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1. I got to be the first and only grandchild on my mom's side of the family for 8 years before my cousin and brother were born.

2. I went to school for fashion design and ended up working for a dance recital costume manufacturer and my work life is mostly sparkles and tutus.

3. I'm so type-A that i have lists of lists and plan things way in advance, but i can still be flexible and spontaneous, I just prefer more information than less.

4. I dont consider myself athletic, i never played a sport or on a team. But the last 5 years I've ridden my bike 75 miles from Philadelphia (ish) to Ocean City, NJ for the MS: City to Shore. The only reason i'm not doing it this year is because my due date will be like a week later.

5. I'm still best friends with the 2 girls I went to elementary with from 1st grade on. We've had the best adventures and i can only hope our kids will be just as close.

Fun!

I'm FutureMrsMcK

1) I use this name because when we were engaged we didn't much like the term fiance/e so DH took to referring to/introducing me as "The Future Mrs McK"

2) His nickname for me is Honeybee.

3) When I was growing up my dad and stepmom kept a ton of animals. We used to joke that we should charge admission. The most unique animals they owned were 3 emus named Raptor, Turkey and Sweetie Pie. My stepmom bought them for my dad for his birthday/their anniversary when were still living in the suburbs of San Antonio, so they lived in our backyard.

4) I have met every president that campaigned and was elected since I was born (George Bush Sr, President Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama) but never when they were a sitting president, always before or after they held the office.

5) My parents met and married in the Army. They were both in the Army band and were stationed in Germany, where they had the first of 4 weddings. My mom wore an olive green wedding dress (unfortunately my father burned all of the pictures when they divorced) and my dad's former Drill sergeant was one of his witnesses.

I love these things!

1. I did synchronized swimming for 10 years when I was younger. Getting to see Olympic synchro in Atlanta in 1996 was amazing.

2. I can move my big toe independently from all my other toes. You will often find me tapping out a rhythm with it.

3. My freshman year of college, my roommates and I were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for throwing real estate signs on my ex-boyfriend's front lawn.

4. I had an enormous crush on my husband in high school. He had no idea I existed. Some days, I still can't believe that I'm actually married to him, and it makes me giddy like a teenager.

5. My mom nicknamed me "Wink" in the womb. When I was born, I got stuck between contractions, and my left eye was a little smooshed, so the nickname stuck. To this day, if I'm tired (or drunk), my left eyelid closes a bit more than my right.

1.) I have tried desperately since I was in middle school to give myself a nickname because there were so many girls with my name but none of them ever stick. The attempts included (but weren't limited to) Kit Kat, Cricket, Casper, and Kate. ETA: To this day, I still don't have a nickname

2.) My first year in college, I was part of the university fencing club. This was fun because I had never fenced before but I actually managed to hold my own against some of the more 'senior' fencers. Unfortunately, I haven't done this since.

3.) I met one of my best friends by mentioning the above fact at an orientation for transfer students. She came up to me and asked, all wide-eyed, if I still had my swords from fencing and I hated to disappoint her but I didn't But it was a great opening to a great friendship!

4.) I don't want to be a SAHM but I am. I look forward to the time when I can go back and finish my education and go out to work. While I appreciate the positive impact my being a SAHM has on my kids, especially my toddler, and I want to homeschool them when they get a bit older, I still want to go out and do something that's just me and has nothing to do with them.

5.) My husband crashed my date at my prom and that's how we met. He was there to see my date (who was visiting form out of town and a mutual friend) and when we met, we just hit it off. He's seven years older than I am so I was just 17 - about to turn 18 in 4 days - and he was 24, about to turn 25 in a month! Talk about robbing the cradle.

@LuLu Mom: I feel the same way with boys. I told DH we had to have a little girl because I didnt know what to do with little boys and their wee wees.

I'm really enjoying reading all this info about our bees!!

@mrbee: I'm wanna know more about your #1 fact!!

About me:
1) I'm a HUGE tomboy. I love camping and doing adrenaline rushing things like sky diving, roller coasters, scuba diving, etc. So while I do want a daughter, I'm not sure how I'll handle the girly stuff, even though I did pageants as a lil kid.

2) I'm a pretty laid back person when it comes to food (I eat everything), but am OCD about which half of a sandwich I'll eat - only the right side.

3) I read over 3,000 books in 3rd grade.

4) Hubby and I were both raised in the suburbs, and currently live in the 'burbs, but we also own 36 acres of land with our 8 cows. Neither of our families have experience with country life, but we're loving it!!

5) When I hear a good song, I can't help but sing and dance along no matter where I'm at. If I'm at work, I'll lip synch and just move my head/shoulders to the beat.

1) I have a twin and my husband is a twin. I'm a little terrified that my next pregnancy will be twins.

2) I'll read nearly anything. Last year I read over 250 books but know that I won't be nearly that good this year since LO is here.

3) I worked as a research librarian for 3 years, while in college.

4) I accidently double-majored in college while graduating in three years.

5) DH and I had never dated anybody before we dated each other. We met in college, hung out as friends for quite a while, and started dating right before I graduated. We were each others' first kiss.

@dagret: I agree with your numbers 3 and 4, but I find that I read so much that I'm pretty good with random facts.

This is fun! Okay, I'm Cherrybee and:

1) I write left handed, eat right handed and play a right handed guitar upside down (like Hendrix!).

2) I live a charmed life - I've never broken a bone, never had a filling, never had a tooth out and never been admitted to hospital.

3) My Great Uncle killed his wife and kids with an axe.

4) I walk like Tina Turner when I wear heels.

5) I'm famed for my impressions - which all sound like Macy Gray.

@dagret: I have to have a backup hair dryer too. If I can't dry my hair, it's not pretty!!

@Cherrybee: Funny, I also write left-handed but do pretty much everything else with my right hand.

@mrbee: We did a twin study at the Medical College of Georgia and they did a DNA test. When we got the results back, our mom cried! Lol

@mrbee: No! The doctor who delivered us said we were fraternal, so we went with it. Everyone growing up said the doctor was crazy bc we were obviously identical. We would always argue with them bc the doctor should know, right? Wrong!

I don't even know if I can come up with 5 random facts! Let's see...

1.) SO and I DVR Jeopardy every night so we can watch it together while we eat dinner. We both took the online test recently, and we both did horribly on it.
2.) I went to private, Catholic schools my entire life, including college, but I am not the least bit religious now.
3.) I've had the same best friend for 15 years, but when we first met, we hated each other. I thought she was an immature, spoiled brat, and she claims she was intimidated by me. We were forced to spend a lot of time together because of sports and ended up becoming inseparable.
4.) I'm a middle child and I totally believe in "middle child syndrome."
5.) I have a history of having the worst landlords ever, including one who was arrested for beating his wife and kids, and later, attacking the tenant he had after me, and one who came into our apartment every single day while we were gone and looked at all our stuff - we set up a motion detector camera after we got suspicious and caught her.

1) I can wiggle my ears on command

2) I grew up on a Christmas tree farm and still go back every year to cut our own tree.

3) I met my DH when I was an ice cream scooper in high school and he was a cook. He was my first boyfriend. We reconnected after 10 years via Facebook.

4) I lived in Montana (from NH) on a whim after graduate school and ended up living there for 3 years before moving back to the east coast.

5) My nickname from my mom is Toots or Tootsie. She still refers to me this way all the time and I sign every card and email to her with it.

I'll play!

1. I don't have perfect pitch, but I can accurately recognize any white key played on the piano without looking.

2. Everyone is confused by our dog's name, but it's based on a word that my DH and I made up in undergrad so it's special to us (cheesy I know). It's the first part of my username here!

3. I'm a psychologist and my favorite "psych" fact to share is that contrary to popular belief, suicide rates are actually highest in the late spring/early summer and not during the winter.

4. My birthmark is on my face. I work with children and can't tell you the number of times I've been asked why I have a little bit of poop on the side of my check.

5. The first thing I do when I wake up (after wishing for more sleep) is mentally run through my entire day in 15-minute increments.