About

the short:
name: nancy
birth date: may 7
work place: lead graphic designer | marketing assistant
reside: south western ontario, canada
sport: running, soccer, climbing, softball, swimming, & online shopping (hehe)
status: so not single ♥ 5 fun years
email me: click

the long:

Welcome to spiffykerms.com! I’m Nancy and I lived in Newfoundland all my life until I decided to take the plunge in June 2006 and move to Ontario. I’m a private person despite this website of mine. I find it hard to open up to people, but that doesn’t usually stop me from being crazy and outgoing and friendly to you. I can be shy, but I love to make people laugh! The people, who know me best, find it hard to believe that I am a shy person when I meet someone for the first time, as are most people. I usually don’t take that long to warm up to people anymore.

So my story is that I finished up my 2 year Graphic Design program in Newfoundland, packed up to move to South Western Ontario, and stayed with relatives until I moved to the city where my boyfriend resides. I have an older brother who has been living in Ireland since 2001 but is now commuting back and forth from Ireland to Newfoundland to work on the oil rigs. Do what you can to support a family, right? He’s married to a pretty cool Irish woman. They live about 45 minutes North of Dublin with his two step-sons, and two sons who are 3½ and 2 years old! During Christmas 2005, my parents and I headed over to Ireland to visit them all. My nephews weren’t born then so I had to meet them  eventually! Christmas 2007 I decided to fly there again. I’m getting another urge to fly to Ireland once again to see their little faces.

I’m quite silly, I love to laugh (occasionally at the wrong time). But don’t call me weird or tell me to calm down. By the way, I am a very random person. I like kerning, and the proper use of en–dashes and em—dashes, as any proper Graphic Designer does.  I am a tooth–snob after getting my braces off in March 2008. I have “night mares” that my teeth are going back into place before I had braces on. That’s. Weird.

See? Totally random “About Me” page. Spiffykerms.com has been keeping me busy with my free time, I have so many great readers, and support. I love it when people e-mail me to tell me they’ve tried recipes out on my page, or I saved them money by helping them understand how to use coupons.

My boyfriend calls me the “Coupon Queen” and I have created a separate website called Locupleto (which is latin for basically, saving money) where I post about getting the best bang for your buck, saving you money, and getting freebies — I haven’t had to pay for toilet paper in about six months. Not even kidding.

I used to climb constantly in my free time. I’ve been climbing since 1995 and I used to go 3—4 times a week. Unfortunately I only climb once every few months if I’m lucky. There’s a the local climbing wall at the university. It’s really crammed, and small, and costs five bucks.  You’d think I’d also love to go workout at the gym. To keep me from getting too bored there, I have competitions with myself on the treadmill, and was down to a 7½ minute mile at one point. I don’t like the gym anymore, mainly because I have to go there. We’ll get to that in a moment. I play Soccer during the summer. I’m either a forward or mid-fielder. During the winter months I’m in two indoor soccer leagues. Pretty awesome, and keeps the fat from accumulating on my belly too much. I had to stop indoor soccer on December 3, 2009 as an ankle injury (a bruised fibula) has made it painful to play. I went to a Sports Medicine Doctor, and basically I need to rest it if I want it to heal completely. I won’t be able to play soccer until he gives me the go-ahead. I have another appointment in April/May 2010. We’ll see what happens.

Want to learn more about me? How about 25 random facts?

L i v e.. Moment by moment. Be independent, strong minded, and never give up. No Guts, No Glory! Don’t be afraid to let go of the good, and go for the great. “If you believe that dreams come true, there’s one that’s waiting there for you.” How’s that for a bio? Better be good, ’cause I’m done!! See you on the boulders kids! Now, go back to where you came from…

If you want to link back to my website — please use the banner provided for you, below – and don’t forget to check out Locupleto. Thanks!