Fun Facts

For the last three days I've been working on a presentation for my Survey of recording Industry class. The project required us to follow the income streams of one artist and chart the money that they actually make after all the cuts to their manager, publisher, and promoters. Well my partner and I have chosen Reba McEntire and once we finally got going on the project we learned many things, but my favorite was a page on her website that has random facts about her personal life and career history. So I decided to do the same!

• I have had four cars so far. My first was an 1989 Ford Taurus that I totaled about 3 months after I turned 16. The second was a gold Nissan Stanza that I was really proud of. When that one died I was excited to find a "cool" car but instead my parents came home with a teal Ford Taurus STATION WAGON! I drove that through college and it died every 6 months. Finally we donated it and I went to CarMax to finally pick out a car that I liked. I chose a 96 Nissan Maxima. I wanted it in silver but got one in gold.
• I had HORRIBLE teeth when I was young and wore something mental in my mouth for about nine years! My favorite was a retainer that had one of my front teeth attached to it. I liked it pop it in and out. :o)
• I played the viola for one year and only learned one song!
• My family had a dog named Lexie that we had to keep in the yard or on the porch because it was too big and jumped on us. TO walk out in the yard we had to bring a broom just to keep her away from us.
• I learned I was highly allergic to horses when I was in the middle of horseback riding lessons!
• My favorite color is olive green.
• The friend I have known the longest is really just one I haven't been able to get rid of. We were in kindergarten together and stayed friends until about forth grade and then we went to high school together and worked at the same summer job. All through college we have remained friends but now she is married and moved to London.
• My favorite part of my body is a close tie between my feet and my smile.
• I only started to play music because my older sister AM was in the band and I wanted to do everything she did.
• I started to sing in public when I was in seventh grade. I was the youngest member in the St. Mary's Folk Choir. I think I used that choir to have a good look at all the young guys in the congregation. :o)
• I turned down an opportunity to play bassoon on tour in Europe to go to summer camp with all my friends.
• My favorite family vacation is a close tie between the first time we rented a house across the street from Sea Colony and the first time we had Thanksgiving in Deep Creek. I think every time we choose a new location for a vacation we have more fun.
• My favorite amusement park ride is very simple but could entertain me for hours. The Tilt-a-whirl!
• My first real boyfriend was in eighth grade, John Allen.
• I was almost arrested once. I was in high school and a few of us drove up to a house we were told was haunted. Diane, Nick and I took to separate car and were the first in the drive way of the house. We were also too scared to get out! There were about three other cars of our friends that were not afraid and went up to the house to try to get in. Well the next thing I knew I hard sirens and my friends were running back to their cars. Since we were the first ones in the driveway, we were the last ones out. So we got stopped by the police and they ran our names through the computer and made us take our shoes off to compare them to the foot prints by the house. Finally they let us go when our shoes didn't match.
• My first guitar was my mother's. She played when she was in the convent!
• I ran for Homecoming Queen my senior year and was runner-up.
• I have never been a smoker though in college I tried it like everyone else.

If you can't tell, I'm running out of things to talk about. My current schedule has nothing worth discussing in it, so I'm forced to talk about things in the past. Any questions you'd like to ask?