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kyoungson

kyoungson
Date Joined: August 28, 2015
Last Online: November 3, 2017
Birthday: August 23
Country: Canada

About Me

Name: Karen Youngson
Location: Ontario, Canada
Birthday: August 23
Knit/Crochet or both?: Both, but more crochet
Allergies: Wool

I am in my 40s. Ihave consistently avoided growing up, but have been forced into being an adult. I workin an elementary school which helps to keep me thinking young. I am one of the few people who are okay with receiving teacher stickers (more interesting than basic stars anyway). I can always make use of them.

My Family

We are a small family. My husband and I have one son who is in the pre-teen years and occasionally needs reminders that he's not a teenager yet. We are all musically inclined and lead busy lives. We appreciate those rare moments when we are home together with no real plans. Lazy, pyjama days are the best!

Swaps

I am most interested in craft type swaps (crochet, knit, zentangle), profile decorating, and sending cards/short letters. I enjoy international swaps, but I spread these out due to postage costs. I tend to restrict these to flat mail as well. I live close to the U.S. border and travel over frequently so U.S. swaps may not be sent from my home post office. Things I Like I like a variety of things. I like music themed items, all things Disney, Harry Potter, books, crochet items and tools, knit items and tools, anything handmade, different recipes, stickers, pens, and markers. Really I love all sorts of stationery and office supply type items. My husband tries to keep me away from those stores. I like nature scenes. I also like tea, hot chocolate, all things chocolate, mint, lemon, and cinnamon. Dislikes Nothing gory, not a fan of black licorice, coffee and coffee flavours, pistachios. I'm allergic to wool Wishlist stationery/notecards, knit/crochet related tools, tea (bags or loose leaf, especially fruit, or rooibos), pens, pencils,markers for zentangle/scrapbook, paterns from Ravelry list, anything handmade

Favorite Crafts

Crafts I ama fan of crochet and simple knitting. I also enjoy zentangle and colouring. Sometimes I do cross-stitch or plastic canvas projects. I have been known to scrapbook, although not a lot lately. I nearly always have at least one crochet or pnitting project on the go.

Hobbies

I play clarinet and some saxophone. I am a member of two bands. One is the Essex Community Concert Band where Iplay clarinet. My husband plays trombone and my sone play Alto Saxophone in this band as well. My son and I are members of the Kingsville Essex Associate Band. He plays his saxophone. I teach our beginners and Iam the drum major for the Marching Band. I love to read. I will read pretty much anything. Because I spend most of my time with kids I have been reading a lot of Young Adult fiction. I do, generally, prefer fiction to non-fiction for pleasure reading. Is shopping a hobby? Ihope so becaue I love to do it. Especially with friends! It doesn't even matter if we wind up buyng much. Bookstores and craft stores are my favourite places. I also love going to Art & Crafts Shows.

Travel

I love to travel, although the budget hasn't allowed for much of this lately. Some of our favourite places are Disney World, Texas (to visit relatives), Torontao, and Ottawa.

Favorite Books

Almost everything! I love Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Outlander. I am have recently read the Percy Jackson books with my son. I also love Dan Brown, Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich.

Favorite Music

My favourite music to listen to is mostly fromthe 50s, 60s, and 80s. I also love Showtunes from musicals. The only music I'm not enthused about is rap, opera, and bluegrass. I love to play all sorts of music. My favourite is probably showtunes.

Favorite Movies

I am not a fan of horror moviess, or a lot of the action movies,but I will watch most other types. Ilike many different dramas, Romantic comedies, all things Disney, and I like to watch movies based on books (not that they're always accurate, but I like to compare them).

Favorite Television

I love the Big Bang Theory, all of the NCIS shows, The Amazng Race, Madam Secretary, and Elementary. I also watch a lot of reruns of some of my favourite shows.

Ratings

yomousey rated for Interest me no. 42 on Nov 26, 2016
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Comment: Thank you! My daughter has the book and I've been meaning to read it. Both my daughters and their friend are at the movie right now, LOL! Sorry noticed I forgot to add the heart.
tigerlily2110 rated for Interest me no. 42 on Nov 26, 2016
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Comment: Thank you.
TeeB rated for Interest me no. 41 on Oct 18, 2016
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Comment: Thanks for the recommendation and Yay! for spending more time reading!
Juutskie rated for Interest me no. 41 on Oct 16, 2016
5
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Comment: Thx for the swap and your letter!
swededreams rated for Interest me no. 40 on Sep 22, 2016
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Comment: Thank you for sharing this book with me. One more for the to read list! Happy reading and swapping!
aligurl75 rated for Interest me no. 40 on Sep 19, 2016
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Comment: That was a great excerpt from the book. It makes me want to go out and get it right now! These are the sort of book that I enjoy reading.
witchelm rated for Interest me no. 39 on Aug 8, 2016
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Comment: Thank you for the book extract. It's good to read something that I wouldn't usually have picked up.
Sammoning rated for Interest me no. 39 on Aug 6, 2016
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Comment: I have never read the Da Vinci Code, so I dont know how the two relate, but this was a curiosity inducing book page, I might look into it :) Thanks for sharing!
MichelleGG2 rated for Interest me no. 38 on Jul 13, 2016
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Comment: Thanks for the page you sent me! It seems like a good story!
KathyB rated for Interest me no. 38 on Jul 13, 2016
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emmahammarsten rated for Interest me no. 37 on Jun 15, 2016
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Comment: Thank you for the book recommendation! I really love to read series when you get to know the characters closer. I'm definitely gonna look into this one.
Annemarie64 rated for Quote of the Day May on Jun 14, 2016
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Comment: Thanks for the quote-notebook, it was fun reading.
riftvegan rated for Interest me no. 37 on Jun 13, 2016
5
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Comment: Thank you. Looks interesting!
skippydancer rated for Interest me no. 36 on May 17, 2016
5
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Comment: Hi Karen, Sorry I'm late with your rating, I'm trying to get ready for a 17 day road trip ! Yay! Anyway, thanks for the two pages, I'm such a greedy type! Ha ha… Happy swapping!
aenk rated for Interest me no. 36 on May 14, 2016
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Comment: Thank you very much. It seems like a book/series I could enjoy. I think I will check it out.
scass245 rated for Interest me no. 35 on Apr 29, 2016
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Comment: Thank you so much for the awesome reading recommendation!
AnitaMac rated for "From a Page" Bookmark Swap on Apr 26, 2016
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Comment: Thank you so much for the bookmarks. I especially like the one made from the Diana Gabaldon book page. I haven't read 'The fault in our stars', yet, but I seem to stumble across the title everywhere I go, so I might have to read it soon. :)
jimncinpease rated for Interest me no. 35 on Apr 18, 2016
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Comment: wowza- i had read the series ( well what i could find ) years ago--now i'm interested---lol i don't get starz here on satellite- but i'll have to re-investigate getting to reread the series again!
dawnsrays rated for (Int'l) New to Zentangling? on Apr 11, 2016
5
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Comment: Guess what arrived today?!! Thank you and I'm so sorry for being impatient--
VCK1 rated for (Int'l) New to Zentangling? on Apr 5, 2016
5
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Comment: Very cool!

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Comments

aprilhite012 on Mar 22, 2016:

I owe u these from Oct. 10th. I apologize. I am trying to make things right.

There for the Yogi bear decorate profile

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ericaiscreative on Nov 1, 2015:

Happy Halloween Profile Deco!

RainbowRoseOregon on Oct 30, 2015:

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honeytea on Oct 30, 2015:

Happy Halloween Profile Deco!

jesslynne on Sep 17, 2015:

Good Evening! This is for the Yogi Bear n gang decorate ur partners profile swap! I hope you enjoy the images :)

Happy Swapping!

JessLynne

HeartElfGrey on Sep 16, 2015:

Hello! I'm new to decorating profiles but I'm here to decorate yours with Yogi the Bear and his famous antics.

Hope you liked them!-Ollin

amyrasnick83 on Sep 13, 2015:

Decorate your partners profile Disney castles alt text]

jesslynne on Sep 13, 2015:

Hi there! This is for the Disney Castles - decorate ur partners profile w/ Swap! I hope that you enjoy the pictures :)

Happy Swapping!

JessLynne

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