The ABC's of Me

There are many different types of food blogs out there.  Many, like mine, devote most of their time to recipes.  Some chronicle their everyday eats.  A ton have giveaways daily.  A good handful incorporate their daily eats, recipes and exercise routine into their posts.

Well, since I am mostly a recipe blog, I often think, "do my readers really know me?"  They know I love to cook, bake, entertain, etc., but do they really know my likes, dislikes, phobias and dreams?  Probably not.  Well, here we go.

Do me a favor, if you already know one of my below listed items, tell me in the comments section.  I really want to know if you've been paying attention!

A
Aerobics.  I love aerobics classes but never get to them.  I do not have a gym membership, nor anyone to even watch my kids if I wanted to go.  Someday I will get back into a class.

B
Beer.  My favorite alcoholic drink.  I'm a cheap date.

C
Caring.  I do feel like I have a deep, caring personality.  If you are a friend of mine, I try hard to make you a friend for life.

D
Duke.  Our black lab we had to put down last month.  We still miss him like crazy.

E
Entertaining.  My most favorite thing to do in the whole-wide-world is to have a quiet night in with friends or family.  Usually surrounded by food, a movie or just conversation.  That is my idea of entertaining.

F
Food.  Duh.  That one is pretty obvious.  I love everything about it.  Creating a recipe, eating it and telling the world about it.

G
Gardening.  I have plans to enhance my garden this year, if you call a non-used flower bed a garden.  Last year I only planted two tomato plants and two pepper plants and it produced almost more than I could handle.  But, this year, call me crazy, I want to do more!

H
Hair.  Mine is awful.  I haven't had a cut or color in many, many months.  I hate shelling the money out for it, I'm really cheap. But, next week I'm making an appointment.  It's time.

I
Iowa.  I live here, have my whole life.  Did you know that?  Even though it often gets a bad rap {only farms, nothing to do, hickville-usa} I love it.  I wish people didn't believe what they hear.  We've got beautiful land, great schools and wonderful food!

J
Jokester.  If you know me well and I feel comfortable around you, you will soon find out I joke.  A lot.  And I'm often very sarcastic.  Sometimes I even take it too far.  It's one of my faults.

K
Koch.  My maiden name.  Pronounced {cook}.  I loved that last name.

L
Lust.  Yes, I said lust.  I'm lusting for a cookbook deal.  It is kind of ridiculous.  I'm sure I'm annoying everyone about it.

M
I'm a mom.  To two adorable little kids.  It is my proudest achievement, yet my hardest job.  EVER.

N
Nutella.  I could eat it by the spoonful if no one was watching.  I stuff it into cookie dough, pie dough, and slather it on banana bread.  I even added it to this drink.

O
Overwhelmed.  I often feel overwhelmed, but don't let people see it.  It's hard to run a household when your husband works odd, crazy hours, you have two little ones under your feet and your a semi-neat freak.  And hold down a part-time job that I choose as my career.  Oh, and did I mention not having any relatives close enough that you can just call and say "I need an hour".  That can be tough.

P
Pizza.  My all time favorite food.  Hands down.

Q
Quartet.  In high school I sang in a quartet.  We were really good and the first in our high school to have a quartet make it to All-State.  Sadly my singing career pretty much ended during college, I haven't sang in public since then, but I do love to sing, but I'm shy about it.  I love singing in groups, terrified singing alone!

R
Ramsey.  Dave Ramsey that is.  The husband and I have been following his program since late October.  Its changed our lives.

S
Stubborn.  I can be stubborn.  But, I just feel adamant about some things.....see, that statement right there says I'm stubborn.

T
Television.  I am not one of those who claims they are above watching T.V.  I have a few shows that I really like and others that just fill in the time.  My favorites: Grey's Anatomy, Downton Abbey, Nashville, The Big Bang Theory, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives and what the husband calls drama fest T.V. any of the "Real Housewives" series...

U
Underpaid.  Don't you wish we got paid to make our way through life?  I think we are all in this boat.

V
Victory.  I love a good win.  I'm competitive and a huge sports fan.  I could watch T.V. with the guys most of the day and be content.

W
Water.  My dream {our dream} is to someday build a log cabin on a lake or have land with a pond.  Something about looking out at water just makes the day seem better.  I think I got this from my mother.

X
I'm not going to kid you, I have nothing for X.  It shouldn't even be a letter.

Y
Yoga.  I used to do it faithfully in college when I worked at a Y and got a free membership.  I remember the first time I did it, I couldn't walk for days after.  I was so sore.  I'd love to start back up again.

Z
Zzzzz's.  I don't think I'm getting enough.  I'm an early riser so even if I went to bed later I still am up early.  I wish I could have a day to sleep in!  And better yet, my body wouldn't just automatically wake up.  And those darn kids, they need to learn to sleep in better too.

So, what did you learn?  What did you already know?

P.S.  Happy Birthday to my sister, Nicky:)