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Poppy715 · July 2014

mlal78 said:
@poppy715 if you could only bring one thing with you to a deserted island, what would it be?

Since I'm assuming Dh isn't an acceptable answer I'll say my scrapbooks/photo albums. I'm really sentimental and love looking at them. I am one of those people who loves to relive and remember the past and all the things I've done. Good question!

blackbird818 · July 2014

Poppy715 said:

Kateisoptimistic said:
@Poppy715‌ who is your girl crush?
J. Law hands down. She's my spirit animal. I adore everything about her.

@blackbird81‌ what is your favorite Christmas move and why is it Die Hard?

@Kateisoptimistic‌ what us your favorite R rated movie?

@megrae12‌ what is your favorite beauty product?

I love Christmas so it's hard to pick just one. But my first thought was Home Alone. I MUST watch it every year. (usually more than once)

@Poppy715‌ any special talents we don't know about?

blackbird818 · July 2014

lyndz333 said:
@blackbird818‌ - thanks for the question! That's our rescue, Blue. She's part husky and part hound and came in on the Rescue Wagon. We've had her since she was 5 months old and she'll be four in January 2015. she's a very good pup!

Now one for you: You mentioned fishing this weekend, do you eat the fish you catch? Do you know how to filet them or do you catch and release?

Actually last weekend was my first time fishing since I was a kid. We are planning to eat the fish we catch this weekend. Fish tacos! :-bd we went fishing tonight and just threw em back.

I love eating what I catch/kill. I LOVE deer hunting!! It's resourceful ( wink @BluEyedGirl26‌ )

meredithcarole · July 2014

LaRomana09 said:

@meredithcarole What is your favorite foodie thing to cook, and what is your favorite total non-foodie thing to make (like something from a can or box)?

That's a tough one. My favorite thing to cook changes all the time. I like variety which is one of the reasons I like being a chef. I really enjoy Indian cuisine - the spices are fantastic, so that is fun to play with. I do make a fabulous knockoff version of the Braised Beef Cannelloni that a national chain restaurant used to serve. I only make it for special occasions because it really is about a 24 to 48 hour process, but it is good. My favorite "non foodie" thing to use is boxed cake mix. I usually jazz it up by adding milk instead of water and/or different spices and it turns out almost as good as a from scratch cake with much less effort. I also rarely make roasted chicken because grocery store rotisserie chicken is good and requires no effort.

meredithcarole · July 2014

@MrsKush1014‌ and @goldengirl84‌ tell me about your dogs (I have a golden, too).

TVLily · July 2014

@mlal what is your favourite season and why?

@poppy715 what is the one product you would most recommend from steph iris and why?

@ashtog‌ how did you get Into photography? What brand of camera is your favourite?

@snedge what are your hobbies?

LaRomana09 · July 2014

mlal78 said:

@laRomana09 quick, you can only wear one article of clothing, what is it?

@mlal78 Do you mean one outfit forever, or literally one article of clothing? Either way I would probably go with a cute but comfy sundress, although if it was literally one article of clothing I might need to go with underwear because I can't stand not wearing underwear. $:\$ ">

blackbird818 · July 2014

rslh10 said:

blackbird818 said:

@rrlh10 I know you are low-carbing it. Any tasty low-carb recipe or creation you care to share? I've been trying to stay mostly low-carb with my PCOS. I'm good about 70% of the time.

Do you have pinterest? (**DS is my profile pic fyi**) Here is my low-carb board! I don't have any specific recipes that I like, but we love to grill steaks and chicken and eat them for all meals!

We love eating low carb. The benefits are amazing, and we have so much more energy!

Cool. I'll check that out when I'm not mobile. Thanks!!

LaRomana09 · July 2014

mlal78 said:

LaRomana09 said:

mlal78 said:

@laRomana09 quick, you can only wear one article of clothing, what is it?

@mlal78 Do you mean one outfit forever, or literally one article of clothing? Either way I would probably go with a cute but comfy sundress, although if it was literally one article of clothing I might need to go with underwear because I can't stand not wearing underwear. $:\$ ">

Literally one article of clothing, but just for the day :P

Then it depends if I had to leave the house! If yes, a sundress. If no, underwear

blackbird818 · July 2014

HoldingOutHope said:

megrae12 said:

@HoldingOutHope‌ what is your guilty pleasure?

@megrae12 ~ Good question. I had to give this some thought. I guess I'd have to say any indulgent and/or processed food, and alcoholic beverages. Due to many reasons I won't bore everyone with, I have an unhealthy body image and I am VERY hard on myself when I'm not eating clean like I "should" be. I've gotten better in my older age, but I still have such a feeling of guilt when I don't eat well and I love food & beverage so much. So give me a big, juicy cheeseburger and I will savor every bite...then feel remorse afterward!

Are you sure we aren't twins? I could have written this verbatim.

:x HOH

megrae12 · July 2014

@ashtog‌ I have to pick one Disney song?! I have no idea how to do that! Hmmmm....I guess if I were to pick would be Bippity Bippity Boo from Cinderella. I used to sing it as a kid and go around and change things with my magic wand.

@blackbird818‌ If you couldn't show cattle and live the ranch life, what would you do?

@mlal78‌ If toy could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Poppy715 · July 2014

blackbird818 said:

@Poppy715‌ any special talents we don't know about?

I'm pretty crafty with scrapbook and paper products. My big show stopper is wrapping. I go all out. I match the paper to the persons personality do fancy ribbon and cute tags. It's over the top and people always love it.

@blackbird81‌8 what is your favorite downtime activity?

TVLily said:

@poppy715 what is the one product you would most recommend from steph iris and why?

Sephora? The beauty blender. I love it. I use mine everyday. My foundation goes so much further. I'm also obsessed with the Naked palates. Use a little eyeshadow primer and they last all day. The shadows blend beautifully too.

@TVLily‌ what is your favorite guilty pleasure TV show?

rslh10 · July 2014

@medic7979‌ I used to work in an urgent care for 4 years and loved it. But now I stay at home! Thanks for asking

MrsKush1014 · July 2014

littlecookie said:

@graceanne927‌ what do you do for fun? @MrsKush1014‌ what's the furthest you've been from home

In high school I traveled to Europe twice, once to visit my sister when she was living in Germany and once on an exchange to Austria through the Rotary Club. During my visit with my sister we took a bus tour to the Czech Republic, I think that tour was probably the furthest I've been from home.

TVLily · July 2014

TVLily said:

@poppy715 what is the one product you would most recommend from steph iris and why?

Sephora? The beauty blender. I love it. I use mine everyday. My foundation goes so much further. I'm also obsessed with the Naked palates. Use a little eyeshadow primer and they last all day. The shadows blend beautifully too.

@TVLily‌ what is your favorite guilty pleasure TV show?

Hmmm I need some new eyeshadow soon so I should look into this!

Their both summer shows the first is big brother because 1) the show can be so rediculous sometimes but I get sucked into the drama and 2) I feel guilty investing 3 nights of my week into it, but I watch with mh and occasionally other friends of ours. The other is mistresses the concept of it all is so morally wrong but it sucked me in like a bad soap.

ETA: I also just realized what sephora autocorrected to, sorry, stupid mobile. Lol

TVLily · July 2014

ashtog said:

@tvlily what is your favorite thing to do when not working?

I really love curling up and immersing myself into a good book, and I also really love cooking and trying new recipes/new foods.

MrsKush1014 · July 2014

meredithcarole said:

@MrsKush1014‌ and @goldengirl84‌ tell me about your dogs (I have a golden, too).

How did I not know that you also had a golden?

Both of our goldens are rescue dogs, both from RAGOM (Retrieve A Golden Of Minnesota). RAGOM rescued both of them from a puppy mill in Missouri. Jasmine was rescued as a puppy when she was only 2 weeks old, with her mother and 3 brothers. We picked her out of the litter and were able to visit her at her foster's home a couple times before we were able to bring her home. The foster had two Newfoundlands and it was so funny to watch these huge dogs around these little golden puppies. They would wag their tail, hit a puppy, and the puppy would go rolling across the floor.

When Jasmine was 1 we decided to adopt another dog. A volunteer from RAGOM suggested Duncan, so we drove an hour north to meet him. First impression - NOT the dog for me. He was a jumper and I don't do well with dogs who jump up. Within a few minutes though he was as calm as could be and such a love. He played fetch with my DH for half an hour, which won over my DH (he hasn't played fetch since!). We agreed that Jasmine would make the final decision, so we had the foster bring Duncan down for a visit the following weekend and he's been ours ever since. He has severe anxiety over storms and fireworks, this week is always rough for him. He was also abused at the puppy mill so occasionally when he's tired he will get snappy, which breaks my heart.

MrsKush1014 · July 2014

@blackbird818 How did you get into raising cattle?

@newfmom7 How many Newfies do you have?

Poppy715 · July 2014

@TVLily‌ it's spendy but has do many options and lasts basically forever. It's pretty major. My favorite right now is Naked 2. I have all 3 but that one I'm stuck on at the moment.

jennadesigns · July 2014

mlal78 said:

@jennadesigns what do you design?

I sew mostly handbags and zipper pouches. The occasional stuffed animal. I quilt quite a bit, often designing my own patterns, which I really enjoy. Especially baby quilt size - it's just the right size to experiment but not so big it's a pain. Everyone I know in real life who has a baby gets a quilt. While I was in nursing school I used to run an Etsy shop where I sold my handmade items and another Etsy shop where I sold vintage sheets. It actually provided a nice income then. I blog pretty frequently under the same name if you're interested in seeing some of the stuff I do:

***Warning - there are pictures of my children on my blog***
https://www.jennadesigns.blogspot.com/

That said there's also a recent post I wrote about depression and my multiple losses. It's pretty raw and honest.
https://www.jennadesigns.blogspot.com/2014/06/life-right-now.html

Okay, let's see:

@skategirl128 What is the nicest thing you have done for someone else?

medic7979 What do you do for a living (does your screen name mean you work in the medical field)?

jennadesigns · July 2014

mlal78 Love your blog, BTW. What is your favorite recipe?

@medic7979 Sorry! I see someone already asked you that question. How about what is your best ambulance story from your time there?

blackbird818 · July 2014

MrsKush1014 said:
@blackbird818 How did you get into raising cattle?
@newfmom7 How many Newfies do you have?

I was born into it.

I'm a 5th generation Angus breeder. Nerdy fact: my angus member # is what's called a legacy number. It's only three digits. Most members are 6+ digits.

@MrsKush1014‌ what's your favorite dessert?

blackbird818 · July 2014

@Poppy715‌ My favorite downtime activity would probably be me & H getting a couple beers, taking the rhino (atv) and the dogs & sitting in the pasture watching the cows & calves. It's so relaxing. H & I talk about them and discuss future breeding plans, etc.

blackbird818 · July 2014

megrae12 said:

@blackbird818‌ If you couldn't show cattle and live the ranch life, what would you do?

Ohhhh that's a tough one. Honestly, I think it would have to involve traveling. We have a friend who is like a event/travel liason for a big corporation. She goes all over the world trying out different activities, resorts, locations, etc. I think that'd be pretty badass!

MrsKush1014 · July 2014

blackbird818 said:

MrsKush1014 said:
@blackbird818 How did you get into raising cattle?
@newfmom7 How many Newfies do you have?

I was born into it. I'm a 5th generation Angus breeder. Nerdy fact: my angus member # is what's called a legacy number. It's only three digits. Most members are 6+ digits.

@MrsKush1014‌ what's your favorite dessert?

Wow! That's really cool that your family has been doing it for so long!

I'm not a big dessert person, but I can never turn down coffee ice cream.

skategirl128 · July 2014

jennadesigns said:

Okay, let's see:

@skategirl128 What is the nicest thing you have done for someone else?

Hmm the nicest thing would have to be doing random acts of kindness. I've paid for others in drive-thrus, cups of coffee at Starbucks and weeded my neighbors garden, among others. I also started the neighborhood "boo" in October. I love just trying to brighten someone's day.

MrsZko · July 2014

mlal78 said:

@mrsZko would you rather touch a spider or a snake (you have to choose one)?

DEFINITELY a spider! Hands down! Snakes give me the heebie jeebies! @mlal78, what is your guilty pleasure?!

Km380 · July 2014

VesperLynch said:
@km380 --Best meal ever?

Ooh that's a tough one! This might be because I just had it but the byob we had our rehearsal dinner at has the most delic spinach gnocchi topped with tomatoes and Gorgonzola

@VesperLynch‌ what does your sn mean?

littlecookie · July 2014

@qanda2013 Good question! ‌ Where in the world do you feel the happiest?

Hmm. I want to say something exotic like a far away beach, but the right answer feels like it's my parents house. There's just so much love and comfort there.

meredithcarole · July 2014

@BackstreetPixie‌ What is your favorite childhood memory?

BackstreetPixie · July 2014

@meredithcarole hmmm I think that would be my brother teaching me to ride my bike one summer. I was 8. He was 16. He ran up and down the street with me holding the back of my bike until one time he let go but kept running and after a while told me I was doing it by myself. It was great.

I don't have a lot of memories of us doing that kind of stuff because he moved out when I was 10. So the memories I have of us doing stuff are really special.

How about you? What is your favorite? I haven't been following the thread so if someone already asked just let me know and I'll go look lol.

BackstreetPixie · July 2014

meladoriestar What would your dream house be like?

@qanda2013 What inspires you?

@Megrae12 What inspired your username? I only ask because my first name is Megan and one of my hs nick names way raye (like the sailor mars character from sailor moon lol) So it kinda sticks in my mind due to that lol.

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megrae12 · July 2014

@BackstreetPixie‌ my first name is Meagan. Everyone in college called me Meg, and my middle name is Rae. Mostly I was lazy and this was easy to remember, lol. 12 was my number when I played softball.

meredithcarole · July 2014

BackstreetPixie said:

How about you? What is your favorite? I haven't been following the thread so if someone already asked just let me know and I'll go look lol.

Megan, I have such a poor memory. I don't remember too many specific instances. My favorite summertime thing to do was visit my maternal grandparents. They had a house on Lake Michigan and we would go up in August. Everyone who owned a home in the neighborhood had done so for decades so I was always the same kids year after year at the beach and they were the children of the kids my mom had played with when she was young. The property had been in my family since 1910. Sadly my grandparents have passed and I think the house will have to be sold as neither my mom or her 2 brothers can afford to keep it as a summer home.

BackstreetPixie · July 2014

meredithcarole said

Megan, I have such a poor memory. I don't remember too many specific instances. My favorite summertime thing to do was visit my maternal grandparents. They had a house on Lake Michigan and we would go up in August. Everyone who owned a home in the neighborhood had done so for decades so I was always the same kids year after year at the beach and they were the children of the kids my mom had played with when she was young. The property had been in my family since 1910. Sadly my grandparents have passed and I think the house will have to be sold as neither my mom or her 2 brothers can afford to keep it as a summer home.

Oh It's too bad about the house! So many memories and so many generations! Sounds like such fun tradition.

MissLMS · July 2014

meladoriestar - what is your favorite thing to do when you go home to OC to visit?

We just got back from Cali on Wednesday. (My dad lives in San Clemente, and like you, we used the free room and board and visiting family as an excuse for a vacation. Loved the weather - so much better than in Alabama, where I'm from.)

goldengirl84 · July 2014

MrsKush1014 said:

meredithcarole said:

@MrsKush1014‌ and @goldengirl84‌ tell me about your dogs (I have a golden, too).

How did I not know that you also had a golden?

Both of our goldens are rescue dogs, both from RAGOM (Retrieve A Golden Of Minnesota). RAGOM rescued both of them from a puppy mill in Missouri. Jasmine was rescued as a puppy when she was only 2 weeks old, with her mother and 3 brothers. We picked her out of the litter and were able to visit her at her foster's home a couple times before we were able to bring her home. The foster had two Newfoundlands and it was so funny to watch these huge dogs around these little golden puppies. They would wag their tail, hit a puppy, and the puppy would go rolling across the floor.

When Jasmine was 1 we decided to adopt another dog. A volunteer from RAGOM suggested Duncan, so we drove an hour north to meet him. First impression - NOT the dog for me. He was a jumper and I don't do well with dogs who jump up. Within a few minutes though he was as calm as could be and such a love. He played fetch with my DH for half an hour, which won over my DH (he hasn't played fetch since!). We agreed that Jasmine would make the final decision, so we had the foster bring Duncan down for a visit the following weekend and he's been ours ever since. He has severe anxiety over storms and fireworks, this week is always rough for him. He was also abused at the puppy mill so occasionally when he's tired he will get snappy, which breaks my heart.

Sorry I'm late to this.. busy weekend! Aren't goldens the best??! DH and I always knew we wanted one, so we started looking as soon as we got married. Harry is an English Golden Retriever so he's smaller and white. He's 3 1/2 and still looks and acts like a total puppy. He adores all people and is wonderful with kids. We love to take him to the beach and on the boat. He loves life and I can't imagine our lives without him!

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