1) When I started dating THE Daddy, he told me that he didn’t ever see himself getting married or having kids. We were married 4 years later and had Princess about a year after that…oops.

2) I worked on Martha’s Vineyard for 2 summers while in college. Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen had their wedding rehearsal dinner at the Inn where I worked. I got to meet a ton of celebrities…including then-President Clinton. No matter what you think about him, he really does have charisma.

3) I recently donated peripheral blood stem cells to a 21 year old woman with leukemia.  I was her last hope.  I'm waiting to hear if she survived.  If so, we could meet after a year...if we both consent.  I would love to meet someone considered to be my "match".  I have no idea where in the world she is located, but she's often in my thoughts.

4) We have 2 dogs: Jasper, an Australian cattle dog, and Chester, an Australian Shepard. We’ve had Jasper since he was a puppy. We adopted Chester from a rescue league on New Years Day.  Jasper had a bad reaction to a lyme disease vaccine and we almost lost him. End result after a month in the animal hospital…he had to have his toes on his front feet amputated. He actually gets around pretty good despite everything.

5) I breastfed both Princess and BamBam for about a year each.  They both decided to stop as soon as they began walking.  I both loved and hated breastfeeding and it was bittersweet each time we stopped.

6) My sister is about to marry our high school biology teacher. He was my favorite teacher. And apparently he wasn’t very old…only 8 years older than her. Strange at times, however, I do think they are a great match and I really like him. They made my 15 year high school reunion quite interesting.

7) I coach softball at our old high school. This was my 6^th season and we won the state championship for the first time in the school’s history this spring! It had been 20 seasons since I was on the varsity softball team.

8) My second toe is longer than my big toe. Mostly I think it’s ugly. I’ve had people tell me that it’s a sign of intelligence. I also had a male friend tell me that most beautiful people have ugly feet…I think he was hitting on me.

9) My parents divorced when I was in college. My dad literally drove away for South Carolina on their 22^nd wedding anniversary.  They are both very happy in their lives and I enjoy the relationship I have with each as an adult.  I don't believe that "staying together for the children" is always the best route to take when two people are so obviously miserable together.  They could have separated many years before.

10) We own a house in Aruba with my in-laws. It’s not a time share. We built a for-real 3 bedroom house with a pool. We were living in their basement apartment at the time.  We love it there and would love to relocate there someday, possibly after winning the lottery.  American school is very expensive.

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