Paper & Ink

WE'VE MOVED

Hello friends and blog readers!!

I have moved my blog into a new space for 2006...I needed a change.

Anyway, it's here http://paperandink.typepad.com/thegoodlife/ so if you are linked to me, please update your list to reflect my new home....

I like the change already...It feels good to have something new!

See you on the other side!!

Jennifer

I will be back to post more about this.  But for now, here is a great article to read that pretty much sums up my furious experience on Sunday.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5310192

I hate Bill Leavy.

A fun way to procrastinate

Well, I am headed off to CHA and have 4 million things left to do.  One of those things is not what I am going to share with you. 

I stumbled on this on a blog today, and thought it would be fun:
The challenge is to search only Google Images and see what you find for the following topics, (I tried to find the best pictures for each one-

My hometown:  Kamloops, BC

and I also lived in Bremerton:

The town you live in now:  Redmond, WA

My Name:  Jennifer

My Grandmother's Name: Well, since I have 2 grandmothers, Cory-

and Mary:

My Favorite Food: Phad Thai

My Favorite Drink:  Red Bull

My Favorite Song:  My Humps by the Black Eyed Peas

And last but not least
My Favorite Smell:  Caramel

I hope you enjoyed getting to know me a little better, HAPPY FRIDAY!  See you next week with exciting news from CHA!!

Your Career Type: Artistic

You are expressive, original, and independent. Your talents lie in your artistic abilities: creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art. You would make an excellent: Actor - Art Teacher - Book Editor Clothes Designer - Comedian - Composer Dancer - DJ - Graphic Designer Illustrator - Musician - Sculptor The worst career options for your are conventional careers, like bank teller or secretary.

What's Your Ideal Career?

I have only one thing to say today people:

Today is a glorious day in Seattle

SEAHAWKS RAWK!!!!!

SUPER BOWL BABY!!!!!!

WWWOOOOOOOHHHHOOOOO

Questions about your order?

I heard through the grapevine that a couple of people are running into some difficulty in purchasing their copy and/or getting the link, so I wanted to direct you to the FAQ's and INSTRUCTIONS pages on our site.  Just in case you need it now, here it is:

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And it looks like 2peas is also having problems with their site too, as I can't get in and post my message in response to the thread where people are looking for help.

So far, the response has been really great!!!    I am working on getting the rest of the items finished, and Jim will be back on Monday to help with any tech issues that I can't resolve on my own.  That's my update for now!  I will check back with you guys as the day goes on.

it's here and we're celebrating

Well, it's finally here ladies!!  The new issue of Digital Memories Magazine!!!   Here is the cover and the 2 kits that come with, the DMM Creative Team Kit and the Exclusive DMM Designer Kit "Beloved" by Josie Celio.  You can get them at www.digitalmemoriesmag.com

And......it's my hubby's birthday today!  I know I have a lot of web-buddies who like to follow along with the crazy Pebbles Family antics, if you could throw him so love on my blog today, it will make him feel all warm and fuzzy.

Ladies, I haven't spent 5 mins with the man in 2006.  I know, I know...but I had to get the mag finished and the website up, and work with my developer to code everything, and then he was leaving for a trip this weekend, and I was freaking out, etc...but it's all good in the hood!  It's done...now I can just wait for all the emails to bounce and all the technical difficulties to come flooding in, right....I hope not.  I am  crossing my fingers and hoping that this will be the best birthday present I could ever give my hubby.  Things have been rough for us lately, and he needs some sweetness in his life.  He even got in a fender bender today, how lame is t hat.  Send him your love ladies...if not for him, then for me.

I will edit this post in the morning to add a little more DMM info when I wake up.  Right now, it's another 3am bedtime in the continuing saga that is Digital Memories Magazine, and I need to get some freakin' sleep.

This is gonna be a long one....

First thing first:

I got this email from a friend today and it totally made me think of all you that I have gotten to know in digital land, even though we may not get to see each other in person (yet) we talk everyday...so here it is:

To all my Sisters,

A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the Mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.  "Don't forget your Sisters," she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you get older.

No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them."  "Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL the women... your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too." "You'll need other women. Women always do."

What a funny piece of advice! the young woman thought.
Haven't I just gotten married?
Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!

But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about.

As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.

(THIS SAYS IT ALL:)
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.

BUT.........Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you. Or come in and carry you out.

Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life!

The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I.  When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we need each other still.

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Big hugs!

Now, for those of you who don't know, I edit a little bimonthly publication called Digital Memories Magazine, and we are getting ready to put out our new issue at the end of this week...It has been a long struggle with this one....way more content, I had some email issues, mailing list issues, couldn't get the website configured correctly, etc...but now, it is just about ready to release to the masses....so keep your eyes and ears open!!  If something goes wrong, BELIEVE YOU ME...you will hear about it from me.

ok, so with all that said, it's time for another survey, because Andrea retagged me:

What scrapbooking lines/products/etc do you dislike?
I really like everything except super duper matchy stuff, and kits that only have 2 colors.  I like lots of variety in my pages. 

What is the hardest thing you've ever had to scrap?
The hardest page for me so far was {me A-Z} because I couldn't make it look right, couldn't find the right picture, etc...but it turned out ok... the other page that was hard was my {pills} page, because it talks about having PCOS and the unpleasent side effects...it robs me of my femininess (if that is even a word:)

What technique do you use more than any other?
BW Conversions

Ever been published?
I just got published for the first time in DMM!!  Haha, seriously, this is the first issue in which I actually have my work included...I haven't tried submitting to paper publications (maybe once??)...but I might try for HOF if I have time...not like I would get it!!!  Being published online is totally fine with me, I have stuff picked for A Muse a lot more lately than I did when I first started with them, which is very validating...I even designed class cards for them...so that counts I guess!!

What's the smallest scrap of paper you save?
oh boy...pretty small for stamping...like smaller than an inch sq sometimes:)

Ever have any scrapbooking-related injuries?
does a sore butt count? from sitting too long in front of the computer... I have had a few paper cuts, pinched my hand with the mega marvy punches, etc.... serious weight gain, etc....

Finish the sentence "If I wasn't a scrapbooker, I would spend my money
RUBBER STAMPING!!!

Give us your best storage or organizational idea.
Convert a closet into a desk/armoire...hopefully a big closet, where you can also put in a desk space...and if the doors won't shut, put curtains over it.  And use a good paper organization system.  My desk looks like a hurricane hit it right now, so if anyone has good desk organization ideas....
(funny, when I worked at my last job, my desk was never like this when I worked...must not have been busy enough:)lol

You just won a week-long scrapbooking cruise for 5. Who's going with you?
My Husband because he has been such a big help with all this....the other 3 would be a difficult pick....can I win a scrapbooking cruise for 50 instead?  I guess I would bring Traci and Jen, and Kathy for fixing my website and being a super talented genius!!!!  But we would have to squeeze a few more of you into our suitcases....

You're turn!
After you've answered the questions, tag 6 of your scrapbook buddies!
ummmmmmmmm.....Everyone who reads this, consider yourself tagged....my digital sisters!!!

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Well, back to work...gotta get things ready for you!!!
Big Hugs and Sloppy Kisses!!

who me??

Oh m' gosh, I got tagged by my friends today Traci, Lauren and Shabby Miss Jen, so even though I shouldn't be on my blog at all with the 3,598,458,976 things I have to do...I will make an exception because this is the first time I have been tagged ever!!! Yippee!!

But....before I do that I just have to say.....

GO SEAHAWKS!!!!

4 Jobs I have had:
Retail Sales Associate at Pier One, Bartender, Telephone Research Survey Operator, Branch Manager of a Staffing Firm.

4 Movies I love to watch:
hmmmmm...tough one, we are big movie freaks, but I like to put distance between the times I watch some movies....but I guess I would have to say Office Space, Club Dread, Best in Show, and Step into Liquid (a FABULOUS surfing movie--everyone should see it)....oh and we watch The Blue Planet Discovery Channel DVD set all the time.

4 Places I have lived:
Kamloops, BC Canada, Chandler AZ, Pullman, WA and Redmond, WA

4 TV Shows I watch:
hmmmm...don't watch tv much anymore, but when I do it's LOST, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal and Jimmy Kimmel Live (tooo funny)...I like ABC:)

4 Places I have been to on vacation:
Florida and the Bahammas (when I was in 8th grade), Cabo San Lucas (honeymoon), Vegas (many, many, many wild and crazy times), Whistler (my favorite place) ...oh and Sun Valley where I tried to make friends with Bruce Willis!:)

4 Web Sites I visit daily:
Traci's Blog
2Peas
Digital Memories Magazine (what? I do:)
Designer Digitals
ScrapArtist
(I also visit just about everyone I know's blogs a few times to find stuff to keep me entertained:)

4 Favorite Foods:
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
McDonald's Filet-o-Fish Sandwhiches (what? I like em:)
Chocolate anything
Phad Thai w/ steamed broccoli and lots of peanut sauce
(I just gained 15 pounds typing that list:)

4 Favorite Places I would rather be:
at home with my snuggly hubby
Shakers....oh so sad that it is gone from the world forever
The internet...so I can connect with all you lovelies!!
Whistler....I want to live there

4 Bloggers to tag:
hmmmmmmmmm.....
I am going to have to say....
MandaBean
Katie Kaapcke
Burnsy
Susan aka: Chef

That's all the steam I have left in me ladies.....this mag is going to kill me, but it will be worth it to make you all happy and inspired!!  Heck, I'll sleep when I'm dead!!!

Seahawks Super Bowl 2006 BABY!!! The Dream is alive!!!
Who's gonna win the game?....We're gonna win the game!!!!

Pebbles,

out.

who's going to win the game???

we're going to win the game!!!!!

GO SEAHAWKS!!!!!!!!