Beckwith
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering |
| Occupation | Civil Engineer |
| Location | Inver Grove Heights, MN, United States |
| Introduction | Born in Duluth, MN and raised in Northern MN. Attended U of MN in Duluth and finished up my Civil Engineering degree at the U of MM Twin Cities campus. Work for the Mn Dept of Transportation as a Maintenance Research Engineer, wife of Ross (who is also a Civil Engineer, from Madison, WI), Two kids: Claudia (2 1/2 years) and Max (3 months), One dog: Daisy (7 years), We live in a suburb south of St. Paul, MN and we can't imagine ourselves living any where else. We are truly happy! We'd just like to have that little lake/hunting place up north someday... |
| Interests | Camping, Travel, Gardening, Home Improvements, Digital Photography, Skiing, watching Hockey and Football, Music, Being a mommy |
| Favorite movies | Christmas Vacation (we watch this every year around Christmas and quote it the rest of the year!), Singles (reminds me of the grudge days when I was in highschool/college) |
| Favorite music | I truly love all kinds. Currently, the most-played on my iPod are Brandi Carlisle, The Fray, and Mike Doughty (I pretty much am always listening to Doughty...) |
| Favorite books | Right now, I am reading 3 or 4 parenting books. I recently finished the memoir "Transcendence" which was fantastic. |
Why does the color blue mean raspberry-flavored?
Now that is a really good question! My guess is that there are so many flavors already representing the color red (cherry, strawberry, watermelon), that they needed to give raspberry a new identity, so why not make it blue. There aren't many flavors assigned to blue--just blueberry, right?-- and that is kind of a gross flavoring for a sucker or popsicle