Week 3: Getting to know...

beckster5551

Hope everyone had an awesome week....I do believe we have a few married women too:) CONGRATES!!
NWR:
-What is your favorite festival/fair?
-What is your favorite festival/fair food?
-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?
-What did you over the snowy weekend?
-How do you feel about snow?
-What is your favorite winter hobbie?
-How are you and FI spending the holidays?
WR:
-How did you find The Knot?
-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)
-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?
-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?
-How many months until you get married?
-What is your favorite thing about FI?

hinkelcl28

NWR:
-What is your favorite festival/fair?
Probably Dane Co Fair

-What is your favorite festival/fair food?
Fresh squeezed lemonade, cheese curds and cotton candy

-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?
Either Madison County or Mighty Short Bus

-What did you over the snowy weekend?
Worked... Got to love 24/7, 365 days/yr jobs!

-How do you feel about snow?
I LOVE it!!!! I don't like driving that much in it but I just take my time, crank my music and ignore the cars behind me haha

-What is your favorite winter hobbie?
Sledding and making snowmen

-How are you and FI spending the holidays?
I have to work Christmas Eve and Christmas day but we do stuff with his family both days and one day (hopefully day after Christmas) we will spend it with mine. THankfully I have NYE off so we will be spending it up at my mom's for her yearly New Years party

WR:
-How did you find The Knot?
Thru my sister who got married 3 yrs ago

-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)
I still get confused by them all haha

-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
Wisconsin board. I check the May 2011 board sometimes but mostly this one

-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?
I use them all. I use the budgeter to keep track of all of ourexpenses, guest list to keep track of how many, addresses, etc, checklist to make sure I'm on track, etc. All VERY helpful!

-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?
Just working on getting the whole cake thing, figuring out the honeymoon, etc Which have people had better luck with when it comes to tuxes (and which one is least expensive): Nedrebo's or Men's Warehouse? 

-How many months until you get married?
Just hit the 5 month mark the other day!

-What is your favorite thing about FI?
There is so much that it's hard to pick one. Probably how caring he is for me and others and how much of a family person he is

RoseBud3891

NWR:
-What is your favorite festival/fair?
I really like going to CountryFest in Cadott
-What is your favorite festival/fair food?
Deep fried candy bars! AH so good...
-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?
Tough one... Pass lol
-What did you over the snowy weekend?
I had to work all weekend, but they called me off on Saturday so I stayed home and watched netflix in my PJs
-How do you feel about snow?
I LOVE it... It was a pain in the @ss to shovel, but now that that's done it's great!
-What is your favorite winter hobbie?
Snuggling up on the couch with FI watching a movie... something about it being 30 below and snowing makes it just seem so much cozier
-How are you and FI spending the holidays?
Christmas Eve we're going to my mom's for potato pancakes, then I work that afternoon and night, then I have to put a quiche together to take to FI's family farm Christmas morning, then off to his mom's side and his dad's side, then the 27th Christmas festivities continue at my mom's... Ugh lol
WR:
-How did you find The Knot?
I don't know if I remember lol
-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)
I found one today on my month board that I had to seriously think about! TTC- Trying To Conceive I assume? Also took me a few days to figure out AW
-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
I post most on August 2011. I lurk here but don't post a whole lot... I'm not in the Madison/Milwaukee area so I'm not much help to many of you! haha I also lurk the DIY board from time to time when I need inspiration
-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?
Not anymore. The budgeter did not take into consideration some of the regional cost differences and it just got all mixed up... I'm doing A LOT more with my budget than TK is telling me I can.
-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?
Hmmm... Nothing comes to mind!
-How many months until you get married?
7 months, 3 weeks, 3 days!
-What is your favorite thing about FI?
If I had to pick I think I'd say he's so understanding and so realistic about things... He always puts things in perspective for me and he ALWAYS tries to understand where I'm coming from.

jberg134

NWR:
-What is your favorite festival/fair?
State Fair!
-What is your favorite festival/fair food?
Baked potato with cheese, butter, and sour cream.
-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?
Third Day
-What did you over the snowy weekend?
Homework, paint my card box, assemble shelving in FI's storage room, knotted, took FI to dinner...
-How do you feel about snow?
I love clean white snow.  My motto is "if it's snowing than it's not 20 below!"
-What is your favorite winter hobbie? 
Watching TV
-How are you and FI spending the holidays?
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my parents.
WR:
-How did you find The Knot?
I don't remember.  I first joined in 2007 during a previous engagement.
-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)
Not sure, there's a sticky post of abbrivations on the Sept. 2011 board.
-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
Sept. 2011, then this one.
-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?
I used the checklist initially to make sure I was on track with the list I was making, but I don't really use either now.
-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?
Decorating my reception venue.
-How many months until you get married?
8.5
-What is your favorite thing about FI?
His hugs. 

gundy21

-What is your favorite festival/fair?  Big one - Summerfest, small one - 4th of July in Elm Grove (very Normal Rockwell)
-What is your favorite festival/fair food?  Have to get a caramel apple at the WI State Fair and Saz's Mozz Sticks at Summerfest
-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?  A few at Summerfest - Prince, Nine Inch Nails, and my every year must see - Cowboy Mouth
-What did you over the snowy weekend?  Cookie Day with the girls
-How do you feel about snow?  Like it for the holidays, then I am done with it until next year!
-What is your favorite winter hobby?  I took up knitting a year ago - very relaxing.  Too busy on the water during the summer to get many projects done.
-How are you and FI spending the holidays?  Still working on the details - some time with each side (Milwaukee and Wausau)
WR:
-How did you find The Knot?  Google, I think!
-What abbreviation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)  I agree TTC was hard to figure out!
-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking  April 2011, Attire and Accessories, and lurk a little bit on a few others
-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?  Checklist only - was helpful in getting going - only have an 8 month engagement!
-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?  Still up in the air on the rehearsal dinner - need to decide if it is just the bridal party or if we are inviting relatives, too (many we don't see very often).
-How many months until you get married?  Yikes - only 4 months to go!
-What is your favorite thing about FI?  He makes me laugh every day.

browneyedbride7

-What is your favorite festival/fair?
Summerfest
-What is your favorite festival/fair food?
Sweet corn or anything from Saz's
-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?
The Police, No Doubt
-What did you over the snowy weekend?
Co-hosted a holiday party with my parents
-How do you feel about snow?
Not the biggest fan of it
-What is your favorite winter hobbie?
Staying inside reading a good book or watching a movie.  If it's got to be outside, then I like to ski on occassion...I'm not very good though
-How are you and FI spending the holidays?
We are having dinner at Eddie Martini's on the 23rd.  Christmas Eve is our Christmas together.  Christmas Day is with Fi's family.  We are doing Christmas with my family on the 18th since my parents will be out of town..
WR:
-How did you find The Knot?
Through word of mouth a long long long time ago.
-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)
I don't frequent the boards much other than the Wisconsin board...so I honestly have not seen many abbreviations.
-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
Wisconsin board
-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?
Checklist sort of.  Budgeter no.
-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?
Limo suggestions for downtown Milwaukee...something relatively inexpensive.
-How many months until you get married?
6 months on Saturday!!!!
-What is your favorite thing about FI?
He always knows how to make me smile/laugh...always.

beckster5551

NWR:
-What is your favorite festival/fair? Edgerton Fireman's festival, only by default because that's were FI proposed. 
-What is your favorite festival/fair food? Going to have to go with Cheese curds
-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair? Billy Ray Cyrus when I was 7. I saw him sing acky breaky heart:)
-What did you over the snowy weekend? Watched football and Gilmore Girls season 3...just finished it.
-How do you feel about snow? I love the way it looks when it has just fallen, hate driving in it!
-What is your favorite winter hobbie? Reading! I want a house with a fireplace, so I can curl up and read a book. 
-How are you and FI spending the holidays? Together, both of our families are going out of town.
WR:
-How did you find The Knot? I'm pretty sure through google
-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR) It's a tie between XP and TTC. 
-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking For sure Sept 2011. I always check this board though. 
-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter? I use the guest list to help keep the count.
-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?  Did not realize how hard this questions was to answer when i wrote it! LOL. I need idea's and help with DIY.
-How many months until you get married? 9 months...
-What is your favorite thing about FI? I can see in his eye's how much he loves me....even though I'm crazy.

shnokums

-What is your favorite festival/fair?
*Country USA in Oshkosh

-What is your favorite festival/fair food?
*Cheese curds

-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?
*Keith Urban back in 2005

-What did you over the snowy weekend?
*Stayed in and watched Christmas movies with Adam and his sister!

-How do you feel about snow?
*I love it, until I have to drive in it.

-What is your favorite winter hobbie?
*Snowshoeing

-How are you and FI spending the holidays?
*We are doing Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas day with his

-How did you find The Knot?
*I have no idea. I found it a long time ago!

-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)
*XP???

-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
*September 2011

-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?
*Only the checklist

-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?
*Nothing I can think of right now...

-How many months until you get married?
*9 Months & 1 Day!

-What is your favorite thing about FI?
*He always makes a bad day better!

vitacosmopolita

I am going to be the married lady answering... I can't resist.

-What is your favorite festival/fair? Jazz in the Park (there almost every Thurs in the summer)
-What is your favorite festival/fair food? Festa Italiana
-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair? Anthony Hamilton
-What did you over the snowy weekend? absolutely nothing. didn't even go outside on Sun.
-How do you feel about snow? HATE IT, trying to move south in August.
-What is your favorite winter hobby? hibernating?
-How are you and FI spending the holidays?  We've been together over 7 years but never celebrated Christmas together on the day of! First year married: So a few days up north with my family and driving back (with hopefully no weather issues) on Christmas day for dinner with his family.
WR:
-How did you find The Knot?a very long time ago, I used to enter to win the trips before I was engaged.
-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR) ugh, prob most of them.
-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
On here I lurk a little and try to give advice when I can. And have been slowly getting into The Nest's book club page
-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter? Didn't use them
-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties? Honeymoon deals!
-How many months until you get married?Got married 137 days ago according to the ticker (7/31)

-What is your favorite thing about FI? He cheers me up and he always has a positive spin on things.

Good luck ladies! It goes soooo fast!

KatieD212

-What is your favorite festival/fair?
I'm not really a fair goer, but to pick one, Bayfest in Green Bay.  We usually just go to the Vilas Country Fair (BIG TIME!)

-What is your favorite festival/fair food?
Funnel Cake, of course!

-Best concert you saw at a festival/fair?
Gin Blossoms.....or Big and Rich at Hodagfest

-What did you over the snowy weekend?
I shopped!  Cooked dinner and had some friends over.  Nothing spectacular

-How do you feel about snow?
I love it until February!

-What is your favorite winter hobbie?
Snowmobiling!

-How are you and FI spending the holidays?
Xmas eve at my Aunts, Xmas morning with my parents in GB, then driving up to Eagle River by 3pm for FI family!  Its pretty crazy

-How did you find The Knot?
I dont even remember

-What abbrivation was the hardest to figure out?(exp.WP, WR)
STD!  I got so confused hahah

-What board are you on the most? Posting or lurking
April 2011

-Do you use The Knot Checklist? Budgeter?
nothing really, but I think I am going to start for the guestlist- we are doing the online RSVP

-What is something that you currently need help with from your fellow WI knotties?
nothing at this moment in time!

-How many months until you get married?
4 months!

-What is your favorite thing about FI?
He is a great dad!