The Nastier Side of the Scrapbook World

Well, I stumbled across a scrapbook forum and a blog about scrapbooking. Let me just say this, if I didn't know there were nice people in the world of scrapbooking I'd run so fast you wouldn't see my dust. I already participate in 2 different forums so I know there are nice peoople out there. I'm just glad I found those site first!
I'm not going to even name the sites because quite frankly I don't need the grief some would find neccesary to cause me. Those women don't know me and I don't want to know them. The first site there was all kinds of crap going on from name calling to putting others down, you name it, it was there (including things that can be considered illegal when it comes to credit card info). The other a blog site operates under the guise of free speech. I'm saying it this way simply because this person is using free speech as an excuse to say nasty things about the other site and whoever she doesn't like. Hey you don't like someone and you want to say nasty things go for it, it's your right. BUT, don't act like you're doing it because of a freedom granted to you because you happened to be born in the U.S.A. Just admit you're doing it because you are exactly the same as the people on the other site.
I have never in my life seen supposedly grown women act they way they are. At BOTH sites! Now don't misunderstand me I can understand why some woman are upset. Heck I would be on the phone with a district attorney over the CC info. Even though I didn't enter any magazine contests it would upset me to find out a winner had bent the rules (or broke, whatever). But to sit and write some of the nasty things I've read. Do you women really kiss your children with that mouth? I must say when I see someone use language like that it makes me wonder where they got their educations. I don't care if it was at an Ivy League school, I want to make sure not to let my granddaughter near there when she grows up!
The scariest part is some of these women are supposedly professionals in scrapbooking. They also think they seem to have celebrity status. Uhmmm I don't have a clue who you are and don't care. Do you know who has celebrity status in my eyes? (besides my family and friends) Our soliders, police, firefighterts, emts and all those who do things every day of their lives to help others!
Now with that said I'm going to keep my scrapbooking world small. I will stick with the forums I've already found and the blogs where people are nice. I'm sure I'm going to get comments on this even though no one really cares about my silly little blog where I get to rant and rave about my life's problems. But, from what I've seen there is going to be someone who is so bored and has no life who will just have to respond in the negative. Go right ahead, but be warned I will not tolerate obscenties on my sight. Just as you have the right to say what you want, I have the right to keep my blog clean.

My First Post

Hi,

I'm new to blogging and it's going to be a bit of a challenge for me as I'm not used to talking about myself. I think though this will just be about my life in general, the adventures (or should I say misadventures!) of my granddaughter Anna and a place to post some of my scrapbook layouts.

My granddaughter as you will very quickly discover is the light of my life! I was there when she was born, along with my sister-in-law Cathy. That was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. I'm helping my daughter raise Anna, my daughter is only 20 and single and can be very naive at times. My daughter is also bi-polar which can make for quite a roller coaster ride.

I'm addicted to caffiene in a way that has most people shake their heads in disbelief. When I say addicted it's an understatement. It's not at all unusual for me to drink 2 - 6 packs of 24 oz. bottles of Diet Pepsi a day! Oh and when you hear me complaining of insomnia, I did try eliminating caffeine. I quit both caffiene and smoking for 4 years after my bypass surgery, my insomnia got worse!

Sometimes you'll hear me whine and have a pity party for myself because on top of the heart disease (I had a triple bypass in 1998 when I was 36) I also have FMS (fibromyalgia). There are days when just sitting at the computer and typing is extremely painful. In spite of the daily unrelenting pain I still work full-time. I absolutely refuse to let FMS rule my life for the most part. There are days when just getting to work and coming home is all I have the energy and will power for. My granddaughter and kitties though can bring a smile to my face on the worst of days. That or when my pity party lasts for more than an hour or so I get on my own nerves, give myself a good swift kick in the rear, and get on with life.

I just started scrapbooking this past May so you'll see a lot of my layouts here. I do paper scrapping as well as digi. I love it! It's very relaxing and great for relieving the stresses of everday life.

Well, I think that's enough for my first post. Besides I really need to go buy more Diet Pepsi and I'm down to counting change because I spent my cigarette and soda money on scrap supplies. See, scrapbooking can also help you stay healthy!

With that I leave you with a recent digi layout I did. Thanks for listening to me ramble on and I hope you like the layout! All of the elements used here are from Scrap Girls.