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I jumped in and forgot to do this!

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I jumped in and forgot to do this!

Jrdnsmom

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I was introduced to this site by a trader I met on pinpics, we had a couple trades and became trading buddies. I jumped into this site and already have my first trade happening and made a new friend, but I totally forgot to introduce myself, My name is Janice and I have a son Jordan (he's five) and I love pins, no one else in my family understands my hobby, but my niece and her boyfriend( He's a newbie, newbie) his name is Josh he just joined this site too!

I've been trading/collecting since 02 I believe mostly collecting, But my collection did'nt take off till 04 thats when I became hardcore, trading/PTN's/buying/ making new pin friends, and flying to SC to meet my main pin friend, we went to WDW together, we met on E-Bay lol we were always ending up in bidwars together so one day she messaged me and we became friends.

in 07 I became pregnant with my son and I had to stop going to the park, my ankles were swollen, I was tired, and he was heavy lol. I stopped for a few years, he was my priority, the best priority in the world, I love him so much! when he turned 3 mos I took him to DL I bought a couple pins, and the spark ingnited again, but my traders were few and old, not many were interested in trading so I put the traders away and just bought pins here and there. my son is 2 now and he now has his own lanyard, he trades on his own and it's the cutest thing ever, watching this little guy pick one out and I help him take his off and give it to him then he gives it to the traders, I loved it watching him. I still am not trading just buying, and my son is 5 now, were at the park and I see the Bambi PODM pin I have enough for 1 so I bought it, had no idea there are going to be more, somewhere some how I find out there is a Tangled one and trade away my Bambi for a Tangled, oops , I find out there is so many I have missed and now I am after the set and kicking myself for trading away Bambi because now I want the set! now im back at the trading tables for the first time in 5 years and whew it was ruthless ( that was my first post on this site) but there was nice people too,for the most part it was ok, I just had a bad experience. Im trading like crazy well crazy for me I can only handle so many at a time (i'll explain) and then I met Dawny on pinpics and I have had a blast trading with her, she's so fun and friendly, and she's got me hooked on the gingerbread pins, I love Christmas pins, she even gave a pirate pin to my son who was so excited he got his first pin in the mail, he showed everyone even the cat! So IMMMMMM Back!

Now about what I do, I work for Procter and Gamble I make Bounty Paper Towels, I thank everyone who buys Bounty, you keep me employed, and help my retirement, so for that I thank you! I work 12 hours 3 on 3 off shifts but work overtime often so it's more like 4 on 2 off, thats where the (I can only handle so many trades at one time) I am so busy house keeping, working, laundry, the clock is not on my side. I also like mountain biking so at least one of my days off my friend invites me to go ride with him, so I hit the trails, I love the dirt, jumps, and flying down hills. My best story is flying down a stream bank and a deer runs across I yell to my friends "deer"! and as im yelling a second runs in front of me and bam I crash into it's side, I am sent flying over the deer, my tire is tacoed, and the deer knocked to the ground! lol!

I have 2 cats Punkie and Sierra, both rescues that found me, one found at my work in the orchard (shes a redpoint siamease) and the other a scraggley kitten on her last leg trying to cross my front yard (punkie, shes a Torgie) she was really sick, now shes happy and healthy. Im a truck driven girl (love my trucks) and I love Carousels! I have lots of Carousel pins too! I am pretty easy going, but can be shy, But I do enjoy meeting new people, so thats me in a nutshell, glad to be here, this site is full of friendly pin traders and this I like! YAY! you've brought the fun back in trading!
 
Hi Janice! Great to know more about you and your son, Jordan. I absolutely love it when I see kids trading at the parks and getting really into it. Does he have any favorite characters?

I love carousels too, but I don't collect the carousel pins, although I love them from afar. In fact, my Bat-Mitzvah (Jewish coming of age party) was fantasy-themed and all the centerpieces were carousel horses hand-painted by my mother.

I also am a cat lover, but I only have one - a big grey thing named Ashi who was once the meanest stray in the West and is now the fattest most spoiled thing ever.

Anyway, welcome to the forum and I hope you enjoy yourself here. :)
 
Love it! my son loves the Pirate pins, I gave him all my pirate pins to get him started, and he has some haunted mansion and train pins. I bet your Bat-mitzvah was beautiful. When I knew I was traveling somewhere I would try to find out if there is any historic carousels in the area and I would make sure to visit it, take photos etc.. I love the history of the Disney Carousel, and the pins are fun to collect, I didn't know there were so many. Love your story! thanks for the welcome.
 
Your my first trade that I mentioned! woohoo! im off to the post office right now! sorry yours was delayed! thats my job for ya! hey we have matching holy grails lol! When everyone post thier Holy grails, it means thats the pin most cherished to them in thier collection right? :) I love Cinderella pins too!
 
Hi! Welcome to DPF! Good luck with expanding your PODM collection:) I'm glad that I can helped you out a bit:) BTW I always use bounty, it's the best:D
 
Thank you, for trading with me, I PM'd you im packing pins today and am getting everything ready so I can just ship when your ready. Im excited I get to help you out too, I see your a big tangled fan! so im glad my pins are going to you!
 
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