The other day I was contacted by a new reader who had a bunch of questions for me re: IGE. As I was typing the answers to a few questions out, I decided, hey, why not share with everyone?
And so…20 questions with IGE:
1. What type of work do you do? I work in the marketing department at a history museum. I design collateral pieces, event posters, update our website, oversee social media efforts and do pretty anything else that needs done. “Marketing” is code for “we do it all!”
2. Do you have any children or pets? No, and no.
3. What are the kitchen gadgets, tools, or appliances that you couldn’t live without? Here is a list of my must have kitchen items.
4. Where did you get your tofu press? I have a TofuXPress tofu press.
5. Were you raised on healthy eating & exercise or did you develop this as an adult? Absolutely. Growing up, my Mom had a healthy, home-cooked meal on the table every night at 5:30pm, and if I wasn’t sleeping, eating, or in school I was usually dancing, which kept me very active!
6. Are you the saver and bill-payer in your house or is your husband on board, too? I run the finances as far as paying bills, etc., but Ben and I have the same views on saving for our future, as we’d both like to retire young and move to the Amalfi Coast. :D
7. How long have you been married? 3 years last April, and counting!
8. How old are you? 27. Soon to be 28. Sickening.
9. What brand of pots and pans do you use? I use Calphalon pots and pans, although I have a small skillet from Target that I use for eggs. It’s cheap and thin which makes it heat up quickly and seems to cook them perfectly!
10. Do you count calories? Sometimes. I like Livestrong’s Daily Plate tool for tracking calories in and exercise calories out.
11. Do you ever drink soda? Nope.
12. What kind of tea do you buy? Blech, I hate tea! I will make an exception for Trader Joe’s Vanilla Cinnamon Black Tea, though. It’s delightful!
13. Do you hate washing dishes? Absolutely. In fact, I was banned from washing dishes when I was growing up. Between my two brothers and I, we each had to pick from either clearing the table, washing the dishes or loading the dishwasher after dinner every night. I backed up the sink trying to stuff too much food down the disposal one too many times, and was only allowed to clear the table or load the dishwasher after that. MUCH easier tasks, if you ask me! ;)
14. Do you hate the clean-up after cooking? I am a very messy cook, so yes, yes I do.
15. Are you a Type A, B, C, or D personality or a combination of? Total control/clean freak, anal Type A personality here. I’m fun. :)
16. What are your thoughts on wasting food? (Are you a member of the Clean Your Plate Club?) Card-carrying member of the clean your plate club here! However I don’t think there’s any point in cleaning your plate if you took too much food and are full before your plate is clear. I use salad-sized plates to avoid this problem!
17. What do you keep on your kitchen counters? Keurig, utensil holder, toaster, knife block, microwave, paper-towel dispenser, banana hanger/fruit basket, TV, food scale!
18. Do you favor a certain brand of spices? Do you have a large assortment of spices? I usually buy Tone’s spices, and have near insane amounts of them.
19. Do you have dessert every day? Oh yes. Every day.
20. Do you have certain skin care and hair care products that you swear by? I usually buy whatever shampoo/conditioner is on sale at the store – making sure to get the volumizing formula of whatever it is.
Here’s my skin routine. Although now that it’s summer, and my skin isn’t as dry aka I breakout less, I’ve swapped the salicylic acid based Clean & Clear Dual Action Moisturizer for Oil of Olay Total Effects Fragrance-Free Daily Moisturizer in the morning. It feels like silk.
I also now use Oil of Olay Total Effects Eye Transforming Cream twice a day. Three cheers for anti-aging!
So there you have it – 20 things you now know about me! Want to know anything else? Just ask. :)
3. What are the kitchen gadgets, tools, or appliances that you couldn’t live without? A mini rubber spatula!
I’m a definite Type A personality too!
Do you have any kids or pets?
Yes, one adorable, lovable, smoochable 7 month old little boy and a 4 year old black lab. Pretty sure they are going to be BFF’s in no time!
#9– we use rachael ray pans. They work really well! We bought them after we got married almost 2 years ago!
I have those too. :)
I have a small dessert every night. Life is too short to not eat chocolate!
I enjoy doing dishes…then I know my kitchen is clean!
15. Are you a Type A, B, C, or D personality or a combination of?
Totally a type A, like you…although I can live with mild amounts of messiness! I typically create messes (or organized chaos) at work and around my home during the week, they’re always cleaned up by week’s end. :)
16. What are your thoughts on wasting food? (Are you a member of the Clean Your Plate Club?)
I can’t stand wasting food! If it’s expired, a little moldy, or a little mushy, I’ve probably eaten it.
12. What kind of tea do you buy….none! I’m a coffee lover, especially Starbucks (terrible I know but American coffee is bad in general).
Here’s my answer to #13: I actually really like doing the dishes!! There’s something satisfying about scrubbing off the grime and ending up with clean product :) The granola bars look great! I’m looking for a new brand– I’m burnt out on my current go-to’s.
Do you hate doing the dishes?
Yeppppp. Although somehow I almost always end up being the one the does them….drat.
-Do you ever drink soda?-
Hardly ever. The only time I do is when I’m out to eat (even then I usually have just water, so it’s a very rare occurance) and tonight when I had a root beer float. It just fills me up too much to enjoy the rest of my food.
11. Do you ever drink soda? I almost never drink soda, but I occasionally order it if I go out to a movie or restaurant.