32 random things about us

Since we’re launching this new blog right around my 32nd birthday, I thought it would be fun to share 32 things about us. Seeing as how most of my lovely subscribers so far are friends and family, you probably know most of these things. Hopefully, you learn something new too.

Early life – High school

1. I was born in Tampa, Florida and moved around a lot due to a military lifestyle.
2. Tom’s roots run from Kansas City, Kansas. He moved to AZ when he was eight.
3. We are both 1 of 3 siblings. Audria the oldest, Tom the youngest. Both have two brothers.
4. Tom’s idols growing up were Michael Jordan and Kurt Cobain.
5. Interestingly, I am the same amount younger than my mom than I am older than my youngest sibling.
6. Tom got lost at Epcot when he was 7. He was found about to climb into the flamingo exhibit.
7. I went to Yuma High School, home of the Yuma Criminals.
8. I was awarded the honorary distinction of Ms. Criminal 2006.
9. My first job was at Burger King.
10. Tom’s was Coldstone Creamery.
11. Tom played football, baseball and wrestled. He still loves a good game of hoops.
12. I dabbled in marching band, tennis and volleyball, and cheerleading.
13. The clarinet was my instrument of choice growing up. #bandgeek

About us in College

14. Tom went to the UofA. (every UofA person reading this is probably thinking or shouting “Bear Down!” yea yea yea)
15. I moved to Phoenix to be a Sun Devil in 2006.
16. I was a merchandising intern at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom for a semester in college.
17. Sociology and Italiano were the focus of my studies at ASU.

a budding romance

18. We’ve been together since 2013 when a mutual friend introduced us at The Little Woody. Still one of our favorite spots.
19. Almost right away we realized both of our fathers have the same first and middle name. What are the odds?!
20. Plus, our love was immediately bound by our super-fan obsession with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
21. When we first started dating, Tom took a trip to Asia. He took a photo of me around with him so we could “be together.” Swoooon.
22. On top of that, Tom sent flowers to me at work every Monday. He even sent an Asian themed bouquet while he was abroad.
23. While walking hand-in-hand wearing our respective teams’ shirts, at the UofA / ASU football game, some random stranger yelled down from the top of a parking garage, “get a new boyfriend!” I obviously didn’t listen.
24. We married at the Desert Botanical Garden in 2015.
25. St. Lucia was our honeymoon spot.

actual adulting

25. Tom’s career is in finance. Mine in marketing.
26. I have been at the same company for almost a decade now, but have worked in three different “industries”.
27. About two summers ago, we became a one-car family. Probably will stay that way for a long time, if not forever.
28. We purchased our first and current home together in 2016.

FUN things about us

29. Our family’s Spotify accounts stream anything from Disney tunes to West Coast Hip Hop (Tom) to electronic music, to acoustic and folk. Someone in this house has a man-crush on John Mayer. I’ll let you guess who that is.
30. I am a self-taught cooker, which you’ll quickly see. Cooking became less scary for me after using the meal service Blue Apron for about a year.
31. Henry and Clara’s favorite past-times include snacks, Frozen 2, coloring on everything except paper, catching bugs, cooking with mom, jumping on the trampoline, torturing our two doggies – Winston and Belle – and squabbling.
32. And last but certainly not least, Tom’s mom may or may not have sent in an audition of a young Tom for the role of Dennis, as in Dennis the Menace.

Well, there you have it! 32 random things about us. Did you learn anything new? Anything else you’d like to know as we begin to develop content? Let us know in the comments!