25 things you may not know about me

I stole this idea from Kimberly as I was at a loss for a blog topic. Even then, I wasn't sure I'd come up with 25 things to complete this (without totally boring reading - well, maybe only a little yawn). I only wish I'd had kept a journal, like how many monkey bars I could complete in the allotted time. I do know that I had the fasted time or the most completed sets of these monkey bars in my army basic training (item #9 below) in our final PT test.
1. I was born in Henderson, NV- St Rose Hospital.
2. I’ve sat on a dynamite box in the back of grandpa’s jeep riding up a bumpy trail.
3. I’ve sat next to a miner crimping blasting caps & fuses in these sticks of dynamite and then I tapped them down into holes with an old broom stick.
4. I never ditched a day of school in my life. (no one believe me!)
5. I wanted to play drums in school but Dad bought me the coronet instead-I was a less than enthusiastic student.
6. I was engaged to be married before Carol…. I was in kindergarten.
7. I’ve swam and water skied in a lake with water moccasins - until I knew - then no more.
8. I’ve shot rattle snakes.
9. I was platoon champ at hand over hand parallel monkey bars in the Army. (insert picture)
10. I’ve ridden in a car on Dayton Beach racetrack as well as on the actual beach.
11. I once tried dental repairs without Novocain...didn’t work out too well.
12. I built our house once. (with help, of course)
13. I tried to jump over but was thrown over a speeding car once.
14. I have a bone graft & its applicable hardware in me due to above jumping incident.
15. I used to ride to scout camp in the back of a pickup truck and enjoy it.
16. I used to slalom water ski.
17. Pre-LDS days I “inhaled” and had a few hangovers.
18. I’ve been in a few physical confrontations where I wasn’t sure of the outcome.
19. I was once the store’s only shipping & receiving clerk at Montgomery Wards in Vegas.
20. My last deer hunting experience made me realize I only went because of dad.
21. I ran away from home once. I was five years old and don’t remember the reason I felt I had to run away.
22. I drove from Alabama to Vegas in three days in a car without a working speedometer.
23. I rode my bike to school up into Jr High. (okay, not so exciting)
24. I’ve met both Clintons and Al Gore – more than once.
25. I’ve been in the ring with Mike Tyson.