I’ve been telling stories here on this blog since 2009, but they’ve mostly been stories about furniture, about my business, my work, and my creative endeavors.  About refinishing floors as a novice, about my first magazine feature, about the exciting firsts for my business that unfolded as I shared online.  As this blog continues to morph and I continue to evolve as an artist and a person, I have decided to start sharing some of my personal stories here. These are the stories I tell when sitting around a table with friends, ones that Jeff has heard repeatedly through our 27 years of marriage, ones I revisit because they are funny, memorable, or a part of what has shaped me to be the human I am.  While I do hope the stories entertain, encourage, and offer something to those who still visit long-form blogs like mine, I think I’m doing