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Getting to know all about youuuuuu...

Let's be real. We are more than BED strugglers. Here's some questions all about you. Answer them if you feel like it and let's get better acquainted.

1. Real name:
2. Married:
3. Kids:
4. Pets:
5. Home place:
6. Career/job:
7. Hobbies:
8. Favorite color:
9. Beach, mountains, or other?
10. Right or Southpaw:

Not required, and give as much or as little info as you like. I'll go first :)
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  • irishjeepgirl1969
    irishjeepgirl1969 Posts: 188 Member
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    1. Real name: Kelly
    3. Married: 20 years to my bff <3
    4. Kids: One, Beck. She's 12
    5. Pets: two dogs and a kitten (boxer named Belle, mutt named Shaky, kitten has no name yet), and a bunch of chickens.
    6. Home place: Virginia
    7. Career/job: Career=radio personality. Job= preschool aide.
    8. Hobbies: dogs, chickens, hiking
    9. Favorite color: blue
    10. Beach, mountains, or other? Beach!!!
    11. Right or Southpaw: righty.

  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
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    1. Real name: Laura
    2. Married: No (divorced)
    3. Kids: One 11-year old son
    4. Pets: One cat
    5. Home place: Chicago suburbs
    6. Career/job: IT
    7. Hobbies: Bowling, gardening, MINECRAFT!
    8. Favorite color: Red
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? I want a cabin in the woods
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right
  • mweckler
    mweckler Posts: 623 Member
    edited March 2016
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    1. Real name:Michael I go by Mike
    2. Married: Yes going on 6 years, was married previously when I was 17 that was a bad time though.
    3. Kids: 18 year old Daughter from first marriage, 5 year old son, and 3 year old daughter.
    4. Pets: 4 Dexter my newly rescued pitt mix, Bailey the beagle dachsund, Cosmo the cat, and my wife's pride and joy Macy the wonder kitty.
    5. Home place: South suburbs of Chicago.
    6. Career/job: Professional Chef for many, many, many, many, years, but love where I am at now, I am the Executive Chef of a school district, so all the fun of being a Chef with the same hours as a teacher.
    7. Hobbies: Martial arts, video games, books, cooking, baking, annoying my kids.
    8. Favorite color: uhhhh one of them
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Beach, I even got married on the beach.
    10. Right or Southpaw: ambidextrous with left handed predominance.

    I own a small catering business on the side when I am not working my real job, I am 35 years old, the middle child, and have 12 ish tattoos, and am working on more. If you want to know anything else feel free to ask.
  • mweckler
    mweckler Posts: 623 Member
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    1. Real name: Laura
    2. Married: No (divorced)
    3. Kids: One 11-year old son
    4. Pets: One cat
    5. Home place: Chicago suburbs
    6. Career/job: IT
    7. Hobbies: Bowling, gardening, MINECRAFT!
    8. Favorite color: Red
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? I want a cabin in the woods
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right

    Which burb Laura if you do not mind sharing, I am in New Lenox which is between Frankfort and Joliet.
  • mweckler
    mweckler Posts: 623 Member
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    1. Real name: Kelly
    3. Married: 20 years to my bff <3
    4. Kids: One, Beck. She's 12
    5. Pets: two dogs and a kitten (boxer named Belle, mutt named Shaky, kitten has no name yet), and a bunch of chickens.
    6. Home place: Virginia
    7. Career/job: Career=radio personality. Job= preschool aide.
    8. Hobbies: dogs, chickens, hiking
    9. Favorite color: blue
    10. Beach, mountains, or other? Beach!!!
    11. Right or Southpaw: righty.

    Nice to meet you, you are a radio personality? Like a morning zoo person or a more toned down one? That is awesome, either way.
  • ab6046
    ab6046 Posts: 371 Member
    edited March 2016
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    1. Real name: Anna
    2. Married: Newlywed!
    3. Kids: No
    4. Pets: No
    5. Home place: Portland, OR but living in NY currently
    6. Career/job: Getting my master's in public health. Also doing clinical research at a hospital, health consulting on a health and housing portfolio, and interning for a clinic that caters to survivors or sex trafficking (developing a program basically). It's a busy semester, which is probably why things are not going well.
    7. Hobbies: Baking, otherwise nothing is jumping out at me. I think I need more hobbies...
    8. Favorite color: Blue
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Mountains, probably
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right

    Other: 28 years old, two younger sisters
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
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    mweckler wrote: »

    Which burb Laura if you do not mind sharing, I am in New Lenox which is between Frankfort and Joliet.

    Lombard :smile:

  • mweckler
    mweckler Posts: 623 Member
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    I used to work for a medical supply warehouse and had to go to Lexington of Lombard to service equipment. Wow small world.
  • daniellethesheep
    daniellethesheep Posts: 117 Member
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    1. Real name: danielle
    2. Married: nope, college student
    3. Kids: nope
    4. Pets: 2 dogs, 3 hermit crabs, 1 chameleon
    5. Home place: Boston will hopefully be my home when I graduate
    6. Career/job: athletic training/physical therapy, still a student but the dream is to work with runners at the marathon/ultra marathon level
    7. Hobbies: distance running
    8. Favorite color: turquoise
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Mountains
    10. Right or Southpaw: right
  • msty112
    msty112 Posts: 199 Member
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    1. Real name: Maureen
    2. Married: Yes. 4 years, been together 10 years.
    3. Kids: Yes. Daughter will turn 3 this summer
    4. Pets: 1 dog. Beagle schnauzer mix. He's 10 years and acts like a puppy.
    5. Home place: Akron area Ohio
    6. Career/job: Currently a stay at home mom. Was a clinical manager at a Doctors office prior to my daughter.
    7. Hobbies: Baking, walking, crocheting, napping
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
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    1. Real name: Scott. But most people who know me, call me sloth.
    2. Married: Yes, 22 yrs or so?
    3. Kids: 1 boy, almost 18, he's awesome.
    4. Pets: 8yr old Lab crossed with the devil.
    5. Home place: Canada. Just north of the USA
    6. Career/job: Blue collar
    7. Hobbies: Not enough.... I am trying to exercise, though... does that count?
    8. Favorite color: Seems like I've always said blue.....
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Not too outdoorsy.... mountains sounds like work to climb, though.
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right, but uncoordinated with both hands.
  • ab6046
    ab6046 Posts: 371 Member
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    Scott, your getting to know you had been my favorite so far! So funny!
  • irishjeepgirl1969
    irishjeepgirl1969 Posts: 188 Member
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    Sloth, you are a hoot, man!
  • ElizabethAN2017
    ElizabethAN2017 Posts: 570 Member
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    1. Real name: Elizabeth Maryam
    2. Married: yes, 2+ years
    3. Kids: 1 son
    4. Pets: 1 cat
    5. Home place: Riverview, NB
    6. Career/job: LT disability (admin before)
    7. Hobbies: been to stressed to enjoy
    8. Favorite color: red, pastel yellow
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? All, lol
    10. Right or Southpaw: right
  • gbread2u0169
    gbread2u0169 Posts: 19 Member
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    1. Real name: Ginger
    2. Married: Divorced - TWICE (first marriage lasted 14 years, 2nd only 4 - it was a mistake from the get go lol)
    3. Kids: 2 girls ages 20 & 24 (and a new son in law - also 24!)
    4. Pets: Dog & cat
    5. Home place: Charleston WV
    6. Career/job: accounting & payroll AND full time college student
    7. Hobbies: no real hobbies - reading, watching tv....do those count??
    8. Favorite color: Earth tones / fall colors- deep greens, burgundy, golds, etc.
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Beach!! Mountains!! I'll take it all!
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right
  • irishjeepgirl1969
    irishjeepgirl1969 Posts: 188 Member
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    Welcome @gbread2u0169!

  • betrue95
    betrue95 Posts: 23 Member
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    1. Real name: Tricia
    2. Married: coming up on 21 years
    3. Kids: 3 (2 - teens, 1 tween)
    4. Pets: 1 small dog, *kitten*...zoo (literally - drives me nuts)
    5. Home place: Ontario
    6. Career/job: Human Resources
    7. Hobbies: reading, binge watching tv series, watching movies, camping
    8. Favorite color: blue
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Beach
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right
  • ashleyolivia
    ashleyolivia Posts: 41 Member
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    Hi everyone :)

    1. Real name: Ashley
    2. Married: going on two years. and he's the best part of my life :)
    3. Kids: none yet
    4. Pets: none
    5. Home place: Oklahoma
    6. Career: CPA
    7. Hobbies: running, reading, hiking, baking (this is a dangerous hobby with BED and so it's one that I'm considering giving up, it just brings me so much joy finding and making new recipes and sharing with friends... until I accidentally eat everything I've just made)
    8. Favorite color: pink and/or grey
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Wine country :) although I would never say no to the mountains or the beach
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right
  • RunawayCurves
    RunawayCurves Posts: 688 Member
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    1. Real name: Laura
    2. Married: Divorced
    3. Kids: Alergic
    4. Pets: No
    5. Home place: England UK
    6. Career/job: keeping myself alive
    7. Hobbies: Crotchet, Clay
    8. Favorite color: Rainbow
    9. Beach, mountains, or other? Green grassland and trees
    10. Right or Southpaw: Right
  • jackibailey
    jackibailey Posts: 206 Member
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    1) Real name: Jacki
    2) Married: yes for 24 years. I'm his third wife. Three times the charm!
    3) Kids: three beautiful stepdaughters who live in Utah. Each of them has a kid. Love them all. Then our two-Sarah who's 21 and Zachary who's 19. First time since day I got married that have no kids at home. Lovin' it hehe.
    4) Pets: jack Russell terrier named Ozzie Pawsborne. She is the devil.
    5) Home: Amarillo Texas
    6) Job: on disability but started part time job last week at Walmart neighborhood market. Fingers crossed.
    7) Hobbies: Tv and walking. I make sure to do a lot of both everyday.
    8) Fav color: purple
    9) Beach or mountains: def mountains and trout fishing in the river
    10) Right or left: righty