A getting to know you thread!

Name: Samara Gugler

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Northern Los Angeles, California

Family (including pets): Hubby-Jamie- 12 years; Son-Alex-age 9; Daughter-Annika-age 5; Cat-Chicken; Dog-Coco; Lots of fish too!


How long you've been digiscrapping: Gosh...forever??? 4 years

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a 6th grade teacher by day, digi scrapper by night.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: PINK!!!
 
Name: Paula

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Ely, Nevada - the podunkiest town in America!! LOL

Family (including pets): DH - Steve; DS - Zakk (15); DD1 - Hannah (14); DD2 - Bekah (11); dog - Bubba; two cats - Pippin & Sam

How long you've been digiscrapping: My two year digiversary is on May 4.

Anything else you'd like to add!: I am a special education teacher when I work, but am a SAHM right now. I'm on the BEST CTs in the whole of digiland and I am addicted to WWE.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Blue is my all time favorite with green and purple running close seconds.
 
Name: Missy or Melissa

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): I live in Minnesota about 1/2 hour from the twin cities.

Family (including pets):Hubby Greg, been married for 6 years (together for 13 years) Identical 5 yr old Twin boys Gabe & Blake and 3yr old boy Reid. A Male Dalmation Shorthair mix dog Bauer and a Female orange Tabby cat Sammy.

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since October 2004

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a SAHM and teach an after school drawing class to kids on tuesdays. It's a blast!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Green, red, orange...fall colors
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Name: LeeAndra aka Leeander Gander, Leejo Peejo, LeeBli, Lee, LA, LeeeeeAndra? (used to preface EVERY STINKIN' STATEMENT BF's son says to me), and Hawt Stuff ;)

Whereabouts: Indianapolis, the best city ever

Family (including pets): Technically, I'm the only member of my family. If you afford me the latitude, we can include my boyfriend, his five year old son, and some miscellaneous ants that manage to sneak into my apartment every once in awhile. :)

How long you've been digiscrapping: since February 2003 --- old fart, ain't I?!

Anything else you'd like to add: I'm completely obsessed with my Bluetooth headset, Arby's roast turkey 'n' swiss sammiches, my new black flipflops with a big ol' honkin' plastic rainbow star on each thong, the SSD forums, and the Pioneer Woman website.

Your favorite colour: My favourite colour is a louvely shaoude of Canadiouan pink.
 
Name: Amanda

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): East Texas

Family (including pets): Ross, my hubby, Aidan, my 2 year old Diva, Ian, my 2.5 month old linebacker, and Alexander the Great, my himi

How long you've been digiscrapping: over a year

Anything else you'd like to add!: I like to read anything and watch chick flicks! Birth and BFing are two of my favorite conversation topics. I consider myself somewhat of a lay "expert" on infant reflux.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: I love the colors yellow and pink, especially bright/bold pinks mixed with oranges!
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Name Mandy
Whereabouts Utah
Family Married the love of my life 6.5 years ago and we have two daughters, ages 3 and 1
How long have you been digiscrapping 2.5 years
Anything else you'd like to add From August of 2007 until April of 2009, I will have moved my family a total of FOUR TIMES! (Insane, I know.)
Favorite color Purple
 
Kat Stokes said:
Anything else you'd like to add!: I spend way more time surfing and shopping at SSD than actually scrapping. I love to read (especially books by Nicholas Sparks and Jodi Piccoult). Camping is my all time favorite thing to do. I love The Biggest Loser, American Idol, Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef. I always have my TV tuned to Food Network if none of my other shows are on.
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We have some things in common! I also spend TOO much surfing and shopping vs scrapping. I love to camp, as well. Jodi Piccoult is who I'm currently reading, and Top Chef is basically my favorite TV show!

ETA that if there's nothing on I want to watch, by default, I watch Food Network!
 
I've enjoyed reading through these. Now if only I could actually remember it and match names with bios!

Name: Rachel

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Northern Virginia, about 30 minutes from Washington, DC

Family (including pets): DH Dan (married 10 years in June), Jason (4) and Ben (2)

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since March 2004

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a SAHM who stays up WAY too late to scrap. I wanted to post somthing witty and fun here, but I don't have anything witty to say.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Dark red. I scrap with a lot of blues and browns, though.
 
Name: Angie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Tennessee

Family (including pets): my dh of almost 13 years, Jeff, my dd Kylee (10), my ds Noah (8), my ds Jacob (6), my ds Luke (4) and then we just added a new addition to our family tonight, a new little puppy that we named Jasmine

How long you've been digiscrapping: six months, I was a paper scrapper before that for about 11 years

Anything else you'd like to add!: I am working on building my photography business, I love to read, I love to stay up late working on my layouts

ETA: Your favorite colour!:purple
 
Name: Amanda

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Houston, Texas area

Family (including pets): Billy (husband for almost 10 years) Garrett (5 yr old) Lance (3 yr old :eek: ) Trevor (the really old dog) Ernie and Cat (the hermit crabs) and Squirrel McQueen who visits us every morning.

How long you've been digiscrapping: about 2.5 years

Anything else you'd like to add!: I love love love the beach and spend as much time as possible there. I have a BS degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences but don't use it. 5 years ago I could have named all the bones in a bird. Dang mommy brain! I also have an addiction to Lara Bars. Love those things!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Green or brown. Depends on my mood.
 
Name: Tania

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Northern California

Family (including pets): Been married to Joel, my hero, for almost 10 years, we have 1 son, Jeremiah (more affectionately known as JT) who is 5 and we also have 1 daughter, our darling Lulu (or Tallulah as her birth certificate says). We have 2 sweet cats Goose and Alex.

How long you've been digiscrapping: since March of 2005 :)

Anything else you'd like to add!: I had foot surgery today, yowwwchh!!
 
Name: Sarah

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): We are in Connecticut

Family (including pets): I am married to my highschool sweetheart and have three awesome kiddos! My daughter Lillian is almost 6, Wesley is 3 and Noah is 1. We are trying for our fourth now! I am so excited and cant wait!!

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since late January of this year :)

Anything else you'd like to add!: Ummm I talk alot LOL and I tend to ramble so I aplogize in advance LOL!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Pink or Lavendar
 
I've been "lurking" here for quite a while, but just recently started getting more involved in the challenges and such.

Name: Lydia

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Kaysville, UT

Family (including pets): 4th of 7 kids in the family I grew up in. Married to Brett, with two little boys - 3 years and 21 mos. No pets thank you very much.

How long you've been digiscrapping: A little over a year

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a Mac girl, love reading, playing the piano, was an editor for ten years before I became a SAHM - most recently for a scientific journal "Meteoritics & Planetary Science" - crazy stuff!

Your favorite colour!: Yellow and Purple
 
Name: Justine Hastie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): south of Wollongong, which is about 90mins south of Sydney in Australia

Family (including pets): DH David; DD Alyssa (3y.o. in July); two spoilt birds, George and Nibbler (aka Nibby); half a dozen fish in the back pond

How long you've been digiscrapping: it was about Sept 2005 from memory, a few months after dd was born

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a SAHM; I love SSD and I spend too much time procrastinating, driving between places and on this computer

ETA: Your favorite colour!: probably green but varies often
 
Name: Dorothy Judd

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Southern Suburb of Sydney, Australia

Family (including pets): Married to my best friend Scott for 13 1/2 years, no kids - not by choice:( ,two Cats - Ace and Beau

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since March 2006

Anything else you'd like to add!: I work 4 days a week - Monday to Thursday in purchasing and payroll for a plastics company. I look after my niece, whom I adore, every Friday . I met my husband the very first day at school - we were 5 yrs old. I would live in my pj's if I could

ETA: Your favorite colour!: I love mint green
 
Name: Elizabeth

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Raleigh, NC

Family (including pets): dh Jason, 4.5 yo Charlotte, 2 yo Gwendolyn and two kitties, Joshua our Maine Coon and Max our Bengal. (Though they are in the DOGHOUSE b/c they started peeing on our furniture, though they have stopped... for now...)

How long you've been digiscrapping: I started in 2005, quit for over a year when I was pregnant, started again March 2007

Anything else you'd like to add!: I had a homebirth with my second child... she was born in a bathtub at my MW's house after 38 minutes of active labor. :)

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Green or yellow
 
Has anyone read this far? :blink:

I'm not new but I've not been really active in the forums.

I live in Arizona.

Family: I have two sons, 7 and 4. Waaaay too many pets, 2 dogs, 4 cats, and two birds.

I started digi scrapping in 2006, I think.

I'm a trained flight instructor doing child care in my home until my youngest ds starts Kinder this fall. Then I'll go back to work full time. I will soon (I hope) legally be a single mom. Actually been a single mom the last 5 years.

My favorite color: green (any earthtones)
 
Name:Conni (NO "E") Laing Frankl

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!):I live in the small town of Raymore, Sask. Population 600

Family (including pets):Husband of 8 years Darcy, Daughter Stephanie, Sons, Cody and Joshua

How long you've been digiscrapping:Since November 07

Anything else you'd like to add!:I Grew up a City girl and now love being down home on the farm

ETA: Your favorite colour!:BLUE
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I love threads like this! Us newbies love learning who everyone is!

Here is my info:


Name: Toby (my real name; not a nickname!)

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): A decent size college town .. Rolla, Missouri

Family (including pets): Roger, my wonderful boyfriend, and my 2 sons at home...Ryan is 19 and John is 15. Suzanne (who is now known as sbrobinson08 here at Sweet Shoppe; she is new too!) is 21! I am soon to have a wonderful son-in-law by the name of Josh. I also have a cute grandpuppy named Marcie.

How long you've been digiscrapping: almost 2 years but was a paper scrapper for almost 10 years.

Anything else you'd like to add!: Every once in a great while, you will find me behind a sewing machine. I still love to quilt. I also make cards and still do paper scrapping!!!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: BLUE!!!!!
 
OK, here's mine:

Name: Davita

Whereabouts you live: near Sacramento, CA

Family: husband, 1 dd aged 6, twin boys age 2 1/2 and 2 cats

How long you've been digiscrapping: about 3 and a half years

ETA: Your favorite colour!:Pink
 
Well, I'm a brand new "newbie" on here ... just joined tonight. ALTHOUGH I've been buying SSD goodies for ohhhh forever. I think since the beginnning, or very close to it !

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So tell us.....

Name:Connie Jean

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Southwestern Idaho

Family (including pets): Hubby's name is John. We have two kids: Hannah Cheyenne (age : 7) and Benjamin Andrew (age : soon to be 5). No pets currently

How long you've been digiscrapping: sometime in 2005

Anything else you'd like to add: Hmmm... we are a Christian homeschooling family. I love digital scrapping as much as paper scrapping AND I love rubber stamping too (card making ... yay!). I am a Stampin' Up Demo and enjoy that as well.

Your favorite colour: pink, green, and brown
 
Name: Angela Louise Spangler

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Grand Blanc, MI, but will be exported to San Antonio, TX this summer

Family (including pets): Husband Andrew, daughters Cora (8), and Sarah (6)

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since Dec 2005

Anything else you'd like to add!: I totally rock

ETA: Your favorite colour!: blue
 
Name: Mary aka marnel

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): I live in the Hartford Area in CT

Family (including pets): DH, 4dd's Ro-17, Charlie-15, Helena-13 Ary-4 and 2 ds's Gio-5 & Mason-6mths

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since Nov.2004 and I really stunk at it in the beginning b/c I was just really beginning :p

Anything else you'd like to add!: I work full time as a Med.Receptionist and my oldest dd will graduate this year from High School. waaaaa :(


ETA: Your favorite colour!: hmmm not sure I have one to pinpoint I like about everything....
 
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