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!
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.
Hi Chai! That is a lot of change. At least you have started your vacation books. I'm still thinking about mine, lol.
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.
Hi Chai! Your last paragraph made me smile. 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!
I do vacation books and Project 52's in a more clean and simple/graphic style, but what owns my heart is art journaling!
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!
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...
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. 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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!!