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Hi Everybody!

I sent an email to whip up about my quilting catastrophe and they hooked me up with all kinds of great tips to make sure I never do that again. Over the weekend I checked my visitor stats and they had multiplied by 10.

So, let me do a quick re-introduction. For the purposes of the internet, I’m Reese Dixon. That’s not actually my real name, but I strive for a tiny semblance of privacy, so that’s what I go by. My real name is extremely easy to find (I have it in the sidebar for crying out loud), I’m just trying to make sure that if someone, say an employer or certain family members, were to google my actual name they wouldn’t find this.

I just moved to Oceanside, CA with my husband Bear and our two cats Jem and Cheetara. We’ve been trying to have kids for nearly 7 1/2 years now, with no luck due to health problems on both our sides. I have endometriosis and it totally blows, but lately I’m doing great thanks to an entire year of surgery and drugs and therapy etc. I just had a miscarriage a couple of months ago, but I’m optimistic.

I’ve spent the last five years working in all aspects of the scrapbooking industry, but with all the health problems and moves, that’s taken a back seat to just getting by. I just started a job that would be awesome if it didn’t suck so much that I had to be there at all.

Even though I’ve been blogging in one way or another for the past four years, I’ve been really haphazard about it. My new goal is to blog nearly every day. I also plan on doing tutorials once we get into the new house, and I’ve started “I Can Make That Friday’s” where I try to make by hand something that is mass produced. I have big goals for that project, but with the house and job that’s all gotten a little postponed.

Anyway, thanks for visiting, I hope you find something you like and stick around for a while.