Hi everyone! When you read this I’ll probably be looking for a botanical garden in Nassau. 🙂 But it’s not exactly a vacation…I’m meeting with editors from Hallmark, Harlequin, and Netflix…we’ll see what God has in store…
Now for last week’s Mystery Question: Below are four blotter reports. I made up one and the rest are true. Can you guess which one I made up? Leave your answers in the comments section and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library and I have some really good authors there!
- Police arrested a woman for DUI because she registered .26% on a Breathalyzer test. She’d been drinking vanilla extract.
- When police charged a man with drunken driving, his excuse for drinking too much was because his favorite football team was lousy.
- Police arrested a woman riding a horse down a busy Florida highway and charged her with driving drunk.
- Mississippi Highway Patrol pulled over a man because it appeared he was allowing his dog to sit in his lap and drive his pickup. He was arrested after he tested .30% on the Breathalyzer
And the answer is…#4. It seems a person can be arrested for driving drunk on a horse. I do know that happened when I lived in Memphis a long time ago. In Germantown, a suburb of Memphis, there was a sign that read: Speed limit–35 Horses 10! Congrats to everyone who got it right!
Now for this week’s Mystery Question. Below are for four statements about me. One of them is false. Can you guess which one? Leave your answer in the comments and tell me something about yourself no one else knows…
- I won the City-wide Spelling Bee when I was in the 6th grade.
- I was thrown from a horse I was breaking when the saddle girth broke.
- I can bend over and touch the floor flat-handed with my legs straight.
- I’ve been keeping company with the same fellow for twenty years.
Okay, Mystery Sleuths, which answer did I make up? Leave your guess and a little something about yourself in the comments and I’ll enter your name in a drawing for a book in my library.
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#2.
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So you don’t think a horse threw me, Christine? We’ll see next week.
Number 2. I am the oldest of 11 first cousins on my father’s side.
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Love that, Mindy! Thanks for dropping in.
#3
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We’ll see, Lisa. Thanks for stopping by.
I’ll go with #3, but then we have a lady at our church in her early 70’s that can do a bunch of planks, etc!
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Hi Mary! Maybe I can do a plank, too… 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I am guessing #2 is false. I would say #3 but it sounds way to detailed to not be true. Something about me… is I was a missionary kid in the UK for 11 years.
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Hi Victoria. Oh, wow. I hear being an MK is so hard. I hope you enjoyed the UK.
Hi Ms. Patricia,
It was hard sometimes but God was faithful. It was harder when He called us (my family) back to the states. I really did enjoy it and I can’t wait till I can visit in the future.
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It would be hard to leave friends you’d made behind. I’d love to visit the UK!
I would say #2. I collect mice figures but do not like the live ones running around
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I think mice sculptures are so cute, Janet. I make a mouse Christmas ornament. 🙂
#3 although I feel like maybe I should be picking a different one, but am going with my first instinct…
Something about me…I have 62 first cousins!!
I was glad to see you are back to posting these little mysteries…I’ve missed them and just today saw last week’s. I always enjoy the challenge… 😉
Have a great week!
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Hi Rosalyn! Thanks for missing me. 🙂 I missed being here. The whole month of January I was chained to the computer for 12 hours a day. 🙂 Sixty-two first cousins. WOW!
#2
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Betti, we’ll see next week if it’s #2.
#3. I live in Florida, but though I don’t miss the snow, I miss the seasons we don’t have here.
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Kathy, that’s what my daughters say. I think I would miss the seasons, too.
#3 but I actually believe them all.
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Thanks, Lucy, but one is false. lol.
Something about me….I’m a neat freak.
I say that number 3 is false simply because we seem to lose flexibility as we age.
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Perrianne, you are so right. It’s a struggle to stay flexible. 🙂
After reading your sentence, “Below are for statements about me,” I have to go with #1. 🙂 I know you can spell “four”, but that struck me as funny. Any time someone mentions bending over and touching the floor, or their toes, I picture my dad many years ago. My parents ran a gas station and home heating oil business. Daddy was short, overweight, and not that active. He served in the Army as a young man but had serious nerve problems (it was called shell-shocked back then for those who had been in active duty overseas during either of the World Wars, but now everyone has PTSD). He was under a doctor’s care and was on some strong medication to try to help him cope. He was sitting in his favorite chair at the gas station one day when one of the younger guys was showing off by bending over and touching his toes, or maybe he placed his hands flat on the floor (I don’t recall that part). Anyway, another one of the guys looked at Daddy and said, “Edd, I bet you can’t touch your toes.” Very seriously, Daddy said, “Sure I can.” He promptly raised his left leg and rested it on his right knee and touched the toe of his left shoe. Then he did the same with his right leg. He got the last laugh that day.
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Love it, Edward! And I’ve corrected the “for”. lol I can’t believe I did that…but we’ll see next week if you’re correct.
#2–I know nothing about horses (only what I’ve read in novels!) and when I was 16, I tried to ride a friend’s horse–the horse knew I was ignorant & tried to scrape me off against a tree! I feel safer on a motorcycle than a horse…but, I do have a motorcycle endorsement! 🙂
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Hi MS Barb! Those horses can be tricky sometimes. A motorcycle endorsement? You’ll have to tell me more!
#3 I work with a group of ladies called the Ladybugs making bears for our local ER
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Aww, Shelia, that’s awesome. Love the Ladybugs name. Thanks for stopping by.
#3. As a child, I was so shy that I hid when anyone came.
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Hi Joan! I don’t think I was ever shy in my life. lol. Thanks for stopping by.
I’m going with #1. If I share something no one knows, then everyone who reads these comments will know! Not happening! 🙂
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Love it, Jeanna! Now I’ll have to make up something about you…
I’ll say #3. I’ve read 8 books so far this month!
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Awesome, Jackie! I think I’ve read 8 for the year. lol
#2 – And praying that your meetings are productive!!
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Thank you, Regina! The editor from Netflicks seems very interested. The editor from Hallmark didn’t make the cruise, but Julie will send her the information!
I’m going to say #1 because it sounds logical
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Lisa, that’s funny! Thanks for stopping by.
#3. I sure can’t. Enjoy your time!
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I am really enjoying the cruise. Sitting on the deck of the ship responding to the comments, Maureen. 🙂
I’m going to guess #4, strictly because no one else has yet… (How’s that for problem solving?) …As for something about me, my birth certificate doesn’t match my legal name at all. My mom had my first and middle name changed when I was 16 months old but never filed the paperwork to update my birth certificate.
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Oh, no, Julia! Has that caused you problems? And I like your reasoning…
Overall, it hasn’t been too bad. The state gave me fits about trying to use the original court order as proof of identity when I got married and tried to change my last name on my id, so I had to order a new copy of the court order from Minnesota while living in Missouri. That actually was the hardest part, because I couldn’t prove my own identity with Minnesota without the same paperwork that I was requesting from them – so my mom had to send in a request for a copy of my birth certificate and name change paperwork, as next of kin.
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Oh, wow, Maureen. Maybe I’ll use this in a book sometimes… 🙂
I’m going to guess #1!
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Now the for could have been a typo. Colleen… 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
#3. Wow! I’m excited about your meeting! I pray something good comes from it, especially with Hallmark!
# 2 I am ahead so far this year in my reading goal.
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Thanks, Faith! It will be a bit before we can pitch to Hallmark now, but I kind of think they may be interested in my cozy mystery for their Mystery Channel. 😀
I am going with #3. I grew up on a farm and we had lots of animals over the years but I was afraid of my brother’s horse. And she knew it!
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Horses definitely know when you’re afraid of them. I don’t think I had sense enough when I was a kid to be afraid… 🙂 Thanks for stopping by
I’ll go with #2, too! I tell people I have 15 favorite authors. It’s really 20 and counting. You are one of them!
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Oh, WOW! Thanks, Paula! So glad you stopped by.
I am going with #1. I have an ever growing collection of print books that I hope to read one of these days.
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We’ll see, Stephanie! I have a TBR table that is about to crash! 🙂
#2 is false. I enjoy sipping hot tea while reading.
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We’ll see, Caryl. Thanks for stopping by.