Friday, August 8, 2008

Crazy 8 Facts!

Joanne at My Little Cottage in the Making started the Crazy 8 Club. The challenge is to list 8 Crazy Facts about yourself on your blog. Eventhough I am basically a pretty boring person, I will give it a try!

1. I have only been out of my home state of Texas 3 times in my life and only one of those was as an adult! When I was about 4 years old, my family went to Monterey, Mexico. When I was 5 years old, my family went to New Mexico and Colorado. As an adult, I have only crossed the border into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico for a few hours. It is a 6+ hour drive to the Texas border from where I live!
2. I started clogging in January. I absolutely love it!
3. I come from a hunting family and have helped skin deer and wild hogs. In fact, we get together to make our own venison and pork sausage in January after deer season. My Dad put a motor onto a meat grinder to make the job easier. We have a hand crank sausage stuffer, and we smoke it in a "pump house". We start in the morning with the deboning of the meat and finish wrapping it around midnight.
4. My husband, two sons and I have been going to the Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, for 10 years now. We all go in costume. I have made all of my costumes and parts of the guys' costumes. They buy the leather boots, belts, jerkins, etc.
5. I have a bathouse in my backyard with about 200 bats living in it. I have held baby bats in my hand when they were first born and fell out of the house. (There is a photo if you scroll down)
6. I'm 42 years old and have not yet gotten a traffic ticket. I have gotten one warning. (Knock on wood)haha!
7. For the last 10 years, we have used our computer to design our family Christmas card.
8. My Dad and I both developed kidney stones in 1998. NOT a fun thing to have in common with someone!

10 comments:

  1. DEAR SWEETIE,
    WOW, THEY WERE GREAT!
    I`M SURE THAT YOUR LIFE ITS MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN MINE!
    I`M SURE THAT YOU HAVE MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES...LIVING SURROUNDED BY ANIMALS...
    KISSES KISSES
    DEBBIE MOSS
    XXX
    (FROM ENGLAND)

    P.S - ENJOYED MY VISIT TO YOUR BLOG VERY MUCH!

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  2. Wow, England. I would love to be able to vist England sometime. I adore the stone architecture! One of my favorite comedies is "Keeping Up Appearances".

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  3. How fun! But I have to say the thought of eating just killed meat or even fresh eggs creeps me out. OK, I don't eat meat at all any more but when I did I would NEVER eat fresh meat. It has to come from the store, with that purple stamp on it. LOL I know I'm strange.

    Oh and for some reason fresh eggs freak me out too. I think because you don't know if there is blood in them or even a baby chick starting to hatch.

    Hugs,
    Joanne

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  4. Hi Joanne,
    I think it is nice knowing exactly where what I am eating came from. A baby chick is not a possibilty in my eggs because I don't have a rooster. I went through a phase when I was younger that it kinda creeped me out seeing the details of where meat comes from. It is unavoidable in a family of hunters and cattle raisers!haha!

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  5. Well, you sound mighty fun to me! Came over from Bird Nest Cottage. I didn't get my first traffic ticket till I was around the same age. Happy to say I haven't gotten many since, which is a complete and utter miracle if you know me! I love the idea of bats; sure wish I had some. They eat bugs like crazy. Where in Texas are ya, girl? I'm in Tyler.
    Brenda

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  6. Oh, and I never travel anywhere! I go to visit my grown daughters about three times a year in OK. Other than that, I'm a homebud!
    Brenda

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  7. Hi Brenda,
    Glad you stopped by! I am in Victoria. (Between Houston, San Antonio and Corpus) It sure has been hot lately!

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  8. I love all your aprons. Very cute! The cakes are very creative. Makes me want a piece of cake right now!
    denise

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  9. I can understand that... Texas is one huge state! My grandparents used to live in west TX (near Lubbock) and it took forever to drive out there. Like 13 hours, most of which was across Texas.

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  10. Oh, Thanks for stopping by!
    I really appreciatte your lovely comments!
    I`m sure that you will do wonders with your new classroom!
    By the way... Thanks for adding me as you favorites...
    ... You have made my day, for sure!
    I will be doing the same today!
    And if you are thinking on starting paper crafting... it`s very relaxing and addictive!
    You will ENJOY IT, for sure!

    With LOVE and KISSES
    Debbie Moss
    XXX

    (FROM ENGLAND)

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