Hi there! I'm Turtle Sensei, you may know me from various other avatar based forum sites. If you know me on another site, please say HI!

A bit about me...

I'm 32, married, no kids, female.
I have 2 cats. A 4 year old Orange Tabby named Bonito aka Boney Toes, and a 12+ Lynx Point Siamese named Tiamaat aka Tia.
I adore turtles. I happen to have 3 turtle plushies hanging out in my living room with me right now. I'm even using one as a laptop tray lol.

I work part time, I just recently got approved for disability benefits. I have Crohn's Disease and Asperger's. I've had 5 surgeries in the last 4 years for my Crohn's.

I love to draw, knit, write, color, and do just about anything crafty. You can find me on Instagram as @TheRealTurtleSensei

Want to know more stuff about me? Please ask!!

Also, would anyone here be interested in me opening up an art shop?

this is a sample of my art:

@Saeyra: Thanks for the warm welcome! Is there an art forum area for pricing help?


@Cookie: haha probably. I have been on most of them. Nice to see one I didn't know about!


@Q t e a p o n: ooh hey! i do know you! how have you been? i found this site actually from a thread comment that Dawn Painters over on Caedon made!

@Tuijp: Hey! Always nice to meet someone my age! May I ask what you're on Disability for? If you'd rather not share, I understand! I just got a[[roved after fighting for 6+ years. They approved back about 5 years. I actually just woke up yesterday to my husband excited about me getting my backpay lol. We put it in savings and I got a new laptop and we got an Xbox 1. We can also now afford our glasses. We'veboth had the same prescription for 4 years and desperately need a new pair.

I'm currently still working, but not sure how long I can continue that, I work about 20 hours a week.

@Tuijp: yeah I finally found a doctor who was willing to fight for me too.But when I was approved, my state covered insurance got turned off because i was now eligible for Medicare, so I've been off of my medications for about 2 months waiting for hte Medicare to kick in. Haven't been doing so well. Im trying to get everything re-prescribed now. Takes a lot of work. And I got full approval, but Im allowed to work as long as I make under $1,700 a month and I only work 30 or less hours. I am set up at work for 20, but sometimes I'll barely make that in a week, and other weeks, when I feel better, I can make about 25-28 hours.

@Tuijp: oh that's so neat you were a caregiver for her! my husband does some of that for me as well as works full time. We're excited he'll be able to cut his hours down to something more manageable. He has Fibromyalgia.

@Tuijp: lol yeah. It's something we're considering. he's cutting his hours down to part time this month and we'll see how that goes for him. we both want to continue working at least part time if we're able

@Asha: A fellow Chronie? Hi! Always nice to meet a fellow bathroom buddy. lol. How old were you when you were diagnosed? I was 22, but I was getting sick about 4 years before that with the doctors stumped as to what it was.


also, to everyone, I'll be opening an Art Shop here shortly. Anyone wanting a ping to it let me know! Or just, ya know, keep an eye out.