Category: Fun Facts
Journey For Margaret
Marty’s dad was a pilot during WWII…
Quotes & Musings
Marty loved to write down and save–onto sticky notes–quotes she heard that she really liked, or quotes she made up herself. Here’s just some of them. QTIP: quit taking it personally “A minor set back for a major comeback” – Shane Ray, Denver Bronco Marty: Some people see only themselves and they like what they… Continue reading Quotes & Musings
Don & Marty Were Bowling Champions
Fun Facts About Marty Bowling Champion • Bowling League Tracy got Marty & Don interested in bowling while she was in college at their alma mater KU. They were on league up to 15 years solid? And, won League Champion! Sidebar note, Marty’s stepbrother is a professional bowler! More Fun Facts
Flight Around the World
Don & Marty Schmidt’s names were added to a NASA spaceship, Artemis I, that’s going to travel around the world.
Marty has a star named after her
Previous Next Fun Facts About Marty Eponymous Constellation • Named: “Marty Schmidt 2.28.44” This find–during cleaning out of the house–was news to me! I don’t recall EVER knowing about or seeing the tube that has official docs in it about how Marty has a constallation named after her–but, how wonderful that’s off my To-Do List… Continue reading Marty has a star named after her
She was a Lefty, and…
Fun Facts About Marty Left Handed • and, she could touch her tongue to the tip of her nose Marty was a leftie. She always told stories about how teachers would punish her for using her left hand. And, that she never sat in a school desk that was designed for a leftie. However, she’d… Continue reading She was a Lefty, and…
Marty Made it into the Tabloids
Fun Facts About Marty Featured in the Globe Tabloid • Expert Witness Marty was featured in the Globe tabloid in 1983, for her expert witness testimony regarding a case that she “cracked”. Read her statement in the middle column of the “Luke & Laura Did It!” article. Hover over or click on image to read.… Continue reading Marty Made it into the Tabloids
She Invented Something
Fun Facts About Marty Inventor & Entrepreneur • LotsaLuck Scrapers Marty invented lotto ticket scrapers in 1983. She has a patent on a 4-leafed clover shaped scraper. The long-standing joke in the family, is who was going to inherit the 10,000 scrapers–that she never really sold after manufacturing. She’d hired a friend of the family… Continue reading She Invented Something