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FIFTY THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CHARLEE
01.) She had a mild case of polio when she was 6 years old.
02.) Her first crush was on cowboy star Lash LaRue.
03.) Her favorite comfort food is Brunswick Stew.
04.) Her favorite movie of all time is The Magnificent Seven.
05.) Sweet, Savage Love is her favorite book.
06.) She didn't learn to swim until her husband taught her and their sons in 1977.
07.) Her favorite snack is Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes right off the vine and sprinkled with salt.
08.) She and her best friend wrote a play for ninth grade assembly and both were actors in the play.
09.) She is claustrophobic.
10.) During her junior year of high school, she didn't miss a single day of school.
11.) Her pet peeve is people who say Holy Smokes! because the phrase isn't plural.
12.) She has been known to consume an entire jar of sweet mixed pickles in one afternoon.
13.) She can play the piano, guitar, autoharp and accordion.
14.) Her favorite song is If I Were A Carpenter sung by Bobby Darin.
16.) She shook hands with Charlton Heston at the Republican caucus in Ames, Iowa.
17.) She is a staunch Democrat.
18.) She worked as an entertainment editor for gazillionaire Warren Buffet and went to his house for a Christmas party.
19.) When American Graffiti first came out, she was assigned to interview George Lucas. It snowed the night before and she didn't make the interview. With Lucas was one of his 'lesser' stars, Harrison Ford. She did, however, get to talk to Lucas on the phone.
20.) Her favorite color is sage green.
21.) Pepsi is her soft drink of choice but a Bloody Maria (Bloody Mary made with tequila) is her bar drink.
22.) She worked as a dental assistant for seven years and has an Expanded Function license as well as a Radiological License.
23.) Her favorite candy is pecan divinity.
24.) She pronounces pecan the southern way: pee con.
25.) She can type 80 words a minute but can't drive a stick shift.
26.) The odor from Congoleum glue gives her a brutal migraine.
27.) The flash of sunlight off the quilted back of a semi will give her a brutal migraine, too.
22.) Her father was a long-distance trucker and she grew up in the cab of his GMC semi.
28.) Her favorite current television show is The Big Bang Theory.
29.) She wrote her first book when she was 12; It was titled Western Flame.
30.) She met the love of her life, her husband Tom, on a blind date.
31.) She buried her mother, father and the black lady who helped raise her all on the same day.
32.) An allergic reaction to a migraine drug caused her to rip a hospital mattress apart with her bare hands.
33.) She can crochet, macramé, needleploint and stitched two baby blankets for a niece and nephew.
34.) Autumn is her favorite time of year.
35.) She prefers cats to dogs but her favorite pet was her Schnoodle, Brownie.
36.) She has terrible handwriting which is barely decipherable by untrained humans.
37.) She has broken her tailbone...twice.
38.) She has a secret desire to strip naked and stand in the rain, however, she refrains since her neighbors are Mormon.
39.) She was raised a Hard Shell Baptist but converted to Catholicism during high school.
40.) She has over forty windchimes on her back porch and deck.
41.) Her bedroom was once invaded by a garter snake who terrorized her for ten minutes until her husband scooped up the offending beast and took him out to their grotto.
42.) Sad movies make her cry; Dave Barry makes her laugh.
43.) She says a prayer for every dead animal she sees along the roadway.
44.) Likes her oranges with salt sprinkled on them.
45.) She's afraid of the dark.
46.) Has seen both her maternal grandfather's and her husband's ghosts.
47.) Will not eat escargot, squid, liver, chitlins, tripe, or haggis so don't ask.
48.) Her favorite salad dressing is Blue Cheese with Russian running a very close second.
49.) Loves watermelon sprinkled with salt and cantaloupe sprinkled with pepper and salt.
50.) What she wishes she could have in Iowa that she can't? Fresh figs, mayhaw jelly, and hog plums.
02.) Her first crush was on cowboy star Lash LaRue.
03.) Her favorite comfort food is Brunswick Stew.
04.) Her favorite movie of all time is The Magnificent Seven.
05.) Sweet, Savage Love is her favorite book.
06.) She didn't learn to swim until her husband taught her and their sons in 1977.
07.) Her favorite snack is Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes right off the vine and sprinkled with salt.
08.) She and her best friend wrote a play for ninth grade assembly and both were actors in the play.
09.) She is claustrophobic.
10.) During her junior year of high school, she didn't miss a single day of school.
11.) Her pet peeve is people who say Holy Smokes! because the phrase isn't plural.
12.) She has been known to consume an entire jar of sweet mixed pickles in one afternoon.
13.) She can play the piano, guitar, autoharp and accordion.
14.) Her favorite song is If I Were A Carpenter sung by Bobby Darin.
16.) She shook hands with Charlton Heston at the Republican caucus in Ames, Iowa.
17.) She is a staunch Democrat.
18.) She worked as an entertainment editor for gazillionaire Warren Buffet and went to his house for a Christmas party.
19.) When American Graffiti first came out, she was assigned to interview George Lucas. It snowed the night before and she didn't make the interview. With Lucas was one of his 'lesser' stars, Harrison Ford. She did, however, get to talk to Lucas on the phone.
20.) Her favorite color is sage green.
21.) Pepsi is her soft drink of choice but a Bloody Maria (Bloody Mary made with tequila) is her bar drink.
22.) She worked as a dental assistant for seven years and has an Expanded Function license as well as a Radiological License.
23.) Her favorite candy is pecan divinity.
24.) She pronounces pecan the southern way: pee con.
25.) She can type 80 words a minute but can't drive a stick shift.
26.) The odor from Congoleum glue gives her a brutal migraine.
27.) The flash of sunlight off the quilted back of a semi will give her a brutal migraine, too.
22.) Her father was a long-distance trucker and she grew up in the cab of his GMC semi.
28.) Her favorite current television show is The Big Bang Theory.
29.) She wrote her first book when she was 12; It was titled Western Flame.
30.) She met the love of her life, her husband Tom, on a blind date.
31.) She buried her mother, father and the black lady who helped raise her all on the same day.
32.) An allergic reaction to a migraine drug caused her to rip a hospital mattress apart with her bare hands.
33.) She can crochet, macramé, needleploint and stitched two baby blankets for a niece and nephew.
34.) Autumn is her favorite time of year.
35.) She prefers cats to dogs but her favorite pet was her Schnoodle, Brownie.
36.) She has terrible handwriting which is barely decipherable by untrained humans.
37.) She has broken her tailbone...twice.
38.) She has a secret desire to strip naked and stand in the rain, however, she refrains since her neighbors are Mormon.
39.) She was raised a Hard Shell Baptist but converted to Catholicism during high school.
40.) She has over forty windchimes on her back porch and deck.
41.) Her bedroom was once invaded by a garter snake who terrorized her for ten minutes until her husband scooped up the offending beast and took him out to their grotto.
42.) Sad movies make her cry; Dave Barry makes her laugh.
43.) She says a prayer for every dead animal she sees along the roadway.
44.) Likes her oranges with salt sprinkled on them.
45.) She's afraid of the dark.
46.) Has seen both her maternal grandfather's and her husband's ghosts.
47.) Will not eat escargot, squid, liver, chitlins, tripe, or haggis so don't ask.
48.) Her favorite salad dressing is Blue Cheese with Russian running a very close second.
49.) Loves watermelon sprinkled with salt and cantaloupe sprinkled with pepper and salt.
50.) What she wishes she could have in Iowa that she can't? Fresh figs, mayhaw jelly, and hog plums.