4 Things Meme & Some More Stuff

Four Things you may not have known about me.....

A. Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. cotton chopper
2. live-in baby sitter
3. clerk in a Western wear store
4. people pay me for my hot pepper jelly, pickles and for my baked goods sometimes

B. Four movies I would watch over and over

1. The Dirty Dozen
2. Top Gun
3. John Wayne westerns & war movies
4. A Bug's Life or Ice Age
C. Four places I have lived

1. Trumann, Arkansas, US
2. Jonesboro, Arkansas (the live-in baby sitting job)
3. Bay, Arkansas
4. nope, nowhere else

D. Four TV shows I love to watch:

1. Dirty Jobs on Discovery Channel
2. Antiques Roadshow on PBS
3. Good Eats with Alton Brown, Food Network
4. anything to do with animals, weather, nature or geology

E. Four places I have been on vacation:

1. The Ozark Mountains, Arkansas
2. Daytona Beach and Destin, Florida
3. Branson, Missouri
4. Eureka Springs, Arkansas

F. Websites visited daily:
1. My friend's blogs
2. My blog
3. Yahoo, for my email
4. Yahoo and MSN messenger, to chat with Jessica and other family and friends

G. Four of my favourite foods:

1. Seafood, especially shrimp
2. steak
3. fried catfish
4. cheesecake

H. Four places I would rather be right now:

1. meeting and visiting my blogging friends
2. camping at Gunner Pool, in the Ozark Mountains
3. riding around with Jessica, Lamar and Jason, listening to music and laughing (or anybody else...okay, you can come along, too!)
4. at Green Eyes' cabin on the beach in Newfoundland, Canada (Green Eyes can even come along, it'll be more fun that way!)

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I got this meme from Green Eyes in an email and I thought I would use it here on the blog. I sent it to 4 other people after I completed it, as instructed. I told them that I was using it as a meme on my blog, but I don't know if they'll use it this way or not. I didn't tag anyone, but feel free to tag yourself if you like this one or just need something to blog about. I know what it's like when the muse is on vacation and you're struggling for something to blog about.

The closeup shot of the pink zinnia I used for the meme badge was taken by Jenn. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee and if you like animals and flowers, you'll love her blog. She is also Ryan Vaughan's sister. Ryan is our weather guy from KAIT8, our local ABC affiliate. He's linked under Ryan Vaughan. Jenn's blog is linked in my sidebar under Glen and Jenn. If you haven't already visited her, she's worth your time, and she has a wicked sense of humor. Ryan blogs about the weather, duh, and his 2 adorable boys, and various and sundry things.

Now, as for me and my house, it's been a busy week. Between making peach jam,
cleaning and purging and getting some of my pics done for BooMama's Bloggity Tour of Homes it's been pretty hectic around here. Praise the Lord for the rain we've had the last few days! It's been desperately needed and the break from the torrid heat has been welcome. As I look out the window next to my blogging desk, it looks like the grass has grown at least a couple of inches since the rain started. I sure am glad that's the landlord's responsibility and not this old fat girl's! I'm not able to mow it, and I couldn't afford to hire it done, so I guess I'd have to find somebody willing to mow it for homecookin'.

Speaking of cleaning and purging, Jessica and I did get my outside utility room cleaned out and rearranged Thursday. We got everything put back just as it started raining, thank the Lord. I can even see the floor in there now, and I can get to almost everything in there without having to move something else, which is nothing short of miraculous. Jessica carried a hugemongous pile of stuff out by the street, and people were stopping all day and carrying stuff off. It was great! Some of the stuff was pure-dee old JUNK, but some of it was still perfectly good and useful, just no longer wanted or needed. I discovered that I had 4, count 'em, 4, half-gallon water jugs, the plastic insulated ones like for picnics or fishing! I kept 3 of them, y'all. I grew up very poor by most standards, and I struggle with my Pack-Rat-Itis genes to make myself throw or give some things away. I just know when I throw something useful away, somebody, (usually me!) is going to need it. I did give away a 20 year-old perfectly good coffee maker without a pot. Of course, I still have 2 4-cup coffee makers out there, double wrapped in plastic bags....Because, um, you never know....So far nobody I've asked needed a 4 cup coffee maker, but they're almost new, so I hate to throw them out. Maybe next cleaning and purging binge I can let them go, too. So I have water jugs and coffee makers if anybody needs one....or 2.... For some reason, Sting's "Set Them Free" is running on my personal music player in my head.... ;-)

For those of you who want to participate in my comments, I'm sharing my Sunday Dinner plans. I'm making my Crockpot Chicken and Dressing (third recipe down) and some garden purple hull peas, which I have to shell sometime this evening. I think some instant potatoes and green peas will round it out. I made another peach cobbler last night, but Jessica and Jason were here, so I don't know if any survived or not, I'll have to look. Probably not, or not much. I may add something else or make a dessert, but I still have peaches, watermelon and canteloupe, so I'm thinking those will do for anyone who still has room for something sweet after dinner. Okay, if you want to share your plans and/or menu for Sunday, shout it out in my comments.

Those peas need shelling, as well as some other things done in preparation for tonight's supper and tomorrow's dinner, so I'd better get it done. Wishing everyone a blessed weekend, with precious family, good food, and good friends. May God meet all your needs, dear family and friends.