1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Spending time at my Mom's place in Galena with Rob (and now Gabriel) just relaxing and having fun while being away from our everyday stresses.

2. What is your greatest fear? My greatest rational fear is losing someone that I love. The people that I love mean the world to me and I couldn't take losing any of them. My greatest irrational fear are spiders and other insects.

3. What vehicles do you own? A 2001 black Lexus RX300. It's named Lexus Luthor.

4. What is your greatest extravagance? My obsession/love of Coach purses.

5. What is your most unappealing habit? My near constant avoidance of the phone.

6. What is your most treasured possession? If animals count (though I don't consider him a possession) then it would be Sydney. If we're talking non-alive possessions, then it would probably be a stuffed red bull that my Grandpa gave to me when I was a child. I think it's at my Mom's house. I haven't seen it in ages.

7. Where would you like to live? Ideally? If money were no object and I could afford a house and a good private school for Gabriel? Chicago. It's where I grew up and will always be home for me. Realistically I'd like to live in Milwaukee (much more affordable) and my goal is to be out there before 2007 no matter what.

8. What makes you depressed? Missing the people I love when they're far away (like, right now, my Mom). Also, one thing that's been depressing me for awhile now is that I'm not where I thought I'd be (or where I'd like to be) in my life right now.

9. What do you most dislike about your appearance? My weight. I'm not happy with it and would love to be able to drop it. But no matter how hard I try, it's just not working. I also hate my stomach after the c-section, no matter what I do that also won't go down and I think I still look pregnant. My boobs are also too big. I could go on for ages with this. There's not much I do like about my appearance.

10. Who would play you in a movie of your life? I have no idea. I can't think of a single celebrity that remotely even looks like me.

11. What is your favourite smell? Gabriel just after his bath. Patchouli is a close second.

12.What is your favourite word? Squeaky!

13. What is your guiltiest pleasure? Retail therapy.

14. What, or who, is the greatest love of your life? My husband Rob.

15. What is your greatest regret? Not going to vet school instead of law school. It would have been much harder and much longer, but it's what I always wanted to do with my life. Now I'm 31 and seeing all of the dreams I once had just slip away.

16. What single thing would improve the quality of your life? A good paying job that I actually enjoy.

17. What keeps you awake at night? Gabriel and my messed up stomach. There are also times when my mind just won't shut off and I worry about getting a job when we move, and moving, and when I'm going to have the time to get my MCLE's in, etc.

18. What song would you like played at your funeral? "Dante's Prayer" by Loreena McKennitt.

19. How would you like to be remembered? As someone who made a difference in the world.