06 November 2007

Tagged by Mary Beth

1. Who eats more? I eat more meals, Brooke probably eats more total food. I like breakfast, need lunch, have a snack and then eat dinner. Brooke tends to "backload" -- and eats most of his food towards the end of the day.

2. Who said “I love you” first? I do not remember!

3. Who is the morning person? Definitely me. The school bus for the elementary school kids comes at 7:05AM -- Brooke will be in for a world of hurt when Drew starts going to school!

4. Who sings better? Definitely me. Brooke likes to sing but has a very relative sense of pitch.

5. Who’s older? Brooke is my old man.

6. Who’s smarter? I am smarter by the book, Brooke is smarter with real world issues.

7. Whose temper is worse? Brooke's.

8. Who does the laundry? We have this responsibility divided -- Brooke generally runs the laundry, hangs up things, and puts away his clothes and Drew's clothes. I fold the t-shirts and put away my clothes and Baby Heath's clothes.

9. Who does the dishes? We both do the dishes.

10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are lying in bed, I am on the right side.

11. Whose feet are bigger? Brooke's.

12. Whose hair is longer? Mine.

13. Who’s better with the computer? Definitely me.

14. Do you have pets? Scout, our dog, and Dixie, my cat.

15. Who pays the bills? Usually, I do.

16. Who cooks dinner? Usually I do -- although Brooke is now making at least one meal a week. :-)

17. Who drives when you are together? Usually Brooke does -- I like to be chauffeured.

18. Who pays when you go out to dinner? We both do.

19. Who’s the most stubborn? Depends upon who you ask! :-)

20. Who is the first one to admit when they’re wrong? Also depends upon who you ask!

21. Whose family do you see more? We see both sides fairly often (that's why we moved to Charlotte). We probably see Brooke's parents more frequently, but, see my parents for longer periods of time.

22. Who named your pet? We named Scout together -- I named Dixie.

23. Who kissed who first? Brooke kissed me.

24. Who asked who out? Brooke asked me.

25. What did you do on your first date? We went out to dinner in Adams-Morgan.

26. Who’s more sensitive? Probably me, but, Brooke can be surprisingly sensitive too (that's one of the things I love about him).

27. Who’s taller? Brooke towers 6 1/2 inches above me.

28. Who has more friends?. Interesting question -- I have friends who live all over the country and whom we see individually less frequently, almost all of Brooke's friends live in the DC area, and we tend to see them in groups and a bit more often.

29. Who has more siblings? We both have a younger sister.

30. Who wears the pants in the relationship?
Good question!

01 November 2007

Some Random Thoughts

* How depressing. Study after study shows that women just cannot win in the workplace. You either have the choice to be liked and not respected, or NOT liked, but have respect. This article talks about showing people four types of interviewees -- an angry man, an angry woman, a sad man, and a sad woman -- and telling them to assign a salary to the person. The person who was assigned the highest salary? The angry man. The person with the lowest salary? The angry woman. That makes ME angry -- guess it's time to reduce my bonus!

* In my last post, I was fussing about not "getting" RSS feeds. I learned this week why this was bothering me so much. We bought a new laptop this weekend -- our first new laptop since January 2003. And, on the Vista desktop, I saw the RSS feed newsreader, along with some other little programs that appeared to be able to hook up to the Internet. And then, at work, I learned that those other programs are something called "widgets" that sit on your computer, but, get fed constantly by the internet . . . just like the RSS feed newsreader. So, RSS feeds were just an initial iteration of this new technology!

* Halloween is LOTS of fun with a two-year-old.

* I just saw the end of American President -- it makes me think bad thoughts about George Bush even more than I normally do.