The Book of Me - Project 1 - Who Am I

At least 20 answers to "Who Am I?"

I, Jodie Irene Bartlett Ramsey am a female, currently age 52 having been born in 1961.  My family position is that of middle child, the third of five children (and 2nd daughter) of Milton and Janice.  About 30 years ago I started to get interested in genealogy and about 5 years ago became quite active in tracing my family tree and searching out the missing pieces to our puzzles.

My current height is around 5'9" although I use to stand closer to 5'10". My weight varies hovering most of the time around 185 lbs. I realize my weight is just a number and according to standard BMI rules, I am overweight, my attitude is I'm happy with myself and size so long as I don't put on more weight (my heaviest was 195 about 10 years ago).

My spouse is Churck and we've been married for over 13 years.  I consider myself a childless mother in that I did not give birth to any children, but am a step-mother (non-custodial) to my spouse's 2 children from a previous marriage. One of the children has made my spouse a Grandfather, but I'm not a Grandmother / Grammy / Nana. Nope, I'm a JoJo.

I am a road traveler in the U.S. and Canada. Over two years ago we sold our home and moved in to a fifth-wheel camper to live full time.  Our motto is "Home is Where We Park It".

Because of limited space in the camper, I'm not able to do lots of my old hobbies but have made room and time to do crafts from knitting to crocheting and even sewing.  I love to take photographs, a hobby first shared with my maternal grandfather, and enjoy making gifts from my photos (books or calendars).  I really enjoy taking photographs of nature, from flowers to animals to landscape. Along for the travels with my husband and me is our standard poodle (we had 2 when we started, but one passed away this past winter).

Staying with my love of nature, both my husband and I enjoy smooth water kayaking and are always on the look out for bodies of water to explore while camping.

When I was in school (high school as well as college / AS in Secretarial Science) I enjoyed music and played the Baritone Horn with school bands and for mom's church as additional sounds during holidays.  I also sang in several choirs, mostly in school, but also a community choir that you had to audition to enter. With that choir I had the opportunity to perform choral works by the Masters, ie, Bach, Purcell, Handel, etc.

When we sold our home, I "retired" from numerous part-time jobs; tour guide, crossing guard, relief secretary and a store sales representative / mascot.  I use quotations around retired as I am not drawing any pay from those postions, rather I stopped working when my husband retired. For some extra income over his pension, we have taken a 6 week job as work campers at a small campground, helping them perpare to close for the season. For some reason they think I have a green thumb, but I will admit I really do enjoy flower gardening, so it is a nice fit for me.