About Me

  • About Me: Happily married to Micah since 6.02.07, we live with our son Nathan (03-30-08) in the country, and are expecting baby #2 04-08! I'm a home maker who enjoys exploring the domestic arts, reading, writing, fellowship, smoothies, and rainy days!

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Nat, Gnat, Gnatty, Naddy, Nattles, Natashka, Natashenka
  • Religion: Christian
  • Interests: Reading, writing, photography, corralling children, research, pregnancy, birth, cooking, crocheting, blogging.
  • Expertise: Sticking my foot in my mouth, being ridiculous, forgetting things, getting lost... basically, I'm a versatile and talented person.
  • Occupation: home maker, wife, and mama
  • Website: http://www.naddy.blogspot.com

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Raising Arizona, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Princess Bride, Tender Mercies, Signs, Master and Commander, The Incredibles, and yes, I've seen The Man from Snowy River and Karate Kid.
  • Favorite Directors: M. Night Shymalyan
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Parent Trap, Master and Commander, Princess Bride
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Wuv, twu wuv." "Hobo, dahling." "There's a hole in this cake." "There are no coincidences." "But don't NOBODY tell me NOTHING no more!"
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Actor? What about an actress, please?

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Thai, Baja California, Hispanic, or just good old country cooking.
  • Favorite Dishes: Pat Thai, Fish Tacos, Lasagna, Navajo Tacos
  • Favorite Desserts: Cheesecake, ice cream, Dove chocolate
  • Favorite Drinks: Chai tea, lattes, raw milk, green tea, Lady Grey tea, orange juice, and Mountain Dew.
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Twizzlers, Red Vines, Doritos, and fish sticks.
  • Best meal ever: Schnitzel made by my grandfather.
  • My Original Recipes: Noodle meat thing. ;-)
  • Favorite Restaurants: Agrario, Pink Pepper Thai, Johnny Carino's, and Taco Bell
  • Foods I hate: Spinach!

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Bible, Anna Karenina, Jane Eyre, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, Feed My Lambs, Joy of Cooking
  • Favorite Authors: Solzhenitsyn, John Buchan, P.G. Wodehouse, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas Wilson.
  • Favorite Characters: Bertie, Jeeves, Lord Peter Whimsy, Harriet Vane, Jane Eyre, and Lucy.
  • Recent Reads: My Life for Yours, Reforming Marriage

Television

  • Favorite Shows: This Old House, The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Favorite Channels: I like watching the Home and Garden channel with my grandmother, especially the redesign episodes where they take all the same furniture and change everything around to make it look completely different.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: U2, Johnny Cash, Gillian Welch, Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Tom Petty, Natalie Merchant, The Chieftains, The Call, Switchfoot
  • Favorite Albums: Time the Revelator (Gillian Welch), Downstream (a compilation), In the Fiddler's House
  • Favorite Genre: I don't really have one... but this seems like the appropriate space to admit that I like some country music. I wasn't going to admit it, but someone recently caught me singing along to some and I realized it was futile to attempt to conceal it. I also like Yiddish fiddle music.
  • Favorite Songs: Beautiful Day, Where I Go, Painter Song, Moonlight Sonata
  • Favorite Lyrics: "hey. hey hey hey. hey hey hey. hey hey hey. hey hey hey. hey hey hey..."
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Yellow Submarine, Road Buddy
  • Songs I hate: Danny Boy

Style

  • Where I shop: consignment and thrift stores, and sometimes good sales at department stores
  • Brands I love: Earth Shoes!
  • I like to wear: turquoise, pearls, hats, scarves, and ruby red.
  • Can't live without: Twinings tea! Also, this amazing quote from my "twin", Hannah: "Maybe my twin would be really quiet and reserved and a math geek and not giggle too much. Or maybe she'd be JUST LIKE ME and we'd fight all the time. I bet I couldn't stand another me."
  • Prized Possessions: BOOKS, photos, memories, and my beaded shoes.

Travel

  • Places I love: Flagstaff, AZ, London, and Nurnberg
  • Places I've been: London, Paris, Edinburgh, Nurnberg, Santa Rosa Island, Moscow, Idaho, Grand Canyon, AZ.
  • Places to see before I die: Italy, Russia, and Baja California.
  • Dream Vacation: Backpacking through Europe for six months staying in hostels.

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Connect

Friends (8)

Memories (3)

  • lineniron
    You said yes.
  • Han_the_Roo
    Remember when I got to dance with you? The best looking gentleman on the floor!
  • sarahannedipity
    Remember when you pushed me out of the living room and towards the stairs because, despite the fact that it was 2:30, I couldn't stop talking? Oh! The memories!

Chatboard (15)

  • nettieheidmann
    Just popping by to say hello! Lovely photo, by the way!
  • Han_the_Roo
    Dear Twin, I can't believe everyone is going to see you and I'm not! I am very sad, but band is band and I keep my word, even when it hurts. And it does hurt-- I really, really wish I could skip the band competition and come down! I miss you! I am also sending some stuff with Sarah for you. :-) I
  • Han_the_Roo
    Dear Twin, I need your home address, so I can send you a letter! Please email it to me? Love, Twin
  • sarahannedipity
    Crazy Gnat, You left your dress at my house, I think. You'd better come back again and get it. You didn't leave a heart shape necklace or a single earring, too, by any chance, did you? They might of course belong to someone else.
  • Han_the_Roo
    (lemurs make good henchmen... but feel lucky I didn't say aardvarks!) My mother told me to say my favorite kind of chocolate is dark... and you know, she's probably right, since the last time someone gave me baker's chocolate as a prank, I wasn't sure it was really a prank, and I kind of liked i
  • sarahannedipity
    Hmm. I don't like this. My sister(s? apparently that make you my sister) is(/are?) keeping secrets from me. If you want to be *her* twin you have to send me five dollars. Thanks for asking. Five dollars more and you actually receive my blessing. Thanks a million, sister! ('Sucker' may be substituted
  • Han_the_Roo
    Dear Twin, Well, at least the possibility is still up in the air, instead of lying flat on its back panting for breath while evil lemur henchmen kick it mercilessly. Anywhos, if you do end up visiting family, hope you have a mahvelous time. And if you do end up visiting me, you will have a mahvelou
  • Gnattygirl
    Fairly regularly, although I cherish the hope that I'm getting better. On the other hand, I have a loft bed, with a board just above eye level, and I frequently whack my head on it. So maybe I'm not getting better, just redirecting. *sigh* ;-)
  • Hinkybelle
    No way.. you walk into door frames too?!!
  • Han_the_Roo
    Dear Twin, I hope you can come visit me! I talked to Mrs. J last night and she mentioned the possibility(!!!) You are most certainly and completely invited and welcome. And you can stay with us... the way it is looking we're going to end up with a bunch of BOYS at our house, and I guess boys are a