The View From Kalamazoo

via ADM and New Kid

Accent: midwestern – standard National News Anchor

Booze: yep. thank you, may I have another?

Chore I Hate: dishes. I’ll take toilets over dishes. No, I have no explanation.

Dog or Cat: Cats.

Essential Electronics:

Computer. Hell yes.

Favorite Cologne(s): I muck around with BPAL, seems to annoy my allergies less. We loves the precious.

Gold or Silver: I like silver, gold looks better on. I own both.

Hometown: The Detroit area. I’m here now, tho.

Insomnia: Here and there.

Job Title: Congress Coordinator. And Chief Minion.

Kids: Emma, 9, and Colin, 3

Living arrangements: Squatty cape cod, much attention required post-Congress. We’re here one year at the end of June.

Most admirable trait: Dunno.

Number of sexual partners: Pardon moi?

Overnight hospital stays: 3 for me (one for surgery, twice for baby-havin’), 3 for me as Mom-in-room with the kids. Emma twice, Colin once.

Phobias: Not much of note.

Quote: This time of year there is no quote that does not contain impolite language. Fill in your favorite.

Religion: Pagan. Unapologetic. Sue me.

Siblings: Sister, younger.

Time I wake up: Never early enough. No rest for the wicked.

Unusual talent or skill: Nothing unusual. I throw pottery, I carve Celtic knotwork onto clay tiles. Oh, I know – I can read astrological charts. That’s marketable, eh?

Vegetable I refuse to eat: Okra. Sliiiimy. Ugh.

Worst habit: I fret. Unceasingly. And I cuss too much.

X-rays: teeth, chest, ankle, mammogram (uugh)…MRIs, CAT scans, imaging testing for reflux, gall bladder…yippee.

Yummy foods I make: pierogi, (mild, kid-friendly) chili, goulash (Brian‘s favorite), bourbon fudge 

Zodiac sign: Cancer in western, Dog in Chinese.