Meet the Bride

A brief Q&A with Katie

FB_141019_KatieJustinEngagement_112[1][stag_intro]Name: Kathleen Marie Drews
Birthday: May 29, 1987
Age: 28
Job: Reporter with the Better Government Association
College: Bachelor’s in journalism from Loyola University Chicago
Hometown: Glendale Heights, Ill.
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1. If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you’d do? Get on a plane to Rome.

2. What was your favorite subject in school? Photography.

3. What was your favorite childhood television program? Full House. But I always called it “Michelle.”

4. What is your favorite form of exercise? Swimming.

5. If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? Speak lots of different languages.

6. Were you named after anyone? Yes, my aunt. Her real name is Kathleen, but she always went by Dee or Dee Dee.

7. What’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever eaten? Cow tongue.63013_688207774141_5525760_n

8. What is something you’ve learned in the last week? A man named Doom helped make the atomic bomb.

9. Have you ever been horseback riding? Yes. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Along the edge of a cliff!

10. Have you ever been water skiing? Loooooove water skiing!!!!! I go every summer while visiting my grandma’s house in Lake of the Ozarks.

11. Have you ever stayed on a farm? Yep, on my 21st birthday.

12. What do you most like to do in the snow? Ski! The more powder the better!

13. What is your all-time favorite movie? Jurassic Park.

14. What is your favorite sport to watch? Baseball.

15. Which sport do you most enjoy actively participating in? Volleyball.10670052_10100957658826031_5966337720006103106_n

16. What is your favorite home-cooked meal? Steak, mashed potatoes and green beans.

17. If you could be any animal which one would you be and why? A dolphin so I could play in the water all day long.

18. Have you ever had a surprise party? Yes, although I planned it, sent out the invitations and even decorated myself. I thought it was going to be on a Saturday but my mom had secretly changed it to the Friday before, thus making it a surprise. She sure got a kick out of me doing all the work for my own surprise party!

19. What three items would you take with you on a deserted island? Hmmm, what would Jeff Probst do?! Fishing gear, a pot and, of course, FLINT!

20. What was your first job? Babysitting three rowdy boys.

21. What is one thing you will never do again? Jump off a cliff.

22. If you had to pick one place in your town to bring a tourist, where would you go? A White Sox game.

23. Have you ever been to a hospital? Yes, I was painting my Grandma’s garage (and turning it into a game room) when my elbow 387860_890614264911_1652494472_nstruck a nail. I fainted, fell off a ladder and landed on a row boat. Initially I laughed it off, but then I started feeling really nauseous. As my mom helped me inside, I lost my vision — even though my eyes were open — and then fainted again. By the time paramedics arrived (this was in Missouri) I was feeling better and wanted to go out on the boat, but they made me go to the hospital for a bunch of tests instead. :(

24. What would you sing at Karaoke night? Bear Down Chicago Bears — to redeem myself after getting booed off the stage the last time I did it.

25. What do you drink with your morning meal? Coffee with Peppermint Mocha creamer. Mmmm.

26. If you could go back in time, what year would you travel to? 1969.

27. Do you collect anything? Board games and angel ornaments.

28. Is there anything you wished would come back into fashion? Feather hats and headpieces from the ’20s.

29. If you could be any fictional character, who would you choose? Rory Gilmore.

30. What’s your favorite indoor/outdoor activity? Binge-watching TV/going on a boat ride.

 

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