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. :)
10. Do you count calories? Only when I am marathon training so I make sure to consume enough calories.
#11. Do you ever drink soda? NO, I hate soda but I love wine and drink more than my share of red wine!! :)
Question 11. I pretty much cut soda, except for the occassional ginger ale/brew. I cant resist!
I’ve been eyeing those bars forever, good to know they are IGE approved!
Answering #1-I’m an accountant with an insurance company in Cedar Rapids. #2 Have a 17 year old son and a schnauzer/lhasa apso mix puppy. Love your blog. Getting back in shape and love your outlook on exercise and eating.
Do you have any children or pets?
No babies yet…but I have eight, yes, you read correctly, eight, four-legged “kids.” Three dogs, and five rescue kitties that I could not say no to. My husband and I like to joke that they are practice for the real thing, and just as demanding! Love the blog, and especially all of your great dinner ideas. Whenever I am in a food rut I always check your recipes out :)
# 16: What are your thoughts on wasting food? (Are you a member of the Clean Your Plate Club?)… Growing up with 4 brothers, my mom always made lots of food and we all usually cleaned our plates. Now I think more often that if you really don’t want it then there isn’t a reason to eat it…just make sure you compost the remains!
Age and Job?
I am a 26 year old Events Coordinator! I plan business luncheons, trade shows and awards functions.
#1 – I am a Registered Dietitian – work at a long-term acute care hospital. I grew up in Iowa and am still an Iowa girl at heart, but now I’m in Texas
Hate doing the dirty dishes – but not as much as I hate unloading the dishwasher. Blech! Worst job in the world.
Those bars look really good. I’ll answer number 12- I drink homemade iced mint tea from my garden using peppermint & apple mint (and sweeten it w/ agave nectar) & I love warm chamomile tea in the winter.
I really enjoyed your 20 questions, thanks for sharing with everyone! I’ll have to try those Olay products. I love that brand, but I’ve never tried either one of those. I’ll answer 19 – absolutely – dessert daily!!
what kind of tea do you buy?===i looove tazo tea from starbucks! i love both the hot and the kind you can make iced! yum!! passion iced tea!!!
Did I eat healthy growing up? Most every thing was home grown and home canned or preserved, and ‘junk food” was not even a word we knew existed. The only thing I remember eating between meals was fresh baked bread with home churned butter and home made strawberry preserves.