Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Dessert: ice cream, any kind
Greatest Strength: always punctual
Most Annoying Habit According to Husband: Can't spell worth beans. Calls husband at work to confirm spellings.
Favorite Pet: her lovable 11 year old husky, Kodiak. 1983-1994
Most Annoying Habit: bites nails
Pet Peeves: political correctness, tardiness, whiners, and bad ice cream
Favorite Movie: Singin’ in the Rain, Sound of Music, Ladyhawke, and Empire of the Sun
Favorite Book: Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Vices: doesn't drink or smoke, but did we mention ice cream?
In the Closet Favorite Vices: Harry Potter and American Idol
Shares her Birthday with: William Clark (as in Lewis and Clark), Francis Scott Key (composer of Star Spangled Banner), Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead), Tempestt Bledsoe (from the Cosby Show) and Claudius (4th Roman Emperor)
Odd Fact: was once bitten by a lion... and lived!
Odd Fact: has an odd obsession for frames
Odd Fact: has a collection of her dead cats' cremated ashes (4 altogether)
Odd Talent: can make a knot with a cherry stem in her mouth
Odd Fact: first name is Gwendolyn, but for obvious reasons, goes by my middle name, Rachel
Odd Fact: always wears black (hey, I'm an artist)
Odd Fact: the second of 5 children
Odd Fact: has enough cats to start a cat farm
Odd Fact: doesn't know how to drive a stick shift
Collections: antique cameras
Living on the Edge Activities: runs with scissors
Favorite Band: Journey, Evanescence, and Linkin Park
Marital Status: married with three kids, Adria, Jarom, and Naomi
Most Rewarding Experiences: anything that has anything to do with charity and service
Oddest Vacation Memory: after learning that my little ol' Honda really can go 130 m.p.h., I got a speeding ticket for going 93 m.p.h. (caught me slowing down)
Highlight of the evening: when we watch the showdown between the raccoon and the skunk on our porch over the cat food.
Favorite Popsicle: rootbeer
Odd Fact: fell out of the back of a truck going 45 m.p.h. when I was 15 years old (does it all make sense now?)