Hi Everyone
Hi to all and welcome to our website. I am a first time “blogger”- so forgive me if I am not doing it right.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Terri and I am a 30 something mother of four. I have a 14.5yo son-Matthew- who being a typical teenager thinks I know nothing and spends all his free time on the computer/net. Then there is Lucas-13yo-also thinks I know nothing and likes to spend all his free time on the computer/net, but also devotes a large amount of time SMSing his mates. My oldest daughter, Lauren, is 11.5yo, also thinks I know nothing#*!$!%*#-(I’m pretty sure I know something), and has hit the teenage angst early-girls always are more advanced than boys aren’t they-LOL. After having two boys I longed for a daughter to dress up, and be girly with, but no such luck-Lauren is an outdoor girl-my “Earth Angel”-who loves to be outside and dirty,- a rescuer to all creatures great and small. Occasionally a glimpse of girly girl peeks through-but not as much as one would hope! Then there is Emma-my 5yo who thinks I know everything(thank goodness). She was our surprise baby, and she made our family complete. Although Emma likes to be dirty, messy, noisy and in your face-she is a lot more girly than Lauren(although Emmas’ best friend is a boy-Blake). Emma is a born performer, and will charm anyone and everyone she meets.
I married my partner Aaron last August, after a 17 year engagment(you can’t rush these things!!!!) He is a workaholic, and has recently given up smoking after 20+ years, so we are all very proud of his efforts. He is also a very patient and understanding man who understands where I am coming from, and puts up with me.
As you may already know, I am in partnership with Trina, and we are very proud of our little shop. It is a lot of hard work-and I don’t have near enough time for scrapbooking anymore, although I do have a lot of resources at my fingertips-I still spend as much, if not more than when I got to S/book all the time. For this reason I really enjoy OTP items, they are “quick”, and I feel like I have accomplished something.
I have also started another business venture of my own, “TJ’s Scrapwords”-I had an hour or two free- and I will be designing and manufacturing words, phrases, borders, shapes etc from chipboard to start off with, and will eventually move on to acrylic, balsa, and metals. Keep an eye on the website as products start to appear.
Well I am hoping to blog-is that what you say?- at least once a week-no promises though- so check back to see what is going on with the shop, etc. Please feel free to reply, or ask me questions- I will do my best to answer promptly.
Well it’s off to start dinner-did I mention that is my son Matthews’ other pastime-eating, and eating, and eating some more. He is over 6′ tall. I think his legs really are hollow!!!
Until next time,
Happy Scrapping,
Terri