Welcome to my About Me Page! Some of you have probably noticed that I recently put my store on vacation with a note about family emergencies. This has been a particularly trying time for me and I wanted to share with you what has been happening. I have just been overwhelmed with serious family illnesses along with the death of a dear friend of mine. Recently, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to have a double mastectomy. We brought her home with us so that we could care for her, then my husband fell ill and I had to rush him to the hospital! He spent 16 days in ICU and I was told that he probably would not survive. As you can imagine, I was just grief stricken and stayed by his bedside praying that he would not be taken from me. I spent my days by his side, only leaving to go home to take care of my mother. God answered my prayers and to his doctor’s amazement my husband survived and came home after 21 long days in the hospital. I was in desperate need of moral support during this time, so I called my closest friend, only to discover that he and his wife had been in a car accident and he had been in the hospital himself for 5 days. Sadly, his wife was killed in the accident! They say that God doesn’t give you more than you can handle so he must believe that I am one strong gal! Frankly, I’m at my breaking point! With no money coming in during this period, I have had to borrow from family members to get the mortgage and bills paid and as they say, when it rains it pours! On top of everything else we have had plumbing problems, with no money for a plumber and we are in a string of 90+ days and have had no money to get a HVAC guy over to turn on our swamp cooler so we are BAKING! This is not a good situation for my husband or mother while they are recovering from serious illnesses. The problems seem to be never ending and I would greatly appreciate your prayers for my family! I feel very blessed that my prayers were answered for my husband’s survival, and overjoyed that he is by my side even during these bad times. My world would have gone dark and I would be completely lost without him. I have my animals that provide me comfort and add a smile to my face to get me by, and I love to crochet which is what keeps me sane! However, worries about paying the mortgage so I don’t lose my home still haunt my thoughts. Please have a look at my auctions, and share my page with your crafting friends to see if there is something of interest to you. If you have been thinking of buying that certain item, now would be the perfect time! I really desperately need your help! I sincerely appreciate all the kindness and patience many of you have shown me during this painful time in my life, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart! May God Bless you all! Thank you for taking the time to read about me and have a nice day!

I want you all to know that my father is in hospice now and the end seems to be creeping up on him. I am sure some of you are very familiar with how this can impact your life and everything you do. I haven't been able to think clearly. Yesterday on the way home from seeing him I almost ran a car off the hiway and almost ran a red light simply because I am so distracted and my mind is on my father. I haven't been able to sleep and my tummy is in knots! So I wanted to post this so you all will hopefully understand if I am a little slow answering emails and getting my shipping out. I hope you will bear with my during these difficult days. Please say a prayer for my father.

Well, dad passed about 6 am this morning. Very hard times now! Services Friday. So surreal! Makes me wonder what it's all about...

Well everyone, I need to add some info so you all know what is going on. We have been fighting to save our home from forclosure for months now. We have lost the battle. I am heart broken about losing my home! Along with all that stress, my husband is fighting with me everynight and making a bad situation even worse. He has taken it personal and believes he is the only one hurt in this. He is threatening to take my computer and all my tools I need to work on ebay. So I may go silent for awhile. You all know how disruptive a move can be. I will try very hard to stay on top of things right up until I pack my inventory for the move. I don't want to turn away badly needed business. But I want you to understand I am in crisis and my head is in a whirl and I feel as tho I am being sucked down a black hole. If you are not willing to give me some time, please don't purchase from me right now. I will do my best in this BAD situation! Thank you all who have continued to shop with me and please stick with me! Thank you for understanding!

Warm Regards,
Jody