Friends | Posted by Jannie on 2 January 2009 @ 9:44 PM
So… 7 facts about me, thanks to the tag from Patricia of Patricia’s Wisdom. BTW, hers is a super-great inspirational blog, if ever you’ll find one. (And she puts up with my wacky comments over there so you know she’s gotta be a saint.)
1. I’m blood type B+
2. I’m always about 5 lbs heavier than I’ll admit at any given time (currently I’m 120.)
3. I earned a Bachelor’s of Education – French major, History minor but when the Nova Scotia Department of Education filled out my teacher’s certificate they mistakenly gave me a double major and me, being the eternally caring and thoughtful one I am, didn’t want to embarass them so never let them know their error. : )
4. I won the Winter Carnival chocolate-cream-pie eating contest in my college freshman year, womens’ division of course.
5. I taught school for 2 years in Canada before running off here to Texas with my landlord. (Still with him more than 18 years later.)
6. I grew up on a farm and can milk a cow. Not that I like milking them, but I can.
7. I am an expert kindling chopper, give me axe, a good chopping block and any log shorter than 3′ and I’ll give you as many perfect 1.5″ x 1.5″ sticks as that log will allow.
There you have them! Now, as I understand the “rules” of this to be…
A. You link back to the person who tagged you (as I did above and here with Patricia.)
B. Tag 7 people (don’t worry if it’s less than 7, it’s all in fun, anyway,) and link them on your blog, as I will below.
C. Comment on the blogs of the others who were tagged.
So… here are the 7 of you I’m tagging (and dang I hate this freaking default double-spacing. Gotta get with Kim Woodbridge on that.) Anyway… I would like to tag Tammy Cricket but I know she is off to boot camp tomorrow, so Tammy, I’ll get you in the future. And those of you I did not tag here please don’t think you are not among the favorites of my heart today. I’m sure I will get to you all as more memes make their way around.
1. Kayrn at Sailing the Great Lakes.
2. Sheila at Ma Vie Folle.
4. Talon at Talonted
5. Ella at Jam jar Boogie
6. Mia at General Hysteria
7. Heather at How To Be A Woman
On 2 January 2009 at 10:29 pm Lance said,
Hi Jannie,
Hey, I can milk a cow too (I’m guessing that probably doesn’t surprise you, though…). And your blood type was my college GPA… although no double-minor…weird, huh. Well…probably not…
Lance’s last blog post..Think And Grow Rich
On 2 January 2009 at 11:05 pm karyn said,
I’ll do this tag. I’ll do it tomorrow…
I just wanted to reply to your comment about the Titanic staircase wedding option. I’d not want to do it either because it’s a staircase….can you imagine walking with your long train and tripping and rolling down the stairs in front of your guests??? That would be one to remember. Or when you go to do the ‘you may now kiss’ part losing your balance on a stair and doing the same? Although thinking about it you probaly won’t be on the stairs but at the top.. but still.
On 3 January 2009 at 12:00 am ella said,
Oh my live-long-day it’s my first invite of any kind here in cyberland. Jannie Funster, you’ve gone and made me legit.
I don’t think I have 7 readers to tag!!! You’re my biggest fan and I can’t tag back
Well I’ll try…
And thanks!!
E.
ella’s last blog post..I found some cool new friends…
On 3 January 2009 at 12:47 am Talon said,
Like Ella, this is a first for me…my first meme. It’s late and I’ll have to do this tomorrow…but thank you, Jannie…now I’ll have to think of seven interesting facts about little old me…Harder will be coming up with seven people to tag, but I’ll do my best. Most commenters on my blog are do not have blogs, so it will be tricky…
I would love to see you handling the axe~! I’m thinking such a skill is a very handy one. I milked a cow once. Didn’t do a great job and I haven’t ever done it again (the milk cows of the world are still sighing with relief)…
Talon’s last blog post..A new year begins…
On 3 January 2009 at 3:02 am Caity said,
I love posts like this. They’re so interesting! Memes are always so fun. Thanks for posting it!
I don’t know what blood type I am, but it’s probably something I should know. I always mean to find out but whenever I’m somewhere that I can find out, I forget to ask.
Caity’s last blog post..New beginnings?
On 3 January 2009 at 5:20 am Максим Пашаев said,
Ох, как я люблю владельца блога http://www.janniefunster.com
, всегда есть что почитать. С Новым годом вас и ваших читателец, УРА!
On 3 January 2009 at 8:50 am Csquaredplus3 said,
I’m always about 5 pounds heavier than I’ll admit to too. I’m currently 115.
Csquaredplus3’s last blog post..Putting toothpaste back in the tube – that’s what I’m doing.
On 3 January 2009 at 9:53 am Mama Zen said,
I can’t milk a cow. I can castrate a calf, though!
Mama Zen’s last blog post..This Is CNN?
On 3 January 2009 at 10:03 am Jannie said,
Lance: I was a B average when I finished college, not bad when you consider my first year I had made a .99 out of a possible 4.5 GPA. (A tad too many beers with my chocolate cream pies methinks.)
Karyn: Yeah, would be one of those wonderful “models on the runway wobbling on 5″ heels moments.” I hope you will have fun with the meme and I look forward to peeking deeper into your soul.
Ella: You’ve always been too legit to quit to me!
Talon: Just do what you can on the meme. Can’t wait to read your scintillation. Someday I’ll just have to put me on YouTube choppin’ kindling!
Caity: Don’t worry about your bloodtype. If ever you need to know (God forbid,) then can test it very quickly. Next meme I get – you’re it!
MAKUM: What? You want me to run off with you? But I’m a happily married woman.
C2+3: But you’re taller than I! You can pull it off better. Ah, to heck with the scales, the jeans tell the tales. (Wow, rhymey.)
MamaZ: Why do I have little trouble believing you CAN do that??
On 3 January 2009 at 10:23 am Lance said,
Okay, Jannie…maybe I stretched the B+ a bit too… beer and peanuts (it fit so well with your blood type though!!) – and yes, you did well – a nice comeback!!
On 3 January 2009 at 12:23 pm teahouseblossom said,
That’s awesome that you can chop kindling!! I’m totally in awe of you…
On 3 January 2009 at 1:25 pm Vered - MomGrind said,
“Ah, to heck with the scales, the jeans tell the tales.”
So true. I stopped weighing myself years ago. Our clothes tell us if we’ve gained weight. No need to fuss over the numbers. They do insist on weighing me once a year when I come in for a checkup, so I have a general idea. But once a year seems more than enough.
Vered – MomGrind’s last blog post..Last-Minute Holiday Shopping? May I Suggest The Perfect Gift
On 3 January 2009 at 3:06 pm Jessica Bern said,
I can drink the milk from a cow. Know how to sit in front of a pile of wood that is on fire and nestled safely in a fireplace and the only farm I knew of when I was growing up was Old MacDonald’s.
Nice to meet you!
Jessica Bern’s last blog post..Dumb and Dumber and DUMBEST.
On 3 January 2009 at 3:16 pm Mia said,
Ah Ha! Okay, meme.
Well for the other part, I absolutely love that you were so kind-hearted to look out for the feelings of embarrassment of the Nova Scotia Department of Education. They’re much stronger for it!
Time to think about what no one knows….. (smiles)
Mia’s last blog post..Ben is 1…I Wonder Who He Will Become
On 3 January 2009 at 3:30 pm Jannie said,
Lance: My only A+ on a college course was introductory spoken German. I can still order a piece of cake and seven beers, and tell you your passport’s in your suitcase and the first show starts at 10:30.
Teahouse: You don’t know the half of it! I could be a champion chopper I’m sure. I just wasn’t so good in the log-rolling and caber tossing portions of the Woods-Woman Games, so never entered.
Vered: From what I’ve seen of svelte you in any picture you post, whatever you’re doing is definetly working!
Mia: Yeah, I doubt I’ll go back to teaching in N.S. but if I ever do I’ll for sure have to fess up, ’cause I’m sure they ALL read my blog, every last syllable of every single scintillating word. Yes, it was pretty kind-hearted of me, wasn’t it?
I’ve known of government clerks to go postal on themselves when they find out they’ve make mistakes like that. I consider it one of my greatest deeds ever.
On 3 January 2009 at 6:08 pm nikkicrumpet said,
I think you qualify as a certified Pioneer woman. Chopping wood and milking cows! Amazing.
nikkicrumpet’s last blog post..*** THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYERS ***
On 3 January 2009 at 6:50 pm Miladysa said,
Interesting
I share the same blood group. I wonder if that has anything to do with the Endo?
Miladysa’s last blog post..80. Blossom In The Dark
On 3 January 2009 at 7:42 pm Shay said,
My mother would say that if you would only have applied yourself, that B+ blood type could have been an A.
My mother is not fun at parties.
Shay’s last blog post..Tuesday Half Four
On 3 January 2009 at 7:42 pm sheila said,
JANNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll get you my pretty! lol.
I should be able to complete my 7 tomorrow. ha ha ha. Thanks for the tag
sheila’s last blog post..Put off today what you can do tomorrow. Or next week.
On 3 January 2009 at 8:48 pm Matthew Dryden said,
I’m just impressed that you can (apparently) speak more than just normal high school french!
Matthew Dryden’s last blog post..Losing My Way
On 3 January 2009 at 10:57 pm SnaggleTooth said,
Ratomes, I don’t have another Day Off for another week, n it may take me some time 2do votre meme ici.
SnaggleTooth’s last blog post..Trax
On 3 January 2009 at 11:01 pm Jannie said,
Nikki: Yep, pioneer me, for sure! I hope someday to live off the land again. Raise chickens for eggs. Grow beans and lettuce. Put in 10 cords of wood a winter – manly yes, but I like it too!
Miladysa: Great question on the endometriosis, I never thought about it that way. I usually think of it as “Be Positive!” I wonder if they have done a survey on that. I must ask Jeanne at Jeanne’s Endo blog.
Shay: That cracked me up, but then again, you usually do with your comments and your quirky one-of-a-kind BireFlossom mind. Was no pressure on you from your mom, right?
Sheila: Can’t wait to hear your seven!!!
Matthew: I get by. I’m about 75% “there” in French. Would love to live in Frace for a year or two to get to 76% there.
Jessica! Hello, sorry, I only just saw and approved your comment. Welcome, so glad you could pop in. Your comment here cracked me up! Glad to “meet” you too. See you soon.
On 3 January 2009 at 11:04 pm Jannie said,
Snag! you wuz just commentin and I was just writin’. Yeah, it took me a few days to get to the meme too! No worries, Mate. xo Ratomes back at ya, altho I don’t have the foggiest what it means.
On 4 January 2009 at 4:40 am Dr. Cason said,
Love reading the little things that make someone who they are!!
Dr. Cason’s last blog post..Friday’s Photo Challenge December Finalists!
On 4 January 2009 at 11:12 am Carla said,
How absolutely fascinating and what a mix. I would have never taken you for a master wood chopper. Love memes like this.
Carla’s last blog post..Shades of Grey
On 4 January 2009 at 1:05 pm Stacey / Create a Balance said,
Fun facts! I think I milked a cow once during an elementary school field trip to a farm.
Stacey / Create a Balance’s last blog post..Celebrate Your Life Friday! 01.02.09
On 4 January 2009 at 2:43 pm Heather said,
What a rip-off! Your blood type is worth at least an A-.
On 4 January 2009 at 2:50 pm Thomma Lyn said,
What fun facts! I can’t milk a cow, but it’s cool that you can.
And chopping wood — that’s a good skill! I can sorta do that, but I’m not as good at it as you are (my husband, on the other hand, is great at it). And hehe, you and I are about the same weight!
Your blog is so much fun! I look forward to enjoying it throughout the new year.
Thomma Lyn’s last blog post..New Year’s Resolutions
On 4 January 2009 at 3:32 pm Jannie said,
Doctor Cason: Yes, I love those little things too, as well as seeing photos of peoples’ homes and yards.
Carla: Really? I thought I had Master Wood Chopper written all over this blog!!
Hi Stacey! I like your new photo, pretty in lihgtest pink. I want to get over and see what you’ve been doing at Create A Balance lately. Not milking cows, I bet!
Heather: Thanks! ONly 11% of y’all out there share my type. And just Goofled that TypeAB- is found in .05 %
Thomma Lyn: Really, you like this blog? Thanks.
On 4 January 2009 at 10:45 pm Tammy said,
Jannie
I am just now popping over here to see what is going on. So, it looks like you have a well rounded resume there. You were a teacher huh? Were you hard-nosed and tough?
Naaah you weren’t.
On 5 January 2009 at 12:39 am Carla said,
I love tagged posts – such a good way to get to know fellow bloggers.
Carla’s last blog post..Tagged!
On 5 January 2009 at 9:34 am Dot said,
All very interesting. I LOVE chocolate cream pie, but I’m not sure I could eat one, let alone win a contest.
Dot’s last blog post..This and That
On 5 January 2009 at 11:05 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Well, the love is out here, Ms. Funster, and your Peeps respond in gaggles, herds, hordes, and posses. The meme list should probably read 7 Little Known Facts About Me, or not. Here goes:
1. I was a professional actor from 1968-1977. Returning from a gig in Australia in 1977, I decided to “get a real job” for just one year, to not have to live on unemployment, nor put up with the negative energy and rejection that making a living with the Arts involves. I became a Special Ed Teacher, working with the blind, and I never looked back. That was 33 years ago.
2. I learned to milk a cow for fun, and a goat too, but it wasn’t, so I never did it again; couldn’t get the rhythm correctly with all my fingers at once; a spazz-milker I guess.
3. I was chopping kindling for the wood stove when I was 10 years old, while holding the piece of wood with my foot, missed the wood, and drove the hatchet into my foot; sort of took the fun out of chopping after that.
4. I graduated “First In My Class”, Highline College, 1965. But before graduation happened three weeks later, I had a job for the summer. On the evening of the ceremony, where I was supposed to lead out the procession, I forgot all about it, and went to a movie. I called home and my brother told me everyone was calling. I dropped the phone, peeled rubber for 25 miles and arrived just in time to lie about being late, and come out last in the procession line.
5. I wanted to be a Movie Reviewer, but did not go to Journalism school, so never had the formal opportunity to do so. Thank God for blogsites. I now have over 100 reviews posted from Amazon to FFTR; some are over 50 pages in length.
6. I loved going fishing with my grandfather, but after he died I never went again. I guess I loved him more than the fishing.
7. I never knew my father. No one but my mother did it seems. Her first husband was my first stepfather. It was quite a shock to discover this at 25 years old. I’ll bet my old man was a hoot.
Glenn
Glenn Buttkus’s last blog post..Civilization’s Decline
On 5 January 2009 at 12:08 pm Patricia said,
Thanks for doing this sweetie…I sure do appreciate it and it was rather fun…I sure do like your comments and our emails.
Thank you….I wish I could say I was 5# over the weight I give…but no one would believe it…but my jeans are all too big right now…that is good…the Dr.s hate the numbers…must get back into routine
Patricia’s last blog post..Book Review: Transitions ~William Bridges
On 5 January 2009 at 3:46 pm Cricket/Tammy said,
Wait…I am here. The last one coming in! Ha…this reminds me of my boot camp. I have finished last at everything but I have at least finished baby! I am left with a earache, sore muscles, hurting feet, bruised body, and I will not drag you to the bottom with me with the rest.
I love this list. Guess what? I chop wood. You see the fireplace in my pictures well it is me that brings home the wood. It works like this. I go on the streets behind me where there are large old trees. After a storm passes I go and gather wood in the back of my SUV (now wrecked). I bring it home and cut it with an electric saw. Yes I can! I know the electric part is not the same but at least I cut wood and bring home the bacon.
Ew! I sound like the perfect person for boot camp!
I loved learning more about you. I am going to do my Matthew Dryden meme soon. I don’t think mine will be near as interesting as this.
Cricket/Tammy’s last blog post..Stand by me and I will stand by you…Happy New Year!
On 5 January 2009 at 4:11 pm Jannie said,
Tammy Poet: I was soft and intriguing as a teacher with more than a few dashes of fun and lovingness thrown in. I only ever wanted to thrash 2 students. I wouldn’t go back to classroom teaching, tho. Too HARD.
Carla: Yes, aren’t these great? I’m really starting to like memes.
Dot: It was NOT easy, I ammost puked half-way through.
Glenn! Were you in anything that I’d recognize, acting-wise. OMG on your axed foot, scarred? You have to go to journalism school to do movie reviews?? Number 6 is about the most beautiful thing I’ve read lately. And #7 – how could he not have been?
Patricia: This was fun to do! Really. I was always so scared ot memes before, so I’ve made a breakthrough – blogwise anyway, I don’t do teh e-mail ones I get. Ahh, those doctorr — fie on their numbers! And cheers to babby jeans (er – baggy,) love that feeling too.
Tammy: What, you wrecked your SUV? When? So good to hear from you – I’ve been wondering about you. And of course, you are not and will not be last – I am sure others will still be commenting here. Right, somebody? Actually, I like to always have the last word so have no fear!
On 6 January 2009 at 2:11 pm Cricket/Tammy said,
Hey Jannie,
Oh, I guess I only “Tweeted” on this. (Do you tweet?…I don’t much) Yes,the week before Christmas I had a wreck. I was sitting at a red light and a older lady, bless her heart, hit me 5 times. She got confused and kept putting her car in drive instead of park. She ended up with a “TOTAL” sticker on her car. I was fine. Just messed up my neck a bit. I am in physical therapy right now along with my boot camp. What a combo?
Cricket/Tammy’s last blog post..Who would I rather be?
On 8 January 2009 at 11:28 pm SnaggleTooth said,
I dood it! “7 facts about myself” are finally posted on ESR. Quick! everyone go see!
Ratomes means *Rats*! or “mice” according to a high-school Puerto Rican friend I studied French with…
SnaggleTooth’s last blog post..Seven Dings
On 10 January 2009 at 9:42 am Jannie said,
Tammy: I need to jumpstart my tweeting career, yes. Oh poor old lady, poor you! I’ll e-mail about that.
Snag: They were wonderful! Thanks. Boca Raton!
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