Gtky? 2017 edition

[gigem]

Well guess I'm first!
Where do you live and/or what do you do?
I live in *poof*

What other boards do you post on?
International Living, Travel, I've posted a bit on MMM but not in a long while

Kids? Pets?
2 little humans, 3.5 and 2... one is banging something against the wall right now but I'm willing him to go to sleep because I'm too tired to go investigate and I'm pretty sure there's nothing dangerous in his crib.

How long have you been on the boards?
Not long at all, a bit more than 1 yr I think. I stumbled into MMM sometime back maybe 2yrs ago, lurked a bit, and then a question in the IL board was perfect for me to finally sign-up and answer/share info

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
knitting! i'm pretty good, but I live in such a hot place that I can't make a lot of wool sweaters/hats/blankets haha. I knit some things in cotton, or little stuffed animals for my kids

Notable quirk or fact about you?
In the last 6 yrs I've lived in 3 different countries!

[gigem]

random picture... one of my kids, on safari in October

[emilyinchile]

Good idea!

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
Santiago, Chile. WFH in sales.

What other boards do you post on?
Travel occasionally. Used to post on MM but no longer, and I lurk on ML (don't we all?)

Pets?
Lola, 9 year old Cocker Spaniel mix and former street dog

How long have you been on the boards?
Started on TK back in 2009 and made the migration over here

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
Ummmmmm. I like reading. I like Netflix. Really though it's mostly CF.

Notable quirk or fact about you?
I was on the Santiago episode of House Hunters International several years ago, which a bunch of people on the boards saw at the time.

[gigem]

emilyinchile, cute pup, and Im racking my brain trying to think if i saw that episode!

[gigem]

farmvillelover, i want to know more about this cake, great fam pic, and the meme is amazing!
Ps margaritas, the best!

[G22]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? I live in Germany. At the moment I'm a SAHM, but back in the states I'm a medical assistant.

What other boards do you post on? TTTC grads

Kids/pets? 1 kid, a nearly 15 month old. 3 dogs, 1 cat. Full house here!

How long have you been on the boards? 2009

Hobbies? Traveling, reading, hiking

Notable fact? Over the last 7 years I've lived in 4 states/2 countries. The joys of a military family!

Oktoberfest 5k with my running buddy

[dharma81]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? I live in Central OH (originally from Cincinnati area) and I work in higher ed.

What other boards do you post on? I jump in occasionally other places when it's a topic I can/want to contribute to. But nothing regularly.

Kids? Pets? No kids, one doggie who we treat as our kid

How long have you been on the boards? Shortly after the migration, I started posting on SO (different screen name). Took a little break and came back under this name last year.

Hobbies besides HF related stuff? I'm *trying* to read more books this year so that I can make "piddling on my phone" less of a "hobby." I also love cooking and baking and try new recipes frequently, just for fun. Travel is also a big priority for us, so I spend a lot of time planning and/or daydreaming about future trips

Notable quirk or fact about you? Uggghh, I can NEVER think of anything good for this question. I am SO BORING. I guess a quirk is that I like to mindlessly flip through something while I am eating, like a magazine or a newspaper or something. (Only at home, not out at restaurants, ha). I've been doing this since I was little and every day when I ate my cereal for breakfast I read the comic section of the newspaper (or "the funnies" as we called them). Now I feel weird if I don't do it. And all that sounds crazy typed out...

Picture included of the above mentioned dog.

[keweenawlove]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? Milwaukee, Engineering postdoc working with pediatric mobility technology (mainly CP and OI lately)
What other boards do you post on? Some on MM and Travel
Kids? Pets? No kids yet, one 9 year old lab/husky mix
How long have you been on the boards? I got married in 2010 so around then

Hobbies besides HF related stuff? Cooking and Netflix. It's technically H's hobby but I like helping him with brewing. 
Notable quirk or fact about you? I cross-country skied though high school and college and competed at nationals for 6 years.

Share a pic of whatever you'd like haha
One the ski theme. Going out with my mom over Christmas is one of my favorite things. We can get to awesome trails right out the backyard! 

[wambam]

Jan 12, 2017 13:12:21 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
Dayton, OH - materials engineer

What other boards do you post on? ML, CEP, W30 when there's someone there

Kids? Pets?
No kids. Two lizards. My boss' dog is my best friend (not a joke) and stays the night at my house pretty frequently.

How long have you been on the boards?
Since 2012

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
Reading

Notable quirk or fact about you?
I talk about poop a lot lol

Share a pic of whatever you'd like haha

[venice2007]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? Tampa FL. Yoga instructor

What other boards do you post on? ML

Kids? Pets? Nope and nope

How long have you been on the boards?these since we started. Back on the other 2005

Hobbies besides HF related stuff? Ummmmm? Cooking and baking?
Notable quirk or fact about you?

Share a pic of whatever you'd like haha

**posting now and will respond when meeting over!

Read more: pandce.proboards.com/thread/565064/gtky-2017-edition#ixzz4Va5eThxJ

[sadlebred]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I'm in IT.
What other boards do you post on? I post on MM, but H&F is my long time home board.
Kids? Pets? Nope, Nope
How long have you been on the boards? The other place since about 2004.
Hobbies besides HF related stuff? Biking. Wait. Nevermind. Photography (I shoot pro cycling for some international magazines & websites), Reading-books/magazines/anything, watching too much tv, eating out/foodie (but can't cook)
Notable quirk or fact about you? I've been racing bikes for 20 years this year.

Share a pic of whatever you'd like. How I feel some days.

[cinco]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? MD, SAHM

What other boards do you post on? None recently

Kids? Pets? 3 kids, hoping to add a dog to the family this year

How long have you been on the boards? Since '04, H&F since 2008

Hobbies besides HF related stuff? Beer, reading, Netflix, cursing

[mysticmuffin]

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
Houston, TX - Engineer

What other boards do you post on?
ML, MM, CEP - all pretty sparingly

Kids? Pets?
1 SD, 3 SSs - but they're all grown. Our 3 dogs keep me plenty on my toes.

How long have you been on the boards?
Almost a year.

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
Netflix? I also love to travel when I can get out of the office.

Notable quirk or fact about you?
I played hockey for 15 years.

Share a pic of whatever you'd like haha
My pups when I got home from my race last weekend. At least one of them was very pro-nap.

[cole]

I live in the metro DC area on the Virginia side, and I'm a fed like everyone else

I post on H&F and book club

No kids, no pets

I've been posting regularly since 2014, sporadically posting in 2012 and 2013

My main other hobby is reading

Fun fact: I coach first grade boys soccer. Below is a picture one of my little guys drew at the end of the fall season

[kicks]

I live in Philly. I'm a family medicine doctor.

Been posting on the boards for 11 years. Started on MM, now also post on ML, WOC and CE&P.

No kids or pets.

Hobbies- travel (trying to do 3 new countries per year), wine, learning French and women's health advocacy

Fun fact- I've lived in 10 different states and 1 country outside the US (South Africa)

[everafter07]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? MD, graphic designer

What other boards do you post on? MMM sometimes, MM ages ago, still sometimes

Kids? Pets? 1 3.5 year old daughter, 2 dogs, 4 cats

How long have you been on the boards? 2006?

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
Reading, gardening, cooking, finances

Notable quirk or fact about you? I'm boring!

[chw57]

Where do you live and/or what do you do? I live in Portland, Oregon and teach middle school science

What other boards do you post on? Here and occasionally P&CE (but I mostly lurk)

Kids? Pets? 2 kids (5 y/o daughter and 21 month old son)

How long have you been on the boards? I started posting on What's Cooking and H&F right after I got married in 2007

Hobbies besides HF related stuff? Knitting, cooking

Notable quirk or fact about you? I have been vegetarian for 8 years

[brewco]

Haven't posted much on this board, but making H & F a priority this year, so hopefully I will stick around

Where do you live and/or what do you do? The mitten. I'm the Administrator of an Ambulatory Surgery Center that specializes in skin cancer

What other boards do you post on? TTTC, Book Club

Kids? Pets? we are TTTC, starting IVF in March. We have 1 dog, 1 cat

How long have you been on the boards? Since 2006ish

Hobbies besides HF related stuff? Camping- we renovated a travel trailer last year and camp as much as we can, reading

Notable quirk or fact about you? My first job was as an autopsy assistant- it has been my favorite job ever! 2nd fact, I've had  5 surgeries on my right knee
My dog in boots and a coat:


Just because it makes me lol

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[libbygrl109]

Live in upstate NY, near Albany. I work as a school psychologist in a high school.

Don't typically post on other boards, mostly just lurk.

1 boy, 1 dog, 1 cat. Fur kids are in my sig.

Started on TK when I got engaged and migrated over, so about 13 years

Cookie and cake decorating mostly, but love to dabble in crafts and DIYing things at home. Any chance I can to lose myself in working with my hands, I gladly jump in.

I played tennis in college.

The cookies I did for Christmas.

[taratru]

I'm a high school dean, which means I handle discipline and truancy for 2000 students. I live in northern Colorado.

I have 3 daughters - 19, 12, and 6. Obviously I started having kids when I was 14.

I joined the knot in 2005. I hang out on CEP a lot, and cruise Travel and Disney.

I love to read and bake.

I am so not interesting...um...I went to 5 different elementary schools. Oh, also I'm a crazy Disney fanatic (as seen below).

[itsme]

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
SoCal, inland and I am in accounting.

What other boards do you post on?
A few others but I post very rarely on them and mostly lurk.

Kids? Pets?
2 girls, 15 & 4. I started early.
2 little doggies

How long have you been on the boards? 10 years

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
Reading, I used to scrapbook, gaming, movies, binge watch TV, adventuring

Notable quirk or fact about you?
I play video games and that's one thing that my H geeked out on when he met me.

I enjoy Snapchat filters way too much.

[foundmylazybum]

Jan 12, 2017 13:12:21 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Not new to HF or GBCN but I haven't been a regular on HF since about 10 years ago lol? Can we do a gtky?

Where do you live and/or what do you do?: I live in Georgia. I am a sport and performance psychology consultant--You know those 6 in between your ears? I help with that.
What other boards do you post on? Sometimes CEP and Sometimes ML.
Kids? Pets? No Kids. 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 fish tanks lol
How long have you been on the boards?
Many years.

Hobbies besides HF related stuff? Traveling, hiking, vintage campers reading, sport psych stuff...
Notable quirk or fact about you?: I'm really into excellence. So like when I see really cool things at my job--people performing really well, doing awesome things--I have a propensity to scream excitedly and sometimes clap. "Yayyyyyy!!!"

Share a pic of whatever you'd like haha

**posting now and will respond when meeting over!

(Me--Awesomeness)

[mysticmuffin]

No shame in Disney love. taratru I may or may not have gotten married at WDW...

[irene adler]

I love this!

I'm in Central CA, and I work at a university

I post on MM and lurk on CEP


No kids, one awesome dog

I started on TK in 2009

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?

I tend to turn most hobbies into a business. Love of spinning = I am now an instructor at a local club. Love of sewing = I run a bridal alterations business out of my home.

Notable quirk: I love Instagram and manage 4 accounts – one for work, one for my bridal alterations business, one as my workout diary, and one for my puppy

[ilovecandy]

Jan 12, 2017 13:12:21 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Not new to HF or GBCN but I haven't been a regular on HF since about 10 years ago lol? Can we do a gtky?

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
What other boards do you post on?
Kids? Pets?
How long have you been on the boards?

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
Notable quirk or fact about you?

Share a pic of whatever you'd like haha

**posting now and will respond when meeting over!

I live in the old west and currently for the next 6 weeks anyways an entry level supervisor at a child care facility.

I mostly post on tttc

I hve 3 dogs and have been on the boards for 7ish years now. When we were on the okd.ones. I used to post in military life.

Hobbies reading, schoolwork playing with my dogs.

Quirk I have no clue and I just asked h and he can't come up with anything yet so stay tuned.

[luckystar2]

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
Western NY. Health research.

What other boards do you post on?
Mainly here. Lurk and occasionally post on a bunch of others

Kids? Pets?
8 year old dd. 2 cats and a dog

How long have you been on the boards? I joined the knot in like 2003 😳 I went from one board to the next and then stuck around my old local board for a long time. I lurked on these boards here and there over the years. I started posting on H&F a year and a half ago training for my first half.

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
Photography

Notable quirk or fact about you?
I didn't learn to ride a bike until dh taught me when I was 23.

Picture - my happy place. Vacation last year to Virgin Islands. I miss it!

[hannahb]

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
MD, physical therapist 
What other boards do you post on? Just this one
Kids? 1.  A son who is 3. (IVF baby as well)
Pets? A 12 year old golden retriever.  My first kid
How long have you been on the boards?
Since a little before my son was born.  I lurked previously 
Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
hiking although that HF, baking, camping 
Notable quirk or fact about you?
Ummm I'm boring.  We are starting the adoption process after the FET didn't work this year

Read more: pandce.proboards.com/post/new/565064#ixzz4VbS6SO7z

[ebeth]

Where do you live and/or what do you do?
I live in Washington DC and I'm an epidemiologist

What other boards do you post on?
I'm not posting anywhere very much these days and haven't since this summer (baby got sick then work got busy and then I got a new job) but I used to post here and MMM (and gotp where applicable).

Kids? Pets?
1 kid. Isla, 16 mo
2 pets, Lola & Evil Kitty, 10 years

How long have you been on the boards?
Since I was planning my first wedding in 06. Basically forever

Hobbies besides HF related stuff?
I'd be happy just to get my H&F hobby poppin again....

Notable quirk or fact about you?
I hate celery and raspberries and driving and I've never had my ears pierced.

Share a pic of whatever you'd
Christmas selfie!


**posting now and will respond when meeting over!

[al320]

I live in nj and work in pharma
I also post on c&pe and my local board
Divorced, no kids. I share custody of my dog and am getting a puppy in about 8 weeks (he was born last sunday).

Im supposed to have non-h&f hobbies? Lol

I hate questions about quirks. I think everything about me is a quirk. Im also weird about posting pictures here lol but half of you follow me on ig.

[juliabug]

I live in Oregon and I am a tax preparer.
I occasionally post on MM and MMM.

I have a 6 year old son and my daughter turns 4 this month.

I have been on various boards since 2006, but I joined H&F in 2014.

I love to read, especially non-fiction, and I play the piano.

I decided to do a sprint triathlon without having ever run a mile. It was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Here I am ugly crying as I crossed the finish line of my half ironman last summer. It gives me all the feels.