IFinTN's AMA

[IFinTN]

I stole this from GKU, since we are growing rapidly I thought it would be nice to do this.

So, today is my "ask me anything" post. Tomorrow someone else should start one and so on and so forth....


Ok, go!

[ginnyjones82]

Love this idea!!!

How did you and YH meet?? I love the how did you meet stories.

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 9:47:04 GMT -5 ginnyjones82 said:

Love this idea!!!

How did you and YH meet?? I love the how did you meet stories.

We met through Match.com. Funny story, I had just gotten over a bad breakup and dyed my hair blond. So I put my hair color as blond in my profile. I winked at DH and we started talking through match. We made a date to meet up and by that time I was over my blond ambition and had gone back to brown. Little did I know that DH would have never responded to my wink if I were not a blond...when we got to our date he was really confused. Apparently he'd only dated blonds up until that point. However, I won him over and we went out again. On our 3rd date he confessed he only dated blonds previously and I said "and how did that work out for you?" and he said "not good." So I suggested perhaps he try something different:)  Glad he took my advice:)

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 9:58:04 GMT -5 @ketchup said:

Just my two cents: if we're going to do this over here, we should keep a running list of days and maybe limit to like 2x a week (Tues and Thurs?), that way any random day isn't just 10 AMAs and the board itself doesn't become flooded with 2wks worth of BTB AMAs. I know that's how the board formerly known as TTGP ran it and it seemed to work well that way.

Yep, that's why I said tomorrow someone else should go. We have such little traffic here that I think having an AMA a day is fine but I figure it will likely be more like every few days.

[DrHooch]

Have you been craving any foods during your pregnancy? If so, what?

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 10:26:36 GMT -5 DrHooch said:

Have you been craving any foods during your pregnancy? If so, what?

This is a loaded question! I have had morning sickness from the moment the second line turned up. Eating has been a challenge and nothing ever sounds good. Now with gestational diabetes, the only things that sound good are high carb and not on my diet....I'll be very happy when I actually like food again:)

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 10:34:52 GMT -5 bostongirl617 said:

What was your best vacation every? What is your dream vacation?

Definitely our honeymoon in Kauai! We found a cute little hotel for $99 a night and so we were able to stay for 12 days.  Dream vacation would be a mediterranean cruise and visit Greece. 

[bluefairy5]

Do you have any furbabies currently? If not, do you plan to get one at some point while raising your LO?

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 10:41:48 GMT -5 bluefairy5 said:

Do you have any furbabies currently? If not, do you plan to get one at some point while raising your LO?

We are fur baby full over here. I have a dog and 4 cats! I lost my 15 year old Lhasa Apso right before we got pregnant and my other dog has been lonely but with a baby on the way we'll likely stick with what we have for now. My kids will always have pets.


I'll show them off on fur baby Friday:)

[hbanana18]

Are you going to be a SAHM or will you be working?

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 11:42:56 GMT -5 hbanana18 said:

Are you going to be a SAHM or will you be working?

Both:)  I am an attorney and I run my own legal practice from home. So I can take on as much or as little as I want from a work standpoint. DH's schedule allows me a few days to work at home without being on exclusive baby duty. 

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 11:54:52 GMT -5 @buttmonkey said:

What kind of law do you practice?

IP law, patents, trademarks and some transactional work (licensing agreements, etc). Everything I do is pretty much virtual. I only have 2 clients out of over 100 that I've met face to face. I rarely leave my pjs....

[ProfessorChaos]

Since you're in my old stomping grounds, I'll ask about them: What's your favorite local activity? (I'll leave city identification to your discretion. )

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 12:16:46 GMT -5 ProfessorChaos said:

Since you're in my old stomping grounds, I'll ask about them: What's your favorite local activity? (I'll leave city identification to your discretion. )

DH and I like to visit The Frist followed by a trip to The Flying Saucer or Blackstone Brewery but that has not happened recently..mmm...beer. Also, Opryland Hotel around Christmas to see the lights. Other than that, we like to fish, so Old Hickory Lake:)

[ProfessorChaos]

Oh, The Flying Saucer! I totally forgot about it. So many happy times there.

Btw, when I first saw this post I thought it would all be about your Advanced Maternal Age. Maybe I have this on the brain bc all I can think these days is that pregnancy must be a lot easier for young bodies.

[ginnyjones82]

ProfessorChaos, I thought the same!

[viola]

Is this too personal?
Are you registered Democrat, Republican, or Independent?
and follow up: Do you usually vote with your party?

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 15:15:28 GMT -5 viola said:

Is this too personal?
Are you registered Democrat, Republican, or Independent?
and follow up: Do you usually vote with your party?

Ooh, politics....I would say independent with tea party undertones but I am officially registered as a republican. I am kinda a mixed bag on the big issues. Pro choice, pro gay rights including gay marriage but also pro gun rights and against gov't involvement in things like health care and I would really like to see a smaller federal govt. Go capitalism!

[ronniesgirl]

Lurker here...I thought this was going to be a post about how you are advanced maternal age.

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 19:45:45 GMT -5 ronniesgirl said:

Lurker here...I thought this was going to be a post about how you are advanced maternal age.

My "geriatric" pregnancy:)

[ronniesgirl]

Mar 4, 2015 19:49:02 GMT -5 IFinTN said:

Mar 4, 2015 19:45:45 GMT -5 ronniesgirl said:

Lurker here...I thought this was going to be a post about how you are advanced maternal age.

My "geriatric" pregnancy:)

Whoa...is that really what they call it? What is over 40 called?

[cbnola71]

What is your biggest fear (other than something IF related, we all have those now that we are KU!)

[sunshinedaisies]

Mar 4, 2015 11:57:43 GMT -5 IFinTN said:

Mar 4, 2015 11:54:52 GMT -5 @buttmonkey said:

What kind of law do you practice?

IP law, patents, trademarks and some transactional work (licensing agreements, etc). Everything I do is pretty much virtual. I only have 2 clients out of over 100 that I've met face to face. I rarely leave my pjs....

No way! I knew you were a lawyer but didn't know anything else. We should talk law, this is along the lines of what I want to do when I graduate (the IP stuff, although the PJs sound pretty great too)

[IFinTN]

Mar 4, 2015 20:22:44 GMT -5 cbnola71 said:

What is your biggest fear (other than something IF related, we all have those now that we are KU!)

This is a tough one! I fear my parents will pass before they have the chance to get to know their grandkid(s). I am an only child and my dad has metastatic prostate cancer. Kinda IF related so I guess I cheated....

[IFinTN]

sunshinedaisies YGPM!