I'm a lazy homemaker, sometimes crafter, avid reader and cross stitcher and a failing novice container gardener with multiple food intolerances (dairy, soy, gluten and eggs) trying to make ends meet in Portland, Oregon. I'm originally from Arkansas, but I call Portland "home" and really mean it! My other half is Garen and his son Hunter lives with us full-time, while his daughter Olivia visits on weekends. We're a pet-free, smoke-free, sanity-optional second-floor apartment family.