The last 72 hours have been so full of goodness, I almost wish I could spread the loveliness out over the next few days. I'm going to need some lovely on Thursday I think.
So here's the recap:
SCRAPBOWL:
Got to hang out with Vee, Morgan, Katie, Nicole, Mary Kate, Natalie, ShellyB, and Kristina. I also met Colleen, Aimee, and Amber. All wonderfully different women, brought together by this paper thing we do. And I loved getting to know them and watch them make stuff. Be on the lookout for ShellyB's mad photo skills. For real.
I also loved that we could watch theater movies in our hotel room, so on Friday night 12 girls crammed in our room to watch Juno. And Vee took me to Lush, and I saw what the fuss was about. I'm not a bath products girl, but Lush looks like a girly farmers' market and smells like a one too. And I can wear me some green veggies. :) Seriously, it was cool and now, for just a moment, I'm hip.
Okay, I'm back. Back to my Kiehls and witch hazel.
Margie's class - My Fab Life - was, well FAB. All kinds of good Making Memories stuff, and if you love MM then you love Margie. It doesn't hurt that she is hil-arious. In the midst of it, I caught up with an old high school friend I haven't seen in about 20 years, a marvelous surprise. And we made a mini out of manilla folders which was simple and brilliant.
Kristina's Inspire Me class was laid back and fun. It was cool to see how everyone creates and all the different things we're inspired by. I'm pretty sure mine will be filled with pictures of books and coffee, and I'm excited to add my various bits & pieces collected from catalogs and magazines and etsy.
I didn't finish either project in class (of course), because I was looking at other people's stuff and I didn't bring the right pictures. But I will still post what I have in the interest of full disclosure.
INTERMISSION:
Something that I found in my email when I got home made me happy - from keep calm. That's gonna look good in my breakfast area.
AT HOME:
Yesterday we visited our new nephew, Conlan. He is just the sweetest. And Caleb was so into holding him, I could have wept. Miji and I are always talking about what a good husband and dad he'll be, and that's no joke. He kept asking to hold the baby and would use the hand sanitizer each time. So basically just C & me holding the babe for hours. Pure heaven. So if you have a baby you'd like to have held, we're here for you.
Today he drew small pictures of everyone holding baby Conlan. And KWB has taken to making a little family recipe scrapbook, which is really going to help me out. But if I get food on it, I'm going to be in big trouble. He got Uncle Bill's specialties last night, mine this morning and he's after Karl tonight for the tacos. The Owen is still exercising control of his bladder not for good, but for evil. As in, he lies about going on the potty, and produces a load of laundry a day from all the wardrobe changes. But, he stays dry all night, go figure.
The kids are home today,and joy of joys are outside. They are only allowed indoors to use the bathroom or get some food & drink. I'm alternating dishes & laundry with finishing my SCRAPBOWL projects.
AND I have my first bookclub meeting of the 2008 at B&N. Whew.
I finished The Senator's Wife before I left (but not much else from the to-do list). Please read it so we can email back and forth. It may be an online book club pick later this year....but I'm anxious to talk about it now.
And I've started Someone Knows My Name,. It is fascinating and heartbreaking at the same time. About the journey of an African girl in the late 1700s from her village to a slave ship, to South Carolina and more. I'll be putting those up on the feed this week so stick around.
And if you haven't answered The Time Traveler's Wife questions, no worries. They are still there. I'm going to check in over there now.
The End.
Epilogue:
If you are wondering how it is possible to go away for the weekend, read books, and have 3 kid with zero impact. I certainly don't know what to tell you.
For observe, my kitchen: