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pdswife

Chef Extraordinaire
Joined
Nov 4, 2004
Messages
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Location
Mazatlan
Four jobs I have had in my life:

Hostess at COCO’s
Customer service at SEARS
Cleaned dentist offices ( YUCK)
Wife and Mom
Four movies I would watch over and over
Wizard of Oz
Sound of Music
Westside Story
A few good men
Four places I have lived:
St. Helens Oregon ,
Seattle Wa
Everett Wa
Issaquah Wa
Four TV shows I love to watch
Survivor
Monk
Stargate ( sg1 and the regular one)
ER
Four places I have been on vacation:
Alaska
Greece
Mexico
Italy
Four things I could NOT live without:
husband, son and the worlds best kitty
Friends
Health
books
4 of my favorite foods:
Vanilla ice cream
chocolate pudding
baked potatoes with butter and bacon bits ( lots of both)
Gyros made in small street corner cafes in GREECE
.4 places I would rather be right now:
Mexico
Greece
the tropics
taking a nap
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Waitress at 4 star restaurant
Line Cook
Modern dancer
MOM & Wife
Four movies I would watch over and over
Moulin Rouge
Love Actually
13 going on 30
Step into Liquid
Four places I have lived:
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Walnut Creek, Washington
Four TV shows I love to watch
Alias
Lost
24
Friends
Four places I have been on vacation:
Scotland
Spain
Utah
Kauai
Four things I could NOT live without:
My family - dh, Aidan, Callum & Seijo
Chocolate
Books
Smiling
4 of my favorite foods:
Chocolate
Broc rice casserole
Pork chops breaded & stuffed with cheese
...more chocolate
4 places I would rather be right now:
Kauai
At the lake with my family
Hanging with my sister
New Zealand
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:

Waitress at a health food restaurant
Secretary or Admin. Asst. & more place than I want to remember
Commercial Credit & Collections Manager in both Manhattan & Long Island, NY
Herbal Landscaper & Sporthorse breeder
Four movies I would watch over and over
Any movies from "The Thin Man" series
Any movies from the Margaret Rutherfore "Miss Marple" series
Any movies from the British "Midsomer Murders" series
Any movies fromt he old Universal & Hammer horror collections
Four places I have lived:
Setauket, NY
Star Tannery, VA
Culpeper, VA
(sorry, only have 3)
Four TV shows I love to watch
"The Simpsons" (have some on DVD)
"Frasier" reruns (have some on DVD)
"Seinfeld" reruns (have some on DVD)
"Columbo" reruns (have most of them on DVD)
"The Rockford Files" (have some on DVD)
"Law & Order - Special Victims Unit"
(Sorry, know that was 6. Can you tell that I have a HUMONGOUS DVD collection??)

Four places I have been on vacation:
St. Lucia (in fact, got married there!)
Maine
Bermuda
Camping trip throughout nearly all of upper NY state - GREAT trip.

Four things I could NOT live without:
My horses & the rest of my animal herd
The friends that have stood me through the years (I'm no spring chicken)
My husband
The love of both reading & writing that my parents instilled in me at an extremely young age. If only more parents did the same.

4 of my favorite foods:
A good steak
A good clambake (lobster, softshell steamer clams, etc.)
Fried oysters
Any homecooked meal made by my mom or dad
Any meal made by the "It's About Thyme" restaurant in Culpeper, VA

.4 places I would rather be right now:
To be perfectly honest, I can't think of even one. My little farm in Virginia is my own little piece of heaven.



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Four jobs I have had in my life:

Part-time personal assistant to Cristiano
Shop clerk at Borders books, music and cafè
Assistant manager at Cafè Lite
Fitness instructor at Nautilus Centre
Four movies I would watch over and over
Stand By Me
A Fish Called Wanda
Finding Nemo
Wayne's World (the first one)
Four places I have lived:
ROME, ITALY
Rota, Andalucia Spain
San Antonio, Texas usa
Scranton, Pennsylvania usa
Four TV shows I love to watch
I am not a telly person...
if I pick 4 faves past and present,
-Wishbone
-Naked Chef
-Wonder Years
-Ready Steady Cook
Four places I have been on vacation:
Sardinia, Italy
London, UK
Copenhagen, Denmark
Prague, Czech Republic, among others
Four things I could NOT live without:
Cristiano
Napoleone, my hammy
good food
computer
4 of my favorite foods:
Home made ice cream
Cristiano's roman style pizza
anything with mushrooms
strawberries (gawd, hard choice!!)
.4 places I would rather be right now:
Sardinia
maybe Sicilian coast...
then again, Sardinia...
oh did I mention those gorgeous beaaches of Sardinia?

 
Four jobs I have had in my life:

Mom and Wife-current
Dental Hygiene Assitant at a Pediatric Dentist-loved that job!
Advertising Sales Representative for Clipper Magazine
Marketing Coordinator for various architecture and engineering companies-loved those jobs too!

Four movies I would watch over and over
Not a movie person, lets see:
Any home movie of my kids and family
Sixteen Candles
Finding Nemo
Over the Hedge
Four places I have lived:
Hoffman Estates, IL
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dallas, Texas
Long Beach and Huntington Beach and Playa del Rey, CA
Four TV shows I love to watch
General Hospital
Grey's Anatomy
Will and Grace
Fresh Prince of Bel Aire
and of course, anything on Foodnetwork
Four places I have been on vacation:
Bahamas
Jamaica
Hawaii
Northern California, Southern California, Florida, Wisconsin - the usual
Four things I could NOT live without:
My God
My kids and husband
My family
My good health
4 of my favorite foods:
way too many to choose from - but here is a quick list:
seafood-lobster, crab, shrimp, scallops -
almost any kind of appetizer - anything mushroom, cheesy, artichoky or posted by kadesma:)
almost any kind of dessert-brownies, cookies, pastries top the list
pasta
.4 places I would rather be right now:
anywhere warm - maybe tropical - nice hotel room, great food, good drinks, maybe a couple of pools, beach, and a nanny for the kids!
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Dietary Manager
Cook for 178 people in a nursing home
Receptionist
A sedative for Hubby
Four movies I would watch over and over
The Original Lassie
The Passion
Singing in the Rain
Original Gone with the Wind

Four places I have lived:
Gettysburg PA
Bendersville PA
Aspers PA
Biglerville PA
Some people say I have never been off my back porch

Four TV shows I love to watch
Leave it to Beaver
Andy Griffith
Three's Company
ER
Four places I have been on vacation:
Texas
Tennessee
Colorado
New Mexico
Four things I could NOT live without:
My Lord and Savior
Hubby
The boys
My Bible
4 of my favorite foods:
Rivel Soup
Soft boiled Eggs
Toast
Grits
.4 places I would rather be right now:
With my sister
Alone
In church
In bed


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[Four jobs I have had in my life:
Casual at Kentucky Fried Chicken
Kitchen hand at Balck Stump (3 nights!)
Teacher (Current)
Wife, mother (Current)
Four movies I would watch over and over (Not a big fan of watching movies repeatedly though)
Footloose
The Breakfast Club
Wedding Crashers
Any Monty Python

Four places I have lived:
Thornleigh NSW
Pendle Hill NSW
Hornsby NSW
Darwin NT

Four TV shows I love to watch
Bad Girls (UK TV)
Eastenders
Miami Ink
Survivor
Four places I have been on vacation:
New Zealand
Tasmania
Kakadu
Queensland (I know I am not very well travelled!)
Four things I could NOT live without:
DH and my children
Chocolate
Books
Friends
4 of my favorite foods:
Chocolate
Prawns
Smoked salmon
Apricot Danish
.4 places I would rather be right now:
In bed
At a day spa being massaged
On holidays somewhere with room service
Shopping

 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Chef
Waiter
Dishwasher
Runner

Four movies that I would watch over and over:
Pulp Fiction
Training Day
Good Will Hunting
Desperado


Four places I have lived:
Hawaii
Seattle
Portland
Los Angeles


Four TV shows I love to watch:
Iron Chef
King of Cars
South Park
Mind of Mencia


Four places I have been on vacation:
Italy
France
Australia
Japan

Four things I could NOT live without:
Internet
My daughter
Creativity
Freedom


Four of my favorite foods:
Fresh Tuna
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Mushrooms
Pasta

Four places I would rather be right now:
Binion's Horseshoe Casino playing poker
Golden Nugget Casino playing poker
Main Street Casino playing poker
The Rio Hotel and Casino playing poker

 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Gas station attendant
Coin Roller in a bank
Bank Teller
Chief Financial Officer

Four movies I would watch over and over:
Casablanca
Silence of the Lambs
My Fair Lady
Hudson Hawk



Four places I have lived:
Boston, MA
Watertown, MA
Burlington, MA
Chelmsford, MA


Four TV shows I love to watch:
That Was The Week That Was
Laugh-In
Red Sox Baseball
Patriots Football


Four places I have been on vacation:
Aruba
Bermuda
California
Canada


Four things I could not live without:
Family
Friends
Cooking
Never-ending variety of Foods


Four of my favorite foods (not a fair question):
Duck
Ice Cream
Pot Roast
Cheesecake

Four
places I would rather be right now:
Italy
California
Hong Kong
France
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Cashier

Office Clerk
Secretary
Bakery Clerk

Four movies that I would watch over and over:
The Wizard of Oz
Back To The Future
Short Circuit
Beauty and The Beast


Four places I have lived:
Cleveland, Ohio
Garfield Hts., Ohio
Aurora, Ohio
North Ridgeville, Ohio ( I need to get out more )


Four TV shows I love to watch:
Grey's Anatomy
Extreme Makover Home Edition
WWE Raw
Drew Carey


Four places I have been on vacation:
Niagra Falls
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois

Four things I could NOT live without:
Internet
My Son
Music
Television


Four of my favorite foods:
Steak
Ice Cream
Cereal
Pasta

Four places I would rather be right now:
Mom's house
Hawaii
Alaska
In The Park

 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Mom and wife and domestic goddess
2. Arakawa sales girl (for the summer)
3. Child care center
4. Queen (That's what they call me on my family website).

Four movies I would watch over and over
1. Birdcage
2. Finding Nemo
3. Apoclypse Now
4. The Last Samurai

Four places I have lived:

1.Hawaii



Four TV shows I love to watch
1. CSI
2. Two and a Half Men
3. Korean Dramas
4. Will and Grace

Four places I have been on vacation
1. Vegas
2. Mexico
3. All of the Hawaiian Islands except L?na?i
4. Reno

Four things I could NOT live without:
1. My husband
2. My children and grandson and Koapaka
3. My family
4. My Mac

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Seafood
2. Lemon merengue pie
3. Puerto Rican food
4. Starbucks (not a food but it must be included.

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Sitting in the ocean at Kuilima beach
2. Vegas
3. Sitting in my big beautiful home overlooking the ocean
4. On a Alaska cruise
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
McDonald's (various stations)
Groundskeeper
US Navy (Cryptologic Technician)
Executive Director

Four movies that I would watch over and over:
Wizard of Oz
Pleasantville
Forrest Gump
Unforgiven

Four places I have lived:
Rota (Càdiz) España
St Johnsbury, Vermont
Newcastle (NSW) Australia
Vegas baby, YEAH!

Four TV shows I love to watch:
South Park
Invasion
The Closer
Without a Trace

Four places I have been on vacation:
Portugal
Italy
Morrocco
Hawaii

Four things I could NOT live without:
Internet
My girlfriend
Aesthetics
Seafood

Four of my favorite foods:
Pizza
Shellfish
Ice Cream
Chicken

Four places I would rather be right now:
On the bridge of the USS Enterprise
Cabo San Lucas
Skiing holiday
Sydney
(all with girlfriend, of course... anywhere with her)


 
Four jobs I have had in my life:

lifeguard
house/building painter
tv broadcast engineer
dad and hubby

Four movies I would watch over and over
full metal jacket
the outlaw josey wales
the godfather
jeremiah johnson

Four places I have lived:
nyc, n.y.
demarest, n.j.
madison, wisconsin
lodi, n.j.


Four TV shows I love to watch
the simpsons
family guy
sports (baseball, football, hockey)
anything on the history channel


Four places I have been on vacation:
mexico
b.c., canada
bermuda
ireland

Four things I could NOT live without:
my wife, son, and family
nature (gardening, backpacking, canoeing, fishing, etc.)
good food/cooking
hockey (i almost didn't make it thru 2005)


4 of my favorite foods:
almost anything italian
almost anything chinese/japanese/korean
almost anything mexican/central or south american
chocolate




.4 places I would rather be right now:
in my tent on the appalachian trail.
at the kitchen table of my buddy joe's house in ireland, pounding a few.
at the dinner table of my "adopted" grandparents house in florida, eating blueclaw crabs in sugo, with angel hair pasta.
flying down a mountain, skiis and teeth chattering in the snow.

 
Four jobs I have had in my life:

waitress
sales clerk at Encore Books
assistant editor at Hyperion Publishing
State Director, PA March of Dimes

Four movies I would watch over and over
Best in Show
A Mighty Wind
Patriot Games
When Harry Met Sally (Everyone needs a "chick flick"!)

Four places I have lived:
Syracuse, NY
Allentown, PA
Weehawken, NJ
Mechanicsburg (Harrisburg), PA.


Four TV shows I love to watch
the simpsons
the Weather Channel :)rolleyes: )
House Hunters
Flip this House

Four places I have been on vacation:
Canada
Bermuda
New Orleans
San Francisco

Four things I could NOT live without:
Hubby, daughter and parents
My Le Creuset pot and my Microplane
The mountains
Rain, snow and sunny, breezy days


4 of my favorite foods:
Pizza
Ice cream
watermellon
fresh mozarella


.4 places I would rather be right now:
Back in San Francisco or Sonoma
Bermuda at the Light House Cafe
Escanaba, Michigan, where my grandma lives--I want Sofie to see it someday!
With DH (he's at work)
 
Four Jobs I Have Had In My Life:

Casino Dealer at several Vegas Casinos
Fast food: McD's, Taco Bell, Burger King
Retail: Michael's Crafts, TJ Maxx, Pic N Save
Addressing Envelopes

Four movies I Could Watch Over And Over: (not much of a movie person but there are a few)

Bless This House (British comedy)
Carry On At Your Convenience (Another Britcom)
Any of the Thin Man Series
Pirates Of The Caribbean


Four Places I Have Lived:

Sofia, Bulgaria (Current)
Moscow, Russia
Heng Shui, Hebei, China
USA (Where I'm from)


Four TV Shows I Love To Watch: (I'm a total TV buff so picking 4 will be seriously tough lol)
Lost
Farscape (Fave alltime show)
Babylon 5
Star Trek Deep Space 9

Four places I have been on vacation:(I have NEVER had a vacation but I have taken a few trips)

Columbia, MD & Washington, DC (Same trip)
Wilson, MD
Bowling Green, VA
Willow Creek, AZ

Four Things I Can't Live Without:

My 3 month old son
My 21 yr old Husband ;)
Music
Cheese

Four Of My Favorite Foods:

Cheddar cheese and just about everything dairy
Pizza
Tacos
Homemade french fries

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
La Mirada, California
Whittier, California
Cerritos, California
Huntington Beach, California
Probably almost anywhere in California but I just named the area I love best. Used to love the San Fernando Valley where I grew up but I haven't been there in many years and I heard it's not a good place anymore.
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Only have been employeed at one company 21 yrs have had many duties
Working in factory
Artist
sale manger northeast region
inside sales manager and orderservice manager current (wanted to move back home east coast was not for me)
And most important Mom and my hubby's sweety
Four movies I would watch over and over
Black sheep of the family
Fun with Dick and Jane
Tommy Boy
The good bad and the ugly

Four places I have lived:
Kansas City MO
Overland Park KS
Lawerenceville NJ
Louisburg KS
Four TV shows I love to watch
Wheel of Fortune (great for the kids)
Lost
Paula Deen
Iron Chef
Four places I have been on vacation:
Mexico
Spain
Hong Kong
back packed Europe
Four things I could NOT live without:
God
Husband
Kids
Being able to cook
4 of my favorite foods:
red meat
butter and sour cream
vegies love them all
cheese
cocktails not sure if that is considered a food
.4 places I would rather be right now:
Home with my kids
beach anywhere
fishing in Canada with my hubby
Friday after work
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:

Mom
Teacher
Computer Aided Designer/Patternmaker
Seller and Model at Dallas International Apparel Mart
Four movies I would watch over and over
When Harry Met Sally
Freaky Friday
All of JLo's movies
All of Mel Gibson's movies
Four places I have lived:
Mission, Tx (RGV area)
Lewisville, Tx (Dallas area)
Denton, Tx (Dallas area
McAllen, Tx (RGV area)
Four TV shows I love to watch
All of Foodnetwork's (Emeril Live, Food 911-Tyler Hottie Man:ohmy: oops, can't believe I said that!), etc.
What Not to Wear
Honey We're Killing the Kids
American Idol
Four places I have been on vacation:
Washington, D.C.
Ixtapa, Siguatanejo Mexico
San Francisco/San Diego, CA
Miami,FL
Four things I could NOT live without:
husband and kids
Friends
Health
Ah, food and water:LOL:
4 of my favorite foods:
CHOCOLATE!!!!
Mexican food
Italian food
Mediteranean food
.4 places I would rather be right now:
with my family:
by the beach sipping a nice, cold drink
at the spa getting a massage (without the kids on this one)
Hawaii
watching a good movie



 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
none are my current job..........
nude model for art students (this was VERY long ago)
marketing/proposal coordinator for A/E firms like Michelle Marie (unlike her, I grew to hate it)
editor/reporter for two small-town newspapers
waitress at a dive restaurant


Four movies that I would watch over and over:
On The Waterfront
Love Actually
The Lion in Winter
The Longest Day

Four places I have lived:
Chicago, Illinois
Memphis, Tennessee
Tampa/St. Pete, Florida
Havana, Illinois

Four TV shows I love to watch:
Special Report with Brit Hume
Lost
House (on too late for me to watch much)
American Idol (before they weed out all the losers)

Four places I have been on vacation:
Provincetown, MA
Vancouver and Vancouver Island, BC
Paris/Nice/Cannes, France
New Orleans, LA

Four things I could NOT live without:
Water
Books
Music
a sense of humor

Four of my favorite foods:
ice cream
fried potatoes and onions
fresh peaches
ribeye steak

Four places I would rather be right now:
eating dinner with Mark Twain
having drinks with Winston Churchill
onstage with Eric Clapton or Tina Turner (as one of the Ikettes)
40 pounds lighter
 
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Graphics artist/ Vinyl installer for sign company
Mobile Home Park Manager
Job Cost Accounting Clerk at flooring company
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tx - claims screener and dept. assistant
Four movies I would watch over and over
The Green Mile
Armageddon
13 Ghosts
Steel Magnolias { I love Weeza}
Four places I have lived:
Wylie, Texas
Garland, Texas
Sachse, Texas
Lake Tawakoni, Texas
Four TV shows I love to watch
All CSI's
24
Grey's Anatomy
Meerkat Manor
Four places I have been on vacation:
Sommerville, West Virginia
Pleasant Garden, North Calolina
Jackson, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Four things I could NOT live without:
My Family 2 and 4 legged
Radio
Chocolate
Computer
4 of my favorite foods:
Mexican
Pizza
Chinese
Smoked Brisket
4 places I would rather be right now:
Having lunch with my mom
Hawaii
Key Largo
St. Martin

 
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