I took time to play and shop today lol. I finally learned how to make and save my brushes in PS and to make fuzzy fibers all by myself..no actions yay! Think I will be playing a good bit now that I have figured out more of what does what in the thing!
As to shopping I am totally hooked on ideas and actions by Monica Larsen! I nabbed a grab bag from her and am so tickled with what was in it that I went and got another one haha. I can see playtime more and more so I can mess around and get what I want with her help!
I really want a really satin look to ribbons and have been working with that with help from Roberta's actions to come up with silky looking ones so hopefully with all the trial and error I can accomplish the look I want with a silk ribbon as have not seen anyone offering one that does what I want it to do! So cross ya fingers it works!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
LOL OK I tried it
Lissa had a name meaning on her blog so of course I just had to go try it out..
What Jolene Means |
 You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you. You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries. You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. |
WOW
With the bad two or three weeks I have had I just got a huge pick me up from an internet friend!
Tracey from Rainy-Daze gifted me with a 12 month membership to a pixeling site I have been wishing for for over a year now! I am so stoked as I love Paint My Dreams and Thalia is amazing! I love my pixeling altho it is more on the back burner than my scrapping is and this is the pick me up I really needed. Thanks to Tracey from the bottom of my heart..it means more than you can possibly know! You made my week!
Susan from Grandma's Attic made my week as well as she gifted me with a cute st pat's sig tag
and when I purchased something I had been wanting from her she added another gift that I had my eye on lol. She is such an awsome lady and I love her dearly for her friendship and her work. It's great to have another "Nana" who I can yak about our grandkids with lol. Her lil guy is a cutie for sure.
sO at least some good things came about this week yay!
Tracey from Rainy-Daze gifted me with a 12 month membership to a pixeling site I have been wishing for for over a year now! I am so stoked as I love Paint My Dreams and Thalia is amazing! I love my pixeling altho it is more on the back burner than my scrapping is and this is the pick me up I really needed. Thanks to Tracey from the bottom of my heart..it means more than you can possibly know! You made my week!
Susan from Grandma's Attic made my week as well as she gifted me with a cute st pat's sig tag
and when I purchased something I had been wanting from her she added another gift that I had my eye on lol. She is such an awsome lady and I love her dearly for her friendship and her work. It's great to have another "Nana" who I can yak about our grandkids with lol. Her lil guy is a cutie for sure.
sO at least some good things came about this week yay!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Peeved!
ok you all know its been a rough few weeks around here and now on top of it all it seems that someone named Snarky has put my commercial use psp script up for grabs in her pirate group! I have news for you cupcake..I know who had access to my files at all 3 stores and i know who purchased this legally so don't think for one minute I won't yank it down and you along with it! I guess I should feel ummm "flattered" NOT! My scrapping pays for meds and some other things I would go without and while I sure don't get rich from it by any means I still need it. AND btw i have licenses for all my work and yes I bought my graphics proggies so don't even go there! I still have the boxes and cd's! There was a time when I was in the tagging stuff too and didn't know better but I do now and anything I had for free either got left behind years ago or I went and bought it so it is all legal. I pay for my cu items and I paid for my graphics programs and I am so sick and tired of reading all the drama and all the backstabbing name calling crap in some of the blogs and communities ..What are these people? A bunch of kids in junior high? Honest to Heavens you would think they would grow out of it! but noooooooooo..sorry it's been a horrible horrible week for me and this added to it just sux. Feeling like you have to save every email every scrap of paper in case someone comes after your reputation stinks. I am at least smart enough I email back and forth to make sure terms are met and always have been treated respectfully and the makers appreciate it but I am not doing it just for them....with all the crap I am covering my own butt for the future! You would think at my age I would not have to do that wouldn't ya! My grandchildren behave better than some of those people do in the "bad" blogs and groups! The language on some of them is worse than a truckstop and the truckers don't talk that way in front of others outside themselves but those ***koff Koff*** "ladies" (and i use that term very loosely) have the foulest mouths on the planet!
The sad part is we have lost several excellent designers over all this and even some great scrappers let alone community members in all the various stores and forums. There is plenty of room in the digi scrapping world for heavens sake..why do some people feel such a need to break it apart so? I am no big name nor great designer..i just plug along and if you like my stuff great if not that is okay too..each of us has our own taste and our own way to scrap or design but attacking others is just so wrong on so many different levels. The one thing it has done is brought together alot of others who may not have otherwise known each other and made them stronger so it will backfire in the long run to the evil minded ones. What goes around comes around!
Ok off my soapbox! Take it or leave it :-)
The sad part is we have lost several excellent designers over all this and even some great scrappers let alone community members in all the various stores and forums. There is plenty of room in the digi scrapping world for heavens sake..why do some people feel such a need to break it apart so? I am no big name nor great designer..i just plug along and if you like my stuff great if not that is okay too..each of us has our own taste and our own way to scrap or design but attacking others is just so wrong on so many different levels. The one thing it has done is brought together alot of others who may not have otherwise known each other and made them stronger so it will backfire in the long run to the evil minded ones. What goes around comes around!
Ok off my soapbox! Take it or leave it :-)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Time Flies When NOT having fun!
Gawd life is never dull around my house!!!!!! This past two weeks have been totally insane I swear! Is it too much to ask for peace and quiet on a continuous basis lol? Not in my lifetime!
DD has had some terrible issues with her teeth due to no insurance so like the rest of us we kinda put off hitting the dentist. She had several trips to the ER with severe pain but was not able to find a dentist willing to help out unless you have bookoo bucks up front! This of course is the same predicament her dad and I are both in and caused me to write a letter to our local newspaper's readers forum entitled SHAME ON YOU DENTISTS OF OUR TOWN or something to that extent. I lambasted them for being so greedy that they cannot donate a few hours every month to the local clinic like the doctors do! They have been unable to get any dentists willing to help out and to me that is sad sad sad..the Dr's can do it so what is wrong with the dentists?They think they are too good for this or what? THere are way too many people like me whose dental health is directly related to their physical health but health insurance does not cover dental duh! On limited or non exsistant incomes what is one to do? I can't draw blood from a turnip ya know!
Ok here it comes..ROUND ONE! DING DING DING!
At any rate on her last er visit they recommended her going to Pittsburgh to the Dental school clinic and we were told it was low cost if not free so she called and made appointments not only for herself but for me, her dad and her other half. We loaded up the car Friday morning early and headed off on the two hour drive. Half way there she said pull over and stop now dad..just pull over to which he did and she immediately proceeded to lose the contents of her tummy all over herself and car door as it didn't open fast enough bless her heart. Apparently she took a reaction to the meds they gave her at the ER the night before. My heart ached for her watching the misery she was in. Mind you she can drive me batty at times but she is still my little girl and seeing her so miserable tears me apart! For once in his life hubby was patient and didn't get all huffy with her for throwing up all over the car door and even got her out one of his sacred sweatshirts for her to change into...wonders will never cease lol. We got her resituated and stopped at the local dollar general and grabbed some paper towels, garbage bags and a big bottle of Febreze..don't think I need to explain further on that part!
We finally got to the dental school with no problems and even got a super dooper parking spot in the parking garage across the street on the same level as the street and with my handicap sticker it was a prime spot that I did not have to struggle to cross the street! We entered a lovely building and all of us had to hit the bathroom first of course lol. I was the first one to make it to the receptionist window and proceeded to try to sign in when they asked me for all of us to pay up front to the tune of 120.00! I about choaked and went into " Excuse ME! that is not what we were told" conversation as we called not once but twice to verify cost etc long before we went down there! DD and DH came out and I let it in their hands as I was livid by then. Not one person admitted they told us that nor apparently believed anyone would tell us that and got rather rude! The rest of the family got mad and walked out but me in my blithering fog wandered over to another window to at least get my parking validated and one of the nicer gals came out and grabbed me and gave me some info she said she thought we could use about Catholic Charities opening a new dental clinic that is absolutely free if you qualify. She at least cared enough to try but our trip there was all in vain and we came home with dd in worse shape than when we left! She did call CC and went thru all the info on her cell phone while we were driving back home so we figured by Monday we could start again and figure a day out to go back to pittsburgh for the day yet again...
Now you would think this would end here yes? NOOOOOOOOO not in my family life hahaha.
DING DING DING --ROUND TWO
Saturday dawned and I could barely walk and dh was having issues as well and we all decided to wait until Sunday to have cake and ice cream for our "Cat" who had her birthday last week. Loving child that she is she said wait til you feel okay Nana and Pappy Dog (as she calls her grandpa!). Saturday kinda just passed in a blur and Sunday dawned. We ran for ice cream that we knew she loves and headed to their house. I got up to the top of the steps, walked in the door and took one look at my daughter and had no clue who she even was!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have ever seen The Grinch stories she looked like Cindy Lu Who! Her face and lips were so swollen and distorted I did not recognize my own child!!!!! SHe had been to the ER yet again and they gave her more antibiotics, did a ct scan that showed multiple small abcesses up into her sinuses and was in agony. At this juncture this mom had had it! I called the local oral surgeon and they tried to tell us to wait and call Monday and i hit the roof and told them to find him and i wanted called back immediately or i was calling the local tv and newspapers to tell them just what greedy dental care we have here! Well not in those exact words but you get the point lol. The upshot was he did call me back within 4 minutes and while he himmed and hawed about payment he agreed to see her first thing in the am and would work out payments for her. I went with her first thing monday am and when he first came in i was not impressed with his manner but then i watched a sudden softening in him when he saw her and how much pain she was in. He graciously agreed to cutting his prices tremendously and did not charge her for a special film he needed and agreed to payments. Faith is restored in at least this dentist now lol. He put her out cold and extracted several severe abcessed teeth and said she will have to have more later but this will take care of the problems she is having now. She could not be left alone nor drive so brought her home with me for the day and her honey had a chance at some extra hours so just had him leave her here. Her daddy was going to work anyway so she may as well stay here with me where at least if she needed something I could help to some degree rather than have her home alone.
She did sleep once I got her the pain meds and some chicken broth into her tummy but by 8 I felt like I had been hit with a bus emotionally and physically. Having Lupus and the other ills i have stress of any type causes extreme pain for me but had tried my best to ignore the worst of it since Friday but think it caught up finally and I keeled over out cold by the time her other half picked her up.
I was suddenly awakened Tues am at about 7 by DH who said please get up I got hurt at work and I need to go to the ER!
DING DING DING can you hear it ROUND 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The upshot was we spent til about noon at the ER and while it rulled out a blood clot he either pulled or tore a muscle/Tendon his leg and can't walk! He is off work at least a week if not more and starts with the local work comp dr tomorrow morning! He cannot use the steps and he sounds like he is in labor when he tries to walk. He does have ahigh pain tolerance so I know he really is hurting but after the past few days I am out of patience with all of them sorry. I have secluded myself to the bedroom by choice lol..I check on him every so often but other than that I am just done at least for now.
I am totally wrung out and feel like a wet dishrag and am not functioning for chit. I know they need me yes but right now i don't have anything more I can give til I can revive myself sigh. I this will pass...it always does but I needed to vent folks so guess what ..ya all are my recepients lol.
Keep saying to self..The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow!
DD has had some terrible issues with her teeth due to no insurance so like the rest of us we kinda put off hitting the dentist. She had several trips to the ER with severe pain but was not able to find a dentist willing to help out unless you have bookoo bucks up front! This of course is the same predicament her dad and I are both in and caused me to write a letter to our local newspaper's readers forum entitled SHAME ON YOU DENTISTS OF OUR TOWN or something to that extent. I lambasted them for being so greedy that they cannot donate a few hours every month to the local clinic like the doctors do! They have been unable to get any dentists willing to help out and to me that is sad sad sad..the Dr's can do it so what is wrong with the dentists?They think they are too good for this or what? THere are way too many people like me whose dental health is directly related to their physical health but health insurance does not cover dental duh! On limited or non exsistant incomes what is one to do? I can't draw blood from a turnip ya know!
Ok here it comes..ROUND ONE! DING DING DING!
At any rate on her last er visit they recommended her going to Pittsburgh to the Dental school clinic and we were told it was low cost if not free so she called and made appointments not only for herself but for me, her dad and her other half. We loaded up the car Friday morning early and headed off on the two hour drive. Half way there she said pull over and stop now dad..just pull over to which he did and she immediately proceeded to lose the contents of her tummy all over herself and car door as it didn't open fast enough bless her heart. Apparently she took a reaction to the meds they gave her at the ER the night before. My heart ached for her watching the misery she was in. Mind you she can drive me batty at times but she is still my little girl and seeing her so miserable tears me apart! For once in his life hubby was patient and didn't get all huffy with her for throwing up all over the car door and even got her out one of his sacred sweatshirts for her to change into...wonders will never cease lol. We got her resituated and stopped at the local dollar general and grabbed some paper towels, garbage bags and a big bottle of Febreze..don't think I need to explain further on that part!
We finally got to the dental school with no problems and even got a super dooper parking spot in the parking garage across the street on the same level as the street and with my handicap sticker it was a prime spot that I did not have to struggle to cross the street! We entered a lovely building and all of us had to hit the bathroom first of course lol. I was the first one to make it to the receptionist window and proceeded to try to sign in when they asked me for all of us to pay up front to the tune of 120.00! I about choaked and went into " Excuse ME! that is not what we were told" conversation as we called not once but twice to verify cost etc long before we went down there! DD and DH came out and I let it in their hands as I was livid by then. Not one person admitted they told us that nor apparently believed anyone would tell us that and got rather rude! The rest of the family got mad and walked out but me in my blithering fog wandered over to another window to at least get my parking validated and one of the nicer gals came out and grabbed me and gave me some info she said she thought we could use about Catholic Charities opening a new dental clinic that is absolutely free if you qualify. She at least cared enough to try but our trip there was all in vain and we came home with dd in worse shape than when we left! She did call CC and went thru all the info on her cell phone while we were driving back home so we figured by Monday we could start again and figure a day out to go back to pittsburgh for the day yet again...
Now you would think this would end here yes? NOOOOOOOOO not in my family life hahaha.
DING DING DING --ROUND TWO
Saturday dawned and I could barely walk and dh was having issues as well and we all decided to wait until Sunday to have cake and ice cream for our "Cat" who had her birthday last week. Loving child that she is she said wait til you feel okay Nana and Pappy Dog (as she calls her grandpa!). Saturday kinda just passed in a blur and Sunday dawned. We ran for ice cream that we knew she loves and headed to their house. I got up to the top of the steps, walked in the door and took one look at my daughter and had no clue who she even was!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have ever seen The Grinch stories she looked like Cindy Lu Who! Her face and lips were so swollen and distorted I did not recognize my own child!!!!! SHe had been to the ER yet again and they gave her more antibiotics, did a ct scan that showed multiple small abcesses up into her sinuses and was in agony. At this juncture this mom had had it! I called the local oral surgeon and they tried to tell us to wait and call Monday and i hit the roof and told them to find him and i wanted called back immediately or i was calling the local tv and newspapers to tell them just what greedy dental care we have here! Well not in those exact words but you get the point lol. The upshot was he did call me back within 4 minutes and while he himmed and hawed about payment he agreed to see her first thing in the am and would work out payments for her. I went with her first thing monday am and when he first came in i was not impressed with his manner but then i watched a sudden softening in him when he saw her and how much pain she was in. He graciously agreed to cutting his prices tremendously and did not charge her for a special film he needed and agreed to payments. Faith is restored in at least this dentist now lol. He put her out cold and extracted several severe abcessed teeth and said she will have to have more later but this will take care of the problems she is having now. She could not be left alone nor drive so brought her home with me for the day and her honey had a chance at some extra hours so just had him leave her here. Her daddy was going to work anyway so she may as well stay here with me where at least if she needed something I could help to some degree rather than have her home alone.
She did sleep once I got her the pain meds and some chicken broth into her tummy but by 8 I felt like I had been hit with a bus emotionally and physically. Having Lupus and the other ills i have stress of any type causes extreme pain for me but had tried my best to ignore the worst of it since Friday but think it caught up finally and I keeled over out cold by the time her other half picked her up.
I was suddenly awakened Tues am at about 7 by DH who said please get up I got hurt at work and I need to go to the ER!
DING DING DING can you hear it ROUND 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The upshot was we spent til about noon at the ER and while it rulled out a blood clot he either pulled or tore a muscle/Tendon his leg and can't walk! He is off work at least a week if not more and starts with the local work comp dr tomorrow morning! He cannot use the steps and he sounds like he is in labor when he tries to walk. He does have ahigh pain tolerance so I know he really is hurting but after the past few days I am out of patience with all of them sorry. I have secluded myself to the bedroom by choice lol..I check on him every so often but other than that I am just done at least for now.
I am totally wrung out and feel like a wet dishrag and am not functioning for chit. I know they need me yes but right now i don't have anything more I can give til I can revive myself sigh. I this will pass...it always does but I needed to vent folks so guess what ..ya all are my recepients lol.
Keep saying to self..The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday
Feb is tomorrow already ugh. Where did the last year go let alone last month?
I gave up my Christmas look boo hoo so switched up to a Valentine's one..hopefully a bit perkier since it's so nasty here ..we had a decent morning but it's raining
and turning to snow
and bitter cold with high winds. These old bones of mine HATE this time of year! Seems like all of us from little JT thru Royboy have the stomach flu these past two weeks. So far I am not suffering ill effects tho Roy is down with it pretty bad today and had to call him off work!
I added some new Templates to my store at 3Scrapateers...they can be used for BOTH Personal AND Commercial use so check them out if you need some Time Saver Templates!
You can find them HERE
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
cUTE cUTE cUTE
I was watching ELLEN this morning and she got such a cute gift from the one guest (can't remember her name at the moment sorry)..it was a bow and arrow that shoots minature marshmellows!!! It's called a Bow and Mallow and each pull of the bow string hurls mini-marshmallows up to 30 feet! Ellen was having a blast with it!
All I can think of is sister dear Marsi! When I was laid up with a shattered ankle back in 1992 I was confined to the sofabed and wheelchair for several months and my dh and dd would get into fights over how to do the dishes or who was going to do what...Sister dear showed up one afternoon and gave me a pingpong ball gun to shoot them both when they had me upset..needless to say I TOTALLY enjoyed using it and it did stop them from fighting lol. The bow and arrow one would have been great too!
Thanks sis again for thinking of me when they drove me batty!! Mwahhhhhhhhh!
All I can think of is sister dear Marsi! When I was laid up with a shattered ankle back in 1992 I was confined to the sofabed and wheelchair for several months and my dh and dd would get into fights over how to do the dishes or who was going to do what...Sister dear showed up one afternoon and gave me a pingpong ball gun to shoot them both when they had me upset..needless to say I TOTALLY enjoyed using it and it did stop them from fighting lol. The bow and arrow one would have been great too!
Thanks sis again for thinking of me when they drove me batty!! Mwahhhhhhhhh!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Ok i know i said end of discussion
I know I said end of discussion on the DSD issue but right now I am stewing and brewing and believe me I am enough of a redhead at heart I can get pretty boiled and I AM!
***DISCLAIMER***This is my personal opinion, I have the right to express it, state it, rehash it in anyway shape or form I choose. You can choose to disagree and I encourage you to do so however that doesn't mean you're gonna change my mind. Thanks...and have a GREAT day!****
***DISCLAIMER***This is my personal opinion, I have the right to express it, state it, rehash it in anyway shape or form I choose. You can choose to disagree and I encourage you to do so however that doesn't mean you're gonna change my mind. Thanks...and have a GREAT day!****
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I am sorry but enough is enough...Tandika has a right to be protective of her work YES but I also have the right as a PAID subscriber to have what I paid for originally!!! For someone who continually preached about professionalism in this industry she has totally done an about face. I doubt she really gives a rats patoot what I think let alone what the other subscribers think but I have to let off steam and its gonna be here! Part of me wants to resort to the name calling trust me! I am so angry right about now I cannot even type right!
I got the email from her saying it was open and one month had been added to my subscription. WELL GOODY GUMDROPS...one month for what? I cannot save the tuts to work on them at my own time..not everyone has the moolah she apparently has and my computer cannot handle keeping all those screens open and run PSCS at the same time! NOR does my health allow me to sit continuously while working on tut only to find her site logged me out for staying on one page too long...DUH..I am slow..I type slow..I have RA and Lupus I am NOT FAST duhhhhhhh. I understand her need for security but its gone overboard when you have one small paragraph per page on a tut that you cannot print out, screenshot or copy to use on your own personal time and personal computer. That 35.00 we each paid is pretty substantial when you add it up and to some of us like me it's alot of money. I had to save for months and put off joining because of the cost and finally did but I expected my year's worth out of it. ONE YEAR was my terms of use when I subscribed and ONE YEAR it should have been ---changing your tou suddenly when everyone started filing complaints with the BBB and PP does not change what you agreed to in the first place as you so many times stated, preached and posted not only in your own forums but other places as well!
There were many more honest faithful loyal upstanding members/subscribers to her site than bad apples so why is it that the good ones have to suffer the consequences of the rotten apples? We are battling those people too Tandika..you are not the only one suffering from their actions...many of us have had and will continue to have problems with because they do what they do no matter how much we fight them!
And let me tell you something else...logging our IP address on the site is hunky dory but do you not know that IP addresses change ..that when cable users or even dialup users have not logged on or had their computers on their IP addresses change? What good it is doing you is beyond me but hey if you have been advised it will help then I have no problem with it..just seems a bit over the top in my opinion.
My issue is NOT with the closing of the site..it is with HOW IT WAS HANDLED! How it is still being handled! I learn alot from any tutorial not just hers but she did have them in a manner that was effective for any of us wanting to make a go of it in the digi scrapping industry. HOWEVER the way she spoke to some people has often rubbed me wrong but I bit my lip many times figuring she is who she is and maybe she didn't mean it to be snarky. However I truly believe now she is a first class snob sorry but that's the only way I know how to put it. Because she knew alot and shared it with so many she apparently feels no loyalty or obligation to treat others in a fair and decent manner. Talking down to subscribers and loyal customers does not make you any better than the rest of us..you still have put your panties on one leg at a time same as we do! Where are the apologies to the faithful members? I kept hoping to get even a "We apologize for any inconvenience" letter but heck we don't even rate that! Sorry ..to me she is acting like plain trash and I call it as I see it. I rarely get this mad as know it is not healthy for me to but I am just seeing red at the moment. My faith in people is often tested but this one really cuts deep..I respected her, trusted her and admired her at one time. I am wondering why now!
Agree or disagree it's your option but I feel what I feel and I needed to say it. It's my blog and it's how I feel!
I am sorry but enough is enough...Tandika has a right to be protective of her work YES but I also have the right as a PAID subscriber to have what I paid for originally!!! For someone who continually preached about professionalism in this industry she has totally done an about face. I doubt she really gives a rats patoot what I think let alone what the other subscribers think but I have to let off steam and its gonna be here! Part of me wants to resort to the name calling trust me! I am so angry right about now I cannot even type right!
I got the email from her saying it was open and one month had been added to my subscription. WELL GOODY GUMDROPS...one month for what? I cannot save the tuts to work on them at my own time..not everyone has the moolah she apparently has and my computer cannot handle keeping all those screens open and run PSCS at the same time! NOR does my health allow me to sit continuously while working on tut only to find her site logged me out for staying on one page too long...DUH..I am slow..I type slow..I have RA and Lupus I am NOT FAST duhhhhhhh. I understand her need for security but its gone overboard when you have one small paragraph per page on a tut that you cannot print out, screenshot or copy to use on your own personal time and personal computer. That 35.00 we each paid is pretty substantial when you add it up and to some of us like me it's alot of money. I had to save for months and put off joining because of the cost and finally did but I expected my year's worth out of it. ONE YEAR was my terms of use when I subscribed and ONE YEAR it should have been ---changing your tou suddenly when everyone started filing complaints with the BBB and PP does not change what you agreed to in the first place as you so many times stated, preached and posted not only in your own forums but other places as well!
There were many more honest faithful loyal upstanding members/subscribers to her site than bad apples so why is it that the good ones have to suffer the consequences of the rotten apples? We are battling those people too Tandika..you are not the only one suffering from their actions...many of us have had and will continue to have problems with because they do what they do no matter how much we fight them!
And let me tell you something else...logging our IP address on the site is hunky dory but do you not know that IP addresses change ..that when cable users or even dialup users have not logged on or had their computers on their IP addresses change? What good it is doing you is beyond me but hey if you have been advised it will help then I have no problem with it..just seems a bit over the top in my opinion.
My issue is NOT with the closing of the site..it is with HOW IT WAS HANDLED! How it is still being handled! I learn alot from any tutorial not just hers but she did have them in a manner that was effective for any of us wanting to make a go of it in the digi scrapping industry. HOWEVER the way she spoke to some people has often rubbed me wrong but I bit my lip many times figuring she is who she is and maybe she didn't mean it to be snarky. However I truly believe now she is a first class snob sorry but that's the only way I know how to put it. Because she knew alot and shared it with so many she apparently feels no loyalty or obligation to treat others in a fair and decent manner. Talking down to subscribers and loyal customers does not make you any better than the rest of us..you still have put your panties on one leg at a time same as we do! Where are the apologies to the faithful members? I kept hoping to get even a "We apologize for any inconvenience" letter but heck we don't even rate that! Sorry ..to me she is acting like plain trash and I call it as I see it. I rarely get this mad as know it is not healthy for me to but I am just seeing red at the moment. My faith in people is often tested but this one really cuts deep..I respected her, trusted her and admired her at one time. I am wondering why now!
Agree or disagree it's your option but I feel what I feel and I needed to say it. It's my blog and it's how I feel!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Tadah LAYOUTS and more Layouts
OK I fINALLY have been able to get more layouts done yahoo!
Children Teach
Children Teach
Miss Fashion Diva 2008
Credits: Alma Townsend - colorized - Tantilizing Brag Book -3Scrapateers
PEACE BABY
Credits: Alma Townsend - colorized - Tantilizing Brag Book -3Scrapateers
FIRE BRIGADECredits:
Dede Smith -- emergencycrewz Fire Truck and Embellies-3Scrapateers
Angel Zimmer -- stitch border top- Digitals
CarolAnnSmith--Punk Alpha-no longer available
Glenda Ketcham -- Paper from Boy Oh Boy Kit --Digitals
SLEEPY SMILESCredits: Sue Jones --B4Boy Kit
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Some thoughts
I have silently kept my peace during recent events and yes controversy about DSD. I am a paid subsciber there and while I HATE drama of any type I feel like I need to have my say so on the subject. I saw it coming as did some others from the attitudes we saw happening within the site itself. While I love what is offered and the knowledge she shared with us I also saw a side of her come thru that I did not admire in the least with her handling of some issues. I believe she is entitled to do as she sees fit for herself and her site but I feel she also mishandled the way things should have been done as a business. I respected her as did many others but it has been destroyed bit by bit over the past few weeks and I doubt that can be recovered. We all know the risks we take in any business venture but particularly one on the internet it is even more risky as you really can never know the person behind the screen. Her hard earned reputation of excellance in her tutorials cannot be disputed in my humble opinion but her reputation as a considerate wise business woman has sadly been tarnished. Little by little I saw her snap at people and sometimes even be a bit snotty which shocked me the first few times but over time realized it was just her way. However the manner in which things transpired over the holidays has totally blown my mind as she always was one who stressed professionalism. I hate what happened to cause her to make the decision she made originally yes and do understand her frustration and anger and hurt but I do not understand the way she handled it.
That is just my two cents and I will say no more about it for I am way too old to deal with this type of drama in my life. I had enough crap with POTH and I certainly will never go through that again! We are all entitled to our opinions on the matter and this is just mine. End of discussion.
That is just my two cents and I will say no more about it for I am way too old to deal with this type of drama in my life. I had enough crap with POTH and I certainly will never go through that again! We are all entitled to our opinions on the matter and this is just mine. End of discussion.
Friday, January 04, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Well here we are another year gone by!!! Where did it go sigh. Seems like the older I get the faster time flies! It just seemed like it was summer then wham we had snow!! It is freezing here ugh! Think it was only 3 degrees this morning --my old bones sure feel it! Having RA and the host of other health issues I have make it hard to deal with winter and summer weather...can't win no matter what can I lol? I am best in the spring and fall it seems!
My crop went okie dokie on Wednesday and thanks to Karen(fortlady) for all her help with my issues of copy/paste. Did find out the problem so should be okay next time!
Have added the freebie kit to the store at 3S so if you missed the crop you can buy it if you want! Hint Hint lol
Hope everyone has had a super new year and will leave you with a "FASHION DIVA" photo of our lil Miss Wiggle Butt the other day taken by her mommy with no prompting on mom's part honest! What a Ham!
My crop went okie dokie on Wednesday and thanks to Karen(fortlady) for all her help with my issues of copy/paste. Did find out the problem so should be okay next time!
Have added the freebie kit to the store at 3S so if you missed the crop you can buy it if you want! Hint Hint lol
Hope everyone has had a super new year and will leave you with a "FASHION DIVA" photo of our lil Miss Wiggle Butt the other day taken by her mommy with no prompting on mom's part honest! What a Ham!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Choices
Well it's that time of year to make some choices and one of mine is that I will not be staying at Divine Digitals as of Jan 13, 2008. I appreciate all the love and friendships I made there but I need to spend more time concentrating more and less time worrying HOW to get things done. I could not split up my time effectively at all this past year between Digitals, 3S and Divine so am choosing to scale down so I can do a better job at the other two commitment wise.
Will post tomorrow with a preview of goodies for coming to the ScrapADeal crop on Jan 2 if you want a sneak look.
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Jo
Will post tomorrow with a preview of goodies for coming to the ScrapADeal crop on Jan 2 if you want a sneak look.
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Jo
Scrap-A-Deal at 3Scrapateers
Ok here it is tah dah!
I have the first Scrap-A-Deal of the year over at 3Scrapateers! What a great way to begin the new year!
Here's a peek at what the FULL kit looks like :
I have the first Scrap-A-Deal of the year over at 3Scrapateers! What a great way to begin the new year!
Here's a peek at what the FULL kit looks like :
How does Scrap-A-Deal work?
You buy this half for the great price of only $2.00 this week ONLY, create a layout and post it in the 3S Gallery HERE
Once posted you will be sent the rest of the kit via links in your PM in the forum!
The full kit consists of papers, frames, buttons and more in blues whites, silvers and a touch of red for added interest!
Special Thanks to: Atomic Cupcake, Tandika Star, Annie's Attic, and Sherrie Piegdon.
Make sure you have your settings to get PM's so you can get the rest of the kit for free! You are saving $4.00 on this deal from now until January 2 the night of the crop! Attend the crop at 10pm eastern time in the chat room at 3Scrapateers and you also get some free goodies and can chat, rant, cheer, or whatever your heart desires that night! You will have a week to post your layout to the gallery! So please join me there ...I don't do crops much but we always have fun no matter who the host may be!
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Christmas Past
Growing up Christmas is a time special to my heart. Coming from a "His, Hers and Ours" family we never were at a loss for company over the holidays! We had anywhere from 6 to 9 kids running around the adults which made for many joyous memories and laughter. I treasure those times as well as the memories we make today with our 7 grandchildren near and far. It is difficult having our Livy so far away but she is always in our heart and calls from her keep us up on her doings! We will be spending time with the others this weekend and had a Christmas eve night the day before with "Cat" as her pappy nicknamed her. We got her Christmas photos yesterday and cannot wait to scan it in and show her off of course lol.
If you have time and mind to please pay a visit to my pixel site to see what we watched as children growing up..those of you from western PA and Chicago will most likely remember these cartoons--Hardrock Coco and Joe, Suzy Snowflake and Frosty the Snowman which you can view on my pages there. Give the pages time to load the videos! You will need to close this blogger page as the Holiday Music here would also be playing and don't think you want that lol.
Have a joyous Holiday season and may the new year bring you love, laughter and Joy!
If you have time and mind to please pay a visit to my pixel site to see what we watched as children growing up..those of you from western PA and Chicago will most likely remember these cartoons--Hardrock Coco and Joe, Suzy Snowflake and Frosty the Snowman which you can view on my pages there. Give the pages time to load the videos! You will need to close this blogger page as the Holiday Music here would also be playing and don't think you want that lol.
Have a joyous Holiday season and may the new year bring you love, laughter and Joy!
Our Lil Jack
Here is another of our new addition Jackson who belongs to my son and his wife and is Scarlett's baby "bruffer"-she calls him Jack Jack lol.
Used Sophia Davies - A Christmas To Remember.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Newest stuffers
Jo's Coppered Christmas
Find this at 3Scrapateers or Digitals
EveryDay Heroes Scrapkit
Find it at 3Scrapateers or Digitals
EveryDay Heroes Scraplet QuickPages
Find it at 3Scrapateers or Digitals
Snowy Blues Scraplets/QuickPages
Find them at 3Scrapateers or Digitals
Halloween Word Drops
Find them at 3Scrapateers or Digitals
Forever
It sure seems like forever since I posted and when I look at the dates it is! I am a bad bad blogger lol.
At any rate have new layouts done and new kits etc up so here ya go!
At any rate have new layouts done and new kits etc up so here ya go!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
New Layouts
She has grown up so much these past few months..she's not a wee baby anymore! Our Miss Wiggle Butt loves the camera! Used MaltShoppe One for this layout of her taken out in Indiana when she was out there for a visit with her other grandparents and aunt,uncle and cousins. Think the title of Irresistible just suits her don't you?
My son entered a talent show back in high school days and did a rendition of "Soul Man" from the Blues Brothers movie. He and one of his best buds Brian got a standing ovation from the entire audience and the judges created a special award for them as they didn't have a category that fit lol. He gave me a few heart stopping moments with some of the flips he did over Brian during the show but to him it just came naturally! He's the one on the right and Brian is on the left. I can still hear the two of them doing their thing not realizing the mic's were full on...they thought they were lip syncing haha but they were loud and clear! Used MaltShoppe Two for this one.
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