So you shared your face with us, but what makes you YOU?

[hilabeans]

I’m an un-Civil Engineer, and a lifer with the State of Illinois, working in floodplain management. Dracos and I have a side business that started out making and selling leather goods like belts, pouches, etc. to medieval reenactors (SCA). With the changes mentioned above I’ve re-directed the business, doing more on Etsy and smaller one-day shows that I take less stuff to. I have waaayyy too many hobbies, currently making doll clothes and hand-bound books more than doing leatherworking. Partly because the dining/work room is a shambles.

Thank Dog for e-books, or our house would have imploded under the weight of all the books - all three of us humans are readers. The offspring still prefers paper, and there’s some things that I can’t get electronically and/or want in paper, so there’s still plenty of books around.

For extra personal-life excitement, I’m monogamous with a poly spouse. Adjusting to that was . . . Interesting. A good marriage counselor, therapist, and anti-depressants helped. Turns out that some of the relentless drive to Make All The Things was to shut up the internal monologue, which was getting more and more un-shut-uppable because of depression. Now it can be nice and quiet in my head, yay!



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I'm not sure what poly means in this sense, but I think I have an idea. I hope you're truly ok with it. Sounds like the adjustment was very hard on you. I hope you are in a safe space with your man to say you're not ok with it, if you're really not ok. For me, it would break my heart.

But it's none of my business and if it does work for you both, well then - hey, do your thang! Just please don't feel like what you want is less important.

My 2 cents. I'll shut up now.

Prognathodon,

I LOVE leather work. I love leather and all things made from natural materials, like wood work, leather, stone ...

I have to say, you are a strong person and you must have a lot of love for your husband, to live the lifestyle you do. I have to admit, I couldn't do it And I'm sure it wasn't easy to adjust to. I'm glad for you that you found peace with it.

I love leather work too!! I want to see prognathodon's Etsy shop!! I know there are a ton of members here who have Etsy shops, too. Do you think it's ok if we start a thread asking for everyone to post their Etsy pages? Is that a violation of the terms?

I'd really love to support our member's shops but don't want to get in trouble with the Mods. Deborah??