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14 Weeks Pregnant
Bump Kathleen
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Welcome to Week 14! Intros...
Bump Kathleen
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Hi Bumpies,
Welcome to Week 14! Use this questionnaire to introduce yourself.
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Due date:
What you do:
How you met your SO:
Fur babies:
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I've been on TB since...:
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How I like my potatoes:
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Re: Welcome to Week 14! Intros...
Due date: 12/29/12
What you do:Paramedic and Dispatcher/Jailer
How you met your SO: At the swimming pool I was manager of
Fur babies: 3 dogs 2 cats and a sugar glider
Loves: Crafting, hunting, knitting, crocheting, cross stiching and gardening
Hates: Uppity people
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: None really I am queasy pretty much all day. In fact my husband jokes that I am starving the bean
Favorite book: Too many to list I love to read
I've been on TB since...: a few weeks
Something interesting about yourself: I am on two volunteer departments one just a rescue squad and the other is a fire/rescue squad
How I like my potatoes I don't today
Due date: 01/15/2013
What you do: Stay at home mommy of 1! Expecting #2.
How you met your SO: He WAS my boss.
Fur babies: 1 dog (Sadie) & 1 cat (Stew)
Loves: Cooking, the beach, & just being with family.
Hates: Being way too hott, or way too tired.
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Not much, I have been feeling sick during this pregnancy, which is new to me as I was not sick at all while pregnant with my daughter.
Favorite book: I am really not much of a reader.
I've been on TB since...: a few weeks
How I like my potatoes: baked, with butter and salt. my guilty pleasure.
Due date: 01/18/2013
What you do: Pay insurance claims from home
How you met your SO: Met after I graduated HS (he was still a senior)
Fur babies: 5 cats, 2 dogs
Loves: my hubby & kids
Hates: spiders & clowns
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: caesar salad & baked potato (and pickle juice popsicles)
Favorite book: Bag of Bones-Stephen King, anything James Patterson
I've been on TB since...: my last pregnancy
Something interesting about yourself: I just turned 30 & expecting #4
How I like my potatoes: depends on the day!
Screen name: ashleec21
Due date: January 19, 2013
What you do: Currently a full time student
How you met your SO: at work
Fur babies: A pomeranian named Mya, age 4
Loves: being outside, working out, fishing, scrapbooking
Hates: bad drivers
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: breakfast foods such as pancakes, cereal, muffins, and biscuts
Favorite book: any of the chicken soup books
I've been on TB since...: today, july 22, 2013
Something interesting about yourself: I am the oldest of 4 girls, no brothers.. I'm destined to have all boys lol
How I like my potatoes: twice baked with all the fixings minus the chives
How you met your SO: At a pharmacy conference social event in San Diego,CA
Fur babies: Berkly and Dudley, wheaten terriers
Loves: a good glass of chardonnay and a cool, fall breeze
Hates: Doing things I'm not good at (which is many things!
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Olive Garden SaladFavorite book: Where the Red Fern GrowsI've been on TB since...: May 2012 (Mothers Day, when we found out)Something interesting about yourself: I spend a summer in Spain in college
How I like my potatoes: baked with cheese, sour cream and bacon
Screen name: EmilyinToronto
Due date: January 13, 2013
What you do: Special Events Manager
How you met your SO: At a wedding (I was the only single bridesmaid, out of 7!)
Fur babies: Nope...my husband is deathly allergic!
Loves: Running, yoga, reading and eating pickles!
Hates: Taking the subway in the summer
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: BREAD!!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite book: SO MANY! Recently I have read and loved "On the Outside Looking Indian" "Bossypants" "The Night Circus" and I am currently reading and loving "Bringing up Bebe"
I've been on TB since...: Week 8
Something interesting about yourself: If I had all the money and time in the world, I would open a muffin bakery!
How I like my potatoes: Grilled on the BBQ with rosemary and olive oil
Due date: 4-17-12
What you do: Schedule Production for Harman Stoves
How you met your SO: Through a mutual friend a looong time ago
Fur babies: (1) Black Pug Clyde, 7 y.o.
Loves: Arts & Crafts, Hunting, Fishing, the Beach, fun people!
Hates: dont hate much except for the following foods: black licorice, coleslaw, ham salad
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Everything and anything...one day i was thinking hmmm...i could really eat a raw mushroom! to mmm string cheese...lol
Favorite book: I love to read, i love jodi picoult, kristin hannah, and stephen king
I've been on TB since...: a few months
How I like my potatoes: LOADED
Due date: 04/15/12
What you do: Training/implementation of Electronic Health Records
How you met your SO: We meet as kids and dated from 8th grade to Junior year in Highschool. We went our seperate ways, I got married, he got married, I got divorced, then he got divorced. Thanks to good ol Mark Zuckerberg we reunited on facebook two years ago
Fur babies: 2 Bassit Hounds
Loves: Baking, camping, spending time with my family
Hates: people who think they know it all
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: None yet. If someone talkes about a particular food I end up wanting it.
Favorite book: This is a hard one, I have to many
I've been on TB since...: since I found out I was expecting again
Something interesting about yourself: hmmm, I don't know. I'm a big kid. I'm serious when I need to be but I love making jokes and just being a dork..lol I'm lucky that my BF is the same way. He loves me cause I'm weird
How I like my potatoes: Garlic/Cheese mashed potatoes.... Mmmm, now I want some!!
Make a pregnancy ticker
Due date: April 24, 2013
What you do: Technical Support for The Art Institutes
How you met your SO: Through a mutual friend when we all went to the zoo together
Fur babies: our little furball, Dutchess (a sheltie) Dingo (a pitbull/boxer mix) and we have two reptiles, Fat Eddie (a bearded dragon) and Hines (a crested gecko)
Loves: my family and my friends
would be lost without them
Hates: the sound people make when eating a banana! and right now the smell of onions and the sight/ smell of ground meat. I miss cheeseburgers
wahhhhh lol
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: cottage cheese mixed with peas and pickled beets! and cant get enough ice cream though trying to limit that one
Favorite book: loved the hunger games trilogy
I've been on TB since...: i found out i was pregnant with my little bean
Something interesting about yourself:
How I like my potatoes: my oma's mashed potatoes are my fave!
Screen name:
Due date: between April 26th- May 6th
What you do: full time student/ stay at home wife
How you met your SO: We were little kids whose families knew each other
Fur babies: two! Callie a german shepherd/ rottie and Thor an american bulldog
Loves: Disney
Hates: Sociology
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Pizza, it's pretty much all I can handle right now
Favorite book: Lord Of the Rings
I've been on TB since...: just started
Something interesting about yourself:
How I like my potatoes: baked and fully loaded minus sour cream
Screen name: SaraSmile19
Due date: April 28, 2013 (My grandmother's birthday!)
What you do: Formally a nurse, now a SAHW.
How you met your SO: On an online dating site! He was an hour late to our first date and I almost bailed, but stuck around because he promised to make it up to me. I can't imagine my life without him!
Fur babies: Two kitties, our "daughter" Widget, and our "son" Crash.
Loves: Nursing, being with friends/family, Snail jokes, sleeping in, my husband, chocolate, stargazing, vacations, and the color green.
Hates: Ignorance and Lima beans.
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Grilled cheese sandwiches.
Favorite book:"Better" by Atul Gawande
I've been on TB since...: November '11
Something interesting about yourself: My favorite exercise is pole dancing.
How I like my potatoes: Mashed, with milk and butter!
Slkc29
May 8 2013
Bank Manager
Mutual Friend
Pepper & Kane
My hubby & daughter
expanding so quickly!
PICKLES!!
reading? NAH! no time!
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I share WAY too much!
any way possible! baked, fried, loaded, cheesed, MMMM POTATOES!!
Due date: May 27, 2013
What you do: Health Information Management
How you met your SO: I was bartending, and he was a beer salesman. He says we met at the bar, I say we met at work
Fur babies: One dog, Pinki, and 1 cat, Jose
Loves: My husband, my "little bean" my family, reading,
Hates: hmmm....
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: I haven't had any cravings. Nothing has tasted bad except for mashed potatoes. I think I'm weird...
Favorite book: Oh my goodness, I have so many- anything from Little Women to anything written by John Grisham or Michael Connelly.
I've been on TB since...:I think October...
Something interesting about yourself: I never wanted kids until I met my husband, and then I never wanted anything more.
How I like my potatoes: Fried, mashed, au gratin, scalloped, roasted,I LOVE POTATOES!!!!
Screen Name: MelanieElizabeth2502
Due Date: May 31, 2013
What I Do: I'm a Medical Assistant
How I Met My SO: Through a mutual friend. I actually didn't give him a second thought when I first saw him because he was bald..then he started coming to my church and the rest is history.
Fur Babies: 2 dogs, Radar and Dexter and 1 cat, Justus.
Loves: Family, friends :-)
Hates: Spiders. Actually bugs of any kind.
Biggest Craving: Pickles or anything salty.
Favorite Book: Most of Nicholas Sparks' books. I don't have much time to read.
I've been on TB since: At least the end of September (?) Not really sure.
Something Interesting about me: Um......good question...
How I like my potatoes: Mashed most of the time but I'll eat them however they're prepared.
What you do: Internet Auto Sales for Honda
How you met your SO: I was introduced to him by a friend.
Fur babies: None, my husbands allergic. :
Loves: Reading, Writing, Drawing.
Hates: Dieting and Excercising
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Pizza Who can deny NY style pizza???
Favorite book: Can't chose just one. I love to read.
I've been on TB since...: since we were TTC in September 2013
Something interesting about yourself: I have always had an obsession with penmanship, I have been told I have computerlike handwriting! ;
How I like my potatoes: Baked with sour cream butter and chives.. Deeeelish!
Screen name: Jade
Due date: July 5th 2013
What you do: Work for an up and coming museum
How you met your SO: High School sweethearts
Fur babies: Yes! One. A lovely kittie named Lady
Loves: My family, friends, kitties, travelling, nature, music..this could go on for awhile...
Hates: People who don't appreciate the good things in life, being hurried, people complaining over insignificant things....
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Mountain Dew (which I never liked before), Bacon and tuna, pickle juice
Favorite book: Hard to choose! I love reading!
I've been on TB since...: Almost 2 months
Something interesting about yourself: My dreams could be turned into movies/books. They are always very detailed and vivid.
How I like my potatoes: Mashed with cajun seasoning and worcestershire sauce mixed in
Due date: July 13, 2013
What you do: Engineer
How you met your SO: Online!
Fur babies: 2 kitties
Loves: my kitties, the beach, traveling, reading
Hates: being stuck in traffic
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: cheese of any kind (mac & cheese, grilled cheese, string cheese, cottage cheese, etc.)
Favorite book: too many to list, I love to read!
I've been on TB since...: a few weeks
Something interesting about yourself:
How I like my potatoes: baked & broiled w/ a bit of butter
Due date: July 14th, 2013
What you do: Logistic Officer at a Wine Importation and Distribution Company
How you met your SO: At a 4th of July party held by my parents
Fur babies: One bratty Husky/Lab mix
Loves: Massages
, reading, writing, cuddling
Hates: Bigotry and ignorance
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Vinegar
Favorite book: The Stand by Stephen King
I've been on TB since...: Not sure
Something interesting about yourself: I am an uber-nerd when it comes to medical jargon
How I like my potatoes: Any way ever. I love potatoes.
Screen name: mrs_stillman
Due date: July 25, 2013
What you do: I'm an administrative Assistant in a french research dept at a University
How you met your SO: I was the receptionist at the Uni wherehe was doing his Masters
Fur babies: Fur babies? Ummm, don't know what this means. This is my first baby
Loves: Dancing, reading, working out
Hates: When DH leaves the kitchen drawers open
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Orange juice
Favorite book: Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck
I've been on TB since...: Nov, 2012
Something interesting about yourself: I am a professional highland dancer
How I like my potatoes: Baked
Due date: July 21st, 2013!!!
What you do: work in Insurance (auto, home)
How you met your SO: at a quincea?era!
Fur babies: 1 dog (panfilo or as i call him "Panfi" for short)
Loves: Reading & ice cream. Dresses and shoes, photography, my husband,
Hates: being hurried
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: rocket ice cream pops, it's usually anything that is ice cream, it doesn't matter the flavor!
Favorite book: anything Nicholas Sparks & Jessica Sorensen
I've been on TB since...: what is TB?? haha
Something interesting about yourself: hmmm. . . .
How I like my potatoes: in creamy mashed potatoes!
Screen name:hillarywynn
Due date: July 22, 2013
What you do: employee at Kaiser Permanente
How you met your SO: We play in the worship band together at our church
Fur babies: ??
Loves: Hiking, being with family and friends
Hates: Working grave yard shifts
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Chocolate! But nothing new, I had that before I was pregnant too!
Something interesting about yourself: My husband is half black and half white, and I am half South American and half white! I wonder how our baby will turn out!
How I like my potatoes: Mashed
Hi everyone!!
Due date: Aug 29th, 2013
What you do: Paralegal (Estate Plan, Probate, and Tax Firm)
How you met your SO: a wedding... his father introduced us
Fur babies: none... they are cute, but I am petrified of pets
Loves: fashion
Hates: the cold
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: meat (chicken wings)
Favorite book: The Shack
I've been on TB since...: Jan 2013
Something interesting about yourself: Married for almost 13 years and just now having our 1st baby
How I like my potatoes: anyway I can get them
Due date: 924
What you do: farm
How you met your SO: at a country bar
Fur babies: Lila Boston terrier Hank wirehair German pointer
Loves: Summer, reading, my hubs
Hates: all the violence in the world
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: sweets and Mexican food
Favorite book: mrs Kennedy and me
I've been on TB since...: 2011?
Something interesting about yourself: I can parellel park a combine but not my jeep :
How I like my potatoes: any way. They are my favorite food!!
March '16 February Siggy challenge- After Pregnancy hopes
Screen name: ChelseaB19
Due date: September 30, 2013
What you do: A Mental Health Counselor in the prison system and working on my doctorate
How you met your SO: college sweethearts
Fur babies: Pet free home
Loves: Shopping, volunteering, and hanging out with friends and family
Hates: Cleaning
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Slushies from Sonic, french fries (particularly from Zaxbys), and anything with a vinegar taste
Favorite book: A Child Called It
I've been on TB since...: I got on the knot....turns out our wedding day and due date are the same week lol
Something interesting about yourself: Very outgoing and love to take risks, but you would never be able to tell by looking at me.
How I like my potatoes: FRIED and SMOTHERED in ketchup!!!!
Congrats to all of the mothers and best of luck to us all!!!!
Screen name:
Due date: 09/29/13
What you do: Credit and collections Analyst
How you met your SO: At the Drive-in Movies
Fur babies: Rainey the cat and Buster the dog
Loves: Church, the Beach, my husband and my family and our Goldwing
Hates: politics
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: grits and eggs with bacon. or just bacon!
Favorite book: Little Women
I've been on TB since...: a while
Something interesting about yourself: I'm a youth pastor on the side
How I like my potatoes: Anyway I can get them, but french fries are the best.
Screen name: Mahnnis
Due date: October 8, 2013
What you do: I work for State Farm Insurance Corporate office
How you met your SO: through his uncle.. They used to come into a a restaraunt I worked in.
Fur babies: 1Dog--- His name is Squeeky Cheese.. AKA Squeeks.
Loves: crafting, reading, cooking, baking, movies, FOOD, fishing, family time, shopping.
Hates: Liars, people who think they are at a higher standing than others, Not living close to my family.
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: I haven't really had too many, it has been difficult to keep food down. BUT dill pickles helped my quesinness, yellow mustard, salt & vingar chips, and fruit. Basically the only food tat stayed down.
Favorite book: All of the Modern girls guide books... I just recently bought the motherhood one.
I've been on TB since...: I think since late January, right after we found out.
Something interesting about yourself: Hmmmm, well that is kind of hard to answer. lol. I love to bake-- typically alwasy from scratch which can be pretty time consuming, BUt I NEVER eat what I bake. I just like the process of preparing it and serving it. After Its ready to be served I take a photo before I serve..lol
How I like my potatoes: Baked with double Sour Cream, Chedder, Fresh bacon, Butter, Salt, and pepper..... Loaded Mashed potatoes.... mmmmm
Screen name: Cerarox
Due date: 10/09/13 but scheduled eviction on 10/02/13
What you do: I work with parole
How you met your SO: He cooked my lunch on Mother's Day (married a chef!)
Fur babies: 4! 2 kitties and 2 Pitties
Loves: Reading, Nature and Music
Hates: Overly opinionated and/or arrogant people
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Oddly fruits and vegetables
Favorite book: The Sun Also Rises
I've been on TB since...: I don't know. This is my third pregnancy/child.
Something interesting about yourself: I like animals WAY MORE than I like people.
How I like my potatoes: In my tummy! I'll eat them any way you got em!
Screen name: Caram1225
Due date: October 10, 2013
What you do: Administrative Assistant
How you met your SO: Chuch
Fur babies: A 2 y/o shih tzu named Jazmine
Loves: Jesus! Singing! Family!
Hates: Bugs of any kind
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: Potato chips, cheeseburgers!
Favorite book: Bible....because you can change by reading it!
I've been on TB since...: I just browse a lot not sure when I joined...
Something interesting about yourself: I was born on Christmas!
How I like my potatoes: Mashed!
Screen name: Marusika
Due date: April 6th
What you do: I`m a cake artist
How you met your SO: in highschool
Fur babies: 1 dog- pug
Loves: good food, and love being loved
Hates: mean people
Biggest pregnancy cravings so far: fish
Favorite book: I don`t know... the last was eat, pray, love
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I've been on TB since...: I was 4 weeks pregnant
Something interesting about yourself: don`t know
How I like my potatoes: french fried