Lauren’s weekly FITBF!!

1.   The strangest thing I’ve ever eaten is I tried a piece of sea urchin once, when Tim had it at The French Laundry. Beef jerky-like.

2.  I wouldn’t be caught dead  in Ugg boots or Croc sandal things. They’ve always been ugly, and always will be ugly.

3.  When I am 75 I will….  hopefully, be living in Italy with Tim on our olive plantation. We’ll bottle our own olive oil. we’ll have a small house, but it will have a guest room so Marco can visit whenever he wants. Hopefully, he’ll be with someone he loves and I’ll have a cute little grandkid.

4.  If I had to be named after a place I would want to be named   PHOENIX. That was  the name my mom originally chose, because she always thought it would a cool name. Instead, she chose the 3rd most popular first AND middle name in the United States that year (Michelle Nicole). BORING.

5.  My name is  Michelle, which my mom chose because she liked the Beatles song, and all things French… but dude, it’s so common it’s annoying.

6.  My all time favorite photo is   WOW I can’t pick just one. This is about as far as I can narrow it down:

My favorite photo of myself:

Charlie Couch, an old friend, took this photo in 2005. It makes me feel pretty.

Okay, this is me and my Grandpa Gary, circa 1985-86 ish. I love that we look so happy, and I think I look like a cute kid here.

My favorite photo of Tim:

I took this picture after our friend’s wedding, and I think my hubby looks very beautiful.

My favorite photo of us:

 This is the first picture we took together, in May 2003 I set up my camera on a timer, and we rushed to sit together before it went off.

My favorite photo of Marco:

That’s my little boy, pondering life… he always makes that funny face. It cracks me up everytime!

My favorite photo of the family:

One of the awesome nurses at St Helena Hospital took this for us minutes after I gave birth to Marco. I love how tired yet happy we both look.

7.  If I could afford it I would  pay off our home loan, and then we could use that extra money towards Marco’s college account, our travel fund, and maybe have some extra for a rainy day.