Meet The Irelands: Shanisty + Jeff Tell All

If you’ve been following along for awhile, thank you! If you are new to my blog or perhaps my social media platforms, welcome!

I recently asked on Instagram if you’d like to learn a little more about us… some fun facts, and random thoughts, if you will. These questions might give you a little behind the scenes to what you see through my words, pictures and videos.

Let’s dive right in!

1. Favorite Cuisine
   Shanisty: Asian Food
   Jeff: Almost Anything
2. The hobby I could never give up
   Shanisty: Writing
   Jeff: Golf
3. Favorite Season
   Shanisty: The summer and early fall in Ohio
   Jeff: Fall and the holiday season
4. Favorite Movie
   Shanisty: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
   Jeff: ?? He didn’t answer this one, but Shanisty thinks it would be something with action, her least favorite kind of movie.
5. Favorite Ice Cream
   Shanisty: Cookie Dough
   Jeff: Anything with ‘tracks’ in the name
6. Favorite non-alcoholic drink
   Shanisty + Jeff: Coffee
7. Favorite Alcoholic Drink
   Shanisty: Wine
   Jeff: Bourbon
8. The thing I find most attractive in a person
   Shanisty: Their smile
   Jeff: Intelligence
9. Biggest Pet Peeve
   Shanisty: Humble Brags
   Jeff: Most People
10. I hate the smell of
    Shanisty: Gasoline
    Jeff: Vomit
11. I’m scared of
    Shanisty: my kids getting bullied
    Jeff: not being there for my kids
12. I can’t stand the sound of
    Shanisty: whining children
    Jeff: Ungratefulness
13. The most boring sport to watch is
    Shanisty: Racing
    Jeff: Baseball
14. The most stressful thing for me is
    Shanisty: a messy home and being unorganized
    Jeff: Stress
15. I once made
    Shanisty: a children’s book that won me some scholarship money for college
    Jeff: a radio
16. I have ____ siblings
    Shanisty: 0 siblings, I always hated being an only child
    Jeff: 6 siblings and it’s the greatest thing ever
17. My fondest childhood family memory is
    Shanisty: Thanksgiving is a big holiday in our family, my grandfather always baked two turkeys and handed out his Christmas gifts to the grandkids on Thanksgiving. My mom has since taken over the tradition.
    Jeff: Going to Texas for Christmas
18. My favorite subject at
    Shanisty: history
    Jeff: Psychology
19. My dream job
    Shanisty: to write a book.
    Jeff: Coaching
20. My first proper job after graduating
    Shanisty: a news anchor in Parkersburg, WV.
    Jeff: Carpentry
21. If I had my time at school again
    Shanisty: I’d still go into journalism
    Jeff: I’d have gone into medicine
22. I’m practically addicted to
    Shanisty: white Tic Tacs
    Jeff: Reese’s
23. The achievement I am most proud of
    Shanisty: My children
    Jeff: My family, it’s not even close
24. My idea of Heaven on Earth
    Shanisty: staying at a hotel kid free.
    Jeff: Christmas morning
25. The best advice I ever received was
    Shanisty: let others do the talking for you.
    Jeff: do nothing that is not good for you
26. I have never tried
    Shanisty: a Big Mac
    Jeff: caviar
27. The most romantic thing anybody has ever done for me
    Shanisty: give me a massage.
    Jeff: dinner, bath and bourbon
28. I have broken
    Shanisty: My pelvis
    Jeff: hearts. lololololllll
29. My celebrity crush
    Shanisty: Matthew McConaughey
    Jeff: Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Era, not Micheal Jackson era)
30. My first thought when I wake up in the morning is normally
    Shanisty: are the kids awake?
    Jeff: I should have gone to bed earlier

There you have it! 30 fun and interesting facts about Jeff + Shanisty Ireland.

Your turn!! What is something unique about yourself? Was there anything on our list that surprised you?