Hi everyone! I'm Barbara Joyce, and I am thrilled to be your hostess today!
I was born in Philadelphia, and lived in the Washington, DC, area from 1948 until 2001. In 1963, I graduated from college, and three days later, I married the love of my life, Jim. He's the world's greatest baseball fan!
We have been married for 51 years! :-) We have a daughter who lives in the Seattle area, and a son who lives in the Denver area.
In 2001, we decided to move to the
other Washington to be near our daughter and son-in-law. We put our house on the market on September 7th. Lots of traffic over the weekend, and then came 9/11. What a terrible period in our history, and of course, no shoppers at all. We were finally able to sell that house, and found a perfect home for us in Snoqualmie, WA. We're about 25 miles east of Seattle in a lovely, suburban bedroom community.
In 2002, a friend invited me to participate in a card-making class at a local stamping store. I enjoyed it so much, and then had a great time at a stamp camp at a neighbor's home. From then on, I was hooked! I love papercrafts, especially making greeting cards. You might recognize me from the SCS weekly Color Challenges every Tuesday, where I've been a Guest Hostess since last May. It has been a delight to play with the Color Challenge Divas each week.
I am so glad to be participating in the HYCCT challenges. I have been very fortunate that no one in my immediate family has been touched by cancer, although one of my closest friends did have a little scare about a year ago. Her cancer was found through a routine mammogram. With surgery and radiation, she is cancer-free, which is wonderful, of course. Let this be a lesson to us all to get our mammograms according to a specific schedule, and get them on time! Mammograms save lives!
Things you might not know about me:
� My parents wanted to name me Joyce, but my mother's brother already had a daughter named Joyce, so I was named Barbara, but my middle name is Joy. My husband is Jim Joyce, and I am Barbara Joy Joyce. So glad they didn't name me Joyce, or I would be Joyce Joyce!
� We have an electric car, which we love and drive almost exclusively. It is such fun to drive, zippy pickup, and the electricity (which is all green power�wind, hydroelectric, or solar) costs the equivalent of about 78 cents per gallon for gas! 26,000 miles without a drop of gas!
� Besides my passion for papercrafts, my other hobbies are needlework and bobbin lacemaking.
� I will eat almost anything, but cannot stand black licorice or cilantro. My favorite food is definitely chocolate.
� My daughter and son-in-law are vegetarian, and my daughter is also gluten-free, so I have become a versatile cook and baker. They join us for dinner about once a week, which is the highlight of my week!
� I'm not fond of housework! ;)
Thanks for joining us in this year's Hope You Can Cling To challenges, for making beautiful cards, AND for sending them to MD Anderson Cancer Center.
