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<\/p>\nGood evening, well it\u2019s a sunny morning here in Taipei, so good morning to all on this side of the world. Ok, I know this Babewatch is really late, I had intended to be home yesterday, but then a friend decided to go camping for her birthday. And while I\u2019m not opposed to grass and bugs and stuff, we\u2019re just not organized enough to go camping. But we did join her for the day.
\nSo we headed out to the mountains, and after getting over the shock of actually seeing trees again (they\u2019re not common in my part of town), my friend decides to join the guys on a tubing expedition. Now the idea of floating leisurely down a river in a black rubber tube appealed to me \u2013 so off we went. Let me tell you now \u2013 it\u2019s not that easy. For one thing \u2013 you actually have to row yourself along for the most part. So there I was floundering desperately trying to get out of my tube enough to paddle myself along while everyone else headed off breezily down the river. When I finally caught up to the rest of the group they had all been waiting impatiently for 20 mins and it was time for the first rapid. This was incredible anti-climactic since my bottom collided heavily with the first rock and I got stuck, I had to get out of my tube and walk along to deeper water \u2013 this pretty much happened at every rapid. The one occasion that I did manage to go through the whole thing, I got flipped over and landed up with my legs sticking up in the air and my tube floating off without me. But 3 hours later; after climbing over many rocks, passing a few water snakes, and many strange stares and jeers from locals, we finally trudged back to camp.
\nI was forced to open the bottle of wine to get over the trauma and thus we landed up getting back home very late!
\nAnd now on to regularly scheduled Babewatch stuff: I\u2019m Mary-Ann and I\u2019m a babe.
\nI discovered SSD way back in the beginning of my digi love affair \u2013 it was the second place I actually purchased kits (I was a freebie girl until then) I just loved the style of all the designers and the fun vibe of the store. I had missed the first Sugarbabe call \u2013 but, wasn\u2019t particularly concerned since I knew I didn\u2019t have any chance of getting in. Imagine my surprise a few months later, when I got a PM from Robin actually inviting me to the team. They had noticed my style (somebody had actually been looking at my layouts?) and thought I had the potential to be on the team. Amazing stuff for this newbie scrapper. It\u2019s been a long journey since then, I\u2019ve participated in many creative teams, been published a few times and am on the new Digital Scrapbooking Magazine board \u2013 definitely things I would never have thought possible. But, I\u2019m sure that much of my confidence in my scrapbooking was inspired by that exciting PM \u2013 that somebody thought I was good enough to join this amazing team of artists.
\nI hope my story is inspiration to those who have always hoped to be on a team like this, but have never had the confidence to apply. Keep participating and having fun at your favourite store, who knows when you might get an exciting PM!
\nOK, well I can\u2019t move my arms or my neck, so I\u2019m going to share some layouts and then try to find a rejuvenating frappuccino!<\/p>\n
This is with Manda Bean and Christy Lyle\u2019s Baby\u2019s Got Style<\/a>.
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