MMDT 1/13 - About Me

Our first challenge for the MMDT 2013 is to introduce ourselves and tell a little bit about what we do and our interests. I created three categories to describe myself. Family, Hobbies and Career. I used the grid paper Paprika with tan and dark blue accent tiles.

Family: I included photos of my family. My sons are placed next to my photo at the top right of the layout. My layout includes journaling about my very large family and our grand family reunion every June.

The full-size photo at the top left of my layout is the family photo taken this past June (2012). I wanted to express how much my family means to me. The top right photo is me cooking dinner on Thanksgiving at my sister-in-law's home. I wish my kitchen was that big. 

Here is the journaling I did under my family section.

"I am a mom with two sons who are the lights of my life. I am one of 30cousins and we get together at each others homes throughout the year. Each June, we gather in a large park for a grand family reunion. We play horse races, games, cards, do crafts, have dessert contests and just catch up with each other. "

Career:  As a medical transcriptionist, medical terminology is my greatest skill. I described the details of the job with journaling and I added a page out of my medical dictionary as the background to my sticker of a manual typewriter.

Through the years of my career I have transcribed medical reports on manual typewriters, electronic typewriters, word processors and finally computers. I thought this was a good embellishment to demonstrate my job. Here is a snapshot of that part of my layout. I used took a photo of a page from my medical dictionary and inked the edges and mounted the typewriter sticker. My journal entry on career is as follows:

"I am a medical transcriptionist. In the 70’s I typed on an electric typewriter with carbon paper and then white out. Electronic typewriters and then word processors paved the way for computers. Learning medical terminology is like learning a new language. I have to understand different accents and cope with idiosyncrasies like stuttering, chewing and whistling."

Hobbies: I included some of my favorite interests. My next embellishment is about one of my favorite hobbies. I embroider, but ribbon embroidery is my favorite style. I used a rose sampler to demonstrate this hobby. I love how the ribbon gives dimension and shadows to create lovely roses. I took a close up shot to show this hobby off.

My journal entry for Hobbies is:

"My interests include crafts of all kinds, embroidery, crochet, gardening, cooking and baking, reading about American history, reading about Lincoln and other Presidents and the First Ladies. Washington D.C. is rich with history and that is my favorite vacation place."

Other interests include American History, reading about Lincoln and the Presidents and First Ladies. My favorite travel location is Washington, DC. I took photos of my favorite Lincoln and Washington DC books and I cut and pasted the titles for my tiles.

Here is just a note about the process of working on this first entry. I was so nervous and excited that I found myself cutting the tiles too long or too short and I had to do them over again. Finally I just stopped and took a deep breath and just started enjoying the project. Then, when I started to photograph my page, I ran into lighting trouble. It was 3 pm and it was cloudy out. My photos kept coming out yellow. So I took my white board and my page and my camera outside (where it was very cold and windy) and shot the page in my backyard. The flaps on my white board kept flapping over, but I finally got the shot. I sure hope the rest of these pages go a little smoother. One down, 25 to go!