Maya Road and Me

My Birthday Giveaway Winner

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And thanks for sharing all the BD traditions with me, here is the winner of my giveaway!

Well,my husband has been working out of state so my last 2 bithdays have been lonesome.He used to take us all out to eat at my favorite Bengali restaurant as a special treat for me,but that's about it. I'm just happy being with my family & having good health,etc. & being thankful that I did get to see another birthday! :) Oh yeah,love the diva baby pic. ;)You sure were a cutie patootie! Renee

Posted by: Renee Alam | October 24, 2008 at 06:41 AM

Congrats, please contact me on our contact us page with your information. And enjoy!

rak winner

for the last rak will be posted when i get back to dallas - so soon!

celebrating NSD with an early giveaway!

well NSD is coming up and to celebrate this and the launch of our new website, i put together this giveway! there are metal accents, sheers, a stamp, a chipboard album and sheer album in here all for 1 lucky winner!

all you have to do is post here and tell me what you are doing on NSD.  cropping with friends? participating in an online class? shopping til you drop? have to work so you can't celebrate? doesn't matter - all you have to do is post here to win (i will pick a winner on tuesday).

so have a wonderful creative weekend and let me know what you are doing!

let's hear it for the boys (and the RAK winner)

well i just finished up a soccer game - yeah it is after midnight but sometimes it feels good to get out at night and get some exercise in. the good news is that we tied 1-1. i got body checked a couple of times and i am sure i body checked some people too. sometimes i wonder if i am too aggressive on the field. from my perspective, i don't think i am but from the reaction of people i guard, it seems that way. or they say they are frustrated that i run sorta fast. but that is my job right. anyhow i can't worry about it, my goal is to get exercise, not to get hurt and really honestly not to hurt anyone. we aren't in the world cup or anything.

and i cannot stop making these mini albums of mix it ups! here is another one i did of noah and his cousin jonathan called "let's hear it for the boys"

i used some different shaped tags i had along with some of our journaling sheers - do you also see the arrow i posted about earlier - i used it here.

again it is so easy to load this up with journaling photos and leftover embellishments you have.

and finally to our RAK winner! congrats goes out to:

Congratulations to the "new" employee!

Sue in Alexandria VA

Posted by: Sue | April 14, 2008 at 09:29 AM 

email me at info{at} mayaroad.com for your prize!

back...

well we are back in dallas in our own home, our own bed, our own crib, eating our own food and watching our own TV. it has been a LONG 2 weeks. seems longer. in that time we have taken 6 plane rides, coutless trains, trams and taxis. eaten lots of foods (which noah would do well on fear factor it seems - LOL). i think we have flown like over 20,000 miles. we at A LOT of asian food but getting back to eat some chipotle was nice i must say.

the last 2 nights were bad as the kiddos (noah and jonathan) were up at all hours of the night AND last night noah slept like only 2 hours before our trip back to texas.

but we had an amazing trip. we got to see my grandma and customers and some new things that we are making for CHA-W. in fact, we are almost done with the majority of the prototypes and as i mentioned before it is amazing. deb has done a great job. i have a couple of samples here in my suitcase and looking at them makes me want to create. badly.

more importantly, we got to spend a lot of time with my family. as the boys get bigger and my grandma gets older, even though the trips are long and hard on all of us, seeing my grandma ask to hold her great grandbabies and seeing a smile on her face makes ALL of the traveling, time changes, luggage and so on worth it.

for now i can't share all the things that we have made - yet but i will say that a lot of you will be WOWED by some other new things we are coming out with (and here is a quick hint, no paper).

to celebrate our trip back, i am giving out a RAK - how would you like some of our rubons, a chipboard book and some MR ribbons? if you would like this, please post here and tell me what you are celebrating this holidy season - family? a new job? life?

RAK winner

so we picked a rak winner today:

I'm thankful for my daughter, my mom & cold weather. (60 in Florida is cold!)

Posted by: liza

come on down - you are the winner of the RAK! please email me at info (at) mayaroad.com

i hope that everyone is having a great week!

it is national mole day!

so for the geeks in all of us, today is national mole day. this is a day that celebrates avogadro's number (6 x 10 raised to the 23 power). it has been a long time since i have thought about a mole which is used to measure stuff in chemistry but for some reason that popped into my mind today.

today is also my birthday. and looking back at this year, i feel great. i have had skinnier days, younger days, faster days, less wrinkly days but i wouldn't trade it for anything. my live is good. you are as young as you feel and i feel great!

and so it is a perfect day for my RAK!

so without further ado, here are the 2 winners!

Posted by: Arleen Morales | October 17, 2007 at 08:39 AM

Posted by: janis | October 18, 2007 at 03:37 PM

contact me at info{at}mayaroad.com and i will get your stuff on its way!

and make sure you sign up for the MR newsletter! it is going out tomorrow and i have a surprise location i will be teaching at for thanksgiving this year (overseas ppl, look out!)

ok that is all for tonight! have a great mole day!

what an awesome friday

quickly. i am thankful it is friday and that the weather is so nice here!

i have been revisiting some old music in my life like weezer (blue album) and some indigo girls and even some stereolab! - don't you love how music can take you back? these albums were part of my life in high school and college and i love how even just a snippet of one song can evoke a memory for me.

and there is still time for the RAK entry so enjoy!

new words...

well we are home. i think that i have decided that noah and i will travel alone only for flights 3 hours or less for the next couple of years. he is getting to be a handful and he at this point wants to have nothing to do with sitting in my lap for 3 hours - LOL. i also managed to get a workout in by carrying a 23 lb noah, a 10 lb diaper bag and 6 lb purse through the airport, through security (including taking off all jackets, both our shoes, baby food out, toiletries in the zip lock baggie, DVD player taken out) all while carrying noah (see my past post as to why i am no longer the owner of a 4 legged functioning stroller). whew. i haven't had a workout like that in ages.

but we are back and it is so cool to see all the new things baby noah can do. he has taking a liking to his uncle and aunt's cats. he even gave them both the name "ba-boo kitty" and he ran around the house chasing them wanting to give them hugs and kisses. of course the kitties were a little less than thrilled to see a 16 month old after them.

i have never seen noah so excited over an animal before! but he lit up as soon as he saw one of the kitty cats around the house.

but it is back to work now - lots to do in the next couple of weeks.

but i do have 2 RAKs to giveaway. i won't be posting again til sunday so you have from now til then to post here for a chance at one of the 2 brown bags of goodies. good luck!

emails...

you know i am a big fan of email for a number of reasons. it is fast and easy to do. i have a recorded history of what i need to do and what deadlines are, etc. i hate coming back to 400 emails when i am gone on a trip though. i had a chance to glance at most of the emails while i was away but i needed to get in there and file some and delete the ones i didn't need anymore. it is also easier to catch up with customers that are on the other side of the world. i am getting close to getting caught up on looking at emails. my goal is by the end of the week to have responded to what i need to while i was away and didn't get to address.

it is amazing how much technology has changed business - with cell phones, IM, email,  DSL, blackberries and servers, you can (if you choose to be) connected all the time.  i have to make a conscious effort to tune out and turn off each day. it is hard some days b/c there is always something that needs to be done. and each day is a choice to see what gets done and what needs to get done and how much gets done. but i try to make sure i have family time a couple of hours each night with david and noah.

david said that this time around coming home from hawaii, i was not as sad as last time 3 years ago. i smiled. it is b/c i love maya road. it has its good days and bad days but the good ones far outweigh the bad ones many times over. but i know when i need to go on vacation again, all i have to do is look at my photos and the albums i will create to bring a smile to my face.

i love this photo from our trip. i took it out of the mini van we were driving - you can see the reflection of the car seat in the upper left hand corner.  david was trying to capture the beauty of the crashing waves 0 but there is nothing like seeing it yourself. the picture does not do it justice! but looking at this photo makes me smile and brings me back to that moment.

and really that is what scrapbooking is about isn't it? i can't wait to get through my 800 photos and make something awesome from my trip!

and finally for the RAK - the winner is:

my fav right now is anything that sparkes. found some sticky-back rhinestones...!

Posted by: Christa | September 09, 2007 at 09:23 AM

please email me at info{at} mayaroad.com with your info!