Getting to know you

[lovingthemouse]

Ok, I'm Caroline - just past the 60 mark - mom to 5 wonderful grown daughters, grandma to a fantastic 10 yo grandson - retiring in 4 months from teaching, enjoy scrapping, knitting, Disney and love life!!!

 

[pixiedustforever]

Hi! I’m Marylee. Last week I celebrated turning 29 for the 23rd time.

DH & I are an Eharmony success story. We live in Texas and have been married for 5 ½ years. He was a (younger) widower. He has 2 kiddos: DS15 (his bio) lives with us. DD16 (his adopted) lives with a family in Montana. She was diagnosed with Asperger’s and other issues, too. DH is the administrative pastor of our church. We have 2 dogs: a black lab mix and a yellow lab/horse. They don’t know they’re dogs!

I moved to Texas from FL (West Palm) and was at WDW at least twice a month. I joined DVC at VWL when single and DH fell in love with the resort when he saw it. We are redoing our house “Wilderness Lodge/Mission” style. We even have a room of furniture from WL!

I enjoy counted cross stitch, papercrafting and photography. I’ve been scrapbooking for 5 years. It’s a creative outlet for me. DH is very supportive (yea!) I work as an independent contractor, doing mystery shopping and merchandising to support my craft habits.

Marylee
“Pixiedustforever”

 

[pixiedustforever]

Love your cross stitch work, Hope!

I've only done the Thanksgiving dinner & castle ones.
Sure wish they'd come out with a new kit!

Keep stitchin'
Marylee
"Pixiedustforever"

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I need to post some of my X-stitch work. I have none framed though. They all just sit in a box. LOL

 

[MrsDopey]

I am Melissa. I am 28. I live in the woods ( ok, not literally, but it feels like it) in CT! No kids just yet!
I have been married to DH for 15 months ( today!)
We have a 5 yo calico named Guinness, a 11 yo mutt named Mana, and a 1 yo mutt named Miley.
I have been scrapbooking for 8 years ( OMG!)
I have 2 nieces and a nephew ( and one on the way)
I work full time as a nanny for 3 kids- 7,4, and almost 2.

We just went to wdw in Feb 08 and are going back Dec 08! Staying at CBR for a week, my MIL lives in Lady Lake, so we make an adventure out of it- visit her for 2 days and head south (without her) for 10!

I also enjoy reading and travel in general ( we have been to hawaii twice and mostly frequent Nantucket!)

And I am sure everyone can tell, I LOVE Dopey!


-Melissa

 

[tinkryansmom]

Hello! I may be the lone west coaster!

I am Johnna - I am 36 and holding. Married to DH for 13 years. We have DD8 and DD1 and we love Disney. I worked at Disneyland while in college - been to WDW a grand total of once. DCL x 2.

I lurk here and sometimes chime in for swaps, scrapbooking and geneaology. I am usually on the DCL cruise meets thread keeping in contact with the cruise peeps.

I am usually in awe of the women on these boards.

 

[New England Eeyore]

Nice to meet all the new folks! Welcome!

I'm Suzanne, I'm 29 and live North of Boston. I've been married to DH for 6 years and have 3 stepdaughters - 19, 18, and 15. I am also mom to my furbaby, Lucky, who doesn't know he's a cat - he thinks he's a person.

I love these boards because they combine my 2 passions - Disney and scrapbooking. I went to WDW or DL yearly from the ages of 1-9 then had a 13 year hiatus until DH re-introduced me to WDW back in 2000. He created a monster, and I've been back about a dozen times since then. DH doesn't want to go as often as I do, so I created a new monster in my Dad, who is addicted to Disney Dining - we have an annual trip together to do Food and Wine every fall.

I've been scrapbooking since that first trip back in 2000. Disney is my favorite thing to scrap (which is why I have to keep going back to get more material!), but I also am pretty up to date on my "regular-life" albums, as I call them. I am also addicted to swaps, but I try to find a balance between the swaps and the actual scrapping. I'm always working on about a dozen projects at once. My house is never clean and I don't cook, but I have a lot of finished albums!

 

[aroyer]

Hi! I'm Ashley from Austin, Texas (where we hit 106 degrees today )! I just turned 32 on Saturday...not sure how I feel about that. I have been married to DH for 10 years and we have two critters, I mean, kids- DD is 8 going on 14 and DS is 3. We also have a dog, a cat (along with several strays) and 6 fish. I have been a SAHM for a year now!

I started scrapbooking about 7 years ago. I absolutely love it. I didn't get serious about scrapping until about a year and a half ago when I found these boards. Bunch of enablers around here!

I have been to WDW 3 times. Once with my family in 7th grade, once with the high school band and once with my cute family 2 years ago. DH wasn't excited about going, but once we got him there he was HOOKED.

 

[party of 3]

ok my turn.....

my name is Holly and i am 42 years old and have been married to my very best friend and high school sweetheart for 24 years. (yup married at 18) and after 18 years of marriage we were blessed with our little man who is now 6. they are my whole world. i work out of the house full time and its hard, but somehow we make it work. i work a lot less in the summer when my man is not in school. and my mom helps out a lot!!!! her and my son have a great relationship.

i have been scrapping for geez i really don't know. i started as a stamper and have bins and bins of stamps. so many i can't even tell ya. and that lead me to scrapping. i don't really have a lot of time for it so i don't have many pages done. i try but it's hard to find the time. when i'm not working i'm with my men.

i have 3 obsessions....my 2 men, scrapping, and of course disney. dh and i could not afford a "real" honeymoon so we saved up and went to disney 5 years after the wedding in 89 and have been hooked ever since. we have been 7 times. and we hope to go next year.

welcome to all the new girls. hope you hang around with us. this really is the best place on the dis. everyone is so kind, generous, and helpful. i can say that i really love this place and everyone here!

 

[jennyL]

Hi everyone and welcome to all the new people.

I'm Jenny and live in Cary, NC. I'm 33 and have been married to DH for 4 years. My DS is 6 months old and has already been to see the mouse once. LOL My mom, sister and I are the disney obsessed ones but I'm sure DS will catch the fever since he's so much like me already.

I've been scrapping in some form for most of my life but really got into scrapbooking just before my wedding. In the past I've also Xstitched but haven't done that in forever. I may have to bring it back out and see what I can work up to.

 

[party of 3]

hope i wanted to add....that is some great xstich. very nice.

 

[JandJ]

Hi! So nice to formally meet everyone! I'm Jen and I'll also be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my 29th birthday in a couple of weeks

DH and I were married at Disney World almost 3 years ago. It was the most wonderful day of my life After more than 2 years of infertility treatments we just started the process of adopting a child. We are thrilled to get started on adoption!!

I grew up in south Florida and my parents started taking us to Disney when it opened. DH's parents took him too - funny we didn't meet back then! I've had a Pass since 1998 and when I met DH in 2004 he got a Pass too. We live 1.5 hours from Disney and go once or twice a month. I could not possibly count how many times I've been to Disney! I don't think DH would admit to being as obsessed as I am though!

I've been scrapbooking since my first CM class in January 2000. I have a craft room (in the process of a remodel) and I also make cards, do cake decorating, and I'm taking up sewing thanks to DMIL's expert instruction!

 

[M&N]

I'm Martha, a retired elementary librarian. I'm proud to say I'm almost 58. I worked for those 35 yrs so I could retire.
I'm in the process of organizing my crafts. I have more paper than I'll use I know but as I grow old, the price will go up and I won't have as much money anyway so I'm stocking up!
Thanks for sharing those cross stitch pictures. I've never done any that large. I have several scrapbooks started and did do one for my house I bought 7 years ago, my 50th bday party, and an 8x8 one I called ABCin' in the Caribbean for my Disney cruise. I made a cruise one for my friend and have the stuff to do mine. I have one ready for my aunt that I did for her 60th bday party last year.
I had not come to this forum much but am getting some great ideas.
When I checked a scrapbooking thread, they seemed to be doing digital. Is that what most are doing now? I like the crafty cut and paste part of it too much.
I also recently learned how to make some jewelery from a friend and got hooked on going to bead shows.

 

[ddavis860]

Hi everybody!! Nice to see you in the creative community!!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

HI!
I'm a paper/scissor/adhesive girl.. digital is too much for me!! Kudos to those who do it...but I think a majority of us on here still do the paper scrapping!!!


Here is a look at some of our recent uses of swap elements we've done on the boards..
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1907263

also there is a thread on the scrapping post... called the CCS Virtual Scrapbook (it's a sticky thread) and it shows lots and lots of pages.. old and more recent!!!

Again, nice to meet all the new faces and to hear from all the regulars on the board!!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Martha I think we have a good mix of both digital and traditional scrapping. I'm a traditional scrapper since I'm not that computer savvy.

I hope you come hang out more! We love sharing ideas with everyone.

 

[nicurn]

hi y'all. guess I could chime in on this thread... my name is maggie and I enjoy "collecting" scrapbook stuff, prima flowers and studio g $ stamps come to mind here. dd is a competitive irish dancer so we travel up and down the east coast frequently. I am often accused of being an "enabler" so y'all might not want to open too many of my posts. maggie

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Hi all I'm Michelle and I am a mommy to 3.
My husband and I are 28 and the kiddies are 3, 2 and 10 months old. My husband and I were married in WDW 4 years ago with all our friends and family by our sides!

I'm a work at home mom, since I own my own jewelry making business. Needless to say naptime is a fabulous time for me! hahaha!!

I'm a lucky lady since my husband works across the street, soooo i'm known to abuse him! haha! When my kids throw up, I often call him to come clean it up I live for our 1 hour lunches together and my kids make me one happy lady.

I am an insomniac since after 10pm this house gets silent and my studio lights up with me working until about 3am.

I like:
80s movies and clothing, wish I were Tinkerbell and my fave park at Disney is Epcot! As you can probably tell, I talk too much and get my feelings hurt easily.

I'm open and friendly and try to be as honest as possible!

 

[mommy2mrb]

Hi I'm Lisa and another CA DISser!!! I turn 45 next month have been married to DH for almost 11 years and have an 8 year old DD.

We have our own golf course renovation company (DH works lots of crazy hours and gone a lot), so between that, keeping up with DD dance schedule, school and activities, I am Parent Club co-president at DD school this year too, so my days are pretty crazy. I try to scrap when I can, but things seem to get in the way.

I started scrapping when I got preggers with DD in 99 and boy has it changed!

DD and I LOVE Disney (DH not so much), we go to DLR a couple times a year and have been to WDW 5 times since 94.

We love to travel when we get the chance (hoping to go to NYC for DD 9th b-day in March) .

Welcome to the newbies, we have lots of fun here!

 

[bearbear]

Hi everyone, I'm Cindy. I live in New Jersey (south). I am 36 for a little while longer. I am married to my wonderful husband for 12 years. He is the stay at home dad. I work full time and just made a major job change in May. The best thing I could have ever done.
I have three children DD9 going on 25, DS 7 and DD3 going on 25. I also have a dog Jaq. Yellow lab that is 6.
I have been scrapping for about 7 years.
We went to Disney on our honeymoon in 1996 and I was hooked. DH had been there before but I had never been. We went in2002 with the kids and have been there 5 times since. My three year old will be there for her fourth time in December. My MIL goes with us each time. I now have made a scrapping monster out of her.
I'm so glad I found all of you. You sometimes are my sanity.