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Post by ingrid6 on Jun 27, 2014 13:30:50 GMT
I'm a 54 year old married mom to 6 - dd35, dd33, ds22, dd21, dd19, dd16 - and "oma" to 5 beautiful grandkids. Our 2 oldest are married, the next 3 are all in college, so we are down to just one left at home. The adorable beast in my profile picture is our Bouvier puppy. We also have 2 Shih Tzu's that are totally confused as to how, seemingly overnight, our little puppy grew to 80 pounds and still gets bigger everyday. I was born in the Netherlands and moved to the States when I was 3. I joined 2Peas in 2000 and there have been some great friendships that came from there. Back then I 'met' someone on the nsbr board and it ended up that she lives 10 minutes from me. We ended up meeting in person and she is now one of my dearest friends. There was also group of us that did circle journals and one year we met up in Boston (does anyone remember Starla?) Good memories! I love to ski, hike, read and knit and nope, I don't scrapbook anymore - though I still have all my supplies cause you never know
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RosieKat
Drama Llama
PeaJect #12
Posts: 5,561
Jun 25, 2014 19:28:04 GMT
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Post by RosieKat on Jun 27, 2014 13:46:12 GMT
LOL, Ingrid, at first I read your comment about "beautiful beast" and thought you were talking about the signature photo. I was like "Well, dang, he's cute but I'm not sure beast is a common term of endearment!"
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Post by joyfromny on Jun 27, 2014 13:51:49 GMT
I too am a long time lurker on NSBR - maybe 10 or more years. I posted a few times, but not often, shy maybe. But oh how I loved reading everyone's posts.
I am mid fifties, married with a 9 year old son. I am an office manager in a doctors office.
I am also on FB Power of the Peas.
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apearson85
Shy Member
Would you just look at that!
Posts: 14
Jun 27, 2014 12:17:26 GMT
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Post by apearson85 on Jun 27, 2014 13:57:45 GMT
Hey, I'm Amanda. I'm 28 years old. I'm married with two kids, Rileigh, 9 and Caden, 4 and a big, old Great Pyrenees named Shelby. I'm a long time lurker...probably 7 years or more but only posted a handful of times.
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RosieKat
Drama Llama
PeaJect #12
Posts: 5,561
Jun 25, 2014 19:28:04 GMT
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Post by RosieKat on Jun 27, 2014 15:19:43 GMT
Oh, and while I posted on this thread, it wasn't about myself. I'm Jennifer, was a Pea for something like 8 years and in the 4000s postwise, I believe. I'm a 40ish, married SAHM to 2 kids. They were both adopted, so you may have seen me on some of those types of threads. I do a lot of volunteer work and have to be very available for my kids. I'm somewhat struggling to find the right balance between taking care of their needs, taking care of the family overall, and taking care of myself.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jun 27, 2014 15:22:34 GMT
LOL, Ingrid, at first I read your comment about "beautiful beast" and thought you were talking about the signature photo. I was like "Well, dang, he's cute but I'm not sure beast is a common term of endearment!" Nah, dh is my handsome devil, Baritone (the dog) is my beautiful beast
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Post by lincolnsnana on Jun 27, 2014 15:56:36 GMT
I've been a lurker for a LONG time and it is nice to feel like I am now a part of this board instead of an outsider looking in! I am 47 and a mom of 4 girls (some how we managed with only 1 bathroom) They are all out of the house so we are empty nesters and loving it! Our oldest married a wonderful man last year and we now have a beautiful grandaughter..Lincoln Mae! Our other girls are 24,22 and 20. I've worked in the insurance industry my entire career and it's ok..it pays the bills! Again, I'm thrilled to be here!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 16:19:20 GMT
Hi! I've been a member of the NSBR for 7 years and had almost 2100 posts. I'm changing my name on here because someone in my real life found out that I was on 2 peas and joined up and I'd prefer that they not read everything I write!!! I'm a SAHM of 2 kids ages 14 and 8.
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thecurleyque
Junior Member
Posts: 97
Jun 26, 2014 2:35:51 GMT
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Post by thecurleyque on Jun 27, 2014 16:27:18 GMT
I'm mostly a lurker, occasionally posted. I will be 40 in October, not married, no kids. I just graduated with an associate's degree in clinical laboratory science so I'm on the job hunt. I have a 16 week old kitten named Jack (because he was "jacked" out of a car window at a local park). In my spare time I make hair bows/accessories and paper crafts and sell them at craft shows.
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Post by MeerkatScout on Jun 27, 2014 16:31:00 GMT
Hi! *waves* I've been a long time lurker on the NSBR board for 11 years and I'm married with two crazy boys. I'm gonna try to post here more often, I just looked at my post count over at the NSBR board and I only posted 88 times over there.
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Post by Ellie on Jun 27, 2014 16:36:01 GMT
I joined TwoPeas in 2003 and for a brief time posted regularly in General Scrapbooking. Then I stopped scrapbooking, but never stopped pea'ing, and started lurking on the NSBR board for an entire decade! It's hard to believe.
Anyway, I'm in my 40s, married with an 11 year old son and 2 year old daughter. I am a research analyst at a higher-ed institution. I really want to find a crafty, creative outlet but have not found the time, place, or money lately. About 5 years ago I started creating mosaics, and really, really want to get back to that. I love reading (or did before I became obsessed with my smartphone), going to museums of any sort, and listening to all sorts of music.
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Post by red88 on Jun 27, 2014 16:45:35 GMT
I'm a longtime lurker from 2peas. I am 42 & married 25 years to my best friend! I have 4 awesome kids & 2 even more awesome grandsons, and a pretty cool dog named Harley! My hobbies include photography, crochet, sewing & anything outdoors. I made my way to the North West & love it here!
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Post by tara on Jun 27, 2014 16:50:43 GMT
I was tlcpea over at two peas. I'm 45 sahm. We have a 22 year old daughter and a 17 year old son. We also just adopted 2 kids from foster care. A little girl that's 5 and her brother 7 years old. And we also got legal custody of another foster son (3 years old). Everyone says we are crazy wanting to start over with being parents to young children when we almost had an empty nest, but we love being parents. We didn't want it to end.
I didn't post much at the other board, but this is a fresh start, a new beginning so I promise to be around more.
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Post by jenettycakes on Jun 27, 2014 17:01:33 GMT
Bonjour & hola to all, I was an 11 year board member but in 2006 started a new account as I couldn't access my original one but same old - same old pea. I'm 37 soon to be 38 mother on one with another on the way who is reminding me of this kicking momma away as I type. I used to post more regularly on the NsBR until about 4 years ago then tapered down however some may recognize me if you've ventured down to the Swap Chat/SS Board. I still scrapbook as I originally began before I was married and kids so I jumped back in when my 3 yo was born....can anyone say Project Life? It has definitely helped in getting our lives back in memory books format. That and I just love making altered art projects melding Fine Arts & crafts (my senior thesis art show, have a Fine Arts degree and shown locally in galleries way back when). Anyhow I'm beyond thrilled this board has surfaced as I know myself and other swap hostesses were frantic, maniac and all the above a few days ago as we have swaps in progress. Must love Facebook since we've created our swapping community there. It's www.facebook.com/groups/TwoPeasSwapChat if anyone is interested in joining. ~ Jeanette ~ jenettycakes76
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Post by 505scrapper on Jun 27, 2014 17:01:42 GMT
I'm a 44 year old single gal with no kids. I work as a Paralegal/Legal Assistant and have been in this field for 24 years. I have a cat who is 17 and starting to go downhill. I'm worried about having to put him to sleep. My hobbies include scrapbooking and reading. I use to do cross-stitching but haven't in years and I would love to take up quilting.
I've been on 2Peas for over five years but mostly lurked (only just over 300 posts in five years). I was also shocked when they closed down. I use to have some Peas as friends on Facebook back when I played Farmville, but after not playing for a long time, I went through and cleaned out my friends (no offense to anyone I may have unfriended). I was lucky enough to find this board through another friend on another board.
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Post by ExpatBackHome on Jun 27, 2014 17:55:45 GMT
I'm pretty much a lurker. I've posted some but not much. I live in Poland and I'm from the US. I lived in India for 3 years and moved a couple months ago. I've be wandering around the internet trying to figure out what to do without NSBR for the past few days!
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Post by grammy2emmasophia on Jun 27, 2014 17:58:46 GMT
Hi, I am a longtime lurker since August 2008. I lurked and very rarely posted under the name ChattyK528. I am a 49 year old married Mom to 4 great kids. Two girls that are 26 and 13 and 2 boys ages 20 and 14. I also have 2 beautiful grandgirls who are 2 1/2 and 1. During the school year I work as a Para in a local elementary school.
I enjoy reading the posts that show up daily. My favorite is the reading thread. I am glad to see this board continue, as I have laughed, cried and grown to really care about some of the posters who are going thru difficulties in their lives.
Kathy
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 18:18:10 GMT
Longtime lurker at the NSBR but rarely posted. I don't even remember what my username was over there! I've been married for 16 years, have 2 kids (12 and 13) whom I homeschool. Prior to that, I taught social studies for 10 years. My hubby works from home, so we all get to sit down and eat lunch together every day. How many families are able to do that? I feel blessed indeed.
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Post by Princess Pea on Jun 27, 2014 18:22:24 GMT
I have been a member for I don't know...13 or 14 years. I've had spells of lurking and posting. Evidently, I posted enough to reach the 5,000 mark just within the past week. I am 42, married with two kiddos, 8 and 10. I'm a first grade teacher. I crochet, read, do yoga, go camping, and other activities with family. I'm a cat person who has been adopted by my husband's dog. I alternate between decluttering and shopping, depending on my mood and spending money. ***ETA: I don't think I ever had a picture in my avatar, but I found this cute photo of a baby giraffe, so I decided to use it
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cohala
Full Member
Posts: 103
Jun 27, 2014 18:36:43 GMT
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Post by cohala on Jun 27, 2014 18:59:17 GMT
8 year lurker over at 2peas. I had finally made it to 148 posts....lol. I am 43, married for almost 23 years. I have 3 children, my son is 18 and just graduated. He is going to a community college in the fall. I also have twin girls who are 16 and will be sophomores this year. I work in the school cafeteria...aka: lunchlady. I live in NW Alabama. I love to make cards, scrapbook, and watch Auburn football with my family. War Eagle!
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Post by Lindarina on Jun 27, 2014 19:11:07 GMT
I've been a member at Twopeas for over 10 years, but only made it to about 2000 posts. But I checked in daily.
I'm a Norwegian in my 30's, married with two children (8 and 10). I'm a student, and one year from now I'll be a teacher, though I've been working as a stubstitute teacher for three years while studying.
I started scrapbooking when I had my oldest ten years ago, and even though I don't have much time for scrapbooking right now, I still enjoy making cards at least.
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valleyview
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,816
Jun 27, 2014 18:41:26 GMT
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Post by valleyview on Jun 27, 2014 19:24:53 GMT
I have been lurking at two peas since a friend introduced me to scrapbooking when poor health led to retirement in 2002. The NSBR has often been a great source of entertainment and information.
I am married with two grown kids - they both live far away, good for them, but wish we could see each other more. Both of my grandsons have two passports.
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Post by phoenixcov on Jun 27, 2014 19:56:47 GMT
Long time lurker pea here from the UK. I will be 60 this September and having a steampunk tattoo to celebrate. I have a walking disability and have spent many hours on 2Peas when I was unable to sleep. So glad this site opened before I went into panic mode. I was widowed and am now living with my lovely DF. I have a Son and a 3 year old.Grandson that I see regularly
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Grom Pea
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,944
Jun 27, 2014 0:21:07 GMT
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Post by Grom Pea on Jun 27, 2014 20:09:52 GMT
I really never intended to lurk but I joined back around 06, I'd guess, I remember being told about two peas by another girl on a lss dt. It's funny because I think she told me about the pub and some drama about being run off, but I joined and have loved the drama since. Since I did not like to post from work I often found threads that were already going and I feel like giving the same info as someone else is redundant, so that often keeps me from posting. That plus I usually browse here on my phone, and I have a 2 year old now, so I'm not as prolific as I could be. I don't really scrap any more but still have a room in my basement crammed with stuff, hopefully the kids will want to play with it one day. I was always afraid to ruin good paper so rarely used my good stuff although I'd buy it all the time. I can't pass up a good deal so I have tons of hoarded stuff from garage sales that my friend's charity group does. I used to be so into scrapbooking, even went to CHA and now I'm ashamed to say I neverscrapped my wedding not any photos of my son unless you count the unfinished smash book I tried to use as a maternity journal. Oh and grom is my dog, she's still with me and will be 14 in October.
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Post by alamokatlady on Jun 27, 2014 20:26:06 GMT
Hi my name is Lynne. I lurked on the board for a long time. I may have posted once or twice lol I am soon to be 56. I have been married for 35 years and have 2 grown girls and 3 granddaughters. I am a photographer and make some of the photos into necklaces. I also play with polymer clay and am learning to do wiring wrappping. I have done lots of crafts through the years but, the photography has been a very large part of my life. <<<<< that photo is one of mine
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allbymyself
Shy Member
Posts: 22
Jun 27, 2014 3:56:48 GMT
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Post by allbymyself on Jun 27, 2014 21:10:30 GMT
Long time lurker, 10 years!, but a daily reader. I got jumped on a couple of times that I did post so it sort of put me off. Hopefully it will be different here. I'm half a century old, three DDs, a DGD and a DGS.
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jayfab
Drama Llama
procastinating
Posts: 5,617
Jun 26, 2014 21:55:15 GMT
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Post by jayfab on Jun 27, 2014 22:20:58 GMT
Hiya everyone... I'm Jayne, super duper lurker. I'm in my mid 50's from Michigan. I am mom to Lily, she's a black and white mini schnauzer, her nickname is WeiWei and she is the cutest thing EVER! I love driving my MINI Cooper S, farm markets, reality tv and reading. Kinda feels good delurking.
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Post by gillyp on Jun 27, 2014 23:08:09 GMT
Hi from the UK. I'm living in the far north of Scotland but from England. Late 50s, married for 41 years on Monday, 2 adult sons and 2 munchkin granddaughters, german shepherd dog and two cats. I am self employed and seem to work more now than I ever did but I try to find time for genealogical research (and lurking )
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Post by pattipea on Jun 27, 2014 23:46:01 GMT
I'll be entering into my 6th decade soon. Uggg, that sounds really old! I've been married since 1973 - to the same man that whole time. We have two grown children, a daughter and a son, and 7 grandchildren - two of those are step grandkids, but we claim them as our own. I was an LPN for almost 28 years. I started out in the hospital, but moved to a primary care clinic for the majority of my career. I have been retired for over 6 1/2 years already. I like spending time with family & friends, going for walks, camping, sun & sand, playing with digital photography and reality tv. I lurked at the Pea board for a long time before joining in 2010, and even then did more lurking than posting. I am so glad that this board was created, and hope to be a bit more active this time around. And I look forward to getting to know some of you folks here.
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tduby1
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,979
Jun 27, 2014 18:32:45 GMT
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Post by tduby1 on Jun 27, 2014 23:48:07 GMT
Hi, I am Jenny. I live near Flint, MI. I am 42, been married 19.5 years and have three kids ages 15, 14 and 12. I am another 2 Peas lurker but I lurked to the point of stalking. Like everyone else, I was shocked once I found 2 peas closed the boards. A Google search eventually brought me here. I lurked on 2 peas for 8 years and had less than 30 posts. I look forward to contributing here, though.
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