Favorite actor: Bill Murray

 

Favorite actress: Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett.

 

Favorite movie: Terms of Endearment, You've Got Mail and Adaptation.

 

Favorite TV show: Queer Eye (for the Straight Guy) and Six Feet Under.

 

Favorite singer: Annie Lennox.

 

If I could only keep one household appliance, it would be: my coffeemaker.

 

Something you'd be surprised to know about me: I'm not really a redhead. Ha ha!

 

Currently reading: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

 

Favorite book: The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory.

 

Least favorite food: sushi.

 

Favorite comfort food: oatmeal with cinnamon and apples.

 

Favorite song: "The Nearness of You" (by Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington).

 

Favorite item of clothing: my Nantucket hooded sweatshirt.

 

Nobody knows I can: knit, needlepoint, and tell jokes at the same time!

 

Greatest achievement: my daughter, Allison.

 

Cause I most believe in: The Heifer Project and The Fund for Animals.

 

Most treasured possession: my wedding ring.

 

First thing I do when I wake up in the morning: scream and stretch! It gets me out of bed really fast.

 

Last thing I do before I go to bed: give my cat her medicine and kiss my other cat, my dog, and my husband good night.

 

Most embarassing moment: being recognized by a fan on a nude beach.

 

Best quality: loyalty and a sense of humor.

 

Worst quality: I am very impatient.

 

If I could live anywhere, it would be: Cape Cod.

 

What I dislike most about my appearance: my height.

 

Greatest love: Dr. Richard Hirschlag.

 

My first kiss: Leonard Wirtner, who later punched me in the stomach-we were 6.

 

Favorite place in my house: the kitchen. It has everything: food, a phone and a television.

 

Bad habit I wish I could break: worrying about the details.

 

Worst job I ever had: working as a salesgirl at Hickory Farms.

 

Sound that most annoys me: my cat's meow for food in th emorning. It can be quite annoying at 6 a.m.

 

Favorite weekend activity: movie and dinner with my husband.

 

My epitaph: She finally stopped complaining!