2. Foods I Don't Like: liver, onions, raisins
3. Favorite Ice Cream: Ben and Jerry's Phish Food, local ice cream parlor's Chocolate Flake Fromage
4. Favorite Alcoholic Beverage: Amaretto and Diet Coke, Gray Goose and tonic
5. Drinks that Bring Back Bad Memories: tequilla, red wine
6. Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving
7. Favorite Season: fall
8. Favorite Month: August (and the first day of September :)
9. Favorite Color: purple
10. Favorite Sports: tennis, baseball, college basketball
11. Favorite Teams/Players: Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, CHris Evert, Jimmy Conners, Yankees, Kansas Jayhawks
12. Least Favorite Teams: Boston Red Sox, Duke men's basketball, UCLA men's basketball
13. Husband's Favorite Teams: Boston Red Sox (see answer #12), Boston Celtics
14. Favorite Movies: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Muppets Take Manhattan, Usual Suspects, Sliding Doors, Ocean's Eleven, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
15. Favorite books: You are My I Love You, Guess How Much I Love You, Runaway Bunny, Brown Bear Brown Bear, Gone with the Wind, The House of God, Pride and Prejudice
16. Favorite TV shows: Cold Case, The Singing Bee, General Hospital, Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Scrubs
17. Shows I Don't Like: Grey's Anatomy
18. Favorite Things to Do on a Rainy Day: cuddle in bed with the kids, curl up on the couch with a warm drink, journal/blog, watch a movie, play in the rain
19. Favorite Things to Do on a Nice Day: go for walks with the kids, play tennis, run, play in the park, go to the beach, have a picnic, eat/ go drinking at an outdoor restaurant/bar
20. Favorite Ways I like to Pamper Myself: facials, pedicures, yoga, gourmet meal
21. Guilty Pleasures: Soap Operas, 80s' pop music, bad Dermot Mulroney movies, deep fried vegetables -actually deep fried anything, designer purses
22. What I am Most Proud of: my kids, my husband
23. My Strengths: Organized, hardworking, dedicated, remembering birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, etc., placing arterial lines
24. Weaknesses: I take things personally; I am not assertive enough with co-workers or strangers, I don't express to my friends and family how much I appreciate them as often as I should
25. What I am Working on Changing About Myself: (see above) I am actually getting better at being assertive without being offensive. It's rather difficult in a male-dominated profession.
26. What I Wish I Could Change About Myself, but Cannot: my height, the fact that my skin breaks out even though I am in my mid 30s, my thyroid disease, my diabetes
27. My Parenting Frustrations: getting my daughter to eat veggies, dealing with the kids' fighting, keeping them from getting bored so that they don't pick fights with each other, getting our daughter to take a bath, getting her out of her bath, getting them to stay in their own beds through the night, knowing that I can't protect them from everything
28. Favorite Things About Being a Parent: hearing them tell stories, watching them learn new things, hugs and kisses, watching them laughing and having a good time
29. Least Favorite Things About Marriage: not having enough time with just each other
30. Favorite Things About Marriage: remembering why we got married in the first place
31. Favorite Things My Husband and I Like to Do Together: eat, cook, excercise, play tennis, watch college basketball games (especially March Madness), drink, go to Jazz clubs, and other things :)
32. Favorite Things to do as a Family: go to the museums, go to the library, eat ice cream, play tennis, go to street fairs/festivals, play in the snow
33. Coffee or Tea? Tea
34. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate
35. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs
36. Beach or lake? Beach
37. Country or Rock-n-Roll? Rock-n-Roll
38. Summer or Winter? Summer