So, a few weeks ago Sam and I were chatting…okay, it was more like she was being my ‘life editor’, but that’s a whole other story all together.Anyway, the topic came up that I’m pretty open with you about myself, my likes and dislikes, and probably more things about my life in general than you’d care to know. Sam challenged me to come up with at least ten things that you probably didn’t know about me, not that you cared, but I figured I could do it quite easily and came up with ten, plus a bonus one.
So to get the ball rolling I thought I’d start with things you do know about me.
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| Homemade caramel…yum! |
Things you probably already know…
I’m a carmelholic, yup, I have a serious addiction to the sugary sweet stuff.
I’m an author who writes YA Novels.
I live in Idaho with my husband, two boys and Crazi Mandi, my yellow lab.
I love just about anything related to romances…movies, books, songs.
Eleven things you probably didn’t know about me…
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| Yup, that’s me in my favorite leopard shirt. |
1. I was born in Ohio and moved around a bit spending a good majority of my K-12 years in Colorado. Okay, I moved there when I was in third grade, but close enough.
2. I am the youngest in the family, yes, the baby. I have an older sister and brother and the stories I could tell…
3. I once got into a fist fight. Yeah, you read that right, a fist fight with the neighbor girl. Let’s just say my sister made me do it and the girl got what she deserved. I was bullied and well, had enough.
4. I’ve been working since I was fourteen. I started out babysitting and then moved up to Dairy King, not the Queen, but the King. 
5. My father insisted that I knew how to maintain my car. I can change oil, replace brakes, install new gaskets, give a tune up and change a tire with the best of them.
6. I begged for a flute as a child, my parents bought me a piano. I took lessons, but my loving siblings used to close the cover on my hands while I practiced…sweet, right?
7. I’ve been known to rip out drywall, tile, reroof, frame, lay hardwood, and paint just about any surface imaginable. I even once made a coffee table out of a garden gate…the hubby hated it. I kept telling him it was shabby sheik, but he didn’t buy it.
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| My garden gate coffee table…that I no longer own. |
8. I love photography. My favorite subject is nature, flowers, bees, ladybugs, trees, leaves, and if you can name it I’ve probably taken a picture of it. What can I say? I’m an artist at heart.
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| Me and Santa |
9. I’m related to Santa Clause, he’s the hubby’s uncle. And here’s your picture proof.
10. I hate spiders! As a child, my brother locked me in a crawl space and spiders were crawling all over me…hate them with a passion. I once even slugged the hubby in the face while I slept because I dreamed a spider was beside me. I laughed, he didn’t… 
And finally…
11. Like my book character, Cheyenne, I have the phrase ‘tease me’ tattooed across my forehead in some sort of invisible ink that I can’t see but others do…complete strangers will harass me, and of course I give it back.
So there you have it…eleven things that you probably didn’t know about me and now do. *The sound of thundering footsteps are heard in the background* Hey!! Wait!!! Don’t run away, I have more to tell!
