It’s not that I am overweight per se, I just don't appreciate being measured in pounds, like a chuck roast or something.  Poundage stinks.  We should stop using pounds as a form of human mass measurement all together and go  to abacus(es) .  

Then I could just say, 

“Oh yeah, I weigh 3 red beads and 4 blue ones – but I’m really hoping to lose a green bead before short season.” 

Don’t you agree, that is so much better?  If I ever get to my goal weight …then I will tell you how much I weigh.  Until then, don’t ask again.  Don’t get your hopes up, either.  Which brings me to my next piece of biographical information.  I love food.  I love eating about it and reading about it.  That is why you will see much ado made about food on this blog – and where possible, I will insert applicable recipes.  This is mainly for my own benefit.

I have been married since 1989.  Yes, to the same man.  Amazing, isn't it?  More about my love in my post about him.  I have been a stay at home Mom for 16 years.  I have a love/hate relationship with the job, but I don’t regret one second of it.   I have 3 kiddos.  All boys.  16, 13, & 9 years old... I love my boys like crazy and count myself blessed beyond belief to have spent so much time with them.  That said, the truth is that at least once a day, I want to kill one of them.  Not REALLY.  Not in the drown them all in a bathtub starting with the oldest and working my way down to the youngest, kind of way.  Not that kind of  thing.  How horrid.  No, I don’t want anybody to die.  I just want them all to go to a different country for a week and STOP DRIVING ME INSANE.  That’s all.  So that’s not killing at all…that is merely exporting goods.  So in a way, that would make me an international businesswoman, not a murderer, wouldn’t you agree?

I have the two best parents ever.  EVER.  Jan & Bob - who live in Iowa.  And a Sister that I love dearly.  And wonderful in-laws all around and nieces and nephews who are cuter than yours.  just kidding.  not really.

Now that we have that established, back to me.  In addition to my family, I LOVE LOVE  LOVE animals and can never be satisfied without several of them in my life.  I wish I lived on a big ranch and I could have as many horses and dogs and baby animals as I desired.  That is it.  The extent of my dreams then, is to be a modern day Noah.  But I don’t want to have to build the big boat…oh Lordie, no.  Too much work for me.

Lastly, I do NOT like being photographed.  Or looked at. SO if you try to take a picture of me, this is probably what you will end up with:

(photo courtesy of 9 year old son )

And apparently, I have passed this on to my youngest son, because here is the photo I got of him just yesterday: