I’m home from my annual retreat. This year the girls and I rented a house on Harsens Island to set up “shop.” The view was beautiful, and we could not have asked for nicer weather!! It’s really nice to sit next to a bank of windows and watch the water and the boats go by. There was a lot of boat traffic due to Jobbie Nooner, which Michelle fondly refers to as Chubby Nooner. Jobbie Nooner is a wild and crazy party on Gull Island. Apparently it is as close to out of hand as you can get without causing any real lasting damage. And in my eyes, even that is up for debate. Not a party I’ve been to, nor one I ever aspire to attend if you know what I mean.

At any rate I arrived over there around 11:30 or so on Thursday and left in the morning sometime on Sunday. I guess I could have stayed all day on Sunday but honestly I missed my family. Yes, feel free to tease me… I’m over it. Between the missing my family and the gabfest with the girls I finished twelve layouts. I’m satisfied with that amount, so I’m looking back on my weekend as an accomplished one! I’m not sure what our plan will be for next year, but I’m looking forward to doing it all again!

Now I’m back to the old grind. I spent the day Monday prepping for card class. I went and have the cardstock all cut and scored at a printers when I picked up the envelopes. That saves a LOT of work. Then Monday night we went out to eat with my Grandma and Cousin. We went to Pizza Hut, lol, I know you were expecting some magnificent meal. After we came back home and watched the kids get some use out of the Slip ‘n Slide Denny bought while I was away. The best part was watching Denny go through it himself. What a riot.

Tuesday I prepped all day for cards… Do you see a trend here? I finished them a little after 3pm and I have the leave the house around 5pm to get to the store in time to setup. Yes, it was down to the wire. I think I may have had several freak out moments, but I made it. The cards were a big hit - thanks ladies - and that was a fitting way to end classes at Little Scrapbox. The store won’t be offering any classes, so I’m told, during the summer. So that’s that. I will be offering classes at other locations, so keep your eyes on the blog for updates on that. I’ve got some cool stuff in the works!!

Wednesday, uhh, I don’t remember Wednesday, lol. That happens to me a lot.

That brings me to today. It is Thursday and I took the boys to get bigger Crocs today before we leave on vacation. I’ll be gone July 6-8 on a retreat at Scrap Palace, and then we leave as a family for Great Wolf Lodge on the 9th and return on the 11th. So I needed to get moving on the shoes before all my spare time got away from me. That’s another thing that happens a lot. The boys were pleased about the new Crocs and even found some “Cars” Jibbitz to put in them. Then we stopped for a slice of pizza and came home to get some much needed picking up around the house done. Right now they are at the library with my mom and Princess Shelby is taking a snooze. Ahh the quiet. I can’t get enough of that!!

I slept in this morning. Not that I had much choice as I took that Ambien and that stuff knocks me right out. I woke up this morning from my solid night of rest to a nice little note from Denny. “I miss you already! Love, Denny” We are so cheesy aren’t we? Seriously, I think we get along so well most of the time that if you lived here it would probably disgust you. lol

I went to check out Scrap Palace the other night. Wow, what a fantastic house. If you are looking for a retreat spot be sure to check it out. I’ll share a little more about it in the next couple weeks when I have some more photos. I do have to tell you that not only are the amenities fabulous, but there is a ramp the goes directly from parking to the crop area. Yes girls… a RAMP! No more lugging totes up stairs, through the house to set up shop. Trust me, I can relate to the feeling of exhaustion just from unpacking. And if you aren’t usually exhausted from unloading all your treasures then you aren’t bring enough stuff. *wink* There will be an open house coming up pretty soon and I’ll post the date for that when I have it. That way all the area scrappers can go check it out and see how great it really is. I think everyone will find that Scrap Palace really runs on a grand scale and aims to please.

Ok well I’ve got a lot of catching up to do and I suppose my family is going to want to eat dinner today so I better get something started. I’ve posted a few layouts from this past weekend throughout this post. Enjoy!!