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Thanks for all the questions!

Q. Why the hatred for spicy food? Is it a taste thing? Or a digestional thing? Because honestly? Spicy food rocks my culinary world, and I just simply cannot comprehend eating bland food my whole life ... - Jen
A. It's definitely a taste thing. I can't handle the reaction that spicy foods evoke in my mouth. To me, it's basically the equivalent of too-hot coffee. I physicially can't get past it. I also blame my mother as she never made anything spicy for us. My dad, on the other hand, LOVED spicy foods! Too bad I didn't get my tastebuds from him, huh? And believe me - my favorite foods are anything but bland. I'm a huge fan of garlic and vinegar and spices that don't make me sweat.

Q. On your honeymoon, were you spending money carefree, or did you ever penny pinch? - Rob
A. We discussed how we'd spend money on our trip shortly after we booked our travel plans. We realized it was a once-in-a-lifetime trip and didn't hold back. We were pretty carefree with our money, which was nice. And we also had the benefit of plenty of gifts purchased from our honeymoon registry - enough to pay for all the excursions and meals for half our honeymoon!

Q. Why doesn't your husband ever comment on your blog? - Beautchous
A. He just did!

Q. What was your favorite band/singer as a teenager? Ya, yanno - those embarassing/awkward years. (at least they were for me when I listened to NKOTB *dies* lol - Brandi
A. The artists that immediately come to mind are Paula Abdul, NKOTB, Debbie Gibson and Milli Vanilli. Brent and I regularly discuss how stupid it was that people freaked out when they found out the "faces" of Milli Vanilli weren't the real singers. The songs were still good! Girl, you know it's true!

Q. If blind people wear glasses, why don't deaf people wear ear muffs? - Anonymous A. I've often wondered that myself. I don't have an answer, but some other folks do.

Q. Where & How did you and Brent meet? and did you know he was the 'one' right away? - Golightly
A. We met in college. We were both journalism majors. You can read a lengthy entry I did last year that tells the whole story. And I must have known he was the "one" right away because I said to my friend, "That's my future husband" before we even had our first date! I officially knew that he was the "one" when I realized he was the combination of everything I had wanted changed in my ex-boyfriends. Brent was the antithesis of cocky, stupid, selfish and shallow. Hard to believe that Wednesday is the 7-year anniversary of our first date!

Q. What kind of editing do you do? I'm interested because I'm a newspaper copy editor. - Tiffani
A. I'm a features editor for an online publication about online advertising. In a nutshell, I recruit our "cover stories" and take them from inception through publication. I enjoy my job and my co-workers are great! I'm really happy that I made this career switch. It's much better on this side of the communications fence. By the way, I interned as a copy editor at a city newspaper in college! My skills are a little rusty, but I'm workin' on it!

"The answer to your next question is "beats the hell out of me." - Daphne, Frasier