Hi Y'all, from Texas!

[Gypsy_Nights]

Hi to everyone here at the arena!  I have been a member at the TP for a little while and have been meaning to join here also, so Hi!  My username at the TP is the same as here.  My name is Rachel and I am 27 and live in Temple, TX.  Its an hour from Austin and even closer to Kileen.  I am a stay at home mom right now.  I have a 2 and a half year old daughter named Chloe and a 1 year old son named Andrew.  And my hubby of 4 years, Norman.  My family is my life but I also love pony collecting, obviously, and animals and art.  My previous jobs have been at animal hospitals as a vet. tech. and a humane society, and the toy department of walmart.  All of them I enjoyed because they all have to do with my hobbies.     "If you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life."  I have an Associates of arts degree from Temple college and I wanted to get a bachlors too but I could never figure out what kind I wanted to go for.  I might still get one once our kids are in school.
I have been seriously collecting ponies for about 10 years.  Of course I  had some when I was a little girl!  They were MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE TOY!  I had one of the little MLP carrying barns for a carrying case but once it was full my mother didn't think I needed any more ponies.     She liked baby dolls so she liked to get me dolls but I didn't play with dolls much.  I always played with animal toys.  I even got my 3 boy cousins to play ponies with me every time we would visit them!!     Anyway, when the MLP TV show season collection came out in the DVD set.  I was like oh I used to love MLP so I got it so I could watch them again.  After I watched them I wanted to find my old ponies and couldn't find them so I looked on ebay to see if they sold there.  And I created a monster!  I started collecting just G1 at first.  I have gotten my hands on most of the G1 ponies (not including international) except some of the more rare ones and a few sets that I don't really care to collect.  I never really liked the G2 ponies.  Hasbro messed up there I think.  They reminded me of generics and when they first came out I really didn't believe they were actual MLPs.  I wasn't crazy about the 3.5's either.  Then I loved the G3 set when they came out so I collected nearly all of them also.  I say that in past tense because I have had to slim my herd A LOT over the last 4 years.  I don't like having to store them in boxes if I don't have room and I like to view them all so I started slimming the ones that I wasn't to crazy about.  I have my collections on very large wooden CD racks so it saves alot of space and it only sticks out about 4 inches from the wall so its like a 3D picture of colorful ponies!    I also love the new G4 ponies!  And love the Hub TV show FIM as well!
I also love to do custom ponies!  Though I have a bad habbit of starting projects and pausing them for quite a while until I finish them finally monthes later!  Some are still unfinished.  I love to come up with ideas for customs though.  I have a drawing book full of them.  I actually had to get new one recently because I filled the other one.  I am currently working on Pound Cake and Pumpkin cake from the more recent FIM show.  I LOVE newborn twins!  I plan to post and sell the first set I make on ebay.  They came out good I think.  I just have to paint them.  I'll post pics in a couple of days and y'all can let me know what you think!  Hope to see yall around the arena!

[SourdoughStomper]

Greeting and welcome to the Arena, Gypsy_Nights.

[Gypsy_Nights]

Thanks! 

[Eviecorn]

Welcome to the arena!  I used to live in Texas, and I love Temple!

[Gypsy_Nights]

Welcome to the arena!  I used to live in Texas, and I love Temple!

Oh that's Awesome!  What city did you live in

[Diamond]

Welcome to the Arena and collecting what you love is a great way to go. 

[kittybethy]

Hello and Welcome to the Arena!

 Glad to have another Texas pony here!

[Eviecorn]

Welcome to the arena!  I used to live in Texas, and I love Temple!

Oh that's Awesome!  What city did you live in

I lived in Houston proper.

[ZennaBug]

Hi Gypsy_Nights, welcome to the Arena!!!  Glad you decided to join us 

[kiwimlp]

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 to the Arena! I never used to like the G2 line of ponies much either but after seeing some of the pretty ones that show up in the Brags forum I have had to change my mind.  I hope you enjoy being part of the community

[Tyler]

Welcome to the forum Gypsy_Nights and i hope you enjoy the new arena and be active
What is your favouite gen? Gen 1,Gen 3,Gen 3.5 or Gen.4(Friendship is magic)?

[Gypsy_Nights]

Thanks everypony for the warm welcome!! :hugs: 

What is your favouite gen? Gen 1,Gen 3,Gen 3.5 or Gen.4(Friendship is magic)?

It's really hard to decide.  I actually like Gen 1, 3, and 4 a whole lot!  But if I had to decide I think I would pick Gen 1 because I grew up with them and they bring back fond memories! 

I lived in Houston proper.

Oh, I've always wanted to live closer to the coast!  I know Houston's not that close but it would be nice to be able to drive down for a day trip.  When we go we have to stay for a few days and have to get a hotel so we don't go to often.  But I love the ocean!  I wish ours was as crystal clear as like the beaches of the Caribbean or Florida.

Post Merge: January 23, 2012, 04:25:38 PM

And in response to kiwimlp~  I do like some of the G2s also.  I have a few of them.  I have Silver Swirl, Copper Glow, and Princess Crystal.  And I REALLY want to get my hands on Hip Holly and a few others. 

[bigmlpfan]

Hello and welcome

bigmlpfan xx

[Sternenstaub]

Happy Welcome!!
Have fun here!!

[Gypsy_Nights]

Thanks for the warm welcome!