Who are you?

[MomHenry918]

We all know that we are mothers, wives, and women...but we are more than the sum of the parts. I think it would be a good idea to get to know one another in a more intimate level. Share what you are willing...be detailed, or just touch on the major points. Let us know who you are!!

I will start:

My name is Carrie. It's actually Carolyn, but I prefer Carrie. I was born in Georgia, and have lived here all my life. I have one sibling, Abbe, who is a registered nurse and battling cervical cancer. She is 28.

I'm a wee bit eccentric (okay, a LOT eccentric). I've had every hair color under the sun, pierced anything that would stand still long enough, and dig the club scene. Needless to say, I've changed a lot. I now have brown hair, piercings only in my ears, and traded clubs for playgrounds.

I love people...I love to talk. I would talk to a tree if it stood still long enough (Ashley can attest to this). My college degree in is radiology, but now, I have a small at-home graphic design business. I miss medicine, but Annie is more important.

My favorite color is purple. I love tea more than life itself. I am very open-minded, and can't quite understand people who are the opposite. I am addicted to bubble baths, and collect candles. I have never been outside the U.S., but hope to remedy that sooner than later. I am scared to death of heights and sharks. I can burp the alphabet and peel a banana with my toes (no lie!). I love nature, and have always been proud of my ability to start a fire with two sticks and some dryer lint. I love a good pedicure, a good martini, and good friends.

My husband and I have been married for nearly five years. He's an aerospace engineer (he used to work with Ashley's husband), hails from New Jersey, and is missing his sensitivity chip...but I love him anyways. I am a proud mama to Annie and Pepper (our furchild, a little grey kitty) and two gay guinea pigs, and had always envisioned adding to my brood, but with my DNA results being so bad, I don't think we will have any more biological children.

My best friend is my Mother, I love trashy novels and romantic comedies, and would go bankrupt if I lived close to an Ulta or Sephora. I have many medical problems...the foremost being Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis, but I don't let them define me. I'm a fighter...to the core.

I hope this lets you a little more into my head...and I can't wait to hear more about all you great gals!!!

[Ashley]

I'll come back to this when I have more than one hand!! :hula:

[Jojo]

My name is Giuseppina. I go by Jo because I always used my American name "Josephine." I hated my name growing up but love it as an adult. I am 27 years old and will be 28 in 10 days! I am a mommy to an awesome little guy named Matthew. He is a clomid/progesterone baby :) I love him to pieces and still can not believe that I was blessed as a mommy!

I have been married to my husband Jerry for almost 4 years (August 20th). We have been dating since February 28th 1999. We just celebrated our 10 year dating anniversary. We met online when I was 17. Parents went ape crazy but we snuck around and lookie here--we have a family now.

I have a college degree in English literature. It's sitting up in my attic collecting loads of dust. It's awesome. I actually enjoyed going to college but have no use for my degree unless I go further which I would love to do in the near future if finances allow. I was a preschool teacher for almost 5 years and a Nanny to 2 little monsters for 4.5 years and am missing them terribly--but I go visit at least once every 2 weeks.

Like Carrie, I can talk and talk and talk. If you hadn't noticed I talk about anything. And I ramble. Sometimes I make no sense becuase my brain moves at a mile a minute and my mouth can't compute it all to where you can understand me. I sometimes, go back and forth on issues and can't make up my mind. One minute I love the color blue and the next I hate it.

I love to scrapbook and sew. I suck at sewing so I stick to scrapbooking. I am currently working on my TTC journey scrapbook and I am almost finished with it. It will be my first completed scrapbook after 6 years of scrapbooking I think. (I can't remember when I officially started.) I have my own craft room but it needs a lot of work. It is a huge mess right now.

I am also a pumper. As in I pump my boobies every day to feed my son. I never expected to have made it this far but we are going strong and I hope to continue til he can have cows milk!

My husband is a computer engineer at a local company and has been there for 5 years. They just downsized to 4 days a week and we are waiting to hear when they are picking that day back up. Hopefully soon. I can't say I don't enjoy having him home on a Friday though.

Oh yeah, I live in Stamford CT but grew up in New York (Queens). I had a hard time transitioning but am now just getting cozy here. NY is still in my heart though.

That's about it for now :)

[MomHenry918]

Great to get to know you, Jo!