Christmas was fun, Duke loved it

Back when I put up the christmas tree and decorated the house, I set out some christmas stuffed animals on a chair. One is a knitted Santa Clause from my childhood and the other a small, Garfield in a Santa outfit. The Garfield came with a box of chocolates, Andrew gave me on our first Christmas together. I kept the Garfield ever since and put it out with the rest of my Christmas Decorations.

This year was our first year having our dog, Duke. He found my Santa Garfield and thought it was for a toy for him. The morning that I saw Duke with MY Garfield, I had to make the big desicion to give it up and let Duke enjoy it as his own toy. BUT HE CAN'T HAVE MY KNITTED SANTA CLAUSE! I quickley put the knitted Santa up higher where Duke would not get it. He carried the Garfield all around the house, cuddled with it and even played tug a war with Andrew.

A few weeks passed and Garfield lost his Santa hat, leaving him bald. Duke pulled on the hat durring tug a war. Then the stuffing started to come out where there was a rip in the seem of Garfields head. I did some surgery on him with a needle and thread. Duke was so cute while I was stiching up Garfield, he would wag his tail, in axiousness and worry...hoping that I could save his Garfield. He was whimpering and wondering why I took it away from him and why I was poking Garfield with a needle! I could only imagine what was going on in Dukes mind watching me fix it up. Duke took the Garfield back and carried it in his mouth....trotted down stairs to his corner to cuddle with HIS Garfield.

Merry Christmas Duke, my adorable doggy.

Merry Christmas Eve!

I am working tonight and on Christmas night. Not bad though, this way I will get new years off. Have to give a little to take a little. Andrew and I are driving down to Branson, Missouri for new years later on this week. I do not really know too much about Branson, just that it is a place for fun activities and shows to catch. I heard about a place for bumper car racing. We will definatly do that! Then there is also Sulivans on the Landing for live Jazz music. A good Itallian restaraunt is called Tony Z's we will also try out.

If you know of any hot spots in Branson, MO let us know! Merry Christmas everyone and have a happy, healthy new year!

Pictures of the snow fall

St. Louis had 5 inches of snow over the weekend. Here are some pictures I took around our house with snow everywhere. There is Duke laying in the snow on our deck, licking the snow! Funny dog.


My foot print and Duke's paw prints.
I shoveled a driveway for the first time. Took me 15 minutes, not bad...then it snowed more and left some snow behind on my freshly, cleared driveway!

Time to put the lawn tools away in the garage...

5 inches of snow here in St Louis

There was snow fall over the weekend. On Saturday the snow was continuous through out the day and never let up. I was at work that evening, and my car was covered in 5 inches of snow! It was 11:30 at night I started to clear off my car but gave up because my solks were getting wet and cold feet, the snow was ankle deep.

Luckily I work at a hotel and any coworkers, such as myself, who were stranded from the snow could stay in a room for free. I decided to stay and my supervisor upgraded me to the nice rooms, King size even! SHHH! Other coworkers got the standard rooms and in double beds. When the hotel gives up rooms to employees, they are usually given the standard rooms in the back hall way or corner, to keep the "good" rooms available for the guests. By the time I decided to get a room for the night it was already 11:50 almost midnight and we were had more of the upgraded rooms than the standard rooms available. My supervisor put a few of us over there to reserve the standard rooms for any walk-in guests buying a room for the night.

SCORE! King size room for little ol' me! Woo Hoo. It was very nice, but boring at the same time. There was not much on tv to watch and I didn't want to go to sleep quite yet. Andrew called me on my cell phone to wish me good night, I told him to say good night to Duke for me. I missed them both. Being that I was at work earlier, all I had on me was my work uniform and winter coat. I didn't have a change of solks, toothbrush, etc with me. I took a complimentary toothbrush and toothpaste, from the front desk. I also grabbed a travel size box of detergant to hand wash my clothes in the bathroom sink.

Everything worked out and I slept in till 10 am the next morning. I ended up staying at the hotel instead of going home because I had to go to work agian at 3 pm that Sunday. After work Sunday it is 11:30 pm agian and this time I was able to clear off all of the snow from my car and the roads cleared up by then also. I was so happy to drive back home.

When I walked in the door, Duke was all smiles and I gave Andrew a big hug and petted Duke. Back home in my comfortable surroundings! Although it was fun hanging out in the hotel room for free, but it does not compare to the comforts of home.

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa Clause,

I have been a very good girl this year and Andrew has been on his good behavior to. I would like to have for Christmas an:

1) mp3 player with 8 GB like the Phillips brand (found at Walmart for $89).

2) GPS navigator portable from car to car. (found at walmart or BestBuy)

3) Sewing machine ($65 at Kmart)

4) Conair Hairdryer (my current one only works on the warm-medium setting) the high setting doesn't work any more.

5) Peridot ring from Overstock.com ($89.00 SIZE 7)

I will finish my Wish-list later, talk to you later Santa. I hope it is not too cold up at the north pole!

Our 1st Snow Fall of the Season!

On December 6th, 2007 it started snowing, for the first time this winter. The snow came later than usual. There is a difference between snow and rain, where with rain I can hear the rain drops hitting the roof and pitter patter on the deck; with snow it falls quietly and with out a notice. I was sitting in my living room, not aware of the snow, all curled up on the sofa watching tv. I got up to let Duke back in from being out in the back yard. Poor dog was damp from the snow. I walked over to the sliding, glass door and looked out to my deck to see the snow, and by then the snow was falling like little beebee size ice like from a beebee gun. Duke came up to the deck and tried to lick the snow/ice up. He was so funny! Duke was biting at the deck and trying to break away the ice and eating the bits of cold snow! Then I saw my hammock had some snow on it, so I walk over to the hammock to brush the snow off, and it was all frozen to the hammock. The snow was a thin sheet of ice everywhere.

The next morning the sun comes out and the snow/ice is melting away. I let Duke go outside and when he came back in he was all wet from the melting snow. Grabbing a towel to dry him off he sat patiently while he was rubbed dry. Then he followed me to my bathroom where I finished blowdrying my hair. I decided to use the blowdryer on Duke and he loved the warm air blowing on him. He was so cute. I thought he would be afraid of the sound the blowdryer made, scince he is afraid of the vacume, when ever it is turned on.

I believe this is Dukes first snow experience, and he did very well, and seemed to enjoy the snow.

Happy Day After Thanksgiving!

This year it was just Andrew and I for Thanksginving and I cooked all of the fixings for us. A feast for two. I gave my folks a call to wish them a Happy Turkey day and my dad placed his cell phone on speaker phone. I talked to my cousin, brother, dad, and mom all at once, it was a little hard to hear everyone at the same time. I miss them all so much. They were all up at my aunt and uncles home having a feast. We tried calling his folks but left a voice mail, they were out and we didn't get a hold of them.
When I was in the kitchen cooking everything, our dog, Duke, was so curious with everything I was doing and if I would feed him any scraps. He was wagging his tail the whole time, Andrew had to keep him occupied in the living room for most of the time so that he wouldn't get under foot. It took me about an hour and 45 minutes to cook everything. The turkey was so easy, it was an all white meat "turkey" which came in a box with an orange glaze to drizzle over the turkey. It was so delicious. I also made my yams in little orange bowls and some cranberry sauce from scratch and mashed potatoes.

My specialty yams served in little orange bowls.I usually top the yams off with mini marshmallows, but I forgot to buy some. Our turkey from a box...turned out delicious.

I was dishing up our plates, and Duke was so patient and cute like he wanted some of our feast also. I grabbed a small plate to serve some turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes to give to Duke. (photo below) He was such a happy dog, and ate the whole plate.

This weekend I have off of work, which is a good time to get christmas decorations up everywhere in the house. I am so excited, having a home to decorate this year. I have a fire place mantle for the stockings, stair case for garland and a big corner to put up a tree. HomeDepot has a good selection on faux trees, ones that are already pre-lit. K-Mart always has a nice selection of ornaments and trim there, thanks to Martha S. so I might stop there too.

Happy Holidays everyone! Leave a comment on here letting me know how you are all doing and what your plans are for the season.

Learning to be a home owner.

Andrew and I are still learning through trial and error about being home owners. We killed our lawn but the crab grass is all gone now! HaHa. We raked leaves the other day, in the back yard and only got half the yard done. My bright idea was to rake it all up in 2 piles, then Andrew could bag it up…

Andrew, "what do I use to pick up the piles???"
Martiel, "Here, use the snow shovel!?"
Andrew, "OK..."

The snow shovel worked perfectly! A nice big shovel came in handy for more than just using it for snow…which we have not even used it yet for snow, because we bought the house last spring and have not had any snow to deal with yet. We have the shovel though…and we are prepared to use it! I am just glad we have a two car garage now! No more scraping the ice/frost off the windows in the morning while we are running late to get to work. YEAH!

Fall Weather

Right at this very moment, the weather report shows the same temps for back home, in California, and here in St louis, MO. My moms house is at 55 degrees, my inlaws house is at 59 degrees, and here at home in MO is 54 degrees. I thought to check the weather report because people around here are starting to say it is getting cold...I am not quite cold yet. Since the weather will only get colder here with snow added on top of the temperature, it could only get colder!

This 50 or so degrees does not seem all too cold for my yet, and my coworker said, "you're not cold? and you are from sunny california?" I said, "No, because this is the same type of weather we have back home! I am use to this cool weather." I checked yahoo.com for the weather temps, and sure enough in all three towns the temps were actually the same for once.

Funny Conversations

Every now and then I get caught up in silly conversations, where it is so ridiculous it sounds like we are talking right out of a sitcom comedy.

Last year when I was working at a retail shop I was unpacking a box of new arrivals with a coworker. My coworker pulls out some new throw pillows, in an orange design.
...unpacking new shipment and placing the product on the shelf with a coworker...

Coworker: " these pillows have cute the patterns but they are all in Orange."
Martiel: "What is wrong with the orange?"
Coworker: "I don't like orange, but I like these pillows."
Martiel: "Do you like Blue?"
Coworker: "I love Blues! I have some blue in my decor at home."
Martiel: "well the color orange is blue's complementary color..."
Martiel: "therefor you should like orange as an accent color to use in your home like this pillow"
....Hitting her on her shoulder with the orange throw pillow....

It was a funny moment, something straight out of a sitcom.

...Turning my car in to the auto body shop...

Martiel: "hello, I am here to get my car fixed."
Shop guy: "ok, I will just jot down some information about your vehicle."
Martiel: " I am driving the Mazda parked out side."
Shop Guy: "What color is your car?"
Martiel: "Mocha"
Shop Guy: "Excuse me? Brown?"
Martiel: "no, not brown, more like tan or Mocha"
Shop Guy: "Ok, beige"... and starts to write in beige on his form.
Martiel: "It is not beige, it is tan, oh what ever I don't think it matters."

I am a lady with knowlage of colors, and I have noticed that guys usually do not know colors by shades and just know the basic color pallet. It was so funny, when he asked me the color of my car, because I just said what the actual color was from when I bought it. I am pretty sure when I picked the car color, the color chip was named Mocha! Just like my other car before this one was called "Sand" Which in color terms for guys is Beige!

Working at the hotel....I see Johnie the bellman as I stop in to pick up a paycheck.

Johnie: "Hi Martiel, saying it in a "rude way"
Martiel: "Hello to you to Johnie"
(not realizing he was being rude)
Johnie: "I'm sorry, don't mean to be rude"
Martiel:"You are not rude. "
Jonnie: "Yes I was..."
Martiel: "You can only be rude if the person you are being rude to believes that you are rude to them...I didn't think you were rude to me...therefor you are not rude."
Jonnie: "Come agian?"
We just started laughing. My logic some how makes sence to me, but once I started my explanation, it just came out all complicated and funny.

Andrew and I were saying something about the future when we get around to having kids.

Martiel: ".......Kids"
Andrew: "Singular, not plural!"
Martiel: "what?"
Andrew: "you said the word KIDS with an S, we are only planning on having a kid - singular, not kids with an S, so far..."

I am constantly coming across funny moments with people like these situations. Funny times like straight out of sitcom, it makes life fun and filled with laughter, and giggles.

Our 1st Halloween in a house!

This was our first Halloween living in a home, and in a nieghborhood with kids. In the past few years...9 to be exact we have lived in apartments. Kids do not really trick or treat in apartment complexes, so we usually do not have any trick or treaters on Halloween night; and yet I still buy the bags of candy hoping for some costumed cuties to knock on our door and say, "Trick or Treat."

This year we are no longer living in apartments and actually had trick or treaters visit!!! I am not talking about 3 or 5 or even 10 at the most, we had 47 kids knock on our door! I am glad I bought just the right amount of candy, by the end of the night we were down to one Musketeer, and two Worthers originals in our candy bowl.

I was so excited to get trick or treaters this year that I jotted down the different costumes and kept a running tally of how many people came to our door.

Totals:
Girls: 30 Boys: 16 Trick or Treated

Costumes:
Coolest costume was a toss up between the "Garden gnome" and the Woopie Cushion! HAHA!

Witch: 2
Ninja Turtle: 3
Cowboys: 3
Fairy: 2
Go Go Dancer: 1
Geesha girls: 5
Vampire: 2
Hannah Montana: 1
(surprisingly, I thought there would be more girls dressed up as her this year, from the popularity of the High School Musical Movie, and Disney tv show)

Pirate: 2
Belle: 2
Princess Leah 1
Snow White 1
Black Spiderman 1
Sports guy 1
Black Ninja 1
Skeleton 1
Bride 1

Don't Fall Back YET!

Growing up I was use to the daylight savings time to "fall back" an hour on the Saturday night before Halloween. This was always an easy way to remember the date to when we are suppose to go around the house changing all of the clock times. THIS YEAR, 2007 starts the first year time change will be occuring the Saturday AFTER Halloween!


This is confusing, what is the reason to changing this traditional time change from one weekend to the next? I heard one reason for this change is to some how save energy. How is one weekend going to save enough energy to throw a curve ball in peoples plans to fall back an hour?

My computer automatically switched back an hour following the traditional time change date. I guess I will be off by an hour all week until we officially change over.

Silliness.

Happy Fall

Now that I live in a state that has actual seasons, I love this time of year! Fall time! Growing up in California was a year round weather with little bursts of change here and there. Mostly the weather was cool, and foggy in the morning. NO rain, NO snow, NO seasonal differences. Now we live in Missouri and we had: Blooming spring with bunnies hopping in our back yard, humid summers sipping on a tall glass of lemonade, colorful fall leaves and crisp air and soon back to Wintry white snow fall and pretty ice-trees. Each season is distinctive and beautiful in each way. I love the seasonal changes.

This will be how ever our first snow falls with a drive way to deal with this year. The past 2 winters were spent in apartments and some one else shoveled the drive ways and sidewalks. Our house doesn't come with a grounds keeper, so this will be a new challenge for us to learn how to do each morning that there will be snow. A plus side is we have a 2 car garage and can save 10-15 minutes by not having to scrape the frost and snow off of the cars. Staying parked in the garage will be a big benefit to having a house this winter.

Back to Fall time. I love the trees changing colors right before my very eyes. Each time I drive down the street and see the same batch of trees I see different shades popping up. One day the trees were all green, and then little bits of yellow were spread around leaf to leaf. Now the trees are all different with some in full colors of Maroon, orange, yellow, and some still green. It is sooooo beautiful and breathtaking to drive to work now. I keep thinking that I want to pull over and take some photos of the tree changing process, but when I am in the car I am usually on my way some where and I do not have time to stop and photograph all of nature’s beauty.
The photos I am posing on here today are some of LAST YEARS photos taken around here during the fall time. I have Sunday off of work, I think I will grab Andrew and we will go for a drive taking fall photos.

Holiday Crime FYI

The holiday criminals are starting early this holiday season. I work at a hotel and already we are being warned to look out for people paying with counterfit. There is something about the holiday hussle and bussle of the busy season that bad guys find ways to rip off retail and companies, people in general. So beware, and hold onto the strap of your purse and check your pockets often for pick pocketers...


I was working on Friday night, and a lady paid with a $500 travelors check. It stood out as a red light just for being a high dollar amount, then it looked a little fake. I showed it to my superviser then she showed it to the bellman, we all were not too sure about the quality if it was real or not...so I took it as payment but did not give her change for the difference in total. I told her she would have to collect her change at check out. A second bad guy checks in the following day trying to pay with another $500 travelors check... SIRONS AND RED LIGHTS are flashing and going off in my head. DO NOT take this... it is FAKE!!! It looked even worse than the other conterfit travelors check. This was too couinsedental for it to be a legit travelors check. Security caught up with the bad guys, called the police and they were arrested!

Bad guys never win. So don't even try. Bad charma will follow you and you will eventually get caught. Let's keep the holidays cheerful and out of trouble.

This will probably worsen over time as we get closer to the holiday rush. For those who work in retail, hospitality, or even restaraunts keep an extra eye out for those bad guys. They will try to pay using counterfit bills and travelors checks.

We are back from Montreal!

PHOTO to post soon...The view from our Hotel room, Down town Montreal, Canada.

Andrew and I had a wonderful time on our trip to Montreal. We celebrated our five year wedding anniversary, eating belgian waffles and walking the streets of Montreal.

It was beautiful everywhere we went. We went to the St. Josephs Cathedral, Notre Dame, Hard Rock Cafe, and old montreal. The locals are all bilingual, speaking both French and English. The signs are mostly in french, such as the Stop sign pictured below. "Arre`t"

The entrance to St. Josephs has three levels of stairs to walk up to get to the Cathedral. The locals call the stairs "miracle steps." Some people kneel on each step praying on their way up the stairs. For those who want to by pass the kneelers can walk up the steps to the side of them and head sttraight up to the top. Once we got inside the cathedral there were hundreds of walking canes and crutches hanging in the alcoves of the walls from people who did not need thier canes any longer after walking up the "miracle stairs."


I made it to the top of the miracle stairs!

I took a photo of this Monk who was walking so peacfully down the stairs. He is holding some roseary beads in his hand.

The next day we went to the Imax theater, down by the water. We watched a 3D film about the dinosours. 3D has come a long way from the Back to the Future days. Instead of wearing the blue and red lenses the 3D glasses are clear lens and the 3D effect comes right up in your face and I found myself reaching out to touch the dinosours tail, and caught Andrew doing it a few times too. The show was very realistic.

Andrew and I spent the day on Thursday at a park which resembled a park similar to New Yorks Central Park. There was a beautiful lake for people to paddle boat in and also feed the ducks and coy fish. Much to my surprise there were seagulls there also. The Seagulls reminded me of Morro Bay.

We were walking down town Old Montreal, and I had to take a photo of the Salon across the street. It is called, SNOB Salon. I guess in English translation this salon is for snobby people to get thier hair styled at??? Funny. Next door the cafe should be renamed as Brat Cafe, to set a theme.

The night life of Montreal is down town on Crecent street with pubs and restaraunts to hang out. Andrew enjoyed a Sam Adams and I had my Appletini. Next door to the bar was a Hard Rock Cafe where I collect my sovenier pin.

I was taken away by the beauty and intricate arcetectural detail of the Notre Dame. The Notre Dame is a replica of the one built in Paris only 2 feet shorter. See photos posted. The cathedral looked like a castle both inside and out. Photo of the streets in old Montreal on the corner where Notre Dame is. The Notre Dame is a replica of the Notre Dame in Paris, except it is 2 feet shorter. This the inside view of Notre Dame, so magnifisant and looks like a castle.

photo of the side of the Notre Dame, magnifisant stone figures. Here is a close up of one of the statues.

We are in Montreal Canada!

Andrew and I are celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary. We traveled to Montreal Canada and are having a lovely time.

We made it to Montreal safetly. It is a very nice Marriott and next door is a Hilton which we will end up staying for free starting Tuesday using Andrews Diamond Member Points and we are staying the 1st two nights free using my Marriott gift card which I got from work. Our cell phones are roaming so it will cost too much to use our cells here. So we are communicating through emails instead.

I ordered Partridge (bird) for dinner tonight, it was delicious. Andrew ordered a lobster with chant rel mushrooms pasta, which was also good, and we shared a caramel flan with fresh fruits for dessert.

We will be checking out the old Montreal, St. Joeseph Oratory, and Notre Dame to name a few places.

There was a snag in our travel arrangements that we are squeezing by on. My maiden name is KING typed on my Passport and I go by HAY (married name) on the plain tickets!!! We have been sliding through by bringing along our marriage license. UGH! So far so good. If I can't get back into the USA on Saturday, we will have to become Illegal Aliens! Just Kidding, no worries, it will some how work out.

I emailed this to my dad in-law and he replied back saying he will take care of our new car for us if we get stuck in Canada and can't get back to the states...joking back I replied saying that he could just arrange for our new car to be shipped to us. Oh and can he also ship our dog Duke out to us? That would be greatly appreciated...HAHAHA. No worries though the marriage license is working and getting me past check points with my maiden name not matching up with my current name on the plane tickets. We will (should) be back to the states on Saturday as planned. Then it will back to work for the both of us as usual. LOL.

I will post photos later at the end of the trip.

50 Random Questions

1. You have $5 and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you buy?
-- Ranch Corn-nuts, Juicy fruit and a Sobe drink

2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be?
-- Seahorse! Make the males be pregnant! HA!

3. Favorite redhead?
-- Lucial Ball

4. What do you order when you're at IHOP?
-- Belgian Waffle with strawberries and whip cream

5. Last book you read?
-- The Secret

6. Favorite Holiday?
-- 4th of July

7. Describe the last time you were injured:
-- Winter 2007 I slipped on the ice after it snowed, hurt my knee. I grew up in Cali, I have to get use to walking in snow!

8. Of all your friends, who would you want to be stuck in a well with?
-- HUH? This isn't an old B/W show with a dog in it named Lassie....

9. Rock concert or symphony?
-- Rock N Roll is good for your soul!

10. What is the wallpaper of your mobile phone?
-- a martini glass

11. Fizzy drink?
-- Fresca

12. Left or Right?
-- Left, and I hate when people have to point out that I am a "South Paw" or Lefty.
Recently I have responded back, "yep, all my life!" I am going to start pointing out to people that they are right handed and say, "I see you're a North Paw"

13. If you could only use one form of transportation for the rest of your life what would it be?
-- flying car (Jetson style)

14. Most recent movie you've watched at the cinema?
-- Cant remember, I think it was Fantastic Four.

15. How much was gas today?
-- $2.64

16. What's your favorite kind of cake?
-- Cheese cake

17. What did you have for dinner last night?
-- Garlic bread and Bertolli’s pasta with sausage

18. Look to your left, what do you see?
-- the window looking out to the front yard and driveway

19. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
-- No, I step on each heel OR I flop them off if the shoes are flip-flops!

20. Favorite toy as a child?
-- Micro-minis or Hot Wheels

21. Do you buy your own food?
-- No, I steal little girl’s lollypops and eat off of other people’s plates in restaurants.

22. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?
-- Yeah, it’s called “office drama”

23. When's the last time you had a sour gummy worm?
-- When I was at the restaurant stealing the girls’ lollypop, I took her brothers sour gummy worms!

24. What's your favorite fruit?
-- Do you count Apples if it is a flavor of a Martini? ;)

25. Do you have a picture of yourself doing a cartwheel?
-- Hold on…let me go get my camera!

26. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
-- I have friends that are girls and friends that are boys…so yes.

27. Have you ever eaten snow?
-- Yes, but stay away from the yellow snow!

28. What color are your bed sheets?
-- Striped

29. What's your mom's favorite flower?
-- Lavender

30. Have you ever done ballet?
-- Yes, but I quit after I my teacher came to Ballet class with a broken leg one day and I thought I would get a broken leg too if I kept up the Ballet. (No joke! I was in 1st or 2nd grade)

31. Do you listen to classical music?
-- Sure

33. Do you watch Spongebob?
-- NO, but I meet him at City Walk once.

34. Last food you ate?
-- Top Raman

35. Do people consider you intelligent?
-- The stupid people do.

36. What time is it?
-- 3:49 in MO, 1:49 in CA, and 5:49 the next day in Korea…

37. Is your away message on?
-- yes

38. Have you ever tried gluing your fingers together?
-- many times

39. What curse word do you use the most?
-- Cr*p

40. What should you be doing right now besides answering these questions?
-- sleeping, it is past my beddy by time.

41. What time is your alarm clock set for?
--730 am

42. What CD is currently in your CD player?
- Beach Boys (Thanks Gen)

43. What movie do you know every line to?
-- BIG

44. What is your favorite salad dressing?
-- Ranch, it is the multipurpose dressing! Good with veggies, pizza, chicken wings, and salad.

45. Would you ever date someone covered in tattoos?
-- yeah, but can’t I am married.

46. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
-- 29

47. Do you enjoy giving hugs?
-- ****hugs****

48. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach?
-- My job interview. Got the job (6 months and loving it)

49. What's the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name?
-- Mary-L or Mar-teal UGH!

50. If you were to become famous, would you drop your last name?
-- no, because people might get me confused with the other Martiels who are famous.