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My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!
Carre Otis
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Carre Otis
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 28
Film Actor
Model
San Francisco County
California
Carre Otis
Seven
Acres
Tree
Jam
Days
Assistance
Classroom
Chickens
Tending
Dogs
Olive
Trees
Olives
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