Mijada's name is one of four names picked for the SO Interview of the Week!!

Ask her anything. And away we go....

My question:

How's your baby doing these days? Any new pics you would like to share with us?

How are you doing today?

What is the hardest part about being a mom?

Did you know the sex of your baby beforehand?

What invention would you like to see in your lifetime?

What ticks you off most?

Do you have a favorite book?

Have you ever been mistaken for a celebrity?

What was the last book you read?

What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?

Do you wish you could live in any other time period?

Can you play any instruments?

What was the last movie you saw?

EVer worn clothes of the opposite gender?


Did you ever meet Paul Feig? I know you said your sister knew him

How's your baby doing these days? Any new pics you would like to share with us?

My baby is doing great, getting bigger everyday. Can't wait till he starts sleeping thru the night. I have tons of pics, just haven't had time to get them up yet.

How are you doing today? Just fine, a little tired though

What is the hardest part about being a mom?

Having to get up during the night and not being able to get back to sleep afterwards. Not used to that. Also it's hard understanding what my baby wants when he cries. I'm learning which cries mean what

Did you know the sex of your baby beforehand? Oh Yes

What invention would you like to see in your lifetime?
Good Question. I guess I would like to see some sort of TV where you can watch whatever you want whenever you want. Like you punch a code and a certain movie or tv show that you like will automatically will come on.

What ticks you off most?
People who don't listen when you are trying to get a point across

Do you have a favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird

Have you ever been mistaken for a celebrity?
No but people have told me that I look like Chelsea Clinton because of my curly hair. It isn't flattering at all

What was the last book you read? Oliver Twist

What kind of music do you enjoy listening to? Mostly stuff from the 70's

Do you wish you could live in any other time period?
I would have liked to have lived in the 1920's or 1950's

Can you play any instruments? No but wish I would have learned piano

What was the last movie you saw? Lion Witch and the Wardrobe

EVer worn clothes of the opposite gender?
Sure. I grew up with 3 older brothers and got all their hand me downs. I still like wearing guys sweatshirts and stuff. More comfortable than womens clothes imo

Did you ever meet Paul Feig? I know you said your sister knew him
Nope, I never met him. He was 10 years older than I and went all thru school with my sister. My sis knew him best in Elementary school, Paul would call our house and ask my sister to go swimming at the Y with him. He had a big crush on her. By the time they reached HS they were hanging in separate crowds though

Why did you choose the name Spencer Joel Thomas for your baby? (I really like it, BTW! :D )

What's your favorite part about being a mom?

Why did you choose the name Spencer Joel Thomas for your baby? (I really like it, BTW!

Spencer is one of the only names we could agree on. I got it from the actor Spencer Tracy and had never heard it anywhere else which is why my husband liked it. Thomas is my husbands name. Since everyone in his family has 2 middle names he wants to continue the tradition with his own children so I picked Joel because it is short, simple and my favorite name from the Bible.

What's your favorite part about being a mom?

I guess just the feeling of being needed, taking care of him, giving him little kisses and cuddles and the little smiles I get in return.

Your son is SOOOO cute!!!

Do you have any pets?

Do you think that a person's personality is affected more by their genes or by their environment or both? In other words, what's your take on the nature/nurture question? Are we who we are because we were born that way or does the environment make us who we are?

What are your favorite TV shows?

Do politics interest you?

What was your favorite subject in school?

Do you have any pets?
Yes, my husband had 2 dogs before we met, Soldier and Dewey

Do you think that a person's personality is affected more by their genes or by their environment or both? In other words, what's your take on the nature/nurture question? Are we who we are because we were born that way or does the environment make us who we are?
I think it's mainly the environment. I mean if a person is abused when they are a kid they are going to have a different personality than if they weren't abused. I think what happens to you when you are a kid makes you who you are when you grow up. I do think that depression and other mental illnesses can be hereditary though
What are your favorite TV shows?
I'm not familiar with very many of the current tv shows. I mostly watch older stuff on TVLand, Leave it to Beaver, Bewitched, Andy Griffith Show etc
I do try and catch Oprah and Dr. Phil though

Do politics interest you?
Not really, So difficult to understand at times. I don't think half these politicians would give me the time of day if they saw me on the street anyway.

What was your favorite subject in school? Art

when was your son born?

are you tired of all the "mom" questions yet?

have you ever played with a magnifying glass (http://fun.drno.de/flash/antcity.swf)?

so.... didja blow up the city?

whats your favorite recipe? does it involve any green vegetables? would you call it your "secret weapon"?

what IS your secret weapon?

Have you ever done anything you regretted?

What's your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?

Are you a good cook?

i like this interview thing can i be next!!! ;)

Do you have a garden?

No, we just moved into a new house but we do plan on getting some flower boxes and some tomato plants in the spring.

when was your son born?

He was born on December 5th 2005

are you tired of all the "mom" questions yet? Oh no. I love talking about my son.

have you ever played with a magnifying glass?

Nope

so.... didja blow up the city?

Not yet but I'll try again later

whats your favorite recipe? does it involve any green vegetables? would you call it your "secret weapon"?

Probably veggie lasagna. I guess I could call it my secret weapon

Have you ever done anything you regretted? Oh I've done lots of things I've regretted. One of my biggest regrets was not going into the service after HS. I wish I would have done that.

What's your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? French Toast

Are you a good cook? Not really but I am learning

What is your favorite food?

What do you do in your spare time?

Think you will have anymore children?

What are you thinking about right now?

What was your favorite year at SO?

Where did you go on your last vacation?

What was your favorite movie from 2005?

What has surprised you most about being a mother?

Why do you think your son turned out so darn cute?

Who did you root for in the SuperBowl?

What is your favorite S.O. emoticon?

What is your favorite food? I love all kinds of food but my favorites are Italian and steak. I love chocolate cake too

Think you will have anymore children? Definitely yes. We want to try next year for another and maybe a few years after that a third one.

What do you do in your spare time? I don't have much spare time anymore but when I do have it I like to come here, draw, watch tv and swim in the summer

What are you thinking about right now? What to make for dinner, Tom will be home soon and I don't know what to make him

What was your favorite year at SO? Probably 2001 or 2002 when I first came here. This was one of the first message boards I started posting at and everything was so new and exciting.

Where did you go on your last vacation? Mackinac Island Michigan for my honeymoon

What was your favorite movie from 2005? I think the only movie that I saw in the theatre in 05 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire so I guess I'll go with that. I don't go to the movies much. Too darned expensive


What has surprised you most about being a mother? Gosh, I don't know just being a mother itself I guess. I still can't believe that he's here and he's mine. Everytime I look at him I'm like Wow!

Why do you think your son turned out so darn cute? I've wondered that myself. He certainly doesn't get it from me. Must be his daddys genes. I also tryed to take care of myself the best I could while I was pregnant.

Who did you root for in the SuperBowl? Steelers


What is your favorite S.O. emoticon? :multi

Okay now for the most important question...


do you love ketchup??:D

Okay now for the most important question...


do you love ketchup??:D

Yup, Sure do

What part of Michigan are you from? :D

Do you have a favorite TV Channel?

What is your favorite restaurant?

Do you like to shop?

What's your earliest childhood memory?

Where do you envision your life five years from now?

What part of Michigan are you from? I was raised about 20 miles north of Detroit but now I live just outside of Flint.

Do you have a favorite TV Channel? TVLand. I also like A&E and Lifetime.

What is your favorite restaurant? Olive Garden

Do you like to shop? Oh sure, I love shopping for clothes and shoes and things for the house. The only thing I hate is grocery shopping.

What's your earliest childhood memory? I had to have been about 2 or2 1/2 years old. I was standing in my crib in my parents bedroom watching tv.

Where do you envision your life five years from now? Still living here getting the house fixed up, still married with a 4 year old and one or two more children and maybe working part time.

Your baby is so beautiful...i know i keep telling you that, but it's so true!!!!!

ok here are my questions:

What does your screenname mean? Everytime I see your screenname it makes me think of the term of endearment that we use in our household: Mija. it's spanish for "my dear one" something like that.

Have you ever had any other screenname?

If given $1 million to leave the country permanently, would you? If so, what country would you go to?

What is your dream vacation?

What was your best subject in elementary school? High School?

Do you remember your first crush?

Your baby is so beautiful...i know i keep telling you that, but it's so true!!!!!
Oh Thank you so much!!!!!!!

What does your screenname mean? Everytime I see your screenname it makes me think of the term of endearment that we use in our household: Mija. it's spanish for "my dear one" something like that.

I got it from the first 2 letters of 3 of my siblings. MIchele, JAmes and DAnny

Have you ever had any other screenname? Nope, Never have, never will

If given $1 million to leave the country permanently, would you? If so, what country would you go to?

For a million bucks? Sure. I'd go to Australia as long as my family could come and visit I'd go. I hear it's so beautiful and have always wanted to go. Also they don't seem to have all the social problems that we have here in the states.

What is your dream vacation? To go to Australia

What was your best subject in elementary school? High School? Art. The only subject I was any good at. I sucked at math, reading and everything else. I did improve my other subjects in college though


Do you remember your first crush? Oh yes. It was in third grade and the boys name was Craig. He was new to the school. He had dark hair, blue eyes, very beautiful little boy. All the girls had crushes on him. He only stayed for that one year then he moved away again.
When I was in my mid twenties, I was having my car serviced one day and this very handsome young man came up to me and asked where I went to school because I looked familiar to him. I told him and asked his name and he said Craig and when he said his last name I realized he was the same Craig that I had a crush on some 15 years earlier. We stood there and talked for about 15 minutes. I still can't believe that he remembered me.