Snow Moon

What is it with my mild obsession with the name of the full moon each month? I don't know. Perhaps I have a suppressed fascination with vampires. Anyway, today is the snow moon. I look up the meanings on the farmers almanac and this is what they have to report about this months glory. February: Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February's full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult. I know it is going to be beautiful and we will celebrate it by joining my mother in law, Betty, for her birthday celebration. My mother in law, I might add, defies time. She simply doesn't age! I thank God my girls genetic make up seems to weigh heavily on the Dunham side.

Yesterday was a busy day and it was fun to have my sister, Lisa, here. Yes, I do have a sister. Please don't ever EVER tell her "Oh, I didn't know Stacey had a sister!" But anyway, she came out and spent some time with me. She is going back to school and is a stellar student so I appreciated the fact that she took time away from her studies so we could swap meat. Yep, that's what we did. We swapped meat. She traded some of their locally grown hamburger for some of my locally grown pork so her husband could make some summer sausage. He has recently developed a hobby of making stuffed sausage. After we swapped meat, she joined me in an afternoon of making pepper jelly and the results were SO worth it. I love love love the pepper jelly over some cream cheese spread on some crackers. It is so tasty!!

And with that friends, I must go. I have used up my allotted 10 minutes of time today that is not devoted to feeding, cleaning, organizing, picking up, moving, feeding, changing, washing and whatever else I do. Do you think I am kidding?