Lesser Known Facts
About Shirley Garrett!!
• Selected as
Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year for high school graduating
class
• Can drive and
operate a dump truck
• Won a national
poker tournament in Reno, NV
• Able to turn
cartwheels and stand on her head
• Operates a tractor,
tedder, and hay rake
• Jet skis whenever
possible
• Can whistle through
a blade of grass
• Is a Princess
of Paducah and a Kentucky Colonel
• High school honor
student (Father was Principal, mother was Guidance Counselor...what
do you expect?)
• Spent part of
childhood in an orphanage
• Remodeled a 100
year old farm house with cousin Martha Jean
• Alabama State
Collegiate Badminton Champion in three different divisions
• Backpacked for
7 days in Montana on the Lewis and Clark trail
• Believes in random
acts of kindness
• Chosen as favorite
Aunt by most of her nieces and nephews
• Recycles almost
everything
• Can skip a flat
rock 3 times on the lake
• High school and
college cheerleader (after many attempts)
• Loves to read
• Can do magic
tricks
• Makes bed almost
every day
• Considers her
friends her most valuable assets
• Rides bicycle
with no hands when opportunity permits -- and Randy’s
not watching
• Studies the philosophical
principles of Aikido
• Can hang and
finish sheet rock, hang wall paper, and fix plumbing
• Had lead female
role in senior class play, "Our Town"
• Loves to dance
• Is a grandmother
• Snow skied a
double black diamond run
• Has an artificial
ligament in knee (see above -- there is a connection!)
• Has unforgettable
birthday parties
• Ran a yard clean
up service one summer (drank R.C.'s and ate Moon Pies)
• Took two camping
trips cross country with good friends
• Slalom water
skis (on a good day)
• Saved enough
"Blue Horses" to get a bicycle, chemistry set,
and Jon Nagy Learn to Draw
• Has never completed
a crossword puzzle in pen or pencil
• Loves being married
to Randy and keep his life interesting
• Walked 60 miles
in the Avon Breast Cancer 3 Day – 2 years in a row
• Donates blood
platelets on a regular basis
• Volunteered at
the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
