Since '97
From 1997 through to 2025, there is one food that I absolutely cannot stomach. That food is this
What are mushrooms
The Scotts and the Hamanns, the Hamanns and the Scotts. With so many relatives you may think it hard to pick favourites. But for me this is an easy title to award. My favourite aunt and uncle are they
Who are Steve and Joan...... Just kidding, but let's not remind Colleen which aunt knew about Owen first.
I have a very literal long road ahead of me. My current goal I am working towards daily is this
What is running my first half marathon
In January 2020 I moved to the Netherlands and lived the European dream. Unfortunately the pandemic hit soon after, squashing any hope to visit new places. Fortunately the city I was confined to was a pretty great one. The city I lived in in the Netherlands was this
What is Utrecht
All 236 episodes I have seen so many times I can nearly recite entire scripts. Last Summer Owen took me to visit their set. When I went to a pub trivia night on the subject, I was quickly humbled by the mega-fans and photographic memories I was competing with. My all-time favourite TV show is this
What is Friends
Growing up I dabbled in a few sports including soccer, volleyball and rugby. But the sport I spent years practicing and competing in was this
What is horseback riding
Reuben John Walter inherited his names from dad and grandpa. The relative my middle name comes from is she
Who is Grandma Marian
In the past, a cold winter day has had me reaching for hot chocolate, tea, or chai lattes. In more recent years caffeine has grown on me and I now drink this number of coffees in an average day.
What is three
On our recent family trip to New Zealand, Reuben, Owen and I found the courage to throw ourselves off of a ledge to free-fall how many feet?
What is 440ft
I started studying at the University of Waterloo in 2015 with a physics major. Over the next few years I would change my major twice and take a year off of school, finally graduating in 2020. By the time I completed my time at Waterloo, my major was this:
What is biology
I've been fortunate enough to have many wonderful friends over the years. But there is one who has been around for all 28 of them. My oldest friend is she
Who is Jackie
My oldest cousin on mames' side of the family was babysitting this weekend. What is he babysitting?
What are 3 baby goats
I wished to see them live in Toronto in November but Brooke and Patti's birthdays were more important. They are two girls from New York who make me laugh every Tuesday. The podcast I listen to weekly is this:
What is Giggly Squad
I backpacked Australia for the latter half of 2017 and the first half of 2018. I had three jobs while I was there: The third at a coffee shop in Perth, the first on a cattle station in Queensland. The second job was...
What is a dairy farm in Victoria
My actual birthday is not for another 10 days. February 12th this year will fall on a Wednesday. In 1997, I was born on this day of the week
What is Wednesday
Before Paisley was a pair of fluffy friends who were part of our family from before I was born until the end of their long doggie lives. My 2 childhood dogs' names were these
What are Robbie and Sarah
My parents both came from large families with multiple siblings, some of whom are still living and others who have passed on. Most of them married at least once in their lives, and though their partners are all legally my aunts and uncles, there is a select number who are lucky enough to share my genes. Living or passed, the number of blood aunts and uncles I have is this
What is 7
As much as I hate speaking on the phone there is a shortlist of 6 people saved to my favourites list who I am willing to answer a call or Facetime from. Name those 6 people.
Who are Brooke, Mom, Tina, Patti, Owen and Reuben
I try to make the most of all 120 dollars that I spent on my passport. The first time I used it was on a Grade 10 school trip to Europe, and the next time will be this Friday when I fly with Owen. My first-ever flight and my upcoming flight will land in these two cities.
What are Paris and Vancouver.
I have always liked my spaces to be neat and tidy. When I was a kid I kept every toy down to the last Barbie shoe in its designated place. Today you can see similar habits in my home. How many categories are my drinking glasses arranged into?
What is 6
Though most call me Mel, Melanie is a malleable name with many possible variations originating from people like Dad, my elementary school classmates and my cousins. Name any two childhood nicknames
what are MelMel, Melly, Smelly Melly, Gentle Giant.
As you all know, Reuben and I have a plethora of talents, music being one of our strongest. Our house was often filled with the glorious sound of our harmony. One year there was a balloon leftover from someone's birthday which inspired a duet. Fill in the missing lyric:
what is pink
They say phone addiction is slowly killing our generation. People spend hours a day texting, reading, streaming and scrolling. The average time I spend on my phone in a day is 2 hours and 6 minutes. The top three apps I use are these:
What is Instagram, Chrome and Facebook.
From Denmark to Thailand, from Israel to Cyprus. The number of countries I have travelled to in my life is this
what is 18
Everyone has their pet peeves and my biggest one rears its head at the dinner table. This is the one bad manner I can't stand (or sit with)
What is people chewing with their mouth open