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post #21 of 27
what project/projects are you working on (besides growing a baby)?

Right now the biggest project is to clean up the leaves from our BIG backyard!! Seriously. Our house is our ongoing project right now too. Other then that no projects whatsoever. Gosh, my life sounds really boring!

What is/was your dream vacation?

It was not really a vacation but for me it counts as one. About 8 years ago I was working and living in UK. I always loved Ireland and I wanted to go there so I found this ad in papers that an old couple was looking for a companion to go with them to their vacation house in Ireland for one month. So I called and the lady loved me and hired me. So I went there for the whole month of August. They had this huge old Victorian house in the middle of nowhere! It was by really big beautiful lake and they had one Gypsy Cob horse that I also had to take care of. So all I was doing that month was cooking for 8 people which I loved (their 2 sons came over as well with their families) and riding a horse EVERY SINGLE day! It was a dream come true!! I was riding on these beautiful fields full of sheeps and big pilles or straw (it was a harvest time there) riding into a gorgeous sunset, around the lake; with NOONE around!! I was galloping, chasing the sheeps, the wind was in my hair, and it was absolutely AMAZING!! It really was the vacation of my dreams! The only thing I regret is not trying to ride him without a saddle - I always wanted to do that, but I did not feel brave enough. I am not the best rider after all.
Those were good times!! But I tell you even though it was a dream come true one month was enough. Sometimes I wish I was single so I could do things like that again.
post #22 of 27
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Originally Posted by benjalo
Pavlina, I you. You are my new favorite MDC member, and I wanna be your sister in food-noise-hating. Ew. Ew. Ew. I am so sensitive - I can hear it all. My MIL has this jaw thing that pops every chew. OMFG.

I am so glad I am not alone!!
post #23 of 27
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Originally Posted by Yin Yang

What drives me crazy? I have this thing about hearing people eating....you know when they are chewing and swallowing - even if they are not loud I can still hear it and it makes me wanna kill them!!
Count me in! My DH chews so loud that I won't let him chew gum or similar chew things near me... It's just disgusting! DH is super loud, he chomps and chomps and it drives me nuts! He thinks I am being ridiculous. I'll have to tell him that I am not the only one

And your dream "vacation" sounds wonderful! My Dad was born and raised in Scotland and we went back every few years until recently. I miss going alot and can't wait to share that with my kids. How lucky!
post #24 of 27
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Thank you Pavlina for doing this GTKY thread....It has been GREAT getting to know you!!!! Thank you to everyone who participated!!!!

post #25 of 27
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Originally Posted by Yin Yang
This baby will be born at home, just like the first one.

My favorite food.....I don't really have one. Really. But I did fall in love with Whole Foods vegan chocolate chip cookies!! They bake them right there and they are so yammy!!


What drives me crazy? I have this thing about hearing people eating....you know when they are chewing and swallowing - even if they are not loud I can still hear it and it makes me wanna kill them!! Stupid I know but I hate it! I could pull my hair out. I can NOT eat at one table with my mom and her husband. They are all so quite and all you can hear is them chewing and swallowing (how the heck do you spell that word? ).
Also what I hate is when my husband is sneezing!!! When he sneezes it's like 5 times in a row at least and it's SO LOUD!!!!
Nice to meet you! I just wanted to tell you I suffer from the same affliction: peoples' chewing and swallowing bother me to no end. I can not stand the way my dad chews and swallows and I hate that but I guess it is just something some of us suffer from. Good to know I am not alone!
post #26 of 27
Thank you everyone!!

About the chewing thing - my friend is psychologist and she says I'd be surprised how many people is alergic to stuff like that!!
She says it's because the way we were brought up - most people who can't not stand chewing were always reminded of the same thing by their parents. Or punnished for something like that....so we ourselves developed aversions to it.
post #27 of 27
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Originally Posted by Yin Yang
Thank you everyone!!

About the chewing thing - my friend is psychologist and she says I'd be surprised how many people is alergic to stuff like that!!
She says it's because the way we were brought up - most people who can't not stand chewing were always reminded of the same thing by their parents. Or punnished for something like that....so we ourselves developed aversions to it.
Yes, it drove my mother crazy. I'm sorry that my boys will probably suffer from it. My oldest is already starting to hate it and even my spouse is more sensitive than he used to be.
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