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. :)
20. Do you have certain skin care and hair care products that you swear by?
I actually use a baking soda/lemon juice shampoo and a apple cider vinegar/mint conditioner, rather than the store bought shampoos and conditioners. I switched over about 2 years ago and my hair has never been healthier or softer. Less chemicals and phosphates in the detergents=amazing results and stupidly cheap. Yay for saving money! [: Though I do splurge and buy hair butter from a web-based all natural website for about 14$ every few months.
YES I am a member of the clean plate club! I serve myself as much as I want to eat, but it irritates me when restaurant portions are too big! I have a hard time stopping!
Question #2 No children but we have a Siberian Husky that thinks he’s human so I guess I would consider him my child. And also a tank full of fish that keep on multiplying.
My answer to question 16: I am a total clean plate club member! My parents would pick up the phone and “call” the Eat Police if my two sisters and I didn’t finish our food!
Question #2: I have three kids, four dogs and one canary.
Question #2. Do you have any pets or kids?
I have a son who is 21 and going to be a senior in college, 3 dogs: Ivan (going to be 16 years old), Reggie (going to be 14 years old), and Noah (who will be 5), and a cat named Zeaklynn (who is 12). It’s a regular zoo at my house!! :)
Love your blog…..read it every day. Thanks for the chance to win those yummy-looking granola bars.
Childres & Pets: I have 3 adult children; 1 dog & 1 cat
What type of work do you do?
I don’t write about it on my blog, but I feel safe commenting on yours. I had to share this answer because I thought it was so cool that you work in a museum too! I work in an education department in a museum. I even have my Masters degree in Museum Studies.
7. How long have you been married?
3.5 years (8.5 years together total!)
17. What do you keep on your kitchen counters? A Kitchen Aid, Keurig, regular coffee maker, toaster oven, knife block, utensil holder, and paper towel dispenser.
I look forward to reading your blog every day! Thanks for the chance to win!
Question about pets & Kids….. I have an adopted dog named Odin :) and a fat maine coon cat named Herbie!
I love 20 questions and would love to try these granola bars even more! Ok – here’s what I do for a living:
I work for Sprint in the Corportate Communications department as a Communications Manager. I actually have the super cool job of getting to know all of the new devices that are launching from Sprint and then when they launch, I work behind the scenes to throw launch events for national media outlets in fun places like New York, Orlando, San Diego, San Franciso, etc. I write lots of press releases and media materials but my job allows me to visit New York often and I even get to sit down with the magazines to show them our products and let me tell you – the fashion magazine offices look JUST like they do ‘Devil Wear’s Prada!!”
Did I eat healthy growing up? Um NO! My mom was a single and full-time working mom so we ate whatever was in the fridge or freezer for dinner each night (aka TV dinners). I never ate fruits and vegetables really until I got an apartment in college! Who knew bananas were so yummy! :)