Fun Four Facts Survey

I’ve been seeing this survey floating around the interwebs for the past few weeks and I have been dying to join in on the fun so I invited myself to the party! 

Four names that people call me (other than my real name):
1. Laur (my family)
2. Babe (Henri)
3. Lodgepants (my high school XC friends call me this – don’t ask where that one came from)
4. Lolo (my college XC friends call me this – there were 4 Laurens on the team my freshman year!)

Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Ice cream scooper at Coldstone Creamery
2. Swim Instructor
3. Patient Sitter (one-on-one aide at a hospital)
4. Auditor

Four movies I’ve watched more than once:
1. The Notebook
2. Life is Beautiful
3. All the Harry Potter movies
4. The Santa Claus/Elf/every Christmas movie

Four books I’d recommend:
1. The Book Thief – I FINALLY finished reading this book and it is so so good. I can’t recommend it enough!! (Just don’t read it on a plane like I did because the end is a real tearjerker! Ha)
2. All of the Harry Potter books
3. Once a Runner 
4. Unbroken – the movie comes out this Christmas so definitely read this one ASAP!

Four places I’ve lived:
1. Hopkinton, MA
2. Malibu, CA

with all my senior year roomies!
with all my senior year roomies! 😀

3. Florence, Italy (I studied abroad for a semester in college)

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4. Irvine, CA

Four places I’ve visited:
1. Paris, France – I’ve been here multiple times and it is seriously one if my favorite places in the world!!!!

DSCN2643 2. The Bahamas – Henri and I went here for our honeymoon. The beach, the water, the weather, ahhh take me back!

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3. Israel – My study abroad group went here for our “Educational Field Trip”. One of the most amazing experiences of my life!

Boating on the Sea of Galilee
Boating on the Sea of Galilee

4. Wyoming – For our family vacation this summer. Soooooo fun!

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Four places I’d rather be right now:
1. Sitting in a cafe in Paris drinking a cappuccino.
2. Curled up by a fire reading a book.
3. Running on my favorite trail in Malibu!
4. Eating pizza in Rome!

Four things I don’t eat:
1. Olives
2. Mushrooms
3. Beets
4. “Weird” shellfish (basically anything but shrimp and lobster)

Four of my favorite foods:
1. PANCAKES
2. Sweet potato fries
3. Ice cream (in a sugar cone with chocolate sprinkles!)

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4. Dark chocolate

Four TV shows I watch:
1. Masterchef Junior – hands down the CUTEST show on television!!
2. Grey’s Anatomy
3. Big Bang Theory
4. New Girl

Four things I’m looking forward to this year:
1. Spending Christmas with my family and enjoying a white winter!
2. Turning a quarter century (man that sounds old)
3. Moving into our own place again – hopefully right after the holidays.
4. Planning a two-year anniversary trip. Right now something WARM is sounding soooooo tempting!

Four things I’m always saying:
1. “I love you!” – to Henri
2. “Andiamo, avanti, ragazzi” – in English… Let’s go, onward, you guys (I say this to Henri when he’s being a slow poke 😉 ) 
3. “Go pee-pees.” – to the pups
4. “I’m hungry!!!” – all. the. time!!!!


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