Angela's Addiction - Incoherent ramblings of a scrapper

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Blog Award!

I got the cutest blog award from Shawna. If you use PSP you have to check out her blog Scrap Stuff with PSP.

Now, her rules state that I have to give this award to 7 other people with blogs I think are fabulous, so here are my picks:

Jen's Cropping Creations
Juliana Blogs
Designs by DeDe
Jill D~Zines
Kathryn's Digital Designs
Talking Story
Amanda Thorderson Designs

Tomorrow I may have a special little something for my readers, so please check back. ;)

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Sunday, September 02, 2007

Tag, You're it!

I was tagged by my friend and CT member Juliana yesterday to list 8 interesting things about myself. Now, I've had to really put on my thinking cap for this one because I am just not that interesting. LOL After reading her entry, I seem like an awfully boring person. Well, here goes nothin'!

1. I am what people politely refer to as petite. I call it just plain old short. I am almost 5' tall, just shy the last 3/4 of an inch. :) Sometimes when we are out where a school or church group has a gathering, people mistake me for one of the children until I turn around. Yes, even elementary kids too.

2. I am painfully shy IRL. Even through high school, I would look at my feet whenever someone would talk to me. When I entered college, I also started my first real job - a waitress at a popular pizza chain. I had to come out of my shell and that was certainly the way to do it! LOL I had to interact with lots of people for that job, so I quickly learned how to deal with all kinds of people. :)

3. I am originally from Arkansas. I love to go barefoot, hot weather & tornadoes don't bother me, and ain't is in my vocabulary. "Howdy ya'll! Howyadoin?" I have lost most of my accent, but tend to pick it up a little when we visit family there.

4. I was in the school choir for 6 years. Singing in a group didn't bother me for some reason. LOL One year, we were invited to sing at the state capitol. I am a bit cloudy on how many of us there were as this was SEVERAL years ago, but it was a large group. There were choir groups from all over the state there taking turns to preform. Our rather large group began singing Carol of the Bells (my personal favorite), and the governor, his wife and daughter came out on the balcony to hear us. We were the only group they stayed to listen to. :) Want to guess who they were? It was Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton, the early years. LOL

5. I only knew my husband for 3 months before we were married. We met in November 1996, married in February 1997. Three years later on our anniversary, our DS was born. :) What a great anniversary present!

6. I don't like most sports. I'm not sure why, I just don't enjoy them. I do however like a good rodeo, not on tv, but in person. Ride 'em cowboy! The only sport I watch on tv is Nascar racing. I am a huge Jeff Gordon fan! I also enjoy going to the dirt tracks & watching.

7. I have been a red head, a blond and a brunette. I have never colored my hair! I was born with red hair, but turned blond by age 2. As I got older, it gradually regained it's natural red highlights and I was back where I started. I remained strawberry blond until I had my DD about 5 years ago. My hair has turned a light brown since then with a strand of pure sparkling white here & there. Eek! I still do not color me hair. Thinking about it now though...

8. I absolutely love Christmas. I start popping in the holiday CDs a couple of months early. I love to decorate the tree and house. My favorite part now is seeing my children's eyes sparkle with utter joy as they find the gifts from Santa under the tree. I am awake before they are, waiting to hear them tip toe out to the tree to have the first peek. It's truly magical.

OMGosh! I did it! LOL I can't believe I found 8 things to write about. OK, I am now going to tag Jeanine, Jenn, Jennifer, and Lara. Let's hear it girls!

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Tagged again! :)

The lovely EvaK tagged me! Since I have already done the song tag (I know I could list more though), I chose the second option. :) Here goes:

List 5 Weird Things about yourself or your pets:
1. I like to dip my pizza in a mix of ranch dressing & marinara sauce. (Can you feel my arteries clogging?)

2. I love to go barefoot, even in Winter.

3. I still daydream just as much as when I was a child. Hey, without dreams, what would we really have to look to?

4. Before children, I swore I'd never be (or want to be) a mother. Now, my kids are the best things in my life.

5. I am so shy! It is even hard for me to blog. :) I get so nervous when meeting new people that I have anxiety attacks sometimes. LOL Silly me!

I'm tagging these ladies:
Jan, December (d2d), Susan, Lorraine, and Juliana. (Told ya I'd tag you back!)

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Sunday, September 24, 2006

I've been tagged!

I was tagged today by my friend Juliana. :) I have to list 7 songs that are currently my favorites and tag 7 more blogs (if possible). Yikes! Not sure I can tag 7 people, but I'll try!

Here's my list:
Cars Crashing by Snow Patrol
Unfaithful by Rihanna
You're Beautiful by James Blunt
How to Save a Life by The Fray
Photograph by Nickelback
Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson
My Front Porch Looking In (& Amazed & I'm Already There) by Lonestar

I'm tagging: Jen, Andrea, and Tracy C.
Have fun ladies! :)

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Thursday, February 09, 2006

Tag #3 and #4!

Goodness, tagged 2 more times. LOL Thank you Christi and Sarah! Here goes...

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Hmmm. Lemme think a minute. I was 21, living on my own, working at Mazzio's Pizza as a waitress for the 5th year in a row, and 13 days away from my wedding. So I guess I was a real basket case about this time 10 years ago. LOL

What were you doing 1 year ago?
1 year ago, I was at home with both of my "babies" watching cartoons, changing diapers, scrapping, cooking/baking and playing board games. I had not yet started designing. That came a month later. :)

Five snacks you enjoy:
1. white corn tortilla chips and guacamole
2.
white corn tortilla chips and spinach & artichoke dip
3. white corn tortilla chips and salsa or white cheese dip
4. salted mixed nuts
5. candy bar, must be chocolate, but any will do :)

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
Oh, great! Here goes any hint of coolness that I might have held...
1. Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman"
2. Nickel Back's "Photograph"
3. John Cougar Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane"
4. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts "I Love Rock & Roll"

5. Def Leppard's "Love Bites"

Alright, so I LOVE 80's music!

Five bad habits:
I talk with my hands, try to avoid exercise, bite my nails, double dip my chips and hide my chocolate stash from the hubby.

Five things you like doing:
Digi scrapping, of course! Then cooking/baking and trying new recipes, watching horror movies, reading suspense (especially Dan Brown), and singing & dancing with the kids to Laurie Berkner's music (I know all the words to these also).

Five things you would never wear, buy or get again:
1. courderoy or leather pants (courderoy - never again, leather - never)
2. cheap paper shredder - I spend more time unclogging it than shredding
3. Freezer Queen frozen family dinners Bleh!
4. Taxes done at H&R Block
5. cheap salsa - taste is everyting in a snack LOL

Five favorite toys:
1. Tivo
2. Wacom Graphics Pad/Pen
3. Trivial Pursuit
4. Barbie
5. CD/DVD burner

Six people I want tagged:
Six? Seriously? Geesh, I'll do my best.
Brenda, Sarah J., Robin, and Jeanine.

LOL Just as I finished, "Jack & Diane" started playing. Off to boogie with my 3 yr old. ;)

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Monday, January 23, 2006

Wow! Tagged again!

I am loved! :) This time, I was tagged by Mirandalea. Thank you! I scoured the web for more people to tag too, so read on! LOL

WHAT SCRAPBOOKING PRODUCTS DO YOU DISLIKE?
Digital ones that have stray pixels or "jaggies"

WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING YOU'VE EVER HAD TO SCRAP?
My hubby - he won't let me take pics of him, so I had to catch him sleeping!

WHAT TECHNIQUE DO YOU USE MORE THAN ANY OTHER?
I don't think I have any certain techniques, I just try to make it look good. :)

EVER BEEN PUBLISHED?
No, but I've only submitted one layout to one mag. I need to make a resolution to scrap and to submit more.

WHAT IS THE SMALLEST SCRAP OF PAPER YOU SAVE?
Since I'm all digital, so I have to answer in kb?

EVER HAD ANY SCRAPBOOK-RELATED INJURIES?
Not yet, but I'm sure I'll develop carpal tunnel at some point.

FINISH THIS SENTENCE: "IF I WASN'T A SCRAPBOOKER, I WOULD SPEND MY MONEY ON... my kids, the mortgage, vacation

GIVE US YOUR BEST STORAGE OR ORGANIZATIONAL IDEA:
Get an external hard drive and back it up! LOL My subfolders have subfolders, so I know exactly where everything is on my external.

YOU JUST WON A WEEK-LONG SCRAPPING CRUISE FOR 4. WHO IS GOING WITH YOU?
Ooh, my mom (who has never scrapped), my friend Christi, and my friends Michele and Liz who also have never scrapped. I would make it my goal to get everyone addicted!

TAGS:
This was the hardest part for me. Here are my tags: Rose, Heather, Meredith and Sarah.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

I've been tagged!!

My first tag ever, yay! :) Thanks, Jen. Now to try to answer the questions without showing just exactly how boring I really am. LOL

Four jobs you've had in your life:
- Digi Designer (my hubby says it isn't a job, but an obsession)
- Customer service and cashier in grocery store
- waitress in a pizza restaurant
- lab technician (photo lab) for my father's photography studio

Four movies you would watch over and over:
- A Knight's Tale
- An Affair to Remember
- Titanic (I know, I know!)
- The American President

Four places you have lived:
-Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Wattsburg, Pennsylvania
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Batesville, Arkansas

Four TV shows you love to watch:
- CSI (Las Vegas)
- Desperate Housewives
- Grey's Anatomy
- Ghost Hunters

Four places you have been on vacation:
- Niagara Falls (Canadian Side)
- Orlando, Florida
- Branson, Missouri
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Four websites you visit daily:
- DigitalFreebies.com
- ScrapOutsidetheBox.com
- RAKScraps.com
- DigiPickoftheDay.com

Four of your favorite foods:
- anything Mexican
- pepperoni pizza
- spinach & artichoke dip
- dark chocolate (wait, this should be at the top, LOL)

Four places you would rather be right now:
- OK, I really have to go with Jen on this one. I usually CHOOSE to sit here at my desk in my own little space, doing my own thing...
-in bed, sleeping
- in Arkansas with my mom
- somewhere eating chocolate

Four bloggers you are tagging:
Susan
Tracy
Cristina
Umm...Everyone else I know/read has been tagged already!

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