[MaWhit]

Be as general or specific as you like, skip any questions that make you uncomfortable, and let's just have fun getting to know each other. And to keep the thread moving, try to reply to at least one person with whom you have something in common on the poll. Here goes...


What's your first name?

Where do you live?

How old are you?

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single?

Have kids? If so, give details.

Have pets? If so, give details.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other?

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it?

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions?

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time?

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving?

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying?

What do you do for a living? What's your job?

Anything else you'd like to share?

[MaWhit]

What's your first name? Whitney. Many call me Whit.

Where do you live? south central Colorado

How old are you? 31

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? I was married for 8 years, we split 2 years ago, and I've been single since. No interest in dating at this point in time.

Have kids? If so, give details. I have 3 kids. Marian will be 7 in less than 2 weeks, Leo will be 5 in March, and Sophie is 3.

Have pets? If so, give details. 5 cats and 2 guinea pigs. The cats are Milo, Walter, Henry, Maude, and Lucy. The guinea pigs are Phoebe and Dharma.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? I own a small house.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? I have a 1990 Toyota Camry with 240,000 miles on it. Her name is Suki and she's orange, yellow, blue, green, red, and purple, and covered with dozens of bumper stickers (at least).

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerance/restrictions? I'm sensitive to dairy and wheat. My oldest is sensitive to dairy. My younger two have Celiac and will be gluten-free for life. They cannot have gluten, dairy (casein), or soy, and my youngest also cannot have corn (she gets hives). It is challenging.

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? I love movies. In the theater, rentals, Netflix, whatever. I also love to read, write, research, crochet, exercise, and more.

What kind of education did you have growing up? (public, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? I was public-schooled the whole way. I homeschool my kids.

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying? I have my A.A. I'm in college now pursuing my B.A. in Sociology.

What do you do for a living? What's your job? Well, I'm a single homeschooling college-student mom of three. I work at a gym childcare several days a week, I babysit a 5yo girl 15-20 hours a week, I do odd jobs for the neighbors (washing windows, etc), I mystery shop, and I've worked at home (but am taking a break so I can focus more on school). I get grants from school and child support which supplement my income.

Anything else you'd like to share? Eventually.

[JennyWenny]

What's your first name? Jennifer

Where do you live? Illinois, 2 1/2 hours south of Springfield.

How old are you? 30 (will be 31 next month)

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Married seven years in Feb.

Have kids? If so, give details. Two girls. My oldest is Riley (7), and youngest is Devin (5).

Have pets? If so, give details.Three cats and a dog. The oldest cat is Kitty, then Trixie and Rosie. Our dog is a long-haired red dachsund named C.J.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? Rent, house.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? I have a '96 Plymouth Voyager, 120,000+ miles, hunter green and hubby has a 94 Ford Escort, miles unknown, blue.

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? Oldest DD has some sort of allergies. Not sure yet. Go to the docto on Tuesday.

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? Read and I go bowling 2 times a week.

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? Public, public

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying? I have a Associate in Applied Science, Paraprofessional Educator degree. (Fancy name for teacher's aide).

What do you do for a living? What's your job? I am a personal aide in a classroom of special needs kids.

Anything else you'd like to share? Sometimes, I wish we could afford to have me stay at home, so that anytime the kids need me, I'm there.

[AJsMommy]

What's your first name? Jennifer

Where do you live? Michigan

How old are you? 32 (will be 33 next month)

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Married, We celebrated 13 yrs in Dec.

Have kids? If so, give details. I have a son who will be 10 in June.

Have pets? If so, give details. One cat, Tabby and a golden hamster Sir Charles Whiskers.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? We own a house.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? I have a black 2003 Chevy Trail Blazer, it has approx. 50,000 miles on it and my hubby has a royal blue 2003 Chevy Cavalier with 100,000 miles on it.

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? No we don't.

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? Reading and spending time with my son.

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? Public, public

Do you have any college degrees? I graduated from a Technical school for Medical Assisting almost 2 yrs ago.

What do you do for a living? What's your job? I am a Medical Assistant at a busy pediatric office.

[CyberGypsy]

What's your first name?
Sandy

Where do you live?
Ocala florida

How old are you?
47 in two weeks

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single?
Divorced twice


Have kids? If so, give details.
22 your old son who just came out of the Air Force...

Have pets? If so, give details.

None...the kitty i was going to adopted died....it was th runt of the litter

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other?
I use to flip homes... I had a workmans comp injury, and had to sell my last home....and live in a mobile till my WC case is settled..

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it?
2006 Honda Civic EX with Navi. Bright red. 13K

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions?
Nope

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down
time?
Webmaster.....

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving?Private Catholic girls school for me....My son Christian school

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying?
Never finished

What do you do for a living? What's your job?
Flipping homes.....

[melissalaurel]

What's your first name?
Melissa

Where do you live?
Maine, USA

How old are you?
27 but I'll be 28 in 3 months.

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single?
married 7 years

Have kids? If so, give details.
Logan will be 8 next month, William is 4, and our baby Benjamin will be 8 months old in 3 days

Have pets? If so, give details.
one 4yo Lhaso Apso named Bella, one 8yo cat named Moose, two kittens (sisters) name Moxie and Minnie.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other?
Own a 1/2 duplex.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it?
I drive a red 2001 Ford Explorer. It has a million miles on it. LOL I'm not really sure but it does have a lot.

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions?
My baby has a milk protein sensitivity.

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time?
I love to read, watch tv, surf the net, digital scrapbook, and play with my boys.

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving?
I went to public schools and so do my children.

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying?
I do not have a degree. I never went back to college after becoming pregnant with my first chld. I plan to go back at some point. Probably when all of our kids are in school full time.

What do you do for a living? What's your job?
I'm a stay at home mom. My hubby is a full time firefighter/EMT-I

[Sheila53]

Flipping houses! I love watching Flip That House and Property Ladder on cable. Some of those people get in way over their heads. And it's incredible how much a home in So. California costs!

What's your first name? Sheila

Where do you live? Oregon

How old are you? 53

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Married for 25 years

Have kids? If so, give details. Blended family (his, hers, ours) of 4 kids--two boys (34, 28) and two girls (30, 23). One incredible granddaughter who is six.

Have pets? If so, give details. Down from our all time high of four dogs and three cats to one 16-year old dog with Obnoxious Personality Disorder (his name is Mitch) and three fluffy inside-only kitties--Arrow is a tuxedo cat, CeCe is a calico, and blue-eyed Tess looks like a Birman, but was a stray so she was listed as a Siamese mix at the shelter.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? Own a house.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? A boring, but paid off, 2003 Ford Taurus that's burgundy with 35,000 miles

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? I'm trying to reduce glutens.

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? Love to kayak, go to the gym, run when it's nice, garden, hike, watch HGTV

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? Public for all

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying? Bachelor's in finance and accounting and lack two classes from getting a master's in technical communication

What do you do for a living? What's your job? Used to be an information developer--now my job is having as much fun as I possibly can

Anything else you'd like to share? Love to hear about people's pets so thanks for all the pet info, everyone. Started my own rescue organization about six years ago (it's still going, but I moved), and used to foster homeless cats and dogs all the time.

[Celestyna]

What's your first name? Margaret

Where do you live? Huntsville, Alabama.

How old are you? 32

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? single.

Have kids? If so, give details. I'm allergic!

Have pets? If so, give details. My synth, my cello, my guitars and my bass.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? The bank owns my soul.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it?
Red 05 Pontiac Vibe named Milli

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? I can't tolerate more than a bit of dairy.

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? Skate, get better with the cello, circuit bend, and lately... elliptical.

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? Private and public growing up, but if I ever have kids I'm homeschooling or some sort of communal schooling.

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now?
If so, what are you studying?

Associates in Electronics Technology and going for my BS in Electrical Engineering

What do you do for a living? What's your job? Woo hoo! I just quit my job. I'm *JUST* a student now for the first time in 12 years.

Anything else you'd like to share? i need all the support i can get. heh.

[108tolose]

Where do you live? Alabama

How old are you? 38

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Married for almost 6 years

Have kids? If so, give details. 2 - one will be 4 next week and a 2-1/2 year old

Have pets? If so, give details. None

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? Rent a house

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? I have a black 2006 Chevy HHR with 8000 miles. I love my car. My husband drives a highly-modified Ford F250 crew cab.

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? None of us do

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? I love to read, spend a lot of time on the internet, crochet - too much sedentary activities!

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? I went to public schools. My 4 year old starts at a private Christian school in August.

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying? I have a BS in accounting, MS in Human Resource Management

What do you do for a living? What's your job? I am an Imports and Exports Manager

Anything else you'd like to share? Not right now

[wchs2007]

Where do you live? Alabama

How old are you? 38

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Married for 19 years

Have kids? If so, give details. 3- BOYS.. 18 Senior in high school..15 9th grade.. 11 ( 12 in March) 6 th grade

Have pets? If so, give details. 2 dogs 1 cat

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? owen house

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it?
2006 Ford Freestyle.. 1999 Ford escort..

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? None of us do

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? I love to work in our church.. Working with the youth is my favorite.
I also love photography..

What kind of education did you have growing up? (public private, home-school, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? I graduated from a public school.. All my sons attends public school,,,

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying? No I did not go to college.. Hubby did ..Oldest son will go this Fall..

What do you do for a living? What's your job? I babysit for teachers...

Anything else you'd like to share? Not right now

[lilybelle]

Be as general or specific as you like, skip any questions that make you uncomfortable, and let's just have fun getting to know each other. And to keep the thread moving, try to reply to at least one person with whom you have something in common on the poll. Here goes...


What's your first name? Lily

Where do you live? Oklahoma

How old are you? 46

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Married

Have kids? If so, give details. A son aged 21, daughter age 14, 4 step-daughters ages 24,21,17 and 13

Have pets? If so, give details. I have a chocolate lab and 12 chocolate lab puppies that are 3 weeks old. Also have 2 cats.

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? We own our house.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? I have a Ford Expedition that is maroon with gold trim and has 38,000miles on it.

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? I am severely allergic to any shellfish.

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? I like to walk, read, swim, fish, hunt, gardening..

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? I had a public school education and so did/ are my children.

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying? I have an Associate of Sciences degree from a junior college and my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma.

What do you do for a living? What's your job? I am now disabled, but worked 20 yrs. as an RN. My favorite area to work in was Labor and Delivery and Newborn Nursery.

Anything else you'd like to share? I have 2 beautiful grandsons ages 2 1/2 and 8 months old.

[MusicJunkee]

What's your first name? Justine.
Where do you live? Nebraska
How old are you? 20, turning 21 in 1 month and 5 days.
Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Single.
Have kids? If so, give details. No.
Have pets? If so, give details. I have 3 cockatiels. George, Baby and Caeser. And a 9 month old Pomeranian/Poodle named Baxter.
Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? Live with parents.
What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? Ford tempo. Don't know how many miles.
Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? None that I know of.
What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time? Read, Listen to music, Watch Movies/Tv, Board Games or Sodoku.
What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? Public for me.
Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying? No degrees.
What do you do for a living? What's your job? I work in a restaurant.
Anything else you'd like to share? I am really inspired by seeing some of the previous posters' weight loss trackers. And hopeful that someday I'll have one that looks just as impressive.

[Trazey34]

What's your first name? Tracey

Where do you live? Ontario, Canada

How old are you? 40

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? Married

Have kids? If so, give details. No kiddies

Have pets? If so, give details. no pets

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other? Own a house

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it? I have a red cavalier, 1999, with 120 KMs on it, that's about 70,000 miles. I'm getting a new car in the spring Hubby has a very fancy Lexus

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions? Food allergies -- blueberries
intolerances -- for stupid people
restrictions -- just myself

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time?

I like to read, I like downloading/watching movies, chatting with friends, my fabulous iMac that I'm typing on right now!

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving?

Went to public school and went to college.

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying?

I went to college, got a diploma in Office Administration, and one in English

What do you do for a living? What's your job?

My old job (17 years) was in Data Management, doing payroll & billing, now for the past 3 years, I'm an Office Manager (secretary!!!) for a mental health agency -- love it!!!!!

Anything else you'd like to share? hmmm... I'll think about it... I think I'm sharing a lot on my posts I like to be funny, because I think a good attitude and good sense of humour can get you thru just about anything!

[cupcake84]

What's your first name?Meryl

Where do you live? Pictou County, Nova Scotia

How old are you?22 (23 next month)

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single? partnered

Have kids? If so, give details.my son, charlie is 9 months, i have a step son andy who is 6 and a step daughter candice who is 3

Have pets? If so, give details.a miniature poodle named jake

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other?rent a duplex

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it?a forest green 1998 pathfinder, like 200,000 km, and a green 1996 ford escort
with like 220,000kms
Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions?my stepdaughter is a diabetic

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time?play with my son, computer, crafts

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving? public, public

Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying?diploma in human services with a concentration in gerontology and a certificate in SCA (special care assistant)

What do you do for a living? What's your job?on maternity leave now, in between jobs as i moved across the country while on mat leave

[Saoirsee]

Ok i'm bored!

What's your first name?
Elizabeth, but everybody calls me Beth.

Where do you live?
Northern Ontario, Canada

How old are you?
27.

Are you married, partnered, divorced, single?
Um, technically/legally? I'm married. In reality? Single. My husband of 5 years decided teenagers are more his thing, and so i left. He's a thousand miles away and i like it that way! (Isn't that information you all wanted to know?! LOL )

Have kids? If so, give details.
I have 1 adorable son. He's just turned 2, and the absolute love of my life.

Have pets? If so, give details.
again, technically? I have a 3 year old Border Collie named Nya. I had to leave her behind when i left Missouri. In reality, no pets. But boy would i love one!

Do you rent, or own? House, condo, apartment, other?
Um, none of the above? Right now i'm forced to live with my family (parents and 4 younger brothers) it's quite crowded and i'm doing everything i can in order to move out! It's not working so well.

What kind(s) of car(s) do you have? What color? How many miles are on it?
I have a gold coloured 2000 Pontiac Montana minivan, which has 150 thousand miles on it (yes miles, it's a US vehicle). Technically, i also own a sparkly deep blue 1997 Jeep Cherokee in amazing condition, with under 100 thousand miles on it. Sadly it's also stuck in the US, and i don't get to have fun driving it!

Do you, or family members, have food allergies/intolerances/restrictions?
I'm super allergic to seafood. I also have a great sensitivity to citric acid, which means very little tomatoes, oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, etc. My son is exhibiting signs of sensitivity to citric acid as well. I've also recently discovered that there's something in Canadian BBQ flavouring that gives me horrible hives!

What are some of your hobbies? Favorite things to do when you have down time?
My son and i love to go swimming together. We also like to play at the park, and do arts and crafts together. I have actually grown to enjoy scrapbooking lately, and i love to go out and play pool with my friends. I'm rather a movie junky, and love to watch any film. I love to read, and lately have really enjoyed my work-outs.

What kind of education did you have growing up? (puclic, private, homeschool, etc) If you have kids now, what kind of education are they receiving?
Growing up i went to public school. Public school here in Canada is SO much different from in the US! When we were living in the US, our plan was to homeschool our son. Now that i'm in Canada, i think i would be okay with sending him to public school, but i would be sure to be as involved as possible.


Do you have any college degrees? If so, what? Anyone in college now? If so, what are you studying?
I have a bachelors' in Recreational Leadership. I went to Bible College for 2 years and majored in Music and Drama, but never planned on graduating from there.

What do you do for a living? What's your job?
Currently i work full time as the Admin and front desk reception/travel arranger for a large engineering firm. It's not in my degree field, but i like my job a lot, and it's exactly the type i want, so that i don't have to worry about work interferring with my time with my son. However, it pays next to nothing, and therefore puts me in a sticky situation housing wise.

Anything else you'd like to share?
Um, i'm pretty sure i've shared enough. LOL.