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1. What is your favorite kind of cheese?
The only cheese I like is mozzarella cheese. I absolutely love string cheese, but the only other place I tolerate cheese is on my pizza. I don’t like it in sandwiches and can’t stand it alone. (If you hadn’t yet figured it out, I’m a picky eater. Oops?)

2. Do you prefer fudge with or without nuts?
Either. Nuts give fudge an extra oomph but sometimes, fudge is good plain. I don’t really have a preference.

3. How do you feel about cats?
I’m definitely more of a dog person, but cats are fine. They do seem like a lot less work, and I’m not adverse to getting one. My mom isn’t a cat person at all, so that’s not going to happen until I move out.

4. Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts?
Julia Roberts, hands down. I have an intense love for Julia. She’s an amazing actress, so real and natural. And she’s gorgeous in a non-intimidating way. I think meeting her would feel like meeting someone you’ve known for a long time, she just seems the type to put you completely at ease immediately. Ah, I love her. So much.

(I don’t have anything against Meg. I’m just more of a Julia girl.)

5. Do you wear a watch?
No. I haven’t worn a watch since middle school. I have issues with wearing things on my wrists, for some reason. They just annoy me.

6. What are a few of your favorite songs from the 90′s?
I was just a kid in the 90s so I can only think of songs by Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, and Geoff Moore. “Dancing With the Dinosaurs” and “Friends Are Friends Forever.” Also, singing “This Is the Song That Never Ends” over and over and over again on the bus to annoy our bus driver.

7. Do you like scented candles?
No. Not even a little bit.

8. What do you like on your hamburger?
Ketchup only, please! Sometimes I get a little crazy and add lettuce and pickles, but I usually keep it plain. (Picky eater, remember?)

9. How often do you cut your fingernails?
I usually bite them off if they seem to be getting too long. I never actually use nail clippers on them, though. My teeth work better. 🙂

10. Do you sleep in socks?
No. Sometimes, in the winter, I’ll put my comfy socks on, but this is a rare occurrence. They always seem to fall off in the middle of the night.

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And without further ado, here is this week’s Ten on Tuesday, hosted by Roots and Rings.

1. Where are you from? Have you lived there your whole life?

I’m from St. Petersburg, Florida and I have been born and raised here, which is pretty uncommon! I love the area, even though the summers are disgustingly hot and my skin is way too thin to handle the winters here.

2. How would you classify your clothing style?

Probably as casual. I’m big on jeans and tees and while I try to be fashionable with it, it doesn’t always happen. I just like to be comfortable!

3. What kind of car do you drive?

A 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer, with three missing hubcaps which irks me to death. Also, it’s my mom’s car. I’m lame.

4. What would your dream home look like if you could have it (or already do!)?

I’m not sure. I haven’t thought about it too much, since I’m not in the market for a house for a good, long while. I would like to move back to my old apartment with the stainless steel appliances, glass-top stove, and granite countertops. Oh, how I miss that place! (But not the $1200 rent payment!)

5. Do you have kids, and if so, how many and how old were you when you had them?

I do not. Thankfully. I want them, but I say that because making it to 23 with my virginity intact and no kids on my hips with the past I have is a pretty big accomplishment.

6. What is your favorite hobby?

Blogging, of course!

7. Are you going to have any New Years resolution for 2011?

Most definitely. I am a big believer in resolutions, even if they never do seem to come to fruition. I am going to connect them with the goals I laid out in Tuesday’s post, though.

8. What is something, if anything, that you’d want to change about yourself?

My weight. And I will change my weight. But it’s going to take a lot of big changes. I’m a little scared about that part. Can I just hire Jillian Michaels for 3 months?

9. What is something you love about yourself?

My sense of humor. It’s probably the best part of my personality and when I can make someone laugh by something I said? Best feeling ever!

10. Pick one of the following: Someone to cook for you, someone to do your laundry, or someone to do your dishes.

Hands down, someone to cook for me. I hate meal-planning and grocery shopping and cooking in general. I would love for someone to take care of all that for me!

Thanks for all your helpful advice on Sunday’s post. I’ve decided to take the weekend trip to Orlando because why not? It’ll give me something to look forward to and I’m pretty sure I can have one paper finished before the trip. Now my big decision is whether I want to go to Disney, Universal Studios, or Islands of Adventure on Sunday. I haven’t been to Disney since I was 10, and haven’t been to the other two theme parks in almost three years. I’m so excited, though!

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1. What are your plans for the holidays? Do you travel at Thanksgiving? If you celebrate Christmas, do you travel then, too?

I am lucky and blessed enough to have the majority of my family living in the same area as me. My grandparents live five minutes away, my brother and his family live about 20 minutes away, and we have other scattered relatives close by. I’ve never traveled during Thanksgiving or Christmas.

On Thanksgiving, my mom and I generally wake up at the crack of dawn to take on the Turkey Trot, then stuff ourselves with breakfast, shower and get ready for dinner, and head on over to my grandparents’ house around 2. From there, it’s a lot of family time, football, and eating. I just love being around my family and I’m especially excited since one of my uncles will be eating with us this year! And since my birthday usually falls a few days after, it’s always a fun time.

Christmas is a little different. My mom and I wake up around 7am to open presents and my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew come over around 10am to open their presents. And from there, we head over to someone’s house for dinner. I’m really not a big fan of Christmas Day. I feel like all the magic is gone as presents are unwrapped, stockings are torn apart, and there’s not much to look forward to. I love the anticipation of Christmas!

2. How do you make the plans for the holidays? If you have a significant other, how do you decide which family to visit?

These have been long-standing plans for a while now. We don’t really make any decisions, it’s just the way things are.

3. Do you have your Thanksgiving meal at lunch or later in the day?

Thanksgiving dinner is usually served around 3pm.

4. Do you have a favorite Thanksgiving tradition?

Not really. I just love the tradition of going to my grandma’s house and the hustle and bustle of getting dinner ready, sitting down to eat, and enjoying my family. I know it’s possible I’ll be living in a different city or state during the next holiday season (if not then, in the future), and I’m trying to enjoy this while I can.

5. After a big meal, do you lounge around or get up and take a walk?

I’m definitely a lounger, thanks to doing exercise early in the day. I watch football and eat for the majority of Thanksgiving. It’s really the best holiday.

6. Do you shop on “Black Friday” or do you avoid it?

I never have and I don’t think I ever will. I just don’t see the point to it, aside from scoring some really great deals. It just doesn’t seem worth it. I hate crowds and rude people, so I tend to stay away. Cyber Monday, though? Oh, I’m all over that!

7. When do you usually finish your Christmas shopping?

When my money runs out? Typically, I’m finished by the weekend before Christmas, though. Right now, I’m just about finished shopping for my nephew and brother, which has to be a new record! Although, I haven’t even begun shopping for my mom, so there’s that.

8. Do you and your significant other exchange gifts? If there a budget?

Sigh. Let’s move on before I become too depressed.

9. When do you decorate for the holidays?

Usually, it’s the weekend following Thanksgiving. We buy a real tree because artificial trees make me gag. And we spend the night snapping at each other as we try to get it to stand up, string the lights, and find spots for our many ornaments. And then we drag out the rest of our decorations. I love decorating the house for Christmas! Taking everything down, though, is such a bummer.

10. Do you go “all out” with the decor or keep it simple?

It’s pretty simple. Just the tree and some knickknacks. We do not have the ability to put up lights outside and make them look good, so we keep everything indoors.

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1. What is your favorite breakfast pastry?

I can’t say I’m a huge fan of pastries. They just don’t do anything for me and don’t tempt me in the least. I want to say my favorite pastry would be a muffin. Is a muffin considered a pastry? The double chocolate ones are the best, though!

2. Were you ever in a Thanksgiving or Christmas play?

Yes, I was in a production when I was 12 with the girls’ group I attended every Wednesday night. I played a shepherd, I believe, and really wanted to sing a solo but was too shy to audition. It was fun, though! And I think I still have a video of it. I have also been in multiple Christmas concerts when I was in elementary and middle school.

3. What is your favorite clothing accessory?

Can I be boring and say undershirts? I only have a white cami and a black cami but I love them and usually need to buy new ones every 3 months or so. (I’m badly in need of new ones. Hint hint, Santa Claus.) I just have a problem with wearing only shirts with nothing next to my skin. It makes me feel uncomfortable so 90% of the time, I’m wearing a cami.

4. What is your favorite item of clothing?

Hm…I’m not sure if camis fall under accessories or not, but I’m keeping my answer up there because it makes more sense to me! I don’t know what my favorite item of clothing is. I like jeans and have a great pair of comfortable jeans that I wear 4+ times a week. I love skirts, but don’t wear them nearly enough. I love capris because they’re the perfect length for me and I don’t have to deal with rolling up the bottoms. I love shirts, especially ones that I feel comfortable in. I just love clothes!

5. What is your favorite color and why?

Turquoise. I just fell in love with this color a few years ago and every time I see it, whether it’s the color of a shirt or on a web page or anywhere, I get insanely happy. It’s such a pretty color!

6. What is your favorite type of Christmas cookie?

I make some yummy M&M and chocolate chip cookies during the holiday season. I use the Nestle Tollhouse recipe, adding in Christmas-colored M&M’s and plenty of chocolate chips, and those cookies are to die for! I probably make 5 or 6 batches in a 3-month span so, after the Super Bowl, I stay away until next Thanksgiving!

7. What is your favorite scent (food, perfume/lotion)?

Oh, the smell of freshly baked cookies. Real Christmas trees. Men’s cologne. A baby’s soft cheek. Gas. I have a lot of favorite scents.

8. What is your favorite household cleaner?

My mom would laugh at this question. (Stephany? Do housework? HA!) This is easy: the little dishwasher cubes! Oh, the dishwasher. The only good that came from my mom’s accident: she now uses it religiously! She’s a believer! It’s just so much easier (and cleaner!) to rinse out our dishes, stick ’em in the dishwasher, wait ’til it’s full, and let it wash itself. I would credit the dishwasher as the most amazing invention in the kitchen.

9. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? And what did you actually grow up to be?

There were only two career paths for me growing up: an author or a vet. I was constantly filling up notebooks with story ideas and characters and plots. (Never actually writing, just preparing.) I can’t even count the number of notebooks I had, but there were a lot. Becoming a vet was something my dad thought I would be great at, since I was smart and loved animals. (One semester of college-level Anatomy & Physiology cured me of that!)

What did I grow up to be? Good question. I started college with an education major and I’m now a journalism major, with no desire to use that degree for journalism. There is not one bone in my body that wants to be a reporter. I have no idea what I want to do when I graduate. None whatsoever.

I’m not even sure I want to become an author anymore.

10. What is the last song or album you bought?

I actually just bought a bunch of songs off iTunes last week to give me a new playlist for my runs and I’m in love with some of the songs I bought, most especially Love by Jaeson Ma which is a chilling song that makes me tear up every time I hear it. If you haven’t heard this song, you need to. I promise you won’t regret it.