I Once Said, “I Know There Will Be A Day Where I Will Wish He Would Be Quiet” But I Haven’t Gotten There Yet

Happy Birthday to my amazing son, Sean! He is ELEVEN and it’s just so very hard to believe. He loves talking about space, legos, Star Wars, and a number of other topics. Sometimes he forgets to wait his turn to talk because he’s so excited about the topic he’s thinking about. We remind him to wait his turn and not interrupt, but honestly, I don’t get too upset about it. There once was a time when he didn’t talk at all.

Sean used to jabber and say words just like most children. Looking back on his baby and toddlerhood, he didn’t say as much as his very verbal sisters, but I kept a notebook filled with the words he spoke, and at his 18 month check-up, I happily shared them with his pediatrician. Just a few months later, however, he stopped adding new words. In fact, he stopped using the words he was already speaking. The only word he used on a regular basis was, “No.”

It seemed a little odd to me, but I tried not to worry about it too much. He was still a happy kid. He still danced to the Wiggles and loved Blues Clues. I had taught him a few signs for words and he was still using those and had added a few of his own. A month went by and it was more pronounced. My mom noticed, and was starting to worry, so I eventually took him to the doctor. They checked his ears and ended up pulling out a GIANT piece of earwax out of his right ear.

The look on his face was priceless. His eyes were wide, as were mine, and we both couldn’t believe something like that could have been in his little ear.

But once that was out of his ear, things started to change. We were outside in our backyard and heard some birds singing. I said to him, “Seany, do you hear the birdies?” and he perked up and touched his right ear, as if he heard things for the first time.

Shortly after that, we had his hearing officially tested and eventually had his speech evaluated. What we learned through all of this was that Sean needed some time. What did it for him was the birth of his sister – and some time.

Once he got the wax out, he needed to learn how to talk again. What we learned was that he could hear us fine enough, but his own voice sounded weird in his own ears, so he stopped talking. He still wanted to communicate with us, so he found other ways to do it. He would sign – making up signs for almost everything. He would bring us things, point, gesture, nod and shake his head, and smile to convey when he wanted to let us know when we were right.

When he started talking again, it was like he started talking all over again. Babbling first, then small words, bigger words, then stringing words together. But it took awhile, because he was so used to talking without speaking. Here’s a great example of  his communication in this video. He’s just over 2 in this video – a happy, enthusiastic boy. What’s really evident in this video is not just how good at communicating with us HE is, but how good at reading his cues we had become.

Over the years, he quickly progressed. He had some speech therapy. He graduated speech therapy. Now he’s an eleven year old boy in 5th grade who loves to talk. He could talk about all kinds of topics, especially Star Wars, Legos, and Science. He’s a great friend, a great big brother, and a wonderful son.

I’m so proud of how far he’s come, and I’m so proud of who he is. I’m so lucky I get to be his mom.

Eleven years ago this kid changed my life.

Happy Birthday, Sean!

Cookies and Heads and Yarn and Camp oh My

I apologize for not being as prolific as usual lately. I’ve had a hard time getting back in the groove of school and life, but I’m working on it.

What’s going on with me, in a nutshell?

- I’m working on a proposal for a new book idea. I have several ideas sketched out, some knit up and designed, and have some awesome designers who have signed on to lend their superb talent! I’m super excited and a little stressed all at the same time.

- I’m helping to coordinate the field trip for 5th grade to Astrocamp. Huzzah! So exciting, but a lot to do! Thankfully there’s a team of us to do it together!

- I’m still working in all the kids’ classes, 4 days a week, including the new knitting club that’s starting now and going til the end of the school year. My goal is to have each kid knit a square, sew them together to make a blanket and donate it to Project Linus. I hope this isn’t too ambitious.

- I saw a new headache specialist today. Spent 2 hours in his office and am hopeful things will start looking up. Fingers crossed insurance will be cooperative with some of the treatments!

- I’ve got 2 girl scouts selling cookies. Aren’t you hungry?

- I’ve got a husband and a son having birthdays this month, which makes things festive and CALORIC.

-Oh there’s other things I’m forgetting. PTA, a new fundraiser is starting soon, I’m working on my resolutions, etc. You know, LIFE.

Hopefully I can get a better handle on all this nonsense and get back to blogging on a more regular basis. Until then, here’s a post from last year at around this time that might make you laugh. I laughed so I didn’t cry. It’s the day I headed to Los Angeles for what I’d hoped to be a great day of signing books and what ended up to be a lesson in humility.

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So, I started my big day as a celebrity by getting dolled up, getting directions, making sure I had projects to show off and contact numbers I needed, and set off. There was a buttload of traffic on the 110 freeway.  I wondered if Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson had to deal with traffic whenever they went to a public appearance. My answer was, “of course not, they’re probably taken in a limousine or an ambulance with lights and sirens blazing.”

I got to the convention center and parked. As I walked through the parking lot with the other conference-goers I thought, “They’re just walking right by me. No one knows who I am. No one is going to jump out and say, ‘Oh my GOSH! You’re Genevieve!  The Vampire Knits author!!!” I was kind of hoping for an armed escort or two, with little rubber earpieces, whispering in the cuff of their sleeve, “The bloodsucker has landed.”

The lobby was open and spacious. There weren’t hoards of people here like the last time I was here. This is what we were greeted with the last time I was here.

I got my badge when I met up with my companion for the day, Kim.  She was a lovely young woman who made me feel very important and very appreciated, which put me at ease right away. She took me up to the Random House booth, where I met Joy, and got to see this, which made me pretty happy.

I was starting to get hungry and wanted to grab a bite before showtime, so I headed down to find some food. My lunch was nothing less than glamorous. I made my way through the masses to the cafeteria. I was instantly taken back to the Star Wars Celebration IV, where at the same cafeteria I was mingling amongst Qui Gon Jins, Obi Wans, Leias and Stormtroopers. Somehow it seemed cooler then. There were so many people, and so many choices I was immediately overwhelmed. The shortest line was the pizza line so, even though I was trying to stay away from carbs, I made a beeline for the doughy goodness and hoped it was at least going to be edible. (It was surprisingly good!)

After making two laps around the eating area, finding no empty tables and few empty chairs that, upon inquiring about their occupants found none to be truly “empty,” I settled on a place on the floor around the corner from the crowds. I stood as ladylike as I could in my pencil skirt and boots and slunk to the floor. “I’m absolutely sure that Angelina Jolie has never had to sit on a convention center floor,” I thought as I tried not to make eye contact with anyone passing by.

I meandered through the exhibitor’s area on my way back to the Potter Craft booth. When I got there, I was greeted by two newcomers to the booth, one who hugged me and told me she loved the book and that I was a treasure. I’d never met this woman, but she made me feel truly appreciated and special in less than 30 seconds. Anyone who knows me knows that’s a pretty amazing feat.

After chatting with everyone at the booth for a bit, it was time to head down to the Barnes & Noble area for the signing. The area was down an escalator, just below the eating area. It was a bit hidden, to be honest. There was already a signing going on when we got there. It was Candy Spelling. Since she had a few people milling about her (and she’s someone who’s more of a celebrity), the Barnes & Noble people decided to pull a new table for me into the middle of the space and make a new signing area. I felt very important for about 15 minutes, signing posters of the book and hearing the sweet girls at B&N talk about how they loved the book, even though most of them weren’t knitters. I signed a book for one of them, even, which was great.

The rest of the hour was spent having a lovely chat with my representative from Potter Craft, who is also the Director of Publicity. We talked kids, crafting, growing up, vacations, and new book ideas. We laughed, complimented each other on how young we look, talked with the Barnes &  Noble rep, and talked knitting with some of the employees. At one point, a friendly woman with vibrant, curly hair and a purple apron walked directly toward us, looked me in the eyes, and said, “Genevieve?”  For one split second I thought someone recognized me from my author picture, but alas, it was a friend of a friend who’d been instructed to stop by and say hello.

What I didn’t do for that 45 minutes is sign books. I had a few people stop by and look at the book and comment on how they loved the idea, but they didn’t knit. I also had people stop by who were trying to figure out if they should know who I am or not, realize they shouldn’t, and walk past. What I didn’t do was chat with people and get to know a little bit about them so that I could personalize their books and be charming. What I did do is sign a stack of them for B&N so they could put little stickers on them that say, “Signed Copy.” On the bright side, apparently none of the signings that happened that day got much traffic, which was blamed on the somewhat hidden location. (Not that I’m rejoicing in someone else’s misery, but that we’re all in it together.)

Once the time was up, I was left to my own devices and roamed the floor. I bought a fun canvas art set for the kids that I think the rep wasn’t actually supposed to sell to me, and made bottle cap necklaces for the girls.

All in all, it was an interesting experience, and while part of me thinks I could have spent my day being much more productive, it was a lesson in humility, a lesson in the business of crafts, and the rare chance to meet some of the amazing people who helped my book get made, and for that, I’m thankful.

 

Sometimes I Take Pictures With Something Other Than My Phone

I used to take pictures with a camera. You remember those things… they come with a strap and have a lens and a button on top. You can zoom in and zoom out. Sometimes you can even change settings – or if you’re more sophisticated, you can change lenses! Some even come with (gasp) FILM! (my children have no idea what film is)

My first camera was a little like this.

Then when I was in 8th or 9th grade I got a supercool… wait for it…

Sweet, sweet Disc Camera! I took some pretty rad pictures with that disc camera. The great thing about the disc camera is how small it was.

Our family also had various Polaroid cameras.

How much fun was it to shake the picture while you waited for the image to magically appear? SO MUCH FUN!

I’ve had several cameras since then, much better quality, but lately all I’ve used for most things is not even a camera – it’s a phone. Kind of a sad statement about society. I always forget to drop my camera in my purse, but I always have my phone, and I can take photos so easily with my phone. The only problem is that the quality isn’t quite as good as a real camera.

So, I’m trying. I’m trying to be better.

And I’m trying to remember to get my photos DEVELOPED. I realized I have BOXES and boxes of Sean’s baby pictures and photos of him as a toddler. Guess how many I have of the girls? Not very many. I was doing okay and ordering them at Shutterfly, but since everything’s digital, and I take SO many photos all the time, I get overwhelmed and then don’t know where to start. So, I’m trying to do better. I suppose you can add it to my resolutions – start getting photos developed!

I started today by ordering a bunch from the last year. I’ll surprise a few moms I know by handing them photos of their daughters on the FIRST day of school (which was 4 months ago). But hey, it’s a start, right? (I had to start somewhere… I couldn’t bear to start all the way back to when Maddie was a toddler, but I’ll get there eventually.)

The other thing I did while ordering photos is order some cute thank you cards. How cute are these?

3×5 Folded Card

View the entire collection of cards.

And, after “missing” my good camera for months, my wonderful husband found it in his quest to rid the dining room of clutter! Now I have no excuse for using my phone every time I take photos. Don’t get me wrong- I’ll still use the phone. I love taking Instagram photos and fun kitschy vintage style photos, and quick I-don’t-have-time-to-whip-out-the-regular-camera-and-take-off-the-lens-cap-and-change-the-setting type photos. But when I want to take good photos of my beautiful kids, I can use the good one.

Here’s to more photos, better photos, and maybe more boxes of photos, for 2012!

Let’s Give Stuff Away, Shall We?

Okay, so it’s time to draw some names and give some beautiful JewelMint  jewelry away! So… without further ado…

Step one – print and cut out all the responses to the original post.

Step two – fold them up and put in the Magic Pumpkin. First up is the drawing for Le Beau. There were 11 people interested in Le Beau.

And the Le Beau goes to…

lovingzandk

Congratulations!!!

On to the next piece – the Desert Rose

There were only 3 people entered in this one, unfortunately.

And the Desert Rose goes to…

Congratulations Emily!!

Will lovingzandk and Emily please contact me and I’ll send those out to you tomorrow?

Thanks to all who entered, and congrats to those who won! I hope you enjoy the pieces!

Retro Style – A Day At The Roller Rink

When I was a girl, I used to love going skating with my friends, whether it was around my neighborhood, or at the roller rink. We lived in Orange County and went to a place called The Skate Ranch.

It was a big red barn and we would have parties there, sometimes with our whole class. I’d lamented that there wasn’t really any place like that for my kids, but lo and behold, there IS!

I present, Moonlight Rollerway…..

**Side Note I was really hoping this was the rink that was used in an episode of “The Office” but sadly, it seems like it was filmed at a place called Skateland in Northridge. Oh well…

We were a little worried it would be jam-packed, because the parking lot was overcrowded, but Gracie REALLY wanted to go, so we bought our tickets and went in.

Gracie and I have our own skates, but Maddie, Sean, and Wayne had to rent.

Sean was REALLY nervous. Wayne’s trying to help calm him down/give him a pep talk.

Gracie took off like a flash. She didn’t need our help – she just skated the whole time and had a blast. I got a little choked up watching her have such fun.

Maddie has been begging to go to the rink for days. When she finally got on the hardwood, it was a different story. The wheels were different than her own skates, the wood was different than the cement, and everything was much faster and scarier.

She did okay with Mommy or Daddy helping, though.

As for Sean, he seemed to do better with Mom than Dad. Once I got him to do some deep breathing, the moves Dad taught him along with some technique I taught him, he did fine. He held my hand the entire way, but we made our way around the rink 4 or 5 times

I’m so proud of him! For a kid who was petrified to be able to get out there and circle the rink with me 5 times and not fall – he did great!

Wayne and I even got to do one lap of “partner skate” while the kids watched. Just one lap, though. That’s okay. We could always come back for a date night – they have adults only sometimes. Ooh-la-la!

All in all, it was a super fun afternoon at the roller rink, and I’m hoping we do it again soon!

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LOOK FOR A POST MID-DAY TODAY! I’LL BE DRAWING TWO NAMES AND TWO LUCKY WINNERS WILL BE GETTING FREE JEWELRY!!

Week In Pictures – 1/8/12

I take so many photos with my phone these days (and I’m trying harder to use my camera lately) that I started the “Week In Pictures” post a few months ago. I haven’t done it in a few weeks, so now that it’s a new year, let’s start it again!

Gracie conquered double pointed needles (and circulars).

Maddie, modeling Desert Rose

Fondue!!

Photo by Maddie. LOL

Tomorrow we start up to a regular routine and the kids get back to school again. I need to get used to really getting to bed earlier and getting UP earlier. Here’s to a brand new week and a new calendar year of school and activities and fun!

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Don’t forget to enter the drawing for the jewelry. Here’s the link to Thursday’s post. The contest is up until Monday morning when I’ll draw two names!!!  Tell your friends!!

http://troismommy.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/more-jewelry-reviews-and-a-drawing/

My Little Girl’s Big Heart

My 8-year-old daughter has been growing her hair out for several years. She loves braids, ponytails. and buns. A few years ago, I was brushing her hair and mentioned that maybe when she got older she could donate her hair to Locks of Love. She wasn’t so keen on that idea. She liked her pretty long hair, and the idea of cutting it off freaked her out. I can’t say that I blamed her.

Lately, however, she’s had a change of heart. Maybe because her hair had gotten so long it was just time. Maybe because she realized that it was long enough and we should do it now. Either way, we made the appointment for today and went in.

Gracie, before the chop.

One down...

And the other one!

We're sending these to Locks of Love.

After!

I’m so proud of my girl! My son was so against her cutting her hair. It’s so funny. I suppose he was just used to the way she’s looked for so long. She couldn’t wait to do it and is enjoying the change. She’s a lot braver than I ever was. I didn’t do very well with big changes like haircuts as a kid, I can tell you this.

I don’t know if it was easier for her knowing that Mommy donated her hair 6 years ago, or if she even thought about it. What I do know is that it was on her terms. Nobody talked her into it- she chose to do it on her own, and I’m tickled.

Way to go, Gracie!!

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Don’t forget to enter the drawing for the jewelry. Here’s the link to Thursday’s post. The contest is up until Monday morning when I’ll draw two names!!!  Tell your friends!!

http://troismommy.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/more-jewelry-reviews-and-a-drawing/

There Are Worse Things To Be Addicted To

I’ve come to the realization over the years that I have a somewhat addictive personality.

You can stop laughing now. Really. It’s not THAT funny. Okay. So, I’ve been addicted to different things over the years. Or maybe obsessive is a better word.

But two things keep coming back into my life. Well, maybe three. Chocolate, coffee, and tv shows.

Chocolate – it’s delicious. It has antioxidant properties, so it’s not THAT bad for me. And it makes me happy. As long as I don’t eat too much of it, how can it be that bad, right? RIGHT?

Coffee – this is slightly more complicated. I suppose it’s more the caffeine than the coffee, but I’m not addicted to tea, and I hate soda, so it really is coffee. It’s warm, inviting; it wakes me up in the morning and picks me up in the afternoon. It’s good with CHOCOLATE and cookies and… I’ve tried to get off of the stuff before but couldn’t do it. It’s not hurting me physically, and I’m not drinking pots of it a day, so I’m okay with this addiction.

The third one is tricky. It’s not TV necessarily. It’s certain shows that I get attached to, and I blame Netflix for this as of late. The first real big one was LOST. When I was writing Vampire Knits, I would be editing or knitting, or whatnot, and have LOST up on the computer screen in the corner. Since I could watch the next episode right away, I did. I streamed episode after episode after episode. When I cleaned up the family room or my bedroom, I’d watch it on tv when the kids were asleep or at school. I went through 5 seasons in 2 months.

This time, it’s The Office. I started streaming it at the gym on my phone, and then at home, again, while knitting or blogging or working on other things.

The thing is, I get to the point where I’m ALMOST done, so I might as well just keep watching so I can JUST FINISH and not have to worry and watch and waste time anymore. I know this is stupid thinking. Like finishing off the bag of m&ms so I don’t have to eat any tomorrow. It makes no sense to other people, but it makes perfect sense to me at the time.

Also, Instant Streaming has just fueled my impatience. One of my favorite “real time” shows is “The Vampire Diaries.” I have to wait a week between each show to find out what happens next. I’m totally okay with this. “Castle,” too. However, if I was streaming these? I don’t know. Maybe it would be different. All I know is I will feel infinitely better when I’ve reached the end of the queue and can’t watch any more episodes.

So there. My addictions at present.

I’m not a smoker. I’m not a drunk. I don’t take drugs. I don’t partake in any dangerous behaviors. I’m not a shop-a-holic, I don’t own a ton of clothes or shoes. I’m not very extravagant in any way. (The new jewelry I’ve bought would hardly count.)

I have three mildly bothersome addictions. Oh, and the internet. Crap. I forgot about the internet.

That’s a whole other post, isn’t it?

Don’t forget to enter the drawing for the jewelry. Here’s the link to yesterday’s post. The contest is up until Monday morning when I’ll draw two names!!!  Tell your friends!!

http://troismommy.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/more-jewelry-reviews-and-a-drawing/

 

More Jewelry Reviews and a Drawing!!!

Yesterday I posted about JewelMint and the jewelry I’ve been buying from their site. Here are some of the other pieces. (Please pay no attention to my sadly dry hands.)

The first piece is one of a set of the earrings I got in a special. You order a surprise bag and you don’t know what you’ll be getting. In my bag, I got these earrings, called “Diving Belles” and they’re really pretty and unique. My only problem with them is they’re on the heavy side, so I can’t wear them for very long. I’m going to try to get a product I can use to help alleviate the weight.

The other piece in the bag was this ring. It’s called Aquabomb. At first, I wasn’t sure I liked it, but it has become my “go to” ring. I love it. It’s simple, but cool. It’s modern and makes a statement. And despite being on the bigger side, it’s very lightweight.

I’ll just show one more piece that I actually got on ebay. This is a JewelMint piece from October, which is before I joined. It’s called Potion Pendant. I bought it because I love Harry Potter and Professor Snape, the Potions Master, and I love the colors.

Okay, so here’s the drawing!!!

I got these two necklaces below two different ways. The first piece I got as a bonus when I bought some items on Black Friday.

It’s called Desert Rose.

Here it is in person.

And here it is on the site:

The second piece I got as part of a holiday bag.

It’s called Le Beau.

It’s a ring on a pendant, that’s supposed to look like your boyfriend gave you a ring and you put it on a necklace.

Here it is on the site:

So, here’s how to enter:

I will have TWO drawings – One for EACH piece.

Leave a comment below, with the name of the piece you’d like to win.

If you’d like to win either, you may leave a comment for each. I will leave the contest up for 5 days and on Monday I will draw 2 names – one for each piece. I’ll post the winners and we’ll work out the best way for me to contact you and get your information, so I can ship the items to you.

GOOD LUCK!!!

My Quest To Be More Stylish and Girlie – and a jewelry review

I’ve always considered myself at least somewhat feminine. I’ve never really been a “Tomboy” per se. I wasn’t very athletic – ever. I wore dresses when I was little, but when I started hanging from the monkey bars and doing tricks, I insisted to my mother that I needed to wear pants, so a) my legs wouldn’t get stuck on the metal bars and b) no one would see my underwear.

When I was in elementary school at some point, my mom started cutting my hair in pixie cuts for the summer. I’m kind of baffled by my memories of this, because by picture day each year, my hair was at least longer than my ears, so I’m assuming it was just a summer tradition. Either way, I remember being about 7 years old and wearing blue shorts and being called, “Young man” and that was IT. I did NOT want to be called a boy anymore, so I was going to grow my hair out and look like a girl.

I’ve gone through various and sundry phases in my life. Before I was Mommy, I dressed pretty cute. I wore skirts and dresses and showed off my figure. I wore earrings and had cute hair, and was semi-stylish. I may not have had a lot of money, and I may not have been “trendy” necessarily, but I had my own style, and I cared about what I looked like. I suppose this is because I wanted to look good for potential boyfriends, going out with my girlfriends, and I had a job I wanted to dress nice for.

Even after I got married, I still tried to look cute most of the time.

And then I had kids. I tried to dress okay for awhile, but I soon realized it was pointless. I ended up wearing babyfood, my food, milk, dirt, mud, grass stains, puke, poop, and various other things on my clothes. I’ve had cereal in my hair, baby food crusted on my sweaters, and walked around with stains on my pants I didn’t realize were there until my husband or another adult pointed out to me hours later. I also never wore jewelry. I was terrified the babies would tear earrings out of my ears, or pull on necklaces, so I just skipped them altogether.

It seemed pointless to wear anything other than jeans and a t-shirt, unless I had some special event to attend. At least until my kids could feed themselves. But then they went to preschool, and I started working AT the preschool. You don’t hang around 16 preschoolers with painty fingers in nice clothes. At least I don’t. So, jeans it was. And I’m fine with jeans. I’m comfortable in jeans and sneakers and t-shirts 90% of the time.

But sometimes I feel like I’d like to look more girlie. One way I’ve been doing this is adding some jewelry.

It started when Wayne bought me a necklace on our vacation. He bought it for me at a gem shop and we both loved it. I thought it was too big at first, because I wasn’t used to having something so big as jewelry. I love it now – I love the weight of it against my chest and the look of it. And, I love that it looks like a sunflower – my favorite.

A few months later, when I was looking through one of my magazines, I found a layout on Kate Bosworth who started her own jewelry website called JewelMint. The specific pieces that caught my eye were these:

Of course, what I didn’t realize at the time was the magazine I was looking at was 10 months old, so the rings weren’t available at the time I was looking. However, other jewelry was.

How it works: You sign up and join the site. You are charged $29.99 at the beginning of the month. If you don’t like any of the jewelry offered, you can skip the month between the 1st and 5th and are NOT charged. If you do like them, you are charged the fee, and then that credit goes toward any piece of jewelry. (All pieces are $29.99 except a few which are more, but they are very few and far between.)

They have a facebook group, people trade theirs for other pieces, they have specials where you can buy one get one half off, new members can get 50% off their first purchase, etc. There are all kinds of ways to save money on the jewelry.

Now, this is costume jewelry. That’s why it’s so affordable. So, don’t expect real diamonds and such. This is my warning.

These are some of the pieces I’ve gotten that I really like.

This is the Paramour Necklace and Bracelet. They’re perhaps a bit more casual than this dress, but they really worked, I thought. They’re made up of a bunch of rings, actually, hanging on the chain, and in the bracelet, linked together.

Try to ignore the unflattering angle in which this next photo is taken and just look at the earrings. They’re called “Screen Sirens” and I love them. They’re so sparkly and eye-catching. They’re way more glittery than I’d normally wear, which makes them perfect for special occasions – like Christmas, or a date.

I’m wearing 2 pieces in this photo. The earrings are called Ganesh. They’re pretty, exotic looking, and super lightweight. The necklace is called Pomander Pendant. I love it because it opens up and you can put a bit of cotton or fabric inside, sprayed with a bit of fragrance or aromatherapy, and it lasts all day.

So, it’s my little first step into being more girlie – more “dressed up” if you will, even if I’m just wearing a t-shirt and jeans.

I do have a couple of pieces I got for free that I don’t think I’ll be wearing, and I might have a drawing for them in a few days. Keep watching!! I’ll post the contest and a few days later post the winner!!

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What’s YOUR style? Has it changed over the years? Does it evolve as you get older? What influences you?