Getting to Know you

I'd love to "Get To Know You".

Another blog I follow, Ellen at The Card Monkey's Paper Jungle posted this fun "Get To Know You" that features A-to-Z questions about YOU.  The ones below are about me ... If you'd like to play along, repost the list of A-Z questions with YOUR answers on your blogsite and send me a link in a comment, below.  If you don't have a blog, send me an e-mail with your replies...

...those who respond will be entered into a random drawing for some Hero Arts Layering Paper!

A. Age: 50
B. Bed size: Queen.
C. Chore you dislike: Cleaning House

D. Dogs: None, 2 cats Dustbuuny and Mischief

E. Essential start to your day: Potty Break……am I the only one whose bladder knows every public bathroom in the area when running errands?

F. Favorite color(s): Pink

G. Gold or silver: no feelings on the matter

H. Height: tall

I. Instruments you play(ed): Clarinet

J. Job title: Disabled, but I taught Special Education for 18 years, Executive Director of a Domestic Violence Employment Agency that I also founded and Purchasing Director for a Scrapbooking Company

K. Kids: Scott 20 and James 17. James is graduating next week
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L. Live: Indiana

M. Mom’s name: Nancy

N. Nicknames: As a kid Tigger because I slept with a stuffed Tigger. Now it is Mom, Mommy, Mum depending on what they want, lol

O. Overnight hospital stays: WAY TOO MANY TO COUNT! Last one was Mother's Day because of MRSA

P. Pet peeves: Domestic Violence

Q. Quote from a movie: No quote but my favorite movie is the Sound of Music. My great grandparents immigrated from Austria.

R. Righty or lefty: Right Handed and I can read fluently upside down! It drove my students crazy! LOL

S. Siblings: 2 sisters

T. Time you wake up: 6 am like clockwork whether I need o or not. Darn bladder!

U. Underwear: Really??????

V. Vegetables you don’t like: I love broccoli but it does not love me, lol

W. What makes you run late: SCOTT!!!!!!! That child will be late for his own funeral!

X. X-rays you’ve had: Where haven't I???? Thank you Behcets!

Y. Yummy food you make: Black Forest Cake

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Polar Bears and Penquins, but yet I HATE the cold!!!

Can't wait to get to know you too!

Visions of Paper

 I have a confession to make. I am a paper addict. I am one of those people who can pick up a piece of scrapbooking paper and just marvel at the color combinations and styles. I probably don't have a single photo to work with it, but I think I have to have the paper because it is just too pretty to put down. And to compound the problem even more I am drawn to the Victorian papers and the girly paper. And God decided in his vast sense of humor to give me two SONS! So here I am addicted to frilly lace, glitter, and girly paper and my photos are of boys! There are days I think God sits up there just laughing at me. So I am thrilled when someone asks me to design a card or scrapbook page for a girl. And every now and then I ignore the fact that I have 20 years worth of my boys photos that need to be done and do some of mine from when I was a child.

I chose Visions of Paper as the title of this blog for a couple of reasons. The first being is that I really do enjoy just sitting amongst my paper collection and working with possible combinations. The other reason comes from the line in the Night Before Christmas... ":with visions of sugar plums dancing in their head" That's how it is with me when I get the urge to create, I have visions of paper dancing in my head. I know weird huh?

Pink Paisley Butterfly Gaden

Pink Paisley Soiree

Webster's Pages Sweet Season

So now I am on a mission. I am getting started now on Christmas presents. And it is only February! This is an all time record for me. I usually procrastinate and  I am panicking in November. And I am going public to help hold myself accountable.

But there is even more in store for me. My youngest son is leaving for college in the fall. I've decided to conquer the empty nest issues (not a total empty nest, I have an adult son living at home whom is attending a local tech college) by figuring out a way to change his bedroom into a scrapbooking studio but still preserving some space for him when he comes home for visits. So through the upcoming months I will be preparing for a graduation party, changing his bedroom into my studio, and also discovering the artist in me who has been bursting to escape from within.

Enough for now. I have an urge to go create. See you soon!

Elizabeth