More Q and A

Sorry I kinda forgot I asked for my readers' questions all those many weeks ago. LOL. Pietra asked some good ones:

How did you and dh meet?

We almost didn't! My friend was having her 21st birthday near her college over the summer (her roommates still had their apartment during the school break). My father had wanted me to stay home that weekend for some reason I can't recall, but I asked and he said it would be fine to go (usually he hated when I changed plans like that). Anyway, my dh was also had an apartment with HIS roommates nearby for the summer - they went to the same school and had mutual friends. Dh was invited to my friend's party, and so was I, and the rest was history. :) He got stung by a bee for the first time that weekend, I say it was cupid. ;-)

Was it 'love at first sight'?

This may sound funny, but it wasn't *love* at first sight - it was knowledge that I would spend the rest of my life with him, even though I was dating someone else at the time (not happily...the dating the other man I mean, not the knowledge about dh part, LOL!). I went home from that weekend and told my parents I met the man I was going to marry. It took HIM 2 years to realize it though. Looking back on things now, I am totally not surprised, this thoughtful man takes years to decide on ANYthing. I should be happy that he took more thought for our marriage than on buying a new couch!

What were you doing before you met dh and got married?
I was about to be a senior in college when we met, and between that and our marriage I graduated college and tried to finish grad school (finally did, long story, after we were married)). Right now I'm wishing I went to grad school in "domestic and parental excellence" because speech-language pathology has gotten me nothing other than a hatred for school systems and 4 extremely articulate and talkative young girls! LOL

How many children do you think you'll have?
Right now, at least 5. ;-)
Seriously though, we have waffled so much on the issue of children. Before Jeffrey was born, we had decided to let God handle everything - and I am so glad we did, because now we have our son! But right after he was born, I dealt with all the skin cancer stuff, and we were struck by our own mortality. My dh has decided that at least for now, we need to step back and work on raising the children we have. I for one know, after much prayer and thought, that I can either continue to have babies OR love and raise the ones I have. I am unable to do both at the same time. Probably some of you can't believe that, and will discount it, but it's true. Somewhere I once read that you need to err on the side of generosity - but for some families, 3 children is MORE generous than another family's 12. I think we fall somewhere on the smaller side of that. If time changes things, GREAT. So as of now, I see 5, maybe 6 kids. I'm no spring chicken, you know! ;-)

What is one thing you really hope you will do in the next 25 years?
I really hope we can move to a house with at least one more bedroom and/or another 1000 square feet or so. And enough land to really garden. Tree lined - gotta have my privacy! :) Ahhh...

Knowing the pace my dh works at, I think 25 years will just about do it. (Love you, St. DH!! I'm not complaining - his pace is the perfect foil for my impulsiveness) By that time of course, we won't need the space. I'd still like the land, though. So maybe if we can just hold out here until someone leaves, we'd be fine! :)

Other than that, I'd like to develop a small business or teach small classes in something. Not sure what.

Thanks for the questions! I'll hopefully get to some more another day.