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Another Year Of Scrapbooking 2

Yes, it has been one year since I joined families.com in the scrapbooking section. A little over a week ago I posted A Year Of Scrapbooking which explained all that. Yesterday I began explaining what types of articles were being posted a year ago in Another Year Of Scrapbooking 1. This article is a coninuation of that one. One of my favorite topics is journaling. Probably because I am a writer, but beyond being a writer, I love going back and reading how I felt, what I was thinking and what we were doing in each group of photographs I … Continue reading →

Another Year Of Scrapbooking 1

About a week ago, I posted an article inspired by my one year anniversary writing for the www.families.com scrapbooking blog – A Year Of Scrapbooking. It was exciting to go back and see what interesting articles I was writing a year ago. Mostly about journaling on your layouts, but there were also some really great informative articles posted last year, that I wish I could duplicate, but instead I will just send you there to read them. Memorabilia: What To Collect was the start of a series of articles, that I feel I could write loads more on. There is … Continue reading →

A Year Of Scrapbooking

It has been exactly one year today, March 22, since I began writing for the scrapbooking section here at www.families.com. It has been an amazing and awesome year. I have had the opportunity to watch the site change and grow in very large amounts, and I was in the second batch of bloggers hired. I have also seen myself grow and change in both style and layout design. I have met many new wonderful people, I have had the opportunity to try out many new scrapbooking products to review, and have made some really great lifelong friends here. I found … Continue reading →

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary, Bloggers! I’m not entirely certain which day each blogger began, but those of us who have been with Families.com since the inception of the blogs, started one year ago this month. I found out about the opportunity on another site where I also write. I found the information the very last day applications were being accepted. I hurriedly typed an application, afraid I wouldn’t get it in on time. I was thrilled to learn that I had been hired, and I’ve enjoyed working here ever since. My very first article for this site was in the Home Blog, … Continue reading →

Remembering Pearl Harbor

Thursday marks the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States’ entry into World War II. In a previous blog I shared my personal story about Hawaii’s most popular tourist attraction, which draws more than 1.5 million visitors from around the world each year. Pearl Harbor Naval Base is home to the USS Arizona, the USS Utah, the Battleship Missouri and in 1999, the USS Missouri Memorial opened, further enhancing the importance of this historic area. To commemorate the event numerous events will be taking place throughout Oahu. If you are lucky enough to be … Continue reading →

The Importance of Laughter in Marriage

I’m celebrating my seventh wedding anniversary this month. My husband and I met when I was 20 and he was 23. We were both finishing college, and embarking on new careers. Then we married and within three months found ourselves pregnant with our first child. You could easily say we grew up together. As we reach the “seven year itch,” made so famous by movies and media, and I wonder how to keep things “alive” for another seven years, one word keeps resonating in my head: laughter. No, laughter can’t cure everything, but it surely can help. The stresses of … Continue reading →

Lasting Marriages

Do you know any couples that have been married for the better part of their adult lives? My grandparents were married for over 60 years, before my grandmother passed away. I remember flying to Florida for their 50th anniversary party. Another couple I know has been married even longer. They are both in their nineties and will be celebrating their 70th anniversary soon. Can you even imagine being married that long? I have a hard time imagining living that long! However, if I do, I want to spend that time married to my husband. I think that being married for … Continue reading →

Happy Anniversary to Me!

7 years ago today, my husband and I got married in Orlando, Florida. I was at the Magic Kingdom getting my bridal photographs taken in front of Cinderella’s Castle, on her Carousel and in front of Tomorrowland. A few hours later, I was standing outside the Boardwalk resort enjoying the morning sunshine while my bridesmaids were getting their hair and make up done. We had our pictures taken together in the lobby of this beautiful hotel. My bridesmaids, maid of honor and my mother all then left in a limousine to drive over to the Yacht Club and get ready … Continue reading →

Five Years Later: The Aftermath

Everything closed around us on September 11th as businesses retail and otherwise closed and sent their employees home. We gathered together, hugging our family and trying sometimes for hours to contact loved ones elsewhere to let them know we were okay. My nephew’s father called at one point – late in the evening after hours spent on both sides trying to contact each other. His relief that his son and his son’s mother were all right was palpable over the phone. The Story Unfolded In the days afterward, this country battened down the hatches as recovery efforts in New York … Continue reading →

Where Were You on September 11, 2001?

There are days in recent history that people will never forget. I remember folks from my parents’ generation saying they would never forget where they were or what they were doing when the beloved President John F. Kennedy was killed. There was also the Space Shuttle Challenger accident that people viewed on live television including many schoolchildren. Who could forget such incidents? Now we arrive at the poignant anniversary of September 11. It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years. So many people have returned to business as usual. They seem to have forgotten the horror we felt the … Continue reading →