Welcome Aboard!

So today I am joining the crazy world of blogging. WHY? I still don't know but thought I would give it a whirl. I find that each and every day when I come home from work, the first thing I do is check out all my friends' websites or blogs to see what's new! And before anyone criticizes me I do get home before my husband (at least most nights) which is why I am not greeting him with a kiss before I am playing on the computer!!

This is the year for firsts. I have a dear friend, aka Jodi, who has introduced me to scrapbooking. Yes I know that sounds weird! This is not your traditional scrapbooking by any means! This is way easier and so much faster! I have learned how to digital scrapbook. Yes, folks that right, digital scrapbooks are the future. In a little over a couple of hours I managed to put together a lovely scrapbook on a trip that Matthew and I took to San Francisco that was 21 pages long. Can you do that traditionally? Nope not by any means! Now I have always wanted to do traditional scrapbooking but let's be honest, who has the space, time and money to store all of those supplies? Not unless you are lucky enough to own a big enough home and can dedicate a room to that hobby! With digital scrapbooking everything I need is right on my laptop computer and I can take it anywhere with me. How cool is that?

Another first is quilting. My wonderful mother-in-law, and yes she is wonderful! Makes the most beautiful quilts, napkins, table runners, Christmas stockings, etc. that I decided I needed to learn from the master. So with her assistance, I have purchased the necessary tools: fabric, a rotary cutter (no scissors needed), a rotary board and ruler. I chose a simple table runner pattern that she had made for me a few years back and started on my journey. It is a bit time consuming with all of the cutting however I managed to start and finish my first runner in about 8 hours.

The next first is a new job position at my company. I have been working for 9 plus years at a small family owned aerospace company in Irvine. When I first started with them it was a temporary assignment while their Sales Administrator was out on medical leave. She did not come back so I was hired as the receptionist and about six weeks later, I was promoted to the Sales Administrator position. I have worked my way up in the company to be a Manager for my dept, which now has two other employees! Yippee for me! Well, my boss began working on me about a year ago to really push me in a new direction that came to fruitation at the end of December. I will be moving into an outside sales role, with a new title, new office and did I mention in a different building. My task for the first three months of this year is to completely train my team that I am leaving behind on how to do all things Sales Administration, which is way easier said than done! The transisition has been anything but smooth; however,in about 6 more weeks it won't matter because I will be on to bigger and better things (or so I am told!)

I hope that you will come to find yourself checking out my blog as often as I check out yours! In the mean time! God Speed!