1. I was born in Washington, D.C. in the same hospital to which they took Reagan when he was shot, except I was there many years before him.
2. I have a half-brother and half sister. I met the half-sister once, when we were both under the age of five.
3. I can roller skate. I have two �bars,� which are the awards we would win when we passed certain roller skating tests as kids. It means nothing now, but at one time I could do the tango on roller skates.
4. My Master�s thesis was about a tiny mayfly called Ameletus tarteri. I studied it near Richwood, WV. My boys think it�s gross (and thus fun) when I tell them that I used to cut the immature mayfly open to see what it eats.
5. I�ve stood on the Continental Divide in Colorado.
6. I drive a car with a standard transmission because I like it better than an automatic transmission. It�s more fun.
7. My grandmother�s grandmother was named Mary. She was a Cherokee Indian, and her husband, whose name was Fitzpatrick, was Irish.
8. My grandfather�s father lived to be almost 100. He died when he was struck by a car. His name was Thomas Reed, and if J hadn�t gotten the middle name that he did, he would have Reed as a middle name.
9. I can take five tiny sticks and some yarn almost as thin as string and make a pair of gloves or a pair of socks. And every time I do it, I�m amazed.
10. I really like to go to see movies by myself. I great afternoon for me would be to go lunch and then a movie, all by myself (although I�d take my husband if he were around).
NINE places I�ve visited
1. Lisbon, Portugal
2. San Francisco, California
3. Niagara Falls, Canada
4. El Paso, Texas
5. Denver, Colorado
6. New Orleans, Louisiana
7. Seabrook Island, South Carolina (honeymoon)
8. Stowe, Vermont
9. Cabo De Roca, Portugal (the most Western point in Europe)
EIGHT ways to win my heart
1. Be truly and sincerely nice (I know that sounds corny, but I don�t care).
2. Volunteer.
3. Admire something I�ve made.
4. Like a gift I�ve given you � even if you don�t really like it.
5. Flowers are good.
6. Teach me something.
7. Complement my children or my husband. Make them happy.
8. Clean the house while I�m gone.
SEVEN things I want to do before I die
1. Drive the length of the Atlantic coast, stopping to see lighthouses.
2. Drive the road through the Keys in Florida.
3. Tour England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
4. See my great grandchildren get married.
5. Write a book.
6. Have an office, all of my own, that has a door, a window, and that I get to decorate myself, with no one else�s preferences in mind.
7. Know God.
SIX things I�m afraid of
1. Being in water where my feet don�t touch the ground.
2. Being too close to the �edge� when I�m up high.
3. Whoever is hiding in the dark.
4. Driving on ice.
5. Loosing someone I love (aren�t we all?).
6. Bees, wasps and hornets.
