Random things about me

February 7th, 2006 by Kristin

Got this from a good friend in my email this morning. Instead of keeping the email chain going, I decided I’d post the answers here on my blog. So now everyone will know some really random facts about me. Hope you enjoy!

Welcome to the 2006 edition of Getting to Know Your Friends. Copy this to your blog, change the answers and leave me a comment with the link so that I can get to know you too!

  1. What time did you get up this morning?7:10
  2. Diamonds or pearls?Diamonds
  3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?I think it was The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. We don’t go to the movies very often
  4. What is your favorite TV show?Currently Gilmore Girls, House, and CSI. Overall I’m not very impressed with current TV, which is a bummer, cause I love TV.
  5. What did you have for breakfast?An apple and a cup of tea, which is an apple more than most days.
  6. What is your middle name?Elizabeth
  7. What is your favorite cuisine?Meat & Potatoes
  8. What food do you dislike?Fish and Seafood
  9. Your favorite Potato chip?Plain Lays
  10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?Green Day American Idiot
  11. What kind of car do you drive?Honda Accord
  12. What characteristics do you despise?close-mindedness
  13. Favorite item of clothing?my best fitting pair of jeans
  14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?Well, that would currently be the Caribbean, which we happen to be going to next week. After that is Hawaii.
  15. What color is your bathroom?The master bath is navy blue and an ugly shade of tan. Not my choice! The bathroom needs a major renovation which we can’t afford so I haven’t bothered to paint it.
  16. Favorite brand of clothing?If I had to pick one, I’d say it’s the Gap
  17. Where would you retire?Probably to where my children and grandchildren are, if we ever have any.
  18. Favorite time of day?7pm when I’m done with everything and can just sit and relax for a while.
  19. Where were you born?Portland, Maine
  20. Favorite sport to watch?Hmm…I’m glued to the TV every Sunday watching NASCAR, but one could debate that it’s not really a sport, so other than that probably Hockey or baseball, both of which I prefer seeing in person rather than on TV.
  21. What laundry detergent do you use?Tide
  22. Coke or Pepsi?Coke (caffeine free)
  23. Are you a morning person or night owl?definitely a morning person. After 9pm I become nearly impossible to communicate with.
  24. What size shoe do you wear?7
  25. Do you have pets?2 cats
  26. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with your friends?We’re going to St. Croix next week!
  27. What (who) did you want to be when you were little?I wanted to fly fighter jets or design them.
  28. Favorite Candy Bar?Snickers
  29. What is your best childhood memory?Anytime that we were up at camp, particularly rides in the orange boat.
  30. What are the different jobs you have had in your life?Ice Cream scooper, bank teller, manufacturing engineer, product development engineer
  31. What color underwear are you wearing?blue
  32. Nicknames?Keekee, given to me by my brother before he could say Kristin, and it stuck. It later got shortened to Keek.
  33. Piercing:2 always infected holes in each ear.
  34. Ever been to Asia?nope
  35. Ever been toilet papering?nope
  36. Greatest fear?not doing anything meaningful with my life
  37. Love someone so much it made you cry?yes
  38. Been in a car accident?yes
  39. Croutons or bacon bits?Croutons
  40. Favorite day of the week?Saturday
  41. Favorite restaurant?Great Northern Pizza Kitchen
  42. Favorite flower?Gladiola
  43. Favorite ice cream?hmmm…anything chocolately. The ice cream shop I used to work at made awesome GrapeNut ice cream and Peanut butter Ice cream.
  44. Disney or Warner Brothers?Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister Dot)
  45. Favorite fast food restaurant?McDonald’s
  46. What color is your bedroom carpet?Grey
  47. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?none! thanks to my dad that worked for hours and hours with me to teach me to parallel park.
  48. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail?Spam Blocker! saying that this email was stuck in the spam filter.
  49. What do you do most often when you are reading?Curl up in a blanket on the couch, listening to some light classical music.
  50. Greatest achievement:Having a scrapbook page published in the Becky Higgins Sketch Book 2
  51. Bedtime:~10pm
  52. Last person you went to dinner with:Chris
  53. Ford or Chevy?Well, I would buy a ford if I had to choose between the two, but as a NASCAR fan Chevy rules!
  54. What are you listening to right now?Green Day Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  55. What is your favorite color?Blue
  56. Lake, Ocean or River?Growing up on the coast of Maine, I have to say the ocean.
  57. How many tattoos do you have?none
  58. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?Chicken
  59. Favorite Cocktail?I don’t drink much, and when I do it’s wine with dinner.
  60. Red or White?white
  61. Where would you go for a girls weekend get-a-way?someplace on a warm beach.
  62. What would you do if you had to select another career?Musician
  63. Favorite Family Vacation?Disney World, the year we went with Grammie and Grampa, and we convinced them to ride space mountain.
  64. All Time Favorite Concert?Billy Joel and Elton John
  65. Words or phrase you overuse:I don’t know (I’m not saying that I don’t know the answer to this question, I’m saying I overuse the phrase “I don’t know”)

3 Responses to “Random things about me”

  1. Mary Fran Says:

    Cool to read all these little things about you! I enjoyed this!

  2. Anonymous Says:

    I’m glad you did this too.

    Isn’t the new Green Day album good? I think it shows that we (our generation) can still rock. :)

  3. Jenn Says:

    Sorry. I’m anonymous!

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