Houston....

...we have Jam.

I made quite a few things from the raspberries from my last post.

I love raspberry jam but have elderly people in my life that don't care for the large amount of seeds. Squish and spin, squish and spin.

Luckily the girls in my life love the seeds.

One evening of picking equaled 4 pints of Jam, one pie and a 2 cup portion for muffins in the freezer. I am hoping to get at least one more batch but my time is severely limited in the next week and a half.

Mo from Green Desert, http://desertingreen.blogspot.com/,

tagged me for the 6 random things that's going around blog land.

I've just recently been getting to know Mo, she's a mom of 2 (like me) , lives in Phoenix (I lived there a few years as a kid and one summer while working for Braniff Airlines) and is blogging of all things frugal and enviro friendly.

So here goes...

1. I am a big cry baby, anything that touches my heart makes me juice up. Commercials, movies, whenever Pa had those deep meaningful conversations with Half Pint and he juiced up, I'd always lose it.

2. I got my first sewing machine when I was about 20, I was an aerobic instructor and waitress and used my tax refund check for my trusty Kenmore and a pair of Reebok's because my coworkers said I'd ruin my feet with my converse high tops.

3. I'm 1/2 German, 1/4 Irish, 1/8 Dutch and 1/8 French Canadian. The only foreign language I speak is piss poor Spanish.

4. I frequently have chicken crap on some part of my body. If you have chickens and like to pick them up then you know what I'm talking about.

5. Free is my favorite word.

6. I am a huge procrastinator. For example: I have the biggest Art Show of my life on Wednesday, a vacation weekend starting tomorrow (awful timing) and I am sitting here blogging. What the??

I know I'm supposed to pass this on to 6 other people but I have way too many bloggers that i want to get to know better, so if you are reading this, consider yourself tagged.

I'd better quit sitting and get some things done.

Tag you're it!

I've been tagged, my first one ever. By KB at apatchworkworld.blogspot.com/
Kind of exciting to be picked, like kickball selection. I have plenty of weird/random things about me to share.

1. My favorite thing ever is Fishing. I love to fish, I don't mind ripping the worm, using pliers to get a swallowed hook out or the sunburn that always gets you no matter how much sunblock you apply. I even keep a small rod and tackle box in my truck at all times because you never know when a good fishing spot may pop up. (lesson learned) I single handily stocked most of the fish in our pond (bass, and bluegill) from a deserted pond near my dads home.

2. In spite of being pretty athletic in my youth, I played soccer, softball, volleyball, and even lettered in track, I never got the presidential fitness award. I just could never pass the standing broad jump. I exceeded all other events, but could never pass that one. I tried so hard, year after year and thought it was unfair that one event could exclude you from the prize.

3.I have never had a manicure, or pedicure. I just figured why pay for what I could do myself. Also the thought of a stranger touching me that way gives me the creeps. A massage would send me over the edge.

4. My favorite book of all time is the Tightwad Gazette. I have read that book so many times it's practically memorized. I give Amy Dacyczyn sole credit for me being able to say home and raise my babies on one modest income. Frugality gives you so much power on how you choose to spend your money and live your life.

5. I don't kill spiders. I get a cup and paper, trap them and set them free.

6. I have strange bathroom dreams. They always have the same theme where I need to use the bathroom, but it's too dirty, people are watching or you have to go in some bizarre location like a hole in the floor. These dreams are common on my dads side of the family, my aunts take immense pleasure to know that our family heritage is carrying on. I have never talked to another person out of the fam who has these (please oh please leave a comment if you do). My hubbie thinks we are all weird.

7. I think I'm hysterical. I crack myself up all the time. It doesn't matter if anyone else laughs or not, I'm just out to entertain myself.


Now I need to tag others which is difficult since most of the blogs I read have already done this. There are a few bloggers I would like to know more about them, so here goes.

thelittleredhen.typepad.com/

chicago sarah from

chicagocrafts.blogspot.com/

farmgirl_dk from

critterfarmgirl.blogspot.com/

farmer julie

farmerjulie.blogspot.com/

Just list 7 weird/random things about yourself on your blog then pass it on.