BeccaOH
Almost Self-Reliant
01. Name? Becca (or Becky)
02. Gender? Female
03. Disneyworld or Disneyland? Disney World
04. What is your favorite color? blue
05. What is your favorite kind of gum? Orbitz sweet mint
06. How much do you weigh? Ha
07. How tall are you? 5' 4"
08. Can you swim? enough to save myself
09. Do you like to swim? yes
10. Living arrangement? single houseowner, living with my widowed mother
11. What's on your mouse pad? a wrist pad
12. Favorite board game? Sequence
13. Favorite magazine? Any of those put out by Rieman Publications like Country or Birds & Blooms
14. Favorite Actor?
15. Favorite Actress?
16. Do you have an accent? No, but I've been told by some that I do have a sort of Southern twang.
17. Favorite smells? homemade bread, real lilacs in bloom
18. Least favorite smells? liver cooking, or orange blossoms in bloom because I associate it with sinus headache
19. Favorite sound? spring frogs (peepers) and birds (guess I'm destined to raise poultry)
20. Do you prefer pools or oceans? pool
21. Do you watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer? never
22. Pencil or pen? pen
23. Who's better - boys or girls? LOL both have their challenges, but if I was a mother, I think I could do better raising girls
24. Would you like to own a motorcycle? NOT
25. Do you sing in the shower? rarely
26. Who's the best looking Disney character? Goofy
27. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? checking on my peeps
28. How many rings before you answer the phone? 3
29. How do you want to die? in my sleep
30. Have you ever called a 900 number? nope
31. Gold or silver? gold
32. Would you ever go bungee-jumping? probably not, but I might try sky diving
33. Do you like dressing up? yes
34. Would you rather be short or tall? short isn't too bad
35. Do you enjoy reading? very much
36. What book are you reading now? an inspirational romance and a book on homesteading
37. Favorite books? Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, Animal Vegetable Miracle by Kingsolver, the Holy Bible
38. What was the last movie you saw? WALL-E (it was okay)
39. Favorite movies? Love the A&E versions of Jane Austen books and other like settings.
40. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? nope, the animal isn't stuffed
41. What is your sign? don't care
42. What are your personality traits? quiet, caring, helpful, shrink from conflict
43. What's your biggest fear? the unknown???
44. Would you ever have cosmetic surgery? probably not
45. Future child's name? Lydia or Benjamin
46. Favorite foods? Ice cream, all berries, pasta
47. Chocolate or vanilla? chocolate
48. Do you like to drive fast? not much
49. Storms - cool or scary? cool
50. Do you like to dance? no
51. Do you do drugs? no
52. Do you smoke? no
53. What do you think of people who smoke? their choice, though a poor one
54. Do you drink? no
55. Favorite drink? coffee
56. Do you think men and women could ever be just friends without wanting each other? yes
57. Do you eat the stems of broccoli? yes
58. If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be? operate a farmer's market store (you know the ones that are usually rather seasonal and often located on busy country roads where local produce is sold and you can also by things like fresh churned ice cream and crafts)
59. What's your "type"? Tall country boy with just a hint of professor geek (I seem drawn to men in glasses
)
60. Do you bite your nails? I quit in my teens
61. Any siblings? 3 older brothers and 3 older sisters in a blended family
62. What movies have you cried in? Steel Magnolias and many others
63. Do you believe in God? certainly
64. Did you ever cry over a guy/girl? oh yes
65. Have you ever stolen anything? yes, a friend's Barbie doll dress that I loved.
66. Do you procrastinate? too often
67. Do you believe in fate? not really
68. Who's your favorite Sesame Street character? Cookie Monster
69. Do you organize your CD's? yes, slightly
70. What is your favorite kind of music? Country and Christian
71. What are your favorite bands/artists? enjoy too many
72. What was the last CD you got? by Michael W. Smith
73. MTV or VH1? neither
74. Who do you admire the most? my mom is a rock, having gone through the death of 3 husbands
75. Internet Boyfriends and Girlfriends? too hard to pull it off
76. Are you single? yes
77. Favorite TV show? Biggest Loser, Cities of the Underworld on History, Chopped on Food Network
78. Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? I'm not prejudice.
79. Glasses or contacts? I have reading glasses I don't use.
80. What color are your eyes? blue
81. What is your natural hair color? I'm a natural dull brown
82. But what color is it now? natural dull brown
83. Have you ever been in love? oh, not really truly
84. Any pets? many (4 dogs, 2 cats, numerous poultry)
85. Good, decent, or poor grades? good in HS, only decent in college
86. Is the glass half empty or half full? full
87. Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? most of the time
88. What's under your bed? shoes
89. What is your favorite number?
90. Favorite sport to watch? I'll really only sit to watch Olympics and a bit of Nascar
So, to get to the basics of this journal.
I started focusing my attention to health and home about 4 years ago after my step-dad died of heart disease and my mom was having issues with her own heart and diabetes. I went to a chiropractic clinic where I learned a lot about natural health and taking control of our bodies. I've gained some weight back that I lost during that time, but I still long to do better at controlling my health through natural food choices. But I do get so busy and tired that I lax.
My homestead is about 2 acres in the country, though along a well-traveled road. I'm surrounded by lots of relatively unused but mowed farmland. I grew up here and never really wanted to leave. I bought the house from my parents.
I'm into making my own:
laundry detergent
cleaners
baskets
bread
canned goods (including salsa, pasta sauce, jelly, apple butter, etc.)
cheese (only once so far)
rainwater collection
I'm working on expanding my:
vegetable garden (though we've always done a fairly large one)
orchard (only 2 apple trees and wild blackberries now, but bought grapes and blueberries this year)
attempts at foraging for wild edibles
laying flock of chickens
knowledge of home health remedies
I want to eventually:
have a clothesline (haven't had one up in at least 3 years, but I did buy an umbrella kind to set up)
make homemade yogurt
make sauerkraut
try the no shampoo recipe thing
have an asparagus patch
raise a flock of meat birds and butcher them (done!)
go Morel hunting (tried once without a guide and found none)
find a supplier for raw milk (cow and/or goat)
take a class in growing and using herbs
breed some poultry for selling eggs or chicks
tap maple trees
Well, that should get this started.
God bless you if you care to follow along.
The house pets.
Last year's garden (neighbor's building)
Me and 2-month-old Embden geese (Linus and Lucy) Think Lucy could be a Pilgrim? Meyers sold them to me as Embden.
02. Gender? Female
03. Disneyworld or Disneyland? Disney World
04. What is your favorite color? blue
05. What is your favorite kind of gum? Orbitz sweet mint
06. How much do you weigh? Ha
07. How tall are you? 5' 4"
08. Can you swim? enough to save myself
09. Do you like to swim? yes
10. Living arrangement? single houseowner, living with my widowed mother
11. What's on your mouse pad? a wrist pad
12. Favorite board game? Sequence
13. Favorite magazine? Any of those put out by Rieman Publications like Country or Birds & Blooms
14. Favorite Actor?
15. Favorite Actress?
16. Do you have an accent? No, but I've been told by some that I do have a sort of Southern twang.
17. Favorite smells? homemade bread, real lilacs in bloom
18. Least favorite smells? liver cooking, or orange blossoms in bloom because I associate it with sinus headache
19. Favorite sound? spring frogs (peepers) and birds (guess I'm destined to raise poultry)
20. Do you prefer pools or oceans? pool
21. Do you watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer? never
22. Pencil or pen? pen
23. Who's better - boys or girls? LOL both have their challenges, but if I was a mother, I think I could do better raising girls
24. Would you like to own a motorcycle? NOT
25. Do you sing in the shower? rarely
26. Who's the best looking Disney character? Goofy
27. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? checking on my peeps
28. How many rings before you answer the phone? 3
29. How do you want to die? in my sleep
30. Have you ever called a 900 number? nope
31. Gold or silver? gold
32. Would you ever go bungee-jumping? probably not, but I might try sky diving
33. Do you like dressing up? yes
34. Would you rather be short or tall? short isn't too bad
35. Do you enjoy reading? very much
36. What book are you reading now? an inspirational romance and a book on homesteading
37. Favorite books? Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, Animal Vegetable Miracle by Kingsolver, the Holy Bible
38. What was the last movie you saw? WALL-E (it was okay)
39. Favorite movies? Love the A&E versions of Jane Austen books and other like settings.
40. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? nope, the animal isn't stuffed
41. What is your sign? don't care
42. What are your personality traits? quiet, caring, helpful, shrink from conflict
43. What's your biggest fear? the unknown???
44. Would you ever have cosmetic surgery? probably not
45. Future child's name? Lydia or Benjamin
46. Favorite foods? Ice cream, all berries, pasta
47. Chocolate or vanilla? chocolate
48. Do you like to drive fast? not much
49. Storms - cool or scary? cool
50. Do you like to dance? no
51. Do you do drugs? no
52. Do you smoke? no
53. What do you think of people who smoke? their choice, though a poor one
54. Do you drink? no
55. Favorite drink? coffee
56. Do you think men and women could ever be just friends without wanting each other? yes
57. Do you eat the stems of broccoli? yes
58. If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be? operate a farmer's market store (you know the ones that are usually rather seasonal and often located on busy country roads where local produce is sold and you can also by things like fresh churned ice cream and crafts)
59. What's your "type"? Tall country boy with just a hint of professor geek (I seem drawn to men in glasses
)60. Do you bite your nails? I quit in my teens
61. Any siblings? 3 older brothers and 3 older sisters in a blended family
62. What movies have you cried in? Steel Magnolias and many others
63. Do you believe in God? certainly
64. Did you ever cry over a guy/girl? oh yes
65. Have you ever stolen anything? yes, a friend's Barbie doll dress that I loved.
66. Do you procrastinate? too often
67. Do you believe in fate? not really
68. Who's your favorite Sesame Street character? Cookie Monster
69. Do you organize your CD's? yes, slightly
70. What is your favorite kind of music? Country and Christian
71. What are your favorite bands/artists? enjoy too many
72. What was the last CD you got? by Michael W. Smith
73. MTV or VH1? neither
74. Who do you admire the most? my mom is a rock, having gone through the death of 3 husbands
75. Internet Boyfriends and Girlfriends? too hard to pull it off
76. Are you single? yes
77. Favorite TV show? Biggest Loser, Cities of the Underworld on History, Chopped on Food Network
78. Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads? I'm not prejudice.
79. Glasses or contacts? I have reading glasses I don't use.
80. What color are your eyes? blue
81. What is your natural hair color? I'm a natural dull brown
82. But what color is it now? natural dull brown
83. Have you ever been in love? oh, not really truly
84. Any pets? many (4 dogs, 2 cats, numerous poultry)
85. Good, decent, or poor grades? good in HS, only decent in college
86. Is the glass half empty or half full? full
87. Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? most of the time
88. What's under your bed? shoes
89. What is your favorite number?
90. Favorite sport to watch? I'll really only sit to watch Olympics and a bit of Nascar
So, to get to the basics of this journal.
I started focusing my attention to health and home about 4 years ago after my step-dad died of heart disease and my mom was having issues with her own heart and diabetes. I went to a chiropractic clinic where I learned a lot about natural health and taking control of our bodies. I've gained some weight back that I lost during that time, but I still long to do better at controlling my health through natural food choices. But I do get so busy and tired that I lax.
My homestead is about 2 acres in the country, though along a well-traveled road. I'm surrounded by lots of relatively unused but mowed farmland. I grew up here and never really wanted to leave. I bought the house from my parents.
I'm into making my own:
laundry detergent
cleaners
baskets
bread
canned goods (including salsa, pasta sauce, jelly, apple butter, etc.)
cheese (only once so far)
rainwater collection
I'm working on expanding my:
vegetable garden (though we've always done a fairly large one)
orchard (only 2 apple trees and wild blackberries now, but bought grapes and blueberries this year)
attempts at foraging for wild edibles
laying flock of chickens
knowledge of home health remedies
I want to eventually:
have a clothesline (haven't had one up in at least 3 years, but I did buy an umbrella kind to set up)
make homemade yogurt
make sauerkraut
try the no shampoo recipe thing
have an asparagus patch
raise a flock of meat birds and butcher them (done!)
go Morel hunting (tried once without a guide and found none)
find a supplier for raw milk (cow and/or goat)
take a class in growing and using herbs
breed some poultry for selling eggs or chicks
tap maple trees
Well, that should get this started.
God bless you if you care to follow along.
The house pets.
Last year's garden (neighbor's building)
Me and 2-month-old Embden geese (Linus and Lucy) Think Lucy could be a Pilgrim? Meyers sold them to me as Embden.
