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About Me
I am a researcher for a non-fiction author & proud Auntie to three, two 15yo twin nephews & an soon-to-be 13yo niece, who live right around the corner from us in a tiny town in the hills of western Massachusetts. I’ve been married to Rick for 28 years & have known him for 43 years (we met my second week of college). I love gardening - veggies, herbs, & masses of perennials; sewing, mostly clothes from vintage patterns for me; reading - especially science fiction, science fiction romance, romance, & all kinds of history, especially history of science; & working out, especially strength training, when I'm able to.
I’m a hybrid scrapper - I work so much on the computer that I need to get away from it now & then & work with my hands. I occasionally work on 12x12 albums but I'm mostly working in 8.5x11 now - it's cheaper to get the materials + they fit on my shelves!
For my 12x12 albums, I do all my journaling & captions on the computer & print them but everything else is done the old-fashioned paper way. For my 8.5x11 albums, I do everything on the computer (layout to journalling) then print it all out, cut it up, & glue it down. It's surprisingly satisfying!