Refresh our memories...

SamiJoeB

Since it is Thursday and we normally do questions (but I've been a slacker..) and since there are a few newbs (right?).. maybe we could remind ourselves, and tell the newbies a little about ourselves!

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with?
2. Engaged or Married?
3. How long have you been engaged or married?
4. Have you been through a deployment yet?
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time)
6. Hobbies?
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!)
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!)
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..)

SamiJoeB

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with?
H is AD in the Marine Corps, I'm prior service AD Navy.
2. Engaged or Married?
Old Married Hag
3. How long have you been engaged or married?
We've been married a little over a year.
4. Have you been through a deployment yet?
We've been through a short deployment when I was on the boat, but he's been stationed in Japan for almost 2 years.
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time)
I work part time at Curves & and I'm a full time student.
6. Hobbies?
TK (is that sad?) Reading, Cooking & Baking..
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!)
I have a beautiful kitty face fur  baby named Theo (I'm kind of obsessed with him) I don't have any pictures of him on this computer though..
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!)
College Football-Alabama (Woot Woot!!), NFL-Saints, Panthers & Ravens, I also really like hockey and I root for the Hurricanes, but H makes me like the Sharks also.
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?
Gone with the Wind, To kill a mockingbird, & the Wizard of Oz. I also really like the movies for all three as well.
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..)
Duh.. I'm actually learning more about wine, rather than just drinking it for fun, so that's neat!!

calindi

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with?  Marines!
2. Engaged or Married?  Engaged
3. How long have you been engaged or married?  Uh, since April 9th, so... 9 months?
4. Have you been through a deployment yet?  Nope, and not for at least 2 more years!
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time)  Work full time for a talent sourcing company.
6. Hobbies?  Graphic design, cooking, sailing, painting.
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!)  Furbaby  named Sasha




8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!)  I'm a Patriots fan, but football is probably the only sport I like watching on TV.  I like going to games in person, though!
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?  Gah... so many favorites!  Favorite book right now is "Sky Burial" by Xinran.
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..):  Duh.

Irishcurls

It says Cal posted but I can't see any replies. Is it TK or me? Anyway.....

AmandaSC1988

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? FI is in the Navy
2. Engaged or Married? Engaged… exactly 100 days until the big day =D
3. How long have you been engaged or married? Since March
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Not yet. We have been long distance for 2 years and he has gone on “mini deployments” so…I’m not too worried.
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) I work full time as a Business Analyst at a fairly large company, which I LOVE. I work a lot on communicating between the IT nerds and the business units (HR/PR/ACCT).
6. Hobbies? I love being crafty, but I don’t have a lot of time.  
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) I have a furbaby… he doesn’t live with me at the moment because it would be cruel for him to be in my apartment for 12 hours without me. When I move to FL to be with FI, we HAVE to have a back yard because I NEED my baby back. According to my mom, he cries when I leave =(
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) I am a HUGE Oklahoma Sooners fan.. I graduated last month from OU so it comes with the territory. I also root for the Rams… They aren’t doing very well, but I know a few people that play for them… so I am mainly rooting for them =D  Finally, Oklahoma Thunder… We are kicking butt this season,. So I have to be proud of them.
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Pride and Prejudice for both.
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) Yes. Mascato is my favorite.

Irishcurls

Ho boy, its TK. I can't even see my OWN post.

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? H is USCG
2. Engaged or Married? Married!
3. How long have you been engaged or married? 118 days (thanks TK ticker)
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Nope, next tour he'll be underway but not deployed.
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) I spend a lot of time on TK and facebook. Oh and work fullt time for the National Cancer Institute
6. Hobbies? Please see above. Other than my interwebs addiction, I knit and read.
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) Nope
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) Basically all of them. Big NY Giants and Boston Red Sox fan.
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Erm, tough question. I think my favorite book is "Pride and Prejudice"
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..)  Sami, don't ask silly questions....

CAB1217

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with?: None, yet. Hopefully, he will soon be in the Army through a dental scholarship. If not that way, then hopefully when he graduates, he will enlist as a dentist for the Army. OR... Army Reserves through school. Yeah, we've been trying hard to get in, but have not been successful as of yet.
2. Engaged or Married? JUST got married, not even a month ago! WOOP WOOOOOPPP!!!
3. How long have you been engaged or married? : 25/26(?) days
4. Have you been through a deployment yet?: Nope.
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time): I am in Admin. for an Foster/Adoptions non profit org. Basically, I take care of alllll the paperwork needed to adopt a child for all of Southern CA. I deal with a lot of So. Cal. counties adoptions, making sure no one that is trying to adopt is shady, basically. I also translate homestudies.
6. Hobbies?: TK, reading, andddd watching my husband play Skyrim while on TK
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!): Not yetttt
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!): Trying to learn more about football, and love Basketball.
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?: Through the Looking glass, Alice in Wonderland (Disney version.)
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..): It IS the most important question! And yes, so much so that I am a part of a new wine tasting at home club thanks to the genius Irish and her fantastic find !!! 

amh04

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? My FI is Navy.
2. Engaged or Married? Engaged
3. How long have you been engaged or married? 6 months.
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Yep - 2, back to back.
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) I work full time.
6. Hobbies? Riding, Shooting, relaxing.
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) Furbabies. We have a 2 year old dwarf bunny rabbit and then Jade our almost 1 year old German Shepherd.
Just snapped this picture here:



8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) I used to play volleyball and would really love to get back into it. But we shall see..
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? I don't know if I have a favorite, SamiJ you always stump me on at least 1 question. Always. If I had to pick a favorite movie - I'm always down to watch Walk the Line or North and South or Gone with the Wind.
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) No I don't like it at all.. I absolutely love it.

mandaloo502

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? FI Army NG, ROTC, soon to be AD ARMY 2. Engaged or Married? engaged 3. How long have you been engaged or married? 9 months 4. Have you been through a deployment yet? No but 4 years long distance dating 5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) work full time as a nanny 6. Hobbies? Baking, cooking, shopping, and Jesus 7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) none of the above, yet 8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) Football!! College- Texas Aggies. Whoop! And NFL Broncos (even liked them before TEbow) and Dolphins (even though they suck, still love em) 9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? So many, book- The Purpose Driven Life, Captivating. Movies- Notebook, We were Soldiers, The list goes on... 10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) yes I do! FI loves it more than me, guess it has someone to do with him being Italian

Rethany

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? NG- Fulltime, AD. 2. Engaged or Married? Engaged. 5 more months til the big day 3. How long have you been engaged or married? A year and a half! 4. Have you been through a deployment yet? FI is currently nondeployable but may be taking a deployable position in the near future. We've been through month long schools numerous times but never an official deployment. 5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) Radiologic Technologist (xray tech) 6. Hobbies? Shooting guns, working out, crafting, reading, riding motorcycles. 7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) no kids. FI has a yellow lab. Who hates me. I don't have any pictures of Moses on my ipod 8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) I don't follow sports really. 9. Favorite Book &/or movie?! Tommy Boy has always been one of my fav movies. 10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) ummm yes. So much, in fact, my entire wedding is centered around it. I tend do stick to local wines though. I am always trying new things though and would like to expand my list of favorites!

Sammy0709

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? DH is AD Navy 2. Engaged or Married? Married 3. How long have you been engaged or married? Year and a half 4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Going through the third now 5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time). Right now I babysit all day and take classes toward my MBA 6. Hobbies? Shooting, working out, tennis, snowboarding, quilting 7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!). A 1 year old German Shepherd and a 2 year old Dobie mix in siggy 8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!). Tennis, I like to watch football and hockey 9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Book: too many to choose one, Movie: Forrest Gump (we almost named our German Shepherd Jenny) 10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..). Of course...I might go buy a bottle tomorrow.

Irishcurls

What a bunch of wine-o freaks on the board.....

SamiJoeB

I know.. that's why is not only our siggy, but also our favorite topic! Most important question for sure!!

crownsuperstar

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? Army
2. Engaged or Married? Married
3. How long have you been engaged or married? It will be 1 year in April. 
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Going through it right now so our 1st year is spent apart. 
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) I work full time at a college and I also am finishing up my masters.  I am in my last class as of right now.  WOOOP WOOP!! YAY me!
6. Hobbies? I love to go to my work out classes.  Also see above, school is my hobby right now.
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) We have two furbabies. 




8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) I love college football. USC (Gamecocks, Iowa, Bama and UGA- only for H)
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Shag is one of my fave movies and of course Gone with the Wind!
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) What kind of silly question is that? HAA of course!

Rethany

Sammy- what do you shoot? Pistol? Rifle? Both?

USMCBride90

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? Marine Corps
2. Engaged or Married? Engaged
3. How long have you been engaged or married? 8 months
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Nope just 3 years of long distance
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) Work full time
6. Hobbies? Traveling, working out, shooting, I'm up for anything!
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) Not yet, but we are getting an English Bulldog. His name will be Chewy
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) I used to play lots of sports in high school, but I'm a big hockey fan
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? I love all movies, and don't really have a favorite book
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) One word - YES.

CAB1217

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[QUOTE]What a bunch of wine-o freaks on the board.....
Posted by Irishcurls[/QUOTE]

Ahemmm, and I re quote myself:

"<strong>10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question</strong>..): It IS the most important question! And yes, so much so that I am a part of a new wine tasting at home club thanks to the genius<strong><u> Irish</u></strong> and her fantastic find !!!"

HA HA! 

Sammy0709

Spiffy-Both.  My family are all big hunters so that's how I got in to rifle and DH got me in to the pistol.

Rethany

Nice!  Do you shoot just for fun or competitively?

Irishcurls

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Refresh our memories... : Ahemmm, and I re quote myself: " 10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question ..): It IS the most important question! And yes, so much so that I am a part of a new wine tasting at home club thanks to the genius Irish and her fantastic find !!!" HA HA! 
Posted by CAB1217[/QUOTE]
Hehe. Guilty. Probably one of the guiltiest actually, along with Gg....I'm excited for your club!! We better hear all about it!

Rethany

Yes CAB.  I'd like to hear about this club!  It sounds like the evil twin of AA.

BinxRose

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with?
     My FI is in the Navy

2. Engaged or Married?
     We are engaged (107 days I believe!)

3. How long have you been engaged or married?
     Since July 21, 2011, so almost 6 months

4. Have you been through a deployment yet?
     Nope. We will be married during his next deployment, and it will be his last one.

5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time)
     I have a B.A. in Pyschology, but right now I'm working part-time as a nanny. I would like to study to become a childbirth educator and lactation consultant.

6. Hobbies?
     Reading/watching anything that has to do with childbirth, art, and baking.

7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!)
     One furbaby, our half-Persian black cat Binx! (He's in my avatar)

8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!)
     I sometimes watch Badger (WI college) football, but mostly because my cousin was on the team. But now he played his last game when they lost in the Rose Bowl last week. So we'll see. I like watching my FI play baseball/softball (that's how we got to know each other in high school).

9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?
     I just have a favorite genre of books, in which there is a dystopian society (e.g. The Giver, The Handmaids Tale, The Hunger Games). I also love Harry Potter. Favorite movie, probably "Stepmom." But I love a lot of movies.

10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..)
     Yes! I love sweet or medium-bodied whites, and medium-bodied reds.

Sammy0709

Just for fun.  I think if I got competitive with it I would have a lot less fun with it because I'm so competitive to begin with.  I'm a sore loser lol.

melbelle24

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with?
Currently FI is AD Marines (as in, for 3 more days)... he's working on transferring to Air National Guard.

2. Engaged or Married?
Engaged

3. How long have you been engaged or married?
Umm... a year and 8 months, give or take.

4. Have you been through a deployment yet?
If a MEU counts as a deployment, then yes. We were also long distance for the past 3 years and 10 months.

5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time)
full time medical student, although I feel more like a worker than a student these days

6. Hobbies?
Facebook (I'm addicted), TK, reading non-school-related books when I have time, watching my tv shows, and drinking wine... I used to have more of a life before med school.

7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!)
No kids, no furbabies. Although I want a puppy BAD. My dad won't let me get one. Boo.

8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!)
Football- any SEC team, but particularly MS State, not much of a NFL fan, but I do like the Saints. I'll watch SEC basketball, but it's mostly football that I care about.

9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?
How to choose??? Pride and Prejudice, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jude Deveraux books for good trashy romance... but over all fav would have to be Harry Potter. Love love love those books.

10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..)
Nope, I don't like wine. I LOVE IT!!!! And I really wish my new siggy would show up on this thing. Then you could see my love. Hehe.

LetsHikeToday

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? Navy
2. Engaged or Married? I'm old and married :-)
3. How long have you been engaged or married? We've been married almost 7 months
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Nope, soon to be though
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) I'm a stay at home wife now. haha. Actually, I was a teacher but now we are PCSing. Hopefully I'll find something to do in the south.
6. Hobbies? Reading, Running, Knotting, Playing with the Pups, Wikipediaing
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) Two doggies in my sig
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates. I bleed black and gold
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Book- Catcher in the Rye
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) Nope. Don't you dare start hating me now. :-)

Irishcurls

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[QUOTE]1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? Navy 2. Engaged or Married? I'm old and married :-) 3. How long have you been engaged or married? We've been married almost 7 months 4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Nope, soon to be though 5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) I'm a stay at home wife now. haha. Actually, I was a teacher but now we are PCSing. Hopefully I'll find something to do in the south. 6. Hobbies? Reading, Running, Knotting, Playing with the Pups, Wikipediaing 7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) Two doggies in my sig 8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates. I bleed black and gold 9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Book- Catcher in the Rye <strong>10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) Nope. Don't you dare start hating me now. :-)</strong>
Posted by LetsHikeToday[/QUOTE]
We smote you!!!!! Just kidding, we love you. 

SamiJoeB

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[QUOTE]1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? Navy 2. Engaged or Married? I'm old and married :-) 3. How long have you been engaged or married? We've been married almost 7 months 4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Nope, soon to be though 5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) I'm a stay at home wife now. haha. Actually, I was a teacher but now we are PCSing. Hopefully I'll find something to do in the south. 6. Hobbies? Reading, Running, Knotting, Playing with the Pups, <strong>Wikipediaing</strong> 7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) Two doggies in my sig 8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates. I bleed black and gold 9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Book- Catcher in the Rye 10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) Nope. Don't you dare start hating me now. :-)
Posted by LetsHikeToday[/QUOTE]

I loooovvveee doing that.. When you click on stuff, and then something else in the article, and then something else in that article..  I'm glad I'm not the only one.. I do it at work all the time.

LetsHikeToday

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Refresh our memories... : I loooovvveee doing that.. When you click on stuff, and then something else in the article, and then something else in that article..  I'm glad I'm not the only one.. I do it at work all the time.
Posted by SamiJoeB[/QUOTE]



I've been known to be late to social gatherings because of Wikipedia. Oops.

Zimsgirl

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? Army

2. Engaged or Married? Engaged

3. How long have you been engaged or married? over a year and a half

4. Have you been through a deployment yet? Yep it sucked lol

5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) Full time student and almost full time working

6. Hobbies? scrapbooking, wedding planning, and I love my job so I put more hours in than most lol

7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!) We had 2 cats but my older one kept spraying and wasn't happy so we brought him back to my parents house so he could be an outdoor cat again

Our babies

8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!) Eh not really. I do like going to our college football games

9. Favorite Book &/or Movie? Love Nicholas Sparks...excited/nervous to see The Lucky One. The casting doesn't look great

10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..) Yep! Still looking for a favorite one though

ggirl2001

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? AD USMC
2. Engaged or Married? old married hag here
3. How long have you been engaged or married? Since August
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? yes ma'am. 
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time)- I work full time as a child, adolescent, and family therapist. 
6. Hobbies?-reading, sometimes working out, trying new wines
7. Kids? or Furbabies? (Include a Pic if you can!)-neither
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count!)-HOCKEY! 
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?--hmmmm sooo tough to pick, I have so many, but Irish, you are my twin again-totally in love with  Pride and Prejudice, thats on top of my list, tied with many many other books.  
10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..)--duh! Of course I do  

DarrahDoo

1. Branch of Service you or your SO is with? NG Army
2. Engaged or Married? Engaged!!
3. How long have you been engaged or married? Since October 8th...I'm not gonna do the math!  I refuse lol 
4. Have you been through a deployment yet? I met him online when he was deployed, we talked for over 9months till he was home...so no, but kinda yeah.
5. What do you do? (ie full time student, work full time) Work full time...blech
6. Hobbies? cooking!  Decorating, shopping, pinterest (that counts as a hobby right?!)
7. Kids? or Furbabies? Two!  A chihuahua and a cat.  They are my angel babies! 
8. Are you into any sports? (Fantasy leagues count)! Have alays loved baseball!!   
9. Favorite Book &/or Movie?--Fave movie is for sure Talledega Nights, the Ricky Bobby Story.  I could watch that movie five times a day!  I cannot pick a favorite book, it is impossible!
\10. Do you like wine? (This is probably the most important question..)--I loooooove wine.  Not a fan of the white wines, but a good cabernet is ok with me!