JUST TO LET YOU KNOW-- I RE-USE, RECYCLE AND RE-GIFT!

I am a Stay at Home Mom with a 15 year old son, and a Shiba Inu dog named Sadie Sue. I am married and currently live in the town I was born in-Twin Falls, Idaho, but have also lived in Walla Walla, Washington and twice in Alaska- Juneau and Anchorage- and hope to live there again someday. I help take care of my elderly Mother.

I love the outdoors and go camping whenever I can get away. I like yard sales, Thrift Stores, auctions and anywhere I can get a 'bargain'.

I volunteer and sew for charity. I make dresses for Orphans in Bangladesh, Crochet leprosy bandages, knit hats for 'Coats for Kids' and sew baby quilts for the Women's Shelter, so any extra cotton or flannel fabric is great with me!

I am a Christian and active in my church.

My Grandmother always told me that I was 'pretty on the inside'.

I am not an Expert at anything, but I do a little

• • sewing
• • simple crochet,
• • locker hooking rugs, (you can see photos of them on my flickr)
• • counted cross stitch,
• • knitting hats for charity with a knifty knitter.
• • I like to recycle jeans to make quilts and bags. (Photos on my flickr)
• • Make toys for The Toy Society (photos on my flickr)

• Sports items

• Kawaii, spiders, skulls, pagan/wiccan, clowns, other scarey/ugly things

• Hair accessories-my hair is very short

• perfume or scented items

• brussell sprouts (I don't even know how to spell the awful things)

• scrapbooking items

• Any fun candy or sugarless gum, foreign coins for my son.

• A Dutch Windmill or Wooden Shoe Cookie Cutter.

• Cigar box

• Penny Rug

• A Biscornu- I have one and would like another.

• Moosey fabric

• Cadbury Crunchies, Dark Chocolate, Payday, Mounds, Reisen, Black or Red licorice

• Cookbook from Netherlands

• Red or Blue Bandana Print fabric

• Delft, Dutchy or something from Netherlands- My grandparents came to American from there when they were young.

• Moose Notecards

• Black, Red, Purple and Cobalt Blue are my favorite colors

• I am a Voracious reader so I have a wishlist of books on Amazon.com. I buy all of my books there USED...they are so much cheaper. Mostly books on Alaska, hiking, camping, homesteading, frugality etc.

• A Rubber Chicken

• I reccently discovered MAY GIBBS, and would love a Gumnuts book or notecards or anything of hers.......................

• Use my reusable shopping bags EVERY time I go to the Market.

• Move back to Alaska and not live in town this time.

• Open up a Thrifty, Rustic (but cozy) Bed and Breakfast.

• Learn to be more self-sufficient, live a simpler and more frugal life.

• Hike the Chilkoot Trail..

• Get another VW Camper Van and do a LOT of traveling. I have been in many states but there are more I want to see.

• Learn to cook in a Dutch Oven.

• Start running for exercise.

• Learn to make a toothbrush rug.

• Learn to make paper.

• Raise Chickens.

• Learn how to sew the Feather Stitch. My Grandmother used this on alll of her quilts, and I love the look!

• Mother Earth News

• ALASKA

• Backwoods Home

• Countryside

• Grit

• Backhome Magazine

• MaryJane's Farm

• www.adra.org

• www.banglahope.org

• www.leprosybandages.blogspot.

• thetoysociety.blogspot.com

• www. freerice.com

• www.freekibble.com

• www.Kiva.org

@callahanb78 --"pen swap for kids"---angeled by @polar Thanks so much!