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- 3. I was on a local TV game show for kids and won $50.
- 4. When I was in middle school my dad was stationed in Turkey for an isolated tour. So my parents decided to buy a horse to keep my sister and I busy while he was away because we had been taking horseback riding lesson at the time. His name was Stormy and he was 16.3 hands. He was a very big horse. My sister and I enjoyed taking care of him and riding him.
- 6. I Irish danced for nine years!
- 8. My white hair was caused by my new job.
- 10. Had to be saved by a neighbor in preschool when my friend and I sat in a wagon at the top of a driveway and it rolled into the street and towards the main road.
- 12. I was a cheerleader for Georgetown the year they won the NCAA championship for basketball.
- 13. I have met 6 NFL coaches.
- 14. I played the part of a sheep in a Christmas play...in high school!
- 16. As a child, I taught myself how to write in dwarfish runes (from Tolkien) and used to (and still do!) take notes in them.
- 18. Lived in Europe, Africa and Asia.
- 19. Whose grandfather was told by Jimmy Durante that “You’re the first guy I’ve met with a bigger nose than me”! (True story)
- 23. Climbed Mt. Jefferson in the Cascades and did a 48 hour solo in grizzly territory.
- 24. I can only snap with my left hand.
- 25. I was born at home and my dad delivered me.
- 26. Father Gerry's little sister was one of my housemates in college. We even came to Bethesda one summer and stayed at his parent's home.
- 29. I failed my French class three times in college.
- 30. I skate on the weekends for fun.
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- 1. When I was 20, I got a job in Italy, and one of my daily tasks was to bring a glass of dark, cold beer at midday to my boss.
- 2. I have taken part, twice, in the worlds biggest timed cycling event over 109 km. This was in Cape Town South Africa.
- 5. I went caving in Belize.
- 7. I've seen the on stage production of Les Miserables three times, and even got to meet Javert backstage after one of them.
- 9. I have completed three triathlons!
- 11. All family members are Oakies (parents and employees, an alumna and a student)!
- 15. I read Calvin and Hobbes comics religiously and regularly. :)
- 17. I have never owned an umbrella.
- 19. Lol I was wondering about this.
- 20. I have been called by my middle name since infancy.
- 21. I once ran into Emeril Lagasse at Whole Foods and talked to him about pasta sauces. He told me he was impressed that I knew what puttanesca was.
- 22. I used to be blonde.
- 25. My first job ever was working on my family butcher shop.
- 27. I met my husband in Alaska.
- 28. Had 20 blood transfusions during my first month on earth :)