Name: JoAnna Kai Cobb (formerly JoAnna Kai Hackney)


Nicknames: Jo, Joei, JoKai, JoBanna, Naner, Josephina, Zizzy, Miss H., Mrs. C.


Birthday: June 1


Location: Southern Indiana


Education: Bedford-North Lawrence High School (1997); Indiana University (2001, Bachelors in Education); Olivet Nazarene University (2005, Masters in Education)


Occupations: Bedford Middle School Math teacher, Team 6 North; web designer, JoKai CobbWebs; vocalist in Forever Gold; guest vocalist at the Little Nashville Opry, the Corydon Jamboree, and the Ross Country Jamboree


Husband: Ed


Parents: Ken and Cathy


Stepsons: Sam and Mac


Pet: Super Yorkie, Abbigail Aynne Adams Hackney Weewax


Community Involvement: Bedford Middle School, Little Theatre of Bedford, Forever Gold, Lawrence County's Junior Miss, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Let's Go


Hobbies: singing, running, doing math, web designing, sitting in the sun, listening to music, spending time with friends and family, playing with Abbi, traveling, reading, watching golf, finding golf balls, crocheting, cross stitching, learning new things


Deficiencies: cooking, almost anything athletic, remembering that there are clothes in the dryer


Abnormalities: Crohn's disease, dislocating joints, kidney stones, weak bones, no gallbladder


Proudest Accomplishment: Running the entire course of my first half marathon on
May 5, 2007


Favorite Color: yellow


Favorite Number: eleven


Favorite Day: Friday


Favorite Holiday: Independence Day


Favorite Season: Autumn


Favorite Foods: French fries, spaghetti, Won Ton soup, steamed vegetables


Favorite Restaurants: Applebee's, Grecco's, Empress Court, Mark Pi's, T.G.I. Friday's McDonald's, Pleaser's (which is no more)


Favorite Drink: water


Favorite Places: home; my parents' house and pool; my classroom; regional country music stages; Little Theatre of Bedford; Indiana University; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Coquina Beach, Florida; Hollywood Beach, Florida; Virginia Beach, Virginia


Favorite Games: casino, euchre, crazy eights, Yahtzee, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, pool games


Favorite Sports: running, softball, and badminton (to play), golf (to watch)


Favorite Books: Lengthy, The Giver, To Kill A Mockingbird, Bid Time Return, the Twilight series, anything Harry Potter


Favorite Songs: "Samba", "Canon in D", "Long Monday"


Favorite Music Artists: Bond, Lowen & Navarro, John Prine, most Idols, oldies artists


Favorite TV Shows: American Idol, Law & Order, Numb3rs, Lost, Quantum Leap


Favorite Movies: Somewhere In Time, Sneakers, Signs, Babe


Favorite Actors: Christopher Reeve, Jerry Orbach, Ewan McGregor, Joaquin Phoenix


Favorite Actresses: Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon


Favorite Places To Spend Money: Venus, Wet Seal, Old Navy, Deb, Vanity, Carabella, Lakeside, Amazon.com, Bits And Pieces, Herrschners, Charlotte Russe


Favorite Quotes:
"It's not what happens to you, it's how you handle it."
"Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened."
"You can't go wrong with 'Ooh.'"
"Rain is the ultimate humidity."
"And she said, 'No!'"
"Suck it up!"
"It's just like 'Louie Louie.'"
"Demolition—the ultimate closing."
"C on a c!"
"The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
"When was the last time you laughed at a function? Functions aren't supposed to be
   funny."
"We are leaving Smedley. And are in Salem. Which is Melas backwards."