Random things about me leftover from Facebook.

These are in no particular order.
1. When I was 10 years old my family and I survived an F-4 tornado by hiding in my grandparents basement in Tracy, Minnesota.
2. My wife and I spent the night with Walker Railey, sleeping on the floor of his room at Presbyterian Hospital the night after his wife was attacked and left for dead.
3. I was a trumpet playing band nerd in High school, even made it to Asst. Drum Major!
4. 10 days after I got married I went with the Centenary College choir to Russia and Poland.
5. While we were in Russia - the Russian army invaded Afghanistan!
6. I went to my Sr. prom with a girl named Duchess - she wore a Southern Belle antebellum hoop skirt gown...interestingly we left the prom with different dates?
7. I met my wife while attending a High school weekend event at Centenary - she led my campus tour.
8. I got married on Christmas break of my Sr year in college - the next semester I had a 4.0!
9. We honeymooned in Northern Arkansas - while on a hike one day we were chased by a pack of wild dogs.
10. Sept 23, 2003 I had a radical prostatectomy for stage 3b prostate cancer - 5 years later I'm still kicking!
11.I have the most beautiful wife-friend-partner in the whole world!
12. When I was a Sr. in high school I thought I wanted to be a forest ranger.
13. I grew up in a little red-neck town outside of Houston called Channelview.
14. My college roomate was/is an opera singer in Germany - in 2001 he had the #1 CD in all of Germany!
15. In the 5th grade my friend Robert and I caught the woods behind our homes on fire.
16. We have 4 amazing adult kids - they are beautiful,bossy,fun-loving, thoughtful, caring and adventurous.
17. I was born in Minnesota.
18.I have to have a cup of coffee within 5 minutes of waking up in the morning.
19. I flew in a vintage 2 seater airplane over the glaciers and moose habitats of Alaska.
20. The first and last time I went snorkeling I threw up all over the boat.
21. When I was a Sr. in High school I kissed my girlfriend while standing on the outdoor observation platform of the World Trade Center in NYC.
22. My top-secret fantasy is to be a world famous, modern artist.
23. When I was in elementary school everyone called me Dougie Meyer.
24. I think one of the sweetest things in the world is puppy breath.
25. I have had a dog (not the same one) since I was 4 years old.