Well i must say, all you guys are a massive inspiration to me...seriously...i spent my childhood growing up on a farm with three brothers and many farm hands...girls werent wanted...so i spent much of my time in my dads tool shed(which he now agrees is as much mine because i own or bought most of the equipment in...hehe) renovating what i could out of all the scrap i gathered, i would have loved to be a carpenter or painter or interior designer at the least....but i was sent to boarding school(and dont get me wrong...i loved every minute of school) but it just wasnt the same and i kinda lost interest in my old hobby...and then my dad gave up farming and evrything was cleaned up and my footstool (that had slinters sticking out everywhere and tape to cover the nail taht was sticking out :P) or my skateboard made from roofing slats or my stilts made from tin cans or my little wooden tractor(ok now the nostalgia is taking over!)...all got thrown in the skip...i didnt even get to say goodbye! (the one thing they dont know about is the treehouse i built...hehe! Still full of my beloved self made toys) And i became a city girl...the old me was still hiding there somewhere...cuz every so often id get an urge for buying furniture just so i could paint it and make it my own work of art but when you live in a tiny rented apartment...what chance have you get...but then i was introduced to Jumbletown...it all came flooding back!!! All the desire to repurpose and fix up old things that others dont want! But it still left the fact that i was renting a pretty small house that was already full to the brim...so can you image my luck a few days after discovering the wonders of JT, when my house mate asks me if i want to move to a big house with a huge garden (its actually cheaper than where we are and its closer to work so less petrol etc emitting fumes!) and when we went to see it, could you image my luck when the landlord turned around and said that it used to be his family home but he doesnt see them ever living in it again(his parents retired to florida!) and we could decorate it whatever way we wanted!! Youve no idea how much life all of you Jts have brought back to my life!! Ive promised not to bring home too much until we move in a few weeks but i actually lie awake at night thinking of all the different things ive seen and how i can make use of them!!! And even all the stuff im going to find while im moving that i know JTs are gonna love!
Ok, ive gone on a massive rant there...but the point is...you guys are sooo great!! I wish i could give you all prizes and awards...because nobody deserves them more for the work you guys do!! And the communtiy spirit here is sooo awesome!! Ive never spent 6 hours every evening on the internet, my boyf couldnt understand what i was doing..lol...some people may never understand...(wait til i get my shed ive put up in the wanted section...he will never see me!! lol)...ok, going on a tangent again...you guys are the best blessing a girl could ask for!!!!!
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