Friends

About a year ago my friend Corinna and I were planning a trip to Canada to deliver scrapbooks to a woman named Anita. Our yahoo group rallied and made these books for her daughter. Creating Keepsakes Magazine included this story in their February issue in '09. Corinna and I had a great trip and Anita loved the books. I got a phone call today to tell me that Anita lost her fight with cancer. It's good to know that the scrapbooks we did will be something her children will be able to look at for many years to come. I hope her family finds comfort in the books.

Tired

I'm very tired. I've been demoing the Cricut for the past 8 days and it's been fun playing with the new cartridges.

Update

Got my pictures from Costco, came home, tried one more time, it worked. Of course. But that's ok. I think it's God's way of telling me to take things carefully, one thing at a time. Today I am finishing up getting things together to take to Karen's crop. I'll drop that off in a little bit. Costco said we can come in tonight before 8:00 pm to set up our display instead of coming in at 6:00 am! YES! Gives me a bit more time for sleep and not a 14 hour day!! I've been putting a hotel bag together for the crop, a back for work and trying to clean up for jeff. Luckily I get to sleep in my own bed but if it gets bad I'll get a room up by work. Gotta go!

Frustration

Ok, I think I'm doomed not to make this challenge for the dirtyscraps.blogspot.com!!! Last night I figured out one of my peeves, not a big deal thing, just one of those that is aggravating. I won't give it away because I'm a fighter and I WILL get this done. I got the journalling all done and I took my pictures today. Now I am trying to put them onto my pc. Now I'm not very computer savvy, but I'm trying. I got a new camera for my birthday and I have Photoshop which I can do some things with. BUT, the memory card won't find in the slots on my laptop. AND I can't find the cord to attach the camera. So you see why I think I'm being messed with.

I did find a new scrapbook store locally. Serendipity is in Bartlett and is so cute! They have a small space in Banbury Fair and are hosting their first crop this weekend. 30 people have signed up so she's off to a great start.

Crop

Got so much done for the crop for next weekend. I'll mainly be at Costco in Mt. Prospect working for Provo Craft but when I'm not there I will be at Eaglewood Resort in Itasca helping Karen with the crop. There are so many fun things planned! Like carrying peanuts across the room with chopsticks!! lol That will be interesting!

Today is my daughter's 19th birthday. Where did the time go???

CHA

CHA is coming, CHA is coming! Alas, I shall not be there. I'm going to be doing a Provo Craft/Costco Road Show BUT look for me at the summer one here in Chicago. CHA is the big Craft and Hobby Association convention and it is so exciting! You get to see sneak peeks at all the new products that have been created by the big designers as well as the new people. Many people have left companies to form their own and things are hopping in the industry. I've been watching different people and really like Margie Romney-Aslett's new line.

Back to school

My boy left to go back to school today. He has 2 semesters left to go. Where did the time go? He will have a degree in English then get a teaching certificate so he can teach. He's excited. but of course it makes me feel old! My daughter turns 19 on Wednesday. It's coming from both sides. Brittany will go to the community college this semester which I think is a good idea tho she thinks since our agreement is that we pay room and board and she pays tuition is that we give her the money we would be paying for room and board since she'll be living at home. Um, excuse me? Sometimes I wonder where she came from. She sometimes has this "entitled" attitude. Like for her birthday she thinks nothing of asking for 5 different kinds of perfume and being a bit put out that she didn't get all 5. Anyway back to scrapping.
I applied for a design team and I'm excited about it. It's a brand new blog called "dirtyscraps" and the premise is to remember to scrap those not quite so perfect moments too since they are parts of your life and quite frankly, they do help form who you are. I think it's a fantastic idea and it helps put the focus back onto the subject rather than the embellishments used. They are having their first challenge and that is to scrap a peeve. I think I may do one about the lack of customer service. I was at Wal-Mart the other day buying a new area rug for the family room and the cashier was very nice and it surprised me. I try to be but it seems so many people aren't and that's so wrong. So, I will show my layout here as well as put it on the other blog.