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Bazzill and Basic Grey...what a combination

Found the following matching bazzill papers to Basic Grey collection on a post somewhere, and thought this could be useful to everyone. The reason for posting is that I went to the Phoenix CK Convention yesterday, and I did quite a bit of damage to the checkbook. It was fun. I also found out that Sissex has released its adapters for QuikCuts for use in the Sidekick. (This might be old news to most, because I am always a step or two behind. So, I bought the adapter, "emily" dies, and tomorrow I am going to buy the Sissex sidekick. See below a picture of the other things I found at the convention, and the packet of matching Bazzill for Motifica which I am going to use on the wedding album.

Black Tie - scout, camouflage, chloe, dusk, mystique, dark butter, whirlpool, tropical rain, lilac mist and stonehedge

Lollipop Shoppe - lavendar twilight, dandelion, chablis, red hot, true teal, pistachio, green tea, teal, raindrop, maraschino

Vagabond - nightmist, sapphire, buttercup, honeycomb, fern, dark taupe, yukon gold, curry spice, windy, leapfrog

Phresh & Phunky - cucumber, light house, mauve ice, waterfall, celery, fern, jacaranda, ivy, petunia, stonewash

Sublime - java, lakeshore, light rosey, brick road, leapfrog, ruby red, grenadine, sea salt, pinenut, bon bon

Motifica - haley, mocha, celery, java, sea spray, witch hazel, missy, barkley, forest, nordic

Sophie - dark black, purple sage, pinata, lemonade, dark tangerine, chablis, daisy, contton candy, light tangerine, lipstick

Dawson - dark sky, glacier, lemonade, light black, dark tanderine, hazard, tapioca, splash, skylar, dark black

Jack - dark sky, light sky, dark spruce, light spruce, light butter, kevin, spring breeze, french vanilla, lemonade, aloe vera

Alyssa - aloe vera, pear, dark rosy, dawn, light butter, piglet, pinkini, honeydew, cotton candy, light tangerine, lipstick

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Attached are the pictures of the layouts that I completed from our trip to California. Enjoy.

I was inspired...thanks Carrie

I was looking at my friend, Carrie's blog, and she has spent some time doing some unique things, adding interesting links, etc to it. By looking at hers, and the interesting blogs she has linked to hers, I have been inspired. It was about time I tried my hand at editing the code, just a bit. I am not going to get too wild and crazy now, but I need to get a little more creative with this, if I am really going to take advantage of this type of communication. So, hopefully I will continue to add to my links, and add some pictures (as I have promised in the past), and help fuel my creativity.

OK--so no one ever said it was going to be easy

So, for months I have been waiting for my company to be purchsed by the new company, and terribly excited that I was going to be able to work with an engineer that I think is one of the best out there again, then why am I totally hating my job this week, and its only the second week?

Where does it say that after ten years of doing my job well, that I can get treated poorly, and as my close group of friends at the office would say, a become a whipping post again? "WP" for short. I respect him and what he can teach me, but why does he treat me like someone who is completely clueless, and has zero knowledge?

I thought we had worked through the struggles of our communication issues when he worked at my old company. I learned "less is more" and noun-verb. If he wants to know more, then he will ask. I haven't forgotten those lessons; but he has forgotten, or maybe never really learned how to communicate with me.

The latest things that really have bothered me is the lack of communication. Sending out emails that directly relate to the project that I need to know every detail (because in his point of view, that is my job), but forgets to include me on the email, or have meetings about the project and doesn't include me on that invite. He taught me to be pro-active, get the client what he is asking for ASAP, but then chastizes me for doing what he has taught me.

Part of me is thinking I should just realize that maybe I made a mistake in coming here. I should have left when I had the chance. The other, bigger part of me, wants to continue to learn from him, and get past the WP stage. My problem is that I can't remove myself enough to calmly talk this out with him. I am getting way too emotional about this, and that sucks, especially when I am living in the male dominated world I am living in.

Didn't mean for this to be such a depressing blog today, I just had a bad week. Thanks for listening to me rant so much. Any advice on how to detach myself from this would be appreciated, any tricks or tips are welcome.

Yes, I am still alive

Hi All--

I am all comfy in my new surroundings at DMJM Harris. OK, so I don't have the great view anymore, and basically I don't know what is going on outside (no window seat), but I still have my same old computer and chair (they wanted to take the chair away because it didn't totally match the whole office color scheme, but I told them everything goes with grey, and I needed to keep it).

Lots going on, but its late, and C is losing patience with my horrible work schedule. I am going home now, but I will write more over the next few days. And BTW, I did complete a Girlfriends layout of our March trip. I will bring my camera in and upload the picture of it.

I love reading your blogs, because I don't feel so disconnected from you guys eventhough I haven't spoken to either of you in over a month at any great length.