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The latest issue of Belle Armoire is out and I have an article in it. But first, is the dress on the cover (obviously not mine) to die for or what?? And there are more inside.

Also in this issue is Deryn's article about our charm swap last year. You can see the charms themselves and what a few of the ladies did with them. I still cannot believe I was a part of that amazingly talented group of women. It was such a fun swap and my charm bracelet/necklace is one of my most treasured things. I talked a little bit about it here and here.

I was tagged by SK to name 8 random things about myself. It took me a while to think of them all. You'd think I would know myself better.

1. I never answer the phone or listen to the answering machine, if I can help it, and rarely return phone calls. Friends and family usually get in touch with me through my husband who practically sleeps with his Blackberry.
2. Evidently my laugh is so loud that I am often told friends can recognized me from across large, loud and crowded rooms. 
3. I swear, I had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after having my first child. I couldn't even think about it and I thought I would never recover mentally from the existence shattering pain I felt. Second birth was easy in comparison.
4. At night, I brush my teeth with my eyes closed.
5. My mother got pregnant with me while she and my father were in the middle of a divorce after 11 years of trying to have a baby. I'm an only child.
6. The year I turned 30 was also the same year I had my second child and got a minivan. The worst part was admitting that I loved the minivan.
7. I get panicky if I have more than 2 things in a week that I have to do that involve anyone else or getting out of the house. I'm not agoraphobic or anything, I just like having control of my days and having them open.
8. I get obsessed with music and have to listen to the same thing for days, weeks or even months. In my mind, there is a soundtrack to every period of my life. Lately, I've been obsessed with Blind Melon.

Okay, there you go. And if you no longer want to continue associating with a crazy person such as myself, I can only empathize with you. I, unfortunately, am stuck here.

Comments

[Chandra]

You don't know how wonderful it was to read #7!! I am like that too, and my friends just don't get it. Thanks for sharing!

[kristin]

those were a funny 8 things...thanks for sharing.

also, a huge congratulations on the article in that mag. can you believe that only yesterday i came sososo close to buying that one myself but with my toddler pulling on my leg, i hastily reshelved it...guess i'll have to go back for it now :). it was reading about your charm swap that got me involved in my first one early this year. :)

[Tonia Davenport]

Oh my, I can totally relate to numbers one and seven! Even having a phone in the house is a necessary evil, isn't it?

[Janet]

So glad to learn that there are more people like me in the world. My friends don't understand, but after years and years of working outside the home and a year after retirement, I'm just like #7. Thank you, all of my co-7s! : )

[sk]

Thanks for answering the tag! I think a lot of us creative types can identify with # 7. And sometimes, I'm like # 1 too!

[Pilar]

First, congrats on your work in Belle Armoire. You have really been rockin' the art work this year, girlfriend! I can completely empathize with 1, 7, and 8. I thank whoever invented caller id so I don't have to pick up the phone unless I really have too. I think having a soundtrack to one's life is essential. I find I will go back and forth through time, sometimes revisiting tunes I listened to in my past. It is interesting how music can take on a different meaning with age.

[Deryn Mentock]

Yes! I saw your article...congratulations! I've been drooling all over that lovely bag...

[tricia]

i am also 1, 4, 7, and 8! can't wait to see the newest belle armoire. :)

[sharon (glitterangel)]

Congratulations on a fab article!

[Debby]

you sound wonderfully crazy... God gave metheloveofmylife 3 years ago, he is a photpgrapher and an artist. ..and he is crazy too... i have discovered that art doesn't have to make sense and neither does the artist. . i am becoming a photographer and an artist...never had more fun!!