Kelly's answers

Kelly's Answers to the questionaire (along with other random questions that snuck in there that apparently I - Heather - completely missed....

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE 'ABBA' SONG?
Fernando (I'm not sure if that's what it's actually called, but they say it a lot.)

DO YOU USE DOWNY FABRIC SOFTENER?
No

WHAT BRAND OF RUNNING/WORKOUT SHOES DO YOU HAVE?
Asics. (And WAY cooler than me, I didn't know Under Armor made shoes.)

WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS 'SAND BAR BEACH', WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT
POPS INTO YOUR HEAD?
Lollies and gettin' paid to go to sleep!

JIFF OR SKIPPY? PEANUT OR CREAMY?
-Jiff. CREAMY.
Me too.

WOULD YOU RATHER BE RICH OR BE NATURALLY SKINNY?
Skinny, definitely skinny.

DO YOU EVER PONDER YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE?
Before I had Talia, yes. Now, not really.

YOU'RE ON DEATH ROW. NAME YOUR LAST MEAL (NO MORE THAN 3 THINGS, PEOPLE!)
Buffalo Wings, Dirty Vodka Martini with a Bleu Cheese Stuffed Olive, Hush Puppies (Yeah, I'm a food snob, but I loves me some Long John Silvers.)

NAME A DRIVING PET PEEVE (I.E. LEAVING BLINKER ON, BACKSEAT DRIVERS, ETC)
Driving slow in the @#$%#-ing left lane!!!!

LAST TIME YOU REMEMBER YOUR MOM/DAD BEING REALLY MAD AT YOU
When I was home at VEISHEA and sitting on the kitchen counter. She told me not to (like she has for the last 30 years), and I didn't get down. I thought she was actually going to pull me down.

LAST TIME YOU WERE REALLY MAD AT ONE OF YOUR KIDS
When Talia bit my face. But she didn't know she was doing it, she kind of thought she was kissing me. It's hard to stay mad for more than a second at a 14 month old kid who's as cute as mine.

IF YOU COULD PAY SOMEONE TO DO ONE HOUSEHOLD TASK THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,
WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Folding the clothes. Not even washing them or putting them in the dryer, just folding and putting the stinking things away.

NAME THE LAST NICE/ROMANTIC THING YOU DID FOR YOUR HUSBAND OR HE DID FOR
YOU
He tried to set the alarm early so he could get up and spend an hour with me before work, but he screwed it up and I had to wake him up so he wouldn't be late.

IF YOU FINANCIALLY COULD, WOULD YOU STAY AT HOME FULL-TIME WITH YOUR KIDS?
Right now, yeah. Once she is in school, no.

IF YOU COULD BUY ANY CAR/VEHICLE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Aston Martin Vanquish. But it's priced a little out of our reach. We'd have to sell our house and then come up with another $5000.

FAVORITE HOLIDAY OTHER THAN CHRISTMAS
I was going to say Thanksgiving, but Heather stole it. Easter.

DO YOU MAKE YOUR BED EVERY DAY (OR NEARLY EVERY DAY)?
Oh my word, no. Honestly, the only time I make the bed is when I wash the sheets.

NAME ONE THING THAT DRIVES YOU CRAZY (ANNOYING) ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND
For the love of all mankind, Brian, for goodness sake, can you PLEASE drive more than two inches behind that car in front of us?

COULD YOU LIVE IN ONE SEASON ALL YEAR ROUND, AND IF SO, WHAT SEASON WOULD
IT BE?
Fall, without question. Otherwise we don't get football. Oh, and I like the leaves.


IF OFFERED $500,000, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH GRADES?
Not if Heather's life depended on it. But I would like Heather to go back just so we could see that hair. hee hee

HOW OFTEN DO YOU READ A BOOK/NOVEL?
-my goal is one a month. Haven't hardly reached that.
I read every day. A book a month, depends. Sometimes faster, especially if it's Twilight. And yes, I read it more than once.

WHO IS THE DISCIPLINARIAN (THUS FAR) IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?
Guthrey. Just kidding. Me. Is anyone surprised?

DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF 'GREEN', AS IN RECYCLE, REUSE, ETC?
No. I'd buy a hybrid just so I could save money on gas. I throw away my cans (as in canned veggies), but I recycle my cardboard and pop cans. Unless I'm on a cleaning spree and don't feel like dragging my butt to the garage.

WHEN MAKING A HAMBURGER, WHAT CONDIMENTS WOULD YOU CHOOSE (KETCHUP,
MUSTARD, ONIONS, PICKLES, ETC)?
Everything that's on the whopper. Haven't had one in years, but they're like crack. I'd like the crack with cheese meal, please. Super Size.

FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK
Dirty Vodka Martini with Bleu Cheese Stuffed Olive. (Deja Vu.)
Black and Tan (Guinness and Bass)
Captain 100 and Coke

FAVORITE NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK
Fresh Squeezed OJ
Coffee

PICK ONE COUSIN (SAME COUSIN CAN'T BE PICKED TWICE) AND SAY ONE GOOD THING
ABOUT HER:
I don't think I'm supposed to say something good about myself, am I?
Heather - This may sound silly, but Heather inspires me to make my house look better. Yeah, if you know me, that's a HUGE inspiration. And honestly, I just feel like I can say anything to Heather about how crappy things are going, or how yucky I feel, or how pissed off I am, and she's right there to make me feel like I'm not alone.
Jenny - She busts her butt to do whatever she can to make her family happy. And that includes the ones that live in her house and the ones that don't.
-Kim -Totally accepted our family for who we are, and jumps right on in when we all go a little nutty.
-Holly - Has some of the best advice I have ever heard. And she always puts it in a way that makes you know she gets it, she understands, and you're not a total loser because you need help.
-Jeff is low-key and laid back, but when you need him, he's there. At Grandpa's funeral, any time I needed a little support, Jeff was there before I knew I needed the support. He was there for Grandma. He was there for Jenny. He was there for his sisters and his dad. I noticed it a lot, and I recall thinking what a MAN Jeff was. And not like "You da man," but like when you say, "Hey, I hope my daughter grows up and finds a man like that."
Oh, and that email about the dead hooker in the trunk was HYSTERICAL.

JALEPENOS: LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM?
Ooh, deep fried and stuffed with cream cheese, love them.

CHOCOLATE: LOVE IT OR HATE IT?
Yep, I love Heather's ass too. Oh, wait. Chocolate. Yep, love it.

DO YOU EVER LOOK AT YOUR OWN ASS IN THE MIRROR? BE HONEST...
I try not to, but every once in a while I get a little too hopeful and think that maybe it has fallen off since the last time I checked. Needless to say, the wishing has not helped yet.

DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE PHOTOS TAKEN OF YOU?
-No. In fact, when we went to the capitol, we told the Academy guy with
the camera we'd have him fired if we ended up in any of the photos. I'm
trying to be better about taking pictures with the girls, though.
HATE it. But after the first month of Talia's life, realizing that I had only taken one picture of her, I try to get other people to take pictures sometimes. But apparently they don't like pictures of me either.

DO YOU WISH UPON STARS?
Nope, I stick to praying.

DO YOU PREFER TO BAKE (DESSERTS) OR COOK (MEALS)?
Bake, bake, bake, bake, bake, bake, BAKE.

TWO ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIES- ONLY TWO, PEOPLE!
Princess Bride
Serenity

IF YOU COULD KNOW THE DAY YOU WILL DIE, WOULD YOU?
No

IF YOU COULD RE-NAME YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
That's a hard question. I don't want to re-name myself. Even though my name is really common, I've started to think recently that besides my chin, it's the only thing I've got that my dad gave me.

NAME ONE QUESTION YOU'D LIKE TO ASK GOD
How to be a better person

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVORITE FASHION TREND?
I don't remember what it was called, but that thing in the 80s that was basically a circle of stretchy fabric and you could wear it around your waist, or like a tube top, or doubled over as a headband. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

And random other questions.....
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN THE KIDS ARE AWAY/ASLEEP?
Watch UFC.
WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
That I won't always be able to keep Talia safe.