1. I was born in Yokosuka Japan. (My dad was in the Navy at the time)

2. I spent just over 7 years in the Air Force working as a Jet Engine Mechanic.

3. I was featured in a book about Bitburg Air Base in Germany. The caption was that I was one of the ever increasing number of female technicians employed by the USAF. Ironically however I was the ONLY female in the entire book.


4. I am very shy which usually leads people to believe I am "stuck up" (which I am not btw).

5. I was an extra in a movie in Germany which starred Jennifer Beals.

6. I am a perfectionist and overly critical of myself.

7. When I am under stress I get little blisters either on my feet, hands or both.

8. I would rather wear my glasses then contacts.

9. I constantly pick at the cuticles on my fingers.

10. I used to have my eyebrow pierced.  That lasted about a month lol.

My Thirteen Thursday for today is 13 useless trivia facts. However I cannot vouch for their authenticity.

1. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

2. Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!

3. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!

4. Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

5. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs. . .but not downstairs.

6. Oak trees do not have acorns until they are 50 years or older.

7. The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Periwinkle Blue.

8. By age 60, most people have lost half of their taste buds.

9. A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.

10. Only one person in two million will live to be 116 or older.

11. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edges.

12. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

13. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.