Jailbird

Well I work in the jail - so this means I can pass a background check :) don't you feel more secure now? Thought so.

I'm not a serial killer or petty criminal - just a paralegal with a kick ass job :)

I love my peeps - so if you are my friend - it's for life baby!

I love to laugh - I laugh a lot, and I laugh loudly, much to the embarassment of my kids. So far, none of the kids have to see a therapist, but give them time - you can't have five kids and not screw at least one of them up, right? Married 27 years - my husband gets the congressional medal of honor for putting up with me for this long - he is a patron saint.... I am the anti-christ.

If at all possible I avoid swapping with smokers. I love you, I really really do and I even like the smell of fresh smoke - but stale smoke not so much :) please don't be offended - I am a live and let live type of person, really.

I love my Scentsy warmers and have them in every room. I also love candles: I love fruit scents (raspberry, strawberry, peaches, food scents (cinnamon bun for example) but please no floral or woodsy scents.

Ribbons - especially polka dots in all colors. I like the wide width ribbons the most. But love ribbons of all kind.

I would love to start a collection of Dirty Shank cards that people send me - so check out my blog and try your hand at a dirty shank card

Paper - oh how I love paper, especially with textures or designs or patterns.

Cut out shapes - especially for the holidays. Ghosts, Bats, Christmas, Turkeys etc... I generally make 5 x 5 square cards so not bigger than that, so they can fit on the front of the card.

Yankee gear - currently I'm looking for a Yankee antennae topper for my car and a Yankee princess baseball hat or a Yankee bumper sticker.

Chocolate - I prefer milk chocolate (not dark) please.

Diet Coke or Pepsi - I'm an addict

Small boxes, bags, totes, containers of any kind fascinate me and I repurpose them.

Brads - in unusual shapes and sizes or textures.

Quotes inspiring - but please no "Footsteps in the Sand" kind of stuff.

Embellishments - anything three-d-ish.

I love anything Anne Taintor.

I love the website Dooce (www.dooce.com) and adore Daily Chuck.

I love the Twilight series and can't wait for The New Moon movie to come out. Any twilight bumper stickers would be welcome! I want to be Alice :)

Misc. stuff:

I Tunes

Stampin Up

Naughty/Funny stamps from Viva Las Vegas

Arby's

My youngest daughter collects snow globes from different states if you have one just laying around collecting dust, in good condition...

I would love to swap dirty shank cards anytime*

I love non-fiction - true crime - especially murders. I don't know why. Judge me on this if you want to, I realize it's weird.

One of my favorite books OF ALL TIME is The Glass Castle and it isn't about murder but is a lot like my childhood which explains so many things about me.

I also follow court cases and yes I will read each and every piece of discovery and the entire court docket and the Supreme Court ruling when the case goes thru appeal. Yeah, if I grow up someday I hope they let me in to law school. Right now, I've given myself 1 year to prepare for the LSAT (law school admissions test) - I suck at tests, it might not be long enough.

Card making - love love love it. I have a line of cards called Dirty Shanks that I sell on Etsy. They are not for the easily offended, you have been warned. But if your sense of humor is skewed (like mine) please take a look at them.

Treat boxes and bags - I love to make and give little treats - it makes me happy to surprise someone with a treat box.

I love my Cricuit and my Cuttlebug - I use them all the time.

Just learning to use digital stamps - kind of cool.

Pay attention - there are a lot of them and YES they all have the same father.

Anne - a TV news reporter married to Brent a school teacher.

Susan a full time mom married to Dave who is currently an LT. in the Army and deployed to Iraq.

Stef - the college sophmore - all around funniest person in the world (next to me).

Zach - my only son - life with him is a roller coaster, ups and downs. We just put our hands up when we're going down the hills, scream and hope to survive. High school senior. Thinks he knows everything. It's his age... you know the drill.

Ally - age 8 and YES SHE WAS A SURPRISE. A bonus baby if you will. The joy of my life, sticks to me like glue and I call her my Joey because she is never far from the mommy kangaroo pouch - she dances and plays softball and is as cute as a bugs ear. She would love to get postcards from all over.

I love the Show Time series Weeds. I realize I can't have the life of Mary Louise Parker in that show because ........ well I would get arrested and lose my kick ass job ... Oh, but I wish I looked that hot in a sun dress.

Most days you will find my TV on CNN or HNL - I am a news junkie and watch Nancy Grace every night.

I also LOVE Brothers and Sisters and Desperate Housewives and don't mind catching Law and Order SVU :)

I love country music - the pop country: I love Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, etc.

I also love The All American Rejects..... but my theme song has to be Distrubia by Rihanna.

Cartoons of any kind (snoopy, scooby doo, etc). My idea of hell is to be forced to watch cartoons all day.