| A | B |
| pet (20 years old)/only child | cat |
| year-round favorite aerobic activity | ethnic dancing |
| pet's name (rhymes with common girl's name) | Chandra |
| ethnic performing group(ten years at Holiday Folk Fair) | Romanians |
| summer physical activity | hiking |
| unusual vacation lodging summers of 1996-97-98 | Irish castle |
| number of countries visited | forty-three |
| miles walked on N. Dakota wagon train | ninety |
| favorite TV show | X-Files |
| favorite dessert | black forest cake |
| musical background (yikes!) | accordion |
| number of siblings | six |
| foreign country taught in for two years | Australia |
| foreign language known nicht so gut | German |
| favorite class in high school | art |
| past job | newspaper writer |
| summer vacation 2001 plans 2001 include a 12th century villa in this southern European country | Italy |
| knows all the words to this theme song | Bonanza |
| husband's last name (hint: German/rhymes with "fetch") | Goetsch |
| you won't find this in my house | cable TV |