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Post by riversong1963 on Dec 30, 2020 20:33:20 GMT
Then in the fall, my friend and ass-kicking life warrior Collin Kartchner passed away. This man who dedicated his life to first and foremost his family, his faith and then to helping young people across the country get off their phones and connect to real life, was suddenly not here. I was shook. And badly.
I think I just threw up a little. Talk about delusional!
Geez, how full of yourself do you have to be to write a post like that? I skimmed through the rest to the end, because I really didn't care. Does she think she's the only one with life issues? You would think that with all those "many, many years of therapy," she'd be in better shape. I'd ask my therapist for my money back. I know that therapy takes time - believe me, I do - but it doesn't seem to have helped her at all. This is just more attention seeking from someone who apparently isn't getting enough. SMH
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Post by mom on Dec 30, 2020 21:23:58 GMT
She’s delusional. I don’t even follow her and know more about her family, marriage, and therapy than some of my own damn family. Truthfully, when I started reading I thought she was going to say she was getting divorced. That wouldn't have surprised me. (me, either)
Someone must be feeling ignored. I know, right?!? I agree with both of these statements!! The only things that told me I wasn't reading something from Becky Higgins while I was reading that post was the fact that it didn't include the phrase 'you guys!!!' twenty jillion times, the lack of multiple exclamation marks, and the selfie was not of her crying.   eta: I have no idea how the quote feature got messed up in what I quoted above... sorry, guys. I was just thinking maybe Becky could help cure CZ anxiety. A real friend would help her out. |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Dec 30, 2020 21:35:33 GMT
They can co-host a trip to Movara for some memory keeping and card making.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Dec 30, 2020 21:39:48 GMT
They can co-host a trip to Movara for some memory keeping and card making. With competing promo codes for Movara. Spamming Instagram every 20 minutes. Have wine. Will watch the drama. Real Housewives of Scrapbooking, make it happen! |
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Post by jediannie on Dec 30, 2020 21:40:35 GMT
This is the most non-update update I've ever read. Tell me something I don't already know about your life CZ.  She's probably the most transparent about everything because "it's all about MEEEEEEE". I'm still shocked as hell that she's still married. I wonder if it's just a marriage of convenience at this point, they both do their own thing and are no more than roommates. If that works for them, awesome. And get a new therapist, you need one that won't tell you what you want to hear. ETA: I just read this and dang, this is harsh.  I need to remember to be more understanding of people and their mental illness. I'm glad she's not afraid to talk about it, we need to erase the stigma that is around mental illness. That being said, she really does need a different therapist because it sounds like the therapist is not helping her that much. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Dec 30, 2020 22:12:55 GMT
They can co-host a trip to Movara for some memory keeping and card making. With competing promo codes for Movara. Spamming Instagram every 20 minutes. Have wine. Will watch the drama. Real Housewives of Scrapbooking, make it happen! now THIS is a Real Housewives show I would watch!! lol!!  Or better yet, make it Big Brother style, so they're all stuck together in one place... Becky can be in one room crying, trying to record Instagram stories, and she'll yell at CZ to get off the phone with her therapist, because her phone call is interrupting Becky's crying/recording... I can see it now! someone get this idea to a TV producer! (who else would be included?? Kelly Purkey Amy Tan, trying to strategically work a popsicle box casually into the foreground of a random photo in the kitchen?? I know Kelly Purkey Amy Tan might be a perfectly nice person, but that's the thing I remember most- her "random" swimming pool photo that was actually a promo op for popsicles.) |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Dec 30, 2020 22:17:51 GMT
(who else would be included?? Kelly Purkey, trying to strategically work a popsicle box casually into the foreground of a random photo in the kitchen?? I know Kelly Purkey might be a perfectly nice person, but that's the thing I remember most- her "random" swimming pool photo that was actually a promo op for popsicles.) You're mixing up your token "Asian" scrapbookers! Amy Tangerine, m'darling, Amy freakin' Tangerine. i still have the IG post saved in some obscure folder. KP is innocent in this influencer mess. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Dec 30, 2020 22:19:50 GMT
my bad... will edit my post. but... oops! |
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Post by nicolep on Dec 30, 2020 23:09:35 GMT
Good grief CZ. Dramatic much?
So many of us deal with anxiety in all shapes and sizes.
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Post by scrappydo on Dec 31, 2020 0:02:57 GMT
Meh.... a tad dramatic. On the other hand, I have the view that talking about anxiety, depression, mental health is a good thing... definitely not suggesting she becomes an anxiety guru (ha! I think BH has the guru status cornered), but don't see anything overly wrong with someone publicly saying they're dealing with these issues.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 6:15:36 GMT
She's a really poor writer: "I’m not sure what 2021 will look like. None of us do, mind you, and I’m fully aware that a flip of the calendar is just that. It’s not some magical page-turn that wipes a slate clean." That should be "None of us are" since the verb in the first sentence is "am" not "do". ----- "Again, social media was the last place I wanted to be beyond the perfunctory sharing of my creations, which do keep my business moving forward." Wha?!!?? ------ "In other words, it’s just life, and I’m grateful for it. Even in a year that most of us would agree has not been the best by a long shot. Every breath of air in those lungs is a gift. I am going to connect to that, and see what shakes out." "And feeling incredibly vulnerable, but hitting Publish anyway."  |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Dec 31, 2020 19:09:28 GMT
She's a really poor writer: "Again, social media was the last place I wanted to be beyond the perfunctory sharing of my creations, which do keep my business moving forward." Wha?!!?? That was a head scratcher for me too. She’s so private. That’s why I know all about her poor daughter’s experience at Wisconsin. Rewriting history much Cathy? 🤔 |
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Post by azcrafty on Dec 31, 2020 22:32:20 GMT
With competing promo codes for Movara. Spamming Instagram every 20 minutes. Have wine. Will watch the drama. Real Housewives of Scrapbooking, make it happen! now THIS is a Real Housewives show I would watch!! lol!! Or better yet, make it Big Brother style, so they're all stuck together in one place... Becky can be in one room crying, trying to record Instagram stories, and she'll yell at CZ to get off the phone with her therapist, because her phone call is interrupting Becky's crying/recording... I can see it now! someone get this idea to a TV producer! (who else would be included?? Kelly Purkey Amy Tan, trying to strategically work a popsicle box casually into the foreground of a random photo in the kitchen?? I know Kelly Purkey Amy Tan might be a perfectly nice person, but that's the thing I remember most- her "random" swimming pool photo that was actually a promo op for popsicles.) I think Tracie Claiborne would bring some drama... |
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Post by travelsoul on Dec 31, 2020 23:01:22 GMT
Yep. This spring and summer she posted in her stories straight up q-anon BS and when I commented on those with facts, she turned all trumpy on me. I unfollowed and removed myself from her mailing list because I do not suffer fools gladly who believe any of that garbage. Ah, people are finally seeing through Andrea's bullshit. I am pleased. It was called to my attention that someone I followed on Instagram (a non crafty person) was really in to the QAnon BS. So I investigated her posts and who she followed and commented on and sure enough, total Trumpster in disguise. During my investigation I discovered that Andrea followed and liked many of the same people and their post. I immediately unfollowed her and her business. It taught me a valuable lesson to pay attention to who I am giving my time and money to. I do find it totally odd that her “crafty bestie” I can’t remember her name, but she is the total opposite and very vocal about her liberal beliefs. I wonder if the past year put a damper on their friendship. |
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Post by pinklady on Dec 31, 2020 23:23:15 GMT
She's a really poor writer: "Again, social media was the last place I wanted to be beyond the perfunctory sharing of my creations, which do keep my business moving forward." Wha?!!?? That was a head scratcher for me too. She’s so private. That’s why I know all about her poor daughter’s experience at Wisconsin. Rewriting history much Cathy? 🤔 Wait, what? How do you all know gossip about her sleeping separate from her husband and what happened to her daughter? Inquiring minds need to know 🤣 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 23:30:31 GMT
It taught me a valuable lesson to pay attention to who I am giving my time and money to. It is the least we can do these days is ensure our money goes to supporting people/businesses who we think are making the world better, not burning it up w/crazy. |
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Post by julie5 on Jan 1, 2021 1:25:02 GMT
That was a head scratcher for me too. She’s so private. That’s why I know all about her poor daughter’s experience at Wisconsin. Rewriting history much Cathy? 🤔 Wait, what? How do you all know gossip about her sleeping separate from her husband and what happened to her daughter? Inquiring minds need to know 🤣 Exactly. Becky Higgins pulls the same act amd it’s like dude, YOU WROTE AN ENTIRE BLOG POST ABOUT IT. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 1, 2021 3:23:52 GMT
Wait, what? How do you all know gossip about her sleeping separate from her husband and what happened to her daughter? Inquiring minds need to know 🤣 Exactly. Becky Higgins pulls the same act amd it’s like dude, YOU WROTE AN ENTIRE BLOG POST ABOUT IT. no, what pinklady meant was, "spill, please!!"  I used to read CZ's blog when her daughter was in high school and first in college, but haven't read it in a looooonnnng time. what's the scoop?!? |
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Post by julie5 on Jan 2, 2021 22:31:55 GMT
Exactly. Becky Higgins pulls the same act amd it’s like dude, YOU WROTE AN ENTIRE BLOG POST ABOUT IT. no, what pinklady meant was, "spill, please!!" I used to read CZ's blog when her daughter was in high school and first in college, but haven't read it in a looooonnnng time. what's the scoop?!? Well she posted way tmi about hers and dans marriage issues once-they were in therapy because they hadn’t slept together in like 15 years. Then she was posting daily about aidans college experience and finally realized she needed to reel herself in. I mean her daughter was calling home crying about how stressed she was and there’s cz, posting about it. Letting my daughter go off to college tgis year was roooough. I get it. But she had to cross the boundaries to see what she was saying. But not sleeping in the same room as her husband-then playing like she’s coy and shy-no. We remember cz. The internet never forgets. |
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Post by curiouscrafter on Jan 6, 2021 4:30:42 GMT
Somehow a video of CZ came up on You Tube while I was watching other videos.
Holy crap - she's annoying. She thinks she's funny - and she isn't.
Not sure why she has to constantly tell us that she scraps in the "craft slash dining room".
Stop the chitter chatter, the annoying banter, the constant product placement, and get on with it.
Yah - not sure how that came up, but I'm still so over her.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 5:08:11 GMT
Well....if you feel like reading and want some chuckles, read this. This is when she was just a regular scrapbooker, not a celebrity scrapbooker lol...I find it funny that most MN scrapbookers keep pretty mum on her, but everyone from back in the Archiver's/Binding Memories heyday in Roseville knew her and hung out with her. Then the fame came...  www.twincities.com/2004/10/24/for-scrapbook-celebrity-cathy-zielske-of-st-paul-scrapbooking-is-about-celebrating-life/The best though for me in this article is how BH put her own son on the cover of Creating Keepsakes when she was the editor. Hmmmm....and so it begins. There is this little nugget...(if my DH did this, he'd better run for it) “Scrapbooking is the only hobby that’s fully supported by family members,” says the store’s owner, Cynthia Cooper, proudly. Well, unless they spend too much money. “There have been a couple of times there have been, shall we say, ‘discussions,’ ” says Dan Zielske. Today shouldn’t bring on such a talk, though. Zielske spends a relatively tiny sum of $38.19. She wanted to spend much, much more. Here is her running commentary while shopping: |
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Post by gynergy on Jan 6, 2021 5:55:42 GMT
I’m not sure if you mean they sleep in separate beds or that there’s a lack of physical intimacy or both? (Don’t have to reply/don’t have to know). I do not think separate beds are automatically a bad thing, depending on the reason (vastly different schedules, restless legs, snoring, other factors that negatively impact sleep). Lack of intimacy is a different matter. Not my place to judge another person’s relationship, if it’s working for them (but being in therapy makes me think it wasn’t). I enjoyed Cathy for probably a decade or more. While I’m all for reducing stigma regarding mental health concerns, I’m much less likely to seek her out now. no, what pinklady meant was, "spill, please!!" I used to read CZ's blog when her daughter was in high school and first in college, but haven't read it in a looooonnnng time. what's the scoop?!? Well she posted way tmi about hers and dans marriage issues once-they were in therapy because they hadn’t slept together in like 15 years. Then she was posting daily about aidans college experience and finally realized she needed to reel herself in. I mean her daughter was calling home crying about how stressed she was and there’s cz, posting about it. Letting my daughter go off to college tgis year was roooough. I get it. But she had to cross the boundaries to see what she was saying. But not sleeping in the same room as her husband-then playing like she’s coy and shy-no. We remember cz. The internet never forgets. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 15:13:47 GMT
Well....if you feel like reading and want some chuckles, read this. This is when she was just a regular scrapbooker, not a celebrity scrapbooker lol...I find it funny that most MN scrapbookers keep pretty mum on her, but everyone from back in the Archiver's/Binding Memories heyday in Roseville knew her and hung out with her. Then the fame came... www.twincities.com/2004/10/24/for-scrapbook-celebrity-cathy-zielske-of-st-paul-scrapbooking-is-about-celebrating-life/The best though for me in this article is how BH put her own son on the cover of Creating Keepsakes when she was the editor. Hmmmm....and so it begins. That was a great back-in-time read. That cover of BH by BH tho. So on-brand for her.  |
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Post by scrappyem on Jan 6, 2021 15:18:32 GMT
Well....if you feel like reading and want some chuckles, read this. This is when she was just a regular scrapbooker, not a celebrity scrapbooker lol...I find it funny that most MN scrapbookers keep pretty mum on her, but everyone from back in the Archiver's/Binding Memories heyday in Roseville knew her and hung out with her. Then the fame came... www.twincities.com/2004/10/24/for-scrapbook-celebrity-cathy-zielske-of-st-paul-scrapbooking-is-about-celebrating-life/The best though for me in this article is how BH put her own son on the cover of Creating Keepsakes when she was the editor. Hmmmm....and so it begins. There is this little nugget...(if my DH did this, he'd better run for it) “Scrapbooking is the only hobby that’s fully supported by family members,” says the store’s owner, Cynthia Cooper, proudly. Well, unless they spend too much money. “There have been a couple of times there have been, shall we say, ‘discussions,’ ” says Dan Zielske. Today shouldn’t bring on such a talk, though. Zielske spends a relatively tiny sum of $38.19. She wanted to spend much, much more. Here is her running commentary while shopping: That article is fascinating. I wasn't in the hobby during those days. I love how they start off by saying she's a stay at home mom but then later mention several times her graphic design work and her work as a contributing editor, but don't worry, she's really "just a stay at home mom" taking care of her kids. |
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Post by julie5 on Jan 6, 2021 15:29:06 GMT
I’m not sure if you mean they sleep in separate beds or that there’s a lack of physical intimacy or both? (Don’t have to reply/don’t have to know). I do not think separate beds are automatically a bad thing, depending on the reason (vastly different schedules, restless legs, snoring, other factors that negatively impact sleep). Lack of intimacy is a different matter. Not my place to judge another person’s relationship, if it’s working for them (but being in therapy makes me think it wasn’t). I enjoyed Cathy for probably a decade or more. While I’m all for reducing stigma regarding mental health concerns, I’m much less likely to seek her out now. Well she posted way tmi about hers and dans marriage issues once-they were in therapy because they hadn’t slept together in like 15 years. Then she was posting daily about aidans college experience and finally realized she needed to reel herself in. I mean her daughter was calling home crying about how stressed she was and there’s cz, posting about it. Letting my daughter go off to college tgis year was roooough. I get it. But she had to cross the boundaries to see what she was saying. But not sleeping in the same room as her husband-then playing like she’s coy and shy-no. We remember cz. The internet never forgets. I could care less what cz meant by her story. My point was is that she is in no way private. She was telling the contents of her marriage counseling to thousands of people. Strangers. My husband would dump me so fast for that. She can act like she’s private now-but she isn’t. |
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Post by julie5 on Jan 6, 2021 15:30:52 GMT
Well....if you feel like reading and want some chuckles, read this. This is when she was just a regular scrapbooker, not a celebrity scrapbooker lol...I find it funny that most MN scrapbookers keep pretty mum on her, but everyone from back in the Archiver's/Binding Memories heyday in Roseville knew her and hung out with her. Then the fame came... www.twincities.com/2004/10/24/for-scrapbook-celebrity-cathy-zielske-of-st-paul-scrapbooking-is-about-celebrating-life/The best though for me in this article is how BH put her own son on the cover of Creating Keepsakes when she was the editor. Hmmmm....and so it begins. That was a great back-in-time read. That cover of BH by BH tho. So on-brand for her. I remember the hullAbaloo was because Becky FINALLY joined the mom club and started scrapping pix of her baby. Like she was the og of childless scrappers and fans were not having it. |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jan 6, 2021 22:34:40 GMT
Cathy has always been one of my favorite scrapbookers. I love both her simple books. I follow her on instagram and read her blog.
But, with that said. Sometimes social media reveals far too much personal information. Things that a scrapbooker in general (such as myself) do not need to know.
Things I know from Cathy's various social media (blog, facebook, instagram):
Her daughter failed her Driving test on the first try. (this post shocked me at the time, not succeeding at something sucks...and to have one's Mother post that failure, is absolutely embarrassing).
Her daughters meltdown down during her first couple months at the first college. She didn't deal well, and lacked basic-fundamental-on your own- transition home to college skills.
Cathy has been in therapy for years. Is a self proclaimed neurotic.
Cathy and Dan have martial issue mostly because of her neurotic tendencies.
Her son doesn't like her posting about him on her social media, but she occasionally post about him anyways.
Her daughter bought her first car, and a photo was post(then deleted) complete with license plate showing.
A few of her posts in regards to her husband had a passive aggressive comments....I don't think she's a thrilled with his career change as she claims to be....mostly because more than once she's mentioned he took a huge cut in salary.
She absolutely hates the family heirloom dining table that she is forced to have and use, because it was her husbands Grandmothers(if I recall correctly), she has posted about the hatred she has for the table many times.
None of this stuff above.....that I know from her social media, is relevant to scrapbooking. But, her readers and followers know it anyways, because she overshares.
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Post by Citygirl on Dec 28, 2021 16:43:16 GMT
I haven't followed her in ages but I heard on a podcast today she is closing her digital shop? Looks like you can still download anything you purchased until the end of the year.
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Post by jediannie on Dec 28, 2021 19:30:54 GMT
she is closing her digital shop? Looks like you can still download anything you purchased until the end of the year. Thanks for the heads up. I unfollowed her last year and I better double check to make sure I have all my stuff I purchased in the past. |
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Dec 30, 2021 1:15:11 GMT
So which is it, CZ? You don't know him or he is your friend whose death shook you? So confused.
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I need to remember to be more understanding of people and their mental illness. I'm glad she's not afraid to talk about it, we need to erase the stigma that is around mental illness. 
Or better yet, make it Big Brother style, so they're all stuck together in one place... Becky can be in one room crying, trying to record Instagram stories, and she'll yell at CZ to get off the phone with her therapist, because her phone call is interrupting Becky's crying/recording... I can see it now! 
I used to read CZ's blog when her daughter was in high school and first in college, but haven't read it in a looooonnnng time. what's the scoop?!? 
