Your name:  Jackie Petersen

Workshop:   week 2

If you have a nickname, what is it? 
Only to my cute little 3 year old neighbor.  It's ¡Honey¡.  He hears me call my
husband that all the time so that¡¦s where it came from.

Are you single, married, have children?
Married with children

If you have children: how many, what are their names, how old are they: 
The only time I feel old is when I have to say how old my kids are, I don¡¦t know
how they got this old. 
I am mom to Kacey, 24, lives in Portland, Oregon and Courtney who is 21 and lives
with her husband in Washington Terrace, UT.  I am step mom to Jason who is 26 and
lives with his wife in Syracuse, UT, Jessica, 24, who lives with her husband in
Layton, UT and Jared, 20, who lives in France.
 
What state do you live in?
Utah and No. Carolina

What do you spend way too much of your time doing? 
Being on the computer, and worrying.

What do you wish you could spend more of your time doing?
I¡¦m pretty lucky at the moment, I get to do what I want when I want for the most part.

How did photography find you?
I have always taken pictures of the kids but now I want to learn how to take
photographs, hope that makes sense. 

What is your favorite thing to take pictures of?
It¡¦s always been my family, but I would love to focus on families and babies.

How long have you been doing photography?
Not long

Do you have a photography business?  If so, for how long?
No

What is your favorite food? 
Ice cream!  Baskin Robbins Nutty Coconut or Dairy Queens Cookie Dough Blizzard.  Ice
cream is food isn¡¦t it?

What is something you can¡¦t live without?
My hubby, family, computer(internet), and contacts.

What is something no one knows about you?
At times I feel inferior because I didn¡¦t go to college.

What is on your iPod or Playlist:
I don¡¦t have one, but I do enjoy most music.

Are you a night owl or early riser?
I am both, just depends what¡¦s going on.  Actually I wish I didn¡¦t need to sleep
at all!

What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
White store made birthday cake with lots of sugary frosting, ummm good.

If you could have dinner with anyone in the world¡Kdead or alive, who would it be? 
My grandma Helen, she¡¦s the only grandparent I knew and I¡¦d love to talk to her
about life.

What are some things that you like?
Diet coke, veggies, shopping, sewing, playing the piano, shopping, laughs, bottled
water, learning, people, my dogs, color, and did I say shopping?

What are some things you don¡¦t like? 
Slow drivers in the fast lane, drugs, dark bathrooms, seafood/sushi (I¡¦ve tried!),
phony people, to be cold 

When you can do anything, what do you do?
Hmm, this is a hard one.  Shop, decorate, visit friends or family, sew, play a
computer game, read, serve others.

What do you have to do before you die? 
The only thing I¡¦ve ever said I have to do before I die is learn to play the drums,
why? I don¡¦t know.

Tell us something more about you:

Funny ¡V I went on a business trip with my husband years ago, while he was at a
meeting I was getting ready and needed an iron which was not in the room.  I finally
got the courage and called room service, the knock came and the guy brought in the
iron. I took it and then he stuck out his hand, I didn¡¦t know why in the heck he
was doing that so I gave him five and it wasn¡¦t a five dollar bill.  I have since
learned he wanted a tip ƒº.  I¡¦d love to know what he thought when he left. I still
laugh when I think about this.

Serious ¡V June 26th 2007, I was at the airport with my husband and our dogs.  He
got a phone call 30 minutes before we were to board.  It was the doctor calling
about his test results and telling him he should get his bags and come home.  He has
kidney cancer. One week later he had his kidney removed and didn¡¦t need chemo.  We
are very blessed!

Entertaining - As hard as I try I can never get out of the house and leave without
going back in to get what I forgot.  It makes me crazy. 

Philosophical ¡V Bloom where you¡¦re planted.  Not always can we control situations
but we can control how we handle them.

Exciting ¡V I get to go to France in March and I will know how to take amazing photos.

True ¡V Unfortunately, hard as I try, I don¡¦t have the best relationship with my
parents. 

Meaningful ¡V Relationships with others, is what life is about.  

Powerful ¡V I am very blessed, to live in this country, to have family, to have my
five senses, and to know where my blessings come from.

Name 2 of your weaknesses:
Staying on task or some might say ADD; I like to think of it as multi-tasking

Spending money, no matter where I go I can find something I ¡§need¡¨

Name 5 of your strengths:
Good listener
Hard worker
Reliable
Committed
Optimistic