Commenting Challenge Day 5

Today's Topic:

Tell us about your dream vacation!

Where would you go? Have you been there before? Who would go with you? What about it draws you in?

This one is tough.  There are so many places I'd like to go.

One choice would be Bora Bora because this just looks amazing.

If I had a couple of months and lots of money to spare, I would love to travel to different places in Europe.  I always wanted make a trip to Germany and Italy - Germany because that is my heritage and Rome, Italy because I was raised Catholic - and for my college graduation present, my sweet mom made this dream come true.  She booked a trip for us - one week in Munich, Germany and one week in Rome, Italy.  History was always my favorite subject and there is just so much of it in Munich and Rome.  I really wanted to see a concentration camp and I remember how odd my mom thought this was.  We visited Dachau and it was such a sobering experience.  I cannot even begin to imagine what life would be like there and I'm so glad I don't have to, either.  It makes me so sad, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to see it.  We must never forget that these atrocities occurred.

Some other highlights were visiting the quaint village of Oberammergau and a couple of castles.

Rome was remarkable.  I was raised Catholic and although I disagree with the Catholic church on several different levels, this religion fascinates me.  I loved every minute of being in Rome and I definitely would love to go back because one week was just not enough time to see all there is to see.  The day we decided to visit the Vatican was a holy day in Italy and we were lucky enough to see the Pope speak.  And the food, well it was amazing!

So have you gotten the impression that I would love to go back to these cities?  I would also love to visit Ireland, France, Belgium, and London.

Commenting Challenge Day 4

Today's Topic:

Tell us about your hobbies! What do you do in your free time? What are your favorite books, movies, music etc?

Hobbies.  Hmm.

I love to read.  I recently finished the Fifty Shades trilogy and loved it!  I will read anything and finding all kinds of new books to read was made even easier when I got a Kindle.  I read a lot of true crime and I'm starting to kind of get into chick lit.  I also read a lot of non fiction.

I enjoy baking.  Not cooking.  When it comes to food, my husband is pretty darn picky.  I feel like we eat all of the same things over and over again, and it's all very basic.  I would love to take cooking classes and maybe I would learn to like cooking more.  But baking... I would bake something every day if we weren't trying to watch our waste lines!  I have been using pinterest to find some new ideas.

Love, love, love spending time with my nieces and nephews and do this as often as I can.  They have smiles that heal me and are so much fun.

Other than that, I just like to be outside... sipping cocktails or grilling out on the patio, going on motorcycle rides with my husband, visiting wineries... you get the idea.

It's almost Friday!  I'm excited for the weekend AND I'm on vacation next week.  Not going anywhere exciting unfortunately, more like trying to get the basement cleaned out, but it will nice to be away from work for just a little bit.

Commenting Challenge Day 3

Social Media.

I use Facebook everyday, but I'm only friends with people I know in real life and genuinely want to keep in touch with.  

I also have a Twitter account, but rarely check it.  I'm only slightly embarrassed to admit that I don't really get it.  Maybe someday I'll get more involved with tweets.

I love surfing the internet.  If you gave me a choice of using the internet, using the phone, or watching TV, I will always choose the internet.  Not a day goes by I don't google something.

I check Ohio.com everyday.  I don't really watch the news as often as I used to so this is how I keep up to date on what's going on.  I love Pinterest - you can check me out here.  I also love Amazon.  Although I don't visit this site everyday, it's pretty often.  I have a Kindle, so I am always checking out the free books or seeing if certain books drop in price.  I love to read and the Kindle has made it even easier to find all sorts of books that I might not normally take a second look at.

What can I say, I'm pretty boring when it comes to social media.  I'm on the computer all day at work (and the phone too, maybe this is why I don't like talking on the phone outside of work hours), so when I get home I just want to relax.  

3rd Annual Commenting Challenge

So, I am a day late on this, but I'm linking up with Jenna because I think this is a great idea.

My name is Christy and live in Northern Ohio.  I recently celebrated my 29th birthday (still hard to believe).  Here are a few pictures of my husband Mark and I - we married September 25, 2010.

We have a dog, Stewart, and two very ornery cats, Jameson & Bailey.

Mark and I both work in the Supply Management field for the same company (and even the same department), which of course is how we met.  My degree is in Sociology/Criminal Justice so the fact that I ended up in Supply Management is a little bit odd, but I love my job.


As far as why I blog... well, I suppose it's like a journal for me, except online (and scrapbooking really isn't my thing).  I like to go back and read about what was going on in my life.  I always mean to post more, but time just gets away from me.  I'm going to start trying harder.