I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.

Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.

Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.