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About Me

"You've got alot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice." - Steven M. Woodhull
Big News Alert ... I'm Wisconsin bound! June 12th marks my first day of work as a Traffic Manager at Jacobson Rost in Sheboygan, WI. They flew me out for an interview and I fell in love with the agency. Their location is only blocks from Lake Michigan, they have some large national accounts (Carl Budding, First Alert, Sargento Cheese, Miller Lite), and the offer package was one you couldn't pass up.
Leaving Redstone was a very hard decision. The past year has offered opportunities that I never could imagined doing, plus I love my co-workers and vendor contacts. Unforunately things have been hard on Jon with regard to finding a teaching position, so we made the decision to move somewhere where the opportunity would be more open. Who would have thought it would only take two weeks after making the decision though to find what I would have to consider a great opportunity?
The kids are taking it rather well. I'm going out ahead and the movers will pack up the rest of the family at the end of June. This at least will offer a good solid month to "hang with friends."
On the personal side.... my favorite drink is the Nutty Squirrel at Crane Coffee. I love salad bars. I'm my most happiest when I'm behind the camera. I'm a glass half full kind of gal. I love to watch scary movies but only during the day. In turn, I love to watch sad chick flicks because I enjoy a good cry. I love to dance. I'm anally organized. I think outside the box. I've always wanted a VW Bug. I never kissed my first love, which is sad because I LOVE to kiss. I love to be in love. I'm a liberal. I hate catsup!!!! and most importantly I believe your life is determined by your actions.
I'm also married to a wonderful man and I have three great kids. I could never imagine myself not being a mom. It's a hard job but it really has it's rewards. There's nothing like a big kiss at the end of the day to make any crappy thing that happened early in the day seem less crappy.
Greece Photos 2004
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Family Black and White
Get Your Own! | View SlideshowMy Scrapbook Designs from Oriental Trading

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Read my VisualDNA ™ Get your own VisualDNA™Anyone that loves scrapbooking, art and photography as much as I do! Also I'd like to catch up with old friends and make a few new ones in the process.

Music:

Depeche Mode, Erasure, The Cranberries, Madonna, ABBA, The Cure, The Killers, The Strokes, Jimmy Eat World, U2, REM, Magnetic Fields, Howie Day, Bright Eyes, Chantal Kreviazuk, Damien Rice, Duncan Sheik, George Michaels, INXS, Lisa Loeb, Marianne Faithful, Moby, No Doubt, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, The Shins, Tears for Fears, They Might Be Giants, Wheat, and really any 80's music

Movies:

Made In Heaven, Chocolat, Life as a House, Hedwig and the Angry Itch, Big Fish, The Brave Little Toaster, Tarnation, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Goonies, Lost Boys (I love Corey Haim!), Amelie, Shortbus

Television:

Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Big Love, Project Runway, Top Chef, Felicity, Biggest Loser, Party of Five, Grey's Anatomy, Gilmore Girls

Books:

The Alchemist, Hope for the Flowers

Heroes:

My cousin Nathan...

My Blog

Fresh start

It's hard to believe that tomorrow is my last day at Redstone. I've sat here all night with almost a sense of loss that I'm actually quitting my job... the job that I've grown to really love over the ...
Posted by Shawna on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:30:00 PST

They must not plan on firing me...

Redstone announced my hiring in a press release... check it out!http://www.redstonespark.com/news_june07hires.asp
Posted by Shawna on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:28:00 PST

Just another day at work

About a month ago we shot a commercial for one of clients right in our office. We handle the Cox Classic account at the agency and I had the opportunity to "star" in one of the commercials. It's a bit...
Posted by Shawna on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:36:00 PST

A taste of my new digital scrap kit!

Ok... drum roll please! :) Here is my first attempt to break out on my own. I will be unveiling a new digital kit in two weeks time, but I thought I'd wet your appetite in the meanwhile. I'd love to h...
Posted by Shawna on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:02:00 PST

What, I have a kid in high school?

So today my daughter Rya found out what high school she got accepted to. She's been running around the house ever since she got home from school chanting "I'm going to Central" and has been calling ev...
Posted by Shawna on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:54:00 PST

Life in general

I've been thinking lately about life in general and one thing really struck me. I don't know if its just been a running theme in my life, but I'll expand on this thought. My mother was a bit of a gyps...
Posted by Shawna on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:26:00 PST

End of an Era...

So last week was a very hard week for me. Friday was the official end of the aVENue Gallery of Fine Arts in Dundee. Anyone that has known me for a while knows that I have a soft spot in my heart for t...
Posted by Shawna on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:38:00 PST

behind the camera

Anyone that knows me can tell you that I tend to be behind the camera and never in the pictures. I don't know if it's intentional because I really do enjoy taking pictures, but I will admit that I've ...
Posted by Shawna on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:42:00 PST

Are you ready for some football?

My son Jordan had expressed interest in playing football this summer, but I really thought it was because he wanted to hang out with his buddies and nothing more. Since the middle school only offers f...
Posted by Shawna on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:33:00 PST

Birthday Bash!

So I completely underestimated my husband in regard to my birthday. Friday night after work I took the kids out for Thai and we watched movies all night long. They seem to enjoy the fact that they got...
Posted by Shawna on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:12:00 PST