4 Facts Survey

My new friend Jackie, of My (Sort of) Adult Life, nominated me to answer a few "getting to know you" type questions in the Four Facts survey :-)  Reminds me of the old MySpace surveys (remember?), so yay for a throwback!

Four names people call me other than my real name: 

• Kat - sometimes my sister, mostly me when I'm scolding myself.  As in, "Get it together, Kat."  No clue why I don't just call myself Katie!

• Momma Bear -  Ethan and I have taken to calling each other Momma Bear and Papa Bear lately :-)

• Sweetie - (also: honey, sometimes baby) 

• Aunt Katie - literally the only other thing I can think of that people call me.  I've never really had nicknames!!  Anyone want to give me one? ;-)

Four jobs I've had:

• Substitute teacher - from 6th grade through high school, for several districts.  Loved it!

• Jewelry instructor - at a national craft store chain... loved teaching, was not a fan of the whole corporate thing... 

• Security officer - at an all-but-dead mall in my hometown.  I usually worked the Saturday night-into-Sunday morning midnight shift.  Most people looked at 5'3" me in my uniform and tall trooper hat and laughed.  

• Candy Striper - yeah, this was volunteer, but it was hands down the best "job" ever!  I did it for five years, and made sooo many great friends and a ton of great memories. 

Four movies I've watched more than once (I tend to rewatch a LOT of movies, so these are some of my most-watched):

• Star Wars.  (The six oldest ones, anyway).  My dad got me hooked when I was little, and I watched the old trilogy enough to memorize them... then the prequels came out... memorized those, too.  Then I met Ethan, and finished a quote he started over a meal he'd made me... made him fall in love with me right then and there ;-)  Star Wars has been good to me ;-)

• Legally Blonde - whoever said orange is the new pink, was SERIOUSLY disturbed.

• Miss Congeniality - S.I.N.G!

• Mamma Mia - This movie is seriously my insta-happy!  Like Wellbutrin in video form ;-) And Meryl Streep is the bomb! 

Four books (or authors) I'd recommend:

• The Princess by Lori Wick - Just a sweet, feel-good Christian romance novel... not even super-unique, but it's one of my favorites :-) 

• Just about anything by Philippa Gregory - I love historical fiction from the Tudor period :-)

• The Witness Wore Red - Women who find the strength to escape toxic or dangerous situations are awesome.

• Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland - ditto above ;-)

Four places I've lived: 

• Middletown, OH - hometown.

• Oxford, OH - college town (Love and Honor!)

• Carlisle, OH - newlywed town

• Anderson, SC - brief (1.5 year) adventure for Ethan's job before coming home!

Four places I've visited:

• BarBABYdos - plenty of details on this blog ;-)

• Gatlinburg/Sevierville/Pigeon Forge, TN - Ethan's side's favorite vacation spot

• Mediterranean - Nice, Cannes, Rome, Vatican City, Florence, Pisa, Sorrento, Amalfi, Naples... on our honeymoon.

• Paris, France - 3 day "layover" on our way home from our honeymoon.  (Included a day trip to Normandy and the D-Day beaches!)

Four things I'd rather be doing right now: (Honestly... nothing... I'm playing around online, blogging, watching a movie, hanging out with my wonderful husband, and eating.  I'm fairly content at the moment! So... four of my other favorite things to do...)

• Driving back roads with the windows down and Reba or Garth turned up!

• Baking

• Getting a massage

• Sleeping

Four things I prefer not to eat:

• Pickles - I may be the only mother in the world who made through an entire pregnancy without eating or wanting a single pickle. 

• Mustard

• Onions

• Peppers

Four of my FAVORITE foods: 

• Bacon cheeseburger 

• Macaroni and Cheese

• Mashed potatoes

• Sour/fruity candy

Four TV shows I watch:

• The Big Bang Theory

• Brooklyn-99

• You, Me, and the Apocalypse

• Jane the Virgin 

Four things I'm looking forward to this year:

• Abbie's and Sam's first birthday!  And all the exciting planning that goes along with it!

• My first 29th birthday ;-)   

• Hopefully meeting my bloggy bestie in person and getting a biggggg hug!

• My other bestie hopefully visiting this summer?

Four things I'm always saying:

• "People are crazy."  - Am I right?

• "Ow." - I'm a hopeless klutz ;-)

• "Dude." - Because sometimes, that's all you CAN say.

• "They're so YUMMY!" - My kids are delicious. 

Four bloggers I tag to do this:

• Rebecca at Caravan Sonnet

• Beth at The Beth Chronicles (Dude.  You haven't blogged in, like, a year.  Do it.)

• Lauren at 34 Magnolia Street

• Christina at Laughter Without Fear