MB, here are your interview questions. now get cracking!
1. how did you decide to name your daughers gracie and audrey? what do those names mean to you? at what point did you start calling each of your daughters by name?
2. what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like vegas? did you grow up there? why do you choose to live there now?
3. you seem to work from home, maybe in sales - not sure. so what exactly are you up to?
4. how's the paranoia going? be honest - how many HPTs are currently stashed in your closet? how is your anxiety now compared to when you first started your blog? if it's different, what has changed?
5. pardon the gloom, but let's talk about your beloved cemeteries. you should have all kinds of thoughts on what makes a good or not-so-good tombstone. so tell me, what will be on your tombstone? and what factors should the rest of us consider for our own epitaphs?
2. what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like vegas? did you grow up there? why do you choose to live there now?
3. you seem to work from home, maybe in sales - not sure. so what exactly are you up to?
4. how's the paranoia going? be honest - how many HPTs are currently stashed in your closet? how is your anxiety now compared to when you first started your blog? if it's different, what has changed?
5. pardon the gloom, but let's talk about your beloved cemeteries. you should have all kinds of thoughts on what makes a good or not-so-good tombstone. so tell me, what will be on your tombstone? and what factors should the rest of us consider for our own epitaphs?
posted by laura at 5:54 PM
1 Comments:
1. Grace and Audrey were names after Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn. Both Jim and I thought they had a style and grace we wished our daughters to have and we hoped that their respective success in their lives and carreers would be a good omen for our girls. We didn't set out to really name them after anyone, we liked the names and decided we liked the people we thought of first with the names. Jim didn't know Gracie was a girl, I knew but couldn't tell, so I couldn't use Gracie's name out loud until she came. Audrey was not fully agreeed upon until the moment we knew she was coming. We had kicked it around, but ultimately decided for sure at the very last moment.
2. Ahhh, Vegas. I really do hate it here. It offers good shopping and fabulous places to eat, but beyond that, not so good. I grew ip in southern California and Jim grew up in Chicago. I moved here when Jim & I got engaged. He works for a big casino company, so we get to live where they live...Vegas baby.
3. I do work from home. I'm a general contractor. It ain't easy. Shifting gears from running the subs and getting deals to chasing Gracie is a real challenge. I really hate it. I used to just love my "job". Now, my job is my daughter and I feel a lot of the time like I am not doing my best. I'm not good at that.
4. The paranoia. You know, I don't have much right now. Ask me if I ever get pregnant and I'm sure my answer will do a 180. I used my last HPT and have vowed to buy no more...for now. I have managed to hand over a lot of my anxiety and stress to my doctor and let him worry about it. Ask me after the IUI and I might say different. I have a feeling that 2 week wait will be tough. Right, now, doing okay. I have some confidence in my doctor and I am trusting his judgement. I reserve the right to totally change my mind at any time though.
5. Cemetaries. I do love them. Only the really old ones though. It's my imagination that likes them the most. I like to imagine who the person was and what their life might have been like. Were they rich, or poor, what did they like to do, what was their family like. You know, all of the details. I guess it's the kid in me. I don't want a tombstone. How's that for ya? I plan to be cremated and let my family do as they wish with my ashes. I have often thought that I would like them scattered in a meadow somewhere with Audrey's ashes so that we could always be together. As for the epitaph, let me just say that there's something about the old tombstones that the rest of us today could learn a thing or two from. A lot of the really old ones had a ton of stuff on them. Who the person was, who their parents were there were symbols that told what they might have done or what their parents did. A lot of symbolism in the old days. I'm usually a keep it simple kind of gal, but on the tombstone, dig deep. Tell the generations to come what they should know about you. Of course, all of it has to be in 15 words or less. There's somthing to think about, huh? If you wanted to tell someone all about you, or at at least the really important stuff, in 15 words or less, what would they be? How would you use your 15 words? I'll have to think about that one my own self! The challenge is on...
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