LAST DAY OF WORK!!!!!!!!

I am so very excited for my last day of work!  I keep singing songs in my head like Aritha's  "freedom!" and I keep smiling to myself.  I am looking forward to this afternoon when my friends and I are going out for HAPPY Hour at Meade Street Station in The Highlands to celebrate!  It's like something that I never thought would happen, finally coming into fruition. 
Plus, I was accepted to The Highlands Farmers Market this summer in a once per month slot which is not as often as I would like to be there, but it's a start.  Here is the info.  PLEASE put the dates on your calender and come out and support me! 

Highlands Farmers Market; 1500 block of Boulder Street in Denver
June 19th
July 16th
August 13th
September 10th
October 1st

Now that I have been accepted to the market I am sewing like mad to stock up my inventory and make sure I have enough for the summer season.  But I am a little nervous too; I have not had great luck selling locally, and am remembering the disasterous time I shared a tent
at the Wild West Days in Littleton.  I am praying this experience will be lots better.  I hope that my unique style and one of a kind items really impress the buyers at the market, but you never know what people are interested in buying.  I am just hopeful that my stuff does impress :)
Anyone interested in happy hour this evening should meet us at Meade Street around 5pm to celebrate! 

LAST DAY OF WORK!!!!!!!!

I am so very excited for my last day of work!  I keep singing songs in my head like Aritha's  "freedom!" and I keep smiling to myself.  I am looking forward to this afternoon when my friends and I are going out for HAPPY Hour at Meade Street Station in The Highlands to celebrate!  It's like something that I never thought would happen, finally coming into fruition. 
Plus, I was accepted to The Highlands Farmers Market this summer in a once per month slot which is not as often as I would like to be there, but it's a start.  Here is the info.  PLEASE put the dates on your calender and come out and support me! 

Highlands Farmers Market; 1500 block of Boulder Street in Denver
June 19th
July 16th
August 13th
September 10th
October 1st

Now that I have been accepted to the market I am sewing like mad to stock up my inventory and make sure I have enough for the summer season.  But I am a little nervous too; I have not had great luck selling locally, and am remembering the disasterous time I shared a tent
at the Wild West Days in Littleton.  I am praying this experience will be lots better.  I hope that my unique style and one of a kind items really impress the buyers at the market, but you never know what people are interested in buying.  I am just hopeful that my stuff does impress :)
Anyone interested in happy hour this evening should meet us at Meade Street around 5pm to celebrate! 

Sewing Room is Clean and inspirational!

I spent hours cleaning out my sewing room these past few weekends!  Getting rid of old fabric that I will probably never use (recycling it, of course) and organizing all of the crafts into baskets and boxes so they are together with other like items.      

To help me stay organized we bought some new plastic bins for fabric that will help me see what I actually HAVE.   And my favorite piece of the new sewing room, new SHELVES!  I am now able to put all of my crafts in their own box or basked and put them on the shelf!  I would like to get baskets for everything, instead of ugly boxes, but for now, this will do.   I am really glad to have it organized and ready for use!  

The clean room has proved to be very inspirational!  I spent all day Sunday and Monday sewing and sewing and sewing; it's great to be making clothing again.  I finished three new skirts and solidified two of my new skirt styles; The Aspen Skirt and The Evergreen Skirt.  

Here is a sneak peek of The Aspen Skirt in Corduroy "Winter Goddess"  inspired by the beautiful, but long, snowstorm Denver has gotten in the past week.  The Aspen Skirt is cut A-Line to fit just below the knees, the front panel lays flat, and there is a drawstring in the back which gathers the back two panels for a fitted look in front and a gathered look in back.  Very flattering!  

The Winter Goddess Aspen Skirt has funky snowflakes appliqued along the side, a corduroy pocket with embroidery and a hand braided yarn drawstring.  If you are interested in this skirt or one like it,  message me.  This and many others in my new *collection* will be posted at hip-threads.com soon~

Sewing Room is Clean and inspirational!

I spent hours cleaning out my sewing room these past few weekends!  Getting rid of old fabric that I will probably never use (recycling it, of course) and organizing all of the crafts into baskets and boxes so they are together with other like items.      

To help me stay organized we bought some new plastic bins for fabric that will help me see what I actually HAVE.   And my favorite piece of the new sewing room, new SHELVES!  I am now able to put all of my crafts in their own box or basked and put them on the shelf!  I would like to get baskets for everything, instead of ugly boxes, but for now, this will do.   I am really glad to have it organized and ready for use!  

The clean room has proved to be very inspirational!  I spent all day Sunday and Monday sewing and sewing and sewing; it's great to be making clothing again.  I finished three new skirts and solidified two of my new skirt styles; The Aspen Skirt and The Evergreen Skirt.  

Here is a sneak peek of The Aspen Skirt in Corduroy "Winter Goddess"  inspired by the beautiful, but long, snowstorm Denver has gotten in the past week.  The Aspen Skirt is cut A-Line to fit just below the knees, the front panel lays flat, and there is a drawstring in the back which gathers the back two panels for a fitted look in front and a gathered look in back.  Very flattering!  

The Winter Goddess Aspen Skirt has funky snowflakes appliqued along the side, a corduroy pocket with embroidery and a hand braided yarn drawstring.  If you are interested in this skirt or one like it,  message me.  This and many others in my new *collection* will be posted at hip-threads.com soon~

Consideration, Organization, Procrastination

Since giving notice to my job about 2 weeks ago and making the decision to quit, I have felt much more free.  It's a wonderful feeling and I am so excited for this new opportunity!  But now, I keep thinking of all the things I need "to do" to start working from home full time.  I need to clean my sewing room, my horribly messy, cluttered, dusty, sewing room.  Need to clean out the downstairs desk to store all of my cancer registry supplies, manuals, files and reference guides and get it set up for working comfortably.   I need to organize.  I am not great at organizing and even worse at keeping it that way.  But I am determined to be organized this time, hopefully it will keep me on track. 
At about 3pm Monday afternoon, I started taking everything out of my sewing room, grouping things together by projects; soap supplies, knits, cardstock, hair making supplies, etc etc etc...and don't get me started on all the fabric that is crammed into that room, and the spare bedroom downstairs.  I hoard fabric.  
By 7pm I finally had everything out of the room, and mostly got all the projects organized in their own basket or box, and I will put each basket/box onto a shelving unit on the wall and off the floor.  (purchase & install shelving units added to the "to do" list)   

Next there is the problem of all this fabric, I have fabric like girls have shoes (which I also have a ton of) or clothes (ditto).  I love all things fabric and have accepted a lot of fabric that has been handed down to me, and lots of clothing that I want to upcycle too.   By 9pm all of the fabric is out of the room and the room is vaccuumed and dusted really well!  It looks really inviting, but all of the stuff is outside of the room.  Now I need to get all the stuff back into the sewing room and still have it organized, inspirational and ready for crafting.  This is where the procrastination comes into play.  I don't know how to organize it?  I need to make a decision and move forward, but I keep thinking that having a comfortable workspace is pivotal and I really need to get it right the first time.  

I really need a new desk and found the perfect desk on craigslist and it was only $20.   It even had two slots for cords that my serger and sewing machine could come up through, with a wide enough space to put them both and work comfortably.  However, the seller hasn't emailed me back and I am beginning to wonder if the perfect desk is gone...so I will keep looking.  I am going to get the shelving this week and hopefully Josh and I can install it on Saturday.  
Maybe TLC can just show up and surprise me by re-doing my drab craft room into a organized/inspired room, complete with small flat screen TV and dvd player to watch all of the cartoon movies I love so much, mounted to be seen by my sewing machine.  A girl can dream, can't she?


More to come on the craft room saga...complete with photos. 

Consideration, Organization, Procrastination

Since giving notice to my job about 2 weeks ago and making the decision to quit, I have felt much more free.  It's a wonderful feeling and I am so excited for this new opportunity!  But now, I keep thinking of all the things I need "to do" to start working from home full time.  I need to clean my sewing room, my horribly messy, cluttered, dusty, sewing room.  Need to clean out the downstairs desk to store all of my cancer registry supplies, manuals, files and reference guides and get it set up for working comfortably.   I need to organize.  I am not great at organizing and even worse at keeping it that way.  But I am determined to be organized this time, hopefully it will keep me on track. 
At about 3pm Monday afternoon, I started taking everything out of my sewing room, grouping things together by projects; soap supplies, knits, cardstock, hair making supplies, etc etc etc...and don't get me started on all the fabric that is crammed into that room, and the spare bedroom downstairs.  I hoard fabric.  
By 7pm I finally had everything out of the room, and mostly got all the projects organized in their own basket or box, and I will put each basket/box onto a shelving unit on the wall and off the floor.  (purchase & install shelving units added to the "to do" list)   

Next there is the problem of all this fabric, I have fabric like girls have shoes (which I also have a ton of) or clothes (ditto).  I love all things fabric and have accepted a lot of fabric that has been handed down to me, and lots of clothing that I want to upcycle too.   By 9pm all of the fabric is out of the room and the room is vaccuumed and dusted really well!  It looks really inviting, but all of the stuff is outside of the room.  Now I need to get all the stuff back into the sewing room and still have it organized, inspirational and ready for crafting.  This is where the procrastination comes into play.  I don't know how to organize it?  I need to make a decision and move forward, but I keep thinking that having a comfortable workspace is pivotal and I really need to get it right the first time.  

I really need a new desk and found the perfect desk on craigslist and it was only $20.   It even had two slots for cords that my serger and sewing machine could come up through, with a wide enough space to put them both and work comfortably.  However, the seller hasn't emailed me back and I am beginning to wonder if the perfect desk is gone...so I will keep looking.  I am going to get the shelving this week and hopefully Josh and I can install it on Saturday.  
Maybe TLC can just show up and surprise me by re-doing my drab craft room into a organized/inspired room, complete with small flat screen TV and dvd player to watch all of the cartoon movies I love so much, mounted to be seen by my sewing machine.  A girl can dream, can't she?


More to come on the craft room saga...complete with photos. 

A day with Elena

Yesterday night at 2:00am I got the call; our good friend Mary had gone into labor and I was the person on duty to watch their 18 month old daughter Elena.  I had been sleeping with my phone in the bed for days worried I would miss the call, and the night she went into labor it happened to be on the kitchen counter.  Fortunately Josh just happened to prop the bedroom door open that night and I woke up to the voicemail notification, which, for some reason, is way louder than my actual ring itself on my phone. 
I was a little nervous about watching Elena, only because it's been a little while since I spent an entire day with a toddler.  (not completely true, we had Aleecia a bit while in Michigan in September) Josh and both have always had kiddos around in our lives while growing up in Michigan.  I have a huge family, so there were always kids of all ages around at every family gathering, plus neighborhood kids, and then I babysat for a long time.  On Josh's side we have 9 nieces and nephews from Marie at 18 months to McKenzie at 14 years.  But out here in Colorado, since Josh's brother Phil moved to California 5+ years ago, we haven't had any kids around to enjoy and Emma our niece was 18 months when they moved and we miss her tons!!! Now that many of our friends started to have kids, it has brought a fun change to the group. 

Josh got up with me that night at 2am and went to start the car for me and to get the pickup truck going, we were trying to coordinate schedules, as our SUV broke down over the weekend and had not been fixed yet.  Then I quickly drove over to Mary's house.  Mary seemed to be doing great when I saw her before she and Jeff left for the hospital.  
Elena woke up around 7am and the day had started!  I was a little worried she would be nervous that I was getting her up and not her parents per her routine, but after one funny look at me, she smiled and all was well!  
I sure had a lot of fun and the day flew by really fast.  It was easy to keep with her schedule and Elena was really good at showing me how to play with her toys.  I worked on teaching her "head and shoulders, knees and toes" and "the twist"and how to play her xylophone (cause I have so much knowledge on the xylophone, lol).  
Mary and Jeff taught Elena some sign language as a way to express things that she wants/needs; so its really easy with a little knowledge of a few signs to understand her.  She uses the sign for "more" when she wants , more of anything, like read that book more, or play the xylophone more, or dance silly more.  Its fun to watch her communicate these small things.  Mary said she makes up signs herself sometimes, which I think is really cute.   


We also read a lot of books; several about becoming a big sister.  Elena is now a big sister, as of yesterday the 9th to Elsie Jane.  Her whole little world changed yesterday, and she probably doesn't really know it yet.  She was fascinated when our friend Heather came to switch baby duty for the night with her 4 month old daughter Jillian.  She really liked looking at Jillian and touching her own belly and pointing to the baby, they have talked about baby a lot.  Elena probably won't remember what it's like to not have a sister, especially in a few short weeks and will have a friend for life in Elsie, I am sure.  My mother always used to sing this song, I don't know what it is, but it starts out like something "sisters, sisters, there were never two such devoted sisters...."  maybe that's the only part she sang to us...  hmm?
It was sure fun to spend the day with a toddler, she didn't cry not even once, smiled all day, laughed freely (exactly like Mary) and it was a lot of fun!
I did say to Josh, and for all the family out there who ask 'when are we going to have kids?' Elena did make me want to have kiddos a little more...especially if they are like Elena when they are a toddler.  

I curiously googled the "sisters song lyrics"  

Sisters, sisters

There were never such devoted sisters,

Never had to have a chaperone, no sir,

I'm there to keep my eye on her

Caring, sharing

Every little thing that we are wearing

When a certain gentleman arrived from rome

She wore the dress, and I stayed home

All kinds of weather, we stick together

The same in the rain and sun

Two different faces, but in tight places

We think and we act as one

Those who've seen us

Know that not a thing could come between us

Many men have tried to split us up, but no one can

Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister

And lord help the sister, who comes between me and my man

A day with Elena

Yesterday night at 2:00am I got the call; our good friend Mary had gone into labor and I was the person on duty to watch their 18 month old daughter Elena.  I had been sleeping with my phone in the bed for days worried I would miss the call, and the night she went into labor it happened to be on the kitchen counter.  Fortunately Josh just happened to prop the bedroom door open that night and I woke up to the voicemail notification, which, for some reason, is way louder than my actual ring itself on my phone. 
I was a little nervous about watching Elena, only because it's been a little while since I spent an entire day with a toddler.  (not completely true, we had Aleecia a bit while in Michigan in September) Josh and both have always had kiddos around in our lives while growing up in Michigan.  I have a huge family, so there were always kids of all ages around at every family gathering, plus neighborhood kids, and then I babysat for a long time.  On Josh's side we have 9 nieces and nephews from Marie at 18 months to McKenzie at 14 years.  But out here in Colorado, since Josh's brother Phil moved to California 5+ years ago, we haven't had any kids around to enjoy and Emma our niece was 18 months when they moved and we miss her tons!!! Now that many of our friends started to have kids, it has brought a fun change to the group. 

Josh got up with me that night at 2am and went to start the car for me and to get the pickup truck going, we were trying to coordinate schedules, as our SUV broke down over the weekend and had not been fixed yet.  Then I quickly drove over to Mary's house.  Mary seemed to be doing great when I saw her before she and Jeff left for the hospital.  
Elena woke up around 7am and the day had started!  I was a little worried she would be nervous that I was getting her up and not her parents per her routine, but after one funny look at me, she smiled and all was well!  
I sure had a lot of fun and the day flew by really fast.  It was easy to keep with her schedule and Elena was really good at showing me how to play with her toys.  I worked on teaching her "head and shoulders, knees and toes" and "the twist"and how to play her xylophone (cause I have so much knowledge on the xylophone, lol).  
Mary and Jeff taught Elena some sign language as a way to express things that she wants/needs; so its really easy with a little knowledge of a few signs to understand her.  She uses the sign for "more" when she wants , more of anything, like read that book more, or play the xylophone more, or dance silly more.  Its fun to watch her communicate these small things.  Mary said she makes up signs herself sometimes, which I think is really cute.   


We also read a lot of books; several about becoming a big sister.  Elena is now a big sister, as of yesterday the 9th to Elsie Jane.  Her whole little world changed yesterday, and she probably doesn't really know it yet.  She was fascinated when our friend Heather came to switch baby duty for the night with her 4 month old daughter Jillian.  She really liked looking at Jillian and touching her own belly and pointing to the baby, they have talked about baby a lot.  Elena probably won't remember what it's like to not have a sister, especially in a few short weeks and will have a friend for life in Elsie, I am sure.  My mother always used to sing this song, I don't know what it is, but it starts out like something "sisters, sisters, there were never two such devoted sisters...."  maybe that's the only part she sang to us...  hmm?
It was sure fun to spend the day with a toddler, she didn't cry not even once, smiled all day, laughed freely (exactly like Mary) and it was a lot of fun!
I did say to Josh, and for all the family out there who ask 'when are we going to have kids?' Elena did make me want to have kiddos a little more...especially if they are like Elena when they are a toddler.  

I curiously googled the "sisters song lyrics"  

Sisters, sisters

There were never such devoted sisters,

Never had to have a chaperone, no sir,

I'm there to keep my eye on her

Caring, sharing

Every little thing that we are wearing

When a certain gentleman arrived from rome

She wore the dress, and I stayed home

All kinds of weather, we stick together

The same in the rain and sun

Two different faces, but in tight places

We think and we act as one

Those who've seen us

Know that not a thing could come between us

Many men have tried to split us up, but no one can

Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister

And lord help the sister, who comes between me and my man

GREAT NEWS!!

I am sooo excited to share some great news with you!  After much thought and consideration, I have decided to take Hip-Threads.com and my blogging and writing career FULL TIME!  I plan to post new goods for you bi-weekly, I will also be attending the Denver Highlands Farmers Market, and will continually have new blogs to post for you about my outdoor adventures on my hiking blog. 

The last day of my current job as a cancer registrar is Feb 26th.  I have been working in registry for nearly 5 years now and it's been such a great career for me!  Cancer registry is the task of data collection and quantifying all of the cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated at a hospital or facility.  Including documenting all of their treatment, making sure national treatment guidelines are followed, holding meetings with physicians to discuss difficult or interesting patients, and all aspects of a patients cancer journey from diagnosis through treatment then we follow the patient for life.  This is required by each state, we report to the Colorado Department of Health and Disease.  It's a great career which offers flexibility, the ability to work from home in many instances, and learning something new each day.  It was the first and only job I could consider doing for the rest of my life (besides having my own business) and the first job that actually made me feel important.  
 
I am sad to be leaving, but very excited for this new journey in my life!  And I will be contracting cancer registry work so I am able to keep it in my life, and it pays pretty well, which helps my family while I grow this business.  


From a young age, I knew that a traditional job was not for me, but I never knew what I was meant to do.  I never wanted a traditional 9-5 job, but what else is really out there? At a young age, a child is taught, teacher, doctor, lawyer, etc.  
From elementary school through high school students were required to take career aptitude tests; mine always came back with many different types of jobs, some artsy like "hat maker" which was a family joke for many years (well, still is).  Or scientist, business owner, writer, artist, doctor, but all the fields were so different that nothing was narrowed down for me.  And there was nothing I could really pin down as something that I *really* wanted to go.  
All of my friends always knew what they wanted to do after high school, but I never knew; and I changed my major in college as often as I changed my hair color (which was a lot).  Nothing seemed quite right for me and it always bothered me.  I ended up graduating University of Michigan with a bachelors of science degree in Kinesiology, which is something I have never practiced at all.  

 After college, I wasn't sure what to do, and with the bad economy in Michigan in 2001,  I returned to my summer job during college at The Manor Foundation.  I worked with mostly male youth who were in a lock-down facility because they were too violent, ignorant, or sexually deviant to live in normal society.   It was a crazy job, but I met friends for life there, and also my husband.  After the job became too much (it was very stressful), I stopped working there to plot my move to Colorado.  During that time, I started sewing patchwork clothing and found out that I loved it!  I tried to figure out how this could fit into my life while I made money at the same time.  I finally started to realize what all the artsy/ business categories on my aptitude tests finally meant.  I loved being crafty, sewing, knitting, & making new things each day and then trying to market them to my customers.  

  It finally started to occur to me, that entrepreneurship was what I was meant to do! A 9-5 job was never for me, I hate punching the clock and working for "the man", I have always hated it!  Cancer Registry has a lot of flexibility with the schedule, as well as the ability to work part time, which really appeals to me, now I will be able to do registry work part time from home, while developing my business! 
It was over seven years ago that I started sewing and it has taken me that long to finally be in the position to quit my job, feel comfortable financially, and to actually have the guts to start sewing and writing full time.  I feel very FREE to do the things that I love; quotations from songs keep racing through my mind like Aretha Franklins' Freedom and The Bridge's song Chains my favorite line is: "my whole life I've lived in chains, trapped like a slave, I am free now you can write it on my grave"!  It's like I am finally free to do what I love and I am going to cherish every moment of it!  
I have several friends who are entrepreneurs and I am really excited to join the cool kids club and work for myself too; like Jennie, Laura, and Jim and Heather too.  They have been an inspiration to me and I have always admired their hard work and successes.  
This winter/spring I will be working on my new clothing line for the Eco Friendly Outdoorsy Girl who loves to hike, garden and be one with nature.  I will also be writing for trails.com and my blog.  
Please contact me with any ideas, suggestions, and CUSTOM ORDERS! 

GREAT NEWS!!

I am sooo excited to share some great news with you!  After much thought and consideration, I have decided to take Hip-Threads.com and my blogging and writing career FULL TIME!  I plan to post new goods for you bi-weekly, I will also be attending the Denver Highlands Farmers Market, and will continually have new blogs to post for you about my outdoor adventures on my hiking blog. 

The last day of my current job as a cancer registrar is Feb 26th.  I have been working in registry for nearly 5 years now and it's been such a great career for me!  Cancer registry is the task of data collection and quantifying all of the cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated at a hospital or facility.  Including documenting all of their treatment, making sure national treatment guidelines are followed, holding meetings with physicians to discuss difficult or interesting patients, and all aspects of a patients cancer journey from diagnosis through treatment then we follow the patient for life.  This is required by each state, we report to the Colorado Department of Health and Disease.  It's a great career which offers flexibility, the ability to work from home in many instances, and learning something new each day.  It was the first and only job I could consider doing for the rest of my life (besides having my own business) and the first job that actually made me feel important.  
 
I am sad to be leaving, but very excited for this new journey in my life!  And I will be contracting cancer registry work so I am able to keep it in my life, and it pays pretty well, which helps my family while I grow this business.  


From a young age, I knew that a traditional job was not for me, but I never knew what I was meant to do.  I never wanted a traditional 9-5 job, but what else is really out there? At a young age, a child is taught, teacher, doctor, lawyer, etc.  
From elementary school through high school students were required to take career aptitude tests; mine always came back with many different types of jobs, some artsy like "hat maker" which was a family joke for many years (well, still is).  Or scientist, business owner, writer, artist, doctor, but all the fields were so different that nothing was narrowed down for me.  And there was nothing I could really pin down as something that I *really* wanted to go.  
All of my friends always knew what they wanted to do after high school, but I never knew; and I changed my major in college as often as I changed my hair color (which was a lot).  Nothing seemed quite right for me and it always bothered me.  I ended up graduating University of Michigan with a bachelors of science degree in Kinesiology, which is something I have never practiced at all.  

 After college, I wasn't sure what to do, and with the bad economy in Michigan in 2001,  I returned to my summer job during college at The Manor Foundation.  I worked with mostly male youth who were in a lock-down facility because they were too violent, ignorant, or sexually deviant to live in normal society.   It was a crazy job, but I met friends for life there, and also my husband.  After the job became too much (it was very stressful), I stopped working there to plot my move to Colorado.  During that time, I started sewing patchwork clothing and found out that I loved it!  I tried to figure out how this could fit into my life while I made money at the same time.  I finally started to realize what all the artsy/ business categories on my aptitude tests finally meant.  I loved being crafty, sewing, knitting, & making new things each day and then trying to market them to my customers.  

  It finally started to occur to me, that entrepreneurship was what I was meant to do! A 9-5 job was never for me, I hate punching the clock and working for "the man", I have always hated it!  Cancer Registry has a lot of flexibility with the schedule, as well as the ability to work part time, which really appeals to me, now I will be able to do registry work part time from home, while developing my business! 
It was over seven years ago that I started sewing and it has taken me that long to finally be in the position to quit my job, feel comfortable financially, and to actually have the guts to start sewing and writing full time.  I feel very FREE to do the things that I love; quotations from songs keep racing through my mind like Aretha Franklins' Freedom and The Bridge's song Chains my favorite line is: "my whole life I've lived in chains, trapped like a slave, I am free now you can write it on my grave"!  It's like I am finally free to do what I love and I am going to cherish every moment of it!  
I have several friends who are entrepreneurs and I am really excited to join the cool kids club and work for myself too; like Jennie, Laura, and Jim and Heather too.  They have been an inspiration to me and I have always admired their hard work and successes.  
This winter/spring I will be working on my new clothing line for the Eco Friendly Outdoorsy Girl who loves to hike, garden and be one with nature.  I will also be writing for trails.com and my blog.  
Please contact me with any ideas, suggestions, and CUSTOM ORDERS!