All About Jen
hi there – I’m Jen. Welcome to my website, neglected though it is.
Since August 2009, I’ve been busy running my own business, Red Instead. I worked in the graphic and web design industry before I had my children and I realised that I really wanted to get back to it, after going in a different direction for many years. Up until that time, I was at home with the kids for 8 years and running a handmade business (sewing handbags, printing cards, etc) for 6 years of that. At the end of 2009, I wound up the handmade business and relaunched Red Instead as a graphic and web design business. My business is doing really well and keeping me very busy – part of the reason why this blog has had to take a back seat.
I’ve written over 400 posts here since October 2005 and it’s only in the last year that things changed. I’ve been blogging since 1997 – before blogging was even a word, before Blogger or any other similar program existed. Yes, I’m so old school (not old). Fast forward a bit: in April 2010, I decided that I really needed to start fresh so I have made the big decision to change the status of the old posts to “private” which means they are still here, but you just can’t see them (and neither can Google). I’m not really sure what is happening with this blog right now but it’s still hanging on. We’ll see what happens…
In the meantime, my focus is now on building my business and creating great designs for my clients. You can take a look at the work I’ve been doing at the Red Instead site.
I have three great kids – Sam is 19, Jack is 10 and Emma is 8. Sam (my stepson) is a brilliant artist, finished Year 12 last year and he’s hoping to move to Japan and be an anime artist. He also has Asperger’s Syndrome which makes life interesting for all of us. Jack is very loud and loves to read books of facts – he’s in fifth grade and has a brilliant general knowledge and is right into Maths and Science. He loves Lego and Mythbusters and anything the Top Gear team do. Emma is growing up fast and she is in second grade this year. She talks a lot and loves to play games where I am the vet and she brings all her toys to me for a checkup, or she is a hairdresser and I am the customer. All three of them are really smart (like their parents!) and great kids. My husband is Paul and we are crazy about each other. We only got married 8 years ago even though we’ve been together for about 15 years! He is wonderful and we make a great team.
I have a house in Canberra I really enjoy and a garden that needs lots of work. I also like to take photos with my digital SLR. I have a million things I want to do but not enough time. I am learning to pace myself, manage my time and work out my priorities and goals.
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