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| aunt e |
Ask Robin!Here is where you can ask Robin questions!Ask away! |
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| lisa9er |
hey Robin!! My stock question for everyone...do you enjoy reading? If so what kind of books? Who is your favorite author? | ||||
| RobinB |
Well, I'm embarrassed to say I'm not much of a reader. I did read the Harry Potter books though and sometimes we all shared reading the books out loud to each other. That's something we always did with the kids as they grew up and it is still fun to do once in a while. That being said, I always have a scrap magazine to read close by and lately veggie cookbooks to find interesting recipe's to share and try. | ||||
| lisa9er |
No need to be embarrased!! I do remember you saying you all read the harry potter books aloud, and I think that is really really awesome. You did a super LO about it too... | ||||
| mykidsmom4ever |
I'm not sure , but you may have answered this before...I know that your daughter is very much a farmer/gardener....did or do you have a garden at your house and do you have a love of gardening? | ||||
| vellumx |
Hey Robin!!..congratulations on being in the 'spotlight'!!
You have some awesome travel photos, so where is one place you would like to visit or revisit again? |
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| RobinB |
MY husband loves to work in the yard...mostly with flowers and shrubs though. We did try our hand and a few veggies, long ago, like a tomato or 2, sugar snap peas, and a couple lettuces, but the deers & bunnies enjoyed them more than we did. I'm not an avid gardener, but I like helping my husband pick out stuff to plant in the yard. I love taking pictures of the flowers and making some pretty LO's with them. My DD Erin, was always beside him digging in the dirt. She has her degree in landscape architecture, but it's too much inside work for her. Wish the farming paid her more. |
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| RobinB |
Thankyou! I would love to go to New Zealand and or Australia sometime. DH and I would like to go somewhere special for our 35 anniversary next spring. |
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| JustJenn |
Congrats Robin! I am wanting to know what got you started in scrapbooking and what are some of your favorite products? 
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| RobinB |
Oh, I just wrote that all out in the commentary section...link below...
http://haveyourwaywithpaper.myfreeforum.org/about9095.html Some of my favorite scrapping products are my X xyron adhesive, Zig chisel point 2 way glue pens, my Fiskars trimmer, even though it still cuts a little crooked at times. I love a clear artists ruler to line up sticker letters with and help measure out and line up other stuff. And despite finally having an electronic cutting machine(Cricut Expression) I still reach for my old Colluzzle templates now and then(especially the circles) and my old punches. Punches are just so quick and easy to use, despite being a bit bulky. I'm really loving flowers lately....just can't get enough...  .
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| aunt e |
Robin, I admire you so much for tackling breast cancer and sharing your story. I have even seen you scrap some of those hard times. Where those layouts hard to scrap, or were they rewarding in the sense that you beat cancer? | ||||
| RobinB |
Thank you. They were rewarding to scrap because I beat cancer. I can look back on it now, but I couldn't have done them before I did. I waited a good 4 years, and I needed that to kind of feel back to normal...it takes a while. It taught me how strong I can be. |
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| trisha |
Hi Robin! Congrats on this honor:)
I too am so proud of you for your victory over cancer. What would you say is one of the most important lessons you've learned in life? Who inspires you the most? Why? What is your normal daily routine? |
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| RobinB |
Thanks. An important lesson I've learned in life is "don't fret the small stuff, and it's all small stuff". That's a book I got quite a while back. But I think you have to live a bit of the craziness of having to get things perfect all the time in order to realize....it's nuts! No one else really cares whether things are clean and tidy all the time, or if you're wearing the right clothing for the big event, etc. So I've learned to relax and not worry so much if things aren't just right. It's more important to enjoy the moment. I think I can move to the Caribbean now! LOL. Inspiration? Hmmm. I mentioned Dr. Phil in my other post...love his candor. Lately I really am inspired by my daughter and the fine job she is doing on the farm. She is really a hard worker and I'm really proud of her work ethic and determination to make it work better that ever expected. My daily routine? I don't have a job outside the home other than helping DD on her farm now and then. So I have a bit of freedom. During the non summer months I go twice a week to a step aerobics class. I'm taking the summer off. When the weather is nice, from about April through Oct. I like to get out and golf. Tuesday is my ladies golf day and usually includes dinner with the gals. I try to go with my husband at least once or twice each week too, but that has dwindled a bit since the farm work prevails. Friday nights, DH and I have long had a "date" night out. Usually a movie or dinner out in the winter and in the summer months mostly at the club's Fri. night couples Scotch golf outing where a lot of our friends come out too. But a normal boring day is usually made up of laundry, taking care of the cats, errand running, grocery shopping, browsing the forums, scrapping a little, cooking and a little cleaning. |
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| ScrapNeNe |
Congratulations Robin!
Do you scrap in any kind of order or just randomly? What's your favorite subject to scrap? |
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| RobinB |
It's usually chronological order for my scrapping. But sometimes I go out of order for variety or for a certain challenge or when I have vacation pictures and I feel like working on a larger project. I like to scrap my family and my vacations. Always looking for ideas for travel scrapbooks. Thanks, Elaine. I'm glad you're finding your way around here. How's your sister?...haven't seen her around in a while...she would pop in now and then. |
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| vellumx |
Robin, I love your positive in life and your take on everyting being a life experience.
Do you dance? I so...What kind of dancing to you do? What is your favorite 'dance' music? |
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| ScrapNeNe |
Thanks Robin - I'm loving it here! It's actually because of you that I am here. My sister (Ione/blabberfingerz) told me about you suggesting this site to her and so I checked it out and here I am!
She is just VERY busy these days, she works at Hobby Lobby and has a house full of family right now - 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren are living with her plus she teaches a Sunday school class weekly so she has to prepare for that as well. She does get a little scrapping in occasionally but not as much as she would like with all the activity. I know she'd like to be active here but she just has no time - maybe someday. Thanks for asking about her, I'll let her know you did. Oh - I had another question. How many scrapbooks have you completed? |
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| lisa9er |
Robin, What is your comfort food? The meal you crave on that awful day... | ||||
| RobinB |
at last count I think I counted 47 scrapbooks!! I'm running out of space to store my scrapbooks!
My comfort food is probably pasta with butter or creamy type sauce, although I don't have it very often. |
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| Blabberfingerz |
Congrats, RobinElaine was so right about my time being limited. We have 8 mouths to feed this summer - it's all temporary and I'm glad they can come home during difficult times, but it's sure a housefull. When they are all here, there are 2 9 y/o's (they both will turn 9 this next week), a 10 y/o and an 11 y/o. We do have a pool and that's a lifesaver, and a Wii game, and of course, they all have a Nintendo hand-held game. We play board games pretty often. Their lives are interrupted now, so they all want 'me' time with granny and after work, it's a challenge for me to expend yet more energy, but so far, God has provided. :) I squeezed in a couple of LO's yesterday b/c I didn't have to work at HL. I have to go now, almost time to leave for church. I miss my computer time. |
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| RobinB |
Good hearing from you Ione. So much for that empty nesting stuff. Both my kids are living back home again...no grandkids yet. | ||||
| ScrapNeNe |
WOW 47 scrapbooks! That's awesome!
What time of day do you usually get up? Do you eat breakfast? If so what do you like for breakfast? |
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| RobinB |
Well, it depends what I've got to do that day. I love to sleep in! But often I get up around 7:45 if I've got exercise class or other Dr. appointments, etc. Now with summer and no exercise class, it's a little later. DH likes to sleep in on the weekends to about 8:30 or 9, so I do that too. I always need to eat something in the morning. Usually dry cereal, with some sort of berries on top with skim milk and a cup of coffee or tea. Sometimes if I'm hurrying off I grab a banana or yogurt and go. |
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| aunt e |
Robin, love learning these new things about you! I feel like I have known you for you years and yet I am learning so much! :
I know your daughter's name is Erin. I'd love to know the stories behind the names of your children. |
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| RobinB |
Well, when I was expecting my daughter, popular TV actresses then were Erin Gray from Buck Rogers(later Silver Spoons), and Erin Moran from Happy Days, and I really liked that name. Her middle name is Elaine...named after my mother Elaine. We had Daniel picked if she were a boy.
When my son was on his way we had Holly picked out if it was a girl(due date was the week before Christmas) and Jonathan picked out for a boy. Grandpa Bullock is a John, so it sort of fit. You know they didn't have those ultra sounds perfected to tell the sex of the baby back then...just shortly after my kids were born, they improved. His middle name is Russell, after his dad. |
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| aunt e |
Thanks for sharing! Your Erin and I have the same initials! :) |
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| RobinB |
What's your middle name Erin? | ||||
| ScrapNeNe |
You picked some fine names for your daughter. Don't you agree Erin?
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| aunt e |
Elizabeth |
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| aunt e |
What jobs/volunteer jobs have you held?
What non-profit organization(s) do you support? |
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| RobinB |
man, I just typed a whole page and must have pushed delete....ugh. Here goes again.
Past jobs include substitute teaching, waitressing, and teaching gymnastics in my 20's. I worked for several years in the state of MO unemployment office....not too fun. I also worked several years in fabric stores, because I loved to sew. I volunteered in my church office for a couple of years and DH and I did the church middle school youth group for several years. I was a girl scout leader for a few years for DD and and Cub scout leader for DS for a few years until we talked the "men" into taking over the rough house boys. Imagine teaching pocket knife safety and instructions to 8 hyperactive 8 year olds! My husband and I support (with our $$ and time) Habitat for Humanity. DH is on the board for Habitat and has a couple days each year where he gets a bunch of his employees to help build a house in the city. He's also on the board of the YMCA and helps with the facilities and building permits, etc. We also go to many support type events for both of those. WE also donate to Lollipop Farm, the local animal shelter. Love those pets! |
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| aunt e |
Wow! I knew you were active in the community, but I am so impressed with what a big philanthropist you are!
Also, I thought I would shout out a big Happy Birthday in this forum as well! What is your favorite ice cream? What is your favorite word? What is your least favorite word? |
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| CBC |
I know you have a fondness for chocolate Robin.
Other food weaknesses? How do you manage to control those? I know you do it well! What's a typical dinner meal? |
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| RobinB |
Favorite ice cream would be pistachio....hard to find, but sooo good. Or anything with nuts in it. Gee, I never thought about a favorite or least favorite word! Least fav might be anything related to the dentist or tooth problems...yuck. Favorite word might be "PARTY"! |
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| RobinB |
Other food weaknesses would be nuts, and movie popcorn....I can smell it now. I don't control it well anymore! All that weight I lost a few years ago, I gained right back. :sad A typical dinner I cook at home in the summer would be something on the grill, like chicken, steak, or fish along with a garden fresh salad and some rice pilaf or boiled potatoes. All though with DD's farm I need to experiment with other stuff like beets and summer squash and Swiss chard and cabbage. I also like to make stir fry meals.....that comes in handy with farm ingredients too. |
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| aunt e |
What is your favorite restaurant?
Are you a coffee drinker? |
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| ScrapNeNe |
Do you have any pets? | ||||
| RobinB |
My favorite restaurant is this quaint little place called Simply Crepes. It's in a nearby historic canal shopping area in a really old building that looks like a little farmhouse all decorated in French country flair. They serve the best dinner and dessert crepes ever. I go with DD or a friend once in a while and we share a dinner crepe and a dessert crepe....they are really big and it's hard to pass up the dessert ones. Yum...I wanna go now. Yes, I am a coffee drinker. I try not to have too much caffeine after noon though, cause it keeps me awake. I love my tea....usually decaf or green tea or flavored herbal or fruity teas. |
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| RobinB |
I have 2 large old cats. Jolly is mostly white with a splotch of gray on his head and Bunker is a dark brown tiger cat. They are both in their teens and aren't as active as they once were. Bunker is my shadow cat....he follows me around the house constantly. |
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| aunt e |
Robin, the Simply Crepes restaurant sounds absolutely delish. If you need someone to join you, give me a call.
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| aunt e |
What is your favorite holiday and why? | ||||
| trisha |
I'm loving reading all about you, Robin:)
I'm not as sharp as usual and I've been out of the loop for a little bit, so please forgive me if you have already answered these - but I don't remember seeing them: Do you have your own scrap room? Do you prefer making pages or cards or other projects? How long have you been married? |
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| Punkin |
Miss Robin! Great reads about you!!!
If you had to eat one thing the rest of your life... ONE thing, what would it be? You mentioned you have "enough" if there is such thing of paper in the sale ad thread. What is your favorite maker of paper?
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| lisa9er |
Who were you in High School? Did you fit in a niche? Do you consider yourself the same basic type of person today? | ||||
| RobinB |
It's probably Thanksgiving. Fall is such a great time of year and the family gathering for good food and company(as opposed to gift giving and receiving) is much more relaxing. People are more calm getting ready to hibernate for the winter sort of. |
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| RobinB |
Have you been watching Big Brother too? That how they have groups divided this time....by cliques. I think I was an overlapper type person. I was a Jack of all trades. I made good grades, but was also a cheer leader for a few years. I was a geeky band person, but was on the gymnastics team. I also dabbled in the arts and new the off beat crew well. I had a lot of friends, but not a lot of dates. I think I'm still that type of person. I have a lot of different interests and like almost everyone I meet. I think it takes all kinds to make this world and how boring if we were all the same. |
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| RobinB |
Dangerous question...I think it would be peanut M&M's ....I'm so addicted to them. Don't have a favorite paper maker.....I love it all!!!! |
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| Punkin |
peanut M&Ms... I knew I liked you!!! :) If you dont have a favorite paper maker ... what attracts you to your papers... is it color (like it is for me) or is it pattern or coordination? |
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| RobinB |
What attracts me is color and pattern. Since I don't have little kids and/or girly little kids, I shy away from the too cutesy stuff. I love papers with colorful masculine paisley's and diamonds and stripes. | ||||
| lisa9er |
Are you a sketch lover, lift artist, or do you feel like you're 'cheating' if the design isn't 100% yours?? | ||||
| RobinB |
I get inspiration from sketches and other's LO's. I don't feel bad if it is not my own design as long as I'm not entering some design contest or something. I'm also learning how to scrap simpler....I just wanna get stuff down and in books. |
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| lisa9er |
me too!!! |
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| aunt e |
So true, so true! |
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| aunt e |
Robin, tell us what keeps you coming to Paper. Is there something you find special or different about our community that you don't find at other sites/boards? | ||||
| lisa9er |
I wanna know Robin, do you love to cook or cook to live?
What is your 'signature' dish? |
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| Nee |
since today is National hot dog day....do you LOVE zweigel white hots? Will you eat one for me???? I miss them! | ||||
| RobinB |
Well, I used to pop in from time to time because I knew Nee when she lived here in Rochester, and knew she was on the design team. And then I noticed that a couple other gals I recognized like you Erin and Jen:) were here often too. But the best thing here, I feel, is the Gallery. Everyone is so talented and willing to share their work. Wendy is the perfect encouraging "momma" of the site...keeping it working well and encouraging people to post comments on each others works. And I love how everyone is so friendly and fun here. No nasty, petty stuff you sometimes see on other sites. And people still actually scrap here too. |
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| RobinB |
Well, tough question. I've not been fond of cooking most of my life....my immediate family is just sooooo picky! I tire of all the complaints and special requests and just want to say this is what's for dinner...eat it or walk away. Mean...huh? My favorite thing to make for dinner is reservations.... ...you've all heard that one before...ha!
Now that I have my own full service organic farm at my beck and call, I'm cooking a lot more veggies. Too bad we can't eat as fast as they are coming in. I've managed to freeze some containers of blanched broccoli and spinach and need to do that to some cabbage for winter soups. I just cooked a pot full of tiny beets last night....yum. Not sure if I can finish them all myself...the boys won't eat them. AS far as signature dishes go, I bring this casserole to a lot of late summer picnics. Eggplant Patrice: Large eggplant sliced thin Several large tomatoes sliced thin 1 Large onion and 1 large green pepper chopped and mixed together with minced garlic and any herbs you want(parslely, basil, etc.) 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese Layer the eggplant and tomatoes in a large lasagna pan coated with a little olive oil on the bottom, and fill in the cracks with the onion/pepper mixture. Sprinkle on some cheese and add a dash of salt, pepper, sugar, and a sprinkle of flour. Repeat the layering (in lasagna style) at least one more time, ending with cheese on top. Bake covered with tented aluminum foil at 375 for 3/4 hour, then take the foil off and continue baking another 15 minutes. Cut and serve like lasagna. MMMMMM. |
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| RobinB |
I LOVE zweigel white hots...and their red hots too. I don't eat them often, but I am having them tonight.... . 
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| lisa9er |
Do you like your name? Have you always? | ||||
| RobinB |
Yes, I like my name now. Growing up I got the silly titles like, Robin red breast, Rockin' Robin, Robin Bobbin, Robin Hood, etc. , which got a little annoying. My name is just Robin. And then there is the whole story on my baseball names, which my mother used to love to tell to strangers in the grocery store. 
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