November card kits are well on their way to being packed and ready to ship.  I’m posting a peek today being there wasn’t one before.  With my trip to Florida, some things had to give, and getting a sample posted was one of them.  So for those of you getting a kit… here is your sample peek.

Nothing too eventful planned here this weekend.  Yesterday Denny and I went to see a movie… gasp!  I have to laugh becuase we’ve only seen two movies in a theater in the last 8.5 years.  Both of which we saw this year.  Yeah, it’s sad, I know.  Anyway, we saw The Blind Side.  Excellent movie.  Just excellent.  So if you get a chance to see it, it is certainly worth the small fortune you’ll pay for tickets and snacks. 

Laundry calls…  Enjoy what is left of your weekend.  (It goes by way to fast!)

~j

I’m home from a great vacation and sadly, now forced to get back to the daily grind.  It’s bad enough to have to come home to reality, it’s even worse when reality is 45 degrees.  ACK.  Florida was nice and warm, so getting on the plane in 80 degrees vs. getting off to a chilly 45 wasn’t all that fantastic.  On top of which, some of the kids didn’t listen to me when i suggested they go with jeans on the day we left, and opted for shorts.  LOL.  They were a lot colder than I was.  Lesson here; listen to your mother.  Not that anyone is really going to retain that lesson the next time the chance to use it comes up.

I have hundred of photos to sort through and edit.  Really.  Hundreds.  I think after cleaning out obvious bad shots, I’m still at a count of over 400 photos.  I had rented a wide angle lens to take with us.  Denny enjoyed it and took it upon himself to take several shots of me walking with the kids from BEHIND.  Lesson to everyone… don’t let  anyone take a photo of you with a wide angle lens, especially from behind.  Enough said about that.  Clearly those are photos that won’t make it past the digital darkroom.

Card registration for November is over and Andrea and I are hard at work getting those ready to ship.  On top of that, I’ve been working on getting things ready for the new cards website.  Hopefully I can get that wrapped up by the end of the month.  Not sure I’ll get there, but it’s nice to have goals. 

Tonight we have parent/teacher conferences for Dylan and Ethan.  We’ve never had an issue at conferences really, but this year has been a little harder than most.  I’m crossing my fingers that it’s going to go well tonight, but I’m not 100% convinced.  Hopefully this doesn’t become a trend.  I don’t like dreading conferences.

I’m off to do my regular daily chores… ugh, reality stinks.

~j

Just a quick update…  Card registration is open.  I don’t have a new sample posted and I have a very good excuse!  We are all in Florida at Disney World.   I’m taking a break to rest my poor tired feet and post this little update.  I’ll be sending out a newsletter shortly and providing a link in it to register.  For those of you that don’t get the newsletter, there is also a link at the right under a generic card sample to register for Novemeber kits.

The November kit theme is a general one and as usual they will be shipped out the last week of the month.  This kit will include cards for birthday, get well, hello, and the like.  It will also have some “special” cards, like a gift card holder, (perfect for Christmas), a monty card, and a wacky shaped card with an envelope that you will make yourself.

If you are up to your ears in cards, remember that a collection of handmade cards makes a great gift for the holiday season.  I like to give collections of cards as teacher gifts, and they are always a hit!

That’s about the end of my quick Disney rest.    Off to downtown so the kids can hit the Lego shop and then to Epcot for the fireworks.

Happy Saturday!!

~j