sockmonkeyprincess

hi there! my name is Amy and i live in southern california and have a vacation home in deadwood, south dakota. ( like the show on HBO - think wild bill and calamity jane!) - i am happily married and have a 14 year old daughter we call "cranberrie" - she is truly my best friend in the world : ) finally got my dream car convertible and love it! - i love hello kitty, barbie and origami - i love lots of things - vintage bride and groom cake toppers, sock monkeys, old houses, anything pink and sparklie, my miniature greyhound dog Sophia - vintage photos of dogs, recipies, mary engelbreit home companion magazine, audrey hepburn in breakfast at tiffany's and love disneyland - the park itself is what i like to collect things on - i am a hard core democrat and love politics - i adore quilting and love to sew - . seems i am always on a diet, but a cupcake seems to sneak in there pretty often! * === please no fish recipes ===

rufus wainwright, robbie williams,, the soundtracks to Wicked and Sweeney Todd, david cook, loretta lynn, johnny cash, toby keith, kenny chesney, kelly clarkson, the moldy peaches, foo fighters, rem ---- just to name a few! and i confess....i am an 80's girl : ) but now that i am older....i find myself loving country music. my daughter is 14 though, and keeps me up on the good new stuff. i love vh1 !!

oh please....don't make me read a book - i'm a magazine girl!

fight club, nightmare before christmas, supersize me, any and all michael moore movies, breakfast at tiffanys, quest for fire, war of the gargantuas ( i just can't seem to outgrow it! ) american beauty, poison ivy, all the disney movies = awwww!, casino, goodfellas, and way too many more to mention - i especially like documentaries!

i am a tv junkie - LOVE it! == arrested development was truly the best show ever on tv, the office, the new adventures of old kristine, tmz, all of court tv/true tv, anderson cooper, to catch a predator ( ya sick perverts! ) how i met your mother, two and a half men, suze orman, joel osteen, nancy grace, oprah, the king of queens, the view, intervention, and all those great crappy shows on vh1 : )

sewing, cupcake stuff, and i am just now getting into ATCs ....and i have so much fun making postcards! my inner dork has emerged and i love it!

oh gosh - yes, i am a total collecting geek and i love it! a few things are: barbie * cupcake toppers * pez dispensers * children's books - huge fan of richard scarry and sid hoff * advertising characters * stuff by the artist SHAG * sock monkeys * silver charm bracelets and charms * vintage childrens fabrics * quilts * stuff to do with DISNEYLAND * disney pins * old black and white photographs * anything to do with dogs : ) * louis vuitton purses * and anything else that just happens to catch my fancy !