whew!! is it AUGUST already!!!!

wow!  this summer has FLOWN by!!!  tons of stuff going on & all i want to do is hang out at the pool...the other day i bought the kids these insanely huge blow up animal floats...they are completely nuts....& they've been going crazy with them for the past 2 days....kate has a dot-dile which is a crocodile for those of you who don't speak tater...ryan has a sea turt-tull and kelly has a killer whale...i'm partial to the sea turtle b/c it has a really comfy shell that is really nice to lay on & float around on even if you are pushing 35 years old....

i had a freakin' BLAST last weekend at CKC in valley forge...got to hang out w/ some of my best buddies, laurie & tracy...i swear, if you recorded our conversations in the car you could totally solve most of the world's problems....and your head would probably spin b/c we jumped from topic to topic like q-bert on the highest level...but seriously....we really should rule the world...we'd make sure everyone had some M & Ms and a mini book :)

one of the best things about this past weekend was getting to meet one of the most amazing friends i've met on this whole world wide web....patty schaeffer.....i meet patty through the emily falconbridge deck of me challenge (which btw...i did 4 cards on friday night...will post soon :) & she is just one of the sweetest, funniest & most creative people i have ever met....i took her class at the convention on saturday and let me tell you...the whole room of women left inspired including me...patty has a wonderful way of teaching....i love that she just doesn't tell you "put the pink sticker 1" down on page 2"...she shares her own art...WHY she creates are...what inspires her...she gives her own wonderful scrap philosophy and tells her students about what is important to her...

it was a wonderful class
with a fabulous project (that i'm still working on...gathering lots of details to fill up my book :)
an amazing message
a great atmosphere
a supportive vibe
and a unbelievable talented and creative and AMAZING teacher

such a wonderful way to spend my saturday morning....

here we are after class....can tell we had fun, huh?  can't wait to get together again... :)

hope you are having a happy week!!!!  STAY COOL!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

gi

Comments

[Laurie]

i was just working on some of my projects... i had a blast too. and our conversations were truly funny..
talk to you soon
Laur

[stacey fike]

you're so darn cute! and it looks like you had tons of fun over the weekend!

[Lee]

Hey Gi great to see you checkin in! Have missed you. Glad to hear that you had such a great weekend.

[miss morgan]

where you there all weekend? i stopped by friday for the afternoon and then shopped at mlpa waaaaay late night, haha. it'd be sad if you were there and i missed you!

[Patty S]

okay girl - you're making me blush!
thank you SO MUCH for the nice things you're saying! it means so much to me!!!!!!!!!
it means a lot, too, that you got something positive out of my class... when you're up there and nervous and spouting off at the mouth you hope what you're saying makes sense. when it gets close to convention time i sort-of get a plan in my head about what i want to say, but when i'm actually there in front of everyone i just fly by the seat of my pants and figure i'll let my passion for scrappin' do the talking and hope it goes well.
i was truly truly TRULY glad to meet you in person and i really hope we can get together again sometime. in reality, we're not THAT far away from each other, right??? we could be 10 hours away instead of just a few.
hope you enjoy floatin' and soakin' up the sun this weekend!
xoxoxo
patty :-)

[Sue]

Sounds like you had a fab time!

[beth j]

so glad you had an awesome time! that's great you got to meet patty and take her class. how cool!

can't wait to meet you in a couple of days!

[Ronda P.]

So cool you got to spend time with your chicas & the TALENTED Patty! Summer true has flown by but for us it has been such a great one, how can I complain?

[mR]

so glad to hear you had such a good time.
happy rest of the summer to you and hope that includes more pool time.

[Bek Geach]

OH MAN... I wish I had been there TOOOOOOOOOO !
One day... one day I tells you :)

So happy for you to be having such fun.

BTW... random, I love that Kate's nickname is tater... I have a sister Kate, Katrina. Tater is so CUTE!
Bx

[Petrina McDonald]

oh my - look at you and Patty grinning there! You are both so cute!!!! Sounds like you are having some great fun - soak up that summer while it lasts cause I am ditching this winter thing we've got happening here and stealing your summer, ok!!
Love, P.