It’s a month

It’s an emotional month for me – Dec 7 was my sisters birthday, she would have been 26 this year. I look down at my arm, and am reminded of how many things time does not devour, or not quickly.

We are in the middle of Channukah, which was always a fun time for me, and in addition to basically half of my family being gone, it’s been a number of years since my entire extended family was able to get together for the holidays. I found out the other day my uncles were lamenting the same thing. The ones who were local (more or less) got together. The rest of us are so spread out :(

My uncle found this letter my mom wrote to her parents when she was 22, he scanned it in and sent it along to the family. Not only did it make me smile, and cry, but it provided my next tattoo, her closing will be along my other arm, so I can look down and see it always.

It’s a PDF, I’ve added a link, but posted is the piece.

Darla Teagarden Photography

I had the honor of meeting (finally) the brain behind Darla Teagarden and having my photo taken by her. I think this is my favourite so far :-)

This is all.

Jenn

FuzzyMabel.com

Usually I buy from knitpicks exclusively, but I happened to have a couple of balls of yarn and a couple was not enough to complete a project, so after some ebay searching which did not turn up the colours I needed, I found Fuzzy Mabel. Run on sentence much?

I was mighty pleased with how quickly my order was processed. They are running a buy 12 get one free (the Fuzzy Dozen) type special (the 12 has to be the same type of yarn, but can be multiple colours) so I bought two more (you know, cuz I love yarn) and opted for a surprise ball (equal value or more) instead of one more of the same.

I ordered 12 balls of Elsebeth Lavold Chunky Al, and got one ball of K1C2 Paint Box for free.

New Shipping Rates (U.S. and Canada):
$2 shipping on orders up to $20.00; $4.95 shipping on orders $20 to $99.99
FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS $100 or over.

That’s all. Nah, not getting a kick back. Just really pleased with the customer service and quick shipping.

I finished that snood, I messed up the brim (you know, the one I couldn’t figure out) but it came out ok in the end. I plan on using my new yarn for the marsupial bag from stitch n bitch. I might decide on a bag out of felted! instead, but I’ve been eyeing that bag from SNB for a while now, and bought the yardage I needed for that particular bag.

This years selfish post

I’m doing our secret swap again this year, so here is my all about me post for this year. It’s pretty much the same one from last year. If you are interested in the one from last year, here it is. Truth be told, I copied it and I’m editing it where applicable.

What I am… I am a mom, a daughter, a sister, a wife, and all the things those roles define. I act as an accountant, a chef (gourmet and diner varieties), a maid, a washing woman, seamstress, personal shopper, and any other menial household task you can think of. I am also a taxi service on occasion as well as a nurse.

Now that I have (somewhat) defined my role, here is who I am (on this day)… I still enjoy knitting. I like reading and writing. I am a web and graphic designer by trade, and I do that in my spare time. I co-own and operate Punky Moms, the rockin’est (is that a word? It is now!) parenting forum out there. I spend way more time there than is probably healthy, but I seriously love it and couldn’t think of a better way to spend my spare time. And all my other time. And time that doesn’t exist yet. I like to think I can sew and do all sorts of other crafty things, but in reality, there isn’t any time left over for it. I started drawing again, because I might be learning how to tattoo. I’m kind of ambivalent about that because of how it came about, but I don’t want to get into that today.

I am in love with home and unschooling, but both of my boys go to school (one private one public). I also love homebirth and unassisted pregnancy and birthing. I hate doctors in almost any capacity except true emergency. I like all natural stuff, herb-lore, and avoiding western medicine if at all possible.

I enjoy baking, and love kitchen gadgets. I am trying to convert my husband from a PC to a Mac. Score! As soon as our current machine goes belly up (um, and we can afford the monster of a Mac I want) we’re getting it!

I have lots of tattoos and big ears. My lobes are stretched to 3/4 of an inch, my double conches are an 8g, my tragii are a 10g and my helixes are at a 2G. I’ve had my navel pierced since I was 14 and yes it’s still there. Everything else I’ve removed.

I have a general wishlist posted here: http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/wishful/

I am a stay at home mom.

I live in South Florida, where it’s hot all the time. I love Disney. I love Warner Bros. too, but I am a Disney girl through and through, so it works out that we get to go a bunch of times a year! I grew up in Maryland. I love Ocean City, or at least my memories of it.

Hm… I can’t think of anything else right now. If my secret pal wants to know anything in particular, just drop me an email!