rjlemley78

I'm a homeschooling mom to four awesome kiddos ages 10-13. We're a military family that moves around pretty regularly and I love it! I love coffee, but only drink Decaf. I love almost all chocolate as long as it's not on fruit (and I feel very strongly that white chocolate is NOT chocolate!!). I love beer, but can't drink IPA's, they give me heartburn. I love tea as long as it doesn't have lemon in it. I enjoy walking, a lot, like go out and walk 12 miles any chance I can. I'm learning to enjoy running, but I'm pretty bad at it. I used to love roller skating, but I sprained my ankle doing it over a year ago and have been afraid to put skates back on. However I'm terrible at ice skating. Orange is my favorite color, but I also love brown and yellow. Red is my least favorite color. I'm not a fan of pink either, but I'm glad it exists for the sake of flowers, lip stick and nail polish! Summer is my favorite season and I ultimately want to live somewhere where it NEVER snows. I have a big black great Dane/Lab mix that is a rescue dog and makes me happy every day. My husband and I are both allergic to cats. I want to own a Scottish highland, a capybara and an axolotl someday, though I'm sure I never will. I love watching football. Carolina Panthers are my team. Keep pounding. I also love College football. Auburn Tigers are my team. WAR EAGLE!! I'm definitely a night owl and usually don't go to bed before 1am. I keep a Christmas tree up all year and decorate it for different holidays throughout the year. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I cook different, new foods for Thanksgiving every year. I love Christmas Trees and decorate 5 trees every year. Each tree has its own theme. When I was in highschool I used to hot glue flowers in my hair. I'm not afraid to be different.

I still super love the Harry Potter series, but other than that...Mostly young adult fantasy, but I've been reading A LOT lately and trying to branch out. My favorite authors are Michael Connelly (crime fiction) and Cassandra Clare (YA fantasy).

Oldies, classic rock and I guess what would be considered indie folk Rock. I love the Beatles, the Doors, Pink Floyd, Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos.

I'm a crochet addict, I do it ALL the time, it grounds me and keeps me same. I've been crocheting for a long time (almost 20 years) and have finally started making my own patterns, which I'm really proud of. I'm hoping to possibly open an Etsy shop with some patterns and finished products in a year or two. I also love to draw, work with plastic canvas and cross stitch, dabble with painting, make sequin ornaments and other general crafts.

I love reality TV, especially reality cooking shows like Chopped and Baking championships. I also LOVE Survivor and the Amazing Race. I usually love doctor shows too. ER is one of my all-time favorite TV shows, but I don't watch Grey's Anatomy. I like historical fiction shows as well like Downton Abbey, Reign and Outlander. My favorite show of all time is Ripper Street.

I love Disney. I love musicals. I watch a lot of movies! Some of my favorites are The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Armageddon, Snatch, (Disney's) The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Hair. I love Star Wars and most of the Marvel franchise. I do not do scary movies.

A- axolotls, Alanis Morissette, audio books, Armageddon (the movie), anise, alphabetizing, art museums, Auburn Tigers

B- beer, the Beatles, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, basil, Batman, Brazi Bites (it's a food, Soo good!!!), Bookstagram, banana cappuccino, beachy smells, book sleeves

C- Cadbury mini eggs, chocolate, crocheting, crafting, craft beer, camping, Christmas trees, chap stick, Carolina Panthers, candles

D- Dunkin Donuts (coffee, not the donuts), daffodils, drawing/doodling, (six-petal, not five, cartoon) Daisy flowers, Disney, dinosaurs

E- Ewoks

F- Falcor, Funko Pop! Dolls, football season

G- gift shops, green smells (cucumber, aloe, ivy), Gizmo, geocaching

H- all things Harry Potter, the Hamilton soundtrack, Hot Topic, holiday decorations (especially ornaments), honey

I- Insta-dry nail polish, Irish wolfhounds

J- Jergen's original lotion, Jelly Belly jelly beans, jigsaw puzzles, jackalopes

K- Kombucha, Kohl's

L-lavender, local coffee shops, being a LEO, lip gloss, logic problems, The Little Prince, licorice

M- Menchie's frozen yogurt spoons, mythology, the Marvel movies

N- National parks

O- old children's books, ornaments

P- potlucks, plastic canvas, peridot jewelry, Plastic playing cards, pickled Brussels sprouts, pathtags

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R- reading, Ripper Street (TV show), Rummy, red pepper jelly, Remus Lupin, reusable bags, rescue dogs

S- summer, sunglasses, stickers, Star Wars, swimming, Samwise Gamgee, Shel Silverstein, sangria, silk flowers, Survivor (TV show), sushi, Six of Crows duology, state parks, Shadow Hunters books, Stranger Things, (funky fun) socks

T- tattoos, traveling, Tori Amos, Thanksgiving, thrift stores, tea, Ticket to Ride, tote bags, truffles

U- unicorns

V-

W- walking, werewolves, wax melts, (sweet) wine, Willow tree figurines

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Y- yarn, YA books (especially fantasy)

Z- zentangles, zoos

ORNAMENTS!!!!!

homemade or store bought Old (in good condition) or New!

I keep a tree (or two 😬😁) up all year and decorate it for different holidays and seasons. The themes I currently do throughout the year are:

Valentine's Day- St. Patrick's Day- Easter- Spring- Summer- July 4th- Harry Potter- Football Season- Auburn football- Halloween- Thanksgiving

And then at Christmastime I decorate 5 trees!!

Disney- Advent- Homemade- Moose- Everything Else

HARRY POTTER ANYTHING!

I'm a Ravenclaw, just FYI—— Any books, journals, coloring books, pens, pencils, stickers, bookmarks, t-shirts, jewelry, keychains, bags, scarfs, anything!! But mostly and especially Pop! Dolls and any blind bag figurines or keychains!! (I don't mind getting used or doubles and triples of anything because I use them for other crafts and projects)

Things I don't like/wouldn't want to receive A-Z

A- animal print, Alabama football

B- baskets

C- camouflage, anything cats, country style decor, chocolate cake, cupcakes, corn nuts, Cheetos, cold weather, clowns

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F- fake food smells (like Carmel cookie candles)

G- glitter, gum, gold jewelry, Godiva chocolate

H- Hunger Games

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K- kettle chips

L- Loony Toons, laundry detergent smells

M- make-up, meat products (like jerky or bacon flavored lip gloss, I've been a vegetarian for almost 20 years, though I do eat fish), malted milk balls

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P- perfume, picture frames, Pina colada anything

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S- scrapbook supplies, scary movies, snow

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W- washi tape, watermelon anything, winter

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