Allow me to introduce myself...

My name is Sue (or Suzy, as you will undoubtedly see some call me from time to time) and I am 34 years old. I'm a Mississippi girl, at heart, though I wasn't made for the heat. I've lived my entire life in the south, though - Mississippi, then Kentucky, then back to Mississippi, and now Georgia.

I am married to my high school sweetheart and have always been in love with him even though April of 2009 was the first time I'd seen him in 13 years. We have a long, beautiful, romantic story that I'll tell you sometime. It's a good one, trust me... :) Between us, we have four kids: H - 7 yrs; Am - also 7 yrs (3 mo younger than H); our lone boy, J - 5yrs; and Ab - 2.5 yrs. We do not have them full time, so we try to have as much fun as possible when we they visit. Am & J live here in town, but Ab is 3 hours away in north GA, and H is 8 hours away in MS.

My professional background is varied. I have a degree in criminal justice that I have never applied to that field (yet). But most of my experience is in Training & Development. I have worked in state government, with a consulting firm, and, most recently, with a private non-profit doing training & development. It's not exactly what I'd refer to as my calling, but I've been good at it. I was laid off from my job last December due to budget cuts and moved to GA to be with my fiancé in January of ’10. I am currently in school to be an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). And I’ve just applied to the Sheriff’s department to be a deputy. One more thing to add to my bag of tricks is that I’m about to join my DH in the world of Bail Recovery. I guess I have a thing for badges (and my gun).

My newest and favorite hobby is Digital Scrapbooking… I've been scrapping (under the alias, MSDragonfly) since August 8th of 2010. Yes - I'm really *that* new. But if you like what I do, you can thank KYRainbow. Sally is my best friend from... cough, mumble, cough... years ago. Actually, we're not too old to say it just yet, I guess. We met 22 years ago when I was in the 7th grade and she was in the 8th grade. I got to see her in August of this year for the first time since a brief visit in 1997 and she sucked me into scrapping. Since August, I have accumulated several GSOs and a LOTD on GottaPixel. Before August, I’d never scrapped before by any means, paper or digi. I have collected some supplies and books on paper scrapping over the years, but never had the time or space to really even begin. So, digital appealed to me because I've used PS for other stuff in the past and love it. Of course, I'm currently using PSE (due to a lean budget, lol).

I’ve got my galleries listed over there on the right. And, though, I haven’t added them on my sidebar, yet, I CT for Litabells Designs, Geek Chic Scraps, and I’m on the promo team for Jennifer Fox Designs. I'd like to pick up another team or two... We'll see...

Well... it's a big nutshell, but I guess that's me...

Upon proofing this post, I realized any "non-scrappers" may need some definition on common terms we use in the "digiworld".... So here ya' go:

• GSO - Gallery Stand Out: several galleries have this as a "kudos to you" or "look what I found" kind of acknowledgment.


• LOTD - Layout of the Day: again, several sites will choose one of that day's uploads as a featured layout for the next day.


• PS - Photoshop: editing software


• PSE - Photoshop Elements: less expensive (but slightly limited) editing software