~*~*Parent Spotlight*~*~ - Cheryl! (mom21kid2dogs)

kimberley wrote: way to go Mommy2BAK for guessing our mystery parent!

In our spotlight this week is Cheryl! (mom21kid2dogs)

Feel free to ask her questions just as we do with the child spotlight

Here is a little info about Cheryl....






Name: Cheryl
Birthday: June 13 (yes, it was a Friday )
Where are you in the world?: Ohio
What are wearing right now?: Denim shorts, pink floral top
What book are you reading right now?: The Notebook (yes, I am hopelessly behing the times!! )
What is the last CD you listened to the whole way through?: Barbie Dance Mix
Last movie you saw in the theater?: Because of Winn Dixie
How do you like to spend a rainy Sunday?: like I spend most Sundays, with Stephen & Olivia and the furboys!!
Who do you admire?: My parents, my husband, the countless number of adoptive families I have worked with throughout the years.
When did you last cry?: last Friday when everyone went to Kent State but me!
Any bad habits?: Yes, far too many to mention!!
Have you ever met anyone famous?: Karen & Richard Carpenter, President & Hillary Clinton
What is the yummiest thing you cook?: Jane Chicken (named after the giver of the recipie. It's actually chicken in a white wine sauce)
Celebrity Crush(es): Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas
Do you untie your shoes every time you take them off?: Nope
Song you sing along with everytime it comes on the radio: I sing everything that comes on the radio. I LOVE to sing!
What do you listen to when you are sad?: Jacksone Browne's Late for the Sky
What do you listen to when you are happy?: Anything from 80's rock to Handel's Watermusic~just depends on where my fingers land in the music cabinent!
What is your most embarassing moment? I'm not sure I have a "most embarrasing moment (or maybe I've just bloked them all out~LOL!!) My most ironic moment was cracking my ankle bone by tripping over a handicapped access sidewalk! That one still cracks me up!!
Do you believe in love at first sight?: Absolutely. I fell in love with my husband that way!
What do you wish you were doing instead of this survey?: Getting a massage by Antonio Banderas
FAVORITES:
Favorite color: Any shade of purple
Favorite band:
Favorite song:
Favorite food: Popcorn
Favorite drink: A well made margarita
Favorite person: Olivia and Stephen
Favorite TV show(s): Law and Order or anything on HGTV
Favorite writer(s): Toni Morrison, James Patterson, James North Patterson
Favorite painter(s): I like photography better than painting.
Fave movie:

My2Beauties replied: What has been your proudest mommy moment?

Do you have any pet peeves?

What is your favorite restaurant?

What is your favorite dessert?

(Can you tell I am hungry )

kimberley replied: LOL @ your embarassing moment. sorry to laugh at your pain but that is funny and ironic!

were you a book worm or wild child in high school?

what do you do for a living?

what you would prefer to be doing for a living?

do you plan to have more kids?

describe yourself in 3 words.

post some pics pls

mammag replied: How long have you lived here in Ohio?

What was your life like pre-kid?

What is your decorating style at home?

How long have you been married?

What are you most likely to do if you find yourself with some unexpected free time?

Do you have siblings?

mom21kid2dogs replied: What has been your proudest mommy moment? I actually relish all of them! After 17 years of infertility I never, in my wildest dreams thought I'd ever have a "mommy moment"!

Do you have any pet peeves? People who can't figure out that the little lever on the steering column is a turn signal, rudeness in general, and the fact that you can put 18 pair of socks in the dryer and always end up one short! Where the heck do they go?

What is your favorite restaurant? Anyplace that serves food that I don't have to cook.

What is your favorite dessert? key lime pie. Hummm, now I'm hungry!!

mom21kid2dogs replied: were you a book worm or wild child in high school? Oddly both! I devoured books in high school, loved HS and got pretty good grades. My best friends were 3 of the 4 class valdictorians. I always joked that they had to love me because everyone knows really smart people can't drive worth a lick!! Of course there was that night we decided to do donuts behind a local grocery store in my '69 Karman Ghia in about a foot of snow after consuming some illegal beverage. The tow truck driver (who also got stuck trying to remove my car ) was not amused!

what do you do for a living? Olivia is my boss right now. Sometimes I long for my old job back! Prior to being home with O, I was an adoption/post adoption caseworker in a public children services agency for 22 years. It was not my job, it was my passion.

what you would prefer to be doing for a living? Can't think of anythink better than the current job, but I'll go back to adoption work when Olivia is in school fulltime.

do you plan to have more kids? Well, it's not likely I'll ever have anymore human ones since I'm 45 . No doubt God will send a few more sray dogs my way, though.

describe yourself in 3 words. independent, stubborn, funny

Kim~Feel free to laugh at my exploits~I always do after I get an ice bag and crutches out of the basement. You ought to hear how I broke my tailbone. Now THAT"S a story!

kimberley replied:

ok, now you HAVE TO tell!!!

mom21kid2dogs replied: How long have you lived here in Ohio? I'm a lifer! I was born in Northwest Ohio, grew up in North Central Ohio and settled into adult life in Southeastern Ohio. With the exception of a 4 year stint in college in KY, I've always been a Buckeye!

What was your life like pre-kid? Busy and full. I had a very busy career, a husband whom I adored spending time with, lots of girlfriends to get my girl friend fix and 11 nieces and nephews to entertain. We traveled, paid off all our debts by our 12th anniverary (3 years ahead of schedule), loved antiquing/junktiquing, shopping, sports (especially HS & College football), auctions.

What is your decorating style at home? We have a house that is over 100 years old, so I'd have to say "comfortable" tradtional. Between the dogs and Olivia it doesn't make sense to have expensive antiques or cherished things.

How long have you been married? 21.5 years

What are you most likely to do if you find yourself with some unexpected free time? take a walk, go shopping or junktiquing, read.

Do you have siblings? Yes. I'm the oldest of 6 kids in my family. My sister is the youngest (I adore her ) and all my brothers are scattered inbetween. My brother and I are often referred to as "the twins". We were born one year and one day apart!

mom21kid2dogs replied: ok, now you HAVE TO tell!!!

Well, since you asked . . . .

It was Thanksgiving night and Stephen and I were staying at my sister's house following the big family thing at my Mom's. Both Buck (my BIL) and Stephen were all pumped up because Shania Twain was gonna have a TV special that night and Buck has a big screen TV. Nikki and I were far more interested in changing into our "fat clothes" and having some wine. I went into her bathroom and changed. Now, I've been to her house a million times so I have NO IDEA why I did this, but I went to put on my sock and leaned back against what I was thinking (sans alcohol, sadly) was her bathroom wall. Unfortunately, it was her bathtub shower curtain! The best part was no one heard the commotion. Folks, I am a 160lb woman who just fell unrestrained into a bathtub in a fairly small house~surely there was a noise, wouldn't you think? But, the guys were far too focused on Shania and my sis was upstairs changing so no one came to my rescue. There was a point when I wasn't sure I could get out of the tub on my own! I did eventually get out and asked my husband if he couldn't sue Shania for me but he was totally unwilling to help me out. Boys!!
Unfortunately there was more whine than wine that night!!

My2Beauties replied:
ROFLMAO!

kimberley replied:
LMBO!! oh gosh that one needs a warning :O NOT READ IF YOU HAVE TO PEE OR ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN::

mammag replied: Oh my goodness!!!! You do paint a picture....