Everything Has Changed

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  1. chai

    chai Love to make a racket!

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    I joined this forum in 2014 so that I could participate in MOC 2. I know that I was lurking and buying a couple of years before that.

    I still prefer to lurk, but I love that this site is so active. Yes, I know that sounds like a paradox! I'm an introvert who likes people.

    Everything since 2014 has changed--my home location, my work, my scrapping style...

    I am now an empty nester who works part time from home. I went from being a SAHM, to starting a job, to starting my own business. I moved from Colorado to New Jersey. My scrapping style keeps moving toward clean and simple. But I still get trapped into busy pages sometimes!

    What's the same? I'm still working on some of the same vacation photo books! :D
     
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  2. dawnmarch

    dawnmarch Actually, no. You are not funny!

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    Same with me on the vacation photo books! That's a lot of change but glad you are still here at TLP!
     
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  3. jk703

    jk703 CEO of Anything and Everything, Everywhere

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    Hi Chai!! Everything changes, but stays the same all at once! Years don’t pass Like normal, lol! I am a constant album maker… I haven’t printed in forever! But I have oodles in the making.

    I’m in NJ too! Near PNC Arts Center/117 on the parkway.
     
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  4. KarenC

    KarenC Guest Designer

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    Hi Chai! That is a lot of change. :) At least you have started your vacation books. I'm still thinking about mine, lol.
     
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  5. bcgal00

    bcgal00 Say, "birdseed!"

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    Yes, life does change, doesn't it? I sure know that.

    Oh boy...that opens a can of worms with me....vacation photos.....ugh. I will never catch up LOL.
     
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  6. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    Hi Chai! Your last paragraph made me smile. :lol2
    I am also an introvert who loves people. I don't think it's a paradox. Introvert just means we get rejuvenated being alone (as opposed to extroverts getting energy from socializing) not that we dislike people.
    Glad to meet you!
     
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  7. Annsofie

    Annsofie Crime Books & Cozy Nooks

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    Hello Chai! I envy you that you found TLP so early that you were able to do the second MOC!
     
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  8. Pachimac

    Pachimac Give me all the cliché Christmas movies

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    I do vacation books and Project 52's in a more clean and simple/graphic style, but what owns my heart is art journaling!
     
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  9. HeatherB

    HeatherB Ain't nothin wrong with a few dust bunnies!

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    Hi Chai! Boy that's a lot of change! So glad you delurked to introduce yourself. I'm also an introvert who loves people, so I get it!
     
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  10. Maaike84_PGD

    Maaike84_PGD Guest Designer

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    Welcome, Chai! That is a lot of changes... I can also relate to a lot you are writing. I did quite some lurking here, too. And don't get me started on photo albums. It is an ongoing process...
     
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  11. jagruti patel

    jagruti patel Now where did I put that artifact?

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    Hi Chai! Yes, never catching up...but at least we get to keep scrapping!
     
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  12. keepscrappin

    keepscrappin ScrapWithTheWind

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    Hi Chai! So glad you came out of lurking, so we could learn more about you... Boy, a lot has changed for you.

    I'm an introvert who likes people too. Once I get to know people, then I come out of my shell more and seem more like an extrovert. :giggle

    And don't get me talking about how far behind I am with my albums. Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever catch up, but then I give myself grace and just keep scrappin! :agree
     
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  13. KimJ

    KimJ Did you check in the refrigerator?

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    So glad you came out to chat, Chai! Nice to learn more about you!
     
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  14. norton94

    norton94 Thank goodness I'm still a Well-Known Member

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    Isn't it funny how life keeps changing - and sometimes we are happy it changed out of a bad time into a good, and sometimes less so because we miss a happy season. I too am "empty nesting" and also still working on my vacation albums haha! So glad you are still here too!
     
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  15. Angela Toucan

    Angela Toucan I keep looking for THAT wardrobe

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    Hello Chai. I don't know if I'll ever fully catch-up. Although now the children are not al children anymore (one one still is) my husband is taking a lot less photos. SO maybe one day I will be all caught up.
     
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  16. ninigoesdigi

    ninigoesdigi Designer

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    I totally get that because the difference is that in a forum we can interact on our own terms, on our time, when we feel ike it.
    I think I was quite social back in my young days. I mean, I am still, I'm not an hermitt either but it drains much more out of me now to be in public. I don't what changed... I am more sensitive than I was maybe and sometimes being with people in public feels like walking on eggshells and it drains me?

    A community like TLP feels nice because when we need to share we can feel the support right away.
     
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  17. Karen

    Karen Wiggle it, just a little bit!

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    So glad you enjoy the forum here... I get it too, I'm an introvert too, but love that the forum lets me interact as much or as little as I want on any given day. Love seeing all the things that have changed for you over your time here too!
     
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  18. Kiana

    Kiana I'm a poet, and everyone knows it!

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    Glad you're still a lurker here!!!! lol
    I understand your "introvert that likes people" comment rofl
     
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  19. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    You certainly have had some changes!! I'm on the brink of being an empty nester as my last one has a year of college to go. I'm sure that vacation albums will always be on my to-do list!! So glad you're here!!
     
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  20. Cristina

    Cristina Handmade with love, actually

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    Hello from a fellow introvert! :D
     
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