Cottage Emporium

About me:
I have done many things in my life. I believe that life should never be boring! On the other hand, there is the old Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times".

I have been a member of the SCA for over 30 years now. I started merchanting about 10? years ago, just to give me something to do while the men went off to fight. My hobby has now become my main source of income, and I am dedicated to keeping my business afloat during these difficult times.

I learned to belly dance way back when, don't do much now, but love the music and the costumes as they are great when the temperature at events is 100 degrees. I have had a varied number of interests and have never settled on just one genre. I love belly dancing with the music and lovely costumes.

I love Halloween, my husband makes props, Halloween masks, does special effects make-up and builds haunted houses. Some of his items will be for sale in my store.

I love Science Fiction. I go to conventions and since I live in San Diego I get to go to ComicCon every year.

I love Pirates and wear my pirate costumes to some of the events I attend!

Looking back I am astonished at the number of different things I have done, either for work or for pleasure. In my life I have been:

A Secretary
An Avon Lady
A Viking
A Belly dancer
A Klingon
A Pirate
A Vampire
A Clown
A Wife
A Mother

I also love animals. I used to raise and show guinea pigs and mice. Right now I have one dog, two cats, one guinea pig, and three chickens.......