participate in these! 

    1) Have you read The Hunger Games? Yes

    2) What are you wearing? Jeans, school shirt and a sweatshirt (love "spirit days" in elementary schools!)

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!  Meal plan!

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!  Take out - ha!

    5) Weekend plans?  nothing - DH is out of town

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Entertainment Weekly is the only thing I read

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  All rooms are on 1 floor.  The modern design of Eichler homes.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  The awful wallpaper that was put up and we haven't taken down.  The single pane windows that need replacing.

    9) Favorite TV Show  Bones or NCIS

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? Skill?  Music - it's what I get paid to teach.  Hobby? Crafts, especially crocheting.


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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?  Nope. I have no idea what the buzz is about!

    2) What are you wearing?  Denim slacks, white camisole, grey sweater, navy heels.

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

    -Set up your kid's lunches in advance by pre-packing all the dry goods like chips or crackers in baggies on Sunday. Pre-cut veggies and put in fridge containers.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!   Bread, cheese, salami, apples, grapes and veggies on a platter. Weeknight picnic!

    5) Weekend plans?  Birthday party on Sat. for some daycare friends, family brunch on Sunday.

    6) What are you favorite magazines?  The Week, Sunset (although it has started to cater to hipsters and has gone way downhill), Houzz on iPad.

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  It is funky and fun and in a good school district.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  I want to re-do the kitchen and flooring.

    9) Favorite TV Show  Once Upon a Time, DWTS

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  Cooking, entertaining, writing.

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    7) 2 things you love about you home.  All rooms are on 1 floor.  The modern design of Eichler homes.

      OOOOH!  You have an Eichler?  I am SO jealous. I used to live in Palo Alto and we rented one. I would kill for an Eichler!
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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?

    No

    2) What are you wearing?

    It's my birthday (and grades are due tonight, so only profs who are still grading are here), so I went quirky. Brown T-shirt with an orange typewriter and something funny about writing, khaki cardigan, jeans, brown Oxford shoes.

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

    Vodka, lots of vodka. (I honestly don't have one. Sorry.)

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

    Cracker and cheese plate and a beer.

    5) Weekend plans?

    Grades are due tonight at midnight for the whole college and tomorrow at midnight for the English faculty. I'm just hoping to survive. Then, a double-date bowling night sometime!

    6) What are you favorite magazines?

    Poets & Writers, Writers' Digest, Contrary (I co-founded it) https://contrarymagazine.com

    7) 2 things you love about your home.

    I can afford it on just my salary and my guy can be a SAHD.

    It's a cute, tiny 1940s cottage

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.

    Our remodel will never be done.

    I can't keep it clean :-(

    9) Favorite TV Show

    Grimm

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?

    I'm a great writer (I hope, at least), and I'm lots of fun :-)

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games? No, I don't read books anymore-lack of time

    2) What are you wearing? light weight slacks with a thin turtleneck blouse

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! I'm at a loss and can only think of the usual that is covered by this board

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! Grilled cheese w/ avacado and tomato

    5) Weekend plans? the girls are getting professional photos taken w/ live bunnies

    6) What are you favorite magazines? gossip mags

    7) 2 things you love about you home. the layout and location

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. it's 11 yrs old and things are breaking now, mortgage

    9) Favorite TV Show recently, Shameless

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? I can remember names and dates (b-days, anniversaries) of ppl who I barely met. I'm still trying to figure out how to make money off of this

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? no

    2) What are you wearing? Jeans and a goofy floral maternity shirt

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! Own your decision to work and rockk it out!

     4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! scrambled eggs, whole wheat toast and a smoothie with whatever kind of fruit is in the house

    5) Weekend plans? Nothing major.  We have an investment property that I am showing to a potential new tenant on Sat morning. 

    6) What are you favorite magazines? NutritionAction Healthletter and Better Homes and Gardens

    7) 2 things you love about you home. 1- my newly renovated master bedroom. I feel like I'm in a hotel. 2- My big empty unfinished basement that I turned into a makeshift gym.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. 1- one of the largest rooms on the first floor  is very isolated and therefore not used as much as it could be. 2- not as much counterspace in the kitchen as I would like

    9) Favorite TV Show- honestly, I don't really watch much tv. I choose sleep!

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? I love to cook- but not really bake.  I love to experiment with new-to-me foods (like kamut).  I also frequently attempt to turn my family's old-school italian recipes into more healtful options- I have had some major success in the past couple of months.  I also love to read and started running last year. 

  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?

    No, I just had to google it to see what it was about.... 

    2) What are you wearing?

    Jeans and hooded sweatshirt - I'm off today though... 

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

    Meal planning and attempt to prep things on Sat/Sun for the upcoming week. 

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

    Grilled cheese w/ deli meat sandwiches

    5) Weekend plans?

    Going to a horse auction - hoping to sell one we have & come home with a new one for DH. I'm getting up at 1am to pick up my trainer and then come back home to met DH and drive for 4.5 - 5 hours to the auction, and hopefully be there by 7:30 or 8 am... I need to take a nap this afternoon... uggh. 

    6) What are you favorite magazines?

    I read a couple of horse-related ones... otherwise taste of home

    7) 2 things you love about you home.

    big yard, space for our animals to be at home. 

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.

    My kitchen - I have virtually no counter space, very badly needs a remodel. Only having 1 bathroom

    9) Favorite TV Show

    Grey's Anatomy probably - I don't watch a ton of TV

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?

    I like to cook, and I think I'm pretty good at it. 

    Hobby - horses... hence why I'm getting up at 1 am and driving a LONG way tomorrow. Oh yeah, and we're planning on heading back home Sat night after the auction too. Atleast I can sleep in the truck. 


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    7) 2 things you love about you home.  All rooms are on 1 floor.  The modern design of Eichler homes.

      OOOOH!  You have an Eichler?  I am SO jealous. I used to live in Palo Alto and we rented one. I would kill for an Eichler!

    Yep - we live in a Eichler that needs help!!!  

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? I have not.  I didn't like Twilight and it seems too similar.

    2) What are you wearing? Jeans and a sweatshirt.  I work at a sawmill so this is pretty much the usual.

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! Enjoy the time with your LO's.  I love how excited DD is when I get to Daycare and pick her up.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! DH is the cook :)

    5) Weekend plans? Going to see the Easter bunny tomorrow

    6) What are you favorite magazines? I love gossip mags

    7) 2 things you love about you home. The size of the bedrooms, and my bath tub

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. The size of our backyard (too small) and our kitchen doesn't flow nicely

    9) Favorite TV Show - Big Bang Theory and Two Broke Girls

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? Sports - love softball

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    @Shaindelr - Happy Birthday!!!! Cake

    @Spenjamins - LOVE the Houzz app!

    I am hopelessly addicted to Houzz. I am on there as mexicantile1.  You can see my favs if you are bored!

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    7) 2 things you love about you home.  All rooms are on 1 floor.  The modern design of Eichler homes.

      OOOOH!  You have an Eichler?  I am SO jealous. I used to live in Palo Alto and we rented one. I would kill for an Eichler!

    Yep - we live in a Eichler that needs help!!!  

    Are you in the Bay Area?  Again, I am jealous.  Do not tell me you have an interior outdoor space.  LOVE!
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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?
    Nope, but I've been thinking about jumping on the bandwagon!

    2) What are you wearing?
    T-shirt & jeans (traveling home on business)

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!
    Screw trying to be a "hero" or "martyr." Ask your husband (or SO or mom or whoever) for help. DH is obligated to help (he helped create this life!) And noone is a mind reader!

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!
    I don't cook, but i'd say grilled cheese & tomato basil soup

    5) Weekend plans?
    I've been away on travel for 2.5 days so weekend is cuddling my baby!

    6) What are you favorite magazines?
    Not big on magazines, sorry

    7) 2 things you love about you home.
    Overall size & location

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.
    Kitchen layout/size & I wish more of my yard was flat.

    9) Favorite TV Show
    So many! Modern Family & Grey's Anatomy top the list

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?
    Ugh, I feel like a loser, I really need a skill/hobby. Hoping to get back into taekwondo (was a red belt when I had to quit due to pregnancy)

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    7) 2 things you love about you home.  All rooms are on 1 floor.  The modern design of Eichler homes.

      OOOOH!  You have an Eichler?  I am SO jealous. I used to live in Palo Alto and we rented one. I would kill for an Eichler!

    Yep - we live in a Eichler that needs help!!!  

    Are you in the Bay Area?  Again, I am jealous.  Do not tell me you have an interior outdoor space.  LOVE!

    We don't have that floor plan, but some people do on others streets.  I can't even imagine that wonderful floor plan.

    Yes, we're in the Bay Area in the Walnut Creek (Rancho San Miguel) Eichler neighborhood.

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games? YES! Completely obsessed and seeing the movie tonight with my book club!  Whoo hoo!

    2) What are you wearing? Black pants, pink top

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!  Get up early - it just makes you feel a little more on top of the day.  Use your crockpot - or order in.  It's a lifesaver

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!  Frozen pizza :)

    5) Weekend plans? Hunger Games!  Basketball, soccer for the big one, Hippotherapy for the middle one, Dinner at a friends house and b-day party

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Time, Smart Money, Self

    7) 2 things you love about you home. Backyard, my shower feels like a spa

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. Nothing really - maybe the ceilings in our basement are low

    9) Favorite TV Show  BIG BANG THEORY!!

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  Hmm...  multitasking?

  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? Yes!!

    2) What are you wearing? Jeans and my favorite t-shirt.

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! Convince your DH to wash bottle and pump parts. I could only get him to do it like once a month, but it made my night so much better when I had an extra few minutes to myself.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! Noodles & Company

    5) Weekend plans? Watching the Hunger Games movie

    6) What are you favorite magazines? I don't read magazines

    7) 2 things you love about you home. Big master suite, private back yard

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. Small front yard, needs to be painted inside

    9) Favorite TV Show: Big Bang Theory

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? I read a lot, that must be my hobby.


  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? Yes

    2) What are you wearing? Tank top with cardigan, jeans, flats

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! If possible pick out all your clothes and child's clothes for the week on Sunday, prepare as much as you can the night before. 

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! PBnJ's?

    5) Weekend plans? Going to see The Hunger Games, cleaning, drinking some beers.

    6) What are you favorite magazines? This Old House

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  It is the home we brough DS home to, our inground pool

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  the inground pool (it is a love/hate relationship) and the carpeting/linoleum

    9) Favorite TV Show  Modern Family

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  Skill writing, hobby baking

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  • 1)  Yup, I read it last week.  It was awesome, and I'm going to order the other 2 books.

    2)  Jeans, a blue tunic, and a blue sweater.

    3)  Nothing comes to mind right now.

    4)  Quesadillas are yummy.

    5)  I have a job interview tomorrow.  On Sunday DH wants to work on the garden.  And I want to make soft pretzels again.  So good.

    6)  Us.  Food Network magazine.

    7)  I like the open floor plan.  And the finishes on the remodel are nice.

    8)  The way DD's toys take over the space.  (We have 1200 square feet.)  Also, parking is a problem for guests.  (We have a townhome.)

    9)  Nikita!

    10)  Cooking and baking.  I'm also good at planning international travel.

     

  • I love polls

    1) Have you read The Hunger Games?  Yes, but I never finished the 3rd book...just lost interest

    2) What are you wearing?  Black t shirt, army green capris...I WAH

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!  meal plan and crockpot are my best friends

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!  Breakfast for dinner..scrambled eggs, fruit, toast

    5) Weekend plans?  My DH's grandmom's 100th (woo hoo) birthday party and meeting with our builder of our new house

    6) What are you favorite magazines?  Entertainment Weekly

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  We're trying to sell our current house..so I love that it's always clean LOL and I love our deck

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  The market around here and our small lot

    9) Favorite TV Show  I love Thursday night NBC, always have...

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  I love cooking so I'd like to think I do that best???  I don't have much time for hobbies at the moment...

     

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? Yes- all three in two weeks. DH and I are going to see it tomorrow. Yay!

    2) What are you wearing? Jeans, top, black sandals

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! Prepare everything the night before, buy extra pump parts and bottles, TAKE A BREAK every once in a while.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! Quesadillas

    5) Weekend plans? My brother is home on leave so we are getting together tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night is date night, church on Sunday morning, birthday party on Sunday afternoon.

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Don't have one.

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  Kitchen and having a playroom

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. Mortgage payment and the value compared to what we bought it for

    9) Favorite TV Show All time favorite- The Golden Girls, Current- Toss up between Grey's and once upon a time

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? Hobby- reading, skill- decorating

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger GamesYes!

    2) What are you wearing?  gray maternity pants, teal shirt, black sweater

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!  one day at a time

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!  pbj/cereal/salad...

    5) Weekend plans?  seeing Hunger Games, DD has a soccer game, yard work

    6) What are you favorite magazines?  I don't read any regularly

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  uhhhhh... it's cozy (because it's small)

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  only 2?  a lot needs updated and it's tiny

    9) Favorite TV Show  Shameless right now

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  I knit :)

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games? I have not.  I didn't like Twilight and it seems too similar.

    Trust me, it is in no way, shape or form similar to Twilight. I hated Twilight, but really really enjoyed the Hunger Games.

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? no

    2) What are you wearing?  Black and white patterned skirt, black T shirt and cardigan

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!  Good enough is good enough!  No one ever died from eating PB&J or cereal for dinner, I am not Martha Stewart.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!  I have no idea?  Chicken nuggets and easy mac??

    5) Weekend plans?  Nothing very exciting; all the rain we are expecting tomorrow we'll probably be indoors mostly.

    6) What are you favorite magazines?  I don't read magazines, they are mostly adverstising and just encourage excess consumption IMO.

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  I love that its big, but comfy.  Our new kitchen and our steam shower - sooo awesome even if I only use once a month.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  the hideous low quality doors and trim.  I'd love to just rip it all out, but that would necessistate replacing most of the drywall too. 

    9) Favorite TV Show  - Modern Family, Parks & Rec

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?   I really don't know. ..

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? No

    2) What are you wearing? Jeans, Green shortsleeve scoop neck, funky necklace, gladiator sandals

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! Put "toys" (i.e. non-toxic bathroom stuff) in a drawer and let your kid think they are getting into something off limits while you get ready!

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! Scrambled eggs and toast

    5) Weekend plans? recovery from bronchitis (me) and 4:00 AM projectile vomiting (DS)

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Not a huge magazine reader....

    7) 2 things you love about you home. love my butcher block prep space and the metallic green wall in my living room

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. the dining area is WAY too small and the patio is about a foot to narrow 

    9) Favorite TV Show Bones and Top Chef

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? Cooking and reading 

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games? No, and the main reason is b/c I don't have TIME to be addicted to anything. And I feel confident I will be, since everyone seems to be.

    2) What are you wearing? Brown dress pants, cute brown/pink top and heels.

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! If you feel sad or miss your child, whip out your phone and watch a video or look at some pictures. It really does help. Also, I sound a little OCD but I pretty much plan every aspect of my day...it saves time, and helps me fit in everything I need to - cooking dinner, working out, time with DS and DH, etc.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! Crescent roll-ups with ham/cheese (or any lunch meat and cheese). Super easy. Or go buy a rotisserie chicken and do a steamfresh side like rice or veggies. 5 minutes, literally.

    5) Weekend plans? Tonight just relaxing with DS and DH, prob watching a movie once DS goes to bed, tomorrow a stupid lame birthday celebration for my idiot BIL (DH's sister's husband) who sucks at life...I think I might end up being "sick", and then Sunday church and celebrating my Dad's 65th birthday.

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Self, any gossip mag but the ones that aren't full of crap like People, and then Parenting mags.

    7) 2 things you love about your home. 1. I have my OWN closet that I don't have to share with DH (our master has 2) and it has a window in it. 2. I love our kitchen...we bought the model so it has all the upgrades as far as countertops and appliances.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. 1. Our family room has a weird layout and I am finding it hard to organize furniture where it feels "cozy" but also enough room to spread out 2. We don't have a basement. I wish we did.

    9) Favorite TV Show The Walking Dead, The Office, Real Housewives of Atlanta/Bev Hills/Orange Co

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? I am obnoxiously good at grammar and spelling, as well as math. I also sing. Not sure if those are "best" skills but I feel good about them. My best hobby is shopping. :)

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?

    Nope

    2) What are you wearing?

    A navy and cream striped dress from LOFT maternity.

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

    Don't have any yet since I am FTM and LO isn't here yet. Can't wait ti read others responses.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

    Ravioli and pasta sauce.

    5) Weekend plans?

    Going to pick out crib bedding with my Mom tomorrow.

    6) What are you favorite magazines?

    RealSimple, Rollingstone & InStyle

    7) 2 things you love about you home.

    The location and that it was newish when we moved into it. We are only the 2nd owners.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.

    It's sooooo small and it has too many stairs. Bonus - there is no bathroom on the main floor, only upstairs.

    9) Favorite TV Show

    Just one? The Killing

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?

    I like helping people with their problems (when asked). I might want to be a Life Coach one day. Hobby is cooking.

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? Of course!

    2) What are you wearing? Yoga pants and a t-shirt

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! It's all about quality of time, not quantity.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! You can make a meal in five minutes?

    5) Weekend plans? Going to see The Hunger Games on Sunday with my girlfrieds.

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Entertainment Weekly

    7) 2 things you love about you home. We're currently living with my parents, but I like having other adults to talk to and help with the kids when I need it.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. The fact that it's not really our "home" and that we don't have space for all of our things.

    9) Favorite TV Show? Fashion Police

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? I'm a pretty decent writer.

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games?  Yes.  Very good.

    2) What are you wearing?  jeans, t-shirt and ballet flats

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!  Figure out your stress-reduction currency -- Starbucks, liquor, new book, walk around the block, whatever -- and use it.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!  "Hi, I'd like to place an order for take-out."

    5) Weekend plans?  Swim lessons, FSA filing, taxes and lawn stuff.  Maybe zoo.

    6) What are you favorite magazines?  People, Smithsonian, Real Simple

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  View and plenty of space

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  Older so lot of maintenance and too much space

    9) Favorite TV Show.  House Hunters

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  writing


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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games?

    yes

    2) What are you wearing?

    nightgown

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

    get a no fuss hairstyle to make mornings easier

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

    tacks!

    5) Weekend plans?

    none and I love it

    6) What are you favorite magazines?

    parenting, working mom

    7) 2 things you love about you home.

    backyard,great school district

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.

    Teeny, tiny kitchen

    9) Favorite TV Show

    smash

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?  Nope.

    2) What are you wearing?  Purple cotton top and brown khaki pants

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!  It's not about how many hours you put in, but how much you get done at work.  Give yourself a break every once in a while and try to let go of any "mommy guilt".

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!  Pasta bake - pour pasta, water and sauce into a baking dish, cover with foil and bake!

    5) Weekend plans?  Buying a new computer.

    6) What are you favorite magazines?  Don't read them.

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  Backyard pool and the kitchen.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  Master on main away from other bedrooms.  Front yard not very big for playing.

    9) Favorite TV Show - The Voice.

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?

    No, can't remember the last time I had time to read a book. 

    2) What are you wearing?

    Yoga pants and an exercise tank 

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

     I wish I had some LOL

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

    "Super nachos" - tortilla chips, shredded cheese, can of refried beans, sour cream, leftover shredded chicken breast, stuck in the toaster oven for a couple minutes 

    5) Weekend plans?

    Dog show with one of our dogs, sheep to be herded, then cut the grass and clean out horse stalls. Also going to get DD's bag packed with the "details" for the sitter's this week - sunscreen, bug spray, snacks, etc.

    6) What are you favorite magazines?

    Self, Shape, Dog World (lol)  

    7) 2 things you love about you home.

    -We have enough land that we were able to bring the horses home!

    -We have a fireplace in the basement and a wood burning stove in the living room, right off the kitchen. Love spending the winter evenings curled up on the couch with the fire going.  

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.

    -The idiot we bought it from did a lot of "home repairs" that were a DIY disaster in every case; the house inspection didn't catch them, so we uncover a new disaster almost every month and it makes me want to punch him. The latest being that he ran the water discharge from the clothes washer to the sump pump pit, not only causing the sump pump to work super hard, but also mucking it up with lint and crap that comes from the washer, causing it to seize up. Idiot. 

    -Part of our land is a little uneven, and the ground is clay underneath, so when it rains, the waters collects in the low spots and sits, making it a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. 

    9) Favorite TV Show

    Of all time? Friends Currently on TV that I watch on Netflix when I get a chance? Big Bang Theory or How I Met Your Mother 

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?

    Best skill would probably be dog training. Hobby would be riding horses and/or photography.  


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  • 1) yes, but have not seen the movie

    2) kakhi capris and a lavendar tank from the Loft

    3) um.... take a few minutes when you get home to make sure the LO knows that you love them before doing anything else (except peeing... gotta do that)

    4) Papa John's Pizza online ordering

    5) spring training baseball game... Cubs vs. whoever they're playing

    6) People... it's the only one I ever pick up at the doctor-- I don't get any otherwise

    7) our huge master, the great room

    8) the shower in the master-- it's barely big enough to turn around in, the laundry room-- no one who knew how w/d hookups work could have designed it

    9) Top Chef, New Girl, Modern Family

    10) I write fiction.  I cook.

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games? I have not.  I didn't like Twilight and it seems too similar.

    Trust me, it is in no way, shape or form similar to Twilight. I hated Twilight, but really really enjoyed the Hunger Games.

    Amen...I agree.

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games?   Heck yes and Catching Fire and Mockingjay

    2) What are you wearing? Blue tank top and khaki capris

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! I hated leaving DS and everyday for a week, I cried.  It does get easier!!!

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! grilled cheese and tomato soup

    5) Weekend plans? work, work, work

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Weight Watchers, Cosmo and Food Network

    7) 2 things you love about you home.  1.That my family is here!   2.We've done a lot of work - painting and decorating - I love my kitchen decor, even though the space is on the small side.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.  Way too small and not centrally located to the places we go to most - Publix, Target, family

    9) Favorite TV Show Hmmm... I have too many - Justified, Pretty Little Liars

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  I think I am pretty crafty - making things.  I love to scrapbook - I am a dork, I know!


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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? No. I'm too busy re-reading the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon (that is, when I have the energy after a loooong day at work).

    2) What are you wearing? Pyjamas. I stole the pants (really soft ones) from my husband. My mom bought them for him for Christmas. I'm thinking of getting them hemmed because they are waaaay too long, and I want to keep them (my DH has more-or-less agreed with this).

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! Hmmm... It's been a few years since I was a "new" working mom, but here goes: try to leave work at work, and not think about it because you need to enjoy the time with your child when you get home. I'm a teacher, so there's lots of work I can take home. I try to get to work early in the morning to get stuff done, and use my lunch to do stuff as well so that I don't have to leave work too late.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! Grilled cheese & chicken sandwiches. I keep some cooked chicken breasts in the freezer (sliced) and add them to my sandwiches ( you have to thaw in the microwave first so that they don't get the bread soggy). I also keep pre-cut raw veggies in the fridge, so we usually have those on the side (along with pickles. DS would go crazy if we didn't have a pickle with the grilled cheese).  

    5) Weekend plans? DS' first swimming lesson & spending some time with DH because he's been OOT, and will only be home on weekends for the next 4 months.

    6) What are you favorite magazines? Style at Home or any other home decorating magazine.

    7) 2 things you love about you home. 1- My room is on the main floor. 2- I got to buy new appliances when we moved in because they didn't come with the house.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. 1- We're renting. 2- It has no insulation, so you can hear everything inside/outside, from upstairs to the basement, etc.

    9) Favorite TV Show. I don't actually watch tv... But when I did, I would watch shows like CSI.

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby? My best skill would be singing. My hobby that I'm working on is scrapbooking.

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    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! grilled cheese and tomato soup

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  I think I am pretty crafty - making things.  I love to scrapbook - I am a dork, I know!

    That's so funny! I didn't read your post before I wrote mine. If you're a dork, then so am I ;)

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games? no

    2) What are you wearing? jeans and a blue short sleeved top

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! support system--specifically, get DH helping, plus have a fellow working mom that can relate if you're having a hard time balancing everything and/or missing your baby.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! Easy Mac

    5) Weekend plans? nothing.  Had a girls night last night that was foiled early due to my DD being sick.

    6) What are you favorite magazines? I don't read magazines anymore

    7) 2 things you love about you home. Lots of older home charm, like archways and original stained glass windows; close to almost everywhere I need to be on a regular basis

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. It's too small, and we don't know any of our neighbors.

    9) Favorite TV Show I don't really have one.

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?  Skill--nothing comes to mind.  Hobby--reading various parenting articles

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    1) Have you read The Hunger Games? not my kind of movie

    2) What are you wearing? tee shirt and shorts, distracted from doing homework

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips! no tips yet, just pregnant

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal! reheating left overs:)

    5) Weekend plans? brunch and lecture at museum with girlfriend, movie with hubby, homework as usual

    6) What are you favorite magazines? essence, travel  leisure, food and wine, town & country, forbes

    7) 2 things you love about you home. wood floors, 1/2 bath on main level

    8) 2 things you hate about your home. backyard and front yard

    9) Favorite TV Show -Any comedy show

    10) What is your best skill? organizing perhaps Hobby? tennis- excited we got into our swim and tennis club

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  • 1) Have you read The Hunger Games?

    -just the first few pages. now im intrigued about the movie, since i may not have time to finish reading it

     2) What are you wearing?

    knitted dress :)

    3) Give us some new Working Mom tips!

    prepare everything before going to bed so that you would not have to hurry much in the morning.

    4) Favorite ready-in-five-minutes meal!

    Steamed tofu with packaged mapo tofu sauce or squid a-la-pobre :) For squid ala pobre, i just saute butter, olive oil, lots and lots of minced garlic, and then squid rings for some one to two minutes (till the squid curls), and then i add a table spoon or two of asian liquid seasoning. YUM :) perfect on top of steamed rice. 

    5) Weekend plans?

    Strollin the park on saturday and do grocery shopping. Go to church on Sunday (it is palm sunday :)) and then go swimming :)

    6) What are you favorite magazines?

    Anything about parenting, cooking, and homemaking. Good housekeeping, fine.

    7) 2 things you love about you home.

    It has my two loves :) --we will be moving soon so i want to answer this question on the 3rd qtr of the year.

    8) 2 things you hate about your home.

    dark interiors and the couch. does the neighbor count? hahaha

    9) Favorite TV Show

    The childbirth show in bio? extreme couponing, storage wars, andd the one where they hunt alligators?? plus "dont tell my mother..."...ok fine i watch weird shows. i watch E news and fashion police too, plus the office and desperate housewives.

    10) What is your best skill? Hobby?

    Id like to say scrapbooking. :)


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