It's about me.

My 25th high school reunion is coming up.  When did I get old enough for that???   I really don't see myself going this year but I registered and filled out the online form for the memory book anyway, I just didn't purchase a ticked.  Okay... yeah, so maybe it was just a chance to talk about ME.  Who am I to pass that up????

So there was only two questions the form besides the basics of name and address.

Favorite High School Memory

(I used Lora Speiser's Remember When page kit plus to make this page.)

 

September 6, 1986.  I had only been dating Dan Loman for a month and since he was a sophomore away at college, I really didn't know where the relationship was going.  I knew what I was hoping for though.  I'd had a crush on him for two solid years.  I was still pinching myself daily to make sure it wasn't a dream.

It was a gorgeous night for our first football game of the year.  I was riding high being a SENIOR and all.  Sitting up in the bleachers, surrounded by my friends in the marching band, the night couldn't have been better even with the white Barbie boots and a big white plume sticking out the the top of my uniform hat.  I didn't care, we were having a blast cheering on the team.

Sometime during the game, of all people...Dan Loman showed up.  I was pretty darn giddy to say the least.  For the rest of the night, I had butterflies in my stomach and a huge grin plastered across my face.  Someone snapped a picture of us and to this day, it is one of my favorite pictures.

Highlights or Interests Since Graduation   

Cheesy to say but all of my childhood dreams have come true...or almost.   

 (This page with my About a Dream page kit and the add on pack.)

I'll never be a singer, I can't sing.  As a little girl, I knew I wanted to get married, have children, and be a teacher.  

 ( I used Nicole Young's Evanesce page kit for this wedding page.)

(I used Quite Bright Value Collection by Lauren Bavin.)

(Holy Innocents third grade class of the 1992-1993 school year on Halloween.)

Check, check and check.  My teaching days are behind me now to make way for some of the other childhood dreams.

 (I used my own Homespun Joy page kit , add on pack and paper set to make this page.)

With my big box of 64 crayola crayons, I also dreamed of one day being an artist.   

 (I used a retired page kit by Rene Bross.)

Check that one off the list too. Since 2009, I have been a senior designer at Digital ScrapbookPlace, an online community of digital scrapbookers.   I spend a good part of many days makingdigital scrapbook graphics.  I'm actually pretty bad about actually scrapping for myself but I get a real kick out of seeing other people use the graphics that I have created to capture the moments of their lives into books to share with generations to come.

Because of the young authors program in school and my vivid imagination, I also spend hours as a child just pretending to be an author.   Okay, so I'm not there yet but I do get to work with an author.  Lisa Wingate writes wonderful woman's inspirational fiction novels.  Our friendship began with a simple fan email.   

 (I used my The Hatteras House page kit to make this page.)

We now travel together where it is my job to keep track of the people we meet, photograph EVERYTHING, hold the video camera, sell the books, and sit on the couch at the end of the day and giggle about wearing a shirt backwards.  Turns out we're two peas in a pod.  Lisa encourages me daily about getting my own stories down but I admit, I'm afraid.  Looks like a whole lot of work to me.  Watch for it though, it just might happen.

Some of the other way too cool things that have happened since graduation are my two trips around the globe to China.   

(This page was created using a retired DSP Club Digital Collection.)

A girlfriend moved there due to her husband's job and sobbing over a bottle of wine on our last night prior to her leaving, I promised to come visit.  What was I thinking?  That is a LONG flight and the pilots don't land the plane after ten hours just so everyone can get off for recess and run around for a while.  

 (I used my own Imagene Doll page kit as well as Christine's Amy's Chinese Doodles page kit and Erica's Asian Allure 2 page kit.)

China is so incredibly different but I did enjoy my time spent there.

My husband, son and I enjoy traveling the United States in our vintage 1977 GMC motorhome (yes, the one from the movie Stripes.)   

(I used Destination Unknown WordArt by Kim Liddiard and my own Eleganza Page Kit, Add on Pack, and Paper Set.)

Obviously we did have a few issues but we look forward to plenty more trips.

(Page created with The Game Of Love Value Collection by Carole Harden)

I love my husband and son dearly but am truly thankful to still have all of my girlfriends.  The new ones and the old ones...Mary and Sue with their matching Barbie Boots and big feather plumes were cheering on the football team that warm September night all those years ago, and I am thrilled to say that they are right here with me now as we cheer on new events in our lives and make more memories to cherish.

So that is how I answered the those two questions...minus all of the way cool pictures of course.   Okay, enough talking about myself.  Not that it wasn't fun and all but I do need to get to making up graphics today.