I should be asleep but I'm pretty excited. I leave in 3 hours for the airport. Ty and I are headed to She Scrapbooks with a visit prior to Magic Kingdom. A special trip for my son and I. Plus, I finally get to go to the chic and beautiful- SHE SCRAPBOOKS in The Villages. I am only nervous about driving for the first time in FL and finding my way around with my GPS. I hear it is WARM and I LOVE this!!!!!!
Thank you so much for the HUGE response and excitement about IU 2011. I am blessed to have such good friends in the industry. I could NEVER do this event without so many companies and designers who come and support our creative dream!!!!! Some girls were having a hard time with the email to Ginger. Feel free to email me and I can forward your email to her- REGISTER for IU.
My sales director send me some photos recently that just WOWED me! The projects are at a store named Scrappin Girlfriends. They created these displays in their store and I loved them.
They used my new NOEL Christmas collection-
Oh, and look at the ATC cards that they made and displayed- I am almost certain this is the 7 Gypsies holder. I really want one of these... on my list to purchase. What a fabulous way to show off all your Christmas cards and visuals.
I went to my Weight Watchers meeting yesterday and I have a friend that goes to the SAME meeting- time and location. It was kind of crazy because she is very "in" the industry. I love her and her work. It was nice to sit together for the past couple of weeks and TALK... in the end, we have so much in common.
However, when it came down to it- we both connected as we talked about our FAMILY and how they are the most important thing to us. Yes, we both want to watch our weight, hopefully lose a few pounds but she shared things with me today that I ABSORBED into my heart. I knew she was giving me a message. I LISTENED and thank Heavenly Father that he sent her into my life. It was meant to be.
I spoke to her about how I can't seem to keep up with so many things in my life. Today and each week, I rush from my WW meeting to help in my son's classroom. Then I rushed home for a phone conference call. Then a double header baseball game...you get the picture....
I told her about wanting to email everyone back who emails me but it's just not possible. Then I lose sleep over maybe hurting someone's feelings. She GOT it and GOT me. So as I leave soon, I am owing MANY of you emails. I hope those of you who read my blog know that I read your emails. I pray for you, cry with you, and cheer for you when you share your triumphs and more. I want to thank YOU for sharing your story. I am better because of YOU. I just had a email the other day that I can't get out of my mind. I owe it much more than a quick email. She bared her soul and I feel it... how can I express it???? So just know that I thank YOU for keeping me going. For emails that thank me for sharing and being "real" on my blog.
THANK you... is really not enough
