Five Fun and Fabulous Facts You Didn't Know About Me

Recently, I played a fun game with a group of good friends. We wrote down five things about ourselves that we were pretty certain the others didn’t know despite our long acquaintances . Then, the lists were read aloud, and we had to guess which person wrote those five things. A great time was had by all, and I learned some really interesting and amazing facts about my friends that I had no idea of previously.

So, I figured we’d play a verison of that game today ☺ Sounds like fun, right? Trust me, we’ll have a blast. I’ll even go first.

1) In 7th grade, I played mother superior in our school production of The Sound of Music. To this day, I’ve been known to sing karaoke as my BFF here, Pamela Tracy, can attest.


2)  My husband proposed to me five times before I said yes. One of those times was at the top of the Empire State Building — seriously who says, “I’ll think about it” to a proposal at the top of the Empire State Building? I finally said yes the 5th time because he got down on one knee. What can I say? I’m a romantic.


3)  I owned and rode horses for half of my life. Most people assume I rode western because I write cowboy books. That’s true, I did. But I spent the first eight years (from 8th grade through college) riding English and showing in hunter and jumper classes. I still have my riding breeches, jacket, and velvet helmet. The helmet fits. We’re not going to talking about the breeches and jacket.


4) For about ten years I kept a flock of 25-ish chickens (all hens except for one rooster), and had a thriving fresh egg business. Yes, there is such a thing as green eggs. I had hens that laid them, as well as blue eggs. Though, the insides look just the same as every other egg. Not green like in the Dr. Seuss books.



5) This last one is difficult for me to admit. My guilty pleasure is watching the Bachelor or Bachelorette TV shows and all the crazy spin offs. I spend the entire time the shows are on yelling at the TV and telling the contestants what they should and shouldn’t do. My husband doesn’t understand me. Not sure I do, either.

Okay, people, here’s your challenge. List just one thing about yourself that we don’t know. See, I’m going easy on you. Not asking for five!

Comments

  1. I love this--what cool things. I don't have anything that fun, but in sixth grade, I placed third in the county spelling contest. I went down on the word "negotiate." I had my picture in the paper and everything!

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    1. I still have trouble spelling negotiate, Liz :)

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  2. How much fun this is! And I wish I lived a little closer to you, I'd be buying eggs every week, even the green ones, lol. A fun fact about me....hmmm....When I was a kid I used to raise pet rats. Seriously...rats are the BEST pets!

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    1. I co-wrote a novel in which the heroine had a pet rat--a fun, intelligent character.

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    2. My grandmother had a rat named Wendell for a while. She rescued it from the hospital when they didn't want it anymore, and then found it a family to adopt it. I got along fine with Wendell - I was happy with pretty well any animal.

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    3. I had pet mice as a teenager, does that count?

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  3. I have 11 credits on IMDb. I've actually had more credits on films and TV shows, but those are the ones posted.

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  4. I went on a three-week solo bicycling trip in my mid-twenties. No phone, no Google, no schedule. I'd freak today if my daughter did the same thing!

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    1. Isn't that the truth? I did the Europe thing after high school. No cell phones, no internet. I'd have broken down if my kids had wanted to go at barely 18.

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  5. In Oregon many moons ago I was junior girls' champion freestyle archer. That was before the age of scopes and fancy bows. I also was a bow hunter.

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    1. That's awesome, Roz. I'm super impressed!

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    2. Hi Roz: I managed to become champion target archer my senior year at Pepperdine College. I also taught square dancing on horseback in the early 60's. The horses knew the systems better that their riders.

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    3. Hi Sam, how are you? Nice to see you here :))

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  6. I was a member of FFA in high school and raised a Poland China show pig. I did not name him, for obvious reasons.

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    1. I feel ya, Beth. We had some of those kind of animals. I would up naming them anyway. Sigh.

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  7. I think we should do this when the Heartwarming authors get together at RWA this week. Make your list of five things, everyone!

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    1. Count me in, but I'll have to come up with five different things!

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  8. What a cool post! I have taken Pilates for 14 years and can touch the floor with my palms while I keep my legs straight. ;-)

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