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. :)
Hmm…let’s see. I’ll take the question: How long have you been married?
2 months and 2 days! And loving it! Yayy!!
#19 – I like to have something sweet everyday, but not necessarily dessert. Dark chocolate covered raisins often give me the sweet fix when I’m looking for something.
#7 – Married 2.5 years – 3 in October!
I like the minimalist look, so I only have my Keurig, my tassimo, a fruit bowl, paper towel holder, and a decorative dish on my counters. Everytime I try to leave other stuff out I get frustrated and put it away… for example.. my toaster oven.. I always need to put it back in a cabinet because it’s ancient and gross looking.
19. Do you have dessert every day?
Absolutely! I couldn’t agree with you more: life is too short not to! :)
#5 — Did I grow up eating healthy and exercising or develop this as an adult? Uh, DEFINITELY developed it as an adult. My parents are just about the best thing ever, but between them both working jobs with whacky hours to keep things running and every type of sporting activity you can think of for my brother, we pretty much lived on McD’s and Wendy’s and the occasional concession stand dinner at the ball fields. (Nachos for dinner, anyone?) Wah Wah. So in the last three years I’ve lost 30+ pounds, totally changed my eating and learned to love exercise! I just hiked Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon — quite proud of my accomplishment!!
answer to # 11- Much to my own dismay I’m a Coca-Cola drinker…I’ve tried to quit my habit but I always go back!!
I’ll answer number 7….I’ve almost been married one year :)
My favorite tea is Yogi Chai tea with just a bit of honey.
I have dessert every day too! I like to wait until the evening to have something sweet!
I am the bill payer and saver of the household. Although my husband has made us take some risks that I wouldn’t have (we built a rental in 1997 that scared the heck out of me). After 25 years though, we are pretty much on the same page.
How old are you? 27 turning 28 in December! Gettin older & wiser! : )
I’ll be 63 on Monday…am I one of your oldest fans? My 3 daughters love your site too!