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| WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I'VE WON MY FIRST AWARD! |
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| IN THE FUTURE I'LL PUT THEM AT THE BOTTOM, BUT HAD TO BRAG A LITTLE! |
 UPDATE! 11/7/07: Added recipes for Caramel Apple
Salad, Salsa Chicken, Chili Pizza and Yam Cake to recipe page. Added 4 new pages to the holiday page for breakfast/brunch
recipes, main course recipes, dessert recipes, and gifts in a jar recipes. Added new crochet patterns for pet scarves
that fit over your pets collar and extra large, double thick trivet/dishcloth to pattern page. Added new wrap pattern
and Christmas stocking pattern to fleece page. Added new photos below - we have a new addition to the "family"I
wanted to update you on! We also took a local train trip last month for my "30th" birthday! ;) I posted
pics from that on the holiday page, just click the camera on the left to see them, plus the web site if you're interested
in this trip for yourself. Also new stuff on the tips and tricks page, the prayer requests have been updated - it's
been a long time since the last update so I figured I owed you a bunch of new stuff!
I've been a fan of the Crochet N More site for years,
so if you haven't checked it out yet please do so. And if you wish to APPLY for this award, click the link below.
PLEASE SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF
EACH PAGE SO YOU DON'T MISS ANYTHING, AND BE SURE TO SIGN GUESTBOOK. THANKS A LOT!
HANDMADE PURSES STILL AVAILABLE - click the link below. Also, anything you see
on the site can be made for you if you wish, just contact me and I'll let you know about price, etc. 5% of my
portion (I don't make the purses, a friend of mine does) of all sales from this site are donated to the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society for research and programs to help MS patients. JUST
TO LET YOU KNOW - some of the purses are one of a kind or limited, due to availability of fabric, supplies, etc. For
pictures and ordering info click link below.
Howdy, and a big Tennessee welcome to all! Please
come in and browse all you like. I'd appreciate it if you'd take a minute to sign the guestbook, and feel free to state
any comments/complaints/compliments that you may have so I can learn what you'd like to see more - and less - of. You
can also e-mail me at any time on the "contact me" page. If you'd like to see some pics of me and my family, click link
under the next paragraph on the left.
| MY CLAN SYMBOL - WILD POTATO CLAN |
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| CHEROKEE TRIBE |
Okay, a little info about me I guess! My name is
Jamie. I was born in October, 1962 and have been crocheting since about 1998. I've been married to Gerald,
born August, 1958, since 2/14/81. Gerald's been a draftsman since he was 17, (he took drafting in high school)
and with the same company since 1988. We have one son, Jordan, born 1/19/85. He's back home after
trying life in his own apartment for a year, and has a steady girlfriend named Sarah, who we all like a lot. We raised
our nephew, Thomas, born December,1985. He now has his own place and works as a cook at Chili's, which he really
loves. We have a 12 year old golden retriever, Penny, who was born in our back yard under the barn.
He weighs about 120 lbs (he's a LITTLE overweight!). In addition to Penny, since Jordan moved back home we have
a "granddog" as Jordan calls her! Her name is Kitsune (kit-SOO-nay) which is Japanese for fox. She's
an AKC registered Pembroke Welsh Corgi and was born in January, 2006. This past summer Jordan decided he would
breed Kit one time. In July, Jord and Sarah saw a male Corgi, also a Pembroke Welsh, at the pet store in the
mall. They ganged up on me to buy him. I started out saying no, but after going out to lunch together one day
I agreed to go "just to look at him." Needless to say, he came home with us! His name is Tsula (SOO-la)
and he was born in April, 2007. He and Kit fell in love at first sight, but Penny wasn't too sure at first!
Now he loves both of them, goes outside with them all the time, or sits at the door and watches while they're outside together. When
Kit plays rough with Tsula, which is most of the time, Penny barks to let me know, then stands at the door and
sniffs Tsula from head to toe when they come in to make sure he's not hurt! I'm a big sports fan - football, baseball, nascar
- and I collect Precious Moments. I'm also a Sunday school teacher at my church, teaching the 3-5 year olds every
Sunday morning, and Gerald and I are both assistant youth directors. I teach the "tweens" (6-12) on Wednesday nights.
I'm also known, by my son and his friends, as the "Christmas Nazi" because I'm nuts for everything Christmas! I
put up 4 inside Christmas trees, two small outside trees, we light the basketball goal as well as the house, wreaths
on the windows, candles in teh windowsills, lighted deer in the yard, not to mention all snowmen inside, including
one that's 5 feet tall that sings and dances! I've recently become interested in family history and, through one
of my cousins discovered that we descend from the Wild Potato clan of the Cherokee tribe, also known as the Raccoon
or Clan Bear clan. They were the farmers of the tribe. This is something I intend to pursue further in the
future, as I now have more time to put into it. I worked for 27 years, since age 14 when I was a candy striper, then
at 15 lied about my age to get my first 'real" job. After going to school to become a medical assistant,
I worked for 2 years in a doctors office until a month before Jordan's due date, when I quit to be a stay at home mom.
That lasted a week! I was offered a medical transcriptionist job that I could do from home and jumped at the chance!
I later worked for a medical transcription company for 15 years, also from my home. Unfortunately, my health
has been bad for years (MS which causes among other things arm weakness and hearing loss in my case, and macular degeneration
causing vision loss) and I filed for disability in 2004. I was approved in August, 2006. Now
that my boys are grown and don't need my constant attention, and I'm no longer a "working woman", I decided to start
this site. Please browse around, make sure you go to the bottom of every page so you don't miss anything, and let me
know what you think!
FOR PICS OF ME, MY FAMILY, AND MY DOGS CLICK THE LITTLE BOY WITH THE CAMERA BELOW. ALSO YOU
CAN GO TO THE HOLIDAY PAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS!
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