Deanna Funt Thell

1/2 mile from where I grew up.

When Dan and I first got married we lived in St.Cloud. We then moved to Gilman and ended up where I grew up....in the boondocks!

I worked at Quebecor Printing for 13 years. They did some cuts and I was let go. Thank God or else I'd still be there! I then went back to school. We sold our house by Gilman then, bought a trailer house for $3,800 and a 4-wheeler for $6,000 (we had our priorities straight). We moved the trailer to our 40 acres that we had bought the year prior. Moving from a house to a trailer house with 3 little kids was tough. Going back to school was tough too! But with strong family support I graduated and we were able to build a new home in 2005.

I knew that I wanted to do something in the medical field but wasn't quite sure what. My plan was that I would work for a year and earn money for college. Well one year turned into 13!

Go to Australia.

Mexico

100

Heck yeah! I have earned every one of them!

I am really chubby!

Smoking in the Student Center! What a darn brat!!! My kids are much better than I was....I think?!?! I don't smoke anymore...that's why I am sooo "chubby"!

I had my picture taken with Rusty Wallace once in Vegas. Oh, and I was just inches away from George Clooney and Andy Garcia in the taping of Oceans 11 in Vegas too! The coolest thing that I have done was taking my kids to Disney World 3 years ago. To see them sooo excited was priceless!

Don't live more than 10 minutes from your kids school or you will find yourself on the road more than in your home. My kids are in so many activities and we live north of Ramey. It takes 30 minutes to get to Foley. What was I thinking?